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  a 
  drift 
  deposit 
  containing 
  little 
  or 
  no 
  lime. 
  I 
  find 
  in 
  Pennsylvania 
  

   the 
  chestnut 
  tree 
  grows 
  from 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  River 
  

   to 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  the 
  mountains. 
  

  

  In 
  planting 
  the 
  chestnut 
  tree 
  it 
  should 
  never 
  be 
  planted 
  any- 
  

   deeper 
  than 
  it 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  nursery 
  rows. 
  If 
  planted 
  any 
  deeper 
  it 
  is 
  

   certain 
  death 
  to 
  the 
  tree, 
  as 
  I 
  find 
  that 
  the 
  earth 
  placed 
  around 
  the 
  

   trees 
  above 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  nursery 
  rows 
  scalds 
  and 
  destroys 
  the 
  

   tree. 
  Here 
  is 
  where 
  the 
  great 
  mistake 
  is 
  made 
  in 
  planting 
  out 
  the 
  

   chestnut 
  tree, 
  and 
  this 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  out 
  by 
  practical 
  experience. 
  

   It 
  is 
  far 
  better 
  to 
  plant 
  it 
  one 
  inch 
  less 
  than 
  it 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  nursery 
  

   than 
  to 
  plant 
  it 
  an 
  inch 
  deeper. 
  

  

  There 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  steady 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  demand 
  for, 
  and 
  a 
  cor- 
  

   responding 
  advance 
  in 
  the 
  price 
  of 
  all 
  kinds 
  of 
  edible 
  nuts 
  during 
  

   the 
  past 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  decades, 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  likely 
  to 
  continue 
  for 
  many 
  

   years 
  to 
  come, 
  because 
  consumers 
  are 
  increasing 
  far 
  more 
  rapidly 
  

   than 
  producers. 
  Besides, 
  the 
  forests, 
  which 
  have 
  long 
  been 
  the 
  

   only 
  source 
  of 
  supply 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  kinds, 
  are 
  rapidly 
  disappearing, 
  

   while 
  there 
  has 
  not 
  been, 
  as 
  yet, 
  any 
  special 
  effort 
  to 
  make 
  good 
  the 
  

   loss 
  by 
  replanting 
  or 
  otherwise. 
  The 
  dealers 
  in 
  such 
  articles 
  in 
  our 
  

   larger 
  cities 
  assure 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  demand 
  for 
  our 
  best 
  kinds 
  of 
  edible 
  

   nuts 
  is 
  far 
  in 
  excess 
  of 
  the 
  supply, 
  and 
  yet 
  not 
  one 
  housewife 
  or 
  cook 
  

   in 
  a 
  thousand 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  has 
  ever 
  attempted 
  to 
  use 
  nuts 
  of 
  any 
  

   kind 
  in 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  meats 
  and 
  other 
  dishes 
  for 
  the 
  table, 
  as 
  

   is 
  so 
  generally 
  practiced 
  in 
  European 
  and 
  Oriental 
  countries. 
  

  

  The 
  question 
  may 
  be 
  asked 
  if 
  the 
  demand 
  is 
  sufficient 
  to 
  warrant 
  

   the 
  planting 
  of 
  the 
  hardy 
  nut 
  trees 
  extensively 
  along 
  our 
  highways 
  

   or 
  elsewhere. 
  In 
  answer 
  to 
  such 
  a 
  question 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  that 
  we 
  

   not 
  only 
  consume 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  edible 
  nuts 
  raised 
  in 
  this 
  country, 
  but 
  

   import 
  millions 
  of 
  pounds 
  annually 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  kinds 
  which 
  thrive 
  

   here 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  

  

  Where 
  farmers 
  want 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  trees 
  along 
  the 
  roadside, 
  to 
  be 
  

   utilized 
  for 
  line 
  fence 
  posts, 
  they 
  cannot 
  possibly 
  find 
  any 
  kinds 
  

   better 
  adapted 
  for 
  this 
  purpose 
  than 
  chestnut, 
  walnut, 
  hickory 
  

   and 
  pecan. 
  In 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  they 
  may 
  yield 
  enough 
  to 
  pay 
  the 
  taxes 
  

   on 
  the 
  entire 
  farm, 
  the 
  crop 
  increasing 
  in 
  amount 
  and 
  value 
  not 
  only 
  

   during 
  the 
  lifetime 
  of 
  the 
  planter, 
  but 
  that 
  of 
  many 
  generations 
  of 
  

   his 
  descendants. 
  

  

  This 
  appeal 
  to 
  the 
  good 
  sense 
  of 
  our 
  rural 
  population 
  is 
  made 
  in 
  

   all 
  sincerity 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  hope 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  heeded 
  by 
  every 
  man 
  

   who 
  has 
  a 
  spark 
  of 
  patriotism 
  in 
  his 
  soul, 
  and 
  who 
  dares 
  show 
  it 
  in 
  

   his 
  labors 
  by 
  setting 
  up 
  a 
  few 
  milestones 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  nut-bearing 
  

   trees 
  along 
  the 
  roadsides 
  — 
  if 
  for 
  no 
  other 
  purpose 
  than 
  the 
  present 
  

  

  