ll.V— No. 40. 



i\E\V ENGLAND FARMER. 



815 



iirket. Tlure is no do.ibt, wc learn, tiiiit 



nmo from the s«mc source throiifili which 



uvti been heretofoie introduced into New 



ml Rostoii. The spurious or lotjwoiid dyed 



cl\pr beiiij: nriAe up and exposed to the 



a short litno, become of a claret, or dirty 



or, and o.vhibit a shabby appearance. Our 



mt, in order to show the ditl'crencc bo- 



Ihe geniiine and spurious dyes, applied, in 



ri>cnce, the tfst of aqun fortis to several 



of rlolh of each kind. The efFoet in every 



ce was. lliat t!-,e indigo remained unchang- 



lile the logwood dye was destroyed and 



I to B sc rlet hue. ThPse spurious cloths, 



he cheapness of the dye, are sold at a low 



but to tlie consumer they will always prove 



barjjain. — .V. Y. .fjmcricnn. 



ON THE CULTURE OF SILK. 



Continued frois page 306. 

 orniing the arches of the little cabins with 

 •ush-wood there is always a little opening at 



p of each pillar, occasioned by the curve or 



trie circle. Take care to make this opcii- 



.retty wide, because it his been observed, 



he worms make choice of that opening, by 



ence, to fi.K theuisclvos in making of their 

 o(fns. In order to make this opening of the 



it ought to be, the brush-wood should not 

 osether straight, hut rather crooked or bend 

 Tliese openings are not only evidently the 

 3 of the worms ; but another advantaj,'e also 



from them, namely, that your cabi.'is by this 

 5 contain a greater number of worms than it 

 sible for tliem to do when these openings 

 10 small ; and consequently fewer cabins will 



your oii^in<; are well furnished with worms, to put a basket of worms id cleared from the litter, thi.' 

 .■I little brusii-wood in the bottom, and at the en- j litter should he instantly carried out of the roor\i, 

 tr.ince of each cabin, os it will bo of service to ] and along with it all the dead worms you can find, 

 such worms as fall from the brnsh-wood abovo, !in order to prevent, as far as you can, any b»d 

 and afford them a proper convenience for making | smell from taking place in the room, which is al- 



ways hurtful to the worms, nothing conducing 

 more to their health than cleanness, and prescrv 

 ing always good air in the room. 



During the four ot five days winch precede the 

 mounting, the worms eat with the most voracious 



their coi-nons in case they should be so stunned 

 ^^illl the fall as to disable them from nionuting 

 again on the branches. 



But to return to the treatment of the worms 

 ilurinn- the fourth age ; as soon as you find sever- 

 al of your worms have jot over their fourlli sick- I appetite, and in that period oonsumo an inorodibb- 

 ness, you must pick them out and put them by , quantity of leaves, so that the supplying them 

 themselves, tliat is, all that get over that disease I with fresh leaves, and the clearing away of the 

 for the first two days may be put into one parcel ; litter, become at this time a must laborious, in- 

 those of the ne.xt two days into another parcel, j cessant and fiUiguing work for those who attend 

 and so on with the rest, that each t^epnratc parcel them. 



may be carried on as equally as possible. 

 Here I must observe, that the practice in France 



You will know when the worms are ripe, by oh 

 serving them with attention when you give tlieiu 



;r your purpose. 



When the brush-wood is 



straight, it must necessarily occasion these 



ngs to be made. The brush-wood ought to 



ite stripped of its leaves, and pertoctly dry. 



in forming the cabins, you place the brush- 

 quite upright, the worms, vrhen mount ii!g, 

 great risk of tumbling down, of which I 

 seen several examples ; and tho.-e worms 



1 tumble down are for the most part destroy- 

 the full. In order to avoid this inconven-^ 

 you must make the brush-wood which forms 



5ides of the arch slope a little, by which 

 you secure much firmer footing to the 



IS in mounting. Besides, when you form the 

 i, you must be at pains to cut oflfall the very 

 slender shoots, which, when left to them- 

 , and not properly bound in with one anoth- 

 \c not strength suflicient to carry the wciglit 



ne worm, far less of several ; and which, if 



must for that reason always occasion the loss 

 good many worms by their tumbling down, 



ove mentioned. 



describing the stage, it was said to be prop- 



make the lowest shelf six inches broader 

 the one above it, that the lowest may project 



e inches on each side further than the one 

 ediatcly over it: and to make the same iliffer- 

 of breadth in all the other shelves proirres- 

 iy as you go up to the top of the stage, uliich 

 e inches of breadth in the different shelves is 

 nded to receive the worms which'may happen 

 ill from the shelf above. And therefore these 

 rent projections must be covered with brush- 

 d, when once your cnbins are well furnished 



1 worms, as this will help to break the fall of 

 h worms as may happen to tumble down. And 



the same reason it is advisable, when once 



is to give none of the tender leaves, from this fresh leaves. Those that are ripe, instead of eat- 

 time forward, to the worms, but let the whole of {ing, avoid the fresh leaves, and run over them as 

 their food consist of the leaves of the olde?t trees ' fast as they can ; and you will observe them wan 

 they have, which, they think has the effect to j dering about on the sides or rim of the basket. — 

 give more consistence and strength to the silk i Vou will also know it by looking at tliem on the 

 produced by them ; and it is proper to add, that side opposite to the light, as you will then iin<l 

 from getting over the fourth disease, til! within I them to be transparent like a new laid egg, and 

 four or five days of their mounting, thny are in of the c( lour of the silk, which is also much tlio 

 use to give four meals a day to their worms. I same with that of a nev,' laid egg. When they 



The most attentive care must be given to clear are nearly ripe their bellies begin to grow trans- 

 away the litter regularly every day, and if it can {parent first of all, but they are never thoroughly 

 be got done, it would be advisable to clear away | ripe till their heads are transparent also. ^ 

 tlie litter twice in the twenty-four hours, especial- I (To be coniinxitd.) 



