moisture. The temperature and the state of the atmos- 

 phere have a great effect on the filature and spinning of 

 silk. Both are favorable in Piedmont. Our own climate 

 is equally favored from the same causes. 



Our lands are fertile, abundant, and cheap, compared 

 with those of all other countries where silk is cultivated. 

 No doubt can exist, that the new plant, so remarkable 

 for the vigor of its growth, and the promptitude with 

 which its foliage is renewed, will afford the needful suc- 

 cession of food for a two fold harvest, thus at once 

 being productive of a saving of half the land and half 

 the labor of cultivation. The leaf also, from its superior 

 quality and size, will afford a saving of half the expense 

 of gathering the food. 



By cultivating the mulberry tree in hedge rows, it is 

 estimated that the ground will, in a short space of time, 

 produce a double amount of food which can be obtained 

 in any other way. And it is also estimated that any 

 equal amount of leaves may be gathered from the trees 

 in hedge rows, at one half the labor and expense which 

 would be required from standard trees. The hurdles of 

 netting on which the insects may be fed, it is computed 

 will be productive of a very important saving of time, 

 and of labor, which is usually bestowed on the insects. 



By the aid of water, or of steam power, we shall be 

 enabled to dispense with the labor of a girl to turn the 

 reel, which will be productive of another very material 

 saving; and finally, by the aid of power looms, which have 

 been recently introduced for weaving plain silks, it is 

 confidently affirmed that a woman experienced in weav- 

 ing, will be enabled to weave fifty yards in a day. 



