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us, and our little band of a few thousand are growing 

 finely, and we shall try and show him some splendid 

 cocoons, as we have a liberal supply of mulberry leaves 

 in our garden, and our daily feeding is very interest- 

 ing to us. 



Will our friend Prevost please see the letter of in- 

 quiries about silk culture in another column, and ren- 

 der us such aid as the cause needs. 



Mons. Prevost, as a Florist, will also read with 

 pleasure, the letter from Mr. Hogg, from Yokohama, 

 Japan. 



SACRAMENTO, June 6, 1866. 

 Editor California Farmer : 



MY DEAR SIR : I see in your last issue that you have 

 been visiting the silkworms at San Jose, and you say that 

 the little trouble and care under my system, will soon 

 bring that important branch of business into notice. You 

 have said a great truth, because the superiority of my 

 system is now fully demonstrated. A letter from my 

 wife, dated May 31st, says that her worms are making 

 their cocoons ; while my worms, of the same age of 

 those I left with my wife, have only begun yesterday. 

 She is then seven days ahead of us here at Sacra- 

 mento. The reason is, here I cannot follow my system, 

 as we have to depend on others to get the food, they 

 will not allow us to cut the branches. This will be the 

 subject of a letter when I will have time. I have not the 

 time at present, because this way of feeding with the 

 leaves only gives us ten times more work, and it is not 

 half so good. In great haste, 



Yours truly, L. PREVOST. 



