Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-02-28
THE AMERICAN
SILK GROWER,
AND FARMERS MANUAL.

AND FARMERS MANUAL.
Embetlishsd with appropriate Engrauings.
glsHE first number of this highly important
and valuable Work. is now ready for deliv
ery to subscribers. We beg leave respectfully
to call the attention of our citizens to the praise
worthy objects it has in view, and for the pro-
motion OF which, it has been put in operation.
There has not probably heretofore been q
time when the attention Of the people of this
country was as much engaged on the subject OF
the Silk Culture as al present; nor time when
those who have already embarked in this busi-
ness felt such entire confidence, not only that
liberal profits may be derived from it, but
in their ability to produce as good Silk as can
be procured in any part ofthe world 1t sbe.
lieyed that all that is now wanting to fully es.
tablish this great interest in this country, with
all lis vast advantages, is but the dissemination
of plain practical information concerning it
and to convince our citizens of what we know
to be true, viz: that there is no more difficulty
about raising crop ofsilk, than there is in pro-
curing a crop of grain. The capital thus be-
slowed Yields far greater return than can be
obtained from any other branch of husbandry
The editors have long been engaged in the
silk culture, and intend hereafter to give it their
entire attention. They have made extensive
arrangements Tor feeding The silk-worm, and
cultivating that invaluable species of mulberry,
the Morus Multcaus. And from their long
respondence with silk growers, they believe
they may say without ostentation, that they
shall be able to make the AMERICAN SILK
GROWER useful and entertaining, and to
communicate through its pages information as
valuable respecting every branch ofthe silk bu-
sincss, as can be elsewhere obtained in the Uni
ted States. A portion Of the work will be devo
ted to noting the modern improvements ofAgri-
culture. and such matters as are generally, use.
full to The cultivators of the soil.
The Proprietors respectfully solicit contribu.
tions on Agricultural subjects generally and
alsn the Silk Growing Business in particular.
Address the Editors, Ward, Cheney & Broth
ers, Burlington, New Jersey.
The work will be published monthly-every
number comprising twenty-fur large octave
pages, with the addition Of cover for advertise
ment, &c and at the end Of each volume. a
complete table of contents will be furnished to
subscribers. Terms one dollar year, payable
in advance, for single bscribers.--Twenty
subscriptions will be supplied for whole year
by forwarding current ten dollar bill, free Of
postage.
Allorders for the work, postage paid, will be
promptly attended to, if addressed to the Pub
Usher, C. Alexander, Athenian Buildings,
Franklin Place, Philadelphia.
Citizens, Silk-Growers, Agriculturalists, and
others. who wish to procure this work for the
present time, will please forward their names
and the amount of subscription Immediately.
LIBERAL PREMIUM.
Auy agent forwarding 100 subscribers for one
year, and $50 current bank bill, will be enti.
tied to ten thousand silk worm eggs, selected
from the most-approved varietics-which can
be forwarded by malt to any part Of the United
States, at a trifing expense, and which, if prop
erly attended to, according to- the instructions
which are promulgated in the work. ,eiuyield a
profit considerably exceeding the amount Of the
price Of subscription for one hundred copies.
Editors ofpapers who are desirous of encoura
ging the Growth Of Silk in this country, will
please copy this advertisement few times, and
we will furnish them with an exchange, and al
so occasional samples ofthe Sk,which is man.
ufactured at the Editors extensive establishment
at Rurlinu uton N L