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  common 
  to 
  most 
  people, 
  that 
  of 
  overcrowding. 
  It 
  takes 
  a 
  great 
  

   deal 
  of 
  nerve 
  to 
  plant 
  a 
  nut 
  tree 
  sixty 
  or 
  seventy 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  next 
  

   — 
  it 
  looks 
  as 
  if 
  it 
  were 
  wasting 
  the 
  land 
  — 
  and 
  they 
  have 
  planted 
  

   them 
  so 
  close 
  that 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  and 
  the 
  foliage 
  form 
  a 
  flat 
  

   level 
  green 
  surface, 
  and 
  the 
  sun 
  shines 
  on 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  part 
  of 
  each 
  

   tree 
  instead 
  of 
  all 
  round 
  and 
  over 
  it 
  as 
  it 
  should. 
  

  

  The 
  other 
  walnut 
  district 
  is 
  one 
  more 
  suggestive 
  to 
  me. 
  I 
  doubt 
  

   if 
  even 
  those 
  who 
  have 
  trees 
  to 
  sell 
  are 
  justified 
  in 
  advising 
  the 
  

   farmers 
  to 
  plant 
  solid 
  fields 
  of 
  walnuts, 
  but 
  we 
  can 
  recommend 
  a 
  

   row 
  of 
  them 
  around 
  fence 
  rows 
  and 
  round 
  the 
  barn. 
  I 
  traveled 
  a 
  

   good 
  many 
  miles 
  through 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  France, 
  from 
  Lyons 
  

   to 
  Bordeaux, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  thousands 
  of 
  trees, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  

   any 
  orchards. 
  They 
  put 
  one 
  tree 
  by 
  itself 
  and 
  they 
  raise 
  wheat 
  

   close 
  up 
  to 
  it. 
  The 
  fertilization 
  and 
  cultivation 
  help 
  the 
  walnut 
  

   and 
  make 
  it 
  produce 
  a 
  better 
  crop. 
  Those 
  well-fed 
  trees 
  with 
  plenty 
  

   of 
  sun, 
  air 
  and 
  plant 
  food 
  are 
  distinctly 
  superior 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  trees. 
  

   A 
  good 
  walnut 
  tree 
  rents 
  for 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  an 
  acre 
  of 
  ground. 
  It 
  is 
  

   the 
  product 
  that 
  is 
  received 
  without 
  labor 
  that 
  appeals 
  to 
  me, 
  and 
  

   as 
  the 
  trees 
  produce 
  well, 
  there 
  is 
  sometimes 
  seven 
  or 
  eight 
  dollars 
  

   worth 
  of 
  profit 
  to 
  each 
  tree, 
  and 
  the 
  landlord 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  position 
  to 
  

   command 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  seven 
  or 
  eight 
  dollars 
  because 
  he 
  furnishes 
  

   the 
  trees. 
  If 
  a 
  50-acre 
  farm 
  with 
  fifty 
  nut 
  trees 
  stood 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  

   of 
  the 
  road 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  equal 
  area 
  without 
  any 
  trees 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  

   side, 
  the 
  one 
  with 
  the 
  trees 
  would 
  rent 
  for 
  twice 
  as 
  much. 
  A 
  good 
  

   tree 
  will 
  occasionally 
  produce 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  hundred 
  pounds 
  of 
  nuts, 
  

   especially 
  a 
  fine 
  tree 
  out 
  by 
  itself. 
  Once 
  in 
  a 
  while 
  we 
  find 
  a 
  grove 
  

   of 
  them 
  but 
  more 
  often 
  there 
  are 
  six, 
  seven, 
  eight 
  or 
  more 
  trees 
  

   scattered 
  round 
  the 
  house. 
  The 
  combined 
  result 
  of 
  that 
  industry 
  

   produces 
  millions 
  of 
  dollars 
  worth 
  of 
  nuts. 
  

  

  If 
  there 
  are 
  any 
  questions, 
  I 
  shall 
  be 
  glad 
  to 
  answer. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Evans 
  : 
  Can 
  the 
  pecan 
  be 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  forage 
  crop 
  for 
  pigs 
  ? 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith 
  : 
  I 
  don 
  't 
  think 
  we 
  are 
  willing 
  to 
  let 
  him 
  have 
  

   them. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Evans 
  : 
  Would 
  a 
  pig 
  eat 
  them 
  ? 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith 
  : 
  Observations 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  pig 
  will 
  eat 
  them 
  

   if 
  you 
  give 
  him 
  a 
  chance 
  ; 
  he 
  will 
  eat 
  with 
  great 
  gusto 
  the 
  hickory 
  

   nuts 
  and 
  a 
  grown 
  hog 
  will 
  also 
  crack 
  black 
  walnuts 
  ; 
  the 
  pecan 
  he 
  

   simply 
  grinds 
  up. 
  I 
  suggested 
  the 
  pig 
  as 
  a 
  way 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  problem 
  

   of 
  overproduction 
  ; 
  the 
  pig 
  wants 
  the 
  products 
  when 
  we 
  don 
  't. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Storrs: 
  I 
  come 
  from 
  a 
  country 
  where 
  we 
  grow 
  the 
  pig 
  on 
  

  

  