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are recorded in this report, whether successful or not. And the ques- 

 tion is settled that the silk culture, under proper management, may 

 be advantageously pursued throughout a greater pait of the United 

 States, and it is believed that the folly would not be greater to import 

 foreign grain for our consumption than to import silk. Care, watch- 

 fulness and skill are essential to success. For the want (f it the 

 silk of some countries is uniformly sold fifty per cent lower than that 

 of other countries ; and the difference is probably' not less in the 

 quantity produced, where skill in the hatching, leeding, or good 

 management of this delicate insect is wanting. The universal testi- 

 mony is favorable to our climate for the production of silk. Failures 

 in the undertaking are minutely related so that the causes can be un- 

 derstood, and the successful means employed are also detailed. The 

 substance of all the knowledge which the experience of one hundred 

 and fifty practical culturists have acquired by years of experience, 

 are embodied in this short report. It is a guide of inestimable value, 

 and should be studied by all interested in the silk culture. 



Catalogue and pedigrees of Improved Cattle, exhibited at the 

 16th Fair, is marked J. The main object of the Institute in the 

 show of stock, has been to collect a few of the very best of high 

 blood, with striking points, from the most noted herds in our country, 

 and not to crowd the ground with ordinary animals. This was 

 accomplished at the last Fair, to the acceptation of the best judges 

 which our country affords. The celebrity of the names of the 

 breeders alone, would be an ample guarantee for this, and the reports 

 on stork will be a safe directory to all those who aim to propagate 

 the most improved breeds. 



The account of sales, m.arked K., of American flour, beef, India 

 pork, prime mess pork, good American butter, grease butter, lard, 

 cheese and tallow, effected in London, in 1S43, with freight, &c., 

 is affixed to show the farmer what he has to expect from the great 

 market of Europe, and also for his consideration, whether it is not 

 his interest to look to and encourage the home market as most relia- 

 ble for fair and steady prices. 



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