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whose devotion to the best interests of our State over 

 and above his own self aggrandizement, deserves all 

 honor. 



Had Mr. Prevost been like some parties who were 

 fierce for great bounties by the State, he would have 

 secured a large sum to himself; but he labored hard 

 and was successful in changing these bounties, and 

 now they will be widely scattered in small sums. May 

 success and honor crown such men. 



SAN JOSE, April 16, 1866. 

 COL. WARREN, Editor California Farmer : 



DEAR SIR : In sending you last week the Cerratonia 

 seed, I wrote you in a great hurry a few lines only 

 telling you that the news about silk culture was cheering. 

 I am not through yet answering all the letters that came, 

 during my absence, from different parts of the State, 

 and also several from France, on the silk question. I 

 conclude to stop a minute and write you a few lines, to 

 let your readers know what is going on about that im- 

 portant branch of industry. They will excuse me for 

 being obliged to write in such a hurry. I hope to have 

 occasion to talk more with them on the subject. 



It appears from my silk letters, that we have in our 

 State all the men for every branch in fact all the 

 elements among us, from the planting of the mulberry 

 up to the manufactured silk, in all shapes, ready for 

 our ladies. 



In the letters from France I see that we will have 

 quite a number of silk-growers, spinners, and manufac- 



