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in many of our cities to ornament their streets, and, in- 

 stead of that, renders them dirty, and everything in 

 their neighborhood. Then it would ba certainly hun- 

 dreds of times better to cut down immediately all these 

 dirty trees, and plant mulberry trees in their place, and 

 then only, we will have fine-looking, ornamental, and 

 clean trees to look at ; as on the others, myriads of in- 

 sects live upon their leaves, while with the mulberry tree, 

 no insect can live upon its leaves but the silkworm. 



13th. As the mulberry produces also a quantity of fruit 

 that the birds are fond of, this is another reason why 

 they should be planted everywhere, around the gardens, 

 farms, and particularly orchards, as a protection to other 

 fruits. The damage done by birds to fruits generally, 

 and particularly to cherries, is well known by all. This 

 damage will be greatly reduced, because the quantity 

 of fruit they eat from the mulberry they will not have to 

 eat elsewhere. 



14th. Another reason again, why all the farmers 

 ought to plant it everywhere around their premises is, 

 as I have said before, because the trees produce a large 

 quantity of fruit, that keeps falling off the trees for a 

 long time. The hens and other fowls generally like it, 

 and devour it, and it is considered a good and whole- 

 some food for them, and the same for other animals about 

 the farm ; in fact, their fruit is perfectly wholesome in 

 every respect. This point ought to be taken into con- 

 sideration by our farmers, and make them understand 

 that it is for their interests to quit planting trees that 

 are good for nothing. 



