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Devoted to the Culture of Silk, Agriculture, and Rural Economy. 



VOL. 1. 



BOSTON, APRIL, 183G. 



NO. 12. 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 



GEORGE C. BARRETT, 



51 Sf 52 JVorth Market St, at the JV. E. Farmer Office. 

 T. G. FESSENDEN, Editou. 



Fifty cents per year — twelve copies for five dollars 

 — always in advance. 



0= Postmasters and Agents allowed 10 per cent on 

 all subscribers. 



BOSTON, APRIL, 183G 



(For the Silk iManua! ) 



Mr Fessendkk— I avail myself of the medium 

 of your Journal; devoted to tiie dissemination of 

 information i-elating to ttie cultivation of the Mul- 

 berry, and the raising and manufacturing of silk 

 in the United States, to communicate such intelli- 

 gence as tlie results of others, and i;jy own ex])e- 

 rience may from time to time furnish. 



The whole subject of the growtli an<l manufac- 

 ture of silk in this country, is receiving the atten- 

 tion of intelligent and discerning individuals, in 

 public and in private, which its imi)ortance de- 

 mands. 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, tiil it becomes one of the great sources 

 of individual and national [)rosperity. 



I'he silk business will naturally divide itself into 

 thi'cc great departments: first, the cultivation of 

 the Mulberry and raising the Cocoons. Second, 

 the production of raw silk and threads in the first 

 degrees of manufacture, as singles, organzine, 

 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, I have 

 furnished tlie following estimates of the number 

 of jiounds of leaves consumed l)y 200,000 woims, 

 reared from five ounces of eggs, each day through 

 their five successive changes. The exi-erimcnts 

 from which these estimates are taken, were made 



in Italy in th 

 dard weight 

 dard weight 



First Age. 

 1st day 

 2d " 

 3d " 

 4lh " 

 5th " 



Second Jige. 

 6tl) day 

 7tli " 

 8tli " 

 i)th " 



Third .Oge. 

 lOtli day 

 lllh " 

 latli " 

 13tli '' 

 14th " 

 15th •' 



Fourth Jlgc. 

 •IGtii day 

 17th " 

 18th " 

 19th " 

 20th •'< 

 21st " 

 22d " 



Fijth Age. 

 23d day 

 24tli " 

 2oth " 

 2(ith " 

 27th " 

 28th " 

 29tli " 

 30th " 

 31st " 

 32d " 



e years 1813 and 1814, and the stan- 

 of that country changed to the stan- 

 of the United States. 



1813 



May 18 

 ". 19 

 " 20 

 " 21 

 " 22 



" 23 

 " . 24 

 " 25 

 " 2G 



" 27 

 " 28 

 " 29 

 " 30 

 " 31 

 June 1 



" 9 



" 10 



" 11 



" 12 



" 13 



" 14 



" 15 



" 16 



" 17 



First age 

 Second " 

 Third " 

 Fourth " 

 Fifth " 



Consumed 



Unconsumed 



Lost 



Pounds of Leaves. 



4 



7 

 14 



8 



2 

 —35 



21 

 35 



38^ 

 lOA 



-105 



35 

 105 

 114 

 61 

 35 

 GO 



113^ 

 192i 

 262i 

 297i 

 149 

 35 

 GO 



-1050 



210 

 315 



490 

 630 

 945 

 1137^ 

 1050 

 770 

 577| 

 280 



-6405 



35 



105 



350 



1050 



6405 



7945 

 831 

 612 



9388 



