I have said that the leaves of the mulberry are not essential to silk growing.  If this be true the greatest obstacle in the way of sericulture becoming a great national industry will have been removed.  And that it is true is proven by the experience of not a few practical silk-growers.  Without exception those who have tested the matter say that the leaves of the Osage-orange are equal to those of the mulberry, and some say they are better.  My position brings me into correspondence with the leading specialists in agricultural pursuits, and among others with many practical silk-growers.  To-day I received letters from three silk-growers, one in Illinois, one in Kansas, and one in California.  Each had fed the leaves of the Osage-orange exclusively for the last two years, and with the best results.  One said there was no doubt that they were at least equal to the leaves of the mulberry, and the other two pronounced them superior.  One of our best authorities on sericulture, Prof.  Barricelli, has shown by means of chemical analyses and other scientific data, that as nourishment for silk-worms the Osage is superior to the mulberry.  In fact, nine-tenths of the practical silk-growers of the West, those who are making it not only practicable but profitable, are now feeding Osage leaves exclusively.  This should be known by the people at large.  There can be no monopoly of the Osage-orange.  No one can demand of the expectant silk culturist exorbitant prices for Osage sprouts.  In very few localities will it be necessary to plant the Osage even.  We have an abundance of Osage hedges, particularly in the West.  In such localities the silk culturist will be at no expense whatever for food for the worms, and will not be under even the necessity of waiting a couple of years for it to grow.  When this is more fully understood by the girls and women of the country, we may expect silk culture to assume the importance of a profitable national industry.

JOHN M. STAHL.

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