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I will leave some worms with my wife to take care of, 

 in case anybody wishes to see them there. 



I will have a grand exhibition of silk and silk co- 

 coons at our Santa Clara Fair, on the 18th of Sep- 

 tember, next, and will give there all the information 

 needed on that important subject. I will see that in 

 the future such an accident will not occur again. It 

 has never before occurred with me during the five 

 years that I have been raising the silk in California. 

 Yours Truly, L. PREVOST. 



[From the California Farmer, May 17, 1866.] 

 SILK CULTURE. 



SACRAMENTO, May 14, 1866. 

 COL. WARREN, Editor California Farmer : 



DEAR SIR : I arrived at Sacramento with my large 

 family of silkworms. We are, I suppose, about two mil- 

 lions altogether, those hatched and those hatching now. 

 They are doing finely, and seem to be very comfort- 

 able ; they will soon, fill up the whole room. I will do 

 every day all in my power, to show and tell everything 

 about silk culture to all who wish information, so as to 

 enable every one that will attend the whole process, to 

 conduct the business successfully themselves. It is 

 very important for the country that the knowledge of 

 silk culture should be spread all over it, and this would 



