Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 308, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1910 — SILK FARM STARTED IN U. S. [ARTICLE]

SILK FARM STARTED IN U. S.

Syrian Is Raising Worms and Will Erect Looms In Louisiana—First In South. New Orleans.—An experiment in silk culture which is watched with interest by the United States department of agriculture as well as the silk Industry at large has been started by a Syrian, Kalil Joseph, near Picar yune. La., about 92 miles from New Orleans. r Mr. Joseph has raised many thousands of silk worms from eggs hatched on a farm two miles from Picayune. He says Picayune is an ideal .section for silk culture on account of the numbers of wild mulberry trees there. The silk made from the cocoons is as fine a quality as any made in Syria, which is famous for its silk worm farms. Mr. Joseph -has formed a company capitalized at SIOO,OOO, and will erect looms and handle the silk in much the same way as it is manufactured in the great silk centers. The officers of the company are: Kalil Joseph, president; Elias Salk, vice-president; W. A. Stockstill, secretary, and Charles Marcelle, treasurer. The Kalil plant will be the first bonafide silk farm inthe southland the factory will be the "first In* the country where the raw silk is tratißformed into the finished product at the same place where the silk is a’jun from the cocoons.