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 (13) Growth of the mulberry for forage has gone forward in the United States so that for a large area the experimental stage for the tree is past (but not for the crop). In localities where the mulberry is not well established experiments are aided by the incomparable boons of low-cost trees, rapid growth, and ease of transplanting.

Every claim that I have made for the mulberry has been backed up by correspondence with persons interested in mulberries or with interviews that I have had. In most cases my information comes from the statements of people who grow mulberries or are closely associated with those who did.

Mr. G. Harold Hume of the Glen Saint Mary Nurseries Company, Glen Saint Mary, Florida, wrote April 12, 1913, "All through the Southern States, mulberries are commonly used as feed for pigs and poultry. In North and South Carolina and Georgia nearly every pig lot is planted with these trees, and the mulberries form a very important addition to the pig's diet. There is one variety, Hicks, which will give fruit for about sixty days, in some seasons even for longer.