ADVERTISEMENT TO THIS EDITION. 



SINCE the publication of the former edition of this little 

 work, the Legislature of Massachusetts having farther noticed 

 it by ordering an additional number of copies to be purchas- 

 ed for further distribution in the different towns of this Com- 

 monwealth ; and the Congress of the United States having 

 also resolved to purchase 2000 copies for distribution in that 

 honorable body ; the author has thought it his duty to enlarge 

 the present edition by giving such further information as he 

 could obtain ; and, as late experience has suggested, both in 

 regard to the Mulberry tree and the cultivation and manufac- 

 ture of silk. He has now in operation aft the requisite ma- 

 cihnery for manufacturing various kinds of silk stuffs, and has 

 manufactured during the past year over three hundred weight 

 of raw silk, and still continues to operate his looms and spin- 

 dles, although since the repeal of the duties on silk goods, he 

 has been obliged to confine his attention chiefly to sewings 

 and such narrow goods as will sell to profit. 



