The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1839-10-24
WEEKLY ALMANAC.
SILK CULTURE.
From the y. c. Temp.rahce AdrOeate.
THE sILK CULTURE.

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THE sILk CULTURE.
Having employed the three past months
10 looking into the subject Of Silk Culture
in the Northern and Middle States, permit
me, through your paper, to give few laeis'
relative TO what is now actually dong. ]
regret nv duties al home, would not permit
me to visit the States Of OHIO and Ken.
iucky where at the present time, exIraotdl
nary Efforts are making 10 this department.
And first, as 10 the sul,ahlcnes- Of the cit.
mates u the above seelions Of the United
States, for the growth OF that valuable Tree
the Morus Muticanlts--wh Is, as tt
A were, al the very iouudaton Of this bust
u ness. found the tree, as It was TO be eA.
i pce,ed. less forward ia rs growth, as pro
IA ceeded north, the latter part of June, aud
q proporuonably larger aud better wooded,
N as | returned south BY the same route,
II the middle Of the present month. Unui |
reached the Potomac, 10 my way South,
wIih the exception ~ some trees IA Delta
ware aud MARY land, found few, II any Of
them, possessing mature wood, Tor more
than ono third of the stem. Most Of them
were herbacluus or sGcculent. They were,
however, 10 good folisgc, and were doing
we'll Tor tho latitude IN which they we're 10.
Gated; although, even here, mach depend
eli upon soil and locality. Along tho aIlu
Il vial banks Of the Connecticut the soil If
\ which - a warm SANDY 'oam-producing N
may places fine crops IF Tobacco, the tree
did much better, even as high up as Nrih
ampion, Amherst. &c, than 10 situations
farther south, IN 8 cold and std clay soil
and ia an elevated country. Bot IA all the
various localities, u was apparent, that The
Mnrus Multcaulis, considered as mere
annual plant, the cuttings set out N Spring,
aud the trees cut down and burned 40 the
Autumn would, like the Cotton Plant Of the
Y South, (lIkewise Gn anaual,l answer etcry
purpose Tor which II IS required iti1rdlne,
wheu planted 10 hedges, sn amount OF food,
far superior IN that which eau be Obtained
from any other Mulberry. ! sss, moreo.
YER, informed, that the roots Ieis IN the
ground, were no, injured by the eiater,
4 u course, then, individuals engaged, would
o. on increasing their resources IN roots
aud cuttings 10 any extent, 50 as 10 be eua.
bled 20 have sufficient food for their cocoon.
efes.
M estimate Of the quantity Of trees seen
b al Que time and place, was based upon
4 comparison with the various lots growing
4 upon ~, own place al BarhamuIIe; the
trees of which, of this years growth had
been carefully cuuGtcd and Sc, down. One
not familiar with the subject, will be aston.
. lshtd at the over estimate he IS op, 10 mike,
7 as 10 aumbcr-. Previously TO having my
trees counted, | fully believed had at least
four times the quantity which | realized.
So, Ia questioning the various individuals,
4 whose farms visited, as 70 the probable
i amour, OF trees lheS possessed, | found,
they honestly believed they we're growing
n far greater quantity than they actually
n possessed. This wall account for those, &c
Il 'pdiig grorl1g trees, making out on papcr,
extraordinary large returns. But others,
moi possessing single tree, enter tie maf'
& kct for speculation, either M person OF By
& agents. They beglu, as Il IS usual to offer
\ seyetal hundreds Of thousands, nc. But
\ che OF two facts will better excuplify. Be.
ng authorized by couple Of friends, de
slrous of purchasing, | waited upon Luther
]. Coke, Preslden, of the Mary land Silk
Company, Baltimore, who related 10 me
\ the following. While proceeding IN
Steamboat from Philadelphia TO Baltimore,
be noticed many persons gathered round an
individual, who offered $50 900 Morus Nal.
= tIcaulis for Sl2 600. Mr.. G.. accepted the
< proposal, when on questioning the ludlyd.
4 ual whether he would warrant the trees to
4 be the genuine Morus Mulucuuhs, he an
swered he could do SO, for he had planted
the seeds himself Another individual nd
yerttsed 100000 Notus MultcauIls Tor sale
IN the Baltimore papers. He was Obliged
to confess he dad not possess sngle tree.
saw an advertisement 10 the Hartford pa.
pcrs, offering halt million Of Morus Mul.
tcauls ut cents per tree
Again, the number Of advertisements are
ouly different presentations ofthc same trees,
placed IN the papers Of neIghborng cities,
or offered by agents authorized, DC.
| saw IN New York, PhIad' iphla, and
Baltimore paper, an advertisement Tor the
sale Of 100000 trees which upou investiga.
ton referred to the same Individual, who pro.
badly, had not one twentieth Of the number