S16 |Sei»at» 



P. S. Fifty yards of satin, the same as the enclosed, was sold for 

 vesting, by myself from the loom, without the usual dressing with roll- 

 ers, (that I used in England,) at $3.00 per yard. This was a fair 

 profit on the manufacturing, — and was considered much lower than 

 the imported satin, by those who bought it. 



A. D. Garden, Kashville^ Tenn. 



[As a further confirmation of the rapid progress of the silk culture 

 in Tennessee, I am permitted to present the following extiact from 

 a business letter received by Mr. Gill, while in New-York attending 

 the convention, covering a bill of several shipments of cocoons, 

 amounting to 410 bushels. The letter was written by Mr. A: D. 

 Garden, referred to above, as agent of the Co., and as having himself 

 fed 1,430 lbs. cocoons in open feeding with full success. J. R. B.] 



"The above purchases of cocoons exceed the funds placed by you 



in my hands by $ and exceed the quantity you authorized me 



to purchase. There are many more offering in this market for sale, 

 but as you inform me that you have as many as you can reel in your 

 own vicinity, I decline further purchases. I hope you will take these. 

 I hope also by another year, we shall be able to do better in this 

 State, in the way of reeling. 



"You will see at the Fair a sample of satin wove by Mr. Turner. 

 We should be very much pleased to have you represent Tennessee, 

 or our infant silk factory, in the convention. 



"As you will see eastern manufacturers at the convention, perhaps 

 you can make arrangements to have our surplus cocoons purchased 

 and sent east — any thing you can do to provide a market for our 

 cocoons we shall be thankful for. If the market fails the growers 

 will become discouraged. 



" There are three or four times as many cocoons raised in this Slate 

 this year as ever before, and it is your system of shed and cradle 

 feeding that has done the thing. There can be no doubt, if the mar- 

 ket can be continued, they will be increased in quantity and quality. 

 I have saved over 100 ounces of peanut eggs. From this stock the 

 silk growers can take a good start, and raise the very best of co- 

 coons." 



[I cut the following scrap from the newspapers, bearing on the 

 san)e subject. J. R. B. | 



Gov. Jones, of Tennessee has been presented with a full suit of 

 do!T)estic silk by the silk growers of that State, in acknowledgement 

 of his efficient services to the cause of American Industry, in his can- 

 vass last summer. He responded thus : 



Nashville, Oct. 18, 1843. 



Gentlemen ; — I receive with a very grateful sense of the value of 

 the compliment, the present of a rich and beautiful suit of domestic 



