SILK GROWER'S MANUAL. 2H 



[From the California Farmer, Nov. 30, I860.] 



SILKWORMS AND MULBERRY TREES. 



We are again favored with a very interesting letter 

 from that zealous friend (Mons. Prevost of San Jose) 

 of those important enterprises, the raising of silkworms, 

 the manufacture of silk, and the growing of mulberry 

 trees ; although intimately linked together, they are 

 separate enterprises, and should each of them be duly 

 considered by our citizens as worthy the earnest atten- 

 tion of all who are so situated as to give the matter seri- 

 ous thought. That the breeding of silkworms and the 

 manufacture of silk and silk goods will become an im- 

 portant branch of industry in our State in coming years, 

 we have not the least doubt. We believe the amount 

 will be told in millions of dollars annually ; and it be- 

 hooves those who have land suitable to the culture of 

 the mulberry to think of it in season. As is justly said 

 by Mr. Prevost, the Moms Multicaulis will do for the 

 worms in their early stages of growth ; then other vari- 

 eties Morus Moretti, Morus Alba, and Morus Niyra. 



The coming season there will be considerable interest 

 felt in this enterprise, and a more extended atten- 

 tion paid to it. We shall give space in our columns for 

 the information needed for it, and shall record its pro- 

 gress. We feel that our State is largely indebted to 

 Mons. Prevost, and to H. Hentsch, Esq., and all others 

 who have been successful in thus laying the foundation 

 for this truly great work. We would also accord to 

 Mons. Prevost due praise for his zeal in past years, and 



