106 SEWING SILK AND TWIST. 



of this number, at 500 pounds, which, at present 

 prices, cannot be estimated at less than $3 a pound, 

 after deducting the expense of reeling. 



If these statements are to be relied on, it will be 

 easy to calculate the nett profit which may be ex- 

 pected from 1,000,000 worms. The gross profit 

 being$1500,the expense of the labor is to be deducted. 

 Calling this a dollar a day, which is the highest it can 

 be called, it will amount to $.324, which being deduct- 

 ed as aforesaid would leave a nett profit of $1176. 

 But when the fact is taken into consideration that 

 most of the labor can be performed by boys, girls 

 and aged women, its expense will be materially 

 diminished, arid the profit proportionably increased. 



CONCLUSION. 



In conclusion, we must say, that the culture and 

 manufacture of silk in this country, is yet in its infancy, 

 and improved methods of cultivating the Mulberry, 

 rearing the Worms, &c. are constantly developing 

 themselves through the result of experiments, which 

 are monthly published in " THE SILK Cui/ruRisT,"a 

 paper devoted to the subject. To such culturists, 

 therefore, as are desirous of keeping themselves advis- 

 ed with regard to the progress of the silk enterprise, 

 and possessed of all the information, in relation to it, 

 as it discloses itself, it is recommended to become 

 subscribers to that work, which is published at Ilart- 

 ford/Connecticut, by the Executive Committee of the 

 Hartford County Silk Society, at a mere nominal 

 price. 



