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the mulberry tree, and its propagation by seed and by 

 cuttings ; after the mulberry our California silk cul- 

 ture, or the management of silkworms. 



Besides writing the California Silk Manual, I will do 

 two public feedings or treatment of worms, from eggs 

 to eggs, or the whole process the first iji one of our 

 halls in San Josd, beginning the 15th of May next, and 

 the second in the Agricultural Hall at Sacramento, 

 beginning on the 10th of July. In that way our 

 people who need information, will get it. I will do all 

 in my power to make them understand. All those who 

 take an interest in it will have a good opportunity to 

 learn, and when they find that it is so simple under our 

 fine climate, and that it is a work that can be done by 

 ladies and young folks, and also aged persons not fit for 

 harder labor, they will thus be enabled to go into it, 

 and particularly when I will give them the means to do 

 it with a very small capital. This work can be under- 

 taken by all. As to the advantages of our climate 

 over the other countries, I have fully demonstrated in 

 my previous letters. I wish particularly to remark 

 that the beauty of that culture is, that we do not fear 

 any competition ; on the contrary, we need it, because 

 our market for that article is the whole world, and our 

 climate being so superior, our silk is of the first quality, 

 arid consequently we will get the highest price for it. 



Instead of sending seven millions of dollars out of 

 the country for imported silk, we must all go to work 

 and do all in our power to retain that amount among 



