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cms silk countries ; and that particularly, also, our 

 soil is so superior for the growth of the mulberry trees, 

 that they have not to wait for the results, and are as- 

 sured of regular and abundant crops, they will find that 

 it is to their interests to go at it immediately. 



23rd. My object in publishing this Manual is, to be 

 useful to all of you, in indicating how to go into the busi- 

 ness, with or without capital, or hardly any ; as the one 

 who has no capital can put his work, (which I know is 

 equal to capital) he then can buy the seeds, sow, and 

 take care of them, the following year he will have young 

 trees to plant ; while those that have capital will not 

 have to wait, as they can buy the trees, and they will 

 have a crop immediately. Those that have a small cap- 

 ital can buy the cuttings, and will then have a small 

 crop the first year, as the cuttings are more certain than 

 the seeds, and also grow more rapidly ; and, by having 

 shown the different modes of propagating the mulberry, 

 I expect by that to prevent its selling at high price, thus 

 allowing every one to go into the business, according to 

 their means. I wish also to prevent any mulberry fever, 

 that benefits only few ; I wish to see the culture of silk, 

 all over our silk State that will benefit all. 



24th. The culture of silk is so important for a nation, 

 that in Germany they came to be a silk country by com- 

 pulsion ; laws have been enacted, compelling every 

 owner of land to plant mulberry trees and raise silk- 

 worms : the result is known, they have become silk-pro- 

 ducing countries. But here in California, I wish to com- 

 pel our farmers in quite another way, and that is by 



