Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-07-09
SILK CULTURE.


The following letter from the Agent Of
he Hartford County Corn Silk Society,
row at Cincinnati, IS addressed to ger
Lehman Of this place, who is about to EN-
bark in that business here. The letter
will be found to contain interesting infor-
nation on that subject.
CINCINNATI, July 9Th, 1886.
Mr.. Quiner: Sir
Yours If the LIST inst. has this mo-
mens come to hand. am grat'fied 10
hear Of the success Of yourself or any 9th.
er silk grower Of the West. There IS not
a shadow Of doubt On my mind but tina,
the silk business is destined to become
the grea test business in this Country, and
I think that in ten wears it will be as much
! staple Of the farmers of the Middle and
Western states as cotton Is OF the south
ern. | have no fear as 10 the practicable
ty Of raising two or even more crops in
this section Of country every season; in
fact, by taking proper care, new family
If worms may be hstched out every fort
night, and fed without difficulty upon the
Chinese tree, as it constantly puts out
me W leaves " hen deprived Of the old ones.
|so that tender leaves for the young worms
may be had the whole season. In this
way, you will perceive, that we may carry
ION constant business, and not confine
ourselves to one or two crops as our east
|ern brethren with their less luxuriant soil
and less congenial climate are obliged to
do; two crops, think, are about as many
las will ever be raised ut the east, but
may be mistaken.
Chinese mulberry seed l hove rot, and
neither have been able to obtain it. BY
letters from the east learn that tho seed
which has been brought out has not come
|up well, il ut all: for one have but little
confidence as yet in Chinese seed. have
never been satisfied vet that the seed
would produce the same tree; many ex-
|perments have been tired in France, some
lare said to have succeeded but more Ia
have failed. think we must depend up
ION propagating by cuttings and layers, f.'
(which the tree seems admirably adapted.
White seed is not yet in market, but ex-
|pect some as soon as il can be obtained.
4 suppose, from what I can learn, that it
will be held at about eight dollars the
pound. hope to have some in the course
of two weeks or 80.
RI would here remark, that it has been
ascertained that seed planted
during the month Of August, by proper
care and attention, will produce plants the
height Of six inches by fall, and as it is
best 10 cut off all seedlings two or three
inches from the roofs the succeeding
spring, it will be seen that those trees
planted in May will have but little advan-
tage over those planted in August. II
would he advisable that persons in the
Of Richmond intending to
embark in the culture Of silk, should pur-
chase this years seed from Mr.. Porter TO
SOW in August. They will thereby save
pne years growth Of the mulberry. o.
ders to be addressed, post paid, to ID. S.
PoRrER, Agent of the Silk Cultur,st, Gin
cinnati, Ohio. "-Ql
Your experiment Of budding the Chi
nese on the wild or native tree does not
strike me very favorably. We have tired
il on the white mulberry at the east aad
Go not find that it succeeds any better than
on its own stock. The ripe wood Of the
Chinese tree will endure as long and Sc
we're cold as either the native or white; il
IS only the green succuient sprouts that
are injured by the frost, ard while the
tree is young and luxuriant, We must not
let it grow too late in the fall, but check
i's growth BY Withdrawing cultivation in
he TO let the youag wood t:scn. Indc-
pendent Of there being - advantage in
grating, as to hardness. there will arise a
when the grated trees come
to bear seed. The tree will be hibridcd
and will not Of course produce trees like
itself from the seed, and thus We shall get
Dur mulberry trees mixed together until,
like the peach, apple, &c, we shall not
,e able to tell what tree the seed y II pro-
1uce.
have few THOUSAND Chinese trees vet
Tor sale. as ! suppose; though there is a
of future, as have Rad rath
r. unfavorabie accounts from ny nursery.
Nut am still receiving orders, IN hopes of
icing able to supply. Ny price is twenty
i've dollars per hundred have not taken
my orders fr less than one hundred trees
add transportation, which will psobati,
De fwo or three dallars per thousand.
] am much rejoiced to learn that there
. Que silk grower ~ this region whn sees
ais interest in slis business. fnd it dlf-
icult to induce turner's who are disposed
% raise SIX, even to reel il. and hardly
iare suggest the proprie'y Of their making
I into sewing silk. Blu, 1 think no man!