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experience of those engaged in its manufacture. We frequently find it 

 filled with burs, and its color often presenting different shades of white- 

 ness. This appears to result from want of care, or a want of the proper 

 knowledge of the business, and, of course, is a difficulty which time 

 will overcome. AVe feel assured of this, as we have purchased some 

 beautiful lots of 7\.merican floss which have fully met our desires. 



Permit me to add, that I am rejoiced to find the subject of silk cul- 

 ture and manufacture, receiving increased attention. Since its first in- 

 troduction into our country, my faith in its ultimate success, complete 

 and entire, has not wavered. I early became satisfied that we were 

 paying into the Iiands of foreigners a large amount of money annually, 

 which could and ought to be paid to our citizens. So great has been 

 my desire to encourage it, that I have not unfiequently purchased the 

 American article of floss, when it had to be used to some disadvantage. 

 I wish you great success in your attempt to excite the public attention 

 to this iujportant and highly interesting subject. 



Isaac E. Jones, Richmond, Ind. — I accidentally, a few days since, 

 saw one of your Silk Circulars, and perused it with much interest, and 

 being in a small way engaged in both the growing and manufacturing 

 of silk, and feeling much anxiety for its progress and encouragement in 

 the United States, I felt willing to cast my mite into the treasury. I 

 should not, however, have attempted it but for the observations in the 

 last paragraph of your Circular. 



Answers on growing' silk. 



1. We have fed more or less three years past, and feel stimulated to 

 persevere in the business. 



2. We occupy the upper story of our factory to feed in, and use Til- 

 linghasl's suspended frames. 



3. We have never fed in an open shed or tent — the temperature ought 

 to be uniform — 70 to 80. 



4. We prefer the mammoth sulphur variety, both for the grower and 

 manufacturer. 



5. W'e use the rauliicaulis entirely, and plant in large rows four feet 

 apart, cut 12 to 15 inches high. Feed branches. 



6. We have tried both, and believe early and midsummer feeding 

 best. 



7. We think bad success in feeding is mostly owing to bad stock and 

 want of ventilation. 



8. We have not, but intend to try it this fall. 



9. We think it may become useful ; from a small experiment of wa- 

 ter-rotting, the fibres are fine and strong. 



Answers on mantifacturing. 



1. We have been manufacturing 8 or 10 months. 



2. We make at present satins, ladies' dress silks, cravats, scarfs, (fee, 

 &c., of different colors. 



