Memoir of Seth W. Cheney, Artist (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1881 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV. SILK CULTURE. A T this time the fortunes of the family had become fully involved in the business of silk culture. At first the mulberry-trees were raised for the purpose of feeding the worms, and thus procuring a supply of silk at home. This subject had engaged the attention of the Colonists even before the Revolution, and Congress had offered bounties on the raising of silk. Connecticut had taken an active interest in the work. Charles Cheney engaged in the business of rearing worms at Mt. Healthy, Ohio. Ward, Rush, and Frank attempted the same thing in Burlington, N.J., and even in Georgia. But the real demand for trees for the use of the worms grew into a wild speculation, which spread all over the land, and the original planters found it more profitable to raise trees for sale than to rear the worms and manufacture the silk While the Cheneys entered into the business of raising mulberry-trees for sale, they never lost sight of the original purpose of fostering the silk manufacture in America. Perhaps even now silk-raising might become a profitable branch of industry in some parts of America, if conducted by proper methods; but its culture requires an industrious, painstaking agricultural population, all of whom shall take a share in the work. While Seth Cheney never forgot his vocation as an artist, he entered into the plans of his brothers, and his mind was for For particulars, see Brockett's "Silk Industry in America," and a pamphlet on "The Silk Industry of the United States," by A. T. Lilly. some years occupied with this subject, which had a decided influence on his life. One is tempted to regret the time taken from artistic studies; yet he perhaps gained physically from this more active life, and certainly, by the close union of intere...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1881 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV. SILK CULTURE. A T this time the fortunes of the family had become fully involved in the business of silk culture. At first the mulberry-trees were raised for the purpose of feeding the worms, and thus procuring a supply of silk at home. This subject had engaged the attention of the Colonists even before the Revolution, and Congress had offered bounties on the raising of silk. Connecticut had taken an active interest in the work. Charles Cheney engaged in the business of rearing worms at Mt. Healthy, Ohio. Ward, Rush, and Frank attempted the same thing in Burlington, N.J., and even in Georgia. But the real demand for trees for the use of the worms grew into a wild speculation, which spread all over the land, and the original planters found it more profitable to raise trees for sale than to rear the worms and manufacture the silk While the Cheneys entered into the business of raising mulberry-trees for sale, they never lost sight of the original purpose of fostering the silk manufacture in America. Perhaps even now silk-raising might become a profitable branch of industry in some parts of America, if conducted by proper methods; but its culture requires an industrious, painstaking agricultural population, all of whom shall take a share in the work. While Seth Cheney never forgot his vocation as an artist, he entered into the plans of his brothers, and his mind was for For particulars, see Brockett's "Silk Industry in America," and a pamphlet on "The Silk Industry of the United States," by A. T. Lilly. some years occupied with this subject, which had a decided influence on his life. One is tempted to regret the time taken from artistic studies; yet he perhaps gained physically from this more active life, and certainly, by the close union of intere...

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General Books LLC

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United States

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February 2012

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February 2012

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246 x 189 x 3mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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50

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978-1-235-75792-1

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9781235757921

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1-235-75792-7



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