PRACTICAL FARMER, 



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he has not tteen iintDindful that there are hidden 

 treasures in the field. Al)Out one hundred and 

 fiftyfive loads were taken from a pond-hole, whieh 

 the Committee helie*e will prove very valuable 



manure. 



»T.,..„ g„.^ y^.Q a,-y obliged to pause in want of 

 claims. You allow us more money, which we 

 should rejoice to avv«<il to merit. Hut our far- 

 mers either neglect the labors necessary to give 

 them merit, or feel too independent to ask any 

 reward of us. If there be neglect of labors, if 

 irnjirovemcnts be not proceeding, our ])rosjiects 

 are growing not merely disheartening to tlie ardent 

 friends of agriculture, but alarming to every patri- 

 ot. — The signs of the tinies seem to justify the 

 broad assertion, that notliing short of the strong 

 attachment t) our native soil which is generated 

 and confirmed in a course of good cultivation, can 

 save this country from tbe prcvnliriiCT; of motjourii- 

 cy and lynchisni- To negligent Farmers, we say, 

 rouse ! your honor and independence are at risk ; 

 your country calls for your exertions, in years 

 when the influences of the skies are propitious, 

 scorn the idea, as one direct step towards a relapse 

 to colonial dependence, ot going to Europe for 

 your hread siiifiTs. — If with ail our variety of soil 

 and climate, we will not bestow the necessary la- 

 bor to obtain articles of first hnportance, the time 

 may not be far distant when, rather, tlian submit 

 to the inconveniences of. an electioneering cam- 

 paign, we siiall be inclined to take our President 

 from Europe. No doubt we could be fiu'nished 

 with such an article from there, at very small first 

 cost. The easy, inde[)endent farmer, who is sat- 

 isfied with the reward he receives from his soil, 

 who thinks it too trifling an object for him to seek 

 a f)remium, we earnestiv invite to come and shew 

 us what he has accomplished ; come for the sake 

 of example; come, in support of a good cause. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



MoRRiL Allen, Chairman. 



tion and how eagerly would the beaux press for- 

 ward for her hand ! — And well might they seek 

 such wives, for they would be worth having. — 

 Reading Press. 



Berks Coumy Sflk. — We have Recently ex- 

 amined a si)ecimcn of Seivittg Silk, the first ever 

 manufactured in this county, and it was of sucii 

 a quality, and tlie manner of its production so 

 creditable, that it did our hearts good. It \v w 

 the entire |)r!)d: ction of a young lady near Rea - 

 ing, one of Berks county's fairest daughters, who 

 reared and fed the worms, sjum the silk from the 

 cocoons, and doubled and twisted it into skeins, 

 all with her own hands. Here new is the exam- 

 ple set to our young ladies, and we are persua- 

 ded they are about to imitate it, as a large quanti- 

 ty of mulberry seed has gone into diflferent parts 

 of the county from this place. How irresistible 

 would be the charms of the youMg lady, when 

 dressed in the fabric of her own hands' produc- 



( I'rnm the Maine FHrmer.) 

 REPORT OF IIirCIDENTAl. COMMITTEE. 



The Incidental Cjinmittee ap|)ointed by the Ken- 

 nebec County Agricultural Society, having at- 

 tended to the duty assig led them, submit the 

 following Report : 



We have examined with a very lively interest 

 the machine for spinning and twisting Silk, pre- 

 sented by Mr Adam Rrooks of Scituate, Mas*. — 

 Although your committee have no pract'cal knowl- 

 edge of the art of reeling or s|)nining silk, yet as 

 Mr Brooks, having provided himself with cocoons, 

 was able to give us a practical iilustratic n of the 

 operation of his machine, we were convinced of 

 the justness of his claims to excellence, by wit- 

 nessing the ease and despatch with wl ich it jier- 

 formed the bns.ness for which it was designed. 



Taking into' consideration the already great, still 

 increasinj;, and wide spread interest that is mani- 

 fested in the silk business — the mportance of 

 that business — the undoubtedly good policy of 

 encouraging it, and the extensive usefulness of an 

 efBcient labor-saving machine, as an iuixiiijtry 

 thereto, we cannot but feel, so far as the funds 

 at our disposal will allow us to, very liberaUy dis- 

 posed towards ftir Brooks, and cordially recom- 

 mend that there ha given to him a gratuity of ten 

 dollars. 



MR BnOOKs' STATEMENT. 



To the Incidental Committee of the Kennebec Coun- 

 ty JJirricultnral Society. 



Agreeably to your request I make the following 

 statement respecting my domestic Silk Spinner and 

 Twister presented in ojteiation for your inspection 

 — with some remarks on the first process of man- 

 ufacturing Silk from the coc( ons. 



With one of my improved Silk Spinners and 

 Twisters, such as the one pres(.'nted, having three 

 spindles, a boy and a girl twelve or fourteen years 

 old can spin from 150 to 175 skeins of sewing 

 silk in ten hours from tlic cocoons, and finisli them 

 ready for cleansing and coloring. Or they may 

 prepare nearly as much twist in the same time. 

 They can spin more in length than one seven knot 

 skein, each knot containing 80 yards ni length to 

 each spindle per liour. 



One person can manage the cocoons and 

 threads while running or spinning sewiug si:k 

 for six spindles, and running at the same time 

 and moved by water, steam or horse power, and 

 if the cocoons are of the best quality, even more 

 than this if the threarls are wanted fine for warp 



