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CM ! ;RAW. GAZETTE AND ' PEE DEE FARMER. VOLUME IV. CHERAW, SOUTH-CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1839. NUMBER XIX - ?* V _ , 4- ; ' * ?TT-,-! SEt. 9EA Editor and proprietor. TERMS: If paid within three months, . ? $3 00 li paid within three months alter the dose of the year, 350 If paid within twelve months after the close of the year, ...... 4 00 If not paid within that time, ... 5 00 M A company of eight new subscribers at the | Mine pest office, whose names are forwarded ml together, and accompanied by the cash, shall be H entitled to the paper for $20*; and a company of fifteen new subscribers for $30. W No paper to be discontinued but at the option * of the editor till arrearages are paid. Adrertisements not exceeding sixteen lines, inserted for one dollar the first time, and fifty cents, each subsequent insertion. Persons sending in advertisements are reques* tec vO specify the number of times they are to be iusc-ted; otherwise they will be continued till ordered out, and charged accordingly. 8J*Tbe Postage most be paid en til namma nicattons. From the Southora Agriculturist, Africaltaral Convention. Mr. Editor,?In jho May number of your periodical, there is a brief editorial, whernio you observe thatyou are requested ** by several Agricultural Societies, to in. vite the planters of the several Parishes (and Districts too I suppose) of this State, and of ourdifferent Agr cultural Societies, to appoint delegates to meet in Convention, at Columbia, during the first week of the sea. sion of our Legislature, to take iato consideration tne agricultural condition of our State, and to present to lite Legislature such a memorial us will bring prominently to their view the necessity of enacting cer tain laws for the advancement of the same and one of your correspondents, * A Reader/ has entered warmly into anadvoc ?cy of the measure. We all agree, no doubt, as to the objects contemplated, and I pre8ume th^re is little or no difference as to the means necessary in accomplishing the end , bat ifby discussion any information can be elicited which would facilitate the operations of the Convention, it should not bo withheld. Under this impression, and with the hope of drawing out some writer better fitted to the task, I forward you this communication. Some ten or twelve years since, the Agricultural Society ofSouth-Carolina was organized, and like the Mammoth Society * for the advancement of learning," was to have worked miracles; but to unliken this and many other bantlings, before it acquired that age which would enable it to leave the cradle it was des;ined to aleep * the sleep of death." The second step in the State, I have heard oQ to procure legislation, in aid of ugri. culture, was the petition of the Monticello Planters' Society in 1S37. suggesting the benefits that would result from an agricultural survey of the State; from the iutroAfVMMiiUnsal rfllirvrvl KAAI?S 111t/\ (Ko UUVUVU VI u?l IVUII u i ol bviiuui uvvna iuiv ?..v common schools of the country ; from the establishment of an agricultural professorship in the South-Carolina College ; and from agricultural societies an 1 libraries. That petition embodied arguments shewing in detail the advantages that would follow the adoption of all or any of these plans, and sustained itself in the contrast it held up of the more laudable action of other States of the confederacy in connexion with this subject, designed as the document, was, throughout and altogether, to meet in ad. vance the extraordinary question so often propounded by legislators?what can be done ? The fate of that memorial is recorded in the Southern Agriculturist, vol. xi., No. 5. Its destiny was quite as remarkable, if not more so ihan the next move on the chess, board. Io 1638, the B?aufort Agricultural Society, the Monticello Planters' Society, and sundry citizens of Morion District, pre. tented their several petitions ; and unless I greatly err, on motion to that effect, they were all laid on the table a? undeserving the consideration of the high public functionaries, the political magnates who crowd our representative chamber. The Chief Magistrate, however, in his message of November 37th, 1838, it appears, had re. commended a geologi :al survey of the Slate, tad suddenly members resolve that h is on affair of great moment. When the year before an agricultural survey was prayed for by the planters, which, besides embracing the agricultural statistics of the commonwealth also included an examination into iis geological and mineraiogical resources, the representatives then acted as if to dis. cuss such a petition was an unnecessary cousumption of time ; but when, in 1838, the Executive suggests the propriety of a mere geological survey,a a change comes o'er the spirit of their dreams," and