Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-31
IN this state the leaves Can be gathered win
more facility than large trees.

| more facility thnn large trees.
ON. Another importan, question this.
nei'eve II has been long and generally known
mat our native mulberry Is one u. The most
valuable timber trees, producing the most
! durable posts, rails sc ard iro,n my nb
Servations nnd c"mpariSon ri The iwn trees,
feel confident ,ha, The alorus Mul,icaulis
will prove equally as valuable as The nu,ivc
| Tor timber on any other purposes 10 " hich II
is applied
As 10 The leaves beng raluallc f,r feed
| my cattle, have had occasion to know ,b,t
'aci; Tor, early after l commenced raisinu
lhe ices, my stock of trees accumulated
beyond the then deuand-anh as they -.
NAMED several years in The ground, they AT
| i"ided great quantity al leaves and Young
branches, which I was in the daily baail ol
having cut off and feeding To my mich
cows. found them To be fond nf them. and
10 thrive well upon them. also found
decided increase in The qnanlity OF milk, as
well as great Improvement in the quality
OF IL
AS 10 their enrcling land uuon which,
they grow, IL was during those several wears
'hat MY trees Remained, u,nn the same
ground, that discovered their fert,lizinr
qualities, since which have had sufficient
evidence that they invariably improved ev.
cry spot ct Land upon which have planted
lhem-ow suppose To the dense shade
which they produce, ard The yrp.i ou,utiIv
"fieaves which they return to The earth. and
which are unlike ordinary leaves. as they
Always ROT 10 very shnr, peri,,h after ,hev
laii upon the ground, and afe no, blown a.
way from The land upon which they grow as
most other leaves aie.
9TH. Owing, perhaps, 10 the fac, that i,
our climate the warm season i. longer than
II is I" the North the Morus Muli:c.ul;s viii
IN one season acquire greater hcighr Than
| IL VIII T." the North, aud produce greater
abundance of foliage when ,.lanrcd IN Sims
i"r iahu; ana for the same reason they n,ur
| lsh more rapidly farther South than ihey r.,
| here "'
bib. This question am not able TO m.
s"er very explicitly. know from expert
e"te' mat they thrive in This climate remar-
h""'y well, and from the report ui others en-.
'hied 10 credit, ! understand they succeed
very well as far North as Massachusetts,
""' cannot say in what climate they sue.
coed best
OH. Wills. do not think that the nre.
cent great demand, and consequent hig., pri-
ees i'aid Tor the Morus alnliicau!is, is natu-
,,"'' ye' do not thnk the subject mere
"u"!o"S hui on the contrary, believe The
su'Jeci TO he one Of great importance To Ibis
STATE, az well as TO The whole nation. and
'"a' F" VIII, II properly managed, become a
source OF great profit TO all who engage in
the business, as well as great national pro
hi-ahd would therefore soberly recon-.
mend To our citizens 10 engage in the silk
business, bu, not too extensively, al the pre-
SEM high prices of trees
10. The 10Th question is answered in the
9th answer. ~ VIC
liza have been 10 the habit of feeding
lew Thousand worms annually for sey,rni
years past, of the two crop spccies-aod !
neiieye Tins kind is commonly preferred by
NOSE VINO have gone TO any exten, in the
business. OF this Kind have reared three
generations in one season, but as several new
r , nave been recently introduced nlo
'his country, the relative merits of which
nave not been sufficiently tested, / cannot
say WIN certainty which kind is preferable
have Ihus far cndeavnred 10 answer your
queries TO The best ofmy know ledge ant! ex.
Pe.ience. IL my answers upon some Of The
SUBJECTS, do not appear sufficiently clear. /
| WIZ al any time explain them TO Won YER
""'D; Tor, do not wish To keep back from
yours or the community in general, any
Rno" ledge which possess upon this imuor.
''"' su'Jec'. Respectfully, YOURS,
JOHN CARTER.
hr. THOMAS EITcuIE