A NOVEL INDUSTRY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1276, 12 January 1883, Page 2

A NOVEL INDUSTRY.

, Tlie. Frencb,. ( iii'' the" V of ; :i .their.;efforts to recoyer !the losses' susare,. de/veioping'- a'l new : 1 ; rathorj ajpljmg .'a; ne% u mej(tipfi;ia : ihiold;culture, It ; ißgen6raiiyikn'6ffn!; ; silkworm cidturd' can'' wit|i", success; ; 'The:im|Vprpaince'of thV:liy'oi«: 1 silk trade makes it desirable that the 1 rawiiuateiial Bhoiild'be at hand, so that the expenses.. and t risks..of importing., may France' has' la subject" to I disease that has [ettfeeblcd: the. .worms, ; and led to the production of indifferent, ■. the celebrated-scientist,-suggea ted-that- ; .the doctrine, of jje ajK r ;j)lfed •• Jhj& iijkVpi|iiis ci|iiure.' 33ij, idea was taken uj?, i|q firsUmplementlrqmredbythosedeyotei . .to)his % occiipatipn.is J a mcoscope'.--if ■ ' skilful than menihlts use, and by itsT aid they are able to detect and separate the eggs which come from diseased moths. From healthy eggs strong and healthyjwormp'comei . factories'—for 'such'is'the'technical' . description of the, establishment where the eggs are prepared—furnish occupation for a large number or workman ' ''and womah, - who ? • have i% ]sraci& become most skilful in the study, of these tiny orgahisras: ' The feiult ;of' •this scientific proces^ f "carefully-em-' ployed, is that tho ■ prpdubtibn : 1 ' of 1 cocoans in the Cevennes, the district specially devoted to this industry, is sensibly heavier than it was in the period preceding 'the';diseAse/ 'j Th 6" cocb6n harvest this year the' b&fc .that has baa been .known for a ;lpng : . iiine.' The most remarkable "resuiia have been obtained in the Eastern Pyrenees, and the average from the entire silk-growing country ( has' 'been ! 36|. of' ounce of eggs. Another result of •M. Pasteur's methed. is, f; |hat the yellow worm'of the Corennea is now almost exclusively , cid^iivated,'/ | jfy' cocoons are greatly preferred by the silk spinners to.those produced by tho Japanese insect.. The latter costs more to'obtainj arid yieldi ati inferiorsilkj'io". that the; latest jtriumph iiof'JScience/ applied; practically,vJias resulted in establishing a highly profitable culture as one of the indigenous industries of