Show SERICULTURE REVIVED It is likely that there will be a revival re-vival of sericulture in Utah It prom sed great things a few years ago but has been allowed to slide into desuetude desue-tude It can be made very profitable ton t-on its own merits S The leaves of the mulberry tree are i necessary for food for the silkworms and warm sheltered places for their culture Women and children can attend at-tend to them The work is light and I not unpleasant but needs regular care That is where failure in some cases has heretofore befallcii the industry Mulberry cuttings should be planted in the spring They can be put out around lots and farms on the inside of the fences thus taking up no apace to 1 waste of the land The mulberry attains at-tains rapid growth and can be raised from the seed if that is preferred Its fruit is greaty relished by many people I There is always a market for good cocoons Those raised in Utah were in demand and brought remunerative prices Silk culture can be made more profitable than many ordinary industries indus-tries in Utah which no one thinks of stimulating by appropriations from the public treasury If the bounty system Is to be inaugurated inaugur-ated inUtah however a bonus for the prod ction of cocoons of a given quality and value would be as reasonable reason-able as for the starting a revival of any other industry We believe however how-ever that with itl little stirring upof public interest in the enterprise 5inftJI the organization of societies in = the various settlements for the promotip of sericulture Utah could in a few years be made one of the very best silk producing regions in the United States and that without public assistance assist-ance I It would open the way to silk manufactures manu-factures and thus employ a large number of people and therefore it ought to be promoted and encouraged by every legitimate means There was a time when this appeared to be an established industry and there is no good reason why it should not be revivified re-vivified and accomplish all that was predicted for it in tlie good old limes |