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sixty-two feet, and for the fifth age, about five thousand 

 feet of surface. 



In other silk countries, less favored than California, 

 they have to use in their cocooneries any amount of 

 different apparatus ; but we have no need of all that here. 



At one end of the building and under ike roof, I 

 would recommend to have one room, finished off, of some 

 twenty feet square, more or less, according to the capa- 

 of the building it should be lathed and plastered ; that 

 room to be used as a hatching room, and for the first 

 week's feeding, and also for the millers. 



I have already designated the enemies of the silk- 

 worms, but I wish you to remember particularly that 

 mice destroy from the egg to the miller. 



CHAPTER XI. 



SILKWORMS THE DIFFERENT! VARIETIES OP. 



Aa there are many varieties of silkworms, wo will 

 have to find which is the best for California ; and in 

 order to decide that satisfactorily, I have made ar- 

 rangements to receive this season, five of the best vari- 

 eties that are in cultivation in Europe, which I will try 

 the next season, and then I will inform the public of 

 the results. I already have in hand my first variety, 

 which is very good ; but I expect to find among the 



