The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-16

ratons ian Of japanese rom nrst to last eats
600 pounds OF eavesl and then when the bdsc0 wood
spinning locality is prepared, instead Of spinning
their shroud and drapng themselves for the living tract
they wander up and down the branches spot and dis
turb their wcdisposed companions, and finally, burst
and reduce the wood 10 a charne house.
REPUTATION on THR DEPRAyIrr.
Nv own experience In the depravity or slkworms has
been throughout series Of years varied In its kind but
uniform in It's result Az the end Of the season have
thought myself lucky in making ends meet so hs year
sold my leaves At Chrstmas-4OO sacks, az two and
two half francs per understanding but sixty sacks
for the farm peasant who has right, in common with
his kind 10 keep four ounces OF eggs or four Japanese
cartoons the padrone supplying seed leaves ana mouse
room he the frames and labor threeths fthe produce
reyertng 20 the padrOne two 20 the peasant WIN tho
usual luck Of amateurs did not guess the years
chances Tor the small venture succeeding Is proDaDlo
that larger one would have succeeded Also
THE JAPANESE CARTOONS
were unusually cheap this year. o. each instead Of 2Of
and even 30f as in former years The four ntrusted TO
the peasant produced 90 Kilograms OF 'royasn which
sold at A. per kogram, and 70 Kilograms OF "doubes"
sains sorts &c, which put at once into the furnace
and wound OF make capital sewing silk and seconds"
On the whole, my share Of the venture expenses de-
Quoted amounts to about 40OG whereas the sale Of tho
leaves would have realized but l2Or the used
by the peasant distant from the town But then
have been spared all the worry and heartburning tho
having the house full OF women 10 feed day and night,
worms in your bath worms in your bed and not unfre
qrently in your vianda And moreover, / have had
time to look about me, watch my neighbors' proceed
ingS for in the silk worm season every one keeps open
house, and If tho go we'll proud 10 show and
report them, and thus lay up a few notches and
maxims for future years.
A NATIONAL SUCCESS
On the whole, the silk worm campaign OF 1875 Is
successful one though, owing 70 the gut OF silk in tho
market tho prices low The chief cause Of the
good crop traced by baeicoIto to the evenness OF
temperature during the first critical stages. The cold
lasted longer than usual but when the mulberries be-
gan put forth their leaves the temperature never
varied moro than from 10 70 y degrees hence tho
and throve apace the supply OF food was
wholesome and abundant and there was 40 necessity
to heat the worm nurseries by artificial means In
1874 year Of most variable temperature, the cam
pagn lasted thrty-two days. this year from twenty
four twenty-sx days only Less seed has been set
"a hatch however In this than in former years, one
tenth less in Lonbardy almost onehah IN Polesina
This 10 due to
First IL wei known that, owing TO the quantity
Of raw material yet unsold the prices OF cocoons would
bo how and also because everywhere and especially in
Lombardy, the price of labor has risen Hence not
only the men aud hired by the day cost third
moro than formerly but the "associaes or partners
no longer satisfied with twofths of the profit The
rise in labor is chiefly owing TO the number OF Italian
laborcrs employed on the Swiss and German railroads
and in Sardinia in the mines do not know that at tina
present moment this reduction in quantity Is misfor-
tune as SO much more care is taken OF small than
large lot; and II must be remembered that the great
point in italy Ia 10 redeem the race far more impor-
tant question than the crop Of the actual year
Al present there exists in Lombardy but
half the mulberry trees that existed beforo
the disease and of these this year oneh OF the leaves
left unconsumed and will serve manure for the
young plantations fodder for cattle One hopeful
sign that the great golden native cocoons OF which
200 pound avoirdupos instead of 500 japanese,
have dono well this year, especially in Tuscany.
Later, when all the accounts rom the various prov
inces have been the Minister of Agriculture and
Commerce, shall know the precise number OF kilo-
grams and price.
CRoPs FOR THE YEAR 1873.
The following the general results of the silk wor
crops Of Italy for 1915
PIEDMONT
Pinerolo good; Alessandria Casale, Novara, excel
lent; Bella, good; verceli, rorino, excellent
LoMBARDY
Brescia, excellent Bergamo, excellent and abundantj
Milano, very abundant; Pavia, good; VogheTa, YER
abundant
Padova, abundant; Este mixed; Trevigo, eSceTenti
Verona, abundant; Vicenza magnificent Udine, mag
nifcent
EMILIA
Modena excellent; Ferrara, excellent; Reggie,
mixed; Liguria, abundant; Toscana, magnificent
IONA.
Roma and yelletri, very abundant; Pugia excellent,
Sicily good