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

costly aud elegant head ornament known al
that time. ~
Certain it is, that many spectators IN MO-
rus Mul,icaus, without owning or rearing
solitary tree themselves, actually so'o
thousands of,hem at very low prices last |
spring, confidently expecting to buy them
at lower prices still, long before the time tor
delivering them in the fall. But. as the |
silk business is now fully ascer,ained TO be |
no hunbug, but rather substantial reality,
and the value of the tree having consequent
" risen instead Of fallen. it becomes mat.
ter Of great pecuniary importance to Them TO
put the fall prices down, az, and keep them
down, too and as one means OF effecting
this object, am told they have Circulated
a report far and wide ,ha, purpose selling
off my whole stock that, having tried the
experiment fully, { have found itwould not
do, have become tired of and abandoned it.
But, sir, what is the truth? Why, so tar
from being tired Of and abandoning it, | feel
gra.i6ed beyond measure at having COM
menced it, nor could possibly point out any
other occupation SO likely to please the gen.
eraliiy of mankind as ,hs--tne whole pro-
cess, from Matching the eggs to manufac-
turing the most costly brocades, being re.
plete with interest in all its stages--ay, and
with profit too: for, from the experience
of this summer, feel perfectly certain we
can raise, upon very moderate calculation,
from the lOO, 900 Multicaulis trees | pro-
pose to reserve for my own use out OF 400
900 [ have now growing, enough to plant
| my whole Gnrm OF 90 acres very thlckly
with them next year-not to sell, but 10
supply nv Cocoonery with foliage for l5,'
OO0, 900 worms, intended to be raised the
year after next, My land is by no means
in high state Of cultivation, yet l fell Ger.
tain that the above number Of worms can
be fed from its produce when the trees are
two years old and as 100000 produce
1884 lbs of raw silk, so will 100000
produce 5000 lbs. worth $4,000 when
converted into sewing silk, at cost of one
dollar per pound, which am told is ample
when done on large scale, from which DE.
duct $4,000, and the nett profit Of my 60
acres Of land will be $4,000. ! allow
nothing to pay for rearing the worms, be-
cause, when the muliicauiis becomes plen-
.iful, we shall NOW i. down, and throw it,
stems and all, to the worms the diminished
expense Of which, together with our pre-.
sen, State bounty, being amply sufficient to
cover this item. =;
Perhaps you will consider me extravagant
| in my calculations. What me,hinks hear
you say, S45,000 from 60 acres Of thin
land in one year Impossible! Be assured,
however, my dear sir, that | was only little
while ago-not year-more skept'caI
upon this subject than the most perfect iafi.
del TO my present statement can be now
but, having carefully examined facts and
practice ouly--theory being totally disregar.
ded-I cannot resist crcdence to the mass
Of evidence meet with, both from my own
experience and tha, of others, warrantipg
the asscltion tha, the above is only part Of
what can be accomplished if energy. enter.
prise, and q small capitnl, 60 hand in hand
10 work. Mr.. E. P. Roberts, whose sim
cerity cannot be questioned, states (alter
careful DR.. and Cr. account with one acre)
that 81, ,l25 33 will most probably be found
to be the nett profit from it, ifdevoted to the
culture Of silk, when the trees have attained
years Of age. which would give S67 500
80 from 60 acres ofland and the Rev.
D. v. Mclean, Of Freehold. New Jersey.
| actually raised, on one-sixteenth ofan acre,
last year, from roots Of multlcaulls planted
that season, the enormous amount OF thirty.
one pounds eleven ounces Of cocoons, be.
ing about 507 pounds 10 tho acre. Erpsr-
ience, then, sanctions the belief thai my es.
innate is only a part Of the truth.
With these views, you will easily be per-
suaded that no consideration could induce
me 10 sell al my trees.
In the early part f.he feeding season,
my superintendent, Mr.. Spencer, Was dec.
dedly in doubt respecting the advantages
of the Morus Mullicauls, but is now firm
convert to faith 10 its superiority. Mr. o.
lcr, q well known and very respectable tailor
in our village, assures US that our silk, reel.
ed on one of my improved Piedmontese
reels, is decidedly superior in every desirable
quality to any he has ever seen Of the pro-
duce of this or any other country, from the
white Italian mulberry. Now, sir, should
not have been discouraged If | had lost
every worm I had attempted. to raise this
year, for the season has been SO very wet,
and the leaves SO very succulent. that it is
perfect miracle to me they have no. all per-
Ished.
Well aware ofthe deep responsibility |
assume in representing the culture Of silk
from Morus Mul,icaulis in such glowing
colors, whereby many persons may BE- in-
duced 10 embark init their whole capital
'he hard-earned savings Of aGfe Of toll
and also, Of The just censure | should merit