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The reader will observe that the cost of cultivation, including every 

 thing, was less than $2 50 per lb. and that it is very nearly covered by 

 the bounty of the Commonwealth. There is, moreover, another fact 

 that deserves peculiar attention. The toorms passed each entire age 

 without the removal of their litter, which service was only performed 

 immediately after moulting. The worms were remarkably large and 

 perfectly healthy ; they were fed during their first three ages with 

 chopped leaves, and during their two last ages on branches. This is 

 unquestionably the best method ever adopted, to promote the perfection 

 of the worm and its economical management. It is in harmony with 

 the natural habits and the peculiar structure of the silk worm, that when 

 large, it shall extend and repose itself upon the stems of those branches 

 that furnish its nutriment. The insect is thereby elevated above its lit- 

 ter, it has a natural support for its body, its respiration is uninterrupted, 

 it is high and dry above the fermenting mass of litter, and consequently 

 an immense deal of fatiguing manual labor may be dispensed with. If 

 we can dispense with the distressing labor of cleaning silk worms, ex- 

 cept at the period of moulting, we have nothing more to desire ; that 

 such is the fact, I cannot doubt, for the instance I have just related, is 

 but one of the many, that the experience of this year has disclosed. 



I hope this letter will be acceptable ; there is such a degree of pre- 

 judice, hostility and ignorance displayed by some leading organs of 

 communication, that facts are either studiously suppressed, or converted 

 into contemptuous ridicule and sarcasm, but truth will triumph still. 



With great respect, 



I am always yours, 



JAMES DEANE. 



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