[ From the California Farmer, August 9, 186(5. ] 

 SILK CULTURE NEW SERIES. 



LETTER NUMBEH ONE BY L. PREVOST. 



SAN JOSE, Aug. 7, 1866. 

 COL. WARREN, Editor California Farmer : 



DEAR SIR : In a previous letter, from Sacramento, I 

 told you that I had plenty of documents upon the 

 important question of silk. I will begin to lay some 

 before the public, and will take from these documents 

 everything that can advance the cause ; and arrange 

 every part of them as may apply to California, or any 

 of our States, where the climate is favorable to silk 

 culture. I will begin with a very remarkable address, 

 here before me, delivered by the Rev. D. 0. McLean, 

 before the American Silk Society, in the Hall of the 

 House of Representatives, at Washington, December 

 12, 1839. 



IMPORTANCE OF SILK CULTURE. 



Rev. Mr. McLean begins thus : 



' Mr. President The Committee appointed to make 

 arrangements for the exercises of the evening, have 

 requested me to accompany the resolutions read by 

 your Secretary, with some remarks. Conscious of my 

 inability to meet the just expectations of this Society, 

 owing to the shortness of the time allowed for prepara- 

 tion, I nevertheless consented to perform the service to 

 the best of my ability. Were my ability but half equal 



