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many worms as eight men could in Europe, with the 

 old system. I have repeated it these last three years, 

 and succeeded always beyond my expectations. 



Last year I had an order from a house here, for one 

 hundred pounds of silkworms' eggs, for Italy ; it was 

 impossible for me to do anything toward filling such an 

 order, and I sold all I could dispose of at $12 per ounce, 

 and kept about half an ounce for my own use, so as to 

 have fresh eggs for this year. If I had enough eggs 

 for that order of one hundred pounds, it would have 

 been, even in reducing the price at wholesale, something 

 about $12,000. I do not know of any other culture 

 that the benefits derived could come near it, as you 

 have to work only two months at it, in all. 



I am very sorry that I kept such a small lot of eggs, 

 because I see that the demand for eggs continues as 

 you know I had, through you, an order from Mexico 

 for five hundred ounces, lately. A few days after I 

 had another order for five pounds, from Italy ; also two 

 other smaller orders, and we are only at the beginning 

 of the season, because these orders only come, generally 

 during the winter, as it is the proper season for them to 

 travel. I will certainly receive many other private or- 

 ders soon, but I will not be able to fill any, as I have 

 concluded to keep all the eggs on hand, so as to have a 

 good lot for next year. I am very glad to see that in 

 Europe they will have to draw on California for good 

 eggs, because their wet atmosphere is the cause that 

 their silkworms are diseased, and they will consequently 

 lose most of their crop in using domestic eggs, and thev 

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