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wise act on the part of the Legislature for them to offer 

 a noble bounty for the successful produce of the first 

 five pounds of sewing-silk made in the State. 



We feel confident, that if a bounty of $1,000, or 

 $5,000, or even $10,000 should be offered, it would bring 

 back into the State Treasury ten dollars for one, by 

 reason of the improvements and buildings, etc., which 

 would be under way for the purpose. The taxable 

 property in the State would be increased enough to pay 

 the bounty. We hope such an interest as this will 

 not be slighted. We learn, with much regret, that L. 

 Prevost, Esq., the zealous friend and promoter of this 

 valuable industry, has never received any just reward 

 for his untiring efforts to bring this business to a suc- 

 cessful issue, and although he has exhibited the silk- 

 worms, the' cocoons and the reeled silk, in a highly 

 creditable manner, at the District Fair at Marysville, 

 Stockton, San Francisco, and at the State Fair, no re- 

 ward of a medal, or even a just report has been ten- 

 dered him or made of this interest, except at the Fair 

 at Stockton, where a diploma was awarded him, to the 

 credit of San Joaquin District, be it said. 



We respectfully ask, shall so great an interest as that 

 of silk culture, which will be millions annually, be 

 passed by at our Fairs, while Guinea hens, lop-eared 

 rabbits and white swans, have prizes from five to twenty 

 dollars each ; and gold and silver goblets and cups are 

 given for articles that never can advance the interest of 

 the State. We hope our legislators will think of these 

 things. 



