1836] 



FARMER S' REGISTER. 



383 



"The fourth raising, on which I have sufficiently 

 explained above, furnished cocoons which weighed 

 much less than those oi' the three first, since 2S0 to 290 

 were required to make a pound. 



"The product of the fifth was still more feeble, the 

 cocoons being 350 to SCO to the pound. 



" I shall resume my remarks upon the products o( 

 each of these five crops, made in 1824: but it is pro- 

 per to mention, first, that after having completed them, 

 with a success which I had scarcely dared to hope, I 

 believed that I had made a discovery ; and as I could 

 not doubt the advantages which silk culture might 

 derive from it, I hastened to publish it. I read, upon 

 this subject, a memoir before a learned society : but 

 to my great surprise, I was listened to with coldness. 

 Indeed, so little sensation did my memoir produce in 

 the audience, that it was jilain that nobody had com- 

 prehended of what importance might be the proceed- 

 ing, which I had announced 



"However, notwithstanding the disregard of the 

 public, I continued, the ibllowing year, my experi- 

 ments and observations ; and in the course of the 

 spring and summer, I made 6 raisings, of which, one 

 was natural, two retarded by the temperature of the 

 cellar mentioned above, and the three last, by making 

 use of the ice-house. These six crops gave (as the 

 year before,) products more or less satisfactory: but 

 having remarked that the first were much better than 

 the last, I limited myself, the two following years, to 

 making three raisings only, instead of five or six. In 

 1827, the first raising was begun April 18, and finished 

 June 16; the second was from May 8, to June 30 ; and 

 the last, commenced June 1, was entirely finished on 

 July 15 : so that in less than SO days I obtained three 

 crops of cocoons. All the raisings have been entirely 

 effected without artificial heat — which of course pro- 

 longed the time." 



The communication of M. Deslongchamps is mark- 

 ed to be continued in the August No. of the uinnaUs, 

 and when the continuation is received, whatever it 

 may contain, worthy of publication, will be translated 

 and given to our readers. 



The smaller weight and less value of the later crops 

 of cocoons, cannot be owing to any deterioration of va- 

 lue in the eggs, nor in the difference of the prevailing 

 temperature — but most probably to the more advanced 

 maturity of the leaves, rendering them less suitable as 

 food. 



Since writing the greater part of this article, we 

 have received Kenrick's Silk Grower's Guide, which 

 contains much more full and particular information 

 than we were aware of on this subject, and derived 

 from facts that have occurred in this country. The 

 chapter on " Second and successive crops of Silk," 

 will be given in the next number of the F-armers' Re- 

 gister. 



shown to us, surpass any that we have seen in the 

 cabinets of science, and museums of our country. 

 Its firnmess of texture gives to ihe arti.st the ad- 

 vantage ol' the highest polish ; and \n beauty and 

 variety of coloring, it cannot be surpassed. — /Ini. 

 Historical Magazine. 



IIAERLEIW RAIL ROAD TUNiVEL. 



This stupendous undertaking, it is expected, 

 will be completed in about six weeks. The tun- 

 nel is already through the mountain 475 feet on 

 the north side, and 60 feet on the south, and about 

 60 feet more remains to be cut before the work- 

 men meet. This funnel, when completed, will be 

 the largest, though not the longest, in the world, 

 and cut through rock of as hard and firm a textuie 

 as can any where be found. The open cuts on 

 eiiher side of the tannel are almost terrific to gaze 

 at from the edge of the summit. They are through 

 the solid rock, and that on the north side is 55 feet 

 deep. The work )s prosecuted under the direc- 

 tion of Mr. Rutter, the able and skilfiil superinten- 

 dent, night and day. When completed and con- 

 nccied with the adjoining scenery, it will form one 

 of the grandest and most romantic sigiits to be 

 found on the ffice of the globe. — N. Y. Times. 



We have been informed, says the Pawtucket 

 Chronicle, that our enterprising friends the Messrs. 

 Summers, last winter, shipped several thousand 

 brooms from New Orleans to Boston and realized 

 a handsome profit by the transaction. 



This is reversing the current of trade, and 

 proves that Southerners can compete with Yan- 

 kees even at their own doors. 



Southern broom corn is very superior to tlie 

 Northern article, being finer and more abundant ; 

 as it is free from seeds it offers no attractions to 

 I the rats which often make sad havoc with the 

 northern article. — Would it not be an object for 

 I some of our northern broom manufacturers to im- 

 i port the southern broom corn, as it can be pur- 

 chased at a cheaper rate than they can obiam the 

 production of our New England farmers. — JR. I. 

 Journal. 



VERD ANTIQUE MARBLE. 



A quarry of marble, more brilliant in hue, and 

 susceptible of a higher polish, than Piuy we have 

 obiserved, has recently been opened in New Ha- 

 ven, about two miles from the public square. 



The quarry is so located, as to afiord every faci- 

 lity in access to market. The marble is of the 

 purest species of Verd /Intique, with golden or 

 yellow streaks interwove. We know not whether 

 the "Verd Antique" has been found among any 

 other marbles than those derived fi-om the quar- 

 ries ol Egypt. The specimens that have been 



THE CORN TRADE. 



Bread-stuffs have hitherto constituted one of our 

 principal articles of export, amounting in 1831 to 

 within a small fraction of ^12,000,000. In 1835, 

 (we speak, in both cases, of the commercial year, 

 ending 30th September,) the quaniity was reduced 

 one halfj and the value in about the same propor- 

 tion. In 1831, the value of bread-stuffs imported 

 Avas only .'§1032, whereas in 1835 it had increased 

 to .$311,116. The year ending the 30th of the 

 present month will show still smaller exports of 

 these articles, and larger imports. And the ensu- 

 ing year, from present appearances, will verj- pos- 

 sibly show an amount of imports equal to the ex- 

 ports. Should the corn crop be cut off in the 

 northernmost slates, as it is now very Hable to be, 

 by the early appearance of frost, the extraordinary- 

 phenomenon will probably occur, of the greatest 

 grain-growing country in the world becoming de- 

 pendant upon foreign countries for a portion of its 

 bread ! — N. V. Journal cf Commerce. 



