Vol. IV. 



NEW ENGLAND FAMER. 



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the Union. Formerly, consiclerablo, quantities of 1 means of valuable iitiproveinent. The Comuiitteo | 

 silk were produced iuGeor;ria. In 177tJ, more tlian ' coiicei\e that the tirst and most important measure i 

 *tu-enty thousa.nd pounds of cocoons were export- 1 to be taken, is to acquire and circulate clear, dis- i 



ed Irom there to Knfr^land. Tlie production of the 

 urticle was suspended, not from any ditliculty ex- 

 perienced in the process, but from causes connect- 

 ed witli the revolution. Meas\ires have recently 

 bcon ailopted at Savannah, with a view to the re- 

 new.il of the cultivation of the mulberry tree, and 

 brcediuir of the silk worm. In Kentucky, the Coiu- 

 niiiteo le.irn, tliat se'.ving silk is now produced in 

 considerable quantities and of excellent quality 



tinct, precise information ni these points — the re 

 lative value of the cultivation of tlie nndberry, and 

 the introduction of silk, compared with other aori- 

 cultural productions in the different sections-of 

 the Union, capital and labor beinj considered ; 

 the kind of mulberry best suited to the object ; the 

 most advanta;;eous mode of cultivation ; the most 

 approved manner of managing the silk worm, and 

 an explanation of the process till the article is 

 Many years ayo, the attention of public spirited in- j ready for market. The Conuuittee incline to the 

 dividuals in Pennsylvania was turned to tbe pro- : opinion that the l:'est mode of raisinp^ silk, will be 

 dnction of silk. The Persian mulberry was intro- ; for every farmer and planter to appropriate a small 

 dure 1 into Uethlehera, Penn. by Bishop Ettween, portion of ground as for a fruit orchard for raising 

 V. Iiere it llourished, and stili tiourishes. Silk uas ; the mulberry tree, calculated to produce as many 

 produce 1 wilhoiit ditliculty. In Chester, and other j worms as his own family will enable him to m m- 

 of tlie Southern counties of that St:'.te, the experi- i age without increased expense, and without per- 

 ment was also made with success. The great de- mitting it, until the experiment shall liave been 

 mind, and high price of bread stuffs o.ving to the i fully tried, to interfere with the regular courses 

 wars growing out of the French revolution, render- ' of his usual pursuits. A single acre planted with 

 ed tlie cultivation of grain so profitable for many 1 the nmlberry will produce from 500 to (iOO pounds 

 yO-irs, that the mulberry was neglected. In 1770, of raw silk, the value of which to the individual 

 two hundred pounds of sewing silk were made in ' would richly compensate for the capital and labour 

 the town of Mansfield, in Connecticut: and in employed and the aggregate to the country, of 

 It' 10, according to the report of the Marshal who i great importance. 



took the census, the value of silk produced in; The fact is worthy of notice, that notwithstand- 

 Windham county was estimated at $27,373. > ing the high price of land in Ireland, where a year's 



The Committee learn that the production of silk rent of land exceeds the price of the soil in many 

 s still atteii Jed to, and found profitable. Some parts of our country, yet so valuable is the mulber- 

 beautiful specimens of sewing silk, the production ry considered, that importations of trees from the 

 of that State, have been e.xhihitcd to the Commit- 1 Mediterranean have been made during the last 

 tee. Of the fact, therefore, that the United States years, for the purpose of producing silk. Your 

 can produce silk for its own consumption,and even j Committee addressed inquiries to several intelli- 

 for export.;tion to t!ie extent of foreign demand, | gent gentlemen, wlio were presumed competent to 

 there appears no reason to doubt. There are k\v i give tlicm information upon the subject, and among 

 persons, tlie Committee believe, even the most in- j tlie papers received in reply, they beg leave topre- 

 telUgent ol' our citi:eus,(who have not turned their i sent to the particular attention of the House, a val- 

 attentlon particularly to the subject,) who will not j uable memoir, replete with instructive facts and 



Brrmen Geest. 

 '2 Of:F.SF,-3 rrOSLl.NGS,--and a GANDER of the 

 llremcn bri ed fur -alf. Apply at Ibis olhce. May i:i. 



.llJs'I' r<oi i\e'd liiini the nianuta'-turcr, and l(»r suie 

 at the Agricultural \'i art-house. No. lOfi Sinte atref t, 

 np slai.s, a f<w ol I'erry'! I'altut STONF, MII.KPAN = , 

 a very supeiior article lur thf pur[)"se intended. 



