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use, would add very considerably to individual benefit, 

 and of course to the public prosperity. 

 All which is respectfully submitted, 



For the Committee, 



G. B. PERRY. 



GEORGE HOODS STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Mulberry Trees : 



Gentlemen — Among the premiums offered by the 

 Essex Agricultural Society, I find some for the cultiva- 

 tion of mulberry trees, silk, &c. I have a plantation 

 of several thousand mulberry trees, of different vari- 

 eties at my farm on Water Hill, in this town, to which I 

 invite the attention of your Committee. With a view 

 to render what little aid I can in calling public atten- 

 tion to the production of silk, I offer my plantation for 

 the premiums. 



No. 1. For the best plantation of mulberry 

 trees, for which no premium has been awarded, 

 at least one hundred trees of three years growth 

 or more, the same being in a thriving con- 

 dition, ,^15 00 



For the second best, 10 00 



2. For the best nursery of mulberry trees, at 

 least 500 trees, not exceeding two years growth, 10 00 



For the second best, 5 00 



For the first two, Nos. 1 and 2, I have many more 

 than the required number of trees, of suitable age and 

 condition. 



For Nos. 3 and 4, I shall, if successful in my experi- 

 ments, endeavor to lay before the Society "a statement 

 in writing of the facts relating thereto." 



Yours, very respectfully, 



GEORGE HOOD. 



