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in the world why California should not bo eminently 

 successful in this business, almost immediately, only the 

 public mind has not seized upon it strongly enough to 

 make a morus multicauUs fever ; but when it does 

 come, it will have its run, like every other speculation, 

 and then settle down into a quiet and prosperous busi- 

 ness. 



Some weeks since we published an interesting letter 

 from Mons. Prevost, of San Jose, upon the silkworm, 

 in which he spoke of his success, and of others who 

 had been successful, showing also the demand already 

 for the eggs, both for home use and for France and 

 Italy, the fact being now established that California 

 can rear a healthier silkworm than most other parts of 

 the world, and orders have come to our State for a very 

 large amount of eggs the past year. 



Recently, a vessel from Japan brought to our city 

 sixty-four cases silkworms' eggs, the value being some- 

 thing like $20,000. These were imported here to 

 order, to be immediately reshipped to France via Pan- 

 ama, thence to Southampton and to Havre. 



There can be no doubt but that the raising of the 

 silkworm and the preparing of the eggs for sale will be 

 a profitable business for this State, as it is a well known 

 fact, that of late years a fatal disease has made havoc 

 with the silkworm of France and Italy, and they will 

 become purchasers of all we have to spare. 



With these facts before us, would it not be well to 

 plant the mulberry, and begin the work ? Little girls 

 and misses, and young women, will find it a pleas- 



