Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-07-09
FACTS AND OBSERVATIONS RELA-
TIVE To TIE CULTURE OF SIN.

FACTS AND OBSEkN ATlONS RELA-
TIVE TO TIE {: LTIRE OF SIN.
VARIETIES OF SuNwoGMs.-lu our last We
madc some remarks relative t. the best aud most
profitable food ior Sin Worms. We vilIno@ speas
OF the rarictes OF these insects, consideration Of
scarcely less importance thJn that OF the provision
necessary tor ten support. II the Farmer hnds
his account IA rearing 40 animals which are not of
good breed as well eoed samples Il their hind,
the silk Cult1rist viii 10 doubt, be- we'll rewarded
BY his attention to tire different varieties md selcc
tlon of the bc,j races OF the in Get, whose h
bors and qualities all his hope Of success must be
founded.
The Hon Richard Rush, while Sccrcfar, Of the
Treasury, prepared aud transmitted 10 the Speak
CT of the House OF Representatives, letter on the
growth and manufacture OF Slk. Nc. which Is Il
very valuable, as we'll as able and elaborate doeu-
mcnt II this the writer treats
on SNAIL WORMS or lnnrr CASTS, or MOI rIsGs
Thu eggs al lhsse worms may be found IN se,-
cral parts Of Lombafdv Tho worms and coeoons
are two 6iths smaller than the common sort. The
worms consume 10 form pound Of cocnons, near
ls as much leaves Is the large species and, al
though smaller, when they have reached then full
growth, they deyour more fragments and shoots of
leaves than the common sort. Their coroons are
composed of finer and NOR beautiful silk lhan the
common cocoon; they are also better construct
ed, aud to this IS OWING the greater quantity ot silk,
which at equal "e'ghis' Is drawn from iho>r CO
eoons' man from common 'oe"'"'. IN, tlfitfN'
III the OPINION 81 p3aaue' Ian '\P'iraeea slih
euituriS'I 'noaia brlah9ee'' more '"'"'a'd ihan
it hitherto has heen for
l. lh'Sa SIX worm, i'i ire '"n' d'hs L. ei
care than the common silk worms.
=. They afford s1yins ol time, labor and mo-
ney.
j. lhry are non 50 much exposed 10 accidents
their lie p''hg shorter
some imagine Tue 4'''N 10 Ne "ei'e'te, oo'
they appeared 10 l'ahaoio 10 be strong ana N'eo-
,ous' ON "'''''4' 'o'oo.a "''s" l''"'o anu
"''''
vi i"' WINS - ''"' WI o''.H.
have raised >ata pdnloI', hl3e guam
fhy OF these dnd ouud ihrm III al respects equal
10 the co"'m'h SILK worm oi hour casts II rrar-
ell silk worms inr The pa 5Se OF spinning the sllk
myself, would enlnfa'e only the SIN worm oil
three casts and ihose thht produce White silk, as
preferable To al oihei5' ana every year would
choose The very "hi'eN cocoon To prevent the de-
generation OF ihe specie.
This species, lays NJ. flush. was introduced INTO
france about iofiN hNe year since, from 'hlha,
bat was not much tulilN Tied untl about seventeen
years past. Il Is ho~ mahl' priced by the mann-
facturerS
In Wlhdham county, 'ohpf''lcut' there Is also
small par" "hife worm, "n'n eats tut twenty
days, and produces hne "h''e >uh' though IN less
quantity than either me common LARGE pale WHIT
or the dark coiored "afm hut It has the coed quail
iiyo retaining It's clean white color aud docs not
turn yellow by washing, or ~ exposure to the sun
and air Ideae worms produced also two crops
II Is highly probable thu these white woIns are
OF the same species a that last mentioned.
TF~ata gf1at.
common III the United States, and called "hlaek,
live LONGER, a9d make more six than the large