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Dr. Daniel Stebbins, Samuel Wells, and A. W. Thayer, having 

 been appointed to present resolutions for the consideration of the con- 

 vention, made the following report, which was read, discussed, and 

 unanimously adopted : 



1. Resolved, That the general and widely extended distribution of 

 the last year's report, has awakened an interest in favor of the silk 

 cause exceeding our most sanguine expectations. 



2. Resolved, That this convention very highly appreciate the favor- 

 able notice which the American Institute has taken of the silk cause, 

 and that we regard the efforts they are now using, as signally auspici- 

 ous of happy results. 



3. Resolved, That in view of the experiments already made, we 

 feel assured that our soil and climate will produce silk in abundance, 

 of the very best quality, and equal to any imported : and that the 

 United States have all the facilities for becoming a great silk growing 

 country. 



4. Resolved, That the people of this country, can raise and manu- 

 facture all their own silks, as easily as their own cottons and woollens, 

 and as rapidly as Mulberry trees can be multiplied ; provided the early 

 and open system of feeding be adopted. 



5. Resolved, That with a view to encourage the culture of silk more 

 extensively, a reasonable State bounty on cocoons and reeled silk is de- 

 airable. We therefore recommend that measures be adopted to procure 

 the passage of laws for that purpose, in those States where such laws 

 do not already exist. 



6. Resolved, That this convention appoint delegates to attend the 

 National Silk Convention, to be holden in the city of New- York, on 

 the 12th and l3th days of this month, and present to the trustees of 

 the American Institute, the returns which have been received by this 

 body from silk growers, to be at the disposal of said managers, and 

 also to represent our views and feelings on the silk subject. 



7. Resolved, That the silk growing enterprise is deserving the patro- 

 nage of every State in the Union, and that the cause would be essen- 

 tially promoted by the formation of State and county silk associations 

 throughout the Union. 



8. Resolved, That the next annual meeting of this convention be 

 held at Northampton, Mass., on the first Wednesday of October, 1844. 



The following persons were appointed delegates to the National Silk 

 Convention, to be holden in the city of New-York, on the 12th and 

 13th days of October, 1843, pursuant to the sixth resolution. 



J. R. Barbour, Oxford, Mass. 



Daniel Stebbins, Northampton, Mass. 



Joseph Conant, " " 



J. A. Stetson, " " 



Ephraim Montague, Belcherstown, Mass. 



Timothy Smith, Amherst, Mass. 



Leonard Barton, Gill, Mass. 



D. W. Dexter, Claremont, N. H. 



E. M. Hollister, Brattleboro', Vt. 



