The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-02-27
RIR.FE ECO.4O.igY.
SILK CGLTRE.
From tn SUI Jsarnql.


NOW Is THE TINE TO BEGIN
The price OF mullicaulis trees having
fallen 10 a very low rate, the present is
most prspitiaus time Tor the commencement,
of the six business, by those Who have
heTeiufore avoided Il On accoUu, Of tbs
high prices of The trees. Every thrifty i4r
mer IN the Uuion ought 10 plant al least one
acre q ground-some GU. Of The way old
fed, some chesbui ridge, some iucoByehieut
Bill SIDE, thai Yields little or no profit 10 a0y
thing Csc. Il vii cost nov but a trIflr.-
n Thousand trees should be obtained and
planted either 81 layers or cuttings, AMI
ihz.e all enough oe cetla.u to grow, 70
c.ccupy the gr0uui. Plant them n roNs,
four feet apart, aud If they grow 81 that they
stand aearer tban tso feet apart 10 the row,
take up Intervening trees and plant them
wacre failures had LEFT open spaces; aud il
yo1 have s'l. more than the above proper.
t.oa, et'aad las ti-,d.
II July, they wdl haze grown s. Gar as
Il enable yoa. daughters, Or your female
eeTgea.s Of caliar-G. 70 feed worms; aa3
y9a gay then hatch 10000 eggs. Aay
common room stii So to keep then in, aai
tie first volume Of tde SILK Journal viii
teach sag hos to manage them. " hen
tae h.si crop Is three weeks old, hatch
- 900 more, 10 r. eadg 10 take the place
q ins 6,,l as soon ss they spa cocoons -
VI hen tie second crop Is three weeks old
burg all he ia5', the main crop Of 90, 050
H. hatch. As 5000 trees gIt produce
5 0G0 lbs. d leaves, and a. each worm viii
cal ore ounce of leaves, your ), coo trees
Wlli feed ~ 600 rms which yon Biii have
fsd 20 The above tAfee parcels. As soon o.
ycJr FIRST crop has flushed the cocoous, set
coupe Of intelligent girls 10 reehng. You
can teach them if8W the Si.a Journal above
referred 10. The Piedmuutese reel should
be used. In fea weeks, they vii learn
10 reel as sell IS y5J mgy ees,Ie ; and then
lei them take one or two other girls as
apprentices to iearu 70 reel. By the time
the last cfop Of worms have span cocoons.
you vii. have four re- lers, VINO Will be able
l. Use Upthe cocOous speedily. The result
vil b. twenty ioor 10 t"euty eigh! pounds
OF ras silk, winch 500 cen e thes send to
market, or cause q b. made INTO elegant
silks dresses. fsr your daughters who have
70 well deserved them. Nexl year, double
this amount mas be made. and every year
from two 10 five hundred dollars worth Of
silk may be produced without any cost 10
yourself
Then why not Jcgia7 How hard must
(srmsr work TO produce hundred dollars
10 wheat, corn, or tobacco; or in -four,
wdiskey or pork, Or any other product
Let Us see, He must break Up four acres
OF ground, there is eight or ten days hard
work at pio1gning and seeding in October.
Durhg winter he Is ,autalzcJ with pIomi.
ses Of good weather, that seldom happens,
aud IN the spring be fears has wheat is
winter killed Z or, If il ESCAPES that. 10
March there CONES a season Of ffeczinp
sud ,bawing, that threatens to spew /, out
81 the ground. Well, il escapes even TIA,
aud aos the ny fits about, but even that
spares 1t. The spiing passes, and summer
with it's cradles aud rakes, and harvest
labour arrives. SIX or eight days more
OF hard labor Is again required and per.
formed The harvest is ~ the stack, DC.
tober again arrives and the fail nov tells
heavily Of SIX or eight DAYS more hard
labor Bat the wheat is 10 lie stack, and
two or three days more hard labor with
the four.hafse wagon, is required 10 carry
the one hundred bushels Of wheat 10 the
mill. The wheat is ground, and the aaur
IT, the barrels. Well, now re have two or
three days labour With the four horse wa