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  They 
  have 
  a 
  disease 
  over 
  there 
  called 
  inky 
  root 
  consequently 
  new 
  

   plantings 
  have 
  largely 
  ceased, 
  though 
  there 
  are 
  some 
  going 
  on. 
  A 
  

   great 
  reason 
  for 
  planting 
  is 
  that 
  timber 
  means 
  an 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  

   value 
  of 
  land. 
  A 
  man 
  who 
  has 
  an 
  old 
  chestnut 
  orchard 
  has 
  land 
  

   that 
  is 
  worth 
  two 
  hundred 
  dollars 
  an 
  acre 
  for 
  wood 
  alone 
  and 
  the 
  

   temptation 
  is 
  very 
  strong 
  to 
  sell 
  off 
  the 
  timber 
  and 
  get 
  the 
  money, 
  

   which 
  process 
  is 
  going 
  on 
  faster 
  than 
  the 
  setting 
  of 
  new 
  orchards. 
  

   These 
  orchards 
  are 
  on 
  high 
  class 
  agricultural 
  land. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  quite 
  different 
  in 
  Corsica; 
  the 
  country 
  there 
  is 
  very 
  broken 
  

   and 
  rougli. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  hills 
  range 
  up 
  to 
  6,000 
  feet, 
  and 
  for 
  a 
  belt 
  

   of 
  2,000 
  feet 
  the 
  chestnut 
  forests 
  are 
  continuous 
  and 
  villages 
  numer- 
  

   ous. 
  This 
  island 
  supports 
  a 
  dense 
  population. 
  The 
  principal 
  in- 
  

   dustry 
  consists 
  of 
  gathering 
  the 
  chestnuts, 
  and 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  weeks 
  the 
  

   people 
  are 
  very 
  busy 
  putting 
  them 
  away 
  for 
  the 
  year's 
  supply 
  and 
  

   sending 
  them 
  to 
  market. 
  I 
  stopped 
  at 
  the 
  home 
  of 
  the 
  mayor 
  of 
  a 
  

   little 
  town 
  and 
  he 
  went 
  back 
  in 
  the 
  barn 
  where 
  he 
  had 
  a 
  bin 
  full 
  of 
  

   dried 
  chestnuts. 
  He 
  fed 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  to 
  my 
  horse. 
  It 
  is 
  their 
  one 
  

   crop. 
  Many 
  people 
  have 
  nothing 
  but 
  twenty 
  or 
  thirty 
  or 
  forty 
  

   acres 
  of 
  chestnuts 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  garden 
  — 
  a 
  little 
  garden 
  made 
  by 
  

   retaining 
  walls 
  making 
  a 
  terrace 
  that 
  must 
  be 
  tilled 
  by 
  hand. 
  That 
  

   is 
  the 
  whole 
  sustenance 
  of 
  the 
  people. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  land 
  is 
  

   usually 
  estimated 
  on 
  a 
  tree 
  basis, 
  and 
  very 
  seldom 
  put 
  on 
  a 
  land 
  

   basis. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  land 
  covered 
  with 
  trees 
  is 
  from 
  two 
  hundred 
  

   to 
  three 
  hundred 
  dollars 
  an 
  acre, 
  and 
  land 
  along 
  side 
  of 
  this 
  without 
  

   trees 
  may 
  be 
  worth 
  but 
  ten 
  dollars. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  chestnut 
  trees 
  

   for 
  wood 
  forms 
  a 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  sale 
  value. 
  There 
  is 
  some 
  good 
  

   pasture 
  under 
  these 
  trees. 
  

  

  The 
  renewing 
  of 
  these 
  groves 
  is 
  perfectly 
  systematic. 
  The 
  old 
  

   trees, 
  having 
  attained 
  their 
  full 
  size, 
  meet 
  overhead 
  and 
  right 
  along- 
  

   side 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  planted 
  new 
  trees, 
  which 
  under 
  such 
  eircumstauees 
  

   make 
  a 
  very 
  poor 
  growth. 
  The 
  young 
  tree 
  may 
  get 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  this 
  

   room 
  in 
  ten 
  or 
  fifteen 
  years, 
  and 
  the 
  old 
  tree 
  being 
  worth 
  ten 
  or 
  

   fifteen 
  dollars, 
  is 
  then 
  cut 
  down 
  (in 
  that 
  country 
  if 
  you 
  want 
  money 
  

   cut 
  down 
  a 
  chestnut 
  tree). 
  The 
  young 
  tree 
  takes 
  the 
  place 
  very 
  

   soon, 
  and 
  once 
  established 
  a 
  chestnut 
  orchard 
  lasts 
  indefinitely. 
  

   Sometimes 
  they 
  plant 
  the 
  young 
  tree 
  beside 
  the 
  old 
  one, 
  ten 
  or 
  fif- 
  

   teen 
  years 
  before 
  the 
  old 
  tree 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  cut 
  down. 
  

  

  The 
  contrast 
  between 
  the 
  populous 
  villages 
  of 
  Corsica 
  and 
  like 
  

   portions 
  of 
  the 
  Appalachian 
  hillsides 
  is 
  striking. 
  The 
  inhabitants 
  

   of 
  the 
  latter 
  cut 
  down 
  everything, 
  plant 
  corn 
  and 
  in 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   seasons 
  the 
  rain 
  simply 
  carries 
  the 
  earth 
  away 
  and 
  the 
  farm 
  has 
  to 
  

   be 
  abandoned. 
  In 
  contrast 
  to 
  that 
  the 
  orchards 
  of 
  Corsica 
  have 
  

  

  