[.ikewise— a full supply of TRKE BKU?I1ES, for 

 immediate U!se — very useful and almost indispensable 

 for the dealructiou of caterpillars. May 12. 



j lui ported Bidl Jhlmirid. 



; THI.= noble .Aninml, of the best improved Short Horn 

 Z>rt/'rf of England, jxiirhased and presented to (he \^- 

 rieullural Seciety ■ f Mass-nc husetls. by S^ir Isa^^c Cof- 

 fin, at the cost l(. liim oC nearly ^.IflO. h;is fern per- 

 mitted by llie liberality of the Trustees of that Sociily, 

 to be brought into the Ciiunly of IVuicrsltr. for the pur- 

 pose of be in? improved in his use to cows, the prestTit 

 season. He will be kept on a Farm, n(ar the centre 

 of the town ol ^^ oirester, in the care of \V. James 

 Campbell, and by the rerffiission of the Trustees, his 

 sei vices will be charged at tbe reduced price of Three 

 Dollars, to each Cow, payable in advance, unless oth- 

 erwise agreed. 



; These Farmers v.ho arc desirous of improving- their 

 breed ofCatlle, parli^ ularly for the Hairy and tbe ?(;ill 

 by a cross with an animal ol the best stock in Fnglaud 



' or any other country, are advised to avail themselves 

 of the prp-ent opportunity, as the Bull will be removed 

 from the County, early in tbe lall. 

 Woicesler, April 27, 1826. 



be snprised at the view presented by the following 

 oincial stal.cuient of the value of silks imported in- 

 to llie United Stal-^'s the last five years. 

 Statement of the value of Silk Goods imported and 

 exported in the years 1821 to 1825, inclu:?ive : 



useful information, from Edmund C. Genet, Esq. 

 and also several communications from other gen- 

 tlemen, to whose attention the Committee ack- 

 nowledge their obligation. As the result of their 

 inquiries, believing that knowledge on the subject 

 is of the first importance, the Committee submit 

 the following resolution : 



Resolved, That tlie Secretary of the Treasury 

 cause to be prepared a well digested Manual con- 

 taining tiie best practical information that can be 

 collected, on the growth and manufacture of silk 

 adapted to the diS'ereiit parts of the Union, con- 



-..T, , 1 » - - 1 . ^ ^, . taiaing such fact^i and observations in relation to 



What a bountvis paui by us to suimort theagri- „ ,<■, n , -■>,-., 



.u ; t 1 .■ 4. r .1 1- tne growth and manutacture 01 silk in other coun- 



-culturist and inanulactnrer of other nations, on ar- . - " , „, . . ,. ., ^ », 



»;„i ,,.,!-, I .1 -ii *' r tries as may ue useiul and interesting, that the 



tides whicli our country, with a tew years of care, ^ , 1, r ^ , 



« ; .1 . ,„ i„ 1 u • . I -. - ^i_ i ..I • ;same be laid beiore Congress at the commence- 



nngiit sup dy ! How important it is thgit the agn- I . r ^1 • - 



culturist should turn his attention to new objects I "'"'* "'^ Ji e ne-.t session. 



of production, is very fully shown by the circum- \ ^ j,;^, ^^, .^j^ej by David Gilbert Esq. of Mang- 

 stance of the dimm.shed and diminishing demand | fipp,^ ^„j slaughtered at the age of eight months 

 ot bread stuffs abroad : ^^^^^. ^^^^^ ^ .^ .3^4 j^ j.^ oz.— [Gom- 



In 1817 the exports of breod stuffs ^ imunicated.] 



araoLuited to ) $20,374,000 

 1810 15,-388,000 I (t7='The Publisher of the New England Farmer, 



1824 - - . . . t),700,246 having iiited up his office with an assortment of 



1825 ----- 5,717,007 ' nev,- printing types, is ready to execute all kinds of 

 An importation often millions of dollars of silks! JOB PRINTING, in a neat manner, and at fair 



— an exportation of five millio 

 the fact speaks the importance of the subject, and 

 indicates the necessity of av.'akening the slumber- 

 ing agricultural resources of our country, by in- 

 troducing new and profitable articles of produc- 

 tion. Knowledge is power, in agriculture, no less 

 tiian in politics. Information is capital, and the 



M'drh Cow. 



-Ft)R'SALE, anew Wilch Cow, eight years old. — 

 •'^he hav-g:iven I'rom liJ to 2U quarts of milk a day, and 

 has a calf by hc-r side. Inquire of JOHN MEARti. 



-Dorchester, May It. 



