Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-08-07
WHEELING NURSERY a SILK COMPANY

Instruction in The Culture Of SKE.
HAIIIHlN the last three months the subscri.
Der has had frequent applications made 10
him 10 procure practical and experienced persons
20 take charge Of Cocooneries i'm q different paris ofihe
country. Such persons are not Io be found and sew.
eral silk growing establishments will be prevented
from going into operation this season from This
Sause alone.
At The suggestion ofsevenl friends OF tho silk
Sslture. in New jersey, Pennsylvania, aud Virginia,
and with the view of promoting the business in the
Wesi, by establishing IL upon a sound aud proper
basis, viz the practical intelligence OF those enca-
ged IA ,t-and believing he can DO nothing else bet
Ter calculated 10 advance n cause in which 80 many
are Interesied--a cause with which recent events
and the present condition Of our country prove our
national prosperity To be- Intimately allied If not
hentIhed-Ihe subscriber has been induced 10 pro-
pose teaching a number Of young meA, in a prac-
tcal manner the Business of Prupagatinc and Mana
aging Mulberry Trees, tho feeding Of SILK Worms
the Producing ofSik Worms Eggs, the Keeling of
Raw Silk, and The Manufacturing Of Sewing Silk
Many persons who possess little or no informa.
ton on the suhject, are disposed 10 regard the snk
business IN this country as Improbable and imprac.
neable. The subscriber does not design entering
into n discussion Of this subject. He desires now
To address himself only to lh1se whose taste or M.
telllgenco may induce Them 10 embark in the bust.
ness Bnideemsit proper 10 make the assertion
ihai this ~ demonstrated To be Otherwise. Wherev.
oah IGdtihs % SILK unS Detn DTuCtffdLu understood
ana property attended TO success has iarqriaiy
crowned the efforts OF The culmrisf. The great mis-.
hko which those persons commit j. the confoundiGg
of The speculatiOns Ia the MDrIs MIliicaulis with
The Legitimate operations Of The silk raising art
No two branches Of business need 10 be more dis
iinci;c consequently no other inference than that
whsch these lOgicians draw can he more erroneous
Those who have taken the pains 10 inform Them
selves on the subject. and a majority Of the iniclll-
gent portion Of our Eastern community have done
and arc still dong so, arc now convinced that the
silk growing interest, - destined TO become an ex-
tensive and highly lucrative branch Of national in
dustry. But those persons are likewise convinced
What The business to be successfully prosecuted re-
eQnires to bePraohoaHy understood.
Hence the necessity OF the silk grower edncatinr
himself for his profession. as tho lawyer ond me-
ehanic DO for theirs
Those wishing 20 avail themselves Of the opporiunt.
~ here offered Tor acquiring a knowledge of the silk
business at a moderate compensation To commence
an May or June. and continue SIX months, may as
certain on what terms they can do 80 by addressing
the subscriber post paid.
The cocOonery Of Tho company Is situated on
their farm adjacent to the first toll gate on the Ma
iional road, east Of Wheeling, and will be fitted up
with tie New Burlington Fmme. n recent and IN
valuable improvement possessing advantages NOT
known or enjoyed IN European Countries. and IN
winch all the desidcrafa in rearing the worm have
been successfully attained and which promises 10
achieve a complete and triumphant revolution in
The business.
The subscriber takes the occasion 10 recommend
" the six growers Of The West the publication Of
Edmund Morris ofBurlingiOu y Jersey. which 10
eifculated rratuiiously o. al who forward their al.
sross per mail FREQ Of postage.
B G. BUSWELL,
superintendent Of she Wheeling Nursery a. SIkCo.
7. s. A few ounces ofrhoice SILK Worm Egrs.
raised By inexperienced Slk Grower Cor sale In
LOIS ~ suit purchasers
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