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foinet, of Columbia, Tuolumne County ; Miss Hattie 

 Isaacs, of Sacramento ; Mrs. Sauffrignon, of San Jose* ; 

 Miss Mary Johnson, of Sacramento ; Mrs. George A. 

 Jones, Brannan Ranch, on the Feather River ; Hon. 

 Teegarden, of Marysville ; Mrs. Catharine Corbusier, of 

 Sacramento ; Mrs. Stephen Davis, of Angel's Camp ; 

 Mr. John Smith, of Sacramento ; Mr. Oliva, of Horni- 

 tos, Mariposa County ; and among others that have been 

 successful in raising the silk, and have not exhibited, are 

 Mr. Charles F. Reed, President of our State Agricul- 

 tural Society, at his residence in Yolo County ; Mr. 

 Wilson Flint, on the Sacramento River, near the city ; 

 Mr. A. Packard, Santa Barbara ; Mr. G. Gluesing, 

 San Joaquin Valley ; Mr. E. Goux, Santa Barbara, 

 and many others that I have neglected to record their 

 names. To all these persons I sent silkworms' eggs, or 

 gave, to some, young worms, and all these persons suc- 

 ceed in having the worms to perfection. This tells vol- 

 umes about our fine climate, and shows how easy we can 

 raise silk in California, as nearly all of them never saw 

 a silkworm before. Mr. J. Q. A. Warren exhibited 

 very fine and good cocoons raised by him, at Honolulu, 

 (Sandwich Islands) from eggs that I sent him there. 



32nd. It was last year, 1865, that I made the first 

 large exhibition that began to be appreciated. If we 

 consider a moment the progress made in such a short 

 time, we can hardly believe it ; as, besides the plantations 

 of mulberry trees made, we have our pioneer silk man- 

 ufactory. Mr. Joseph Newmann has exhibited at our 

 fairs the first California manufactured silk, made by 



