Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-03-06

made, was situated in East 1ar(orG--tht
soil, of light sandy nature, Of ii quality
termed in that quarter, good cor. land. l.
was ploushed about The middle of May
and narrowed and lurrowcd iu. ihe usu u
manner. The roofs and nees Morus Mul-
tlcaulisi were now lald down, and covered
from TWO 10 four inches, the tops having a
l.! slight upward inclination they were placed
about twelve inches apart in the row., rhc
rows three and halt feet apart, having
been previously moderately inanused.
! Afer the field was planted, section com.
prising one eighth of an acre was marked
off, to be subjected to more pnrt;cui r
experiment. 1t Was stocked with 780 roo >
and tees, all Of one years growth, having
had their tops partially or wholly killed by
the severity of the past season. One third
were two feet high, one third one loo, strip
ped Of their limbs, and the remainder were
roots without tops. By 1st of June the new
shoo's began to show themselves, and by
the lst Of July they numbered 4.S0O, and
had attained the height oftwclve 10 eighteen
inches.
A family 1000 worms was now star.
ted, which wound up on the 23d July, hav.
ing consumed 13l lbs. leaves. Three
other los, amounting in all to $4,000, were
now put out at intervals Of several days, in
order 10 favor the increasing growth cf the
leaves. BY the 10Th OF Sep. the last had
finished their abors. Weight Of leaves con.
sumcd in Aug, 70l lbs. and in Sep. 332
lis.
Tota weight of leaves gathered ll64 lbs.
| Total number of worms icd $4,000
Producing nine bushels cocoons.
Yielding $50 far as rccled) ID. Of
., six per bushel.
Weight of cocoons. 9J lac.
| Waste silk and foss | h.
| Twensy.seven thousand Of the worms
were Of the two crop kind, requiring 1000
10 make pound ofsi!k and consuming IA
lbs of leaves. The remaining 5000 were
of Tic long crop six weeks worms, $500
of which produced pound of silk, ano con.
su.ncd 80 lbs. of leaves. 1t was my in:cn.
ton 70 have feed the long crop sorms tn
,irely, rs they arc known to BE- much the
most productive of any other kind, but they
could no, he procured.
Business now calling me away, the feed
ing was discontinued, and The trees were
immediately removed from the sroaud,
having attained an average he'gh. OF j !: Zee.
xell rooted and -wlih heavy El.a...s---------
The produce Oh the ene. eighth o. az acre,
as above, 1t appears is 9 bushels cocoons.
or lbs. silk beng at the rate 0; u lbs.
per acre. from tic feeding bel"c:n the lst
July and the 10Th Sept. 1t Is easy TO sec,
that had the l,l64 lbs. leaves bcen fed to
worms of the six weeks knd, the yield
would Fave been l3 lbs. of silk, or near y
and from the rapidly with which the new
leaves were developing when the trees we're
removed, it is presumed hat had they re-
NAMED during September enough more
might have been added, 10 have swelled the
product, 50 as to have made tho crop al the
rate of I25 lbs. per acre.
During the period OF feeding, the safety
and even advantage TO the tree OF frcquen
delolia,ion was fully proved. The trees
, from which this experiment was made, were
stripped of their leaves four diff rent times,
yet as 70 time were they inferior 10 others
that were untouched on the contrary, it
was remarked, tnat where the leaves were
removed, the limbs shot forth with greater
vgor-care being taken 10 leave the tender
leaves at the ends of the branches.
The very great advantage of this species
Of mulberry over s,addard trees, was mani.
fest vale such trees are difficult to access,
and from the small size Of the leaves, re-
quirng msch labor to gather any quantity,
! it was easy for child to take from Tho
Morus Mul;icauiis Is to 30 lbs. IN an hour.
! The plan o! .et@rling the Matching Of the
eggs by keeping them in an leo house, was
found perfectly successful; the worms
which wound the finest cocoons We're thus
kept back until The Sd of August.
1t may be useful to new beginners to
know, that tho large 6 weeks worm, either
white or sulpher coIored, is altogether pre-.
ferab!c TO the two crop; for not only are
they more productive Of silk, but from their
superior length ofthread, the rcelcr Is able
10 produce silk Of better quality, and with
less labor.
The convenience of shrub tree, where
the farmer wishes TO change his crop, may
be seen from the fact, that with the use OF a
plough, the trees on this section Of land,
4,S00 in number, were turned out of the
ground IN 80 mlnules. An hour mJre was
suficien, to cart them from the field.
Every one who takes up the culture Of
silk, is surprised at the case and certainly
with which it is produced and Of this ex-
pertinent 1t may be observed, that none OF
the persons who took care Of The trees,