Daily Republican., 1882-06-13
The New SILK Industry.

| Inc greatest incentive W engage ii
silk culture is the knowledge that Their
is a home market ter $15, 0O0, 900 worth o
floss, which American manufacturer
are obliged to import from foreign lands
The other consideration is, that sill
culture furnishes women and childrel
In the rural districts, with congo
NAL occupation that does not require
constant attention, and 80 will not inter
fere with household duties.
| In view of these facts the Women I
Silk Cutnrs Association of Philadel
phia was organized two years ago, fol
the purpose of calling the attention o.
| tuNi'v given them to establish a new
'ndu r4, both suitable and profitable
snd H.,n TO give the necessary instruc-
ion oall desiring 10 engage in silk
Culturt.
Tue success of this pioneer association
is remarkable; there has baen aroused
a wide spread interest in the cultivation
of cOcoous, that must 90 on increasing
until the, aim of the association is full
filled.
This fact was most forcibly presented
at the last exhibition of the association
at which the display Of coeoons was
very fine aud interesting. The cbiet
feature of the Exhibition was the display
of specimen ,cocoons by the twenty-six
contestants for Strawbridge Il ClotLier
premiums. The first one of which by
the way, was carried off by Mrs. Re-
becca Taylor, (mother of the late
Bayard Taylor), who is over 80 years
Of nge, and sufferer from paralysis.
The association announces that
through the liberality of Messrs. Straw
bridge & Clothier the well known dry
goods merchants Of Philadelphia, it is
again enabled to offer to the silk cul-
turist the sum of five hundred dollars
in ten premiums, as follows: first pre-
MUM 500; second premium $75; third
premium $65; fourth premium $50; fifth
premium $50; sixth premium $40; sev-
enth premium $40; eighth premium $50;
ninth premium, $25; tenth premium,
$40. For these premiums any resident
of the United States may contest.
From the ten largest amounts of CO.
coons, ono pound will be taken, without
selection, and the test of reeling applied
the quantity and quality will be the
for premium. Application
for con. petition must be endorsed and
the amount Of this years cocoons
raised by the Gu utturlst, testified to by
some responsible person. stock must
be sent no later than December ], 1882. |
Any one with sufficient land to grow
a few mulberry trees can add the rear
ing of silkwOrms to the daily care and |
ind it Il source Of pleasure and profit. |
The work occupies but a small portion
of the year, and q child can attend to
;he daily gathering of leaves and feed
ng the worms. liza supply of mulber-
y leaves cannot be had, an Usage or.
.nge hedge will answer every purpo SO.
The Usage orange leaf is admirable food
or the silk worms, from which they
pin splendid silk.
A very interesting event Of national
interest, connected with this subject Of
ilk culture, has just occurred in Phil
Idelphia. The Women's Silk Culture
Association selected silk IRON twenty
tx families living in fourteen states;
lad it spun on "Yankee" reel made
nto a web of twenty eight thousand
breads of silk, and woven rs a brocade
n jacquard loom, requiring three
housand six hundred needles to form
he original striking design. This is
he first brocade ever woven in America
American silk; and probably the
eaviest in texture of any brooade ever
7Oven. 1t is known as the CART Id
ress, as 1t is the intention of the asso-
iation to present this magnificent fab
ic to Mrs. James A. Garfield.