The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-25

worms as eight persons in France. These
are items greatly in our favor. As before
noted the Matching OF silkwo rms may be
controlled by human agency as much as
the Matching of the eggs of fowls, though
not on the same principle. This Sc cret
was discovered by Colonel Charles Brady
of New South Wales, who has spent more
than twenty years on this special branch
OF chronological science. He now holds
it subject for the present to the direction
of the Government of that province.
With this secret at command, leaf food
and cocoonery accommodation and suf-
fici ent help, hatch OF worms may be
brought out say March /, another the
9th, and SO on every five days till the end
of October. This would give forty-eight
matches of worms-forty-eigh crops of
silk. In thirty days the first hatch would
be ready to spin, and in six days after they
would be ready for market as green
cocoons, or ready to steam and dry If there
be not market near at hand.
This place may be occupied by another
hatch, and so on throughout the entire
cocoonery ono brood may succeed another
in regular order every day - every five days,
ten days or thirty days-just as there is
provided for the warm food and accom-
mediation. Mulberry slips set out in De-
cember and well cared for will attain
growth of five to twelve feet inside year,
and will yield nice crop of leaves during
the first summer. All writer's on this in
dustry find it difficult matter to state the
actual money obtained per acre. The
lowest estimate 1 have ever seen was SIS,
the highest $3.50 for one crop of silk. This
may safely be estimated by three or four,
as the trees will yield fresh leaves three or
four times year.
In Europe green cocoons sell for IS cents
per pound and 81 25 per pound dried. 1t
would require 64,0O0,0OO pounds of dry
cocoons to supply the United States mar
ket with raw silk every year. This means
that SIS, OO0, 900 might be distributed every
year among our agriculturists for honest
intelligent labor.
Years ago when disease almost wholly
destroyed the silk industry in Europe
japan sent there in few years $S5 900, 900
worth of silkworm eggs.
Not long since Italy paid annually to
japan 100000 ton for silkworm eggs.
l ueSc 'dCtS SLOW WudJ Wluc uclu Is
here open to American enterprise, for no
country in the world can produce finer
silkworm eggs than Southern California.
In undertaking this business large cash
capital is not necessary, but a good stock
of common-sense and disposition to "do
well whatever you do"
First-Acquire knowledge OF the bust
ness from reliable authority, and if need be
secure efficient help.
Second-Make selection of suitable local
ity, and soil. Then work as intelligently
and industriously as you would at anythin
else, and you will surely succeed.
P. S.-Since the above was written saw
in the Silk Herald of America. published
in Newark, N. j., that John Ryle & Co. of
that city-one of the oldest silk firms in
this country-advertise that they will buy
oil silk cocoons raised in the United States.
This is good news to all who are interested
in the welfare of the general public.
Now let US have an experiment station
in Southern California, where viticulture
will receive just proportion of attention
from our State officials, and new era of
prosperity will sweep over our Golden
State, awaking into active life thousands
of her native and adopted daughters who
are now but drifting on life's sweeping
current without any definite purpose in
life. Mrs. CARRIE WILLIAMS.