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  nuts 
  and 
  beechnuts. 
  We 
  found 
  them 
  all 
  around 
  the 
  fence 
  corners 
  

   and 
  pastures 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  woods, 
  and 
  I 
  missed 
  this 
  in 
  Utah, 
  and 
  it 
  

   occurred 
  to 
  me 
  immediately 
  to 
  look 
  up 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  the 
  lack 
  of 
  nuts 
  

   in 
  the 
  state 
  and 
  I 
  found 
  no 
  good 
  reason 
  except 
  that 
  nature 
  has 
  not 
  

   seen 
  fit 
  to 
  plant 
  nuts 
  there. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  reason 
  in 
  climatic 
  or 
  soil 
  

   conditions 
  which 
  will 
  make 
  it 
  impossible 
  to 
  grow 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  hard- 
  

   ier 
  nuts, 
  and 
  even, 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  state, 
  to 
  grow 
  almonds 
  

   and 
  the 
  tenderest 
  walnuts. 
  Climatic 
  conditions 
  are 
  not 
  unlike 
  some 
  

   of 
  the 
  best 
  fruit 
  sections 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  Peaches 
  and 
  apples 
  are 
  

   grown 
  successfully 
  and 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  you 
  get 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  central 
  and 
  

   southern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  state, 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  hardier 
  European 
  grapes 
  

   are 
  grown. 
  In 
  the 
  extreme 
  southern 
  part 
  you 
  can 
  grow 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  

   European 
  grapes 
  grown 
  in 
  California, 
  so 
  nothing 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  

   climatic 
  conditions 
  exists 
  which 
  would 
  prevent 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  

   nut 
  growing 
  in 
  this 
  state. 
  The 
  soil 
  conditions 
  vary 
  widely, 
  all 
  the 
  

   way 
  from 
  the 
  sandy 
  loams 
  to 
  the 
  deep 
  soils 
  and 
  gravels, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   possible 
  to 
  find 
  thousands 
  of 
  acres 
  of 
  deep, 
  rich 
  loam 
  soil. 
  Some 
  

   of 
  it 
  is 
  five 
  to 
  tw^enty-five 
  feet 
  deep. 
  Of 
  course 
  the 
  rainfall 
  in 
  that 
  

   semi-arid 
  region 
  is 
  insufficient 
  for 
  nuts 
  but 
  that 
  can 
  be 
  supple- 
  

   mented 
  by 
  irrigation 
  water, 
  so 
  that 
  is 
  practically 
  no 
  disadvantage. 
  

   Since 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  there 
  I 
  have 
  tried 
  to 
  interest 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  

   growers 
  in 
  the 
  planting 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  difi'erent 
  varieties 
  of 
  the 
  hardier 
  

   nuts, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  distributed 
  among 
  them 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  walnuts 
  and 
  

   this 
  year 
  I 
  am 
  bringing 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  shagbark 
  hickory 
  nuts 
  

   from 
  Massachusetts, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  going 
  to 
  distribute 
  them 
  among 
  my 
  

   friends 
  and 
  acquaintances 
  there 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  to 
  raise 
  shade 
  trees 
  — 
  

   trees 
  around 
  the 
  home 
  and 
  pastures 
  — 
  and 
  I 
  find 
  there 
  is 
  consider- 
  

   able 
  interest 
  manifested 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  years 
  in 
  nut 
  planting. 
  The 
  

   nut 
  industry 
  has 
  a 
  little 
  mite 
  of 
  a 
  start 
  there 
  in 
  a 
  way 
  — 
  that 
  is, 
  

   there 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  seedling 
  trees 
  distributed 
  from 
  Logan 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  

   to 
  Arizona 
  on 
  the 
  south. 
  Seedling 
  Persian 
  walnuts 
  fruit 
  from 
  

   Brigham 
  City 
  on 
  through 
  Salt 
  Lake 
  and 
  Provo, 
  and 
  practically 
  all 
  

   of 
  the 
  nuts 
  that 
  are 
  produced 
  there 
  in 
  the 
  state 
  are 
  of 
  seedling 
  

   origin. 
  It 
  is 
  reasonable 
  to 
  expect 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  grafted 
  

   varieties 
  will 
  be 
  very 
  much 
  better. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  state 
  

   has 
  every 
  natural 
  condition 
  for 
  success 
  in 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  nuts. 
  

   If 
  not 
  in 
  a 
  commercial 
  way 
  we 
  can 
  do 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  to 
  our 
  advantage 
  

   in 
  planting 
  nut 
  trees 
  as 
  shade 
  trees. 
  I 
  simply 
  want 
  to 
  let 
  you 
  know 
  

   that 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  man 
  out 
  there 
  in 
  the 
  mountain 
  section 
  who 
  is 
  inter- 
  

   ested 
  in 
  nuts 
  and 
  going 
  to 
  help 
  the 
  cause 
  along. 
  

  

  