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best silk country in the world, and were so pleased at 

 learning this fact that they are going to return here next 

 summer with the necessary capital to buy one hundred 

 acres of land each, to raise silkworms' eggs and silk 

 on a large scale. These gentlemen are the representa- 

 tives of the two largest silk houses in Europe, and are 

 now on their way back to France. From them I learned 

 a very important fact, namely, that our climate is so 

 superior for silk culture, that by selecting our very best 

 cocoons for eggs, year after year for our own use 

 we could, after a few years, obtain cocoons that would 

 beat everything known, for size and quality, that is to 

 say, a superior article. In this opinion I fully concur. 

 The coming of these gentlemen from France will prob- 

 ably induce other silk growers to come also, which would 

 be a great benefit to the State. L. PREVOST. 



[Stockton Independent, April 28, 1866.] 

 SILK CULTURE LETTER FROM MR. PREYOST. 



SAN JOSE, April 19, 1866. 



Editors Independent: I wish to inform you and 

 your numerous readers of the progress of silk culture 

 since my last, so that all who wish to take an interest 

 in that branch of industry may be guided and benefited 

 thereby. Having been absent from home some seven 

 weeks, I found, on my return, a great many letters from 



