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task to feed these pretty worms, and it will be not only 

 a pleasant but a profitable way to spend time ; to rear the 

 worms, reel the delicate thread, and spin the silk, will be 

 more honorable employment than spinning street yarn. 



We hope attention will be given to this matter im- 

 mediately. 



After the above was in type we were favored with 

 another valuable letter from L. Prevost, Esq., which we 

 publish. 



[From the California Farmer, Nov. 17, 1865.] 

 TO READERS AND CORRKSPONDENTS. 



We ask the attention of our readers to the very valu- 

 able letter of the pioneer silk cultivator of the Pacific. 

 L. Prevost, Esq., of San Jose. This letter speaks 

 volumes, and we rejoice at his success, and feel happy 

 with him at the fulfillment of our own sanguine prophe- 

 sies in years past. We hope croakers against such en- 

 terprises will now stop their throats and learn wisdom. 



SAN JOSE, Nov. 12, 1865. 

 COLONEL WARREN, Editor California Farmer : 



DEAR SIR : For want of time, and other circumstan- 

 ces that you know, it has been impossible for me to 

 write anything to you about silk culture in our State 





