Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-07-10
WHEELING NURSERY a. SILK COMPANY

Instruction ia ne Culture If SiLk.
EA1TflilN the last three months the suhscri
w Der has had frequent applications made 10
him To procure practical and experienced persons
10 take charge otCucooncres in different parts of the
country. Such persons not TO be found and sev.
cral sllk growing establishments will be prevented
from going into operation this season from this
cause alone
Al the suggestion ofsevoral friends Of the silk
culture, IN New jersey, Pennsylvania, md Virginia,
and with the view of promoting tho business in the
West, by establishing IL upon a sound and uroper
basis, viz the practical intelligence of those cnra.
ged IN ii-and believing he can DO nothing else bet
ter calculated 10 advance cause in which 50 MANY
are inicresicd--l cause with which recent event,
md the present condition Of orr country prove our
national prosperity 10 be intimately allied if NOT
identhod-the subscriber has been induced 10 pr,-
pose teaching number Of young men, IN n prac.
lica manner the Business Of Propagaiing and Mana.
aging Mulberry Trees, the feeding of Silk Worms
The Producing SILK Worms Eggs, the Keeling of
Raw Silk. and the Manufacturing Of Sewing SILK
Many persons who possess little or no inlorma.
uon on the subject, are disposed TO regard tho silk
business IN this country as Improbable and imprac.
ucable. Tho subscriber does not design cht. ;np
into discussion Of this subject lie desirc-S T.
10 address himself only 10 lhOse 81 1, - - =
teIIiycnc. mo-. ...e..i 40 embark Iu the bus
nc.s. ButdoeTs II proper 10 make the ASSERT,
that this il demonstrated 90 be Otherwise. Where
crthe rearing of silk has been practically uEdcrs,o
and property attended to success has iuUdriql
crowned ito ssr.s,s * ,e sulIuT,sl. The great MI
take which those persons commit j. the conioundif
of the specuaiiOns IN the MUrus Muliicauls wiz
the legitimate operations Of the silk raising ai
No two branches Of business need % 10 more "a
iinct; consequently no other inference than tha
whsrh these lUgcians draw can be more crroncou
Those who have taken the pains 10 inform Then
selves on the subject and majority Of the INTEL
gent portion OF our Eastern community have don
anu are stll doing 81. nrc now convinced that IA
silk growing interest, is destined Co become an c
icnsiyo nnd highly lucrative branch Of uatounl ir
duslry. But those persons arc likewise convince
That the business % be successfully prosecuted n
quires 10 bepracboaHy understood
Hence the necessity ofthc silk grower oiucaiir.
himself for his profession, as the lawyer and IA
chanic DO Tor theirs
Those wishing 10 avail thcmsoIycz of o n
" here offered Tor ucquIring knowledge ofthe silk
business al q moderate compensation % commence
IN May or June, and continue s1 months NAV ,s
ccrian on what terms they cun DO 50 by ADDRESSING
the subscriber post paid.
The cocooncry Of tho company Is situated on
}heF farm adjacent 70 tho first toll gate on the Ma
iiona road, east Of Wheeling. aud will be fitted M
with tie New Burlington Frame, n recent and in |
valuable improvement. possessing advantages not
known 90 enjoyed IN European counties, and m
which all the deSideJdta in rearing tho worm have
been successfully attained and which promises 10
achieve a complete and triumphant revolution IN
the business.
The subscriber takes tho occasion 90 recommend
90 the si.k growers Of the West the publication oil
Edmund Morris ofBurlington " Jersey. which i
circulated gratuitOusly % all who forward fher nj
sress per mail free Of postage
B. G. BUSwETL.
Superintendent ofthc Wheeling Nursery 4, Sill q,
p S. a few ounces ofchDce SILK Worm PC /
Tnised by an inexperienced Silk Grower for s,Io H.
LOIS 20 suit purchasers.
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