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Show I SILK IN UTAH Lhi evening's Standard-Examiner carried a special article by Mabel Abbott, Which told of the possibilities oi silk culture in the 1 nitod Statos and quoted Osigian, an Armenian, as saying: "Amerioa oan b me tin' greatest silk-producing nation in the world. 'Land in rtianj parts o'f the nited States is perfectlj adapted to taiaing the mulberry, on whose leaves the silk worms feed. The culture is easy, tin- capital required is small It oan 6von be s backyard back-yard industry, or 11 can be carried on n ;i huge scale, I have pro duoed, by grafting a variety of inulberrj whosi leaves arc manj i lid c s larger and much tenderci than anj variety yel known Tins makes i1 possible Id raise eighl crops ol worms in b year, where tun are customary With this advantage, it is possible to produce silk m..ro cheaply in America than in anj European or Asiatic country. 1 i'8n prove it beeause I am doing il myself In the earlier history of l tan, silkworm raising was followed by many and mulberry tre.-s wen- planted as a necessary pari of the industry and today, whet! the mulberry has not been uprooted as a nuisance, the old trees are bearing trull in abundance li might be well for those who have a knowledge of the jill worm. tO revive the industry in ihis state and once more encourage the planting of i he mulben j |