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From the Village Record.


SILK.

White Italian or Persian Mulberry.
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White Italian or Persian Mulberry.


The citizens of Chester County are respectfully
informed, that by the politeness Of Or. .abraham
Stout, was furnished for planting, with parcel Of
seeds from the Italian Mulberry, introduced by the
late Bishop Etwein, at Bethehem.-They are of the
most approved kind for the food of the Silk-Worm.
have now eight or ten thousand sets, which | wish
togve away, to persons in different parts of the
county, with view to encourage the production Of
silk. Each person applying shall be welcome to an
hundred plants, until Ave thousand are gone then
if the applications are numerous, the number to each
will be fifty. until eight or ten thousand (the half
have) are disposed of-For an hundred, "a bed should
be prepared rendering the ground deeply mellow,
and moderately rich, fifty feet long and three feet
wide so as place the roots in two rows foot apart
The next fall the spring thereafter, they will do ts
set out in orchard fashion, whether there shall be
room for them. Any time in the month Of Novem.
ber they may be removed. The leaves will be vau
able in two years. G. MINER.


Spring Grove, Oct. 27, 1897.


P. s. 1t may be proper to say, that the ensuin.
winter, the Report on raising the mulberry and pro
ducing silk, will be made by the Secretary of th'
Treasury, which will contain and disseminate all tht
information that is valuable upon the subject.