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ber, I I'uijTot to nialif any inquiries concerniii'i 

 them until il.e 27ili 51an-h, i ist. Mr. iio.vt; tlieti 

 inlbrnifd ine that lu- had hiiiiir ihciu up in iii^ cel- 

 lar, and iiad not t;een iheni in many ucolct:. Tiiat, 

 cellar, however, is the baseiuent and balking 

 aparimenl of the licnise in wiiifli I rct^ide, to/tiV/i is 

 built over the sea, and a most kixurious enjoy- 

 nien) does il daily, and even nightly, aH';)rd to my 

 fiiinily. On examininu' Uie pajjers, ! Ibuml thai 

 many etli^-s had already hatidied. t)ut in the (ullmv- 

 iniT order: No. 3, the most. No. 2, the next. No. 



4, the thinl, and No. 1, the lea^i. Ol No. 1, the 

 eirgti continued to hatch liom 29 h J\]arcii, to 30iii 

 ]Ma\', at five iniervals ul one day each, one oi' 2, 

 one Ol' 3, one of (3, oiie of 9, and one interval ot'lO 

 dav.s. Of No. 2, the eggs coniiimed to hatcii li-om 

 27ih March, to 7ih A|)rii, at five intftrval:5 of one 

 day, and two of 2 tlays each. Oi' No. 3, the egiis 

 continued to hatch from the 27ih iVIarch, to the 

 6lh May, at seventeen iniervals of 1 day, beven ol 

 2, and tiiree of 3 d.iys. Of No. 4, the egn--- coniin- 

 ued to hatch from 29lli March to 30il; of April, at 

 six intervals of one diiy, four of 2, two of 3, one of 



5, and one of 7 dii\i=. As i!ie girl who ke|)l the 

 record of No. 1, was tick part of tiie time, the re- ; 

 cord is imperfectly kept, and he.-ice, with reiTHrd to 

 the period of making the cocoons, I barely ti'ul that 

 one worm ascended to spin oii ilie 24 h April,or ihe 

 27lh day liom hatching. Ol No. 2, the worms as- 

 cended to spin ti-om April 23r(! to April 29ih, at an 

 averaire perioil of 2S days. Ol' No. 3, the worms 

 Rscendei! from April 23rd to May Gili, mosti)' on 

 the2Sih day. Of the hybrid No. 3, it was re- 

 marked that several worms were white, but all the 

 cocoons were yellow; and of hj brid No. 4, thai 

 that none of the worms were white, but that all 

 the cocoons were white. The period of the issue 

 of moths (iom tlie cocoons of No. 1, vva^not noted. 

 Of No. 2, the period noted were May 7th, Sih and 

 9ih, or the I4ih day after the ascent to spin. Ot' 

 No. 3, the only periods noted were May 7ih and 

 8ih, or the 14; h after the ascent of each. Of No. 

 2, the period cannot be now ascertained. As 

 ihe records were kept by my wile and children, 

 and it was their first essay, of course many omis- 

 sions occurred, which will render my abridgement 

 imperlect. The only account of the esgs laid, 

 were tho.se of two niot'is of No. 3, egirs laid on 

 the 9ih May, and of one moth laid ihe 14lh May. 

