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  South, 
  that 
  its 
  nuts 
  varied 
  a 
  great 
  deal. 
  It 
  is 
  something 
  of 
  the 
  

   type 
  of 
  the 
  chestnut, 
  the 
  white 
  oak 
  or 
  the 
  rock 
  oaks 
  and 
  it 
  varies 
  

   a 
  great 
  deal. 
  

  

  I 
  found 
  one 
  on 
  my 
  father's 
  range 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey 
  and 
  also 
  

   one 
  on 
  the 
  Potomac. 
  The 
  variations 
  extend 
  to 
  the 
  trees 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  the 
  nuts. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  The 
  oak 
  tree 
  properly 
  belongs 
  in 
  another 
  

   tree 
  group 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  acorns 
  are 
  not 
  only 
  edible, 
  but 
  first- 
  

   rate. 
  In 
  China 
  there 
  are 
  at 
  least 
  three 
  species 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   markets 
  to 
  be 
  eaten 
  out 
  of 
  hand 
  or 
  roasted. 
  Our 
  white 
  oaks 
  

   here, 
  some 
  of 
  them, 
  bear 
  very 
  good 
  fruit, 
  from 
  the 
  standpoint 
  

   of 
  the 
  boy 
  and 
  the 
  pig, 
  anyway, 
  and 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  we 
  

   may 
  properly 
  include 
  the 
  oaks 
  in 
  our 
  discussion. 
  There 
  would 
  

   be 
  great 
  range 
  in 
  variation 
  of 
  type 
  from 
  hybridization 
  between 
  

   oak 
  trees 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  oak 
  trees 
  that 
  were 
  evi- 
  

   dently 
  hybrids, 
  where 
  the 
  parentage 
  could 
  be 
  traced 
  on 
  both 
  

   sides, 
  that 
  were 
  held 
  at 
  very 
  high 
  prices 
  by 
  the 
  nurserymen. 
  

   I 
  asked 
  one 
  nurseryman, 
  who 
  wanted 
  an 
  enormous 
  price 
  for 
  one 
  

   hybrid 
  oak, 
  why 
  he 
  didn't 
  make 
  ten 
  thousand 
  of 
  those 
  for 
  him- 
  

   self 
  next 
  year 
  ? 
  It 
  hadn't 
  occurred 
  to 
  him. 
  

  

  If 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  further 
  discussion 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  my 
  paper 
  

   we 
  will 
  have 
  Mr. 
  Littlepage's 
  paper 
  on 
  Nut 
  Promotions. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  Dr. 
  Deming 
  said 
  that 
  he 
  thought 
  it 
  might 
  

   be 
  time 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  something 
  just 
  a 
  little 
  lighter 
  — 
  that 
  either 
  

   he 
  should 
  read 
  a 
  paper 
  or 
  I. 
  (Laughter.) 
  Inasmuch 
  as 
  he 
  

   included 
  himself, 
  I 
  took 
  no 
  offense 
  whatever. 
  The 
  subject 
  I 
  

   have 
  written 
  on, 
  roughly 
  and 
  hurriedly, 
  is 
  Fraudulent 
  and 
  Un- 
  

   informed 
  Promoters. 
  

  

  FRAUDULENT 
  AND 
  UNINFORMED 
  PROMOTERS 
  

   T. 
  P. 
  Littlepage, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  beginning, 
  let 
  me 
  assert 
  my 
  confidence 
  and 
  interest 
  

   in 
  agriculture 
  in 
  general. 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  basic 
  industries, 
  

   upon 
  the 
  proper 
  understanding 
  and 
  growth 
  of 
  which 
  depends 
  

   the 
  food 
  supply 
  of 
  the 
  nation. 
  It 
  is 
  admitted 
  by 
  scientists 
  that, 
  

   other 
  conditions 
  being 
  equal, 
  an 
  adequacy 
  or 
  inadequacy 
  in 
  the 
  

   supply 
  of 
  proper 
  food 
  makes 
  the 
  difference 
  between 
  great 
  peo- 
  

   ple 
  and 
  undesirable 
  people. 
  This 
  being 
  true, 
  the 
  various 
  oper- 
  

   ations 
  of 
  agriculture 
  must 
  always 
  be 
  of 
  the 
  greatest 
  concern 
  to 
  

   those 
  who 
  are 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  nation's 
  welfare. 
  

  

  