Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-06-21
The New Silk fndutry,

The greatest incentive to engage
II sllk culture lis the knowlelge that
thor, IS a home market for Si5,000,-
0J1 worth OF floss, which American
manufacturers are obliged 10 import
from foreign lands. The other con-
siieration is. that silk culture fur
nishes wonon and children in the
.lrai districts, with n congenial oc-
cupation that does not require con
slant attention, and so will not in
ter.ere with household duties.
In view of these facts the Women's 8
Silk Culture Association OF Philade!-
phia wa organized tvo years ago.
:o- the purpose Of calling the atten-
ton Of tho women OF the country to
the opportunity given them to estab-
lish new industry, both suitable
end profitable: ard also to give the
necesSary lpstrurtiops to all desiring
to engage in six culture.
The success of this pioneer $3.50
ciatlon is remarkable; there has been
aroused a wide spread interest in the
cultivation Of cocoons, that must go
on increasing until the aim OF the as
sociatioa is fulfilled.
This fact vas most forcibly pres
ented at the last exhibition of the
Association, at which the display of
cocoons Was very fine and interest
Ing. The chief feature of the e1hi-
bition WAS the display of specimen
cocoons by the twenty-six contest
tants for the Strawbridge & Clothier
premiums. The first one OF which,
by the way, was carried of by Mrs.
Rebecca Taylor, (mother Of the late
Bayard Taylor, who is over 81 years
Of age, and sufferer from paralysis.
The association announces that
through the liberality of Messrs.
Strawbridge & Clothier the well
known dry goods merchant of Phila-
delphia, it is again enabled to offer
to the silk culturists the sum of five
hundred dollars in ten premiums, as
follows; first premium, 500; sec.
ond premium, SIS; third premium,
e65; fourth premium, $50; fifth
premium s 80; sixth premium, Sl5:
seventh premium, $40; eighth pre-
MUM. $50; ninth premium, S25;
tenth premium, $40. For these pre-
miums any resident of the United
States may contest. From the ten
argest amounts OF cocooDs, one
pound will be taken, without selec-
tlon, and the test of reeling applied;
the quantity and quality will be the
conditions for premium, Applicant
tor competition mus. bs enaorsed
S-H 'ue --.Iount of this years cocoons
raised by the culturist, testified to by
some responsible person. Stock
not be sent later than December /,
1882.
Anyone with sufficient land to grow
. few mulberry trees can add the
rearing of silk worms to the daily
care and ind it a source of pleasure
and profit. The work occupies but
. small portion of the year, and a
child can attend to the daily gather
ing Of leaves and feeding the worms.
II a supply of mulberry leaves can
not be had, an Usage orange hedge
will answer every purpose. The os-
age orange leaf is admirable food for
the silk worms, from which they spin
splendid silk.
A very interesting event Of nation
al interest, connected with this sub
.ject of silk culture, has just occurred
In Philsdslphia. The Women's Silk
culture Association selected silk from
twenty six families living in fourteen
states; had it spun on a Yankee"
reel, made into web of twenty-eight
thousand threads OF silk, and woven
as brocsde on jacquard loom, re-
quiring three thousand six hundred
needles to form the original and
striking design. This is the first
brocade ever woven in America of
American silk; and probably the
heaviest in texture of any brocade
ever woven. 1t is known as the Gar
field dress, as it is the intention of
the association to present this magni-
hcient fabric to Mrs. James 4. Gar
field.
Ine annual reunion OF the I3Ist
kegiment P. Y. will take place at
'ssnhA ovs' September ID, 1882