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  ductiveness 
  for 
  one, 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  centuries. 
  The 
  nut 
  trees 
  which 
  

   grow 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  size 
  are 
  just 
  as 
  well 
  adapted 
  for 
  planting 
  along 
  

   roadsides, 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  country, 
  as 
  other 
  kinds 
  that 
  yield 
  nothing 
  

   in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  food 
  for 
  either 
  man 
  or 
  beast. 
  They 
  are 
  also 
  fully 
  as 
  

   beautiful 
  in 
  form 
  and 
  foliage, 
  and 
  in 
  many 
  instances 
  far 
  superior 
  to 
  

   the 
  kinds 
  often 
  selected 
  for 
  such 
  purposes. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  objection 
  I 
  have 
  heard 
  of 
  as 
  being 
  urged 
  against 
  plant- 
  

   ing 
  fruit 
  and 
  nut 
  trees 
  along 
  the 
  highway 
  is 
  that 
  they 
  tempt 
  boys 
  

   and 
  girls 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  persons 
  of 
  larger 
  growth 
  to 
  become 
  trespassers. 
  

   I 
  find 
  this 
  only 
  apphes 
  to 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  such 
  a 
  scarcity 
  that 
  the 
  

   quantity 
  taken 
  perceptibly 
  lessens 
  the 
  total 
  crop. 
  But 
  where 
  there 
  

   is 
  an 
  abundance 
  either 
  the 
  temptation 
  to 
  trespass 
  disappears 
  or 
  I 
  

   fail 
  to 
  recognize 
  the 
  loss. 
  As 
  we 
  cannot 
  very 
  well 
  dispense 
  with 
  the 
  

   small 
  boy 
  and 
  his 
  sister 
  I 
  am 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  providing 
  them 
  bountifully 
  

   with 
  all 
  the 
  good 
  things 
  that 
  climate 
  and 
  circumstance 
  will 
  afford. 
  

  

  On 
  my 
  farms 
  in 
  Irish 
  Valley, 
  Northumberland 
  County, 
  Pa., 
  I 
  

   have 
  planted 
  a 
  Paragon 
  chestnut 
  tree 
  every 
  forty 
  feet 
  along 
  the 
  

   public 
  highways 
  and 
  driveways 
  making 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  769 
  trees. 
  These 
  

   trees 
  range 
  in 
  age 
  from 
  four 
  to 
  ten 
  years 
  old. 
  

  

  A 
  mile 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  is 
  5,280 
  feet, 
  and 
  if 
  chestnut 
  trees 
  are 
  set 
  

   forty 
  feet 
  apart, 
  which 
  is 
  allowing 
  sufficient 
  room 
  for 
  them 
  to 
  grow 
  

   during 
  an 
  ordinary 
  lifetime, 
  we 
  get 
  133 
  trees 
  per 
  mile 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  

   row. 
  Two 
  rows 
  may 
  be 
  planted, 
  where 
  the 
  roads 
  are 
  wide 
  enough, 
  

   one 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  and 
  then 
  we 
  get 
  266 
  trees 
  per 
  mile. 
  I 
  can 
  estimate 
  

   the 
  crop 
  when 
  the 
  chestnut 
  trees 
  are 
  twenty 
  years 
  old 
  at 
  two 
  

   bushels 
  per 
  tree, 
  or 
  532 
  bushels 
  for 
  a 
  double 
  row 
  per 
  mile. 
  At 
  the 
  

   moderate 
  price 
  of 
  $4 
  per 
  bushel, 
  we 
  would 
  realize 
  $2,128 
  for 
  the 
  crop 
  

   on 
  a 
  double 
  row, 
  with 
  a 
  fair 
  assurance 
  that 
  the 
  yield 
  would 
  increase 
  

   steadily 
  for 
  the 
  next 
  hundred 
  years 
  or 
  more, 
  while 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  

   gathering 
  and 
  marketing 
  the 
  nuts 
  is 
  no 
  greater, 
  and 
  in 
  many 
  in- 
  

   stances 
  much 
  less, 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  grain 
  crops. 
  At 
  the 
  

   expiration 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  half 
  century 
  one 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  may 
  be 
  

   removed, 
  if 
  they 
  begin 
  to 
  crowd, 
  and 
  the 
  timber 
  used 
  for 
  whatever 
  

   purpose 
  it 
  may 
  best 
  be 
  adapted. 
  The 
  remaining 
  trees 
  would 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  improve, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  having 
  more 
  room 
  for 
  development. 
  

  

  The 
  chestnut 
  thrives 
  best 
  in 
  light, 
  well 
  drained 
  soil, 
  and 
  those 
  

   containing 
  a 
  large 
  proportion 
  of 
  sand 
  or 
  decomposed 
  quartz, 
  slate 
  

   and 
  gravel; 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  rarely 
  found, 
  nor 
  does 
  it 
  thrive 
  very 
  well, 
  in 
  

   heavy 
  clays 
  or 
  limestone 
  soil 
  where 
  the 
  limestone 
  rock 
  comes 
  near 
  

   the 
  surface. 
  It 
  is 
  true 
  that 
  chestnut 
  groves, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  exten- 
  

   sive 
  forests, 
  are 
  found 
  on 
  hills 
  and 
  ridges 
  overlying 
  limestone, 
  but 
  a 
  

   careful 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  soil 
  among 
  the 
  trees 
  will 
  show 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  

  

  