Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-10-12
:, ;cn,aona, Va, Friday, Oct. IL.

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IRIS .vtLTfC7ULfS-THE SILK CULTURE. !
! rms salicc, is noS exciting so much Of Inc puesc |
., tha, NE Save determined to dedlcsse snotset |
;. -. details II forms The frequent theme eli con-
S" ami ii is the topic OF many ne wspaper Pa1a.
'' Our table is 6l!es ~ite scrs7s, which Se haSe |
~, from, tine Go time; and we have the advantage
cW r hof,re us the last No Of The FarmeSs Segs- (!
{" ,,I sboua!s with Essays aroa the Mulberry and
"h Sl rs5n,- Our osTce is siS,py ~ condense the
Uttered materials which lie before as
TS 4,rus Mutirats-mo1%s the santberry, asss sas'.
Gs from the Latin words muttuS, much or SsanS, |
'Er Ito stGf ssem-isrves its name from the
'' ,lts which pat up from its roots II is et&erNisc
" n, Cs;Rsse Mulberry, From the Circumstance Of its
.,nr been bought (as the Silk worm itself was sanny
n a.I years agoJ GOA China Mr. Gideon Is. Saith
w.IoTe w&o writing Treatise for the Tsr@ers
O or he Culture Of Silk, dirtdcd ixto three parts
,ure of a!c .Hutervy; fearing Of tie SsG-
,. : Tss zseiig, t,cssisng anil preparation of rasc
%L ives tie solnsiag description Of tue fisaG
m, ,orps .plscaus ia q dwarf rce, or more pro
,,s l,rre Shrub with mdny STALKS, as iss sa,ccJsc
!! nriiss gyea-ics like Tie Gazol lilac, &c. 1t Is
ousiiy sending up yeu0g shoots from the crowa Of
~. zoo, and whra these become numerous and the
ss or years c!t some 81 She osGes, ssSSs ore oat;
~, ybs,he: from natural decay being persisted Ivy
..- ,so7css Young brethren, am unable IN sag My
i ,cc has been as hga 10 feet, % feets which
ra ssua wood; betas generally cut off naosi OF Che
vnr waut fax propagation it has never exceeded that
Sab. the leaves when fIk grown on me vigorous
wood are Il 10 IS nOhes in length and ~ to Is saees
cd. The 7apdny Of .i!eir growth causes the rios TO
oy. fasrr than tine Soe Of The leat aud hence fire asge
ycs are always concac that they cannot be S1resd
,, Pat shclt tsaling then from the edges 10 she mid
=, The leaves 'Seevy that Eiey always bang,
ocrGuio.s and tsded soure what fe towel hens ~Pon
anil Vie scrfGee Of the lsdt has sosRe glossy ap
srfauca SIC srgfacc, bet II is htte r"esh to
The touch Tie fruit of the snui,cavass rs very black
b,n 1ipe ana when crushed yields an intense ya,ple
,gce the Of which is exceedingly ,dtEcS to wash
ont GRe ffui; is about the size cod form On white
rsctry hutseneraiiy ccrtsns aesy little good ICED
?oDa5y Ug dadroe'sever produced mose man ~ al
y-e seeso2.
il said 10 ,,weteen originally brought so SIS from
rsncc rke-s;t IS not popular as It is:nthe u s.
W.0sTe n,ary pants already, tas believed, han
France and tsty put togethcc-tGenect Ha'E,sde, in
,c.i Rslropcj-nRd tae cultivation IL advancing
among US with astonishing rsPdity IN fact 1t IS be-
rng sn, Of rsge-snd sese age comparing II 10 the
M.rao Masa winch .evsiied several years ego, 10 the
great dc,nsent Of Of the sPec1ntors, who cngag-
sd,r IT, Whether The effects Will be {rodoCed IN
ns present insianoe viii depend Upon capacities for
the Six CtSre. fhe tees are'no" soaght With ava
. becsuse tReS thenscVesthe OBJECTS OF specua-
,on The very setsons, whc began to raise tem with
the view Of feeding the worm are ipcpced IL sell Inc
pss Oh account OF the high prscs which they BEAR but
~ soon as the counsg Is tetaoy xeil Stocked with lie
tree they wt of such vase, unless the cul
me Of the silk should Justify tie demand tor them It's
he eis;ag Of the Elk therefore, ely or prosPec'
tyelv which value 10 the tee The present
:sgete the cuttings Of ese tree wouIs be complete
Hnhur it st for the idea, that the silk manu.
c,rrc IS destined 10 flourish Bcr.he saisng Of the tree
.or tie fseGias O. the silk ic ~ all probability, 10
70 rr4uYsnent and profitable occuPaGon-and there.
