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  There's 
  just 
  the 
  difference 
  between 
  theory 
  and 
  fact. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  

   beautiful 
  theory. 
  I 
  used 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  strongest 
  advocate 
  of 
  it, 
  but 
  

   all 
  you've 
  got 
  to 
  do 
  is 
  to 
  go 
  on 
  a 
  farm 
  and 
  try 
  it. 
  The 
  trees 
  

   won't 
  get 
  big 
  enough 
  to 
  amount 
  to 
  anything 
  in 
  our 
  lifetime, 
  

   because 
  these 
  things 
  you 
  say 
  you 
  will 
  do 
  to 
  them 
  you 
  don't 
  do; 
  

   at 
  least, 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  my 
  experience, 
  and 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  ask 
  

   anyone 
  to 
  point 
  to 
  any 
  section 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  today, 
  from 
  

   the 
  Atlantic 
  Ocean 
  to 
  the 
  Pacific, 
  where 
  this 
  theory 
  is 
  carried 
  

   out 
  successfully; 
  and 
  yet 
  I 
  know 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  advocated 
  for 
  

   fifty 
  years. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  How 
  about 
  school 
  children 
  reporting 
  on 
  

   trees 
  under 
  their 
  care 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  Whenever 
  you 
  give 
  the 
  proper 
  care 
  to 
  them 
  

   you 
  solve 
  the 
  problem 
  — 
  whenever 
  anyone 
  will 
  convince 
  me 
  

   that 
  that 
  will 
  be 
  done. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  reason, 
  of 
  course, 
  why 
  the 
  

   tree 
  won't 
  grow 
  in 
  these 
  places, 
  but 
  my 
  experience 
  is 
  that 
  they 
  

   don't 
  thrive. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  I've 
  put 
  out 
  thousands 
  of 
  them 
  for 
  public- 
  

   spirited 
  citizens, 
  but 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  difficult 
  to 
  find 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  

   today. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush: 
  In 
  France 
  and 
  in 
  Germany 
  the 
  land 
  is 
  very 
  

   valuable 
  and 
  they 
  take 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  pride 
  in 
  their 
  nut 
  trees. 
  

   The 
  nuts 
  we 
  have 
  here 
  in 
  the 
  Lancaster 
  market, 
  Persian 
  walnuts, 
  

   are 
  largely 
  brought 
  from 
  France, 
  Spain, 
  Italy 
  and 
  Germany. 
  

   The 
  land 
  being 
  so 
  valuable 
  there, 
  they 
  devote 
  much 
  of 
  their 
  

   waste 
  land 
  to 
  nuts, 
  like 
  Mr. 
  Smith's 
  idea 
  of 
  planting 
  along 
  the 
  

   wayside, 
  and 
  they 
  plant 
  and 
  cultivate 
  them 
  in 
  their 
  yards 
  and 
  

   in 
  all 
  corners. 
  They 
  would 
  not, 
  under 
  any 
  consideration, 
  plant 
  

   a 
  maple 
  tree 
  just 
  for 
  the 
  shade; 
  the 
  tree 
  must 
  serve 
  for 
  both 
  

   fruit 
  and 
  shade, 
  and 
  those 
  are 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  sources 
  of 
  foreign 
  wealth. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Harris: 
  I 
  don't 
  think 
  the 
  question 
  is 
  so 
  much 
  one 
  of 
  

   planting 
  in 
  fence 
  corners 
  as 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  waste 
  

   land 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  soil 
  is 
  very 
  well 
  adapted 
  to 
  growing 
  nut 
  trees. 
  

   I 
  know 
  that 
  sometimes 
  in 
  growing 
  peach 
  trees 
  it 
  is 
  almost 
  im- 
  

   possible 
  to 
  cultivate 
  them. 
  I 
  know 
  places 
  in 
  western 
  Maryland 
  

   where 
  the 
  rocks 
  are 
  lying 
  so 
  that 
  you 
  can 
  hardly 
  plough, 
  and 
  

   yet 
  the 
  soil 
  is 
  fertile 
  and 
  particularly 
  adapted 
  in 
  some 
  places 
  

   for 
  peach 
  trees, 
  and 
  would 
  be 
  for 
  chestnut 
  trees. 
  They 
  have 
  there 
  

   a 
  system 
  of 
  cultivation 
  much 
  as 
  if 
  you 
  used 
  the 
  plough, 
  and 
  yet 
  

   they 
  are 
  on 
  steep 
  hillsides. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  reason, 
  I 
  think, 
  why 
  

   nut 
  trees 
  shouldn't 
  grow 
  there 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  level 
  field 
  where 
  

   you 
  can 
  cultivate 
  every 
  inch 
  of 
  soil. 
  

  

  