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limited to any one department of the enterprise. Whatever will 
contribute to encourage and establish this great industry receives 
encouragement. It procures seed, cuttings and young rooted 
mulberry trees, and the best varieties of siU worm eggs, which it 
supplies gratuitously or for a nominal price, in limited quantities, to 
all applicants. It collects nud sends abroad information of great 
value to the people. It bas opened its Filature and Silk-reeliDg 
School and given instruction in the art of reeling to eleven young 
ladies, who will be able next year to act as independent reelers. It 
is intended to educate and prepare teachers for the orphan and 
charitable institutions of California, so that their inmates may help 
to support themselves by means of silk culture aud silk reeling. It 
is the hope of the State board that it may be able to lay foundations 
for Filatures in Los Angeles, San Jose, Stockton, Sacramento, and 
perhaps other parts of the State. It has already received over 500 
lb. of cocoons, and produced about 30 lb. of beautiful silk, which is 
said by manufacturers to be of an excellent quality. In addition to 
what has been received at the Filature, 100 lb. of cocoons have been 
sent East bj odo of our silk raisers in San Josd. It is known that 
several hundred pounds have been raised for the production of eggs 
for foreign countries. We estinute that not less thau 1500 lb. of 
cocoons were raised this year. 
An experimental station is one of the projects of the State board, 
where mulberry trees adapted to any climate shall be planted and 
cultivated according to the best known principles, the different 
varieties of silk worms to be treated, a suitable cocoonery erected as 
a model for the State, and where parties wishing instruction in silk 
culture arc to be taught in all the mystery of this wonderful industry 
For such n station not less than 100 acres, suitably located and 
accessible by railroad, will ie requisite. The number of persons who 
will enter upon the work next year is not known, but the applications 
for aid are many. Not less than *20,000 cuttings aud trees will be 
needed to supply those whose requests ate already on the file. The 
State Tilatnre already established has two steam reels and one hand 
reel. It is estimated that six or eight new reels will be ueded for 
next years operations. Now that this institution has been established 
by the State, and the product of the people can be utilised, there is 
no reason why every fanner should not encourage his family to 
engage in the work. As soon as the product of the State will be 
sufficient to keep sixty reels in operation, the Filature will have 
become self-sustaining, and the generosity of the State will have 
made silk culture one of our most profitable industries. 
Silk culture is the special work of women, girls, young boys, the 
infirm, and aged persons. There are so few industries for women 
that this great enterprise would seem to be a godsend to them. Any 
mother with the aid of two or three children, can earn 50 dollars in 
the six weeks required for raising silkworms. She can do this 
without interfering with her ordinary household duties. There is no 
hard work about it. After two or three years successful experi¬ 
ments, she can increase the sum earned to 200 or 300 dollars But 
for tho earning of such a sum she would need the help of one or two 
men for a couple of weeks. The first thing required is to plant a few 
mulberry trees. The best kiud is the moms alba , or white mulberry, 
