1837.] 



FARMERS' REGISTER. 



72S 



and the molasses permitted to drain ofi". It will 

 at first drain off rapidly ; but soon cease to flow 

 in any considerable quantity. To hasten its sep- 

 aration from the sugar, which takes place slowly, 

 the mass must be pierced with an iron spear, by 

 thrusting it into the hole at the point, which will 

 ffive it vent and cause it to drain oH". This opera- 

 tion must be repeated as often as is necessary, and 

 until all the molasses is extracted. 



After having remained long enough to have 

 the molasses run oil", the sugar is detached Irom 

 the sides of the mould with a kniie, the moulds 

 are set on the floor in a reversed position and lelt 

 for two or three hours — when, by liltinir from the 

 floor and giving it a shake, the loaf will separate 

 from the mould by Ibrce of its own weight. The 

 head of the loaf will retain a degree of moisture 

 and a portion of molasses, and, consequently, 

 should be cut ofl, and thrown into the juice intend- 

 ed for the next clarification. The molasses, also, 

 when a sulBcient quantity is on hand, should be 

 again concentrated in order to obtain all the crys- 

 talizable sugar it contains. By the foregoing 

 processes the beet is converted into brown sugar, 

 the kind which is consumed in the largest quan- 

 tities in most families. In the manufacture of 

 loaf, or lump sugar, there is another process called 

 " refining;" but being foreign to our present pur- 

 pose, we omit it. 



From the Sillv Culturist. 



PHILADELPHIA MEETING, FOR ESTABLISH- 

 ING A SILK FACTORY. 



A meeting of the friends of the culture and man- 

 ufacture of silk, held at the room of the Board of 

 Trade, agreeably to public notice, on Tuesday eve- 

 ning, the 27th day of December, Nicholas Biddle, 

 Esq. was called to the chair, and T. P. Hoopes ap- 

 pointed secretary. 



The meeting being thus organized, was ad- 

 dressed by Richard Peters, Esq. who, after sta- 

 ting its objects, &c. read the report, wdiich will 

 be found below, and which was unanimously 

 adopted. 



Mr. Kempton then read articles of association, 

 which were also agreed to. 



It was then on motion of Mr. Sharpless, resolved 

 that a committee of five be appointed to receive 

 subscriptions for the stock of a company, accord- 

 ing to the terms set forth in the articles of associa- 

 tion. Whereupon the following persons were ap- 

 pointed to compose said committee, namely : 

 Richard Peters, Caleb Cope, S. C. Cleveland, Mo- 

 ses Kempton and S. B. Hibler. 



The following preamble and resolution were 

 then offered and adopted. 



Whereas, it may be advantageous to the com- 

 pany about to be established, to enter into negoci- 

 ations for the purchase of the machinery and es- 

 tablishment of Messrs. Upton and Jackson, be- 

 fore the company shall be incorporated, resolved, 

 that if one thousancl shares of the stock shall be 

 subscribed, the commissioners authorized to re- 

 ceive subscriptions for the stock may enter into an 

 arrangement for the said machinery and establish- 

 ment, and advance such fiinds as they ma}" find 

 requisite, belbre the charter of the company shall 

 be obtained: the contracts and arrangements made 



by the said commissioners to be binding on the 

 company when it shall be incorporated. 



Jieport. 



The committee appointed at a meeting of the 

 fi-iends of the culture and manufacture of silk, 

 held on the 15th day of November, 1836, to take 

 into consideration the proposhion to establish a 

 com[iany lor the manufacture of silk, in or near 

 the city of Philadelphia, and for the promotion of 

 the culture of silk ; to be incorporated under the 

 authority of the acts of assembl}', for the promo- 

 lion of the culture of silk, report — 



The conmiittee have, as extensively as the time 

 and opportunities have permitted, examined the 

 subjects confided to them. That it would be a 

 great national benefit., if silk should become an ar- 

 ticle of general production in the United States, 

 and that if it can be profitably manuliicturcd in 

 our country, it will give employment to a great 

 number of persons, are truths universally admitted. 

 The culture of silk by raising the mulberry tree, 

 and feeding the worms, which produce that beau- 

 tiful article of luxury and comibrt, will not serious- 

 ly interlere with the general business of the agri- 

 culturist ; or require such a portion of the farm la- 

 bor as will, to any material exteiU, diminish its 

 usual productions. The mulberry tree flourishes 

 best in cultivated fields ; and one of the most ap- 

 proved methods of obtaining the leaves ibr the 

 ibod of the silkwor-ra, is from mulberry hedge^, 

 which may be made, and securely used Ibr the di- 

 vision of a farm into fields, instead of the usual 

 fences, much more costly, and always exposed to 

 injury and decay. 



The periods of the year in which the silkworm 

 is fed, and when only tlie attention of the fiirmer 

 and his family is required for their care and man- 

 agement, are those in which the usual labors of a 

 farm are, for a great portion of these periods, not 

 very great ; and a large amount of the attention 

 and industry which are required by the silkworm 

 when feeding, and making the cocoon, are most 

 properly furnished by fijmales, iuid by children 

 from 14 to 16 years of age. In the winter season, 

 the family fireside of the farmer, now compara- 

 tively without employment, may be engaged in 

 reeling the silk from the cocoons; a most agreea- 

 ble and profitable occupation lor that part of the 

 year. 



The committee have indulged in these remarks 

 from the gratification, it is believed, they will af- 

 ford to see introduced into the middle and north- 

 ern states, an article of profitable production and 

 manufacture; which they do not hesitate to say 

 will, at no distant period, rival the abundant pro- 

 ducts af the cotton and rice fields of the south, 

 and which will call into action and advantage a 

 large amount of free labor. In the moral influ- 

 ence of these results, all wnll rejoice. The south 

 will be pleased to receive in exchange for her rich 

 and necessary productions, the useful and orna- 

 mental silk fiibrics of her associated sisters, and 

 the prosperity of the whole union will become 

 equal. The best security and the firmest bond for 

 the preservation of that union, viral to the exis- 

 tence of the nation, are general and equal prosper- 

 ity- 



The committee submit a brief outline of the 

 prospects and advantages which will result from 

 the establishment of a silk manufiactory. 



