SOUTHERN HORIZONS 



straightening up the saplings and stomping them firmly 

 in. In terraced land on contours they planted sixty-three 

 thousand baby mulberries in five days. 



A woodworking shop was set up to make the window- 

 screen trays. A school of sericulture was organized, and 

 to make good on the offer of C. G. Fairchild, supervisor 

 of Texas vocational rehabilitation, Minis improvised a 

 wonderful dormitory for disabled veterans in one of 

 the church parish houses. Classes of two dozen are sent 

 by the state for six months' courses. A new chemurgic 

 industry has certainly been well rooted, one that opens 

 up a new horizon for the veterans and many small land- 

 owners. 



A man and his wife can handle six to ten acres of 

 mulberries, which become productive in two years 

 against seven years for pecan trees. The mulberries are 

 kept trimmed in bush form, not higher than six feet, 

 and the leaves are cut from each side of the row alter- 

 nately, being ready for a second cutting in ten days. 

 The cutting season is seven months, and the silkworm 

 cycle about two months, so a continuous operation can 

 be set up in assembly line style. The worms are clean 

 and odorless and may be raised in any room in the home, 

 in the attic, a converted chicken coop, a barn, or garage. 

 As a smart publicity stunt-hobby, the gardener at the 

 Baker Hotel is raising them in the lobby, feeding them 

 from the mulberry tree leaves grown on the grounds. 



Beckman at the reeling plant will freeze the cocoons 

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