. Talks to children . at about every five days he bursts hisskin and it cracks off, leaving him in a larger one. When he is about a month old he begins to spin hiscocoon and hang himself up. Glands run the wholelength of his body where the silk is made and these meetnear the mouth in a spinneret in a place where he makes 231 TALKS TO CHILDREN the thread which he winds up into his cocoon. If leftto himself he will sleep for a month or so, and then bursta hole in the end and fly away — a moth, to lay eggs outof which in time will come more worms, to do as he hasdone. The silk raisers let the per
. Talks to children . at about every five days he bursts hisskin and it cracks off, leaving him in a larger one. When he is about a month old he begins to spin hiscocoon and hang himself up. Glands run the wholelength of his body where the silk is made and these meetnear the mouth in a spinneret in a place where he makes 231 TALKS TO CHILDREN the thread which he winds up into his cocoon. If leftto himself he will sleep for a month or so, and then bursta hole in the end and fly away — a moth, to lay eggs outof which in time will come more worms, to do as he hasdone. The silk raisers let the perfect moths do this, andthat is how they keep getting more and more silk wormsto make silk for them. If they want the silk they heatthe cocoon very hot, which kills the moth quickly, for ifhe comes out he breaks the thread on the outside of thecocoon and spoils the silk. Then, as with the wool orflax or cotton, the silk must be reeled, spun, dyed, andwoven into cloth before you can have your hair ribbon orsilk Coprjright by Underwood Sf Underwood, N. Y. RAISING SILKWORMS xxxvm LEATHER OUR coats and mittens are made of wool, and wheredoes that come from? Our thin blouses and dresses and sheets are made ofcotton, and where does that come from? Our collars and tablecloths are made of flax, and wheredoes that come from? Now, what do we wear on our feet? VVTiat are theymade of? Yes, our shoes are made of leather. Now,where does that come from? It comes from the skins of animals. Sheep and cattlemostly, but skins of all sorts of animals and even fishesare sometimes used to make leather. Look at your shoesand look at a cow or a picture of a cow. They do notlook much alike, but neither does a hair ribbon look likea piece of raw silk or a blouse like a cotton blossom, or acollar like flax. When the animals are killed for food the skins aretaken off and sent to a tannery, which is the name of theplace where leather is made. First they are salted, then put into great kettles,call
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