the thing must not be overlooked. Accordingly the Committee on Agriculture, to whom this portion of the message was assign^, nfter some deliberation, submitted a favorable report, and I now take the occasion to say that the resolutions appended to their Report were in every way worthy the Chair, man, whose zeal in the cause of agriculture is equalled by many, hut surpassed by few. The Report and Resolutions of this Commit* tee were not pressed, for obvious reasons, though as I understand are to be called up id December for such action as repr sen* tatives may deem advisable. Now, from this exhibit of facts, it certainly shows ex. I ceeding great perseverance on the part of the Monticello Planters' Society, that in March last they should have passed a reso- < hitioo, to be found in your Journal, vol. xi., I No. 4, whereby a Committee is constituted ** to present again in Dncembcr the mem* | orial presented at the last session of the Legislature; and to furnish very elaborately, not only the mode by which the object is to be accomplished, but also, a full detail of all the advances that might a crue therefrom io the community at large." Though you pile your memorials mountain-high, to judge of the fjture by the past, can we anticipate any good from their presentation ? By this rule, I apprehend not. It is true, this is, the most ostensible way through which planters are to be heard ; but to carry out the objects of the Convention, something more must be done. The Delegates must meet the Committee on Agriculture in the* Committee room, and if required, be prepared to furnish that Committee with a rough draft, or the outlines, of a bill to be introduced into the Legislative hall, presenting at large, the specific wants of the agrL cultural community; they must be able to give legislators correct information as to the |WM wu |ava?u? wuuiiivu v? w? ??, . and finally so arrange, that through yeas and nays, we shall have it completely in our power to commend or correct. There exists unhappily throughout this State a scarcity of agricultural records, agri. cultural references, and agricultural iufor. mation ; and I am assured this was one of the obstacles which defeated suitable action last winter on the merits of the geological survey. If copies of the agricultural sur. vey of Massachusetts, as made by the Rev. Mr. Coleman, had been circulated in this State, I have little doubt they would have been of more service to our agriculture than all tlie memorials relating to husbandry that have over been submitted to our Legislative council. With due deference to you, Til go a little farther, and affirm that it is not yet too late for you to republish so valuable a pamphlet, together with the bill itself, whichauthorized the survey. The planters as well as their delegates wanted to be put in possession of this sort of information ; they want facts like those to be discovered in this volume of the Southern Agriculturist No. 5, p 263, and it is desirable sm h selections will hereafter be more frequent. Public attention is awakening to the great and paramount interests of agriculture, and our planters generally are beginning to discover that book-planting and folly are not synonymous terms. Many of o ur most valuabie citizens have been driven by State policy to seek their bread in the more fertile regions of the West; and the State,. ?l:_u Umt.;nAl, kouon?i;oniwl<jur?h I WHICH iii'gm iwug aiubi- v|n?>vl?w??? a disastrous condition of affairs, lias suffered her energies and resources to remain dormant. How long shall we submit to a policy sodestructive and ruinous ? Vabbo. On the Bearing and Feeding of Cattle. In our island, where the domestic ani. mals enter so largely into the article of hu. man food, a great part of the farmer's atteotion must be devoted to-the rearing of them to the degree of perfection their ultimate use requires; for every labor bestowed on any kind of cultivation and every article the farmer produces by the application of that labor tends to the same result?the pro. ductioa of food for man and beaat. Dofore the introduction of green crops, a very im perfect system of rearing prevailed, from want of succulent food for winter; grassfed animals could only be brought to market, and if kept through winter they lost during that time the degree of condition they had , acquired during the summer, for hay and straw if used in profusion will not rear or feed the animal? quickly and profitably.? The cultivation of green crops has con^. pletely altered the whole system, and has in. troduced an entire revolution, both in the cultivation of the land, and in the manage, ment of the domestic animals, abetter and more regular supply of food has been ob? taineJ, and a vast adJition to the number and quality of every article produced on the farm. An improvement in the supply of food carried