Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-08-21
oecusstIow Foa womsa AND odIr-
DRBD.

30 Intelligent lady in Napa county
writes 20 q contemporary Of her success in
ssricuitcre, Another, we learn, has had
complete success In Butte county. Still
1aosher, Il Amador county, has demon
sseated that womsn may profsably en-.
g&gs u the business without physical ex-
essien that is exacting. Some experiments
&c she lar south of the State and others in
'ie lar north have resulted likewise.
or some tests made ia Sacramento we
ayiRssd that this vicinity is sdInira.
ssapsed 70 The culture Of the silk
sra. Tas mulberry grows here luxuri-
s.oFls and with almost marvellous rapidity
I fhAs the raising Of silk worms may be en-
gsssd u BY women and children without
seriously Withdrawing them from other
dasies is uuquessioned. Tbst is, family
9; Eve OF aix peraons should be able TO
care tOr the worms that viii feed upon an
acre CT mulberry trees, without neglect of
household duties. snd q. nominal expense.
Glow that ilature for teaching is to be
ssblished under State patronage, and
5las it has been demonstrated beyond
question that in this climate there can be
produced ooceons superior in msay respects
to either the French or Japanese, the at.
tsnsioa of the people shoald be called to
she industry that offers for the employment
Of not less than ten thousand people in
CALIFORNIA;, 80 whom trades are i'm
possible, ag9 labor from home NOT
to be thenght of. The lady FIRST
alluded TO says: IF woman is smart
( and capable, after the first season she osu
easily clear from one hundred to five hun
aFsd dollars, and attend to her household
work; but in the last stsges, or rather az
ter Che las. mott, she viii require help in
tbs feeding. If woman has not her own
work TO do. and is quick. sac can attend to
5000 worms, Che produce Of one ounce of
eggs which viii be, st 81 q pound, 81, 500.
She viii also require help during the last
week. This is moderate work, within the |
reach Of any woman of average ability.
be help ia precisely such IS children
pm seven years upward can give. The
7yiter continues: II would urge that 10
one should commences with mora than two
thousand worms. Everyone needs prao-
.ieYI experience before commencing upon
tht work IS business. But no time need
,be lost in starting the trees, and ii
Asture could bs added to 4 home, or to .
pleee 70 which people could take their silk
and have i ,~oIed, instead of from 80 cents
TO 81 so per pound, SIS for cocoons, the silk
would sch from S. to 81 so per pound"
These suggestions need no amplifcatiOn.
The first thing to do is to secure small
ola; Of !sad. and begin the cultivation of
she food for the silkworms. The very best
tFoes should be secured. The finest are
said 20 De the "Norns Japonieus for use
"a III stages Of the. growth Of the worms,
--ad Eae 4" FeniIle de Rose, to be used in
the hss two stages, in connection with the
first NAMED vsriaty. There need be enter
saiucd no fears of OVERRIDING this industry
The demand Tor silk is Al increasing one,
and is not likely 70 be filed in the next
hsli century, the only possibility being that
IS nay ba soniewhst chespened and more
generally worn but even decline in
ices Is exceedingly remote.