Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-09-13

mulberry trees, though It may make people
plant, yet it does not necessarily follow, tina
because they have trees, they will raise silk
WORMS Now greater blunder than il
set forth in this note was never made and
the experience of the very 'neighbouring
government (Conneciicut,) to. this day
bears testimony to the wisdom of.he policy,
that first encouraged tho planting Of mul:
berry trees. For few years the people Of
Pennsylvania struggled along, making a
few pounds Of silk from leaves, gathered
from the forests at q cost OF labor and ex.
pense greater than the gross proceeds of the
sales ofthe silk produced. Some few planted
mulberry trees; but too few in number for
any profitable purpose; and when the re.
yoluiioa broke OUT, the silk business was
abandoned and forgotten. But in this
nsighborng ,gosernnent,' (Cmnec,icut)
where the planting of trees was encouraged
by bounties and premiums. the silk business
was never abandoned. Though the reyo.
luton gave our forefathers enough to do in
the tented field, their wives and daughters
stil kept he indusriousinsect at work for
the TREES were PLANTED, and the feeding
Of the worm, naturally followed. But even
in Connecticut there were no, suficiency
of mulberry orchards planted to make the
business much Of public interest, and it
was pursued as domestic branch of house.
hold economy, and on the simplest and ru.
dest principles. Evenin this way, how.
ever, it was a very profitable adjunct of do
mestic economy, adding to the family in.
come an hundred dollars or SO, annually,
without increasing the expenses at all. In
Georgia, j, Was managed somewhat differ.
emily. A few mulberry orchards were
planted; but the population was so sparse,
and the difficulty of procuring hands so
great, that rhe business was abandoned after
few years. The same causes produced
the same effects in all subsequent attempts,
and particularly in that Of 1924 to 1892
The writer Of this was in the heat of The
battle of that period, even in The front rank
though private lin the line We fought
hard to get the people to plant mulberry
trees. The first sentence that the writer
Of this ever published on the subject, was
this-'The first object Of attention to per.
son contemplating the culture Of silk is, to
secure an abundant and convenient supply
of mulberry leaves. without which he, Of
course, can do nothing But all was Of no
avail. People were continually sending to
the writer for silk worm eggs--not for mul.,
berry trees; sometimes, It is true, they
would send to him for five dollars worth
of silk worm eggs, and as many mulberry
seed as pould fsed the silk soorms produced
By the eggs! But tie idea TINT they must
first plant mulberry orchards, and by that
means secure an abundant and convenient
supply OF mulberry leaves, could no, be i'm.
pressed upon their minds. The, people Of
the United States are thorough 60. AHEAD
people; but, unfortunately, they do not
adop, the whole Of the exccllen: precept of
our old and eccentric friend, David Crockett
they do no, first see they are righ,-
THEN go-a-head : but they go.a.head first
and then, afer experiencing all sorts of dis
appointment, look about to see if they are
right! Heretofore, we have begun to raise
worms first, before we had leaves to feed
them; now we are raising TREES irst-we
are beginning RIGHT, and the result will be.
we shall certainly 'go.a-head' IN the silk
business.
We are continually asked, SIS not the pre-.
sent trade in morus multicaulis trees mere
speculation Will not those engaged IN it,
both as buyers and sellers, back out, as soon
lis they have made ull they can with their
,rees?
| Whatever the motives OF the dealers in
:rees may be, matters not; we know tina,
the effect Of their operations will be to plan,
mulberry orchards all over The country, and
that is all we care for. f.hey can contrive
to make fortunes out Of so great good
conferred upon the country, ell the better
for them. All we certainly know is, that
heretofore we could not enlist the money in.
terest in the silk business !; we therefore had
no mulberry orchards planted, and the con.
sequence was FAILURE; now we have the
money interest deeply involved in the busi-
ness, mulberry orchards are in progress oil
over the country, and success to the silk
business is certain; because MONEY is the
great motive power Of human enterprise
Whatever may be the result Of the trade in
trees, whether failure or fortune attend il
with each individual, maltersn,t to the caast
a. all-.the money each person has venturcd
will have produced lis quota Of trees in the
country, and the trees will be here ready tc
furnish food for the silk worms. Not sin
gle tree that is produced will be annihilated
not single tree can lie appropriated 10 any
other purpose; iftraders in the tree foil, anc
become bankrupt, and their stock Of trees
be sold for the benefit Of creditors, the trees
will remain to The country, and silk will bt