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AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL FAIR OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 
For the best steel socket saw for trimming trees, 
American Agriculturist. 
For the best specimen of fruit and flower stands, 
Flower Garden Directory. 
For the best wire-work for training creeping plants, 
One Volume of the Farmer. 
For a display of rustic work, American Agriculturist. 
A special circular to silk culturists and manufac¬ 
turers has been issued by the American Institute, con¬ 
taining among other things the following questions. 
Other circulars have been issued to the governors of 
every state, members of congress, &c., in order to collect 
correct information, experimental, statistical, &c. 
To aid our correspondents, we present two series of 
questions to be answered. If you are a silk-grower, we 
ask as follows :— 
3. How long have you fed worms ? and what have 
been the general results each year ? 
2. What kind of a building do you use ? and how is 
the temperature regulated, if regulated at all ? 
3. Have you ever fed in an open shed or tent ? If so, 
state the results. 
4. What variety of silk-worm do you prefer ? 
5. What kind of trees do you use, and how do you 
manage them ? 
6. Have you tested and found any difference between 
early and late feeding ? 
7. Can you state The cause or causes of bad success 
in feeding, in any case or cases among your acquaint¬ 
ances engaged in the business 2 
8. Have you tested the use of the mulberry leaf, in 
its green or dry state, for paper? If not, will you do 
it this season, and communicate to me the results ? 
9. Have you tried any process, by water or dew 
rotting, to separate the bark of the young mulberry 
shoots from the woody fibres, so as to convert it into 
paper or silk fabrics ? If not, will you do it the pres¬ 
ent season, and communicate as above ? 
10. Any other information on any part of the silk cul¬ 
ture, or any suggestions on the general subject, will be 
thankfully received. 
If you are a manufacturer, please answer as fol¬ 
lows :— 
1. How long have you been engaged in manufac¬ 
turing silk ? 
2. What varieties of silk goods do you manufac¬ 
ture ? 
3. What amount of raw silk do you work up an¬ 
nually ? 
4. What amount of capital have you invested in the 
business ? 
5. What number of hands—male, female, and chil¬ 
dren—do you employ ? 
6. As a manufacturer, what is your opinion in re¬ 
gard to the quality of American raw silk, properly 
reeled, compared with the foreign article ? 
7. As a manufacturer, what is your opinion as to the 
comparative quality of the silk made from the different 
kinds of trees in common use : the Multicaulis, Cartius 
Asiatics, Brusa’s, Alpines, Italian Whites, and the na¬ 
tive American Mulberry ? 
8. In the present tariff on silks, are any modifica¬ 
tions needed in order to make it answer the designs 
contemplated in establishing it ? 
9. What are your views "in regard to the whole silk 
business as a permanent branch of American industry ? 
Is the enterprise feasible ? 
To the Competitors for Premiums in Agriculture , at 
the 36 th Annual Fair of the American Institute— The 
act of the legislature of this state, of May 5th, 1841, 
requires that <c before any premium shall be delivered, 
the person claiming the same, or to whom the same 
.may be awarded, shall deliver in writing to the presi¬ 
dent of the society,'as accurate a description of the pro¬ 
cess in preparing the soil, including the quantity and 
quality of manure applied, and in raising the crop, or 
in feeding the animal, as may be, and also of the ex¬ 
pense and product of the crop, or of increase in value 
of the animal, with the view of showing accurately the 
profit of cultivating the crop, or feeding or fattening 
the animal, 55 
Yon are respectfully requested to fhrnisli such de¬ 
scription to the clerk, at the time of entry. 
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE OF THE AMERICAN 
INSTITUTE. 
Jeremiah Johnson, Brooklyn, L. I. 
Charles Henry Hall, Harlaem, N. Y. 
Thomas Addis Emmett, do. 
Henry Whitney, New Haven, Conn. 
Nicholas Wyckoff, Bushwick, L. I. 
Isaac Adriance, New York city. 
John 0. Choules, do. 
Samuel Stevens, do. 
Edward Clark, do. 
Philip Schuyler, do. 
Thomas Bridgeman, do. 
John B. Jervis, do. 
Samuel Walker, Roxbury, Mass. 
David Haggerson, Watertown, Mass. 
EzitA P. Prentiss, Albany, N. Y. 
Joel Nott, do. 
Henry Meigs, New York. 
R. W. Harrison, do. 
Isaac M. Ely, do. 
B. V. French, Braintree, Mass. 
GENERAL PROGRAMME, AS FAR AS COMPLETE. 
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 6th and 7th.—Contribu¬ 
tions of articles will be received. 
Monday, 9th.-—They will be arranged. 
Tuesday, 10th.—The exhibition will open for visiters 
at 9 A. M., and continue till 10 P. M., through the 
fair. Introductory address 7| P. M., in Niblo’s Saloon. 
Fireworks 9| P. M. 
Wednesday, 11th.—Address in saloon at P. M. 
Thursday, 12th.—Silk Convention at 10| A. M. 
Address in saloon at 7| P. M. 
Friday, 13th.—Silk Convention continued. 
Saturday, 14th.—Address in the saloon at 7| P. M. 
Fireworks at 9| o’clock. 
Monday, 16th.—List of cattle, horses, &e., to be de¬ 
livered at the managers 5 room, at Niblo’s garden. 
Pedigrees signed by the owners required. The plow¬ 
ing exhibition and address at Paterson. 
Tuesday, 17th.—Making catalogue of cattle. Breed¬ 
ers’ Convention. 
Wednesday, 18th.—Cattle exhibition. The cattle 
must be on the ground by 9 A. M. 
Thursday, 19th.—Last day of cattle exhibition. Ad¬ 
dress on Agriculture, 7£ P. M. 
Friday, 20th.— Anniversary Address by Hon. D. D. 
Barnard of Albany. 
A number of other addresses will be delivered, &c.. 
&c. — 
TRUSTEES OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 
James' Tallmadge, President. 
Adoniram Chandler, } 
Willtam Inglis, > Vice Presidents. 
Shepherd Knapp, ) 
T. B. Wakeman, Corresponding Secretary 
G. J. Leeds, Recording Secretary. 
E. T. Backhouse, Treasurer. 
