Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-09-13


| erage 400 to 600 in the lb, then we reel
ers must count 400 to 600 millcrs as Il
draw back. and offer u price in accord
ance; yet this proportion would be
| wrong, because these cocoons will return
an inferior taNy silk, hard to reel, with
plenty OF waste. The reelcr operative
will hardly reel up 3 to or Il day. And
tic reeler knowing that he wants 10 to
Is operatimes to run 100 skcins, Instead
of one only, will pay the silk about so to
60 francs per llilogramme according to the
low rates used just now.
Sd. First rate Japanese breeds ted Cd
proper trees will give abundant crops
and pay, though VIC rcclers must count
300 to 800 chrysaliscs say to 500 cocoons
i'll the pound, and &; drawback of - to
25 p. c. of double cocoons, .wolth Is cents
per lk. only, with days work recling of
to OF day. The price of such silks
reclcl i'll Europe or Japan by European
rcelers, is 60 to rs francs per kilogranlme.
1t is easy to sec that we do not WANT to
| lessen the value Of such breeds by feei-
ing then on 2nd and 3:d class food. Tho
| reeler clnp!oys2 to 3 operatives Tor 25
tavcles or slleins for such silks. The
other breeds, trivoltine, bivoltine even
| ANIMALS g wing that immense quantity OF
Indies, Bengal, China or third rate Ja
| pan silks arc not worth mentioning as
the average price is "a to A francs per
kilogramne say 1886 to &3.95 per Anleri-
can pound. Our very common silks are
bought now by Americans rcclers at New
York at IS to $50 or 50 according to
merit of cocoons and skill of the rcclcrs.
These figures VIII l hope, enable every
one to understand why I insist upon
planting first rate trees, and upon rails
| ing tho first ratio breeds. which do not
fear for any competition of cheap labor,
and insure large profits to all classes and
grades of producers, from the farmer to
the weaver.
Average production of the mulberry
tree plantation, after Count dc Gasparne
Plantations of mulberry trees 20 feet
apart, 1st year 0, end Glib leaves, 3rd
22lbs, 9TH 34lbs, 9th 5O1bs, etc, maximum
at : nd year 200lbs for each tree. For
the trees planted feet apart the maxi
mum if the production Is attained at five
years Of age. At II It, 8 years old
trees give the largest amount of leaves
per acre, one can ever get; it is 2otks
each tree. Count now an average OF
1900 pounds Of leaves for 100 pounds of
cocoons. Put the cocoons us Mr.. dc Gas
parino does to tho lowest rates, say A5 tC
50 cents per pound, and You will have
the bcst product of cocoons one acre can
produce every year. Let us sec now
what it will cost:
Thirtv-tive days Of work for eco pounds
of cocoons as ala average. DO not con-
slider whether it is man or women or chill
dyen. Fifty-four square feet of space,
are - uircd for twenty pounds of CO.
coons, make your shelves with canes,
rough boards, wire etc, as you please.
With this general basis anybody can
make the amount very easily.
REARING TIE sII.KwOEals.
The best way to keep the eggs for one
who pToluce them, is to let them hang
in Il dry cool place, where the mice
cannot reach and where NC fire will b,
lighted after freezing. The cmbrior is
not moved by any heat, until the tenn.
pcraturo has reached below TO the
freezing point. Then the safest time t.
ship the eggs, or to got them from dis
tant places, is from August till Noveln
bcr, after (which time they can be spoiled
in q few days if kept i'll warm place!
while travelling.
In northern coun tries it is Q'litca care
full busy job for II woman to hatch Tho
worms. III such ATTITUDES as ours, rai>
them out from the cool place when th'
buds begin to open and let nature do.
VIII teach you later how to even them
clean and multiply at every month
What we want just now, is, to set pco
pies minds quiet about the difficulty o
the Job. l will finish this article only b,
telling you u great truth. DO not lister
to those who order rs u rule, feeding 81
many times uight and day, keeping Tho
Thermometer strictly from such to slcl
point and 50 forth, all that Is humbug
But if you can feed four to five times
: day. without neg lccting your otlacr worl
and duties, so much the b cst then fee
light meals. If you can feed them onl
three times or oven two when they hay
reached the 18th month give thcm doubl
vations and sleep quiet, the breeding CA
be, and must be {; littlc longer, but ii!
coc00us very often will ho the better.
t . Under the Old constitution il too
, 500. ole, ,Gi..,2l to run tlc State and cit
government Of LouiSianG for Thrice
, years. Under the new organic law