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  mider 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  tlie 
  paper 
  bags 
  (which 
  cover 
  the 
  pistillate 
  tlow- 
  

   ers) 
  sometimes 
  to 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  destruction 
  of 
  t^owers 
  before 
  nuts 
  are 
  

   started. 
  It 
  is 
  prt)bable 
  that 
  sprinkling 
  the 
  leaves 
  with 
  Persian 
  insect 
  

   powder, 
  and 
  leaving 
  a 
  little 
  insect 
  powder 
  in 
  the 
  bag. 
  will 
  settle 
  the 
  

   question. 
  

  

  I 
  havt> 
  not 
  as 
  yo\ 
  learned 
  how 
  to 
  prevent 
  squirrels 
  from 
  getting 
  at 
  

   liybi'idi/.cil 
  nuts 
  while 
  lliey 
  ai'e 
  still 
  upon 
  the 
  tree. 
  Squirrels 
  cut 
  through 
  

   mosquito 
  netting 
  whieli 
  is 
  tied 
  about 
  nuts 
  to 
  prevent 
  them 
  from 
  falling 
  

   t(» 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  if 
  wire 
  gauze 
  is 
  used, 
  they 
  eut 
  oft' 
  the 
  branch, 
  allow- 
  

   ing 
  gauze 
  and 
  all 
  to 
  fall 
  to 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  then 
  manage 
  to 
  get 
  the 
  nut 
  

   out 
  of 
  the 
  gauze. 
  The 
  red 
  squirrel 
  particularly 
  is 
  a 
  pest 
  in 
  this 
  regard, 
  

   and 
  will 
  ev(Mi 
  cut 
  otf 
  the 
  tape 
  which 
  is 
  tied 
  about 
  the 
  branches 
  for 
  mark- 
  

   ing 
  purposes, 
  for 
  no 
  api>arent 
  reason 
  aside 
  from 
  pure 
  mischievousness. 
  

  

  Xuts 
  whieh 
  ni'c 
  to 
  be 
  planted 
  nnist 
  W 
  kept 
  away 
  not 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  

   s([uirrels. 
  hut 
  from 
  rats 
  and 
  mice. 
  One 
  of 
  my 
  farmhouses 
  got 
  the 
  

   reputation 
  of 
  being 
  haunted 
  because 
  of 
  mysterious 
  noises 
  made 
  by 
  rats 
  

   in 
  rattling 
  hybrid 
  nuts 
  worth 
  a 
  dollar 
  apiece 
  about 
  between 
  the 
  parti- 
  

   tions. 
  The 
  best 
  way 
  tliat 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  for 
  keeping 
  nuts 
  for 
  sprouting 
  

   purposes 
  is 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  innnber 
  of 
  large 
  wire 
  cages 
  made. 
  These 
  are 
  set 
  

   in 
  the 
  ground, 
  nuts 
  are 
  stratitied 
  in 
  sand 
  within 
  these 
  cages, 
  and 
  allowed 
  

   to 
  remain 
  exposed 
  to 
  the 
  elements 
  during 
  the 
  winter. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  hickories 
  will 
  be 
  grown 
  in 
  forest 
  

   form 
  in 
  future 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  increased 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  wood 
  of 
  the 
  species. 
  

   For 
  growing 
  hickories 
  in 
  forest 
  form, 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  they 
  should 
  be 
  

   set 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  six 
  or 
  eight 
  feet 
  apart 
  at 
  the 
  outset. 
  At 
  ten 
  years 
  of 
  

   age 
  the 
  iirst 
  thinning 
  will 
  give 
  a 
  valuable 
  lot 
  of 
  hoop 
  poles. 
  The 
  second 
  

   thinning 
  will 
  give 
  turning 
  stock. 
  The 
  third 
  thinning 
  will 
  give 
  wood 
  for 
  

   a 
  large 
  variety 
  of 
  ]>urposes. 
  I 
  know 
  of 
  no 
  tree 
  which 
  promises 
  to 
  re- 
  

   turn 
  a 
  revenue 
  more 
  quickly 
  when 
  planted 
  in 
  forest 
  form 
  than 
  hickories 
  

   like 
  the 
  shagbark 
  and 
  the 
  shellbark, 
  moekernut 
  and 
  pignut. 
  These 
  trees 
  

   will 
  not 
  be 
  expected 
  to 
  bear 
  nuts, 
  because 
  in 
  the 
  struggle 
  for 
  food 
  and 
  

   light 
  their 
  energies 
  will 
  be 
  directed 
  toward 
  making 
  trunks. 
  

  

  Hickories 
  are 
  undoubtedly 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  decorative 
  purposes 
  in 
  

   parks 
  and 
  streets 
  by 
  future 
  generations. 
  The 
  stately 
  pecan, 
  the 
  sturdy 
  

   shagbark. 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  replace. 
  South 
  and 
  North, 
  the 
  millions 
  of 
  use- 
  

   less 
  poplars, 
  willows, 
  and 
  other 
  bunches 
  of 
  leaves, 
  which 
  please 
  the 
  eye 
  

   but 
  render 
  no 
  valuable 
  annual 
  or 
  tinal 
  returns. 
  The 
  chief 
  reason 
  why 
  

   this 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  done 
  is 
  because 
  people 
  have 
  not 
  thought 
  about 
  it. 
  

  

  President 
  ^lorris: 
  This 
  paper 
  is 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  considered 
  with 
  the 
  

   respect 
  that 
  is 
  ordinarily 
  due 
  to 
  a 
  presidential 
  address, 
  but 
  is 
  open 
  for 
  

   discussion, 
  and 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  have 
  any 
  of 
  my 
  theories 
  disproven. 
  

  

  