Show INrI lESTING news MEWS fron FROM FRANCE editor deseret news ia iri my firm belief that sericulture will perfectly succeed in utah and will sa sooner booner i oner 6 or later litter furnish to our people several rich articles of exportation I 1 wrote last september to ther thet leading silk bilk growers of france in order to open the market of my native land to our domestic silk bilk worm eggs I 1 purpose keto to state briefly in this paper the result of my first communication to obtain this desirable object three letters camo came lately to hand band from my new foreign correspondents mr jun of aunon Annon annonay An nonay ayi near lydns the great silk mart of the tha world informs in me e that the cipan japanese eie eio silk slik silkworm worm eggs constitute almost the only healthy ones which are now imported into france these eggs were sold last season at twenty francs four dollars in gold per card each card contains about twenty grammes of eggs consequently they were worth one frane franc twenty cents per gramme about twenty five grammes make an english 0 unee ounce if it I 1 desire he says to send him fifty or sixty ounces of utah silkworm silk blik worm eggs with a sample sampie of our co cocoons coolis far bale sale lel let they must reach him before be hora tore the end erid of january the value of each parcel I 1 ought to be fixed beforehand but with the faculty of lowering it ift a little bittle in case that he could not reach our sed ged iet set prices it 9 emilo emile count de do forni formerly erly a celebrated silk culau rist now holding a high office giau au credit fancier Fon cier Gier a large financial institution ution in paris lias has been keen much pleased with my first correspondence having communicated this letter to the central agricultural society of france it has been pronounced worthy of being being inserted in its general records comp compates teb fes Ren bendus dus henceforth correspondence all ofine cofino ormine on the silk business or oron on any other agricultural subject vp will ill lii be presented by him to this parent society this nobleman in form forms me that during the las last twenty years yearn y ears knew ic new malady called I debrine debriae attacks the tue millers the eggs and finally the worms it desolates every cocoon cocom ery destroy destroying n annually millions upon millions of t these h so precious insects and iras lias comp compelled I 1 the european r silk growers to export very extensive extensively lp from japan large quantities of fresu freab silkworm eggs these eggs produce an inferior quality of silk the magnificent ent french races of the mountains have havo entirely run out ort bute butt W he will direct his hia best exertions i def order that our silkworm eggs may be carefully and impartially tested next spring in his own cocoon eries erles this genial tind and influential gentleman will 9 greatly contribute to open the french market to the trade of utah mr eugene robert bobert owner of a moat most important institution in the south of france well known under its name of 4 experimental and his bosom bd friend mr guerin beneville Me neville a world renowned professor of entomology have jointly honored me with a beedy speedy answer they are both most distinguished writers they kindly encourage me to persevere in my humble enn eff efforts orts orth to eniti initiate ate the citizens of my adopted country into the myA mysteries eries erles of sericulture these powerful co labor ers in the tha groat silk cause foretell in the following words the future of this rich industry in our mountain home homer utah being the home of goldana gold gol dand and silk if ii history is true having been sold in former times for the same weight in gold will certainly present some bome day the spectacle of the raun ion lon of this twofold two fold auriferous product to conc conclude ludey ludel I 1 am informed by these theae gentlemen that the average prices of the domestic and foreign silkworm in tho the french market ranged last season usually between 15 16 and 25 francs three and live five dollars in gold per ounce of 25 grammes according inato to the fame oame of the countries whence they came camo silk growers of utah I 1 feel happy in presenting to vou you you jou the above interesting information whoever has silkworm silk worm agga egga for sale Is earnestly invited to send immediately by mail maii to my address a cample of his cocoons and any ans remarks bo may feel disposed to makor make very respectfully yours LOUIS louls A |