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results from any mulberry tree, than to pick off 

 the leaves and leave the long branchlets bare of 

 foliage, except the young, tender leaves at the 

 extreme end. When this is done, the strength of 

 the tree goes to wood-fiber, and the limb con- 

 tinues to grow in length, and to send put leaves 

 at the extreme end, while the spaces between the 

 leaf-joints become longer and longer, and the 

 leaves at the end are less and less in size and 

 more inferior in quality. This should be avoided 

 in all orchards; as the closer together the leaves 

 grow, the better. They are less liable to become 

 battered by the wind, and they seem to shield each 

 other from the scorching rays of the noonday sun. 



The better way is to cut off the branchlets just 

 two leaves from the branch, and cut off the two 

 leaves a half-inch from the leaf. In due time 

 new buds will shoot out where the leaves were; 

 these in a few weeks will be ready to be treated 

 in the same way, and so on for three or four 

 times during the season, or as often as the trees 

 will bear picking without injury. This mode of 

 treatment will keep the trees in beautiful shape 

 all the time. 



It is not advisable to take off more than half 

 or one third of the branchlets at one time. Take 

 off the longest branchlets each time, and keep 

 on, so that there will be a constant supply of 

 leaves for the continuous hatchings of the worms. 



