Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-10-29
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SILK AND MULBERRY.


We know hat every tree now planted, furnishes the
ahment al i new limo OF ind usl,y-destned. nj no
distant day, Ia enrich our peo he. and stay tho t'le
oil emigration from ancient Coninonwe aih,
We will iurn,sh ihe data on which We found This
optnion, IN n hiIel manuct possble hoping
la nitiaetth attention o our farmers to this Sub
Jet
The demand for silk in European markets
lar exceeds til" importation al manufactured sih into
the United States, and probably AT ts Time equals
the demand tur American eelfon. IA far bach as
1s2a Ftanco purchased lnt Ihc supply of her MANN
factories twenty millions dollars annually aud llns
independent oithe Productions Of her own clUatus.
Glcat Britain in 1921 purchased mere aN ten mil
lions dollars, To suppl, her factories. For want Of
access Ia molcreecnl statistics, forced 10
soft 10 these remote periods. Tho fact is ell
thcntieaed. that these Two ratlnns now purchase
moro than 6ny millions dollars onHually. OF iae
silk.
Here thcn Is amalkct tAnd market restrained AMI
limited heretofore by the difficulty Of suppls) open
10 our industry and enl.ipilse. This cnornpus de.
maud Is mainly supplied Tram ilaIy. E,auee, Rem
gal, Turkey and China. II II can he Shown HAT the
United States. and especially dat position South Of
the Potomac, irun climate aEd soil Is better adapted
Ia the husi0css. ilc strongest Inducements otfeied
Ia onf people Ia embak ia At. Il tlr competition for
iis padc China 1--WE rcsume) sont Of tho qurs.
ton, is she requires II ARD CAST IL all hei deal.
ngs The sill OF Bengal, nom sOtne cause, Is in.
te,Iofi 50 that the law silks Italy, Fiance, Tur-
key and Greece supply thc market. Ii is conceded
that Italy and France hnDsh tho pnncipal supply,
rs therefore with these countries, dat the capa,
bltes OF Virginia Ior the production Of silk must
bo compared,
There is no longer question, rs TO The eminent
adaptation both Of our sol and climate, TO he
culture Of tho mulberry. luuumcIablc cNprli-
uents fot the lasts years, have proved that the No.
lus Multleaulls the appropriate food of thc Sal,
Worm, - is at home IN the Old Dominion.
on the subject Of raSipg the SILK No,u, and he
comparative superiority OF ON climate ior this pur-
pose over that Of Italy and France, we will borrow
from the essays Of y. liomrRouE, PRACTICAL and
scicaGGc silk artsau. who ,,s,lcd tlus country ii,
leS9 This gentleman u native of France. rails
ed 10 the business aud WAS well qualified Ia Judge.
lilsIn,csIlgaions were conducted ina philosophical
spirit and his usiVns dedue from well tested
experiments
From his own experience. and his reading on ,lic
subject, lac has ascs,'rlnci hat tempe iaufr, not
below 90 degrees Of Fahrcnheu's thermometer, WAS
suitable To the silk worn lie ascerialned lai from
the last OF june l the mildl, OF August lac lhcr-
moIYictcr Ind not fallen III that car below 099 and
WAS told that II WIS an average scaSou--lle further
asccralncd from Nh Duiund Of Baltimore, Who
HAD taken mctcorolog cal observations Of the ten
peratuic Tor an cDure year la Baltimore, and pro-
cured similar observations dnnng the same pali-
Oh taken in Paris, ihat tho extremes Of hca, and
cold wcIo mach greater IN iis county dian ~
France; thar whilst our Winters are much colder
our Summers arc much WARMER dian IN those coun
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