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Among the Boveral silk-produo. | ing areas in China, the province; of Kwangtung loads in quantity of production. Its producing contres aro Ban Ko Chow and the West, North, and East Rivers, 1. o. Shun Tob, Namhol, Sun Wui, Samshul, Houngshan, Tungkun, and Hokahan.
Most of theso regions aro devoted to mulberry tree ouliiva- tion because the land in bithor too high or too low for rico culti
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poriodical inundation. Mulberry trees are well adapted to non- irrigated land as long as the an- nual rainfall le amplo, as in tho case of Kwangtung, while in low-lying land they grow luxu- riously. and the orop is not |sariously karmed by floods. The value of a well-kept mulberry| plantation ranges from $60 to $100 per moW,
MULBERRY CULTIVATION,
TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1925.
TO-DAY'S FASHION.
A festivo frock ie this with its gay tunio whoro nasturtium rod flowers, pastel
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the long Bloovus. Slooven, yoke and underskirt aro black satin.
EINSTEIN SAVED by wife,
Would-be Assassin Foiled.
Barlin, Fab. 1.-The courage and resource of his wife saved Professor Elastoin from being jassassinated during the wook- ond at the hands of a half- domonted Russian woman named Eugeniovna Dickson who re- cently attempted to murder M. Krassin, the Soviet Ambassador In Parie.
Professor Einstein and his wife who, it will be recalled,; visited Hangkong, on their way to Japan two yours ago-wore alono in choir Berlin flat and the door bell rang violently. Frau Einstein loft the sitting room. crossed the corridor, ad opened the door. Sho was confronted: by a woman whose dishevelled appearance and wild, norvous look torrified hor.
A piece of cloth was wound round the visitor's hond, beneath which wisps of straggling hair) could be seon, giving her tho appoaranco, Frau Einstein says, of a witob. Another strip of cloth was wrapped round her| shoulders, and her right hand grasped a loaded revolver.
As soon as the door was oponed the woman, in broken German, naked to soo Professor Einstein. Frau Einstain, with hor right hand on the half-opened door, replied calmily, after a great effort | to conceal hor agitation and foar, that her husband was not at home. The visitor replied that ho must be, and, pushing past Frau Einstein, stepped into the hall.
STRATEGY;
The most prevalont varioty in Kwangtung is known as 'King mulberry which has rather thin leaves of bigh foeding quality,, while the tree itself is vigorans and discaso-rosisting. Except in tho mast fortile flood plains, artificial fertilizer is applied in the form of human exoremont or peanut oileako once a year. Tho trees are usually planted about. two foot from each other and 2 to 214 foot batween rows. Each year, during the months of January, the troos are pruned of all lateral branches. The tender leaves from the new branchos of the next Spring are taken to feed the worms. As a rulo, oach troo may be picked six times a year, each time notting 350 to 500 catties of leaves per mow or 2,100 to 3.000 cattles for the year's crop. There are regular markets for may exhibit his goods in those mulberry leaves during the silk
the Inspection of, Please come in. My husband worm seasons, usually at the Customers. When a bargain is is at a friend's house. I will tole FAINO placo
struok, the market manager or hone there If you like." This do the weighing and witness tho was calined, and, shaking for his assistants are called upon to ruse succoedod, for the woman transaction, for which service ahoad, said:
tho AN
cocoon
markots. The price fluctuates a good deal at different times, the average boing about $2.00 por [picul.
SILKWORM EGGS.
etallk for
Frau Einstein says she realised that any attempt to raise an alarm would bring bor husband rushing to the spot to be met by a bullot,; so she decided that strategy was hor best course of action. She softly closed the door, and then smilingly turned to her visitor, saying
regular commission is charged Never mind. Don't trouble. amounting to 1 to 1.4 por cent. of I shall call again when he is at the price from the buyer and 1 to homo. I have como from Paris 2.8 por cont. from the soller. to kill him, and I mean to do it." Adjoining the markets are a Thon, to Frau Einstein's great number of wooden structures or relief, she opened the door and in the other provinces, the cocoon sheds where the buyers may take wont away. and silk produced boing also of their purobase for sorting. The
Owing to the hot and humid atmosphere, silkworm eggs in Kwangtung are not so healthy a
in
an inforior quality The ogge are general practice of the filaturo day, and was at once admitted The woman called again yester- also rather difficult to koop. In buyere in to sort out the dirty and into the sitting-room where two winter egg sheets may be aus-inforior cocoons (which average doteotives in plain clothes seized; ponded in
a woll vontilated about 10 por cent, of the market hor. The woman fought violently, room, but Wartor Ben lot) and resoll to other agents and during the struggle, in which Bons, they are usually buried right
on tho spot, under bonne or cervals to keep remaining cocoons are then re-loaded revolver fell to the floor.
