Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1882-06-27
The New Silk Industry.

The greatest incentive to engage in silk cDl.
tute Is IN 6he RIowiedge that thcrc is home mar.
lean manufacturers nru Obliged to i'm mort fror,
foreign lands. The other consideration is tGat
tio tii i Tu!.HLe inInlshcs women and children in
!no F9ral districts, with ounEeuial occupation
tnnI goes not require constant attention, and SO
VIII ~ n%t I,n IN M teriere with household duties,
tule Association OF Pii!ad slpIia wns org.niyrI
t%o ycarS ago. for Ike purpose Of calling the at
tenIon "t The women Of tho country TO the op.
portuniiy given them to ostzblish n NJ " indus.
Try, D9th suitable and profitable and also to
give Inc necessary Instructions to uli desiring
toSEEngC in silk culture.
- ne success Of this pioneer association ia re-
ihaIAaDlc; there has been aroused n v ide spread
interest i'll the cultivation Of c0cOons tint must
81" on increasing until the aiu of tho association
Th's fact wGs most ForoiBly p.rscntcd at tb.
L"sE THHibitloT OF the nstociUti0u. Ut which tho
ing. Tho chief feGtuge OF the Cyhihiiion wms
tie i ulspIay OF specimen coconns hv tho t0cnty-
premiums. The first ono of which IIy tho wnv
was carried on by FTr4. Rchnacr In rIgr ir,s;Tcr
of the leto BayHrd TavlaEJ Who HoycI 10 vc,
or age..and - sufferer from parnlygis.
The association announces that thrpuch flo
tMtneraity of mossIs. StTnwhEidas & Ciothisr
ti!S wen Known dry goods merchants of philu.
deiphia, it is again cuahled to nfGsT 10 ire aIIk
cultnIlsts the sum of five hundred dollars in
second premium. S75; tlird premium, SH5:
% %I9MTth premium SO; Effh premium, $50;
eighth prcmium, S5s ninth PREMIUM S25;
tenth premium, 80 For these preminms amy
GOntgrf.-
From tho ton largest amounts of coConns ono
pound viii be takcn. without selection md tho
!ost OF rCclinG applied tho Guantity ard 0unl-
l'y VIII be the condition. for prpminI1. ADnli.
catlon ;or competiiion must 10 endorsed and
the amount o. this voGr'g cOcoona raised By tho
cuItuTiGt' testified to by some rcsuoueiltIe Der-
Der I, 1852. - '
Any ono With sufficient lard TO grow few
mulho'rY trcca can rdd the roaring Of gilk
worms to tho daily care aod find it a sonrcs of
pienSTre and profit. The work occupies brt n
small portion OF the year and 81 chiId cnn at-
tond to the daily gathering of lcnres and feed
ing inc worms. If 2 supply Of mulberry leaves
chnnoi be had, IN oGaCe orange hedge viii an-
sWer every pnrppse. Tie oaage orange leaf ia
admirable food for tic siIk worms, from Tyhich
they spin spicndid silk.
,.1. very ,ntereatinG event Of national iaterBst.
connected With this subject Of silk culturo hns
lust lS;St occurred occurred iB PbiIsdolp5ia. The Wofen's
oIE culture ASnociaEio1 selentoI Sly frnyn-
IWsety-Si1 families living in fourteon Btates
heo IL spun on Yankee" reel, nlnde iufo
Won OF twentS-eiGbL Thousand thToHds Of gtik .
eng woven al n broea6e on a } JacGuafd loom ro.
CURING three Thousand six hundred pccdIes to
t9sn .9 the original and striking design. This ia
me nrst br9cado ever woyon in America Of
tn%eIIoan silk and probably thu heaviest in
te1tnEo OF nny br"e.ce eyer woven. 1t fs Epny5n
as as the GSried drcss, as it is tho infention Of
tbe nss3eiatt"n to present this LnaguiGocnt TN
TIC TO Mrs. James 4. Garfield.