Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-09-10
(From NE Fredericksburg Hrraid)

mn mi ri,cula,inn les lhau $3.50 nrn The d-pos.s
now are about the ~ May, lo"'
Firm. me Frsler;rk.tu,g H,rnid)
design Ia m. yer br"ly tie Ing Questions:
How far dies the culture 9" slk pronlse 10 do wei
! in thu vicinity OF Fredericksburg. Va:
2 How nurh can b. made from an acre in the MnrGs
Mul;icnu!,s- when IL d the silk worm, all xrensrs.
both al Inc mu berry and cUcoonrrIts being taken into
! the accnuu'?
| 3 How many worms car he fd on acre, and how
| many CONS sill make pound Of silk:
What will cucouuery cost, aud what IS this Pafl
| Of The rNp nst:
nav remark before take u? The qnes'inns in order
that my statements Of the ton pressure kI"d hr' snrh
as facls sanction and experience VIII eventually show
that they in The main correct. As have before
stated The pxlravagani estimates which ar" frequently
puh shed produce momen'ary excitement but ihfy
,ts moi calculated lead 10 The SPEEDY md prna nfn'
establishment OF silk culture IN virginia The pr"'
- hch brIieve will ~ rea2"d holds Out ample iGdcr
npns pi;ass and agculiurisis generally TO engage
in The business plantation OF the MGius MGlt;can is
should not be regarded annual crop, but as per-
property That under gnnd management, Will last
OF least century. Facts recently developed IN North
Carolina prove that the horus hlu!ichns lived IN INA,
Sare under total elect thnn 90 years and all
uhu ssrd ia lnSuIan growth when cniiral
ed will testify lha, has yet The appearance oil young
tree
To the first ones,ion reply-iha, tic Ct: or silk
wi,n ,hr vicinity Of Fredericksburg, premises to Gu
full MS well as the most sanguine. wl;" formed their
ripws relative to the nature CT The business hier care
| fuI investigation, could have anticipated n" shk
worm thrves admirably in our c mnic from The Isl ol
May to he 90 Of September and with proper manage
nen, the average Loss from disrasP DOES not amount 10
more han per cent whereas in France where the SILK
crop considered very important The 'ss is nearly one
kuif On this point refer the reader 10 statement of
NJ Bon in Rees's Cyclopedia under the head. Sp'd'T
silk ind also TO The statement of NJ Camille beauvais.
in his n'ruductinn Chinese treatise on tue culture
OF elk translation Of which has been pubshtd 10 ihis
| country hy L Force This is the testimony OF dlsn-
hpd nj list m Frnnce n
The coconnery Of The Potomac Silk aud Agricultural
Company, under my supeTinlcndrncr SIX worms nave
been fed during the past summer IN successive DIVISIONS
bepinnng abnut the 2h Of April and continuing up 10
IN. present time and the loss has not exceeded
three per cent Separate parcels were fed on Mor"j
Rubra alnrus Alba and hIorus Multicnuis Those led
On alorus MucaulIs were m"si healthy.
K Smith. Esq has large cncoonery nt frcder
lex shury in which considerable number u worms
raised last summer with very gond success, and jain
Shac krfrd Esq, Cuppper Courthouse, has been
I,rdnp silk worms since 1896, and his confidence in
The ultimate Of The business is undated as
evlnccd by his continual eforts 10 enlarge his plan,a
ton of Mulberry.
Messrs Blown & Hunt commenced plantation in
Stafford cnuny, in 1875, which hcy making prpPa
raons 10 enlarge, and Fredericksburg, several enter
prsng md persevefng ladies giving attention 10 the
sub. CT among whom ! may name Mrs Hunter. Who
last year received premium f"n the fredericksburg
Agricultural Society 70! handsome specimen OF sewing
silk There d"ub. others in fredericksburg and
several of the adjacent counties, who preparing 10
engage in the culture Of silk but Of their progress,
nm not prepared 10 speak definitely.