Iy during the four or five days immediately before 

 mounting. If this cannot be done, (is it is often | 

 found to be difficult to get it accomplished when j 



the quantity of worms is large, you must, howev. 

 er, constantly make it a rule to clear away the 



TIIIANGULAR BELLS. 

 During the past year we have observed .?evera. 

 notices in the papers of a now-invented triangular 

 bell, which was said to be equal in goodness, while 



ttcr regularly in such a manner as to prevent it j '^e expense was not more than one third as great 

 at any time from increasing so much in quantity I 

 as to make it run the smallest risk of growing 



that of common bells. The e.xperiments which 

 have been made, however, do not seem to justify 



damp, anT^heaiing, which" ne'ver fails 'to "destroP ! '^^ recommendations. The Fall Rh'er Monilor 

 ., of the 2]*t iiist. says, — '■ the tnanf^ular steel bell 



Ibe worms. I , . . ..'.., ,, ■. 



Many people during the four or five days which 

 precede mounting, which the French <call the 



which was mentioned in the Monitor of the 24th 

 ult. as being suspended in the belfry of the Con- 



grande f raize, ^vl in the custom of giving from ' g^egational meeting house has since been taken 

 four to five meals a day to the worms, giving a { d°wn, and we are glad to state ,t has been return- 

 large quantity of leaves at each meal. But it ' ed to its original proprietor and inventor.' 



Another lias been piocured and placed on the 

 State House in Hartford, on which the Connecti- 

 cut Mirroi- of the 3.3d thus remarks : "This steel 

 triancle has one advantage, for its tone is unlike 



quantity 

 seems much more advisable to give them fewer | 

 leaves at a time, and to repeat their meals often- j 

 er, even to tlie number of eight or nine times in 



the twenty-four hours, according as you find them ; - -,. .... 



in appetite; bv which means the leaves are more j 'hat of any other composition purporting to be . 

 quickly and thoroughly eat up, without occasion- bell that we ever heard. How far the nmse will 

 ing so great an increase of the litter. But what ^<^^^^ ^^e are not iniormed, but in mercy to our 

 is still of more consequence, the fresh leaves so '""re distant neighbors it is hoped that the flux- 

 of^en repeated never fail to give a fresh edge to , >0"« "^ '^^ «°""ds may have but a limited periphe- 

 their appetite ; so that in fact, in the space o(\^V- It would do very well to scare rats out ot a 

 twenty-four hours, the worms actually eat up a ! >'°"=e, or to settle a swarm of bees, and as such, 

 much larger quantity of leaves than they could "'^y have been cimsen to frighten such vermin as 

 , , , iJ^i, ■ .u I. ,■ e e .infest the State House "o nights in the second 



have done bv following the other practice of four ;""^^'- '■'"' ,' ,, ■ r .u t • i * .. 



; , r .1 r u 1 : and third v/eek of the session ot the Ijegislatuic, 



or five meals a day, as none of th« fresh leaves '"'" "•""^" ",'-'' " , . r ., 



., , , », '• . 1- .L „ Tit,- or it mav drown the queen bee of tlie caucus. — 



are spoiled by their treading upon them. This i ""^ " ui^jr uiuwi. , , r 



• f L . .L . *u • c 11 ' But to be in earnest, it is a poor apology lor a 



practice of course hastens the worms to their full """■ "' "'^ '" •^'■' ' - h i o. 



. , »!. I 1 1 i bell and the n-entlemeu who procured it must be 



maturitv, and upon the whole saves a considera- "'-"' '^"" """ ='' "■ . . >; , . . , 



,, ■ . /, , c r ciatisfied that they were nusinforrapd in regard to 



ble quantity of leaves, because few or none of ^'"">'"^" "'"'•''"'■' ^^'^ = 



them arc lost amongst the litter. Besides, that "^ tone a nd effect . 



the operation .is by this means sooner brought to .^^^ remark in the columns of one of our cotera- 



a conclusion, and the worms always kept in 'ngh | .j^ ,he niarriage of " Col. J. M., Jr. Esq. S 



health and appetite by it. Upon these occasions 

 let it be a fixed rule to feed them at night, imme- 

 diately before going to bed, and as early as you 

 possibly can in the morning. 



There is another particular to which it is prop 

 er to pav attention, and that is, that the moment 



of the U. S. at M." This puts us in mind of a let- 

 ter addressed in olden time to " Deacon Brigadier 

 General A. B., Esq. Justice of the Peace and his 

 Majesty's Attorney (George the 3d.) for the county 

 of Fairfield, State of Connecticut." [Times.] 



