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SILK. 



The committee on silk report as follows : 

 For the best specimen manufactured Silk, to Clark Ave- 

 ry, Perrville, $15 00 



" 2d do. to D. Irish, Perryville, 10 00 



" 3d do. to J. Hutchinson, River Head, Colman's Tour. 



For the best specimen reeled, to Mrs. Irish, Perryville, ... 10 00 



^' 2d do. to Clark Avery, Perryville, Colman's Tour. 



*' 3d do. to Benjamin Blackman, Verona, Diploma. 



For the best half bushel Cocoons, 1845, to Clark Avery,. $10 00 

 ^' 2d to John Osborn, Utica, Col- Tour. 



** 3d to Benjamin Blackman, Verona, Diploma. 



SAMUEL THOMSON, 

 GEORGE C. TALLMAN, 

 JOHN BRADLEY, 



Committee, 



CULTURE AND MANUFACTURE OF SILK. 



«/3n Essay — By H. P. Byram, Brandenburg, Meade co, Ky., to lohich 

 was awarded the premium of $20. 



Experience of past ages has fully proved that the climate of the 

 United States is as well adapted to the nature and habits of the silk 

 worm, and the production of silk, as that of any other country. Se- 

 veral varieties of the mulberry being indigenous in our soil, those 

 generally used in the native country of the silk worm, succeed equal- 

 ly well in our own soil and climate. Hence, from the nature and 

 habits of the American people, we must soon become the greatest 

 silk growing nation on the earth. 



The first step toward the production of silk, is to secure a supply 

 of suitable food for the silk worm. 



Having tried all the varieties introduced into our country, I find 

 the Morus Multicaulis and Canton varieties, all things considered, 

 the most suitable for that purpose. 



Propagation of the Mulberry. — Although this subject is fami- 

 liar to many, yet those now most likely to engage in the legitimate 

 business of silk growing may be unacquainted with the propaga- 

 tion of the tree, I shall give some brief directions on the subject. 



Almost any soil that is high and dry, and that will mature Indian 



