Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-06-08
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Lowest estimated value of silk

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Lowest estimated value of silk 2s,SOO 90
Excess Of silk culture the lowest -----
estimate being compared S5,0Jl -
Thus then, II appears that 40 acres set in null
berry property cultivated, and the worms udicions-
y managed, will Al the very lowest value which
has been upon silk be moro than sufficient by
nearly 10000, To meet the pross expenditures
incident to the support OF the poor of the estab-
shment IN question, and 10 leave sum more ihan
equivalent ior interest on the outlay OF land en-
poyed fixtures, Sc. For omselvcswe do not see
why thu maximum price could not be realized for
the silk raised there, as from the perfection to
which reels have been BROUGHT III this country mo-
thine bat the most cup pablo ncglcct=-thc most
wantoa carclessncss---coud possibly prevent the
operation OF recling being rel performed. And
Is the worm, would require attention but from five
10 SIX weeks III the year, We cannot perceive any
good and sufficient reason, why some branch OF
silk manufacture should not be connected with the
culture OF it, To occupy the time of such of the
inmates, the remainder oithc year, as might NOT be-
otherwise cngarcd.--tor instance, bv the CONVEX
SION OF tn silk into yarn, and manufacture
ofsoching>, by means OF the new Y invented Knit
ting mdtkut,-a machine which Is said by the aid
of child TO perform the work of Nrelpert knithrS
IN the old mode.
1t has been stated by some writer's, that an acre
OF ground could be planted with mulberry trees
for instance, in hcdgcS--ls To make il Weld To-
lagc enoug 10 feed million of worms and others
have gone 50 far rs 10 say two millions hut in
calculations OF the kind ii is always safest not to
be too sangune, and especially in the present IN
stance, when the space OF a few acres OF Ground is
no ohitc'.
As TO the the Labor, that Is by no means an IN
porianl consideration, as t'e0 persons are compc-
tent 10 attend to million OF worms for the first
week, fOV for the next week, fight for the
thir !, and from sixteen to twenty for the remain
der OF the time, which may be from ten days
10 two weeks, and there Is but very little of tie ne
cess Try laborlo be performed, that cannot he DIG,
by boy and GIRLS, women, and aecd and dccrcpidv
people.
The ground occupied in the mulberry orchard,
could, we have before promised, ad> antagco,ls-
~ To the Young trees, be- occupied in the cutiva-
ton of potatoes, or some other roots, or in clo-
Yer Ion three or four years, So that it would not
cease 10 be profitable, even while thus maturing
ior its ultimate object and, indeed after the trees
should have attained their growth, they would
experience no in,u Y, if not benefit, from crop or
Two oi clover being taken from the Soilevrry three
or four years, especially if during that time CEN
erouS carpet OF that luNurant grass were plouehed
1t is stated that a room 10 by so feet, will ac-
commodac million of worms, and as NOTHING
1t is computed by Mr. D'Iiomerguc. tina, eac
tree AZ wears of age will Weld ,lhS. ot leaves,
that, We think IN order to certain supply o
ptoNcnder for the worms the earliest period, il
would be best the first Instance plant the trees
al feet square apart, which would give 1910 trees
10 the acre and as before suggested these could he
Trimmed ont as occasion might require. These 1910
trees to the would gi,ens Ia 100 trees the 40
acres. which At 3Olbs. OF foliage each tree. would
yield l52 O0bs. of leaves and I5lbs. OF leaves
competent 10 the support oi 100 would
Tue total yield OF leaves Just quoted sustain 290lo
ooo, beng an excess otsuppl, for II 6OOoOo worms
as assumed by OF nearly 10 per cent, amount
sufficient To provide against the contingencies
toned by Mr.. :. 1t is also thus proved that an
acre of ground Is capable ot raising I26,000 worms
In Mr. Dliomcrgue's statement, he assumes, l.
that there are l55D square feet in an acre, and p
that 800 trees AT feet square may be planted ON
acre In neither of which conclusions is he right
The English statute acre, which is the acre of our
country contains 100 square poles or pcrchcs ; the
statute length of pole OF perch is % yards or l69
feet. II multiply - yards by itself TO get It's
square II makes 30 the number of square yards in
pole perch and this last number multiplied by
100 the number of perchcs in acre, will give us
l3,3b0 square feet in then. the square of
being :'6, that number becomes the dnisor. which
will 20 l20 times in the number of square feet in an
acre.
The French arpent or acre, is equal TO 81, l5O
English square feet, and as the measure set down
assumcdby Mr.. D'lIomergue, is neither that OF Eng
land nor France, incline to the belief that it is
misprnt but we AT loss to conjecture how he
could arrive at the conclusion, that 3,0O0rees could
be planted on acre of ground 3 feet square apart
" hatever may be the required distance, its number
must be multiplied into itself furnish the divsor
which being divided into the number of square feet in
an. acre, the quotient will be the number OF
'rees which can be placed theron. The rule is sim,
PIE one, and recoected, would be of great service
~ farmers gardeners and Others interested in trans
Planting trees or plants.