DIRECTIONS 



FOR 



THE CUI.TIJKE ©F SIIiK, &c. 



By the Committee on that subject. 



In the prosperity of agriculturists the whole community are 

 deeply interested. Whatever increases their profits, encoura- 

 ges their hearts, and stimulates their industry, adds more than 

 any thing else to the permanent wealth of the nation. Every 

 true fi-iend of his country, must wish to see farmers better 

 rewarded for their labour than they for several years past have 

 been. It would seem that to effect this object, recourse must 

 be had to the production of other commodities, in addition to 

 such as are now generally grown in this county. At present, 

 nothing seems to promise better than the culture of silk. For 

 many centuries past this article has well rewarded its producers. 

 And there is no probability, that the present or future genera- 

 tions, will hold it in less esteem. Like gold it possesses an 

 intrinsic value, and will never cease to be in demand. Noth- 

 ing yet discovered can supply its place, and there is no proba- 

 bility that any other article will ever supersede its use. The 

 cultivation of white mulberry trees and the rearing of silk worms 

 has enriched every people who have with patience and perse- 

 verance devoted a judicious portion of their labour to it. Can it 

 fail to bestov/ like blessings on the free and industrious citizens of 

 this Commonwealth ? Farmers of Essex, can you longer hesi- 

 tate ? White mulberry trees, seed, and eggs, together with the 

 necessary directions for managing the whole business, are now 

 within your reach. Nor need the reward be so distant as you 

 may at first suppose ; a great many small trees will produce as 

 much food lor the worms as a few large ones. An acre of 