along with it corresponding improvements in the animals themselves, and oo no point of rural economy has more skill and exertion been shown, or more per* severing industry exercised, than we have witnessed by many breeders in this kingdom, in improving the qualities of the animals, by intermixing and engrafting the properties of tne one on the other, so as to develope and bring forth those qualities for the use of man. Our breeds of cattle are numerous, but the various crosses and remnants of old breeds need nut be enumerated, and they may be reduced to the few breeds that are now roost approved, and from which we may choose for any situation in the kingdom. For all rich soils and favored situations, the Durham breed or short horns are preferred, and the long horns are still kept by many excellent cultivators. The Hereford* and short horns seem nearly bat. anoed in merits, if we mav judge from the prizes awarded them. For inferior lands we have the Devon breed, not surpassed by any cattle in the kingdom, and besides i we have multitudes of nondescript animals, that do not fall under any class, but which are yet much used in all parts of the kingdom. In Scotland, where great numbers I of cattle are reared and exported, the native breeds are three?the Ayrs ire, which are evidently allied to the Yorkshire breed? the Galloways, or polled blacks, and the West Highland breed of horned black, shaggy-haired animals, which are found, with j some little variation, all over the Wes tern and Northern Highlands of Scot. ] land. Great numbers of these animals are fed in England ; and an opin- j ion is entertained, and my own experience' goes far in support of it, that these mountain cattle pay more money per head and per acre, than any of our fine breeds, after | * all the improvements that have been made. The cost of production is small, and the beef commands a higher price in the market. In bringing cattle forward to the state when they are disposed of to the consumer, farmers have adopted two methods; some prefer to breed and feed on the farm, a num. b<T that they can support, and others to buy yearly a number they can afford to feed.? The preference given to either of the two methods would seem to be, or should be, determined by locality and other circumstances, yet caprice and fancy would seem to do much, for it is hard to conceive how two farms adjoining each other should be suitable to different modes, except in the bare opinion of the farmer, or how two breeds of animals can be most profir&Me hi similar cases, except in opinion only. In many situations the difference to be observed between breeding and forfingt WW i marked, and it is very fortunate that the diversity of opinion prevails in other places for it affords a ready market for our mountain breeds, which, if the case was otherwise, might not bo so profitable. In choosing a native breed the farmer will be guided by the quality of the soil, the food 1? ???' ?>1 !?.. aiUa. r* i p/tiira at on. He can prouuurt uiu uy vineces, and much will depend on his own fancy ; but if he prefer to buy in rather than breed, it will be found that the Scotch poll, ed and West Highland breed will pay more money than any otlter. A very general mistake is committed in not allowing them sufficient time on the land, in order to feed ?not less than eighteen months should be allowed, or twelve in cases where tbey have been bought in good condition. Green crops being now known to us, which ifduly cultivated will afford succulent food during winter, it is understood that no farmer neg. lects providing a sufficient quantity if he wishes o rear and feed profi ably, not only with regard to the profits of the animal itself, but to the manure ra sed for the future benefit of the farm. But notwithstanding the long acknowledged profits of these crops, and also of improved breeds of stock, we find great neglect prevail on both points; for if we look into Sinithfieid, or any other market, we find the improved animals bear a small proportion to t!?e others; formers yet pere'St in breeding very unthrifty ani. ma Is, and for want of green crops they are bred and starved upon a system. In many cases, however, we find both breeding and feeding carried on systematically and profitably, with due attention to the profits expec. ted from the animal itself, 'rom the attention and food bestowed, and also to the fu ture benefits expected from th? Cow. sheds sftotitd be provided with calf pen* adjoining, under the same roof, where the calves are confined in separate apart, ments for one animal, and floored with boards, pierced with augur holos that they may lay dry and comfortable. Prom these apartments they are brought twice or thrice a day to be suckled, by a halter, and tied when sucking, to a rope extending along the cow-shed. Sucking is always to be preferred to nursing