Evening journal., 1910-08-29
CHURCH LEAGUE NOTES
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Well, no change Of places as yet. n
Iarshalltown and East Lake still tie. Z
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rrouTwedes played doctor Saturday
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e to the tune or to /.
no argument by ovtainly made the
an Italian barber. who, me appear
st. Albans street. In a crowd
town section of the city. whercve
naturally does not expect to find
usual things in gardens. The /, b
Of silk farm in a 20 by 20 foot bacA
yard sounds unreasonable to most
people. but to Carvello. who delights
in natures handiwork, It is a serious
undertaking, and by patient work and
careful planning he has actually sue
ceeded in raising 15O mulberry trees
with leaves of the finest texture on
the small plot Of ground in the rear
Of his home
Two years ago he began a silk farm
experimenting and to-day he has a
diminutive mulberry farm in his back
yard The trees are in the best Of
condition and the leaves are about
ready to be fed to the silk worms. II
is Carvello's ambition 20 some day
own a large silk farm. and with this
purpose In view he conceived the idea
OF making start I'm the rear OF his
home and raising the trees to a fair
size before purchasing land for his
big farm. His experiment proved such
a success that next season he will
start silk farming on a large scale
near Somers Point, and Will have as
a nucleus his $50 trees. grown 20 a
fair size and already producing the
finest leaves rs a result of his back
yard experiment
Started Trees In Little Beds.
On two sides OF his yard Carvello
prepared two beds about eight feet
I'm depth and after first raising the
mulberry stalks to a height OF about
q foot. he carefully transplanted
them In the beds. which had been
filled with a semi-sandy soil i'm order
TO accustom the plants TO the earth of
New Jersey. OF 800 trees which he
trnnsnlanted. I5O have survived. This
is considered a fair percentage under
the best Of conditions. The stalks
are very tender and require con-
siderable attention. Each leaf must
be watered and washed every morn
ing and evening In order that they
may give the best grade OF silk.
The mulberry stalks are of a do
nestle variety and were given to Car
vello by Secretary OF Agriculture
James Wilson. when Carvello con-
ceived the idea OF a silk farm az home
His trees do not produce berries. and
in consequence the juice. which would
otherwise go to the berry, goes tC
tho leaf. A silk farm Is nothini
more or less than a mulberry tre'
I orchard. Much care must be take
with the trees, however. when IN
object Is silk producing. The suppl
Of silk depends upon tho size OF IN
j. producers mulberry patch The di
ficult part OF the business Is I'm raisit
the right kind OF leaves II Is ea
enough 10 get the worms 20 do q
spinning. When the time Is OBJ,
tune 20 feed the little worms Carve
is going to import his own wor
from, italy, as he contends that IN,
raised on the other side are super
h. 10 the domestic worms.
Can Sell Product 10 Government.
Besides furnishing all the wh
mulberry trees that arc necessary /
u those who aspire 10 become sill
producers. the United States Cover
" nent agrees to purchase all cocoon
at S1.25 "A pound. Carvello estimat
thar when the trees are five yea
old at least one pound per tree
=. assured. This. he says. increases
u the trees grow older, provided The
have the proper treatment. Charlie
MaroDi. Carvellos father-in-law. VIII
is assisting in the experiment. Is a
= experienced silk-grower, having speu
some years Of his life ia the busines
in Italy While there are many larg
silk farms IN the United States. n /
said that Carvello's farm is the onl.
one within the limits Of a large city
CarvellO expects 10 some day hav
e. the largest silk farm I'm the Unite,
States. Ia addition 10 the mulberrl
trees that .Carvello has I'm his yarl
he has fig trees, orange trees, peppe
nfnnfa al 4H rff.