| Show SPANISH FORK foric nov 1870 editor deseret news dear deax brother last spring I 1 sent some sil bilk silk k worm eggs fo to mr edward muller of nevada city cal to try them I 1 received a letter from him a short time since reporting his Buc bue success cess As ae it contains some items of general interest pertaining to this valuable industry I 1 enclose an extract from it 1 I 1 have been beens engaged in raising silk for the past four years und under ervery very unfavorable circumstances arising from a scarcity of feed and the want of a suitable building to feed in still I 1 iivo ilvo have livo had unvaried success when I 1 first I 1 r received e c e I 1 v e d my e eggs ig 9 thad a d a an n I 1 impression m p r es s 1 0 n that they were the old french variety at the request of mr wm vm haynie of Sacr haer sacramento amentia I 1 sent him samples of cocoons and eggs and ad he pronounced them japanese annuals and says that the bilk blik la is g od strong the same eggs have llave been sent to cache valley southern utah and fort Gunni have been pretty well distributed through utah count yand all pronounce them vigorous and healthy upwards of twenty families have raised silk in spanish fork this season of the same variety and all with good success the value of the silk worm eggs produced in this place the past season is about three hundred dollars and a ready market has been found for them in california we have also s ent sent a few ounces to france and italy alf we lack to prosecute this rich industry is extensive plantations of mulberry trees here the climate climates soil and every everything thine pertaining to the production of silk Is ia very favorable the fact is now clearly demonstrated that utah is eminently a silk producing country an increasing interest is being felt in this business here our co opera tive silk company has commenced fencing a piece of land for a mulberry plantation and expect to plant it with trees to be used next season the well known energy and perseverance of bishop A K thurber president ef of the company will be a guarantee ua rantee of its success your brother in the gospel SAMUEL CORNABY secretary operative cooperative co Silk SlIk Co aw va L NEVADA CITY oct 18 1870 MK MR SAMUEL dear astr sir the variety of silkworm r in eggs you sent me last spring near nearly lyall all ali hatched and the worm was a healthy one during all its stages I 1 fed them on white whito mulberry leaves tile worm was ofa of a white color and spun an oval shaped cocoon one end very pointed the other round some cocoons were of a greenish color others of a dark yellow they spun a good quality of floss still the cocoons aver averaged aged ageo 1200 feet of silken eilken thread of the stron gestand seand most excellent kind I 1 have seen for a long time they reeled very neatly without hot water I 1 have raised mostly french annuals this year for I 1 believe they are the most profitable and andl andi I 1 have had good success others in the valleys sacramento had bad success with annuals they will never succeed in raising regular crops of annuals the roots of their trees stand in water partially some feed leaves from the young trees altogether and most of them have too large cocoon eries erles all of which are unsuitable to the health of the silkworm I 1 would suggest small cocoon eries erles to contain not more than worms and even then plenty of ventilation because frash dir air is essential never shut the air dir off entirely even if the nights are very coid cold my Bilk blik silkworms worms 1 this last spring withstood a temper temperature ture one night 1 I left the windows open for experiment of 0 thirty five degrees fahrenheit in the room outside in my garden it froze the thermometer was thirty two ED MULLER |
