SMAI,!, RURAI, INDUSTRIES 14I 



Year Quintals Exported Value in Francs 



1900 86,160 2,716,491 



I9OI 71,993 2,440,912 



1902 145.079 3.626,454 



1903 69,141 1,980,714 



1904 151,802 3,070,078 



1905 164,599 2,526,361 



1906 124,391 3,175,087 



1907 133,059 4,257,932 



1908 148.983 3,251,093 



The export of plum brandy, although less important, must, however, 

 mot be passed over in silence. In 1908 the value of the brandy exported 

 was 95,763 frs. 



The apple tree is grown in nearly the same regions as the plum tree. 

 Apples are exported as fruit in large quantities, but the gathering and 

 packing are not done in the best way, so the value of the fruit exported 

 does not correspond with the weight. On the other hand, the industry 

 of dr3dng apples is beginning to make progress and the Government is 

 making great efforts to extend the knowledge required for the dr5dng of 

 fruits, by means of practical lectures, so as to induce the fruit growers 

 rather to dry their fruit than to sell it fresh at low prices or use it to 

 feed their livestock. 



§4. SERICICUI.TURE. 



The cHmate of Servia is very well adapted to sericiculture. In 1845, 

 nursery gardens of mulberry trees were estabUshed at the prefects' offices 

 and, two years later, the plants were freely distributed to the peasants. A 

 sericiculturists' society obtained a special concession and important pri\dleges 

 from the last Parliament (1909 and 1910). This Society dates from as far 

 back as 1903 and, since its foundation, the number of families engaged 

 in silkworm rearing has more than doubled, as may be seen from the 

 following table. 



In 1900 10,102 famiUes 



1901 12,650 



1902 15,426 



1903 14,482 



1904 19,453 



1905 25,720 



1906 27,022 



1907 27,711 



1908 31,953 



1909 34,150 



