Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1836-04-22
THE stEK CULTURE.

h@t< CAANAh WI
Extract Of letter from DR. Thomas White
VI Mt. Pleasant, to citizen Of SIeu-
benvIlle, ONO, dated
Mr.. PLEASANT, Dec. l3, 1885.
Bear SIR Yours Of the 4th insh came
duIy to hands and ia reply,i am happy
to inform you that have succeeded very
weFl-and am tully convinced that the
culture and manufacture oi Silk will,
before tong, become ore OF the most i'm
pOftant pursuits that have ever claimed
the attention of our citizens. Ia my
view, there are three reasons why II
shOdud become 50.
lst. It must, and will most inevitably
become greaLsourCe Of wealth 10 al!
who turn their attention TO il, especially
TO the farming part oftke commdnity, III
they.can De encouraged 10 engage in it,
~ them II viii be attended win but kts
Iie expense to raise tho cocoons=-a IL.
male VI an ordinary constilHtIor will be
able ID tend to from 80 TO As thousand
worms, which If we'll led and property
taken care ot, will yield from Ten 10 IL
bushels Of cOcoons, for which ~e will
give them from to- SO ~ S5 per bush
ei, according 10 quality or manufacture
hem into goods, agreeably to order, Good
cocoous will yield ore pound Of teeled
six per busheIy each pound will make
Twelve square yards OF good substantial
goods, worth from / 10 81 so per yard.
Thus 80 thousand worms will produce
Ten pounds Of si!k or l2e yards OF goods
and Supposing II takes two thirds to pay
Tor the manufacture, !; will leave the pro
ddcer forty yards Of goods and eOu9iths
the tabor az one dollar per week for five
weeks, (Which will be the time employ.
ed) viii reduce the Price Of the silk goods
to l2i cents per yard, or lac per pound.
Now | would ask you, and every farmer
IN our country by what means can our
females cIorhe themselves cheaper th IN
lby feeding TX wvrms3 know Of none.
1t is only the business Of = weeks for a
female to provide hereeIt with lOity yards
Of goods worth more than one hundred
and twenty yards ufthe best cotton goods
she can ADd IN the nj ,rket =zthese AFt
! 40 visionary dfeamsf but practical fact :
lohnde upon exp rience' THIS season
raised enough Fr about three htndre d
wards Of silh which did NOS stsi me mtre
Than Ia cents pei yard 10 rd,se the CO.
coous, counting my labor at one dGllar
per day, and the labor Of une hired le
innate and my daughter each at nne dollar
per week. It IS the tedious process ol
manufacturing sitk, hat will, 70! time
Cnaku it expeus'ye-but this expense tails
on tie tAahnlaelnter, nd; On the farmer
nr silk grower. AZ il resperts the food
for The worms CdunOt See any great su
peyioritV that the Italian leaf has over
our native l-af lari inclined 10 believe
that the principal advantage the Italian
has over the naIive, IS that they CAT be
brought into use quicker. as they are
much more thrifty IN their growltt thar
our native trees. fed mine this season
principally from the native tree, and ex
petl to feed as many as one million mex
J season from the same source, my grove
Of Italian trees being TOO young TO yie't
much food. Our native tree Of the mid
, die size will produce food enough 70
three thousand worms, or d pound ol sill
Der tree-each tree lha, farther ina.
have, is worth more 10 him than tw
sheep"