by the pail; when milk is exposed much of the valuo is to*', the gaseous * fluids go off* by evaporation, and the appearance of the calves nursed by the two methods is a sufficient decision. Suckling is attended with less trouble, and an experienced cowman will soon be able to judge of the proper quantity to be allowed them. Prom January to June is the proper time for weaning-?early calves maintaining a decided superiority, unless greater encouragement be afterwards afforded to tho later ones. In situations where fattening for veal is found profitable, both weaning and fattening go on together; and even where cheese and butter are manufactured, all the three may be easily managed, by al lotting a number of cows for suckling and a number to be milked for the dairy. Calves fed for veal must not bo restricted in the quantity of milk ; for weaning, they must be allowed such a quantity as will keep them always in a sleek and thriving condi* tion, without feeding them, for any fat produced at that time would be lost. An ordinary cow would feed four calves for veal, or make veal of two, and wean three, much depending on the milky nature of the cow, and on the quality of the pasture. The various substitutes for milk that have been puffed abroad among farmers have all proved an utter fallacy, only supplying the farmer with a few pounds of butter and cheese at the expense of the animal. They never fail in producing a Urge belly and offal, and infallible mark degeneracy and bad keep, in any animal, and in no case have we been yet able to improve upon what nature hat provided t e mother with in nursing her offspring. During that time the mother should form the chief object of our aiiennou. In the month of May* when the weather has become warm, and the young grass has sprung, the earliest calves will be turn* ed out into a grass paddock of fine pasture, provided with water and shelter, and con** venient to the homestead, and where they can be suckled twice a day. The cows' pasture should be adjacent if possible, and also well provided with water and shelter, and laid down or improved for the purpose. The paddock for the calves may consist of one or two acres, and an orchard suits very well, the fruit trees affording shelter from the heat and amusement in rubbing. A shelter shed is indispensable, with a dry, well littered bottom, and may be so contrived, as to suit for lambing the ewes in the spring, which business will be conclu* ded before the calves are turned out. The ewes lying all night in the paddock, will bestow a good top dreasing, which must be attended to by rolling. At the age of 16 weeks the calves wiil be ready to go to the pasture field, the quantity of milk having been gradually reduced as the calves learn. red to eat the grass. As they are removed fronfthe paddock the next oldest ones are turned out from the calf-pecs, and when the weaning season is near a dose, as many of the latest calves as the paddock can main, tajn m?y remain in it for the season, to be nebratban i for receiving some better en. couragement to raise them to an equality with the oldest. Nothing more disfigures a herd of cattle than to see them of different sacs sod qualities^ and colors, and in many cases of different breeds, shewing a great WUt of skill in the breeding, and of care anaattentioo in the nursing and rearing.-? After the weaning season is over, the milk for the remainder of tile season may be apptwdhosenhlieo fnr eesl. .orlmmaking but , ter and cheese, as situation may direct. In places where these articles are the staple produce, the weaning ot calves will be on a small scale; but on these farms some are weaned, to which the above observations will equally apply. When the calves are removed from the home paddock, the best pasture on the farm will he given them, well water- d and shd. tered if possible; in many cases the lattermath of a hav croD answers well. When ~ y * 9 fields lie 10 permanent grass, a shed with a view to permanency may be erected in each field at a very trifling coat, and may be ao contrived aa to suit both cattle and sheep. Where the alternate system of farming prevails, a corner where the plough does not strike may be got, and a very useful shelter erected. Cattle of an age should pasture together, and the smaller the lots the better. By the end of October, the approach of cold weather will render necessary Ike removal of the cattle to the home yard. Cvery farm is, or ought to be provided with a number of yards suited to its size and to the quality of the soil, the bottoms level with that of ;be shelter-ahed raised above that of the yard, to throw the moisture outwards, that the cattle "'ay lie dry; cribs for holding the roots given to the cattle are ranged along thesub-division walls, and sometimes placed in the shelter-shed under cover; the most approved are of a square