| Show SILK BILE balsma RAISING IN ix another column be found an announcement of meetings in the interest of lik ilk slik culture to be held by toy brother daniel graves of 01 provo who has sent us a communication on silk production from which we make bame same extrac extracts ts brother graves id iri fully persuaded that Beri berl sericulture culture will prove an in dust du ilal and financial success in utah and states that experts from france italy and the united states who have traveled through this territory and seen specimens cimeno 0 of f the eggs and the silk raised here pronounce them equal to any produced in any part of the world he also refers te to the failures that have taken place in this industry and shows that they have been common to its introduction in every place where it is now a suo sue branch of busin bufia business ebs ess hf he says 61 according to history the first mulberry treo tree ever planted in francer france was brought over by de do st aubon during the time of the eru Cru sadea andea 1147 iut and which tree cuttings were v ere planted and said to be living in 1810 in the same year the produce of ot raw silk was more than pound pounds 4 and worth woith more thu francs in 1603 henry IV of navarre fully established the culture of silk by calling persons persona to his rid hid after much money had been expended lu the planting of trees ani an tiu i or eggs the wa want nt of which had caused a tai fai luie lule the trebs were dug up aud deis destroyed troyed but by the perseverance of the klug who peral ted in his hia determination and selee td a large orchard of his ancestral estate this e ex X ent coating thel ling ring a mill lon fou ind a half of llorea the people ashamed of their petulance began alth with spirit but through i the elict of naulea bellg befog revoked and he be being drivel into exile and death ath the silk bilk industry was nearly ani ans ibl ihl by the action of louia louie XIV and aud W it was wAsa a longtime long time before it resumed jitt ati at i forme r pre alige and when par jar lar nally re it was almost again de destroyed by thu ihu revo rivo lution of 1793 arld wild nd only recovered auder L abe ahe bp stringent Bl lariff of napoleon Napo iboa leoA eon bOB which wa wat aften after afterwards wards dol doi maintained by the bourbons and louis phillippe and id the cause causa ef of the present financial prosperity of france brother graves thinks there ia Is every rt remon mon won why those who have entered upon this business in utah should be encouraged to persever pe reever abuce and predicts that the time is not far distant when this territory will be famous for its silk industries he bays rays there are many hundreds of mulberry trees being planted anted this spring and anci therease ther there eare earo nrc arc plenty plenty more for sale at the coco ori orl they may planted for two weeks he will cheerfully I 1 give information to inquiries about fuges trees ece eee fcc to any one who will arlt write to him enclosing a stamp for in reply brother maves waves ia its enthus bastic on the th a bilk question questions but we believe not without reason it ia Is certain that utah possesses all the clemat io ic and other requirements for the successful establishment of sericulture and we hope and be believe belleve leve that the labors of its advocates will result in all they anticipate |
