Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-12-03
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W. tax. from the Providence ri Journal the
subioned account of an establishment N that cry
The Rhode Island Silk Company, which was
,a,e the Valentine Silk Company was moor
poraied at the recen, session oi our Legislature
with capital of 100000. Their Factory Is sli-
mated upon Edd, street. the next building To 'i'
old Glass House. The machinery, viii "heh "
is nearly filled, is propelled bv SIX morse po"s'
steam engine The steam Is generated WIN 'a ~,
siitinyx OF anthracite coal, al an expense VI 90
cents per day. This, TIL recently, nseiess "'u
,,6,.a ,,,,i,n Of ri,c coal is iencd aud rendered
abou, as valuable any other, by the ald OF hes-
nolJs' patent blowing apparatus While prepaf-
49,, ,he,, machinery and instfuctinr their oper-
ati,e, in the art, they have manufactured from 10
10 1900 wards OF ricl heavy goods. The number
of hands has recently been very much increased
and, with the add tonal power looms about TO Dc
out in, the company contemplate making from
600 To 400 Yards OF goods per Wcck.-oi course,
as there is no domestic supply, they are eonpeneo
to manufacture foreign silk. ANOTHER year, how
ever. ,bey will probably derive considerable
amount of their raw material from their own plan
tation This plantation IS on the western bofhei
of the city, and consists OF thirty acres oil land Paf
ticulatly wccll adapted 10 the growth OF tho ma,-
berry tree, and is already IN high STATE OF cum
va,ion Upon II there Is large well finished t"o
story house aud barn and grnnary--a cocoonery
$50 fret long, built last sprung, aud about lo,ooo
mulberry trees Of very vigorous growth, most oi
which are five wears old, and tho remainder four
From these tr,r. II is estimated that an average
amount OF at lea,l 1000 pounds oil wound silk may
be produced per year, for the next tive years, OF
two ounces To u trec--and tor the succeeding
FIVE wears double the amount. This IS moderate
estimate compared with the one made by The boston
C. ,mpany and indeed, compared with the results
OF experience, OF those who have been engaged III
growing silk in Connecticut iof many years. Inc
company are about putting out 4o,Voo more 'iees
of threo wears growth. in hodg' after the Italian
mode These, it Is estimated, will yield an aver
ave rate of one ounce of wound silk 10 tree per
wear for the next 5 years, OF $500 ponndsper year
The total product OF the farm III six, according
10 IhiS estimate, would DO worth, at : per pou d.
Sls 900. One half Of this amount Is allowed ior
attendance upon the coeooncry and winding the
silk into a marketable state, .leaving nett profit
Of 80, 900. la aditn,n TO this ought 10 be rcck-
oncd the valnc OF the crops at corn and potatoes
which the best condition OF the trees will require
should be planted among ihrm. With liberal
application of fish, which abound, as a manure
within less than a mile Of the farm il may. beyond
doubt be rendered much more productive
than in the above calculations, Is anticipated,
and by planting In hedge rows 100000 more trees
which II is competent to sustain, II would OF course
Weld manifold increase OF silk On one side OF
the farm Is beautiful pond from which the trees
may be wacrcd by the aid ola forcing pump, III
any period of drought.
This estimate Is entirely too hgh--ln large
establishments, less than twenty live per cent
should cover all expenses