SERICUL TURE AND THE PROCESS OF CHANGE - Institute for ...

time to return to it. Sometimes, such failures are also attributed to 'evil
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eye.
In recent times, a new practice is spreading among the rearers.
They play film songs and music in the rearing sheds for two reasons.
One is to reduce the drudgery of the work and to please the labourers.
The other is the belief that music has a beneficial effect on the worms
leading to vigorous eating and healthy gorwth.
Personality Changes and Social Values: Sericulture has a
special bond with the individual sericulturists in moulding their
personality and out-look. The major role, in this transformation, is
directed towards the main sericulturists. It has been seen earlier that the
personal factor plays a crucial role in the successful adoption of
sericulture. Likewise, sericulture also plays a crucial role in making the
sericulturists successful in society. The process of self-transformation
has been found to be inherent in the changing authority relations, status
and mobility as analysed in the previous chapter. The series of selftransformations
expected to take place in the process of successful
involvement in sericulture include self-realisation (of one's real worth),
self confidence, self assertion and dignity. These are essential elements
of personality growth. Sericulture provides ample scope for such
transformation.
The individual involved in - sericulture has to take multiple
decisions at every stage of its progress. Some of these include the
identification of leaf maturity, the quantity of layings to be bought, the
choice of the race (whether Bivoltine of Cross-breed., etc.) the grainage,
the mode and nature of incubation of the laying, the identification of the
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