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  We 
  have 
  had 
  no 
  trouble 
  to 
  speak 
  of 
  with 
  worms. 
  About 
  ten 
  years 
  

   ago 
  a 
  few 
  nests 
  of 
  the 
  tent 
  caterpillar 
  were 
  cut 
  off 
  and 
  burned. 
  

  

  Some 
  18 
  or 
  20 
  years 
  ago 
  all, 
  or 
  nearly 
  all, 
  of 
  the 
  nuts 
  dropped 
  in 
  

   June. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  what 
  was 
  the 
  matter. 
  

  

  In 
  1906 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  branches 
  on 
  the 
  older 
  trees 
  turned 
  

   brown 
  and 
  died 
  back 
  a 
  few 
  inches. 
  

  

  These 
  were 
  cut 
  off 
  and 
  burned. 
  We 
  had 
  but 
  few 
  nuts 
  that 
  year. 
  

  

  In 
  fertilizing 
  have 
  used 
  barnyard 
  manure. 
  When 
  it 
  was 
  used 
  it 
  

   was 
  at 
  times 
  applied 
  too 
  freely, 
  perhaps, 
  as 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  trees 
  

   put 
  forth 
  a 
  growth 
  of 
  six 
  feet 
  in 
  one 
  season. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  it 
  well 
  

   to 
  force 
  them 
  too 
  much. 
  The 
  fertilizing 
  should 
  be 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  

   winter 
  or 
  early 
  spring. 
  

  

  Trimming 
  may 
  be 
  done 
  at 
  any 
  time 
  a 
  branch 
  appears 
  that 
  needs 
  

   removing. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  one 
  pretty 
  good 
  sized 
  tree 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  with 
  black 
  walnut 
  

   stem 
  and 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  top. 
  Some 
  horticulturists 
  seem 
  to 
  thi^^ik 
  

   that 
  this 
  kind 
  of 
  a 
  tree 
  is 
  hardier. 
  My 
  observations 
  are 
  that 
  there 
  

   is 
  not 
  a 
  bit 
  of 
  difference. 
  This 
  tree 
  and 
  another 
  on 
  a 
  near-by 
  farm 
  

   are 
  the 
  only 
  two 
  I 
  know 
  of 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  walnut 
  stem 
  and 
  a 
  Persian 
  

   top, 
  in 
  my 
  section. 
  

  

  The 
  U. 
  S. 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  has 
  issued 
  a 
  bulletin 
  

   "Soil 
  Survey 
  of 
  Niagara 
  County, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  " 
  B^^ 
  referring 
  to 
  this, 
  I 
  

   find 
  that 
  the 
  soils 
  that 
  have 
  produced 
  thrifty, 
  and 
  prolific 
  Persian 
  

   walnut 
  trees 
  are, 
  Dunkirk 
  loam, 
  Dunkirk 
  sandy 
  loam, 
  Dunkirk 
  silt 
  

   loam, 
  Clyde 
  sand.y 
  loam 
  and 
  clay 
  loam. 
  

  

  The 
  winters 
  of 
  western 
  New 
  York 
  are 
  frequently 
  quite 
  severe. 
  

   The 
  winter 
  of 
  1911-12 
  was 
  a 
  very 
  severe 
  one, 
  zero 
  weather 
  prevail- 
  

   ing 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  and 
  frequently 
  it 
  was 
  way 
  below 
  zero 
  for 
  days. 
  

   No 
  injury 
  was 
  done 
  to 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  trees 
  and 
  a 
  good 
  crop 
  of 
  

   nuts 
  was 
  harvested 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1912. 
  

  

  In 
  May, 
  1913, 
  on 
  the 
  nights 
  of 
  the 
  11th 
  and 
  12th 
  it 
  was 
  so 
  cold 
  

   that 
  ice 
  formed 
  an 
  eighth 
  of 
  an 
  inch, 
  or 
  more, 
  in 
  thickness. 
  The 
  

   staminate 
  catkins 
  on 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  trees 
  were 
  fairly 
  well 
  

   developed 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  thought 
  the 
  nuts 
  w^ere 
  gone 
  for 
  this 
  year 
  

   surely, 
  but 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  May 
  the 
  pistillate 
  blossoms 
  came 
  out, 
  the 
  

   staminates 
  matured 
  and 
  the 
  results 
  have 
  already 
  been 
  told 
  you. 
  

  

  I 
  think 
  that 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  trees 
  pay 
  better 
  than 
  apples, 
  and 
  that 
  

   there 
  is 
  no 
  danger 
  of 
  an 
  oversupply. 
  

  

  The 
  cost 
  for 
  labor 
  in 
  caring 
  for 
  the 
  trees 
  and 
  in 
  harvesting 
  the 
  

   crop 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  less 
  than 
  for 
  any 
  other 
  fruit 
  crop. 
  No 
  spraying 
  

   and 
  no 
  picking 
  are 
  necessary. 
  

  

  