Sericulture Equipments and their Uses

Sericulture Equipments and their Uses

1. A bamboo rack to keep the trays containing the various stages of the insects. The racks should have ant pans at the base of the stand.
2. Many circular trays made of split bamboo for leaving the worms.
3. Many bamboo baskets for fetching mulberry leaves.
4. Chopping knife for cutting leaves.
5. Chandrika or cocoonage which is a circular basket with a spiral wall about five cm width to facilitate the worms to attach their cocoons to them.