The three other detectivos joined, hori cool, and povered with some moved to the factory or a noarby! scented loa vos in order to keep warehouse to be heated over a waiting motor-car, which took Finally, she was carried to a away harmful insects. There are brick oven for drying and the her and the doteotivos to the persons who specialise in produc-killing of the larvae. The dried police station. ing the egg sheets for the market, cocoons are then packed in bage
those in Shon Tol being bost holding about thirty catties each the station last, and at his roquest Professor Einstein arrived at known, Each shoot is usually for storago in the filatures, his would be assassin was sent 2 by 14 foot in size, the eggs Generally spooking, it takes 320 to a private asylum to be cared boing laid in close clusters leav-catties of fresh cocoons to get one for at his expoase ponding her ing a ono-inch margin on all sides, picul of dry cocoons and 4 to 5 examination, In order to insure uniform hat-picula of these dried cocoons to ching, eggs ara dipped in hot water produce one picul of raw silk and of 124 to 130 degrees Fahrenfait 80 catties of silk refuse, remain for 6 to 15 seconds on the second ing weight being cocoon skin and day after they are laid. Silk-chrysalis.
worm moths in pairs are also offoros, for salo.
SILK REELING.
SILK FILATURES.
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For
polico that she is convinced that The woman declared to the Professor Einstein's real namo le Aseu-a Russian long since doad
who is alleged to have betrayed Russian rovolutionaries to the polico in 1905.
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DAILY HUMOUR.
The first crop of worms is hat- Of the 299 steam flaturos in ched in April. For each taal of Kwangtung, the largost employa ants or baby worms, it is genover 500 women roelers, but the orally estimated that from 12 to average number in oach factory 15 catties of fresh cocoons may be is around 300. The wages rango sacured. The method of roaring from 25 to 70 cents per day, is more or loss similar to that averaging about 40 conts. A ton used in Chokiang and Kiangsu ; hour working day is tho rule. except that 6 or 7 crops a year The steam boilers and basins are. are the rule instead of two as in of local manufacturo, boing rather the case of other provinces,
crudo, but cheap. The initial capital of a Blature is usually barely sufficiont to build and Soricuiture was a popular in equip the factory, the owners dustry in Kwangtung as far back depending upon their credit as the latter part of Ming with the nativo banka Mynasty (16th and
17th friends to furnish the necessary centurios), The method of funds for financing the, operation Tooling silk from cocoons, how and purchaso of cocoons, evor, ramalned most crude and this reason, most of them cannot primitivo until about 50 to 60 afford to wait very long bofore yourn ago when the demand for selling their product; in many raw slik abroad prompted some cases, goods are sold in advanco oversons merchants to establish undor contrast with exporters stoam filaturos. The first factory before they are producod. The was organised by Chen Kim following particulars, extracted HANDSJACROSS THE SEA. Į Tsu in Yung Chi Shun Teh, from the account of one of the walch placo silll remains to this factories in Ta Llang for 1916, will day an important centre of the give an idea of the operating cost reeling industry, but the num-of an average filature:
allowed for the value of allk zo- bor of factories has since then
"The factory is equipped with fuse and other by-products. Tho increased to nearly 180 within a 300 basins capable of turning out not cost of a ploul of raw silk is radius of 25 11. The quality of 20,000 onttios of raw silk per therefore 8815. The price of silk produced has been much im-annum. The total cost of opora- cocoons fluctuates a good deal proved but it is still considered tion, including $15,000 for salary during the market seasons and inforlor to that of Chokiang and and wagos, $14,200 for fuel, 83,000 quality varios with the locality, Kiangsu silk.
for repairs and depreciation and but the aporating cost varies only COCOON MARKET.
$2,000 for interest on investment, alightly in different factories. Thore are numorous cocoon amounts to about $34,000 or $171 For instanco, in another factory markots in Kwangtung, of which for each ploul of raw allkat Yung Chi for the same year, the Ten Ho in Ta Liang and produced. The cost of cocoons the not cost for producing a picul Shun Fung Nion and Wei Toh (520 cation of dried cocoons are of raw silk figuros out at $845 Halog in Yung Chi, Shun Tob required for producing one pioul but the difference is due mainly Helon, are the largest and bost of raw silk at an average cost to the botter oocoons which the known. Those are large opan of $1.40 por caity) is $728, making latter concern buys and the silk buildings over 120 foot square the total cost of producing the produced is of a little highor divided into a number of stalls, pioul of raw silk just about $900. grado.” Chinese Economic Anybody with cocoons to sell From this sum, 485 should be Monthly.
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