shape, with a latticed bottom which allows all moi*ture to escape. Buildings of stone and lime have been erected along the walls, but they hold water and sludge very much; wood is clean* er, and where used the bottom planks should be perforated with ho'es to discharge 'lie water. Troughs of stone, of wood, or of osm Iran era placed across the provisionwalls, so as to supply two yards; and the water is conveyed in pipes from a pump, or supplied by ball cocks and pipes from a cistern placed aiofi for that purpose, in some house of the farmer}*, and to which the water is raised by a forcing valve in the yard pump. Turnips are now mostly given in a cut state, and where straw is rank and abundant, it may be cut to shorsr lengths, which will render it more manageable and ossier of reduction. uievc a* properly furnished, the cattle are put in lots of ages and sizes, vary, ing in numb r from 3 to 7 when feeding ; young cattle may be kept in greater numbers. Most feeders now prefer the open yard to housing, though on turnip farms, a feeding house is very necessary where a few choice animals may be fattened, or a few inferior ones may be brought more quickly to perfection. Fresh straw should be put frequently into tho racks, and cabbages are a very proper article to begin the feed ing of young stock for the first winter. These and turnip tops are given once, or a rtnir nn/t rnntinucd ihrnnoh uciroi II ktrivv uu^i ? ? p the winter?if they fa'!, potatoes and beets ore given in moderate quantities, so as to keep the young animals in a sleek and thriving condition, without any tendency to gorge them, or induce them to nauseate i heir food. They should always show a keen appetite, and seem able to eat more than is given. The yards are frequently littered, thinly at a time, so as to keep them dry and comfortable, and also mix the manure properly. The straw racks are shifted often that the straw may not lie dry around them, and the yards are such a size as will admit of the cattle treading, dunging, and watering on every part. A very common error prevails on this point, the yards are much too laige, the straw lies dry and unmixed in many parts, and the good dung lies huddled together in other places* Space sufficient for the cattle to move about freely for air and exercise is quite enough, due regard being had to warmth in the shelter >h?d. An pnnal mistake with too much space lies in making the yards too small. Id the month of May of each year the pasture fields will be ready for stocking, when the different sizes and ages will be arranged by the bestjudgmeotof the farmer. Id October of each year, the cattle will be turned into the fold yards and fed with ample allowances of roots and straw, and with the yards kept dry and comfortable. As the cattle increase in age, the fewer numbers must be put together in one yard, and during the th>rd and fourth winter they will be fed off and sold. I have recommended all calves to suck the cow for veal or for weaning, and I now mention that tho treat, ment of any animal during the first year of i|s growth generally stamps its future distinction. If it be stinted in the quantity or in the quality of the food, future pampering will not recover its lost growth, and if it be well fed during the first year, and attain a good size, indifferent treatment afterwards will have much less effect. If a calf be well , suckled, great attention is necessary during the fifst winter that it receive such treat- a ment as will carry it forward, and that it 1 docs not lose in that time what it gained u the previous summer. This result often h happens from want of winter food of roots, h for though hay and straw be in profusion, g they never can supply the place of green tt crops. Cattle when feeding must have a fuH sup- at ply of food, but not to pall their appetites, a which must always be keen and in full ac- ai tion. The food previously given them should a be clean eaten up or nearly so before any tc more is supplied, and the cribs regularly h cleaned out and every filth removed. The h first feed of cut turnips, potatoes, or beets, U is given by break of day, and the last so long before duifcuoas sots in as will alloW- jo time for the cattle to eat the whole during I day light, as any accidents from hoving or circling htve a better chance of being seen ? and remedied. A dry bed is the abetter I * shed and ia any part of the yard during dry &' weather, is indispensible. * Opinions differ aa to the most profitable a age of feeding our best breeds of cattle. My own experience agrees with the opinion expressed by Earl Spencer, one of our high. al est authorities, that the age of four years o seems the mo*t advantageous, as the most ft likely to secure the utmost weight of the E animal, and to avoid unnecessary expend!