But, uiirr all may be- met by capiious "bc t"r,
who il closely pr, d. WI acknowledge that lie has
ever T, hec,ed seriously the subject FIVE minutes in
all his life, asking where ID your SILK wish 10 SEE
YOU. silk Now IL tbs "hjec'or will 10 either 81 the
cnccr neries above named he will enough 10
satisfy him that SILK can be made, and if lie will credit
the Of hose who hive sivra the subject Sc
veral years close attention he may possibly be con.
ynred liza, the silk crop n Virginia sill be- highly pro
H. III, huII thp, nj
appropriate means. ard wien lhrse means shall be
ubunGany provided and applied, the product will be nm
abundance If silk We are l7borng hhid lor our indi
Ydua benefit. we'll as for The public gnod, and We
therefore hope that 'js sill exercise e patience
and ibcarancc and sus pend hosirs, until zee canget
the hrlrs bushes al way, and enlarge our
plantations Of the Mulberry.
find il som" hat difficult The second CUES
linn b, the profit derived from must vary,
MT nniy fran variations the fertility and cdnpialI
Of sns hui also from differences IN The ag. o The trees,
ma cement. &c
| Ecnnnmy md industry essential TO profitable
su!,; is we'll known Tint indu~ncr, carelrssGess
and rXlrarauence. mty rend'r husiness fhihie
which f properly conducted, might prove very p'oi'a
be. have a-ceriHiu0d by carriu experiment, thar
~ h sandy SOIL planted wh MorUs MmiiIcauis e. 60
trees tie srr-) three and four yehss " ir"m cmn.s
viii weld 600 pounds OF leaves TO the GCrr-oEd ~ go
p"uurs ." leaves in The Ordinary course of the culture
in France Italy produce pound Of rerIpd sIk,
the prndiae per acre would be- % pounds which nj
per pound, i;D fair average price, would give SID
From THIS 81 per pound must be DEDUCTED. Tor rear.
ing h aud reciIng The silk and $ per acre tor
ore years cultivation of The trees the nett rofn"i
would then he ST. lard that only yields >!
in oats. Germ or v Ernt.-Bu ii the business be
Quoted hy farmer WHO has The most efficient ca2I,ai
in ruddy checked sons aud daughters, nearly all thr
i prodnct would be clear gain Children Ten |" twelve
yeats old, under the snpernten de@ce of man or w
man of experience, make efficient hands grown
parsons | do mol 10 intimate that slarc.!,
Dor is not adapted 10 The culture Of silk on tie
contrary, | know that with such labor it may he
CONQUERED very probably. In lrer which ! re-
/ csired from MIR J ID ilomergue, in the Spring OF
-3G he admits that our female slaves, with proper IN
srnctinn may he made so"d reelers-and Il VIII be re
! collected BY some, That Mr. ID Il. has hePn chatn'd
with encumbering The ar, Of reeling with imaginary
dI!hcultss Any girl that is capable OF rarnnG I" kl
we'll. he made : good reeer III three months
admit that The ART may he acquired IN week, so Jar Ms
the quality of the thread concerned; but 10 cnns'nc
"nod eeer, the work mns' he done quick and the silk
he extracted from The with hu' ilile waste
Dandno, the distinguished Italian cuurs', says THAT
Of two reelsrs, from given quantity of c"conns, one
will extract Of silk when the other will get but
! 6 ounces
Finding The ends Of the fibre end applying them with
iuG md facility j. the difficult point in reel
ing silk and this must be performed with The hands
American ingenuity land admit i, is grent)wll never
construct machine 10 do Tins, and rel"ce at II, be.
will furnish employ for females that requires
mental r1etlnn.
Fnr those who intend 10 pursue the business hou,
connecting il with other branches of agriculture sepa
rate statement must be made shall suppose that such
persons will begin wIlha small stock If trees, ard
their propagation until so planted at an
expense Of 500 per acre, including the cost o: land
/ cullivnIiun &c
50 acres Of land stocked with Morns Multicaus q GOn
trees per acrp) S5DtU Oh
Cost If two cocooneries and fixtures 2lGO On,
| Building for storing and reelIng cocoons 500 90
! Reels aud rut prOof boxes for cocoons, goo 40
$500 10
Produce Of so acres at O. pounds Of teeled pilk
per acre, nr l.25O lbs. al s., Sc $50 90
/ ETpensfs
Keeling silk and rearing the
worms. as established by
| universal CONSENT 50 per
pound 80 500 %
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