Litchfield enquirer., 1836-02-11
1-a...-.. ofSak culture on Healfk.-In ur-

I.a.,.,.s ~ SjLk Culture on He0lEk in ur-
.','oD the community. and especially far
ss I'D their wives and daughters. {" engage
=" ,he rnI,ure Of silk, idrIity and good faith
roo,,;res Of us that we do not conceal the fact,
that some antagonist writers 0n the sub Jet,
have maintained that the atmosphere nf n
cocOOnery is injurious t" the human constitu-
ton, and the generator Of diseases and death.
They have claimed. and truly. that the prsii.
icntial air of a cOcOOnery. when close room
Is occupied as such, is dc!etpr0us to the
healths Of the feeders, and especially I" infants
that are nursed by mothers or nurses thus en-
ployrd. In proof Of this they have said that
for many years it was noticed that large DuIn-
hers Of infants died annually in the silk grow
ing countries, particularly at Tiers. Narh"""r'
Gastric, SC. where mnltitudes Of silk worms
are fed by mothers, and hence they have con-
Guided, and nationally, that the n1nIhf'
muncates fatal disease 10 her 'ni""' XIX
impurities of the nutrimfnt on "'',c" n;I,
sists. 1t has alsn been remarked '''". 'r
wounds, whether on men or ""'"e" Wv"
pic we'd, have become ulcers not o"'J P"'"'"'
but incurab!e.
formerly of frequent occurrence. hav" been
rarrGuIIy Investigated, and the causes satisfac-
toriIy ascprtaned. 1t was found that they
invariably occurred ia the establishments of
the opulent, while those Of the poor were
wholly exempt from them. Ia the poorest
villages, where the crevices in the covering OF
the huts Of the inhabitants furnished ample |
ventilators, large and ample crops were i""nd
to be made: while in the close covered dwell |
ings of the rich they were rarely found. In !
the huts Of the poor it was fOand that the IN
mates were in good health, even to the infants,
while the rich were diseased and their nurse
lings sick and dying.
These facts furnish the most indubitahle
evidence that both the worms and their at
PENDANTS will contract disease from the ex-
hala,ions of the excrements and litter, it they
bp suffered to remain in "a close room even Tor
Il few hours-and, on the contrary, they as
satisfactorily prove, that If they he regularly
and seasonably removed, and the room Wen
ventilated, both will enjoy good health. It's
wisely ordered in the economy OF providence,
TINT CLEANLINESS and pure air are as essential
IN the health of the worm as to the health Of
its atten,lant-and hence what contributes TO
the comfort and enjoyment ofthe one, in like
manner does to the other.
The preparation Of the food for the worm
is certainly a very healthy employment; and.
with no more care than is necessary for the !
health of the worm, the duties of the cocoon
ery may be made equally SO. The French and
Italian Culturists ridicule such an attempt to
alarm them with fears on this subject; and
Mr.. de Turk, speaking with respect to the
culture of silk in Prussia. says many who
have been engaged in it have reached the age
to which man ever attains. The same is
true of the silk culturists in Bavaria. UnwilI-
ing, therefore, as we should be, to be instru
mental in introducing business which would
require communication Of health for wealth,
we can, without any misgivings. say, no per-
son need be deferred from engaging in the
culture of silk on account Of the influence upon
health-SiM CuliuriSE,