- ft ture in trying to obtain more bullc, and also the loss by slaughtering at too early an age, ? before the animal had reached maturity. I ? have observed that a great part of our cattle h are starved on system?they are grazed 0 and gain something in summer and lose it A in winter* The miserable appearance of v young stock both in the yard and in the ti fields sufficiently support this opinion, and * the case will not be mended till green crops d are more extensively cultivated. We know A plants adapted 1 may say to almost every e soil, and it only remains to cultivate them, * In order to produce a thoroughly well fed g and ripe animal, it must be gradually fed t* from the day of its birth, by good keeping ft which will keep the body in a thriv ng coo- k ditioo and full of juices, and also produce q that mixture of fat and lean so necessary to ft constitute beef of good quality. Hence E arises the well furnished animal in the hands b of the butcher, and from tiie starving sys- 0 tern is owing the bad quality of much of our l' animal food, for unless the animal be well fattened and regularly, the lean is dry and J wholly wanting in juiees which can only be ? imparted by_a ripe state.. The one.half at (east of our cattle in market are not fat. * they are starved in early yean, and then 0 for a short time tbey are tied to a stake and h gorged with food to produce an appearance quickly, and sold off to save expence, and * hence arises the badly furnishing animal in jj the hands of the butcher. An animal al- ' ways in good condition is fattening grad- P uully and profitably, tho dung ia of more j3 value, and when the age of fattening off arrives, a small application of more food con. c eludes tho process. A greater number } of cattle is often kept on a farm than it can maintain profitably?an erroneous policy t but very common. 1 I hare observed that where a farmer * chooses partly or wholly to follow the buy- 1 iog system in place of breeding, it will be ' found that our small mountain breeds will 1 nay more money than any other. In most ( cases too short a time is allowed them to feed, for the natural propensity to fatten has not been in them any way improved by breeding or keeping, and in that respect ' they differ from our new breeds. They are mos ly fed very poorly in their youth, ond when transported to rich pastures, fat cannot be laid instantly, but in course of time if in fair condition, a year will be sufficient, but if bought in a lean state from droves, they should be on the ground for 18 months, fed the first winter on half the full allowance of green food, well grazed the following summer, and fed off the ensuing winter.? This is gradual feeding and indispensible if we wish for good beef. The age should be four or rather five years when slaughtered. Oil cake, bean, and barley meal, oats, and other articles beve been used in the feeding of cattle, but experience baa long since proved that if the farmer will only try to raise potatoes, beet, cabbages, and turnips in quantity, he need no substitute, except in case of a failure of the above crops.? Straw alone is required for litter, and for tho cattle to eat a little when inclined.? British Farmer's Magazine for JuJy. From tho Journal of the American Silk Society. Cacoonerles In the United States* We hava been repeatedly called on for information as to what is realty doing in the i silk business in tho United States. The foling statemeat will probably be satisfactory to the public, and may possible serve to quiet the nervous excitement of certain per sons sod presses, in relation to the "moras multicaulis speculation." We only regret we could not obtain a complete list. We sincerely believe there are five times as many cocooneries in the country as we have enumerated; but even the present list will serve to shew, that the moras multicaulis trade is no ' humbug/and that the silk business is an object worthy of national regard, rather than a fit subject for sneers and jests. The cocoonery and silk factory of the ' society at Economy, Beaver county, Penn. under the management of Mr. Rapp, is entitled to the credit of being first on the list It is a'pioneer establishment. In 1933, they i had progressed so far as u> manufacture i silk vesting of beautiful and excellent quali ity, silk * handerchiefs, and various other 1 kinds of goods. The writer of this was ; honoured with the presentation of a vest 'I " nd haokerchief of their tttttnufectore, hi 832. At the present time they are man* fncturing all kinds of sdk goods, and wo ave now before m eight speeitr ena ofsatloa ittiingt figured vetting, of three patterns, rot de daps. &c die. all from cocoons of leir own raiting. Mr. Cobb't coccoonery,at Dedbatn, Mat. ichuaetta, it probably oaxt to that at ficono* ly in age and extent Mr. Whitmarsh's, I Northamapton, and another, belonging to company, at the tame place, are believed > be the