Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-08-09

for $4,000. At Baltimore. Oct. 80, trees
were selling, roofs with one bud, at 10 cents
each, and buds of the main stem and late.
raj branches, at 6 cents per bud. At
sale near Easton, Maryland, they brought
from 81 to 167 cents per tree, and lot of
$500 trees brought $4,000. AT Richmond
10 trees four years old sold at $25 per
tree. A gentleman in Newbern writes
that 1900 trees were raised on about four
rods of ground, and sold first at $2..per tree
and then at So, when he bought $500
worth to propagate from.
Says the editor Of the Germantown Tel.
egraph, we know no sort Of business which
lust now promises 50 golden a return as
that of raising the Morus Multicaulis. But
it may po ossibly be overdone. But at pres.
ent, there is not the least grounds for such
an apprehension, and our opinion is founded
on the most extensive information from the
highest sources, that the demand for the
Morus Multicaulis will rather increase than
diminish for at least five years TO come, (or
as long as the bounty is continued, and the
prices will scarcely be less than at the
present time; for the demand for them is
not more than half supplied. Although
they have been in this country about IL
years, yet it is believed that there is not one
farmer in twenty that has one single free Of
that kind in his possession, yet those Eho
b,ve had none of thn+ kind Of trees RaVe
predicted for FIVE years past, and are yet
prophesying, that they will soon run down
like Merino sheep. But the demand for
them keeps increasing {; and the greatest
probability is. that it will, until there is full
supply, and the price of silk here and in
Europe and elsewhere keeps up. and the
United States export more silk than they
import, and the production Of silk remains
to be more than double the nett profits from
the same land and labor, than from any
other agricultural production whatever.-
Let any person the least conversant with
the consumption Of silk in this country and
Europe, make moderate calculation, and
he will see that we cannot raise enough,
with all our efforts. in the next twenty years
to affect perceptbly the market value Of
silk. Now let any enterprising farmer,
who will open both eyes and view the sub.
iect clear from preconceived prejudice, an !
| think he will see that a singular advan-
tage arises in this business from its entire
freedom from any risk from those who grow
the trees for when in the course Of years
the country becomes supplied with trees,
and the sales slacken off, or entirely stop,
each planter will have fine grove, which
he can Immediately use for feeding worms
and this will give him nett profit Of from
500 to $500 per acre, per annum, which
has been ascertained from actual experiment
by several persons; and one experimenter
at the South has slated that one acre of the
Morus Mulicaulis will produce foliage for
a million of worms, which will make
1873 8 lbs. Of silk, which a: 81 per ID.
amounts to 1888 l.3; and that one half
of this sum will pay all expenses; there
would then remain $666 nett profit. OH
ers have said that the bounty pays the ex-
penses, so that the whole is clear proflt.
Farmers. now is your time, be up and
doing, work while the day lasts; for after
all, silk is not spontaneous combustion OF
the earth without care and labor, and 10
ensure success in all parts Of the business
three things must be all invairable rule
economy, industry, and personal attention
without which no business under the sun
will prosper. And in all kinds of business
of this nature, allowance must be made foEs oaEs
.dyerea seasons, casualties, unceraipl5au
a market, and various kinds of unforeseen
losses that may happen, this not more than
many other productions Of the earth. and
not so much as commerce by navigation.
Having observed the foregoing facts and
evidence for the encouragement of those
who have any wish 10 engage in the mu'-
berry and silk enterprise, | conclude; tor
a word to the wise is sufficient, and to others
ifI should say more, it would be time and
labor lost. ABNER bRowNELL.
Wesrport, Mass, Jan. 1889.