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the efforts of this society, much good was accom- 

 plished by awakening an interest in silk-culture, 

 both among the producers and also with the 

 government officials. The association sent out 

 thousands of mulberry trees and cuttings to 

 twenty-eight different states. They also freely 

 distributed eggs, and literature giving instruction 

 in the silk business. They had made three 

 different kinds of silk-reels, and on them taught 

 many young women how to reel silk. From the 

 report of the first decade of their existence as a 

 society the following statements are quoted : 



'"We have bought, raised, and reeled 12,000 

 pounds of cocoons; have made 2,000 yards of 

 silk dress-goods; have sold 1,500 pounds of 

 reeled and raw silk; have made forty silk United 

 States flags; and have made dozens of silk hand- 

 kerchiefs, fringes, ribbons, brocaded velvets, trim- 

 mings, sewing-silk, etc. Seventeen of these flags 

 we presented to the Central and South American 

 governments. We presented to Mrs. James A. 

 Garfield the first silk dress made from silk raised 

 by our association. We have sent exhibits of our 

 work, reels, and reelers to almost every large 

 state and agricultural fair held within the last 

 decade. We sent a very large exhibit to the fair 

 held in the city of London, England, a few years 

 ago. We also held in Philadelphia two of the 



