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common farm, the hands engaged at other limes of the year at 
tilling, sowing, harvesting, &c., might be employed (and at a 
cheaper rate than fresh hands) in the sericicolc occupations, just at 
a time, when, as wc have stated, they would be else unemployed; 
and the same with the barrows, cart, horse, engine, buildings, 
&c., so that the sericicole industry, and the other farming 
pursuits, mutually contribute to, and profit by the advantages of 
each other, and hence a great saving. 
These considerations will have more weight still with the 
palmacliristi worm education ; for the pabnachristi should be by 
turns replaced by other crops, and the other crops replaced by 
palmacliristi, which could not take place if the establishment 
were exclusively sericicole. 
The proper size of the farm would be about 100 acres, it might 
be less, but if in after times extension was required, it would be 
a pity to have been limited for the sake of saving a few pounds 
in a country where land is at present so plentiful, and com¬ 
paratively so cheap. 
As the main object would be the sericicole industry, half the 
laud should be devoted to it, and this half divided into four or 
live equal parts, to be planted in four or fi% r e successive years, 
partly with mulberry trees for full growth, and partly with 
mulberry shrubs, and eventually with palmacliristi and varnish 
trees. 
There are several reasons why the whole area should not be 
planted at once. 
1st. The first, and it is a peremptory one, is, that very likely 
there would not be plants enough in the colony to cover it. 
2nd. But supposing that a sufficient number might be 
procured, it would not bo wise to venture them all at once, for 
if by some cause, the plantation happened to be a failure, the 
loss would be immense, and for a long time irreparable. 
3rd. It cannot be expected that a sufficient number of 
efficient educators and reelers could be procured at once; they 
must be trained ■ by degrees, and attempting to. start on such 
a large scale with unskilful hands, would be running headlong to 
an unavoidable ruin. 
4tli. If the whole area were planted at the same time, the 
consequence would be, the trees would likewise decay all at 
the same time, so that at a certain period more or less distant, 
the whole establishment would for years be at a stand still. 
The site of the farm should be selected at a certain distance 
inland, for the silkworm does not like the neighbourhood of the 
sea. The most suitable spot would be a gentle slope, having a 
southeast aspect, on a table land of moderate elevation; it is 
