PliEMUTMS OFFERED. 6'i 



9. To the person vvlio shall be found in the autumn of 1838 

 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, he, &c., 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 arches, 

 he. for the cocoons, and which, from its simplicity and econom- 

 ical 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 management of the trees, worms, &;c., 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 prosecution 

 of this new and interesting business. 



It 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 

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

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

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

 any valuable invention or improvement in the cultivation of the 

 white or Chinese mulberry trees, the management of silk worms^, 



