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your Bulletin, niul to refer it to the Commission 

 ou .Medals. (Signed) Soulanqe HoniN, 



Reporter. 



(Fruin the Silk Mnnual ) 

 Mr FessExNdk.n — I aviiil myself of the medium 

 of your Journal, devoted to the dissemination of 

 information relating to the cidtivation of the .Mul- 

 berry, and the raising and manufacturing of si'k 

 in the United States, to communirate such intelli- 

 gence as the results of others, and my own e.xpe- 

 rience may from time to time furnish. 



The whole sidijfcct of the growth and manufac- 

 ture of silk in this coui)try,is receiving the atten- 

 tion of intelligent and discerning individuals, in 

 public and in private, which its importance de- 

 iiuiiids. And the liberal provisions for its encour- 

 agement, by ths legislatures of most of the New 

 England States, will give to this business in its 

 incipient stages, an impetus which will carry it 

 onward, till it becomes one of the great sources 

 of individual and national prosperity. 



1 he silk business will naturally divide itself into 

 three great deparunents : first, the cultivation of 

 the Mulberry and raising the Cocoons. Second, 

 the production of rawsiik and threads in the first 

 degrees of manufacture, as singles, organzinc, 

 tram, &c. Third, the various productions of the 

 loom, from the simplest trimming, to the most 

 perfect and elegant fabric. 



These departments may be divided or combined 

 as the interest or convenience of those engaged 

 in them may render expedient. 



Connected with the first department, 1 have 

 furnished the following estimates of the number 

 of pounds of leaves consumed by 200,000 worms, 

 reared from five ounces of eggs, each day through 

 their five successive changes. The experiments 

 from which these estimates are taken, were made 

 in Italy in the years 1813 and 1814, and the stan- 

 dard weight of that country changed to the stan- 

 dard weight of the United States. 



First J)ge. 

 1st day 

 2d " 

 3d " 

 4tii « 

 5th " 



Second Age. 

 6tb day 

 7th " 

 8th " 

 9th " 



Third Age. 

 10th day 

 11th " 

 12ih " 

 IStii •' 

 14th " 

 15th •' 



Fourth Age. 

 lOth day 

 17th " 

 18th " 

 19th " 

 20th " 

 21st " 

 22d " 



Fifth Age. 

 23d dav 

 24th '"' 

 25th " 

 26th " 

 27th '= 

 28th " 

 29lh " 



1813 



23 

 24 

 25 

 26 



" 27 



" 28 

 « 29 

 " 30 

 " 31 

 June 1 



Pounds of Leaves. 

 4 

 7 

 14 



8 



21 



35 

 38i 

 lOJ 



35 

 105 

 114 

 61 

 35 

 00 



1I3J 

 192i 

 262A 

 2974 

 149 

 35 

 00 



210 

 315 



490 

 030 

 945 

 1137i 

 1050 



First Age. 

 1st day 

 2d " 

 3d " 

 4tli " 

 5ih " 

 6th " 



Second Age. 



"ill day 



8lli " 



9th " 

 lOlh " 

 nth " 

 12m " 



Third Age. 

 13tli day 

 14th " 

 l.'ith " 

 16ih " 

 17ih " 

 18th " 

 19lh " 



Fourth Age. 

 •>0\h day 

 21st " 

 22d " 

 23d " 

 24ili " 

 25ih " 

 26lh " 



Fifth Age. 

 27th day 

 28lh " 

 29th " 

 30th " 

 31st " 

 32d " 

 33d " 

 34 th " 

 35th " 

 3Gth " 

 37th " 



Kiist u< 

 Sci-diul ' 

 Third ' 

 Fcnrth ' 

 Fifth ' 



Consum 

 Uncor 



Lust 



mcd 

 sunied 



1814 



May 23 



" 24 



" 25 



" 20 



" 27 



" 28 



" 5s9 



" 30 



" 31 



June 1 



770 

 5T74 

 280 

 6405 



35 



105 



350 

 J 050 

 6405 



7945 

 831 

 612 



9388 

 Pounds uf Leaves. 

