The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-03-25
Hints to Silk Cultnrists.

The American Consul Peixltto of Lyons.
France, says that good SEED for the production Of
hrst-class cocOous Is of the grpateSt importance
70 success n this business, and in order to obtain
good seed the following are absolute requisites:
In the first rlacs, the worms which are destined
for reproduction must be of COED and pure breed.
Next, 1t Is essential that they should be raised
not all in one place, but in small lots, separated
from each other BE- considerable distances. If
this point Is not attended to. deterioration and
infectious diseases are almost SURG TO follow soon
eT or later
lis the custom in France among tie raissrs Of
good seed TO give each one Of these little lots,
usually the To1ms coming from not over an ounce
of seed into the of different farmers in order
that the worms may be as widely distributed as
possible. During the growth of the worms they
are constantly examined by an inspector whose
whole time Is devoted TO this work, and who notes
all important points connected with their progress,
step by step. These notes furnish what is called
the history OF the parents When these worms
have made their coccons there Is noted upon the
same register fer each OF the lots the weight of the
cococns produced for each ounce Of seed and the
proportion Of poor cocOons. Taking this register
as guide, ali those lots which have not given
perfectly satisfactory resulls, or from which the
cocoons arr mixed o. show many cases of doc
bles, are thrown aside. Coccons of varying
shades and sizes and the Occurrence of many
doubles" are considered as evidences Of the I'M
soundness OF the worm.
! Such Of the worms are TO be used for reprodue-
ton placed pair by pair in snail cells, each
cell entirely separated from the others, and as
soon as the eggs have been deposited the bodies Of
the two mouths are crushed in a mortar and exam
| med microsopiczlly.
| II oorpuscles are found. or any other evidence
of disease presents itself. the eggs contained u
the cell which had been occupied BIZ the mouths
/ are thrown away.
| Only those eggs are sold which have been laid
in calls occupied by moths found upon examination
/ TO be healthy. These seeds, then are guaranteed
as TO their excellence by the following facts First
| they have q good breed secOud, the parents have
| shown perfect growth and have produced good
weight and quality of cOcoons; third. the hes1thi
ness Of the reproducers is always demonstrated bg
/ the autopsy of their bodies
1t is only By these precautions that the breed Of
4 silk worms has been preserved during the malady
| which has afncsed Europe, and by the means d
| which the remarkable results, which have again
| revived this industry, has been attuned.
| Necessarily. the eggs TINS produced are dear be
cause OF the minute and great labor required
! 70 carry on the process IN the manner described
| and unfortunately there are many speculation
who, IN order 20 be able 70 sell the seed at lol
price. resort TO 3 manner VERY different from thu
! which experience has shown to be the only trus
and proper procedure. These persons simply erl
double or imperfect cocoons, allow she moth
| to emerge, mate at hap haZard, and thus protuc.
eggs of which the cost is Insignificant, and which
are sold at all sorts Of prices, ranging at from tv
10 eight francs per ounce
SEED can be distinguished from good, By an
| examination which can be made of them, ana
| the purchaser Is obliged to depend entirely upoi
| the raiser.
There are in Francs and Italy many raisers vht
have become famous and whose, marks AMI
names have become well known as those Of maj
Who have practiced the best methods. such as
have set forth, and whose wares are 10 Be De
| pended uPen-
! am, however, informed iAnd an firmly con
vinced that Tins Is a fact that ct present no re
lance whatever Is 70 / = placed Tpor these marks
as malF Of The grea; . gTsfne1rs lraisers,l hay
/ ing made large fortunes and established the1
| reputation, have become careless and no long,
can be depended upon. a deterioration Of thei
product is already very marked In sonne eases ans
they appear TO be rapidly losing the good quail
ties which they short since pressed
| / have said above that Spectators were II III
habit Of selling thaiT eEgs produced from insect
/ coming from doubles and imperfect eOcOuns
| there Is lower depth than this. 4f.s
The professional rzissrs have found that The
could sell eggs coming from the cells occupied b
insects which the Eaier0scopical elimination hai
! shown to be actually diseased Many OF them ar
INSCRIPTIONS enough - sell such eggs instead o
destroying thea. SSzs FORMERLY done The p1r
chzseTs are brokers. bsssIiy Italians. Who pa
about two francs per Gusce- The eggs ar5 tie
puf upon the market and sold as being Of the bes
arality, with results that may be essiiy Imagined
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