84 PREMIUMS OFF EKED. 



9. To the person wlio shall be found in the autumn of 1S37, 

 to have improved or increased his present means of prosecuting 

 the culture of silk to the greatest extent, and upon the most 

 economical and practical plan, within this county, 



twenty dollars. 



10. To the second greatest extent, fifteen dollars. 



11. To the person who shall fit up a building, room, or 

 apartment, which, from its size, shape, fixtures, means of venti- 

 lation, &ic., &ic., shall be judged best calculated to secure the 

 health and growth of the silk worm, afford the best convenience 

 for feeding, cleaning the shelves, or stands, and fixing the arch- 

 es, &ic. for the cocoons, and which, from its simplicity and 

 economical structure, shall be such as may be generally adopted 

 by those who may engage to a considerable extent in the silk 

 culture, a premium of thirty dollars. 



REMARKS. 



All applications for the foregoing premiums must be accom- 

 panied with statements of the expense of time and money in- 

 curred, the whole manage ment of the trees, worms, kc, the 

 method of reeling and manufacture of the silk, and whatever 

 may be necessary to enable the committee, and all concerned, 

 to judge of the expediency of encouraging the farmers of the 

 county generally to engage in the culture of silk, to estimate 

 the benefits which may result to others from the knowledge of 

 the experiments and practices of the claimants, in the prosecu- 

 tion of this new and interesting business. 



Jt is the object of the society to reward valuable improve- 

 ments only, and consequently it will not feel bound to pay the 

 premiums offered, unless something superior, more valuable, and 

 better of its kind, is exhibited than those nurseries, plantations, 

 and specimens of silk, k.c., for which premiums have heretofore 

 been given. On the other hand, gratuities will be given, should 

 any valuable invention or improvement in ihe cultivation of the 

 white or Chinese mulberry trees, the management of silkworms, 

 the njanufacture of silk, or any thing calculated to promote the 



