Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1838-10-25

n this subject will commend itself TO the en- .
'srprislng capitalists OF our State aud coun-
i tr.-Mr. Al'Lean fed entirely from The mo.
D rus muiticaulis Of this years growth, of
! winch he has, large number, which now
D look remarkably hue, and We understand
Tue demand for them is becoming very great
n unusually 50 Tor this season Of The. YEAR
During the last ten days CONTINUES the
monmouth Enquirer) our village has been
utmost daily thfongcd with purchasers: al.
: IeSay inore than fifteen. thousand dollars
nave been realized in the sale OF trees in this
pace. !he price of trees, we are informed
oy ooth holders and buyers, is daily advau-
eng, ana the present prospect is, that in one
month more there will moi be Tree far saie
10 the county Of Monmouth. Aud will our
! Cilzens suffer strangers TO come and TAXI
inc hees away from our very doors, and
mus deprive us OF the profits and advantages
vi this business another year? Not a sing IL
.nuViouai, excepting ourself, in this place,
has purchased trees yet, who has not reali.
ecu very large advance Indeed. the
Pron's which some OF our citizens and villa.
gers have realized are 50 great as TO be al
most incredible. One individual, last spring
invested IN tees $50, aud few days
since sold them for the snug little sum of
SS,ooO. Another invested $500, and has |
already sold TO the amount OF SO 900 and
retained considerable number Of his trees |
as STOCK Tor next season. Other sales have
been made for s 900 to sc, GOO, uffortiny TO |
growers profits almvst as great as the above.
| (but we have exhausted all our share
space to day.-further Extracts an our |
merit
Virginia is not asleep in relation to This
new branch Of industry. We have heard of /
large profits being made in the neighbor-
noou oi fredericksburg, Petersburg, and of
Norfolk; IN Caroline county, Brunswick &c.
me Ptohts made by Mr. Hicks of Btuns-
WICK, On an outlay OF from to $500 in the
hiorus Mullicaalis, have been already mo-
licea IN this paper. Ii amounted, accoi ding
TO letter OF that gen lleman to The Editor Of
The Farmers Register, TO ST ,5OO-besides
retaining an ample stock for his future nro'
auctions. We have heard of anecdotes of
astonishing profits being made in several
places. They are as rite ns they arc anu
smg-oi lille squares IN gardens, producing
pront enough 10 amaze the owner-ol small
spots Of ground, which had cost only or
ooo dollars, turning out in this ne " species
OF agriculture or 1000 thousand dollars-of
cute farmers in the North, looking ahead, |
coming TO Virginia, selecting the best soils
and situations, sending on thar Que or tw O |
eyed cuttings, md ruapiug4 aiis Fail ashar- |
Nest oil several thousand dollars The Mo,
rus M uliIcauls and the Silk worm, are now
all the go. Forty dollars the thousand for
cuttings are offered. Tees are bought nj
40 or more-and some gentlemen in our |
own Cty are talking oil establishing cocoon
erles 10 our vicinity. The subject is Ger
taihiy worthy of inquiry; aid we hovo our
friend OF the Register will go on, 10 collect
information from all quarters, and give US in !
each NO. OF his valuable work sumo sia,is
les upon the subject Let us remember.
that the growth OF Cotton itself was al one |
time as mucha novelty in The United States
as pix rs at this moment. Both have had
Iheir birth and cradle. Cotton has now oh. t
famed gigantic degree ofprosperity, which |
nothing Can arrest-Wby may il not be the
Case with Silk? Our own imporIa,ions q r
Silk during 1887, was SI4, 1862, s23-Wby |
may we NOT only supersede the impurtations
from The East and from Europe, but suppIy
large portion of the raw material 10 The
rest Of the world? We have heard calcula.
tons made OF the profits 10 be obtained up-
on Cocoons, which calculated 10 show
tha' we are destined 10 carry il on 10 con-
siderable extent.
We shall touch upon this subject again .as |
often, indeed, as we Can gather fresh male. /
rials We solicit hints, facts and statistics
from others II is common concern. We
are all passengers in the ship. Let US assist
each other With all the lights 10 our posses.
sion. we lay this morning before our rea>
ders the following communication from a
| genie man in this City, who is possessed of |
much information upon the subject. We |
are obiIged 20 him fer his replies To our in. !
! qu'fies, and ask similar favor from Others:
TO The Editor of The Enquirer.
Al your request, communicate The fol>
rowing views IN refere nee 10 ibe introduce
iion' mode 81 propagation, rise and progress
Vi prices, ano the reproduction of the 'Aio (
rus Mui'Icau!is, or Chinese Mulberry. |
Isl. Introduction. believe we are in
aeoted 10 our worthy fellow citizen. DIR. |
Norton, Tor The introduction and erp,niiops
dissemination of the Morus Muiiicaulis N |
this country.
"a. Cultiration The cultivation was
commenced in ibis vicinity by Dr.. Norton
"Dou, Inc year lS2S-by Mr.. John Carter |
ABOUT the year 1880, and by few other
gentlemen in 80 aud '33.
Sd. Propagation. The most repid mode
Of propagation isb laying down in shallow.
Wen prepared drills, cuttings OF single eyes,
o inches apart ore way and 4 feet The other:
out The suiest and ordinary plan is. by cut,
lungs OF two buds each, placing them at the
same distances, and incliujng them at an an.
gle OF about 80 degrees Upon this plan
~ ,3oo Trees may be raised TO the acre, ard
10 light, loamy soil, they will sttain an
average height Of ieei, well cultivated
each Tree yielding for next spring planting,
an average Of 30 &c 20 cuttings, Of two eyes
or buds each. still more rapid mode, in
favorable seasons, has been pfuciised, by
laying down in June The main stem and lat
erals, (tbe cutting Of two buds very oiteo
producing two stems) so that 100 DOT Cone
hundred thoUsanD cuttings The first wear
will produce 8 100000 (ibree miIiions) oil
cuttings at 80 cuttings osch-,he secoud
wear % nillious-tho did 49,. q rno - a