The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-07-09

10 year uuLIl Tie CuSllSA OOVcAA
ment nominated him superintendent
of its cultivation in Georgia. But
although these silks were found to
be of a good quality, still they al
ways, when sent to Europe, were be-
low the market. On account of this
disadvantage its productions were
suspended. Almost a century after
ward, that is in 1843, the ardor of
the cultivation of the mulberry tree
was renewed land there were planted
hundreds of thousands of these trees
in all the States from Maine to Flor
ida The middle latitudes. that is,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, N. York
Kentucky and Ohio, gave the best
results. But even then the desire of
spinning, twisting and weaving pre-
vailed, and in spite of the premiums
given by the governments OF the diff
ferent States, this branch of indus
try had to be laid aside as produc-
ing but slight profit. In 1S4S, the
culture of the mulberry tree was to-
tally abandoned; the trees were dug
up, and the soil was turned to other
uses.
Now the moment seems come to
take up again with energy and con-
fidence this industry but with the
firm and logical resolve Of not con-
Quoting it further than the rearing
of the seed. The italian farmers es-
tablished here ought at once to un-
dertake the task, planting as many
mulberry trees as possible on the
Italian system. 1t is needless to
teach our fellow citizens what may
be the fttest mulberry trees and how
they ought to be cultivated. Every
one born in Lombardy, Piedmont,
tuscany and~the Ligurian Rivers
has seen beside the domestic hearth
in greater Or less proportion, the
exercise of this genial and prolific
industry. If every italian would
plant thousand mulberrytrees, he
would be always far short of the
demands that in little time will be
made upon him. It is enough to
say that every year Italy exports
more than fifteen million francs in
gold to foreign parts for the pur-
chase of this seed. France, Belgium
Switzerland, and other countries
send out a sum not less than twenty
FIVE millions for the same object.
The Italians in the United States
are then warned, for their greater
good, to procure, as quick as they
can, a small po ion, even if it were
not more than the tenth of an ounce
of health seed produced in America
and to commence the work, in the
spring of the next year, from April
to June, according to the nature Of
the climate, and to preserve thereaf
ter very carefully in fresh, dry and
airy places, the product, of this first
year and from the second product
ton they will obtain so much seed
as to be able the third year to pre-
serve a proportionable quantity OF
silk eggs to sell to the European
spectators. 80 .,.e - !
The whole process of this opera
ton, from the moment they place
the eggs to open, until that in which
the seed is gathered, employs only
from 38 to As days, according to the
climate. For all the care that the
silk worms require, the farmer has
many hours IN the day free to be
given to other occupations. We be-
lieve that this industry can open to
our fellow citizens Of the United
States the way to ample gains, and
give them the satisfaction of fhaving
restored to Italy the most ancient
the noblest and the richest of its ma
tionaI industries.