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Excerpt from Appendix to Journals of Senate and Assembly, of the Seventeenth Session of the Legislature of the State of California, Vol. 3 The various articles on silk culture are opportune and valuable, appearing as they do at a time when this most important industry is assuming that position among the other industries of the State warranted by its peculiar adaptation to our soil and climate, as well as by its decline and symptoms of final failure in the old countries which have heretofore enjoyed its exclusive precinct and its unparalleled profits. France, Italy, Germany, and even China and Japan, are yielding to California the enviable and substantial distinction of being the best country on earth for the pro duction of that most valuable fabric known to man in ancient or modern times - silk. California, through her Legislature, has recognized the importance of this industry by ofl'ering liberal boun ties to those who shall successfully engage in it, and the people will not be slow in seconding the efforts of their Legislature to introduce and profit by this industry. In accordance with a supplemental report and recommendation of the Committee on Gold Medals - which was not received in time for insertion in its proper place - the Board at a late meeting awarded an extra gold medal to Isador Landsberger, of San Francisco, for sparkling wines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.