Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-10-04
$2,550 90

ence and labor. So0-$3'ioo
Nett proit, S2,55O 90
being abou, 80 per cent. on the investment;
which confidently believe may be ncreas
ed to 40 per cent, by the addition oftao or
three years to the age Of the trees
A mulberry plantation. then, is safer
and will prove far moro profitable than
Uniled States Bank stock. Companies
and individual capitalists, who have to hire
supernlendents, and all their labor. must
Of the supervision of large establishment,
make large establishments, because the cost
will be but little moro than that Of u small
one.
Ord Question. From one hundred to an
hundred and twenty thousand worms may
be fed from an acre Of such lund as that
described under the secon QUESTION. The
Morus Multicaulis must be headed down,
for the sake of convenience in gathering
the leaves and land tha, produces Is BUSH
els Of corn is abundanfly rich. lfplaced on
very fertile soils, at the age of four or FIVE
years, the stalks are liable to be brokeG
down by vi,lrnl winds. which would always
enfeeble and frequently destroy the tree.--
The texture of the soil is very important.
1t should be light and sandy, and The stua'
ton elevated In this opinion, | know thai
have the concurrence of several in,elllgen'
and experienced gentlemen.
The number Of cocoons required to make
a pound Of silk will varv, in consequence OF
a favorable or unfavorabl- state OF The
weather, the variety Of the silk worm reared,
or from difference in the management OF
cullurists. prefer the small varieties OF
The silk worm, because (according to dan
dolo. ~ho was a good judge they produce
,hf. hest sill and naiieI. L.-e,o. s,,n,l,la- af
them can be accommodated in any given
space and besides, they finish their work
nearly week earlier than the large varie.
lies, and consequently lessen the risk OF
failure.
$500 cocoons of these varieties have
made pound of 'eeled silk; but TO make
a full allowance for doubts and Otherwise
defective cocoons, prefer taking 1000 as
the average number. An occasional yield
should not be made the basis of calculation
intended to be applied to general and ex.
rensiv~ sya,em Of cropping.
4th @ .,eslion. The cost Of cocoonery
will depend on the views and extent Of the
means possessed by the culturist.-SImpll-
city, convenience and economy should gov.
ern. think twelve hundred dollars ample
for coun ry cocoonerv, and fixtures for the
accommodation of 2, 100000 ofsilk worms,
to be fed in successive divisions of5O0,0O0
each. Complicated and expensive fixtures
ars not necessary III had all the money
that h s been thrown away in the U. States
in useless fixtures. should not say word
more to the members Of the Legislature
about bounty; because could then afford
to pay a good bounty without Inconven.
ience; but as matters stand with me at
present, must join the friends Of this branch
of agriculture in one more importunate ap.
peal. Its importance to the Commonwealth
demands liberal State bounty and if the
Editors of political and other journals will
give US their friendly and efficient aid, by
concentrating and throwing light on the
public mind, we shall succeed. Agriculture
lies at The foundation of our prosperity, and
shall we continue to patch up the superstruc.
,ure, while lhe foundation is decaying and
crumblins.
He that will freely and impartially exam
inc The subject, will find abundant reason to
say, that the culture of silk is no humbus,
but a yeritable and tangible realty.
LAYTON Y. ATKINS.
Superintendent Of the silk and Agricultural
Company.
Stafford county, Va. Sept. 1899.
fThe wliter of the above article docs no,
estimate the profits Of the silk per acre as
high as some others; but he speaks from ex
perience, and is therefore entitled to attention
Richer lands than those of which he has the
management would yield greater amount o
leaves, but the silk might not be so good
With us, in this part of the country, the most
import ant inquiry is not how much can be made
to the acre? but how much to the hand! In
France where the white mulberry is used zoo
lb. of leaves are found to produce one pound o.
reeled silk. The mIlticaulis will probably pro-
duce more, because there are fewer stems and
less refuse. We think that, in the silk season
a hand could, without difficulty, gather at least
300 ID. per day, suppposing no care necessary
TO preserve the buds; and none will be neccs'