Independent mulberry farms flouished in the Mount Dongting in Suzhou , the mulberry farmers did not make a living on farmland , but instead they grew mulberry trees and bred silkworm to harvest silk .
Independent mulberry farms flouished in the Mount Dongting region in Suzhou . 
 The mulberry farmers did not make a living on farmland , but instead they grew mulberry trees and bred silkworm to harvest silk .