Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-05-08
hrtfect from he Rpot o' tie Commissioner # FIT


SH.--it is evident thai the icenJ with ref, renee t.
this product Is settling down on a mon as,ufed basis
W lt sone, remembering only Tho days oi the marus
multcn0lS sPreualion smlr and Turn With inrrrdula,
fom lis very mention. others have learned II d.,criin
n1lt between the solid and the lmaainary AMI are rral
Ant II not HE golden dreams OF past years least
tar profit, Which mol even the rdIculc that is mt al
way spared. will easily templ them. 10y abandonment
oi Their object 10 t,rcgo. The crop i, MGR asino MOI
indeed with great rardlly, hui with radrcss aud
muu9 e. ISIS OF persons who have turned Their attention
Ia H. thai promises 10 render II OF permanent interest
he lriallon 81 speculation has Iasscd away So5,t
practical views are adopted. and tie calculation, III hs,
best informed on the subject sufficiently cheern, ro
warrant eventually. rs 1hcy should SATISFY The Tee,
lnQs"i the most sangnine. In twelve Of the STATES a
I"uniy Is gven; aud comparison OF this. from year 10
yar is said to leave no doubt that the product dopblrs
one year with another. II will b. fund that in estt1
STATE The silk culture has i.crelsad
In Ne" England, the attention Is turning yet nurc
t9wards II. andmuch practical sktil III the nanaa mcul Of
the worm and Hudt oil manufacture continually
mrrd. Large crops OF coruonS have beer, raised in the.
States e oh!o, india0a, kenurky, aud Tennessee In
Pcns> lyanla III one small district, less than =; iOD
pounds nj cocoons are said 10 have been ral>.d ihc
manufacture of The silk, the Ncs, and ,sev re-
k,eps pace with lis production. There will be- IT IS
said. several Thousand yards in Ohio this .r.~un
1872, and several hundred IN Indiana. Besides the
larger establishments there also laras number II
iamlly machines, milking ~cwlngs aud or9anz.ne. which
ll> Is lll' most nftllut article Is worth u
per pound III the gum. Sound practical farm, ara. %
mg MO the business of olk GOWN aud tins will tend
10 give il sill more rcrnaH.uot 1t Is believed thai
mol les. than 2OtO bushels oi tJc,uS have been prudn
rtd the past season in Middle aud West lcun. eer-
At the establishment III OHIO per iu>lei is pad III
ucouns. and the manufacture OF silk goods Is ,a,i ?
at the rate OF GOO per month and at profit ul II per
cent osrr all the cost. One person the rr prelor II
three large cueoun.ros and expected 10 feed Two nlll
huns OF worms, winch he calculated would Yield hm W
wards of SIN hundred thousand ctcoou. uurrh nj tir
then prices. IN October last. 900, hut which ly HI,
OWN manufacture OF the SAINT would be worth mus
lsnrC III himself
The mulberry indigenous with rs az well a, II,
ChGa. and this To indicate HAT Providence has
de-gn,d this country 10 b. Ices engaged III tn
pursuit. The huslue s. too which The aurd and
cole can be employed. and the children of MANY fam
ny may thus be trained 10 usld industry. as well 4,
kept from dlencss and poverty if not also from vice
crime, the prison, and shameful death One ho ha.
pad much attention 10 the SUBJECT lncnlions that he Is
comb ent the business profitable one and that II Will
sooner or later become one OF the staple interests The
south appears Ia afford peculiar facilities To- condnrno
this culture, account Of the climate and THOUGH l.
now 1"r the most part aband,urd yet lhrre il uilel,
strong Inducements 10 that section object Of ai,n
Ion, which may come in 10 take the place of cotton.
when the low price Of that product renders it snproa
Die OF cultivation The decline Of the business in thai
region Is not 10 be attributed to any Inherent dianc.
OF 10 the discovery that the business is mpraccatlr OF
unlToftablc but 10 the disappointment Of hah raised
expectations, excited darn. the mania of nluilicaull,
speculation.
Without desiring 10 excite undue cxp,cfaors il is =
question which deserves Scrluus consideration whchei
much more may he realized from The pr secu1il 81
tins bnslncSs Than has hitherto been. Tie lI t,,,i
81 Nan>tied IN Connecticut, hy ptrsrverinp devotion
II II. nndiscoaraged by the til success ii Others la,
been enabled derive thcrclrum vtry rood profit. and
II appears from The last CENSUS that, With population of
40 mol less than so,UUois annually received from,