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persuasion, in fully demonstrating to them that we are 

 in the best silk country, so that before going into it, they 

 may be fully convinced that they are going into the best 

 and most profitable business for them and the country at 

 large. 



25th. We are sending out about seven millions of dol- 

 lars annually to import silk for our ladies ; and it is im- 

 mense, the quantity of millions sent out for that article, 

 if we take all the United States together. Every one 

 of you understand the importance of retaining such a 

 large amount in the country. But not only must we do 

 all we can to raise enough for our own consumption, but 

 also for exportation. 



26th. Why I address the farmers, and tell them the 

 importance of the silk culture for them, is because they 

 arc the men qualified for it ; as, besides what I have 

 said, there is another important point for them, and that 

 is, that it does not interfere with their other crops ; it 

 just comes at the moment they have least to do, and 

 then, instead of interfering with the other crops, I find 

 that they help each other, as the building needed for 

 the worms, is also of great importance for the other pro- 

 ducts of the farm. 



27th. The reeling of the silk will also, in future, be 

 done by the farmers' wives and daughters. But, being in 

 a hurry, as it is late in the season, I will prepare that 

 article, and will have it in my second edition, with many 

 other additions. 



28th. Count Hazzi states that seven to ten pounds of 

 cocoons will make a pound of raw silk. In some silk 



