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  DISTRIBUTION 
  OF 
  PERSIAN 
  ("ENGLISH") 
  WALNUT 
  

   SEEDLINGS 
  IN 
  MICHIGAN 
  

  

  Attention 
  should 
  be 
  called 
  to 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Myron 
  A. 
  Cobb 
  

   of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  of 
  the 
  Central 
  State 
  Normal 
  

   School, 
  Mount 
  Pleasant, 
  Michigan, 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  sends 
  the 
  following 
  

   outline. 
  Mr. 
  Cobb 
  has 
  consented 
  to 
  send 
  out 
  with 
  the 
  trees 
  a 
  

   leaflet, 
  to 
  be 
  supplied 
  by 
  this 
  Association, 
  explaining 
  the 
  funda- 
  

   mental 
  principles 
  of 
  nut 
  growing. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  note 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  these 
  seedling 
  trees, 
  one 
  and 
  

   one-half 
  cents 
  each, 
  including 
  postage. 
  

  

  The 
  success 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Cobb's 
  work 
  shows 
  the 
  readiness 
  of 
  the 
  public 
  

   for 
  it. 
  Our 
  Association 
  should 
  encourage 
  similar 
  work 
  in 
  other 
  

   states. 
  

  

  "About 
  five 
  years 
  ago, 
  I 
  began 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  walnut 
  seedlings 
  

   by 
  planting 
  a 
  few 
  seeds 
  in 
  our 
  orchard, 
  and 
  distributed 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  

   schools 
  of 
  Isabella 
  County. 
  I 
  distributed 
  about 
  five 
  hundred 
  each 
  

   year, 
  making 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  two 
  thousand 
  five 
  hundred 
  seedlings. 
  This 
  

   year, 
  the 
  idea 
  has 
  been 
  more 
  widely 
  advertised, 
  and 
  the 
  demand 
  for 
  

   seedlings 
  has 
  been 
  enormous. 
  I 
  have 
  distributed 
  this 
  year 
  five 
  

   thousand 
  seedlings 
  and 
  have 
  received 
  orders 
  for 
  about 
  two 
  thousand 
  

   more 
  which 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  fill 
  because 
  of 
  lack 
  of 
  trees. 
  

  

  "This 
  work 
  was 
  taken 
  up 
  primarily 
  with 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  distributing 
  

   walnut 
  seedlings 
  on 
  the 
  farms 
  and 
  incidentally 
  to 
  teach 
  how 
  trees 
  

   are 
  raised 
  and 
  to 
  correlate 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  school 
  to 
  the 
  home. 
  

  

  "The 
  trees 
  have 
  been 
  distributed 
  largely 
  by 
  parcel 
  post, 
  in 
  amounts 
  

   from 
  three 
  to 
  three 
  hundred. 
  The 
  trees 
  have 
  been 
  sold 
  for 
  one 
  and 
  

   one-half 
  cents 
  each. 
  This 
  covers 
  the 
  original 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  and 
  

   the 
  postage 
  on 
  the 
  same. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  have 
  been 
  grown 
  upon 
  

   our 
  own 
  grounds, 
  but 
  the 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  have 
  been 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  

   D. 
  Hill 
  Nursery 
  Company, 
  of 
  Dundee, 
  Illinois. 
  The 
  distribution 
  has 
  

   been 
  largely 
  through 
  the 
  schools, 
  but 
  many 
  organizations 
  have 
  in- 
  

   terested 
  themselves 
  in 
  the 
  movement, 
  as 
  farmers' 
  clubs, 
  women's 
  

   clubs, 
  civic 
  improvement 
  leagues, 
  etc. 
  The 
  Women's 
  Club 
  of 
  Pon- 
  

   tiac 
  distributed 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  seventy-five. 
  We 
  prefer 
  to 
  dis- 
  

   tribute 
  them 
  through 
  the 
  schools. 
  

  

  "These 
  trees 
  have 
  been 
  distributed 
  to 
  nearly 
  every 
  portion 
  of 
  

   Michigan, 
  Mr. 
  Weidman, 
  a 
  prominent 
  lumberman, 
  sending 
  one 
  

   hundred 
  to 
  the 
  Upper 
  Peninsula. 
  Several 
  hundred 
  have 
  been 
  sent 
  

  

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