Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-02-12
Richmond, Tuesday, Feb. i2.
THE SILK CULTURE


The spirit is certainly n0ying our trIow.ci'z, ms -
On Thursday, there wascvidenrc admitted 80 The Pubic
which was calculated To shake the srrpci-n Of the mos
incrrdulous Mr.. Olmstead from East Hartford Cen
neciicut appeared IN the Capitol with table on w-r
were spread the splendid specimens of silk wceys
behold: all from American WORMS. fed AuGer,l,
leaves BY Amer can hands There was raw, twisted and
sewing silk Of varlrus colrs Among them. we!e h;
large hanks of silk :" the most glossy appearance H..
DIVES were s,ngularly delicate ard CHI particularly .
lilac These skcIns rqnal. # not superior To- rin
finest French or Chinese silks The weight ". m. r
was probably between and ) lbs (hesitPs specimen
of woven and sPriggcd satin, from oom N Bnag-f.
Pennsylvania The Whole was raised on the l.lJa
part Of acre OF land.
The specimens ofslk which Mr. Q. oxk.hcd ws;,g,.
nufacturrd on his farm during the last wear by r
J Dan'orth so rapid is the production. that the No.
rus Nucaulis on whose lravPs III" worms were '.i
were planted l;e between The 18th and !h Of May
last and they commenced gathering the leaves and
ing about The OIh "f July. when the tees were .rai
feet high ''Ihr quality Of leaves gathered am.a.l
10 lGi lbs Tie quantity Of sIkw"rms fed. % tn,
md The quantity of Cocnous produced. bnshrlslrii
ing pounds of silk; waste silk and floss | ID Ab.u.
5CGU of the worms fed on leo us ri leaves and
The product Of them two bushels of cococns or $50
pounds Of silk This establishes the FACT. that 90 lbs Of
leaves Of the Morus NuIticaus sufficient produce
one pound Of silk He thinks the products nf the eish
of an acre would have been NOR" Than 2CO porid 70:
leaves: hu; being -h":t ut wDfm> he had Tor
than lGi lbs il take the estimate Of 300 .h> =
leaves the eighth Of an acre. basis. The PROD
an would he 100 lbs o. sk; bat a!inr n ry.7
100 lbs TO the the silk, manufactured rw.rr
s.!k being worth $40 per pound, The prrduC" q u,.
acre Of land would be $1,000, besides multiplying e.,
t-rfs for market
THIS statement astonshCs Us. We took the liberty n
n gont humored way TO warn Sir o against igmnug.
ing ihe natives, and running The Whole country mad
flp appears tn tc plain. sensible man and :. he
CONSCIENTIOUS in his calculations He said once rn.:
he would Ike the old Hero take the responsibility. a..
that he was perfectly satisfied the experiment wou .u.-
coed in lhr l.. Staes-hat the tobacco lands ot Wig.
MIA wnud not prove nearly ProCGcvrihal IN N':,l
and s Il Car uaS, The average crop Ci Gp,arc "''E
va. lJG .us AID The medium pr.Ce was not OVER =
cents that GrnTgia the average ci"P 10 Ike ac"
200 lbs a, y - and that /; woulG thus aas ~
acres G cotton tGual The production "i one acre
silk in Connecticut tie that The silk is wu;'h
from TO dol LAYS 10 and he couc!uds Tint 1t wu,
cost 81 raise Tor mGrkethCt II rs better for Us =
first ship it IN he stale; and that France would
take Of 20 millions dollars per Gnnum II" con-
tends that w b. profitable for some time TO come 10
rai.e the Morus Nuliicauls, because II rests upon tie
sod basis of six. he gave vs. variety OF a""ccors
to show tie great profit winch had been made ~ Con-
ncclicut by The sale of mulberry cutiIngs-nnG by tie
sale of a article, viz the eggs Of elk WORMS 'sr
Increasing IN va'ue Since he let bai'imor' "hfrhe
ate nGrd as member Of the Silk Convention, and iheucs
visited the Southern States far as st Augustine he
has received orders for $500 worth OF the eggs
in wurd we have never seen Inan. who was hr'.':
calculated 10 rouse up spIt oI enthusiasm ana ct!
y. oplr thinking, If not 10 turn their heads, about ihs
br liant prCductI"n than our worthy frcnd from Con-
ueCicut lie SAYS if 'we surce ed wei! IN tonreC
cut mhv cannot you do better IN Virginia. with n"lr
genial rIima'ewEere the Mulberry grows To c'sa','
size ard the silk may have three instead OF is"
generations III the season WHY, all that We can rrP,g
Is, thu, II enterprzr"g and as industries,
and as cute as our brethren Of Connecticut We r9rA
succeed even better than they But Why cannot We
be JUS, as cute aud managing as they are: Aye, ;D1s
the question.
We shall continue E6mmrrrg awny nj this s'ik sch.
jcct-Ar OrSead has favored us with letter q! a.
on the cultivation Of the Mulberry ord the raising
the six worm, which shall lay before our Tcaccs n
few days
Tie spirit is Ddtsi m0ring Since the above a'i'c.
was in tvpe understand. that gentleman, connect.
cd With Silk Mandatory in York. is about 10 puf
chase than 300 Of aud III this ner&hborhnnc
for the purpose Of establishing large Mulberry F'na
uCn and an extensive cocoonery Speed Tic g0oG rgnG