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largest silk fairs held in any country in the 

 world. We have distributed hundreds of ounces 

 of eggs, thousands of trees and cuttings of the 

 mulberry, and thousands of tracts and pamphlets 

 on silk literature. . . . We have tested in every 

 practical way all the different kinds of the silk- 

 worm family and their foods, etc., and thousands 

 of pounds of cocoons. We also sent one of our 

 improved reels to Smyrna, in Turkey. And all 

 this, without any member of the association 

 receiving one cent for their time or service; and 

 that, too, with the very limited amount received 

 from the United States government. All the 

 various flags, dresses, etc., presented have been 

 paid for from the funds of the association, and 

 not from the government funds." 



A detailed account of profits and expenses of 

 this association is also given, but want of space 

 in this book forbids its insertion. 



Just as this body of women were beginning to 

 feel that with the continued aid of the govern- 

 ment for a few years, they would see the silk- 

 producing business of this country fixed on a 

 permanent basis, the Fifty-first Congress of the 

 United States refused to longer aid this special 

 branch of agricultural industry, and all appro- 

 priation of funds came to a sudden end. Not 

 only this, but it was then decided that the silk 



