Show editor deseret mews news dear ir that utah is decidedly a silk country there can be no doubt whatever the soil of our extensive benches skirting the mountain ranges is most admirably adapted to the cultivation of the mulberry tree the leaves of which are the natural food for the silk worm this has demonstrated been beyond all doubt by the luxuriant manner in which the few mulberry trees in the country have made wood and leaves I 1 have mulberry trees on my lot that haye have made last year from five to eight feet long this is argument sufficient to satisfy anybody that our soil and climate are admirably adapted to the production of silk the mulberry tree prefers a light gravely deep dry rich loam from that kind of soil the best silk can be produced the tree sends bends its roots deep into the ther soil and when well established needs very little little ifancy if any water at all from the irrigating ditch it should be planted all over utah I 1 know of no tree eo so full fall of usefulness profit and blessing to the human family as it is and besides thisie th this thib isIt it Is one of the most moat ornamental trees that grow row making a fine top and lasting for hundreds of years its wood is compact elastic and eard hard and capable of an extremely fino fine silky polish and will be sought for by the turner carver and upholsterer and the great strength of its timber adso also aiso makes it very desirable and useful to the joiner the syrup from its fruit is a soverign medicine for inflammation of the throat and when the fruit of the moms morus multi caul Is mixed with cider gives what is calle called mulberry cider which in color is similar to port wine the fermented juice of its fruits produces produce s a pleasant venous wine of itself the fruit which is very abundant continually falls from the tree as it ripens and is greedily devoured by birds and poultry and is exceedingly wholesome esom e for chil ebil children dren to eat and when mixed with acid fruits for ples pies ac if the mulberry tree were planted upon the side walka of our cities and laplan if plantations were planted all over our country for silk culture our choice fruits would be less troubled with birds for they devour the mulberry fruit gre greedily eAlly the cottonwood tree is not an or namen tal tree and ia is in every way ble as a city shade tree trpe the wood of its trunk is preyed upon by borers and its top is a nest for myriads of distinctive insects what is the use of such abree a tree they should be all cut down as soon as good mulberry trees can be planted in the their irstead stead forno insects feed upon their leaves eaves except the silk worm and then their branches give us fruit and wine and their leaves an article of clothing of the best and finest quality in the extensive cultivation of the mulberry in utah I 1 see ft a source of immense wealth to our people I 1 know of no textile substance so easily produced as silk can be in utah and I 1 know of no production that has so expensive a market for the whole world is a market for fon our surplus of this production I 1 am satisfied that if our territory were filled with mulberry tr trees e es and every family silk slik producers producer i we could nind find a paying market for bit sit it all and brinz brine into our country millions of wealth annually the price of labor has been urged as an argument against aga irist this most moat profitable industry now it h has as been ascertained by actual trial in california that one man can tend as many worms as eight persons in the old world the system of feeding in this country can be BO so much more wore simplified in consequence of the climate being so much more favorable for the growth of the trees and the health of the worms that silk can be produced as cheaply here as in those countries where labor is much cheaper than in this countr country silk has been produced in the old oid world for generations past at a profit notwithstanding the expensive buildings and furniture and skill which it is ia necessary to supply there to secure success why should we not be able to produce it profitably fit ably in these valleys which give us a soil boll aud and climate altogether superior to that of nearly every other silk producing country kind nature seem sto have been especially partial to the he pacific slope in this respect then while we are so powerfully aided let us put fut forth our hands and gather the rich blessings which are within our reach in such unlimited abundance for thereAs there is silk in the soil silk blik in the waters and silk in the air grain is the chief staple of utah the utah farmer toils tolls to support a large family of children and arid may be an aged mother or father who cannot labor in the field to help him bear his expenses expunges the consequence is hj that numbers of our farmers are constantly comparatively poor and it seems impossible for them to rise above what they are today to day by their toil tolI could their wives and chil chii children ba and others dependant upon them be employed at some easy pursuit they would do much towards earning the bread which they eat cat the silk slik culture comes to their aid every farmer in the territory should have a portion of his land planted with mulberry trees and in i the peason thereof let jet their leaves eaves be fed to the silk worm by the e hands of wo women men and child children ren fen and aged shed persons the feeding time only lasts two months and that at a time when the farmer has got through his spring work and before the harvest commences when cocoons should be made madd lafi in sufficient quantities to give emolo employment to the family in the winter winten wInt eili eill in winding silk and preparing it for tife tire th e loom at home and und the deark market et abroad independence and plenty can only be reached by b of any people by the employment of a nil all I 1 who can work giving qa so much tim time e for work so much for recreation and so much for education I 1 we have a growing population our children are crowding upon us they begin to throng the streets of our cities an and our houses are filled with them how can wo employ them I 1 say plant mulberry trees and let them produce silk in the season thereof and thus assist the fathers of the people to employ the elements by the means god has p prepared for the development of a never failing source of wealth aiding alding to make us self sustaining and independent as a people respectfully GEO D WATT prest B young has for sale some three year old mulberry trees |