 There was also a nariicular record of the liicr, that 

 from a worm of No. 3, which ascended to spin on 

 the 2 ih April, from its cocoon issued a lf»male hy- 

 brid which coupled with a male of No. 2, or sul- 

 phur colored cocoon worms, and that the resulting 

 tribrid, or (juateroon engs spontaneously hatched 

 into worms the 20ih May. On that morning 311 

 worms were found hatched; on the 21st, 53 more 

 vvorm.s were found, and 36 egirs reuiained un- 

 hatched; and this day's worms and eggs were pre- 

 sented to a neighbor. These quateroon worms 

 of the 21sl May, vvere fed on the leaves of llie 

 morus ntuliicaulis. On the 25ih May the next 

 record is made of the hatching of egiis. Thus hy- 

 brid No. 3, a white worm, ascended to spin. May 

 1st; from the cocoon is-'ued a female moih, r2th, 

 and coupled with a male moth from a brown 

 worm of the same No. 3. Egtrs laid 12ih, and 

 eggs hatched 25lh -May; nearly all haicheil on the 

 same day. These worms vvere fed on the leaves of 

 the morus rubra; but these were the only I'g^s that 

 have hutched of all laid by No. 1. 2. 3 and I, in 



the month of July. Now, I will liriefly ;uid that 

 the (joaieroon worms, haudied on ihe 30: h May, 

 (ikl so well, that on my leuini from a visit to Key 

 West, I Ibund that several had be^fuii to spin iheir 

 cocoons on ihe9ih June, and thai all had ascend- 

 ed on ilic 12 h June. 



As my lioy ot' 12 years old ait'Mided ihe h\brid 

 worm.s lia;chcd the 25ih May, and led on tlie 

 leaves of the morus rubra, they weie neglected 

 during my 12 days absence, and hence did not do 

 so well; yet ihey also l<egan to asceml on the IGih 

 June, and continued ascending lUitii the 2Glh June. 

 From tlie cocoons of ihe quaieroons, moths ben?ui 

 to issue ihe 19ih June, and continued issuing up 

 to the 24lh of June. Fiom the cocoons of the 

 hybrid moths issued the 27tii June and daily to the 

 2d July. All coupled and laid eggs at the usual 

 period, but on this, 6ih July, not a single egg had 

 yet hatched. The quateroon cocoons, third crop, 

 are larger and finer iliaii those of the hybrid co- 

 coons Irom which the female issued. The hy- 

 brid cocoons, tu'o-crop, fed on the native mulberry, 

 are smaller, but the silk is finer, and several ot" the 

 cocoons are of !< glossy white. So many lacls tor 

 the present. Their value, and bearing will be seen 

 by-and-by. Re.sj;ectl'ully yours &c. 



MR. PliI^Xl:Y SPIGGIiUY, AM) FEliOING MAN- 

 AGEMEKT. 



From llie New Enslaiid Farmer. 



To the Editor. — Dear Sir — In compliance with 

 your request 1 checrfull}' devote a few moments to 

 givin;^ you an account ol'my piggery. I will premise, 

 by the vvay, that the writer of an article which ap- 

 peared some months since in the Yankee Farmer, 

 and which ! regret should have found its way in 

 to many other papers, has greally exaggerated the 

 [irofiis of my establishment. I have often stated, 

 and now repeat, that the manure from my hog 

 pens will pay lor all the food which I purchase for 

 ihem; the residue of their fijed, by liir the greater 

 |)art, being the produce of my own ftjrm. 



When the average price of corn is one dollar 

 per bushel, and potatoes 33 cents, and poik will 

 bring 12| cents per pound, I have no hesitation in 

 sayinir that there is a handsome profit in raising 

 pork Ibr ihe \unrkc*, provided the hogs be of the 

 l)est breed. With such breeds I have always 

 Ibund that fjur quarts of Indian or barley meal, 

 with an equal quaniity oi apples, pumpkins, pota- 

 toes or other roots well cooked, will give two 

 pounds of pork. At this rate it will be perceived 

 that there is a p.'-ofit on the perk at the above |)rlce, 

 exclusive ofthe manure the hogs make, which is 

 of great value to the farmer, but by no means 

 equrd to the whole nor even half the expense of 

 fijeding. 



My breeds are principally of the Cerkshire full 

 bl'iods, and a cross of' tins breed with the Mackey 

 breed. This cross I have found decidedly prefer- 

 able to the full bloods of either. I have an import- 

 ed sow of the "Essex half black," lieing a des- 

 cendant ofthe Berkshire, and highly spoken of by 

 English breeilers. 'J'he Mackey piii;s were impor- 

 ted into this counlry from England some 1.5 or 20 

 years ago by Capt. .Mackey, of Bosiun, and till 

 '.villiiii a fe^v \ears were decidedlv tlu; best stock 



