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fall, and again ploughed two or three times in the spring 

 and made light and friable ; two or three dressings of 

 manure well ploughed in would be of essential service ; 

 the ground may be levelled with a hoe or rake and the 

 seed sown in drills about the first of May, much in the 

 same way as our farmers sow carrots. The weeds must 

 be carefully destroyed, and in dry times watering will bet 

 beneficial. I have sown the mulberries in July, and they 

 have sprouted and come on rapidly ; but the frosts of win- 

 ter in our climate (New England) have been too severe 

 for them. I would recommend to sow the seed in the 

 spring. From a quarter of an acre of ground the last 

 season, I had over 10,000 plants, produced from seed 

 sown in the spring in the way above-mentioned, some of 

 them upwards of a foot in height. Those that are in- 

 tended for transplanting may be taken up in the fall and 

 put out of the way of frost in a cellar, the roots being 

 covered with loam. Those left standing may be covered 

 with light manure or old hay. The frost will be apt to 

 kill the young and tender tops, but the shoots will start 

 from the bottom in the spring with great luxuriance. The 

 seed plant is undoubtedly best, both for food for worms 

 and duration : it is also the most convenient mode of get- 

 ting the trees, as seed enough can be sent by mail to any 

 part of the Union to produce an orchard sufficient to 

 feed several millions of worms. I cannot believe that 

 any other mode can be pursued to much advantage in 

 this country ; but as some may be fond of trying experi- 

 ments in other modes of culture, the following are laid 

 down as sometimes used in Europe. 

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