These particular specimens were grown by a rancher in Merced, who, before coming to this country had been engaged in silk in Greece, of which country both he and his wife are natives. At home in Greece the hed for years been a foreman jof a silk spinning mill, while his wife conducted a home industry in ig silk. Ever since they have they have been the matter, and it was own ranch, raised by themselves, that the cocoons came. They unhesitatingly declare that ithe whole of the famous San JJoaquin valley is favourable for cocoon growth.
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