moat extensive in New Hftgiaod. Ir. Timothy Smith baa a coconery at Am* erst, Massachusetts, and hat madeoilk ex(naively and profitably for five or tit yearr There are several pretty exteoaive co. _ rv>ni?riwr ftt aH tW JBOS^MllOOd of lartford, and in other parte of Connecticut, Messrs. Prince, at Flushing. N. Y. have rected an exteoaive eocoooery, aod were wdiag, when wo last beard from them, boot 1,000,000 of worms. There aril sveral other astahliihmeots on Long Island, t Pobghkeepsie, and other places in that ate, from which we have no particulars. The Messrs. Cheney, tod Mr. Gum mere t Burlington, New Jersey, hey extensive ocooneries, as also have Mr. Samuel Haw* hurst, and Mr. Joseph White, of Mount lolly* and Messrs. Jones & Yorke, of Sa? im, in the same state. In Pennsylvania, Mr. Physick's cocoon, ry, at Germantown* is first on the lint m stent. Mr. Maupay, at the Rising Sun* as a cocoonery adapted to feed a million f worms. Mr. Lloyd,and Messrs. Janney f Leedom, in or near Philadelphia, ana arioua other individuals and companies hi le vicinity, have commenced raising orms. * At Doyleston, Messrs. J. H An* erson, S. Dubois, D. Byrnes, M Opp, Ir. Butgess, and Cant. Donnalson, ore all ngagt d in raising silk worms. At Lao* aster, Messrs. R. & H. Carson have made rest progress. They have not only an exnaive cocoonery, but they reel and menu* * icture their silk. We have seen some hand* erchiefs made by them of very superior uality, and have some sewing silk now be* )re us, of unequalled beauty. The Rock [ill cocoonenr, at the same place, owned y Mr. S. C. Humes, it intended to aeeonidate a million of worms; 100,000 were fed >er? the pre?nt season. Neer Brisol 'eon. Mr. James Swain is erecting a co* oonery,calculated to accommodate 1,000^ KM) of* worms. There are several coccoooerias also at leaver ctty, Heaver county, atwu nerous others in the state, but ef which wo lave no particulars. In Delaware, there ta tt liHt company at Yilmiogton, which has recently erected a irge cocoonery, a few miles from the city, rhcy fed from 4 to 500,000 worms the iresent season, on the white and native motierry, which have spun cocoons without feo ms of any portion from disease* Another ompany, in Wilmington, have fed 1504100 vorms the present season ; another, belongng to Mr. Ziba Ferris, in the same places isa been very successful this season* Docors Gibbons, Samuel Woliaatoe, and aev inn uuicii} iiuTDuwuuimico HIVI U??I nington. Id Smyrna, Del. Mr. Benson mui a cocoonery of considerable extent, and various other individuals and oompaniss in iifferent parts of the State. Id Maryland, there are numerous silk rcmpanies and private oocoooeriee in open ition. On the eastern shore there are eight >r ten incorporated companies, tug we hate 10 particulars as to the extent of thterop* irations. Tbc oldest cocoonery in the state, s probably that of Meeen. Jeoks and lamsburgh, pof Frederick, who hate the iresen: season, fed about half a million of vorms, with success. In and near Baki* nore we have the Mar> .and Silk Oempany, with an extensive coco aery, and a factory loose for working up tbecoeoone ;theoid Central race course has been purchased by lev. Luther J. CoX, whole erecting an offensive cocoonery there, and has already awed a large number of silk worms. Won nerous individuals in Baftunoce hate ted arge numbers of worms the praseui eeaaori, imong whom we may mention, Mr.Ceoter, proprietor of the silk agency, in Bakimom ureet, Mr. French, of South street, Mr, Walker, and others. The GentreviUe Silk Company is one of the oldest hi the state, hut we nave no particulars as to iteopamion4. Besides individuals and rnmnnnina Bogaged in the silk buaiaoss, we find this branch of industry has been introduced into the alas houses of eight ceunties of fee itate, and authority given them by the leg islature to raise aiaalT sums of money toad* oomptish the object In the District of Columbia there are a?r. ertd cocooneries in progress, hut wo hoes the particulars of only that of John Mason, Jr. Esq. of Georgetown. He bae eroded a large cocoonery, well adapted to acoomo* date from three to five mfllione in the course of the season. He also begm right, having provided himself with a full supply of mulberry leaves before he batched bit worms. We anticipate a handsome lt|mt from his establishment. In Virginia they are going OS fcrleuly. There are two or three large cocoooei ies near Fredeticksburg. The Potomac Silk and Agricultural Company has a large co. coo nery, that will accommodate one or two millions of worm* and seventeen acres of mulberry orchard. Aadber belonging to W. K. Smith ds Co, of* e<pial ante m, and, ae we are iofonDsdriiveraloth. era. Near Richmond, we have the oocoo* oery ofCustis Carter, Esq. thft grftl accom? odate two or three millions ef tyorma, m tho course of the season j tod thai of Mr.