Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-08-05

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Lastruction IA The allure Of SRk..
~ITHiN the last threv months the sub-cri-
her has had frequent applications made To
him TO procure practical and experienced persons
70 take charge ofCocooneries in different parts of The
country. Such persons are not 10 be found aud sew.
erai silk growing establishments will be prevented
from going into operation this season from this
cause alone.
A. the suggestion ofsevenl friends Of tho silk
suiture, m New Jersey, Pennsylvania, aud Virginia.
and with the view Of promoting the business ia tho
West, by establishing IL upon a sound and proper
basis viz The practical Intelligence Of those cnga.
gedi IN it-and believing he can DO nothing else BET.
ter calculated TO advance a cause in which SO many
are inIeresied-a cause with which recent events
and The present condition OF our country provo our
national prosperity TO DO Intimately allied if NOT
sdeniihed-the subscriber has been induced 10 prD.
pose teaching a number Of young men, in a prac.
heal manner the Business Of Propagating and Mann.
aging mulberry Trees, The feeding Of Silk Worms
the Producing ofSilk Worms Eggs. the Keeling OF
Raw Silk and the MANUFACTURING OF Sc wing Silk
Many persons who possess Iittle or no informa.
non on the subject, are disposed TO regard The silk
business IN this country as Improbable and imprac-
7Icable. The subscriber does not design CHEERING
INTO a discussion of this subject. lie desires now |
20 address himself only io ihoSe whose taste or M
Ieliigence nay induce Them TO embark in the bust
ness Bntdeems IL proper 10 mako the assertion
that this IS demonstrated To be otherwise. Wherey.
srthe rearing Of silk has been practically understood
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crowned the efforts Of the culInrisr. The great mis-
take which those persons commit il the confoundinR
'oi the speculaiiOns IA The MDrIs MnlHcaulis with
The legitimate operations Of The silk raising art.
No two branches Of business need 10 be more dis 4
tnci; consequently no other inference than that :.
whsch these lOgicians draw can be more erroneous. :,
Those who have taken the pains To inform them q
selves on the subject. and a maturity Of the inlelIi. =
gent portion Of our Eastern community have done y
and are still dong 81, are now convinced that the -
elk growing interest, is destined to become an e1. I,
iensiSe and highly lucrative branch Of uational in {
dustry. Bat those persons are likewise convinced q
that the business TO be saeeessJHHy prosecuted re- :
qulres To be practically understood. u
Renee the necessity ofthe silk grower edurnting =
himself for his profession. as the lawyer aud me. =
rhnnic do for theirs 4
Those wishing 10 avail themselves Of the opportun,- n
" here offered iorncquirIng a knowledge Of the siIk u
business al a moderate compensation 20 ommence
On May or June, and continue sin months. NAV n =
certain on what terms they eau do 30 by addressing '
che subscriber post paid.
The cocoonery Of the company Is situated on
their farm adjacent TO the FIRST toll gate on The Ma. Z
tional road, cast OF Wheeling. and will be fitted UP
with tie New Burlington Franc, a recent and in
valuable improvement. possessing advantages not
known OF enjoyed IN European countries, and m
which all the dssiderata in rearing The worm have
been successfully attained and which promises 10
achieve q complete and triumphant revolution IN
the business.
The subscriber takes The occasion 10 recommend
~ thssIh growers Of tho West the publication Of
Edmund Morris ofBurlington n Jersey. which i. e
sirculIted gratuiiUusly 10 all who forward their al. "a
sress per mail free Of postage. h
~ G. BUSWELL. G
superintendent Of the Wheeling Nursery a. Sine =
p. s 4 few ounces ofchoico SILK Worm Egrs =
raised by an experienced Slk Grower for sale IN j.
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