95 



FARMEKS' REGISTER. 



[No. 2 



1. " The proprietor who wishes to occupy a plan- 

 tation of mulberry trees, supposing he had already 

 at his disposal nquaniity equal to those which I 

 stripped last spring and in the same condition, 

 (that is) producing 160 quintals of leaves at 4 li". 

 the quintal— well! this proprietor could have 

 obtained fi-om half a hectare oC ground with no 

 other expense than that of cultivating the tree?, 

 a revenue of G40 fr. or 320 I'r. lor each seteree. 

 composed oC 640 square fathoms. 



2. The person who would have bought this quan- 

 tity of leaves to devote himself only to the raising 

 of silU-worms, would have had (as I did) 928 

 pounds of cocoons, and would have sold them at 

 1 li-. 50 c. a pound, according to the price of that 

 time : this sale would have produ- 

 ced, ----- l,392li-. 00c. 



Deduction ot expenses, purchase^ 



of about 8 ounces of eggs at 3 



fr. - - - 24li-. OOc | 

 Expense of all kind for the man- ! ggg ^^ 



agement, - - 171 75 j 

 Price of 160 quintals of leaves at 



4 fr. - - - 640 00 

 Rent of the room, - 60 00 J 



His part of the profits for 40 days at- 

 tendance, - - - - 496 25 



3. Thn filateiLr (or reeler) who buys the cocoons, 

 obtains a quantity of silk equal to mine, and sells it 

 in the same manner, - - l,868r'r. 55c. 

 He draws Irom the remains, - 115 00 



Total, - - - . - 1,983 55 

 It is necessary to deduct irom this"| 

 sum as the cost of 928 pounds of | 

 cocoons at 1 fr. 50 c. I -i /^ck ok 



l,392(i-. OOc. \ ^'^^^ ^^ 

 Expenses of (he filature, | 



263 85 J 



Clear gain of the reeler, 



327 70 



4. The laborer, with a family, takes for his share 

 the remains of this filature, employs his wife and 

 children to prepare and wind the low and different 

 qualities of sUk, which are in much request and 

 readily sold. These products can be valued, after 

 having received all the suitable work, 165!r. OOc. 

 Deduction (or the purchase of the"! 



first materials, - 50fr. OOc. ! gQ qq 

 Hand work, although gained by the f 



family, - - - 30 00. J 



Profit, without including his work al- 

 ready paid, - - - - 85 00 



A simple recapitulation will make the result 

 belter understood than this division of the labor, 

 which division certainly agrees, in many cases, 

 with the taste or situation of persons who neither 

 wish, nor are able, to undertake all pails of ihe 

 business. 



The land owner who sells 160 quin- 

 tals of leaves at 4 fr. receives, 640rr. OOc. 

 The person who buys them and man- 

 ages the raising of worms, gains, 19G 25 

 The reeler who takes charge of the 

 cocoons, winds ihem, and receives 

 for his labor, . - - - 337 70 



The laborer who works up (he re- 

 mains does the labor /or .30 fr. and 

 gains besides, - - - - 85 00 



Sum equal (o the (otal profit which 1 

 have made by the union of all these 

 operations, - _ - - 1,548 95 



Equal (o ^288 



The position of Rodez, in the south of France, 



(though fiirther north than silk has heretofore been 

 generally or usually cultivated,) may induce the 

 opinion that the climate agrees with its latitude, and 

 that the culturist in Virginia would be less advanta- 

 geously situated. We have no doubt but (hat our 

 climate is better for silk than (hat of any part of 

 France, and very far superior to that of Rodez. 

 For more full evidence of the unfriendliness of the 

 latter, we will add an extract translated from ano- 

 ther French writter, M. Hazard, who cites this 

 statement of M. Carrier's, and maintains (hat (he 

 position of Rodez is as cold as that of even the 

 northern parts of France, the fitness of which for 

 silk-culture he was adducing facts and arguments 

 to maintain. His words are these : 



"I will cite, on this head, a new culturist, under 

 a climate which, comparatively, and because of 

 the pfreat elevation of the land above the level of 

 the sea, is much more rude than the climates of the 

 north, [of France,] and which consequently ought 

 to be more disadvantageous to silk-worms and to 

 mulberry trees." 



The writer (hen copies (he s(atement of profits 

 (riven just above, and adds. "I ask if this is not 

 a great product, and well worth the trouble of at- 

 tempting to obtain the like. I do not think (hat 

 any one will object that M. Amans Carrier is in 

 (he south of France, and in a climate more favorable 

 than the central and northern parts. The climate 

 of Rodez is a rude climate, and one much more 

 disadvantageous, certainly, than that of Paris." 



From tlie New England F armor. 

 PROrAGATING PEAU TREKS FROM ROOTS. 



Extract of a letter from Van Mons. 



I now propagr\te for myself and intimate friends, 

 (he most choice variedes [of pears,] which I ob- 

 tain by means of ihe roots. Not a single one (i^iils, 

 in this new process. It is immaterial in what 

 manner they are set out. This method was dis- 

 covered accidently, in consequence of some roots, 

 on which I intendVd to graft other kinds of pears, 

 being thrown on the ground and covered with a 

 little'earth, to preserve them until used lor that 

 purpose, and which were lost sight of and forgot- 

 ten until (he next spring, when all of them sent 

 up slocks, which, in the' autumn, were as tall as 

 those raised liom the seed, of two year's growth. 

 They can be set out in the spring as well as au- 

 tumn. If I had sooner known this method, I 

 should not have lost a single one of my new 