,e though Se present pyeesSSunotles long supported
&c, the cu,ivaon of The Mulberry likely TO continue
and ever 10 increase fo- the benefit. tose who will
T'so thc CORR.
Particular circumstances haze given Ire ate astonish
nr iaspcse the pgoducoss Of the sTer-The Farmers
Register says:
Il. has now been severai ,yeare pincc snudry compa.
mes w.r. caT,ered in the Northern Sta, es With large
cspa nominal or Ieal) Tor the purpose Of prosecut
ing the culture and n,aRetscture of silk. Many
snh ean,pauss have since been fUsmst, and have COM
,nenced ee7slons: and iatery, some fave been esa
5lseG the elhsIsic South, and ia the climate
oy proper and suitable for This business than
that enjoyed by industrious Northern countrynen.
The operations ., these large stock pora,oas
n addition 20 those of hundreds of Individual adventu
.ers vie have commenced their separate account,
what IS called the silk business The rst object OF all
efforts culii2a.e stS necessarily. to raise mulberry
trees ead for the ,setcs; Snd the kind plant
I'd has been principally Ike rChaese mulberry, o. norus
gnscoas The facility ofproPagahng this variety, oy
cuttings great KS growth soraPio the ahnaai NUT
tpcaea OF plants enormous, and the @,aturity OF
each 10 tie point OF suPpoeed htaess Ter teedIog) so
early, that two years time would suffice 10 Ts'te very
i.rge supply ffor commencement with few hun
died young trees; and, in three Yeas, The number
mGn, be made equal 10 almost any demand OF single
six establishment, OF Older s-andlns. There are
also suerf, incentives TO use Gsese tnciktes IN the
liberal legislative bsnaics offered for The rcdoc ton OF
silk by al least SIX Of the Northern and Middle States
IL Maine the bounies a,d rok, The treasury for this
6olect ares cens pound upon ak cccoene grown and
cents eac;, pound Of silk reeled. IN Vermont,
our,y ofi0 cenis:s offered for every Pouod Of cocoons
In Massachusetts, tire pound 70 paid, rs bounty, on
al! silk grown reeled, and throwed, IN the State,
toh bounty alone is considerably elk growers to be
su'ceu,Ho deftay off expenses attending its growing,
..cehng and throwing lMr. Adamss Report 10 Con.
gEess. See Ear. Reg 1el. ", p G5 In Connecticut,
gphr hccT an or
:a,;ve lOstering) the Treasury psys bounty of 81
every 100 ltalaa 'Gincse mulberry trees ct i've
years Old and so cents pound on al silk reeied on an
ErOved reel All these bountes were in operation as
early as lS5G We do not know the rate of:bounty paid
BY snnSy yania and flew Jersey; bet they ATE 90 high
as stated previous selected asttse pngc 3o5 of
Tbs Vcj 'have been found sufficient to pay all
the expense Of producing the cocoons and feeng The
silk, making Tie whole prcduceciear profit.
The Register staes, however, tina, vetylte nus been
Jtt accomplished in the production of silk:
The only certain and direct evidence OF the very
small amount Of silk yet produced hlol has reached
SIS the Statistical Tables formed and published by
order nC the Government Of Massachusetts,. From this
work it appears that all the silk factories Of Mass,
tour IN numberl in the year endiog April L. 1o:H, EN-
noysdl2 handle md produced Of manufactured goods
we value Of $50, $50 This does not show how much
n" silk Produced; but the probability is that these
factories worked up all the silk made IN Massachusetts,
as the larger portion Of eheirfaw mate:ial was certainly
Of foreign growth
NC" % ' irgtnia, VINO WIS uesHous ~ eo"S
'o The silk culture and has snce done so, last year
s,''eo me principal silk establishments in the Northern
'oF The PGrposc nf gaining information as TO their
operations and The results lie told that the greatest
annual product Of raw silk which he could hear Of, al
any one establishment amounted to no more than forty
POUNDS. II true, TINT at some OF them silk manu-.
!iciuss carried on; and they had been at others,
~hcA had suspended stopped manufacturing, on &c
sount OF pecuniary difficulties but The materials for
erae manufactures were mostly imported from foreign
eyaaliias
The only Inference which draw from the in.
non before us, and the testimony above referred to,
positive and negative, is, that most of the Adventures in
we sk business ESQ caled) have considered The making
SIN secondary, ulterior, and perhaps contingent