Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-03-27

| VIC VlOFISiOn lanQS ana
s,aSS tanas' and atten ing to live stock
women and children, who do little on q eot
'o'' Wao''.'on' may be proftably employed in
the silk culture. Up lands su;, ,bo .,IL cr,,rro
'es'; river lands may therefore be planted
altogether in corn, which is less liable - be
destroyed By frcshets than cotton. Drought
and storms DO not lessen the silk crop; while
they often do and 20 great extent, the cotton
crop Cotton planning requires incessan. Ia.
0'r from January to Christmas; the silk cuI.
ture admits of rcposc fo' half the year. A
perseverance in cotton planting has for years
been rapidly imPoverishing the Caronas and
driving off their wealth and enterprise the
silk culture would as rapidly enrich them.--
The contrast might be greatly extended, but
we have perhaps said enough.
1t may be asked, If the silk culture posses.
scs so many and so great advantages, why
were they not long SINCE kn ,wn. The reply
Is that these advantages depend chiefly upon
the morus multcaus, tree which was not
known in this country until within the last few
years. the better it rs now khown, the higher
1t rises in estimation. lis very superiority orcr
other varitles of the mulberry, at presen. re-.
tards the extension of the silk culture in this
country; for hardly any one now thinks of
planting any other tree for that purpose, and
profitable as it renders the silk culture. the
demand ritis, on that very account, so great
that It's still moro profitable 10 propagate the
tree 'or sale. How long this shall continue to
be th' case no one can now tell. 1t must be
till the supply snail bear something like an
equal proportion to the demand; that is, till
Georgia ard Tcnnessc. with the twenty states
north Of them and their immense population,
now simulated more and more, yearly, with a
desire TO cngagein this the most profitable ol
agrcultur emp'oyncn's, shall C supplied
Among the extraordinary properties, however,
of this remarkable tree, cne seems to be, accors
ding to experiments made by ourselves and
others last season that stripping the leaves,
if properly done, rather advances than rc.ards
The growth Of the wood. II further expert.
ence should fully prove this to be the case, TIE
propagation of The tree for sale need not in
terfere, in as much as it has hitherto done, with
the extension of :he silk culture.
We said above that Mr.. Chauncey Stones
estimate of the quantity Of silk which given
amount CT labor will produce is not too high.
1t IS more than confirmed by detailed state
ment now before Us of the actual amount Of
labor employed in making 925 lb. of cocoons
which would afford at least 90 ID. OF reelcd
silk. The statement is contained in an en-
cell mt article by AMANs CARRIER Of Rodez
in France, and Translated for the "Farmer's
Register" in the last No. of which we find
it, and extract the following Tort on.
Give piece ofland whore my nulb~rry
trees are plMhed, is at tieglcs ef Rodcz,
and devoted, these thirteen years, TO the cul.
tura, as nursery, of all kinds OF trees, Cor
iruit and ornament, 10 the number of ,1ore
than $1,000. The sizc is about three hcc.
ares. The part occupied by the mulberry
rers camoI be estimated at more han one
sixth Of the whole surface'* For the sake
of proper order and arrangement in the
plantations, and 10 regulate things so tina, the
mulberry trees intended to produce Icavcs
for fee ing shall not in at. manner iniur.
The trees of the nurscry,t ! have enclosed
this property by q road oflhree metres RIO
fee, in width planted on both sides, with q
row Of dwarf muibe' ries, standing at three
teet distance from each other. This road
forms straight lines from one corner to an
o.hcr. All the irregular parts lying outside
OF this great quadrangle formed by the
rod. are also sch in mulberry trees. [,
have also phn;'d upon pou, exposed 10
the south, l25 standard mulberry trees,t
which are in five Ines, and Efern ieet
apart. Some oiisr trees, which also are
standards, separate line several compars.
menls Of tie in erior Of lie nurs' ry.
Estimate. Expenses Of esery kind.
frlnrs. C. Elncs csn.
a25 standard mulberry
trees at 223
Planning aad manur:n.
the 225 075 le5 IS
$50 dwarl:trees on tile
borders, or separate, so l35
23j dwar(-.reeS dis.