1838] 



FARMERS' REGISTER. 



355 



(January,) ail the superfluous branches must be 

 prunoii away, and those that are left be much 

 thinninl ; afterwanls upon the branches that are 

 pre*:erv'Ofl, four dyes must be left, and tlie others 

 picked oH". The next year the brandies that were 

 ieif will have become strong ; the bhick twigs 

 which will have grown from the middle of the 

 eyes will be three feet in length ; the leaves will 

 be twice as liiick as usual, and will present a 

 smooth and brilliant surface. During the raising 

 ofMhe silliworms, they can be gathered with tiie 

 hand ; the external branches only, that shoot 

 Ibrlh, must be left. After havinix grown luxu- 

 riantly, until the autumn, they will have obtained 

 the length of eight or ten feet. In the last month 

 of the year, (January,) they must be again 

 pruned, as before. After the expiration of seve- 

 ral years, if the branches that have been left ap- 

 pear to overload the tree, they must be pruned at 

 their base. 



This method is followed in the country of Ln- 

 yang, to the east of the Yellow river; but a differ- 

 ent mode is adopted north of this river, in the pro- 

 vince of Chan-tong. 



When the mulberry tree has attained the height 

 of five to seven feet, from the period of its trans- 

 plantation, the tops of the branches must be cut. 

 As the branches of the centre have been removed, 

 those that remain will grow in a horizontal direc- 

 tion, and extend outward. When the tree has 

 become large and strong, a man can stand up in 

 the centre. 



When the tree has attained its maxlmitm of 

 strength and growth, the stalk and the branches 

 must be cut in the centre. 



There are three kinds of branches that must of 

 necessity be removed. 



1st. The branches inclining towards the root; 

 2d. Those which bend inward, towards the 

 trunk : 



States. I have visited several places, whose fiime 

 in connexion with the advancement of this branch 

 of industry, has been spread far and wide — and I 

 have often been obliged to make diligent inquiries, 

 belbre I could ascertain, on the .fpot, (hat any thing 

 was doing at said places. But Burlington does 

 not hide her light under a bushel : she places it on 

 an eminence, so that all may see, and peradven- 

 ture imitate her good works. You cannot pass 

 along the pavements, without hearing qucstiona 

 asked about silkworms or mulberries: you can 

 scarcely go into a house but you find the inmatea 

 engaged in feeding worms. All classes and con- 

 ditions, from the dignified functionary of the go- 

 vernment to the humble occupant of a villa<re lot 

 —rich and poor — publicans and sinners — have 

 caught the contagion : and recently even a peri- 

 odical — and a most respectable one too—has been 

 established to promote the culture, and disseminate 

 all useful information on the subject. And if you 

 knew the character of the population here, you 

 would say that the jrood work must succeed. You 

 would be far fiom thinking it was the ebullition of 

 the moment — a feverish paroxyism — a day dream; 

 which would subside on the slightest abstraction 

 of the stimulus which now supports and sustains 

 it. Such, I take it, is not the character of this 

 people. On the contrary, they are grave, sedate, 

 industrious — not given to violent and momentary 

 excitement — not liable to be entrapped, and in- 

 veigled by designing men, into speculative pur- 

 suits ; but a people thoughtfiil and reflecting, form- 

 ing their own jodgments upon evidence, an'd when 

 once formed, pursuing their oliject with an eye 

 that does not slumber, and a wing that never tires. 

 [n this city, a large proportion of the population 

 consists of the descendants of the illustrious Penn 

 —remarkable, you know, for their industry, perse- 

 verance and neatness — and by the force' ol" con- 

 tact and example, these characteristics have been 



cut 



Sd. Those which grow in pairs ; one must be visibly impressed on all the surrounding popula 



but 



4th. Those growing in a good direction 

 which are too thick and too bushy. 



The last month of the year, (January,) is the 

 most liivorable for priming : the month that fol- 

 lows is less so. In the last month of the year the 

 sap is quiescent, and the cessation of labor in the 

 country leaves much leisure to the cultivators. 

 Those persons who prune in the spring, only do 

 it in order to peel them easily, (lo make paper,) 

 but that causes the mulberry trees to lose a great 

 quantity of sap. 



Those persons who wish to make use of the 

 bark of the mulberry tree can take the branches, 

 cut in the last month, (January,) and deposit 

 them, with a southern exposure, in a hole, covered 

 up with earth. They must be taken out in the 

 second month, (March,) and they then peel very 

 easily. [Nong-sse-pi-yong.] 



From the Farmer and Gardener. 

 THE SILK CULTURE IN NEW JERSEY. 



To the Editor— I have been spending a few 

 days in the ancient city of Burlington ; and as far 

 as my observations and inquiries enable me to 

 form an opinion, I should say that this was the 

 head quarters of the silk culture in the United 



tion. 



Gentle reader! who takest an interest in the 

 progress of this interesting pursuit, you miorht 

 spend a i'ew days here with both profit and plea- 

 sure. You will have all your in(]uiries answered 

 without hesitation. You will find nothing enve- 

 loped in mystery. You will see every one'willincr 

 and anxious to impart all he knows— and finally^ 

 I think you will be convinced that the sdk culture 

 is no humbug. 



PoVVIIATAN = 



Burlington, 3d July. 



From tlie Bnrlington Garette. 

 THE MORUS MULTICAULIS. 



It is known to the public, a considerable distance 

 round Burlington, that large quantities of this 

 most invaluable tree are now growing in the vi- 

 cinity of this city, A larger quantity would have 

 been raised the present year, but for the cold wet 

 spell of weather which occurred at the planting 

 season, causing numbers to rot in the ground; this 

 was succeeded by a drought of three weeks' dura- 

 tion, accompanied by intensely hot weather, pro- 

 ducing effects decidedly more injurious to the 

 young sprouts, than the cold damp which preceded 

 it. From these causes the crop of trees is very 



