Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-12-03

the fragments oil time-now, with too
many, ungathered up, unappropriated
20 any use--like the fragments OF their
stable and barn yards, which, with
i such farmers, are scattered, and their
precious saltsessporated 'Into thin ali.
! when they might have formed il ssgalh-
Tered up" bank of compost containing
inexhaus,ibfs riches.-A. Farmer.
j .Americdn Siik-We notice lettc,
from Mt. Du Ponceau in which is urg-
ed the necess,tye.so much insisted. on;
by Nr. Dito,nefgue, Of Introducing
into this county, and disseminating
through IL, the proper mode Of resling
silk. Sume samples Of green aud yel-
low sewing.silk have been made by "a.
! lady, Mrs Sweed, in Northumberland,
3 county, Pennsylvania, which were sdy-
: ed Ia decoctions Of garden flowers, and
the coleusIixs I'd by chemical morsias,fs.
y no colours has pri,f1 sired, pas ti>ufsr.
Z ~ he yell ow, were very brilliant the,
/ silk itseH, which has been showns 10,
NiF DafIon II + gG ia rs co % byl
him not only equal but superior 10 any
imported Of The same kind but The
twisting Would have been more perfect
l.had the machinery been obtainable in
this country Most American sewing
silk, Mr., ID Homergue says, is either
too much or too little twisted, and only
machines made for the purpose can
give j the proper degree of twist, except
al the expense of SO much labour as
makes it cheaper 10 purchase the inn
tported article.
1t ought 10 be remarked that the
worms which produced this silk were
fed on the leaves of the common wild
black mulberry, Mr. Du, Ponceau
mentions, that he had always under-
stood that the silk from worms thus fed
though IN all other respects equal 10
any, was too much saturated with a:
thick gum, which could not be boiled
away without mjuring tie material.
! He means to submit the silk obtained
I'm this way to some further experi-.
1 ments.
but TITS OF great moment TO find the
means of turning this valuable product
TO a better account Mr. Du Poacsau
expresses his egret at seeing the Inn
portance which IS attached in this
country 10 the mating Of sewing-silk,
! or even yestings, snspepdefs, stockings.
i and other fabrics, all of which, ara in
Europe ofthe imperfect cocoops, and
lot waste aud refuse silk, while we en-
pioy In these secondary manufactures
lie finest silk at our cocoons, which e.
ven nlIts raw state. II praperly zreeled,
would produce much more by being
sold abroad, than by being thus manu-
featured at home. He says ::----ss Mr..
! p'Hpmergne has justly observed in his
Essays on American silk, that it is as
/ II we employed the piire gold of North
Carolina, U making kettles and sauce
! pans. Il IS not FOR sewing silk, nor
fsr ves,ing ,pantaionns or the like, that
we pay 10 France Annually a tribute of
e,ght or ten millions of dollars, for her
silk manufactures; il is for articles
called lustrings, taffeties, Fiorences,
gros de Naples, and many Others with
!. Which WOMEN adorp their persons
| throughout the United States. and a
lvarieiy Of other ssuffs, all made oftha.
| fine silk, which we do not yet know
| how 10 apply to its proper use, and
(which we njfserabIy waste, by empIoy-5
ling IL in the making Observing silk and
coarse fabrics.
We notice this subject the more at
length because we entertain the opi.,-
ion that The day will come when this
branch oil cultivation aod manufacturel
4 will add millions to the national wealth.
The soil and climate are favorable tn:
j The food of the silk worm; the care Of
tending II would be readily undertaken
by many Thousand hands that might
not Otherwise be employed at al! and,
i all that seems to be wanting is the
means Of tlrning this indigenous pro-
/ duct and this indigenous Iabour to pro-
4 ftable account - Ball. amer.
A writer in the Cincinnati Tiller
says, tbat30 years will close the scene
| Of Silk importations into the United
4 States, and in SO years, no one article
will be sent from our ports to so great
Ian amount as Silk.
| Shade Trees. As the season has now
arrived, for planting, and trimming
shade trees, would urge those who re-
| gard their health properly to attend a
little to the subject. Ii is universally
i admitted that they tend greatly to
/ purify The air, as well as affrd a plea
snnt shelter from the heated rays Of the
sun, When the sap is down, before
the hard frost commences there is little
| danger ofinjuring the trees, by remoy-
ling or trimming them, while msny that
have been planted at other seasons q
the year, have not prospered The
i north side ofithe east and west streets
require shade, more than the Others,
because the sun is all day pouring his