Saga of the Sanpitch Vol 24

Sericulture, the Silk Industry in Ephraim

cocoons more and for 26 ounces sale at of 00 eggs an and will have twice ounce Get eggs now as many and properly keep them until the leaves are ready The eggs must be kept on the paper upon which they were laid Roll them up carefully and place inperfectly clean lard bucket Perforate the lid and the bottom close lid and tie in place Lay them incold dry cellar until mulberry leaves are as large asdime Bring them up and keep Feed inwarm every two three hours they spin The in local until who evolved slow due had then an avid carefully journal but the weather was four Many the of every until instructions pieces the season successful day audience fine growth and hours reading and short night then heeded states Ephraim this molting molting evidently time temperature first Exponent in even after to the cold for of second pioneer silk less hours Women Ephraim room of trees was never-the industry Sericulture occupied onlyportion of the summer unless one was caring for the pin-head-sized eggs The trees put forth their leaves in the spring The women and children were kept busy picking the leaves and feeding the voracious silk worms during the six weeks of their growth The new-born baby task much wormThe easier East by mother family to lack pletely The The the support One Ephraim cloth in and by one silk quality it interest near was in no with the trees closed than homes said owned Susan close longer which she work waned contact it was made on into most the died her 46 of this dry and clothed and the for the her finally failed then due com disappeared 1907 eightieth beautiful with necessary conditions April Anthony made Ephraimmemorable occasion occurred in 1900 black silk brocade was presented to womanleader those cocoon economic the farms greater involved brought railroad to make of was were planted those high Ephraim the trees for climate produced When demands bolt of suffrage birthday dress she She ever