The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1903-01-01

/ for US to take up at this station q
line Of experimental work in Silk Gu
ture, and ifyou, as Commissioner ot
I Agriculture, will handle the CONNER
ciai end of the proposition, that is:
looking to the supply; of mulberry
trees and silk worm eggs, i VIII attend
/ to the experimental part. What do
you think Of it? ; can apply for
100 trees on the terms mentioned in
Mr.. McCarthy's circular and have
them ready for operatid awhen they
become large enough.
The circular of Mr.. Mccarthy re-
ferred to by MI Redding is as fol-
lows:
Free Mulberry Trees for Silk Growers!
The first seasons experience in silk
growing in North Carolina has proved
most gratifying success. It has
demonstrated that the women and chill
dren of the State may, by light and in
| teresting work during six weeks OF
| early summer, earn, without interfec-
| ing seriously with their ordinary du-
ties, at lest $50. Those who can de.
vote more time to the work may earn
much @ore.
To plaza silk growing upon q permar
nent basis we must increase the out,
| put of silk coooons to volume which
will attract to the State silk reelers
and weavers, thus creating homo
market for the product Of the silk
Worm. -
The first and most necessary ste1
Is to increase the available supply of
silk worm food. We must plant null
berry trees until each farm suited for
this kind of work has at least 100
trees. Every farm having dry soil,
| lying between Goldsboro and States.
vile or Asheville, can successfully
/ grow silk
In order to encourage the planting
of the mulberry, the State Department
Of Agriculture will distribute among
| the farmers OF North Carolina in lots
| of 50 and 100 rooted Seeding trees Of
/ the varieties best suited for feeding
| the silk worm. Not more than 100
| will be sent to one person. Those
who want more will be supplied at cost
| prices. We do not recommend the
| planting of moro than 100 trees by any
| farmer Recipients of trees will be
| required to pay postage or expressage
| at the rate of ! cent per tree. This
must be enclosed with application.
Trees will be delivered during No
| vember which is the best month for
| planting in this STATE. Full dfrec-
tions for planting and caring for the
| trees will be sent to each applicant.
| Silk growing will prove valuable
nature study, and a remunerative art
in schools, and is we'll worth the at.
| tention of all who haTS supervision
over educational Institutions 1t is
also well adapted for charitable .insti-
tutions. Public institutions which
wish to experiment with silk grow
ing will be supplied with trees a a
| nominal price.
| Applications will be filed in the Or
der of reception. address. General
! Mccarthy. Biologist, N c. Department
of Agriculture Raleigh, N. C.
! IL Georgia Historical and Industr.
a., published by this department IN
the fall of 1901, is found the following
paragraph page 34O:
silk Factories--An industry which
in the last few years has grown rap
idly in the United States ic the manu-
facture of silk In 1890 there were
71S,3G0 spindles and 20.S22 looms. II
1900 there were 1.426,245 splndles AMI
aS, 246 looms. 1t Is mostly confined 10
Che Northern States; but Virginia and
North Carolina have entered this field,
each with $4,000 spindles. North
Carolina has also ASS looms, and Vir-
ginia $50.
| Although Georgia was originally In
tended to be silk-producing country,
at this time the State Is taking no part
in this business Yet the founders
of the colony of Georgia thought that,
its chief industry would be the pro-
duction Of raw silk. General Ogls-
thorpe in speaking Of the possibilities
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