The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-06-13

tHt1r ~ NC ui3IkfAs An1 frnrfaAt iron
6fty cents % . d-llsr more per pound
lhsn he fareign. Porign manufacturer
here Who hare 1orksd sdk rselsd in my
flslare have given - deeidsd preferences.
A sample % rrslrd silks and seSiags,
which senltD the Ma ionsl Gzllery Il
" ashingtna lsss year. has been. eomPli-
men,ed as being equal 70 any in lhs
werld."
With respesi 70 he rsisiag eoeeons. il
10 stated dat they can be raised for Ten
cents The pound 10 Maine. and lhfl in the
Stale &C New York forty bushels were
raised Cor sessniy dallars. The want OF
market for cocoons 10 complained sf in
Vermont, Pennsylvania. and Ohio. II 10
ealculsled that enough cocoons were rails
ed last year in the Ohio valley 10 Keep.
fioo hiRdred reels in constant operation.
II 10 Of the greatest consequence that fla
farss should Be sfarfed ia various paris
ar The country. 10 take in the small lois
Of coeoons and reel them. II Is raleula-
ted that one-ihird &c all previous silk crops
have been los. 10 the producer from neg
iect in rreling.
In answer inquiries which were made
- /" the kiad Of nslbery Tree used and
preferred. forly-eighl persons spoke de-
eidedly in favor of the mnllicaulis, and
sixteen en- favor Of other varieties. prinei-
pally The white. A question was also
asked as 20 the parisfy Of siik,eorm pre-
ferred. and ioriy-one replies were received.
in which the variety called The peanut
trorm was preferred; there were Ten ans
wsrs in favor ofoiher varieties. All the
correspondents recommend EARLY feed
ing; all speak Of The absolute necessity
for The free circulation 81 AR in ihe Coz
coonery, "f great eisa,,Iiless and plenty Of
room. and as much food as the rorms
,riH ear. A correspondent in Ohio, thus
quantity communicates part Of his pro-
eeedIngs, 4" TO hatch The eggs. take The
rails Of paper containing them 10 bed
with me ten or fourteen times aud il does
tie thing" az~~-s ..s.s ~~-..
! Tbs silk business in the United States
has very much increased since The d.le
fof the census; We have net the meaps Of
showing how much. The following
items, CLEANED from the publication be
fore Us. throw some Light upon the sub
ljecI & a@ sst
In Massachusetts The amount Of pre-
NUNS paid BY the State upon the silk
cr"p Of isi2 was sl,s52 20; The premi
um is Is cents per pound on cocoons
]! A mandatory At Northampton. in ihi.
1 State. has been in operation about IL
months. which manufactures. from 1900
To 500 pounds weigh, annually, and EN-
ploys a capital Of $4,000. there is an
! other mandatory at Denham, in this
! State, which manufactures about $50, 0OC
in value per annum OF sewing silk and
/ narrow goods.
j The Stale Of Vermont paid in 1923,
in premiums for the cultivation Of silk
sl,7S6 go; the premium is 90 cents pei
pound on cocoons, reeled silk, aud wOvt
!, silk.
Vi In Pennsylvania. 1880 pounds weigh
cocoons was raised by one culura.or il
: 1919.
One person. in Ohio raised. in 1912
seventy bushels Of coconns, and an"the
person ffiy-seven bushels There is ;
silk mandatory al Mount Pleasant, JEFF
lerson county, in this State. which USE
900 bushels al cucOons annually, an,
EMPLOYS a capital of $40 200, and from for
~ to hfiy hands. The proprietor Of thi
establishment, says that the American raw
silk is equal 10 the best he ever examin
ed; tina; the raising of silk in the create
part Of the United States is as feasible a
raising sheep in Ohio. hemp in kenluck,
or Missouri, or cotton in Mississippi. AIT
that with proper encouragement and at
,ention silk would in few years lie III
leading staple Of American production AM
manufacture. This gentleman calculate
, the produce of cocoons at 90 ounces Of sill
per bushel. the cost Of raising them at a
bout two dollars per bushel.
In Wisconsin, $4,000 worth Of sill
was produced by one person, who tool
. his cocoons TO Boston for sale.
We hive not room for further extracts
. but we earnestly recommend the Who'll
+ subject, as a matter Of national interest
, TO the attention Of our readers and tn
+ public at large.