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silk in California. This I think would induce a good 

 many French and Italian silk-growers to come out and 

 establish themselves here,- as we can very easily demon- 

 strate to them the superiority of our climate over theirs. 

 Let me know your opinion about my idea. 



I learn that the mulberry plantations of our friends, 

 Messrs. Packard & Goux, of Santa Barbara, are doing 

 finely, and that they will be able to raise the coming 

 season a very large quantity of silk cocoons. 



By what I can guess, my presence at Sacramento 

 will be the cause of the planting of very near a million 

 of mulberry trees. I have not been able to learn to 

 what extent they will be planted in San Joaquin valley, 

 but we already have from last year quite a plantation 

 there by Mr. Glessing. 



Now, Colonel, you ought to be proud for having been 

 in favor of that culture, now that the results are known. 

 At first your readers would hardly notice your remarks 

 on it; but they will find that the culture in California 

 will leave far behind all other culture or industry as to 

 product. Only look at it for a moment in the future. 

 Let us look and consider the thousands upon thousands 

 of people to which this new industry will give employ- 

 ment, and consider also that it is an easy work, that 

 can be done by aged persons, as well as by the young 

 folks of both sexes, to raise and to manufacture it ; let 

 us consider these rich goods that our ladies are so 

 happy to wear, coming out of our numerous manufac- 

 tories ; let us look to the immense quantity of goods 

 that will be shipped on board of our vessels, to be car- 



