Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-11-11
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Fuas ihe Agrcul!uyiss.

ne leWcT OcbO", NINicuuS LII. SpituS
Of Warren Co. will evidently be read will
much interest. AS TO The bes, mode o
aussing coconus, about which he euquires
we can only aay, We have Tried no olhe
pIau hut lha, ofpullins away the floss wilI
the fingers; aud as to The idea OF lime ant
sulphur preventing the depredations of ih
Hessinu Hy, we have no facts TO state u
poiui. and nothing less can have an.
weight.
Messrs. Edilors:-I have noticed col
in several numbers Of the Aericulturist, 10
facts have few which will commu
nicaie. aud which, II yor think worth pub
fishing. yuu ore a, liberty to do so. Fo
the frs, time have been paving some nj
ienrion 10 the culture of Silk. aud aI
happy 20 say have succeeded beyond m,
most sanguine expecIaiinns. l fed, by wa,
of experiment. about 5000 worms, ant
Of that number lost perhsps lOO. The!
appeared perfectly healthy until the las
moul,Ing. when they would swell near ths
Eead, ,u.n purple aud die--when dead
they would soon smell very offensive.
am well satisfied that mine died in conse.
quence Of being crowded, want Of air
and no, being cleaned often enough afiei
the second inoulting. My worms were
hurched The middle Of April--were fed first
ON lettuce, afterwards on common mulber-
ry and mulirsulis mixed. buI principally
on the common mulberry. The leaves
were generally dry, though sometimes they
were wet. The worms were not cleaned
oi,ener than twice week o. 6rsi, Ind Tor
The TWO last weeks but once week.
They were fed in tt.c upper rooms OF my
dwelling house; there are two windows 10
one cosam opposite each other, but in the
other rnom there is but one-i, was m this
room sad on that side destitute OF q WIN
dow, that Z of my wis.rs died. There was
no Ere 10 the rooms, nor were they warm
ed III auy way from the tine they were
kaiched until they woeud up; nor were The
windows ever closed except during the
night or rainy or very damp misty wealth.
er. As anoihes prooftha my worms died
in sTsguercc Of sveasS sif, j Gilfsiss'e'
the S;sci, ,ha, any vpeSghbor - had q
parcel If xor,ns which ] understood we're
dying very fas,-I in,medisscsy visited
them To see whether could ascertain the
enuse, which had no difficulty IN dGug.
They were up stairs ia a clase roon,, ven-
iilaled by on aperture only the size q!
pane Of glass, shielded By the shingles only
lr,iu the rays Of the sun, aud 'hcy were
cr.. aided. advised them to remove them
To rool airy ruom and sprinkle or siis
lime over them every other day al least;
they did 50. and informed me they lost
uone after they novel them.
A. gentleman in M'Minnvillee fed
srcut many worms this season, in snme
close badly ventilated room up s'a!rs-lhey
did well until near grown, when the!
commenced dying by thousands; nor was
the disease arrested until they were remo-
we'd To well aired roums, when they be-
came healthy.
My wife has reeled OF The cocoons on The
reel, aud although they were The
first she tried 10 reel OF ever saw reeled, she
reeied them with hut little ir0unle--rhe
most trouble is TO aoss ,l,em--(will you be
80 good as 10 state the most expeditions
way of Tossing the cocoon!j She has
,nis'cd. doubled nnd twisted some sewing
silk. which our merchants say is IN no re-
spect inferior To The best Italian, aud i; is
much stronger. have no, the least doubt
bui Tennessee can be made one ofthe piiu-
cipnl silk growing States in the Uniou. ]
tried an experiment with part Of my eggs.
10 see If could prevent them Matching
until could have pIem,y Of Gnh. In Feb.
ruary took part of them and pu' them
ia vial and corked aud sealed il tight.
then placed them IN press drawer--,hes
did not hatch when the rest did. | ls'
Them ren'ain until tho rest were grown,
when ! ancork.d them aud exposed them
TO G atmosphere, but never could hatch
them.
The time to SOW wheat has well nigh
arrived; az We suffer more perhaps from
The Gy Than from any other cause lexcept
negligence in putting in the crop.l | will
state to you an experiment made in SOW
Ing wheat. which experiment had pub
lished in The Southern Cultivator; but as
all The readers OF the Agricultural may
not have had an opportunity OF perusing
The Southern Cu.,ivaiJr. II you think II
worthy Of publication. yon can re-puhlish
il. in the month Of March. ls4O. on the
18th day of tho month. ] sowed some
sprius wheat, which was said TO be hy
proof, from the fact that j, could be sowcd
10 the spring when the ay would not lnuch
il, and al The same time it would make n
good crop Of " whear. II is very true it had
bean sowe ed several years in March aud had
no, failed 10 produce reasonably good
crnp, but assure you my crop was wholly
destroyed by the Ay--lhe 50U,h stalk did
no, escape! My neighbors, aiessrs. iona.
lhau Wooron aud Thomas Bonner. sowed
the sano kind Of wheat about The same
time, and theirs shared The same fate. ] do
not Lpow that The fy will mol ipjure whea,
in tie fall. bu, know they will ruin is in
,i,s spring. The same sesson | had a crop
of Orlean wheat sowed in Octoher preced
ing, which made half crop. Qnery:
would not the sowing of lime and sulphur
mixed. say 2 lbs. Of the lallar TO bnshel
of The former, and sown on the wheat jus,
at opening up of,he winter, say first fair
spell! 10 February, AMI repeated in March,