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SteYoted to the €ulti&rc of Silk, Ag^rictilfurc and Rural Ecouoinj'. 



VOL. II. 



BOSTON, DECEMBER, 1836. 



NO. 8- 



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BOSTON, DECEMBER, 1836. 



Improved Silk Machfne. — We are gratified 

 to learn that the writer of the following letter has 

 succeeded in perfecting his uuintifncture of train, 

 organize and sewing silk. During the short viait 

 he made us last summer, described the machine 

 he had invented and used, and tlie impiovenients 

 of which it was susceptible, and left no doubt on 

 our mind of its being a valuable invention, both 

 for the silk grower and manufacturer. Not hav- 

 ing seen it, however, Ave cannot speak of its mer- 

 its with that confidence wliich ue might after a 

 careful examination, but judging from the inclosed 

 specimen of sewing silk, and the well known in- 

 ventive genius of Mr Botsford, we do not hesitate 

 to recommend to our silk friends to give it a trial. 

 We hope the several County Societies wi!i furnish 

 themselves with one of tliese machines as soon as 

 they can be procured; for if it proves to lie a val- 

 uable invention, they can afford Mr B. much aid 

 in introducing it to general use, a duty which we 

 shall owe him, and we trust be read}' to dis- 

 charge. 



RoxBiiRv, Ct. Oct. 15, 1836. 

 Mr. Comstock — Sir : Since I saw you 1 have 

 made considerable improvements in my machine 

 for manufacturing silk. It now takes it from the 

 cocoon and prepares it for the loom, or converts 

 it into sewing siilc, in the eatest possible man- 



ner. As a proof, I enclose you one skein with 

 this communication, for your inspection. My pa- 

 tent right I expect is secure, and I shall be able 

 to supply orders for the machinery next season. 

 Its great suf)eriority ever all other machinery, 

 known to rne, consists in this : it places the silk 

 from the cocoon directly on the spool, and from 

 the spool is converted into sewings, or prepared 

 for the loom, with great perfection, facilitj and 

 despatch. It will come out under the name of 

 the Silk Reeling, Doubling and Spinning Ma- 

 chine. In regard to its being simple and impor- 

 tant to silk growers, I will pledge myself to take 

 any person of common ingenuity, and instruct 

 him in one day, so that with the directions for us- 

 ing the machine, and a little of his own experi- 

 ence, he will be able, in a short time, to make 

 sewing silk that shall equal the best Italian. 



Another im|)ortant qualification is, it prevents 

 all waste. I presume that one hundred persons 

 employed in a factory would not waste one pound 

 in as many weeks. It is calculated for any num- 

 ber of spindles, from the small hand machine of 

 six, to the most extensive manufacturing establish- 

 ment. Isaac G. Botsford. 

 Silk Cultnrist.] 



APPIiE MOLASSKS. 



BY TRY AND SEE. 



Brother farmers, will you listen to me a few 

 minutes, while I tell you how to provide yourself 

 with a first rate article, and one of prime neces- 

 sity. You are probably in something of a haste, 

 though I hope you have your potatoes dug and 

 safe in your cellar, for there are many things a 

 farmer has to do to be ready for winter. It is just 

 about election time also, and every farmer should 

 manage so as to be able to drop in at the poll and 

 give his vote for a good man and true ; but do not 

 do, as many will, make the privilege of voting aa 



