The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-01-09
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SILK GROWING IN 1899.


Experiment Of M. Aaron C!aPP Of Hartford, /
Conn.
The great importance of the silk culture
TO cur country, aud the eageraess u the
public to obtain Information respecting II,
reDders it the duty Of every one engaged 10
producing silk crop, to impart all the in
formation he is capable of giving, that the
public may have correct data on which t.
base their confidence TO engage IN, and 10
% forward in this great national enterprise
And when we take into consideration that
twenty three millions Of dollars is annually
paid out from this to foreign countries for
the article Of silk goods Of every descrip
ton and while we know that We might
find foreign'markei for double the amount
Of silk 10 the raw state, if We could produce
ii, we should naturally suppose that every
citizen, true to his country, and also who
has a desire TO lay up some property for
himself, (Which is the character Of Amer
icans. would not only imparl, bat seek all
the information necessary TO forward aud
influence others TO engage 10 this enterprise.
With these views, and IN compliance
with the earnes, solicitation Of my fellow
citizens, | give publicly the result Of my
experience during the pas, summer.
planted, the second week in May, q
lot oil morus muliicaulis mulberry trees on
one acre and a quarter Of good land, being
rich loamy soil, BY laying down the roots
and trees without being cut, burying them
about two inches deep. This | consider
the best mode for planting multicaulis trees.
The rows we're three feet apart. did not
put any manure % the land being rather
/ we, and also II being wet season, only
about half as many trees as | had expected
we're produced those trees that did come
up grew and did very well.
then fitted up an old laiIdiug which
had been Used for store. house, BY putting
up ladders or shelves, the boards being
about Is inches apart one above another,
/ The house was II feet wide BY 25 feet 10
length, and two stories high.
The second week in June had small
crop Of silk worms haiched, oflhe six weeks
kind, which consumed from my trees 1900
lbs. Of leaves; and the first and third weeks
IN August had a large number Of the
mammoth white ha,ched and had ilatterina
success with them.
The silk worms required attendance
about seven weeks; the first three weeks
! employed two persons, che to pick leaves
and the other TO feed the worms the fourth
aud fifth weeks | employed four persons,
two 10 pick the leaves and two TO feed The
worms; the sixth week two persons were
sufficient, aud the seventh week i, required
only one person.
raised fifty bushels Of excellent co.
coons, and what ] reeled produced one
pouod Of silk 10 the bushel, which is pro
nounced by good Judges 10 be better than the
imported, and equally as good silk as any
made from any other species Of mulberry
tree in our country. There was a larger
quantity offo.iage remaining on the lot than
we had picked, aud allowing that 100 lbs.
Of SIX can be made from l acre Of ground
and at So a pound, which is now the price
{ OF u, would amount te 5000. Now there
IS no other species Of mulberry tree that
VIII produce the quantity Of foliage from the
same piece oil ground, aud there Is no crop
OF any thing that vii! produce such profit,
and 10 50 short space Of time. Even a
whole farm Of 200 acres Of land will not
produce more than 5000 annually, of ord.
nary crops.
Allowing that fifty pounds can be obtain
ed from one acre and quarter Of land, auC
N 50 short space Of time, it will be seer