The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-06-14
LAMBERTvILLE, N. ].
Wednesday, June Il, 1882.

THE NEW SILK INDUSTRY. The great
est incentive to engage in silk culture is
the knowledge that there is home market
for $4,000, 900 worth of floss, which
American manufacturers are obliged to
import from foreign lands. The other
consideration is, that silk culture far
nishes women and children in the rural
districts, with a congenial occupation
that does not require constant attention,
and so will not interfere with household
duties.
In view of these facts the Women s Silk
Culture Association of Philadelphia was
organized two years ago, for tho purpose
of calling the attention of the women of
the country to the opportunity given them
to establish new industry, both suitable
and profitable and also to give the neces-
sary instructions to all desiring to engage
in silk culture.
The success of this pioneer association
is remarkable; there has been aroused a
wide spread interest in the cultivation of
eocoons, that must go on increasing until
the aim of the association is fulfilled.
The fact was most forcibly presented at
the last exhibition of the association, at
which the display of cocoons was very
fine and interesting. The chief feature
of the exhibition was the display of speci-
men cocoons by the twenty-six contestants
for the Strawbridge 81 Clothier premiums.
The first one of which, by the way, was
carried off by Mrs. Rebecca Taylor,
(mother of the late Bayard Taylor, who
is over SO years of age, and a sufferer from
paralysis.
The association announces that il is
again enabled tooffer 20 the silk culturists
the sum of five hundred dollars in ten
premiums, as follows: First premium,
800; second premium, $75 /; third pre-
MUM, sos fourth premium, 500 fifth
premium $50; sixth premium, $55 (;
seventh premium, $40; eighth premium,
$780, ninth premium, $25; tenth pre-
MUM, $40. For these premiums any
resident of the United States may contest.
From the ten largest amounts of cocoons,
one pound will be taken, without select
ion, and the test Of Keeling applied; the
quantity and quality will be the conditions
for premium. Application for COMPETE
ton must be endorsed and the amount of
this years cocoons raised by the culturist
testified to by some responsible person.
Stock must be sent not later than Deem
Der ], 1882.
Anyone with sufficient land to grow a
lew E1ulDCEIJ tfftS Ndti duu tbc itdttlB
silk worms to the daily care and find it a
source of pleasure and profit. The work
occupies but small portion of the year,
and child can attend to the daily gath
ering of leaves and feeding the worms.
If supply of mulberry leaves cannot be
had, an Usage orange hedge will answer
every purpose. The Usage orange leaf is
admirable food for the silk worms, from
which they spin splendid silk.
A very interesting event of national in
terest, connected with this subject of silk
culture, has just occurred in Philadelphia
Tho Women's silk Culture Association
selected silk from twcnty-six families
living in fourteen states had it spun OF
Yankee reel, made into web o.
twenty. eight thousand threads OF silk
and woven as brocade on q jacquard
loom, requiring three thousand six bun
bred needles to form tile original ant
striking design. This is the first brocad'
ever woven IN America of American silk
and probably the heaviest IN texture o
any brocade ever woven 1t is known a
the Garfield dress, MS it is the intention 0
the association to present this magnificen
fabric to Mrs. James A. Garfield