The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-04-02
CHARLOTTE, N. c., APRIL 2, 1910.

very best cocooHs should be selected to pro.
duce eggs. A ready calculation of the
number required, can be made by dividing
the number of eggs you want next year by
$50. Thus, if you want 100000 eggs
next yeer, divide 100,0 900 by $50, and the
result will be CO. cocoons required for eggs.
Let those not only 10 The best coeoons, but
be certain that they were the product Of
healthy worms. Attention TO tins, IS one of
the mos, important requirements OF the art
of silk making. And it is a matter Of much
regret, that il is not sufficiently attended TO-.
Those Who make business Of selling eggs,
are too much in The habit Of selecting their
best cocoons for making sewing silk, and
leave the rubbish cocoOns, and those form
ed BY sickiy worms, merely for producing
eggs 10 sell, not TO use themselves, Cor they
know the value Of them TOO well. Hence,
purchasing eggs, the utmost caution shoHid
be observed III obtaining assurance Of heir
quality. The balance Of the cacoeas Of the
first crop, may be used III teaching the rec.
er to reel.
Many persons, Of course, have no ice.
house in which TO keep the eggs for success
sve crops. A very good substitute may be
obtained in the use Of well.
deep cold well VIII preserve the eggs
from Matching, as well as an ice house, If
they are placed IN i, 4, the proper Tine
Ii access 10 the well be convenient, the best
way is, 10 descend to near tie surface Of the
/ water, take out few brick or stone from
/ the wall, so as 10 make place large enough
to contain the box continuing the eggs and
! place il there. 1t the!c be pump in the
well, the box will romanthere securely
Ii not, of course, caution must be observed
in drawing waller, not 10 allow the bucket to
interfere with the box and the place pre-.
pared for il should be on That side Of the
well leas, exposed to the dripping in draw
ing up water. Il is also said that deep
hole, say len feet deep dug in the ground in
some shady place, the box Of eggs placed at
the bottom, and The top covered slth plank,
has preserved eggs 10 excelen, coudiuon.-
| have never tired this but if the tempera
.ure in such place be al or below 50 il will
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place, no matter what place il may be, Is all
that is required. Bot as we have so often
remarked, the eggs must be put 10 the cold
place before The germ has commenced; If
not, even the coolest ice house will Dot pre-.
ven, their hatchlng at or about the regular
time in spring. Tue eggs ought to be put
in the cold place during the winter, before
I they have been exposed to warm weather.
+ If thus preserved, portions OF them may be
hatched al any time turing the summer, and
thus, Successive crops may be raised The
advantages of successive crops are these
A room that will only contain Il, 600 worms
at one time, can be made TO accommodate
that number seven times during the sum
mer, by Matching a crop every three weeks,
and keeping the young worms By them
| selves till the old ones spin their cocoons,
and thus 1906, 600 may be raised during
the summer. One person can attend to
them, except occasionally, IN CLEARING the
shelves, when more help for an hour or two
will be required. The person thus EN-.
pioyed steodiy through the season, will be.
come better acquainted with the business,
than could be the case if only one crop was
raised.
As soon as the worms have formed their
cocoons, that is, four days after they began
TO spin, the cocoons should be gathered, and
the loose tow and filth stripped eft as they
are taken from the branches. The cocoons
may then be rseled, or must be cured. The
process of reeiing has been fully described
in this Journal, and need not be repeated
here, as also has the process OF curing tie
cocoons. Onco more, however, let US urge
upon all persons the propriety Of reehns
their own coooons. They will obloin SIEVE.
ra. importan, advantages by ii. They re
duce the bulk Of their product from a very
large TO very small compass-no small OBJ
ect TO those who reside at a distance from
market, They also obtain the profit o..
reeling, which is nearly or quito equal to
that of producing the cocoous. Let no one
for n moment induge the idea that they
cannot learn 10 reel silk. Any intelligent
person can learn in week or two, 10 per.
form the operation, and in one season, be
csme sufficiently skilled, 10 produce the
finest and best quality Of raw silk. AL who
make tho experiment of feeding worms
should appoint some active, intelligent young
woman 10 reel, and the first cocoons made
in the season, should be appropriated to her
! education as reeler. She will become
sufficiently expert with the cocoons of the
/ first crop, 10 teach others with those OF the
second; and thus they will be able TO reel
the whole, nearly as fast as they are pro
duced. This can be done, and should be
done. Foreigners, we know, make great
noise about the difficulty Of reellng; but we
also know, that hundreds Of American ie.
males have learned to reel in few weeks,
and produced silk equal TO any ever produced
in Piedmont. Indeed, we know Of aged
persons who have even made the reel, aud
learned to use it perfectly, from the dlrec
tons given in this Journal. Their only
surprise was, after a fair trial, that any one
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