Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1885 — The Mulberry Tree. [ARTICLE]

The Mulberry Tree.

Mulberry trees three and four years old will yield to the acre 50,000 pounds of leaves, enough to feed 1,000,000 silkworms. Each female produces an average of 300 eggs. The lowest calculation, one in ten, gives 100,000 females, yielding 20,000,000 eggs, weighing 40,000 eggs to the ounce, 500 ounces. Eggs sell at from $1.50 to $2 an ounce. The lowest possible yield of eggs per acre is between S9OO and SI,OOO. If, however, the cocoons are reeled off, the profits, after deducting all accidents and expenses, are safely calculated at $2,000. These figures apply to California and the Southern States.— Philadelphia Press.