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The satiny cocoons require water only moderately 

 heated. The proper heat will be found by observing 

 the manner in which the silk comes off from the first of 

 them which are put in a basin, and as already said of 

 cocoons generally, if it come off thick, cold water must 

 be added until the proper temperature be attained. 



For these two years past, I have been principally en- 

 gaged in manufacturing, and the different processes of Silk 

 Manufacture now carried on by me, at Dedham, Ms., I 

 will briefly describe. 



PROCESS 1. REELING FROM THE COCOON. 

 This process is performed by girls on my improved 

 reel* which works better than the Piedmontese reel or any 

 reel known to be in use, and is the same reel for which 

 I received the premium of the Mass. Agricultural So- 

 ciety. The raw silk as it comes from this reel is a mar- 

 ketable article in any part of Europe, and is preferable to 

 the silks which come from Bengal ; upwards of a million 

 of pounds of which are used in Great Britain annually. 



PROCESS 2. WINDING FROM THE SKEIN THAT COMES 

 FROM THE REEL TO THK BOBBIN. J,;^:! 



This process is performed on the winding frame by 

 girls and children ; the silk runs from swifts over glass 

 rods, and is guided by a traverse motion to its right po- 

 sition on the bobbin. 



PROCESS 3. CLEARING THE SILK FROM KNOBS 



AND HUSKS. 



This is done on the clearing frame by passing the silk 

 Vide plate three. 



