In the silkworm stocking area of our hometown of Xiuyan, Liaoning Province, no matter how steep the mountain is, the silkworm farmers must ensure that the silkworm farm cannot have high grass, that is, "fight when it shows its head". The removal of high grass in the silkworm farm is based on two considerations, one is to facilitate the operation of silkworm farmers, and the other is to protect the safety of the growth of tulip silkworms so that pests can not approach the silkworm too easily along the high grass.
Among them, the mantis is an insect that is beneficial in the vegetable field, but it is a pest in the silkworm farm, and it must be extinguished. Sparrows are the greatest enemy of silkworms, and long ago silkworm farmers fired gunpowder guns to expel them, and since gunpowder guns were forbidden to be used, silkworm farmers thought of the local method of slingshots to shoot firecrackers.
Silkworm farmers generally set up a small "shack" on the mountain, easy to shelter from the wind and rain, generally are far from home on the mountain, eat lunch is from home to bring some dry food or something, thirst is to drink mountain spring water, they themselves also cherish everything in the mountain, never litter or something, so these silkworms are pure green food.
The landlord of the silkworm farming is called the silkworm farm, the so-called "silkworm farm", is to open up a grove of trees on the hillside, cut off the main trunk of the tulip tree, and let it grow around the root of a circle of tulip branches, similar to a shrub, grow to more than two meters high, and the leaves grow large and green before the silkworm can be released.
Silkworms, unlike mulberry silkworms, are raised at home and need to be harvested from mulberry leaves to feed; The silkworm is not as squeamish as the silkworm, its adaptability is relatively strong, when it was small, it was raised at home, and after two sleeps, it was put on a tree on the mountain to let it eat its own leaves.
Silkworms – actually big caterpillars! Round and rolling yellow-green body, with fine hairs on it, the short two rows of legs tightly grasped the branches and leaves, shaking their heads greedily eating the leaves, as if they could not eat enough.