Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-06-07


y +. '"yacS; f''? SUI n;,, % ;' 'to ':,'a ''''
great ii0c'os i'yS'c"' " .''''"io'p''0'
PnIs!cIs .CocooNEsy.-A' O;"!sNSE0A'
da& FHsSHreS.
Il SUPPOSED TO he Of muca larger d.
ncnsions than any c:hcr building i'll iis
country, nurposty erected for raising silk,
he;nu Sufficiently 50, 10 feed three Millions
Of fIarya; at oue Tine.
Is location IS in Gccmanovn. SIX niles
from pu;,a;,ep:,to. o1a OF ,tc most salubri-
ous and VIA scs ii our country, Oh site
50 c.c "u!cd, l:rot the eye aticr Fes''a5 on the
cry Of .roiil"rIy love, may trace the DeIa-
ware .iy.r .cr many miles, Catching here
%@l l!cr, 4 VI" OF numerous steam and
So! bo;,::,, ail at yet grca!ei distance nils
voi''s' cuny"tcd iieIas AMI to"ns IN New
Jersey. ID2 motto IN the construction OF
this building and fixtures for cu'ti.aiiug The
"orn?, has been improvement.
ihc cocco"cry IS OF frame, ost"o stories
"'1.i' a:.d cIec'cd over double cellar;
each OF them arc SIX and half Icct high.
!"e lower cellar IS designed 10 Keep leaves
!rrs1 !or iCou.ug II Gam? weather; 1t ap
pfoAIlaaics - al !cc-.iouSc. I"c otHcc
cc!!ar beng partly above grouuC, VII! an
S"c: !os iced:H5 worrAS.
The cocoo"cry IS l20 i. long oy 81
wide, consisting, It's was before observed,
Ci two s0rieS, each 10 l-2 t. high.
About 95 Il. in each OF the sluli4s arc
fitted uo as f,cJ:ng rooms. The sou;h~
eas:crn end is ornamcn:cJ by Il porlico,
which is Of two stories :--at the same
end of the building are four small rooms,
IL by Is fee: each, two on each of
the two siories.-Thcsc arc designed
for lla;cIlius uad fecGjn. the worm i'll
its frs. age, uI:er which they vii! bc re.
moved to The Iarrer rooms, rceIile s;lt, sc.
&c. Arraucme MS are made lor Lca,;nr the
building By means Of heated air. The
rooms arc ventilated by large sliding win.
dows. having vcuiriuu shutters or blinds, fo.
eycIuJ;uy the d rec, ravs cr,;c sun. That,
hovcvcr. N winch il is tiourht improve
men, has been made. and which Is thounh,
;nd;r,rnsa5h ~ -. success If cuI,lvatioo
III, ON y Iarr,. Scale IS fine cou,r;rau:s 70
r.,. ,,o.gciL. ',,,,:,,, .,d .lso;r ,hc f.a,,.;.s
c~r -. r,S'rc,. ~ ,Sn.rJ - i've nnd.rs,I. of
,H'. sbrIvior whetc thew arc to farm their
cocooos and finaIjy assume the runa state,
Il is generally admitted. that il is neccs.
sary to rcncvc the larvae from tl.cic litter,
from time to time, and ior this purpose net
ting made fast 10 frames Of inch stuff, has
as ye; been uscL b. many silk cui:uris;s +;
but lis no! possible 10 remove the !arvn
from ;ic;r litter, viii. any facility, by Tie use
Of netting. made tas; 10 frames lor as AR.
WhDmarsN says, most OF them viii nave
10 bu picked up, US we gathcr hickory
nuts ) Tor in using such netting, atcr
spreading on the leaves, il swags in the
middle, but not Oh the sides Of tie netting
su!lic en- ly for :!ic larvae 10 crawl Upland
when t!.cy arc large enough to do SO, they
arc too sluggish, unless DISCONNECTED bv
the netting being let down on them. Nov,
if his latter plan is pursue d, the object Is
speedily accomplished, for III this c;,sc aN
T t"c worms immediately ascend from the
! lower netting to tho upper one the net ine
Gcin5 .ct Gown OH thc'n discomnodeS, and
| SUPPOSE lick,cs but docs not hurt 'heH'
so INA; 'Acy WI! arse 10 the upper Hct'!ng