The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-01-17

profitable business. Whether the eulii-
sslor depends upon hrs O~n or hired is-
bourers, the Silk u least wIIl be free from |
The expense OF constant Inal and constant
consumption Very few horses are re-
Quired. as The trees need comparatively
llrIe cultivation, and one or Is0 carts
would haul leases 10 supply eonsidera-
bic coeooneTy. Thase sho are laugh.
by melancholy experience hos heavy %
The burden Of constant consumers. IN the
present mode Of farming, should certain
ly appreciate these items in lsvOr Of Silk.
Most Of the labor during the feeding sea-
son might be ss proli,ssly performed by
women aud children Is any Others. and
thus employment be gwen 10 thousands
in our country who need rs slssaiing ~
fluence.
4. Silk 10 always in demand. al a uni.
form price, and Is easily transported I"
market.
For many Of the products Of our soil
The prices are constantly fucinaIlng. thus
leading TO unsettled and disappointed ex-
pecistlons. Our remote situation from
good markets. subjects Us 10 heavy costs
aud much Isbour in drsposing Of what we
have 10 sell. But the drmsnd Tor Silk 10
constant and iis price high. The value oi
SILK imported into the United States Is
Irum Is TO S2O.O0O.0O annually. As
one pound OF Silk would he worth as
much as forty pounds Of Cotton. a, their
presen, prices, the labor and expense Of
transportation to market would be very
little. And we're lis cultivation 10 become
general. manufactures within our own
section Of country nigh, be erected and
become profitable.
i S. The profits Of the Silk Culture are
very great.
/ We are well assured that The great mass
of society will not change their mode ol
agriculture, until they are convinced thai
il will be TO their interest ~ do So. The
obstacles which ignorance and preIudic,
raise against new plans of farming are 81
gre al tina, multitudes persevere IN Ihei
opposition 10 measures frnm which thsy
might be greatly benefited. il 10 usel,s
10 find fault with men fur neglecIing i'm
provemenis for their own gond, so lonI
as they are destitute Of proper inl"rma
lion. Hence. fsny essential and perma
nenl changes are made in the agricultur'
, of our country. knowledge must be dIfus
r ed, experiments must be made, III,
reproaches Of the ignorant must be over
looked, and The leaders, at least, in sucl
E improvements, must have energy enougl
: tn follow truth. aud be governed by facts
:, II is no matter Of surprise thai the con
II munily should be backward IL engage j
: any business Of which they know con
n paratiyely lIIile. Our confidence Is the
Y strong, that an impartial examination Z
Z facts on this subject, may lead our ielln'
+ men In see how much their own prosper
y ~ might De promoted by giving 1t ia
/. trial. 0miuing for the present. its cult
II valion in China. Italy and France. ie'
l. facts will be gwen in reference 10 il
i progress in this country.
Nj In the early history of Georgia, Penn
}. sylvanis aud New Jersey, The praclici
d b,lity of making the first kind al Silk
d this country, was fully proved by repes
II ed experiments. Within a few yeal
/ past a new spirit of enterprise has persat
J. ed many parts Of our land on this suhjee
J, In Connecticut. Massachusetts,, Penn
i syivania, Maryland. Ohio, and some olh'
is states. many persons are engaging larg'
n ly and successfully in the bushes
). Four Of The New England states encou
y age the cultivation by legislative bountie
IS aud large portion of their inhabitants al
;. engaged in il. The single county
o Windham, e.. produced in 1884 Silk
h the value Of nearly 81, 100000. Fol
n girls in the neighorhoad Of Boston mad
Is Silk in oneyear to the amount oil Sl47l
" and their attention was gwen In il only
j. part OF The year. Companies with lsrg
y capital are forming in the northern an
}. middle states tn prosecute the growth I
e Silk more extensively. A number :
!, manufactures have already been establish
ed and are worked with energy aud SUE
ii cess. The committee On agriculture
n Congress having collected information
r. from various parts of our country. mad
o an interesting rep"r. on this subject
. April 1898. commencing in the hIghe'
lr terms its conuexion with the best interest
h OF society. They express the iollow'n
n sentiments:
II From all the information which III
d committee have been able TO obtain, the
4 are induced to believe that no country
,e the world. is better adapted to the produ'
,e lion of Silk or the Sugar Beet. than mos
ID parts Of The United States; whether "
n consider the soil. the climate. or the h;
D. bits of the people. The worn out land
i, of Virginia and North Carolina, and III
In Impoverished soils Of the other old state
Dc may be advantageously appropriated
,e the culture Of the Mulberry. and II 10 col
n 6den,ly stated by gentlemen well qnal'I
,-sait tnnrh la mi