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the size of the farm and the business carried on, or 

 intended to be. But, as it would not cost any more, 

 it should be necessary to have the interior of that 

 building arranged in view of using it for storage and 

 silkworms, and that is very simple. Only have all the 

 posts for the shelves of a regular size and length, kept 

 together by means of wooden pins or screws, all also of 

 the same size, or any other way that you may find 

 better ; but remember that they must be arranged in 

 such a way as to make it very easy to put them together 

 and to take them apart. Then, after you put them up, 

 when you want to feed your silkworms, and after the 

 feeding and cleaning is done, in a few hours' work you 

 can take the whole thing apart, and have them piled in 

 one or more corners of the building, as you find it most 

 convenient ; and then you have the whole room ready 

 for your storage, or anything else. 



Many farmers have to pay storage for their grain ; 

 but the moment they have a cocoonery, they will save 

 that much, besides the other advantages. 



PLAN OP A CALIFORNIA COCOONERY. 



As our fine silk climate enabled me to simplify the 

 culture of silk, and our California silk culture is different 

 from that of other countries, we also need a California 

 cocoonery to suit our culture, and also different from 

 the others. I would then suggest or propose the annexed 

 plan : 



The building is fifty feet wide by one hundred feet 

 long, and is two stories high ; the walls to be brick, but 



