The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-04-11

NJ ID dfmcuib 70 ln0uc&s 1Mrm9W U10
have cotton on the brain - pap say -
tentiOn Whatever 20 siIk-cahzss; and
yet, on small f&rms In the GuH SemssM,
silk could be wOvsn into kksmiEsA arr
cultural Industries with hardly any inter
ference with q reasonable acEeARs q cot
ton The Glk-worm season 0nly Lasts
Eve or SIX weeks, commencine ab0ut ths
first Of April, and those Who attend 20 the
silk-worms, and pick mulberry leaves %
feed them, are usually women snd children
who do not work much In cotton pasches
and in the field
The mulberry tree is . quick growth,
easy of propagation, they MAKE me shads
trees, and the expense Of starting - asrs
of these trees Is small The nnmbR Of
trees TO the acre i from leo TO $40 II
the ground between the trees is 70 be kepe
in cultivation, l60 trees are sa4sie1k
The mulberry grows with bu listls
trouble from cuttingA The trees cost
from SO to t25 per hundred, sccsrding
to age-One, two OF three yes1; cuttings
cost el-50 per hundred SIlk-H0gm4 err
can be purchased for e5 OF % .. eznes,
each ounce producing abp1s $4,000
wormA These and mulberry trees snd
cuttings can al be purchased n Mimis-
sippi and LOuisians; but those Who haEs
them 70 sell have generally been poor ID
vertisers, and the public are ~ Ioss 20
know where these things can % par
chased
One hand can attend to 10000 worma.
which viii produce 100 Poands og oooo0ns,
worth from $50 to e75. Tire hanan,
with little extra help the lsss Eesk, eaa
attend to 100000 WOrmA Ne men
needed; al women's and chilarsi's &ork
Even in6rm old people and iavnlids who
can do half work may Be useful N this N
dustry.
An acre of mulberry trees planted
solid, $40 trees, after two years viii farn-
ish enough leaves to feed eo,D00 WormA
which VIII make 200 pOands Of eoc00nA,
worth from so 90 IS cents per pound
green, and from 81 20 also dry. Fear
teen pounds Of leaves, On IN ESerzee, ths
snk-worms work up into one poand Of 60
cOons- -Four pounds Of c0eooas win make
one pound Of siIk, which, Fssled, , worth
from t6 to - . pound
:. rAodse saSd Eh4 ssss fQeSoPs q ier ...s have
purchaser, who examines them and pr
chases By samples Cocoons fr0a ths
Usage orange, OF bois dare, ~ fro1 ths
Wild mulberry, are not very saleAbla
They are considered inferioF 20 those 0f
the genuine silk-worm Mulberry. tho1gh
Prof Riley, Governmeus EnG0mologisS,
speaks lightly of silk made from bois
dare.
American silk - the Censsnni.I st
PhiladelphiA was prono1nced Ezpennr 90
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ton At PARIS m Ie72 American silk-
worm eggs have generally sold 1x higher
prices in the FreDch and ItAli4n markets.
than those of Enrope OF Japan They
make stronger and better wcrns s1d are
not 30 liable TO disease - the cOco0ns of
Italy and France
According 20 statistics. The annual pro
ducts Of silk In this cozntry a1o1nf %
twenty-seven milli0n dollAn TIE nmmber
Of operatives $4,000, rsceivng annzAIly
4600, 900 IN wages The chi<f se4x of this
industry Is 1t Pz1erson, n =, Also noesd
| for its extensive m&nuf.ckuring of Ets2m
engines. The 6rzc NH for menuEassnKinR
six goods was eslabEzhed q EfF41z.n n
l640- There are nog q that Plnas thirty
two mills, with Eve dyGng ezaah6nA-
ments, 1900 throwing sPindles, - 900
brziding spindles, 40 p0ges Ioo@A, esS
hand looms Twenty years ago ghs pes-
pie Of the United SssEes imported an of
their siIk from Europe; to-day theJ 1aa-
ufscture most Al that the1 use, ave =
few fancy goods
There srs N The SouEhsru eG.am n@nN
oas small farmers Wkoss wives nd dzngh-
ters are very indnstriou4, snd ara anE1as
70 make . little more mOneI yszEiy f1r
themselves or TO help 1pPogf ths fn1y.
The women Of wzr1 clilztzs - alw11s
more indnstzi01s ana enerxxtis ahan "a
men. Mnltsudes 1f thans wzmm wo1l1
take hold q the M inazsEzy, - i ia
new thing - kksa. ard 10y Do ~ how
how 60 oummsmnn bmsmR nmE mnma
| inztrnctions and znaunzzErnisuk Ia
SILK company st Corinkh, MA, - -
/ and active msmbw q which 10 Il T. Crp-
xier, pr0poses % sid zn1 imm<zu3 Ehons
Who daiFs % tzks hal1 e - m1wksy.
Buf The very frzt sssp % aaka n a.
movement n to plant nnlh~rry tzsss -
around the yard and prs@isEE, - tknn
from year 70 year make ezsdesr s.d pa.at
more
Afasr ths food fur fhs nhww@ ID
farnishsd the egg. ard wouw g n -
tanned - The proper ssnz1n - . - ~
pense, ard IN few weeka. 81 pwo mnn1hn
~ fArshest, af1er ne exxs sss pw~hnns1
The purchsssr mzy hzEa 81 uslH - -
Il &C - % p9r1hwB 60 vnn1lTs -
selling that therz y nlHzWa WY % 90
. kffis nnnsy for 1cA PErPos@ II
eocoo1s eo1ld ~ plsdKsd 81 , mwzkW4
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