Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-03-04

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were not fully satisfactory 10 my own
mind.
This year Idetermined 10 go step
farther. and produce the reeled silk, ready
for market. The offer of premiums by
your noble society, was undoubtedly
wise measure. This will induce more ac-
curate experiments-and experiments in
different parts of our country, and under
different circumstances, the result of
which will enable the committee to diff
fuse valuable Information. on which the
community may rely. You will please
to consider me competitor for the pre-
NUNS for the greatest quantity of mer.
charitable raw silk produced from the
quarter of an acre.
The weight of the silk in the case
which accompanies this paper, is TWELVE
PouNDs-sa1teen ounces to the pound
and is the product of ONE QUARTER of an
acre.
The soil on which my trees were
grown Is heavy clay-lhree or four
years ago, the land would not have nro.
duced 20 bushels of corn to the acre
The two previous seasons, the LOT ON
WHICH my experiment was made had
been very moderated y manured-the pres
ent season 1t was covered with what MICH,
be considered a good coat Of mari and
barn yard manure mixed.
The 10Th TO the 23d of April last. I
planted half acre LOT with Morus Multi
canlls roots, cuttings, and layers. The
roots were Of the previous seasons
growth, taken from trees that did not ex-
coed 2 l.2 feet. The top was cut off
within two inches of the root, and the
roots were laid horizontally in the row,
about ten inches apart. The cuttings
were from the tops of these trees. with
one bud TO each, and We're planted six
inches apart in the rows. The LAYERS
were small trees, six to eighteen inches
long. and were laid continuously in the
row-the root Of one touching the ton of
another. The rows were 2 IL feet apart
The length of the lot, as planted in trees.
is 2S8 feet, and the width Is feet. lex
pected to hove had roofs sufficient 10 plant
hall OF this lot or quarter OF an acre
they planted, however. only 90 feet in
width, and 288 in length La making out
my quarter OF an acre. therefore, | was
Obliged to include eleven feet and eight
inches in width from the lavers-so that
the dimensions of the lot was 288 feet in
length, and 81 feet inches in width.
regretted that had not roots for the
whole quarter of an acre, as the roots af
forded much more leaves than the LAYERS.
Owing TO close planting and the nature of
the soil, the trees produced were small
say an average of three and half feet
The present growth on the quarter of an
acre does not exceed $500, all counted
| large, and small.
My cocoonery is So by Is feet, two sto-
ries high. | fed almost entirely in the
second story. There are two tiers OF
shelves three feet wide by lwenty-four feet
( long-the shelves rise one above another
--one 100: apart, seven shelves in each
tier. The second story contains l3 glass
windows. with Venilian blinds. Nv eggs
were OF my own producing the prevou.
season. They were saved with grea
care from my best cocoons, on muslin, the
pieces OF muslin rolled up in the fall, o.
soon after The eggs were laid, and placed
I'M common farm bag, and this was huns
TO beam IN the cellar. In March tn,
muslins were folded up and laid one O,
top OF another in small tea chest line,
with lead, this was placed in another o
the same kind, but little larger: an,
the space between the two was filled will
pulverized charcoal. Then few thick
nesses oil old flannel were laid loosely oy
er the top of the smaller chest, and
loose board laid over the larger. The
the whole was set in a still larger roupl
: box, with loose board on the ton an
this was put down in the ice house $
that the Ice surrounded the sides of tn
: box. In the inner tea chest was a the,
n mometer--the box was examined ever
week, and the thermometer was not al
e lowed to rise above As Fahrenheit.
g am thus particular as 10 the mode of pr,
i serving eggs which has succeeded so we
If with me, because So much disappointmer
e has been experienced in regard to eggs
: Diner modes equally good may doubles
i be adopted for retareng the eggs-th
Z above plan, however, succeeded with m
Y TO admiralloa-the last matching the III
J. OF August was as perfect as the first
i. This year | saved my eggs with eve
Z greater care than last, and am preservin
n them in the same way-and cannot bl
0 recommend others TO preserve them {
e aoove.f unless they have actually trie
e some other mode which has proved equa
,e ~ good.
r July lS. [ hatched some two or thrt
A. thousand mammoth white. July 26, f,
ir or six thousand sulphur. July 81, 2 {
VI 5000 sulphur, August 10, over 20, 90
ST sulphur--and August 81, hatchei Ii
4 last. say to 5000. sulphur The mau
Ie moth white worms wound in "a to 9
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