 2i 

 4 

 5i 

 lOi 

 9 

 4d 

 36 



17 

 27 

 26 



-i 

 94 



24i 

 o2i 

 70 

 105 

 c(7i 

 35 

 34 



874 

 149 

 210 

 2274 

 280 

 1224 



210 

 315 

 4^0 

 5424 

 030 

 790 

 960 

 11374 

 875 

 490 

 315 



C 



30 



94 



378 



1085 



6685 



8278 

 700 

 507 



9485 



The experiment of 1814 was ma<le during a re- 

 markably cool and damp season ; which accounts 

 for the protracted length of tlie several ages, and 

 of the want of vigor in the insects. 



.According to results which have actually been 

 made, the average produce of 200,000 worms, es- 

 timating 296 cocoons to a pound, will be 675 

 pounds of cocoons, and will yield 75 pounds of 

 raw silk ; which, at (ive dollars per pound, will 

 amount to 375 dollars, and including the bounty 

 on 675 pounds of cocoons $67,50 ; and the bounty 

 on 75 pounds of raw silk, §37,50, tiio whole 

 amount will be $480, presenting a pros])ect of 



rcintincr.'ition for agricultural labor, worthy tho 

 attention of every farmer and of prodtalile em- 

 ployment to every limnly in New England. 



EUANKLIN. 



THE CUr-TliRE OP SILK. 



'We have olitaiui'd from .Mr liarllelf, the copy (jf 

 a letter from the Kev. Dr Wood, of liosrawen, 

 which he read at the lecture delivered by him, on 

 the Culture of Silk, before the Lyceum on Tues- 

 day last. -Mr Rartlett introduced the letter with 

 a brief notice of the life and services of Dr Wood, 

 paying a high and just tribute of |)raise to that 

 distinguished and vener.ible clergyman. 



The letter contains interesting facts in relation 

 to the culture of silk, and they have the advantage 

 of coming from most unipiestioned authority. 

 Wo publish the letter entire. — Portsmouth Journal 

 of March 26. 



"BoscawEn, Dec: 7, 1835. 

 IcHABOD Bartlett, Esq. 



. Dear StVj — In answer to your inquiries, I ob- 

 serve — It is about thirlyfive years since J brought 

 of the White Mulberry tree, from Connecticut, a 

 sprout of one year's growth. About ten years af- 

 ter, I brought from Connecticut some eggs of the 

 silk worm. The tree that I first brought is about 

 thirtyfive or six ye.-HS old, and I liave made silk 

 from the leaves of about twentyfive years. I 

 have annually stripped the tree of all its leaves in 

 the month of June, for those twentyfive years iii 

 succession. The tree is yet in a flourishing state- 

 When I raised young trees from the seeds of my 

 old tree, I gave them away ; till within a few 

 years sincPy r have saved a few, which are yet 



small. From my old tree, I have made silk a 



large supply for my family's use, and have had an 

 overplus of several dollars worth annually. 



The last year, with some help fl-om my youij" 

 trees, the silk was valued at more than twenty 

 dollars. This year 1 did not lay out so larsrely. 

 Perhaps I had four thousand worms. The trees 

 which I brought from Connecticut, 1 have preser- 

 ved for about twenty odd years, and they are 

 equally good now as when I first had them. 



My object has not been to multiply the trees aa 

 1 might have done, but to learn the nature of the 

 business, — and I am satisfied that the cultivation 

 of silk may be made usefid and profitable in this 

 country. 



I am yours in the bonds of friendship. 



SAMUEL WOOD." 



BoTS IN HoKSES — Symptoms. — - Stamping 

 forcibly on the ground with either of his fore 

 feet and frequently striking at his belly with bis 

 hind ones. Belly projected and hard — shows 

 symptoms of uneasines.s, such as groaning and 

 looking back towards his side laying down, &c. 



Cure — Take of bees wax, mutton tallow and 

 sugar, each eight ounces, and put it into one quart 

 of new milk, and warm it until it is melted. Then 

 put it into a bottle and give it just before the wax 

 begins to liarden. About two hours after give 

 physic. The hots will be discharged in large 

 mimhers, each piece of wax having some of them 

 sticking to it. — Barre Gazette. 



Cure for Scratches. — -White lead, prepared 

 in oil for painting, well put on with a brush. One 

 application generally produces a cure. 



