Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-08-02

3542 $l4,l6s,00

10. Mr.. Fitch, l55 $4,000
Total, 3542 $l4,l6s,00
| Average, 354l.5 el,4l6Oo
These facts and documents show that
! the silk business 10 worthy the attention Of
not only the citizens ofKentucky, but Of the
United States, and our next duty is to prove
the necessity and importance Of voluntary
association successfully to introduce it.
The first advantage Of such combination
is its favorable influence upon the business
ITSELF The silkbusiness is yet in its infan-
cy in our country, and almost in embryo in
our State much knowledge, therefore, and
many statistical facts must be obtained, be-
fore we shall be able successfully to com.
pete with other nations, and claim our share
of the rich rewards Of honest industry in
this occupation. This knowledge, and
these facts, can be gained, with US, only by
experiments, and these experiments can be
made, and their results communicated in no
better way than under the supervision of a
State Silk Society. Without unity Of object
and concert Of action in its friends, intro.
duction or improvement Of any business,
in any country, must be slow and laborious: !:
but with them, especially in Our country,
every obstacle to The successful Introduction
or improvement Of that business will be
speedily removed.
The second advantage ofvoluntary com.
bnation is that enjoyed by its members -
1.-TWO are better than one, (said the wise
| man), because they have a good reward for
| their labor for If they fall, the one will lift
! up his fellow" This is no where truer than
its application to associations Of the kind
for which We plead-for if by frequently
meeting and comparing notes, each mem.
Der makes the knowledge O. the others his
own. and the experience of all becomes the
experience of each; surely "lhey have a
good reward for their labor =" and If they
do not help each other up. they at least re-
move the stumbling stones GU. OF the way,
and thus prevent each other from falling.
And besidas, ''in multitude Of counsel'ors
there i. wisdom" !" and the frequent canfer.
ence of friends increaseth understanding.
The third and last advantage of such as.
sociation, which we shall at present notice
is the benefits flowing to the community
from it by directing their attention to
business which will save the nation thirty
millions of dollars annually furnish the poor
aud needy with profitable employment, anc
give to tie industrious an easy competence
without an overgrown landed estate.
| This brief display Of the advantages o
the silk culture, and the necessity and i'm
portance Of a State Silk Society, will, it ii
hoped, induce the citizens of every country
in Kentucky 10 send at least one delegate
to the Convention, to be held in Lexington
on Monday, the 18th day Of August next
In behalf Of the Committee.
| 8. r. JONES, Chairman.
Mulberry Cottage, Ky, June IL, 1889
| 1.-THE estimate FOR the cost Of the trees il
the above statement is much too high; ever
twenty five cents is more than double th'
price at which plantation may be stocked
Suppose the cuttings to cost as high a
FIVE cents, and the season to be 80 unfavora
bic tl,a: only one hal should grow, the COS
would still be only 10 cents.
In this climate FIVE crops of silk may b
made just as well az three. But the commit
tee probably err in supposing that the sam
trees will bear 10 be stripped for three crops
silk in one season. They would produce q
least three abundant crops Of foliage for sea
son or two; but whether, under such treat
ment, the roots would continue to retain suff
c,ent vigor to throw up dourishipg stalks ma
well be doubted. The cost, however plant
ing second acre in multicaulis, to perso
who already has one, is trifaing, and the COZ
of the land, supposing it to be as high as $lO
, per acre, is small compared with the profits &
, the present price of silk. The reader will Of
serve that the estimate Of three hundred do
, lars per hand is considered clear profit, aftt
) deducting an interest Of 10 per cent. per annu'
on the cost oflaud, trees cocoonery, reels g.
. and the entire wages of the hands employe
at dollar day. Now after making slnlil'
deductions from tie cost of cotton plsntin,
how much clear profit is left to the hand +
: It should also be borne in mind that the est
mates are based upon the supposition that SUI
y cessive full crops of silk may be made in or
. season. Experiments on small scale see
to prove that this can be done; but these e.
periments, so far as they have yet been pu
}, lished, are too few to shew fully that the
v may be no unforeseen difficulties IN the we
n Tile chief items Of expense in Mr.. Jones' es'
i mate are trees, cocoonery and reels. But Il
cocoonery with all its fixtures need not co