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food when hungry, land there can be
little danger of success. Many indeed
have been entirely successful who have
never had the advantage Of seeing sin
gle silk establishment and nearly all in
this country have been mostly guided BY
their own experience. Yet in many re-
spec,s, American articles thus produced
have been found fully equal, and often
superior, to foreign ones, Ia Economy,
Pa. it has been several years since large
quantities Of silk have been manuIactu.
red into ves,ings, handkerchieis, and 9th
Ell broad articles; which have been reel
cd, dyed, spun, woven and finshed at
that place; and in Dayton, Ohio, domes-
tic silk handkerchiefs have been made OF
most excellent quality the product OF the
ndtiue mulberry, where the process OF
winding, reeling, doubling, twisting, &c.
we're performed by machinery, Princl-
paIly OF the invention Of the proprietor oI
the establishment. Sc Nug silk of all
colors, is very common article otman'
ulacture in all parts ofthe country,
The following calculation OF the Iabour
attending and connected with the culture
of silk, in Connecticut, is by John Fitch,
ESQ. of Mansfield, in that State.
One acre of full grown trees, set one
and a half rods apart, will produce forty
pounds Of silk.
The labour NAV be estimated as fol.
lows:
For the three first weeks after the
worms are hatched one woman who is
ACQUAINTED with the business, or chill
dren who would be equal to such per-
son.
For the next twelve or fourteen days,
five hands, or what would be equal to FIVE,
if performed by children. This period
fnishes the worms.
For picking off the balls, and reeling
the silk, it will require about the same
amount oflabor, for the same length OF
time, as the last mentioned period, which
may be performed by women and chi
dren. The aforesaid labor and board may
be estimated at eighty dollars, spinning
the silk at thirty four dollars; 40 pounds
or silk, at the loWeSt cash price, is now
worth two hundred dollars; which makes
the following result:
40 lbs. silk, at S. per
pound, $@oO w
Labor aud board, so 90
Spinning, "a w ~ W W
Nett profit per acre, $So VI
The principal part of the labor may bt
performed by women and children, Bu
where the business IS carried on 10 cor
siderable extcnt, it is considered more
profitable to employ some men Tor tn
last period of the worms.
1t is now believed by many, that II III
stead of lransplantlng the trees in the or
chdrd form, as in the, above estimate
they are placed in rows about eight lee
apart and two or three feet IN the row
: by proper care and culture, five time
the amount may be raised from an acre
: But even on the supposlIon in the noov
t estimate, (Which experiment has PROVED
/ 10 be very moderate y how can an acre o
) land be made 10 yield greater Proht!-
: cthe rockiest towns 10 Connecticut pre-
1 tuce annually seventy or eighty thous
e and dollars; why may not tho more ler!ll
: regions further west do as much3 Chl
= drcM may make more from an acre {
D mulberry trees, than man can max
, from an acre Of wheat or corn,
e Perseverance and Judgment are requI
e red for success in this, as well as 10 ever
branch of business; aud those who en-
o gage 10 the work must be prepared Il
d some disOppointments at the commence
u ment, for experience is always necessa
II ry 10 every undertaking But dIthcu
e ties will soon be overcome by PraclIc
= Competition cannot effect it, exec
\ for the better; for the greater the numb
= ofcocoons produced, the greater Will
C the inducement for the erection OF 81
n flatures and manufactures OF the be
ID construction, which will not only cheaI
&c on the labor, but increase materially I
so value by improving the quality ot The a
in ticles. Nor can there be any danger
IN the market becoming soon overstock'
ID while ten or twelve millions oil doIlt
lis worth are annually consumed in the
er States; besides which millions oil dolli
y, worth of raw silk are yearly importe d
he to France g. England to supply the IN
liz ufactories.
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in CT AIRE,DED