Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-11-01

He traces the cause of the failures, and
the point is clearly brought ont that they
were transient, not permanent ones.
Experiments that have been made in
the past, and Il series that the author has
been CARRYING on for the last ten years,
establish the fact that the larger portion
of the United States is admirably adapt
ed to silk culture. This is not on.y PROV
en by the hcalthfuiness Of the worms bnt
py the fact that we have Il larger number
of silk k-prodhcing insects than any other
country of the same extent ana that
American-Grown silk is Of superior quail
w. Mr. Riley shows that the time has
arrived for systematic, intelligent effort
in the line Of silk raising. With large
tramp element, with a considerable por-
ton OF the population OF the Eastern cities
olt of employment. &c the cheap.labor
argument can no longer be successfully
made against silk culture. tic concludes
| by advising Congress to build reeilhG
| mills aud the silll-worm rcarers NOT to
plant any mulberry trees, but to raise the
| silk. worms Oh NGclara or hcage-plant-
Usage orange. Strange to say, &c argues
as to wilei her VIC can compete with Tor
eigners either in living as cheaply or
Producing rs chcaply, and he recommends
the Usage Grange exclusively as SIX
worms TODD. lie finds ut first the means
TO make silk us dear as possible and to
produce cocoons hardly worth reelinS that
will not be bought ut any rate by any en-
detrimental rceier, though we admit, silk
produced by osagc-ied cocoons Is tine and
rood But let us demonstrate Professor
R;lcy's cr:or, u very par,lonaDle one, as 1t
is the result Of invXpereEcc.
Al sericulturiStS recommend breeding
, on Il small scale. Professor Riley does
, too. Let Us fix by Il gwen number what
we understand by breeding on smal
scale IL Erance and Italy raising si!h
, on a small scale signifies operations with
from EUU to 800 or / 600 pounds OF cocoois
Lar.e breeders raise from 40 to 2CU ounce
!, of silN-worm eggs. a great success t.
-. obtain 80 to 40 pounds per ounce, Will
tue breeder of from to 8 ounces OF eggs
seldom gets less than 90 poiuds pc
u,uce, and often 100 pounds CT liorc.
Now take Iur example Il very smal
!, brce,,iug, say four ounces OF eggs or apoii
" to-, 600 worms OF tiySt-rsltc breed. We aul
pose they Will not give 5OJ pounds, as W
nave rot f.om such luanHty at Silt
40 yI!le only 400 poanus. We set This cues
- tiun: What Nuanti y CT leaves Is neede
" .o:. such Il cuaHtity IL cocoons, and
now many meals or in how MANY ua,
70 must they be picked!
~ Auswer.-IcI OF white migrated m1
W " berry lio"us aiba), one pound OF cocoo
10 eats zap twenty pounds OF leaves; 1ed {
IS InccI1. tu,sylccll; fed on rose-leaf Int
berry, II variety OF the white, eightec
~ ted Oh .EoyHs jIpOnicu or nIiuerIy lhC
=" fourteen or tiIteGl pounIs OF leaves ma
''' u1,s pound OF cocoons. Let US suPpt
~ ,hc Usa.c orange equal i'll duality 70 t
IFS .Iivyus aiJu We VIII need just four lit
w ure,i tlr4rs twenty pounds OF leaves, 5
hl5 Z, 900 to reopen the crop. Now l6 IS
III II,. that FROM tie hatcAins until til
'"' days after !nc fourth Iiouliing the We
OF has CON. uIued just half OF iho food
'o'' needs to be ready for spinning. At I
'eI 20 six days for every monlt, ana three
III ter tne lourth, we have aboh6 TWEEN
Oh three 20 lMenry-seven days 1or pIc!>
al 1900 rouuus. Three days after
orIl ,,,,,ul,;,,,, c,,l, oran,.tv OF wo]
Ee' representing 100 pounus needs IoC pom
ave OF food truu The NoINa GtbH during
iefS OF three days, called III French, Les i
ap- des tIuisc, OF gra@de pycsoc (grcat hHri
ulA 4:,,,L. ,h., ri,, o,nrtjte OF the " oru.
io'e .niui,hcs day after day. light days
'"'" ter the fourth Nuul5 they require J.
afS' po1u,.s OF leaves OF coo puuut.s Il day
OIL The mulberry and rose allow u Ski
." man or boy to pick 100 10 l2o pounas
'''''o hour | have and can 90 1T myself.
'.'o man could easily pick on sAci trees
i'i the food needed IN the most busy /
Wv" His wife coult ted, alone, The noon
'"N" meal, and together they could iced
'n'' evening meal just before supper III
','' newly married couple could Ia SO
times 50 OF !o cents, the average pile
the best cocoouS that tho Cmtcu 5
t can grow.
''S1' ewunicr how many pounds a da,
same ulau wouid pick On hedge plant
49,: any picker knows ii by eAperiehe
>'o would gratefully receive his estl.
i but we snunld not like 10 learn by eS
''tS' cncc. In conclusion. coalmls5lc
"" learned Inen and silk cuiturists W.
and '0'.- I,.,,a1, r,,.r,,,o,
the po'"cO 49, ,,;,,,.,,, i,b
- '''' all the sillsworms III Europe was i'll
E e''';2' |;n, fury, to investigate and prevent
''-' scourgc. There was then an OF
shat the mulberry treo itself WAS
.,,;,. tlIun the Usage grange Was tiled, q
" od Worthless, and set in rank very 1