Show THE BOOM BOOK IN SILK CULTURE quite a flatter aflutter was caused in certain te feminine minine and other minds interested in silk culture by the brief announcement in the dispatches a few days ago that a bill for the development and encouragement of that industry had passed the house of congress while the measure is not designed to give any bounty or increase inore aae the pro pr tariff on silk milk which under the pending tariff bill will undergo a conn considerable n sid erable reduction and a changing ot of duties on some classes of silk imports from specific to ad valoree valorem va lorem it nevertheless will be welcome for the aid it offers to an experiment from which untold benefits may be legitimately expected pecked the bill provides for five experimental stations in different parts of the country for the development 0 of sericulture such stations to be a part apart of the experiment stations in the states in which they may be located and the work at each station to be conducted under tinder the supervision of the director or of such station who Is to carry on the work under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the secretary of agriculture there are also to be appointed in the department of agriculture at washing a chief of a bureau and assistants to ao look after the subject and to report to congress the measure appropriates annually for each of the stations tj be established and if utah is not selected elected as the site for one of them it will surely be because of busi business blindness blind nees on the part dart of those who will have the matter in charge the growth of the silk industry in cho che united states has been almost unparalleled as witness these figures collected from the census reports showing the value of the product in aab of the last five census years 1850 1 1870 1880 1890 in aln the she last jast named year the report shows hows that the he number of employs emp loyis a in factories turning out silk fabrics was the capital employed in this line of industry was and the yearly outgo for wages was so 80 much for the country at large we have previously had bad something to say about the industry in this territory and today from an article prepared by a lady in this city we are able to give a little information and some ome useful hints from the experience of mrs hannah C bendey a st george woman who Is prominent among those who have taken up the industry with enthusiasm we quote from rom letters of hers to the utah wo wc mans anan va silk bilk association I 1 have pounds of green cocoons I 1 have smothered pounds pound sI have alwen ty ity six ounces of eggs now and will have twice as many more all wanting eggs tor another year would do well to get them now and properly keep them until the leaves are ready another year the weather is in so very changeable that to bring the worms along properly you ou most keep the room warm night ani and day until after the second boulting moul ting they hould be fed every two hours until after the first moul boulting ting then every three hours until the second boulting moul ting then every lour four hours until they spin they are not to be fed or disturbed during boulting moul ting in changing their beds I 1 find a frame covered with wire screen the very best beat thing place it over the bed sprinkle out aeed over this and you will find the little fellows all crawling up upon the feed I 1 have three different sized frames the first the original netting the second every other wire drawn each way the third two wires each way the wires must not be too crowded neither handled I 1 am planning to make twenty live bards yards of cloth this year if my heal health W will 11 permit I 1 have already suggested that those who intended raising silk for another year secure their eggs now and care for them keep them upon the paper upon which they are laid roll them up carefully take a perfectly clean lard bucket perforate the bottom and lid that they may have air put the eggs in close the bucket and tie the lid on that no accident may happen to the eggs hang them up in a cold dry cellar when the leaves in the spring are as large as a dime bring up the eggs spread the papers upon a deep box lid and keep in a warm room of even temperature i always keep each days hatching by itself on account of their boulting moul ting as an they must not be fed during that time when the worms first hatch I 1 put a leaf upon them letting the stem remain when the leaf is full I 1 take the leaf by the stem and place upon the bed I 1 intend for them until after the first boulting moul ting I 1 leave a space between each wide enough so go that I 1 can lap the leaf on both sides and they will immediately transfer themselves to the fresh leaf by way of advertisement we are disposed to add that mrs bentley has plenty of fresh silk bilk worm eggs which oan can be bad fur for four dollars dollar an ounce a quarter of an ounce is all one person can care for it Is not too late to raise the silk worms this year the mulberry leaves are still very tender eggs can be got in salt lake city by applying to mra MM C eallen EA IJen tenth east street who has a limited supply for sale for the silk association |