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be attained if every locality would take steps to appoint 

 a person (gentleman or lady) to be here present during 

 the whole process, and thus they would be able to learn 

 it to all those of their own locality, and in doing this, 

 with very little trouble and expense, silk culture would 

 soon be known all over the State, and thus the whole 

 people would be benefitted. Our women will find in it 

 an agreeable and profitable employment. In France it 

 is a part of the education of young women ; they 

 every one of them receive a small lot of eggs, they 

 hatch them, feed the worms and raise the cocoons ; 

 thus they are familiar with a work that may be very 

 useful to them afterwards. 



Respectfully yours, L. PREVOST. 



[From the California Farmer, Juno 7, 186fi.] 

 THE SILKWORMS AT SACRAMENTO. 



We give our readers the following note from Mons. 

 Prevost, from Agricultural Hall, Sacramento, relative 

 to the condition of his " silkworms," and thus keep our 

 readers posted as to their progress. 



It will be seen that our pioneer is at the " post of 

 duty," doing all he can, and promises our readers some 

 interesting letters soon, relative to the superiority of 

 his " silkworm system." 



We can also inform our friend that the eggs he kindly 

 gave us (which were also hatching) the day he passed 

 through this city to Sacramento, are doing nobly with 





