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ried away to every part of the world ! Oh ! how happy 

 should I be if I could live long enough to see all that. 

 I have made my home in California, and nothing now in 

 the world could induce me to leave her we cannot be 

 separated, except by death. 



I cannot close this letter without letting you know an 

 important point that I have learned in the company of 

 those experienced silk-growers, to whom I refer above, 

 and this could be headed " California . Silk a Superior 

 Article." Their opinion is that our climate and soil 

 being so superior, that by selecting every year the very 

 best cocoons for the eggs, for our own use, we will 

 obtain a California variety that will surpass everything 

 known elsewhere, as to size and quality. We must not 

 forget this. 



Now I will close this letter, with the hope that your 

 numerous readers will be pleased to know all these facts. 

 They will find me always ready to tell them everything 

 I know that pertains to the prosperity of our beloved 

 State. Yours truly, 



L. PREVOST. 



[From the California Farmer, April 19, 1866.] 



SILK CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA. 



[We lay before our readers another interesting and 

 valuable letter from the Pioneer Silk Culturist, L. 

 Prevost, Esq., of San Jose, whose earnest zeal for the 

 cause he has espoused, is worthy of all praise, and 



