PRACTICAL FARjMER 



quires of us that wo do not coiiceni the fact that 



so.ne ...ntagotust writers on th. .suh>ct have 



niaima.necl that the attnosphere of a cococ^e rv is 



ririf d'^- '" ''"T" --^^'t..tio„, and Te ;'en! 



vviien d c ose room j.s occnpic-<| as such, is d»let; 



nfants tha are nnrsed Uy ,„other.s or nnrscs 

 t T ^';';7"'- '" ' ---^ «f this they have ad 



numbeis of jnAints died annually in tiie .iJk 

 g-v.ng^ntnes, particnlarly at TiL, ^^Lue, 

 ^astne, &c where mnhitndes of silk wonns are 



-^r^rthtt^"- f ^ ^*- --'^•^^;^ 



f„tai ,.''^"^' that the mother communicates a 

 ratal disease to her inf.nf ;.. .i • '" '""^^''les a 

 luitrimenr nn It . . "''' ""P»'-'ties of the 



"uiinnent on which it snhsistc it i i , 

 remarko,? .l,nt ■ ," ""'^^'■^fs- it has also been 



were f„„„d ,„ b„ ,„„,|^ ■ »,« ""-^ « '"■" ""ps 

 <:d dwellings „f i|,e rid ,1 " '''"''^'■- 



i'lese facts furnish the mn^t :. i i • ,. 

 i^lence that both tl,. 1 "idubitabio cv- 



vvill contn'c d ea : f "'"'. '"^ ''''"" ""^"^'-^^'^ 

 --•remen" nd mt . fnl" ^t "'';''"■"" «^ •^- 



;- close room e;::i:^:^n^:::;-ain 



•e contrary, they as -satisfactorily poTeh't T 

 •ey be regularly and seasonabi/ remov'ed Lh 

 he room well ventilated both will ' "^ 



f-alth. It is wisely ordered 1 the ""'"' ^°"^ 

 i'.-ovidence. that cLnim; s and purr^";? °' 

 essential to the health of tK ' «"• are as 



health of its atte da "^ '^^ ^^°™' "« »« the 

 tributes tothecrmfn' / ^""'" ^^^^ •^^n- 



i"iii;emamtrsttre'o:;r 



iv v:r';'he:;;t°e" ^'f^^' '"• ^^^ "'''•- '« -'tain- 



so 'I'l.o I? I "^"V -^ "ay be made equallv 

 »"• iJie rrench and rt«li«n n,.i. • "^ l"<»"y 



-eh an attempt to Jr^lZ^I^^'l^::^^'^ 



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have been engaged in it have reached the „ge ,o 

 v^ ch man ever attains. The same is true of tbo 



a we" r'u /" ''"""■'" ^^"^^•""'- therefore! 

 fnVa h r*^ '^''/" he instrumental in introduc: 

 Siofh .".r? "''"^; -ould require a commuta- 

 t on of health for wealth, we can without any mis- 

 g vmgs say, no person need be deterred from e - 

 paging ,n the culture of silk on account of the h- 

 fluence upon health.-^^•/;t Culturist. 



NATIVE Sine WORM. 



if the statements contained in a work published 

 n London in 1655, by John Streeter en iti d 

 "1 he Reformed Virginia Silk Worm," &c- re 

 entitled to credit, it vvould seem the forests of V 



f'^eci" : '^^'^ ""''''' '"'^"^^' --i"i-bited ; 



a species or variety of the silk worm, of a verv 

 extraordinary character and habit. The I'o 'k 

 rnrports to contain the discovery, by a yount 

 t;nglish lady, „, iggg, of a method of feedin. silk 

 "'orms, ,n the woo.ls, on the mulberry ee% in 

 V.rgima, without shelter from the weather 'r 

 njuch assistance, protection or attentirn f^rtn tlL 



g :r':f tifeT ''^ '^^^^7^^'°" which "ifrrit 



gives of the cocoon, and the various trees and 



houd think the account needed confirmation ;1 

 t not Known that the climate of Virginia is re 



vo: . ^h :r ^^^^ --titution^o/thrsnt 



::;"; ^^ *'- --«- of which .he'wi-L '^.k" 



I'opcd that the ..^t'nrfl^Se^^;:^"'! 

 ;t .s certainly worthy the attent Tof t a^l^ 

 ;n that region to ascertain the fact. VVe ghe le 

 writers description of the cocoon and habh of 

 worm tn his own language and orth g^^ap / p e' 

 "Rising the remark that "silk bottome" is synol 

 mous with cocoon. ^ynono- 



"'IheSi.'k Bottome of the naturall Wbrme in 



3^:f™lil^„:^f-rJ^.;ste^'r;f 



ui fill w ,h^ t ', '^'■' ""■■^ ''"■"""' 'l-emselve, 



oiik is all on the oiit<:i<l<> ^f *i • ►Jicuve 



.1 . outside of this comoffss fni- \f 



ficient to heth "'^-^ P^°P°'-t'on ; But this is suf- 

 .l'r'A.'!H^_^^^°"'^-.^fthe whole World! to 



