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  The 
  Association 
  May 
  Accomplish 
  Much 
  btj 
  Demonstrating 
  the 
  Value 
  

   of 
  Nut 
  Trees 
  as 
  Trees 
  and 
  the 
  Value 
  of 
  Their 
  Prochicts 
  as 
  Food 
  

  

  Many 
  organizations 
  in 
  our 
  Eastern 
  States 
  are 
  becoming 
  interested 
  

   in 
  the 
  beautification 
  of 
  communities 
  and 
  the 
  tremendous 
  develop- 
  

   ment 
  in 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  automobile 
  is 
  interesting 
  even 
  more 
  organiza- 
  

   ations 
  in 
  the 
  beautification 
  of 
  rural 
  highways. 
  It 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  a 
  

   difficult 
  thing 
  for 
  the 
  Nut 
  Growers 
  Association 
  to 
  interest 
  civic 
  

   associations 
  or 
  women's 
  clubs 
  in 
  the 
  planting 
  not 
  only 
  of 
  forest 
  trees 
  

   alone 
  along 
  rural 
  highways 
  but 
  a 
  certain 
  number 
  of 
  nut 
  trees. 
  We 
  are 
  

   literally 
  in 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  the 
  "Movie" 
  and 
  if 
  a 
  man 
  who 
  walks 
  or 
  drives 
  

   along 
  our 
  highways 
  can 
  see 
  as 
  he 
  passes 
  the 
  growing 
  nut 
  trees 
  and 
  

   the 
  bountiful 
  harvest 
  which 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  yield, 
  he 
  is 
  

   being 
  convinced 
  that 
  not 
  only 
  elm 
  and 
  maple 
  are 
  of 
  value 
  along 
  our 
  

   highways, 
  but 
  that 
  the 
  nut-producing 
  trees 
  may 
  give 
  equal 
  satis- 
  

   faction 
  in 
  beauty 
  of 
  form 
  and 
  comfort 
  of 
  shade 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  

   yield 
  fruit 
  of 
  very 
  definite 
  value. 
  

  

  Even 
  though 
  the 
  fruit 
  of 
  the 
  nut-bearing 
  trees 
  of 
  our 
  woodlands 
  

   and 
  highways 
  may 
  not 
  give 
  an 
  annual 
  return 
  to 
  the 
  town 
  or 
  village 
  

   or 
  county 
  it 
  will 
  bring 
  immeasurable 
  joy 
  and 
  possibly 
  better 
  health 
  

   to 
  the 
  boys 
  and 
  girls 
  of 
  the 
  future. 
  In 
  manyways 
  the 
  children 
  of 
  

   this 
  country 
  are 
  educating 
  their 
  parents 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  an 
  impossible 
  

   idea 
  to 
  think 
  of 
  the 
  parents 
  of 
  the 
  future 
  being 
  converted 
  by 
  the 
  

   influence 
  of 
  their 
  children 
  to 
  the 
  desirability 
  if 
  not 
  the 
  necessity 
  of 
  

   growing 
  trees 
  and 
  nut 
  trees, 
  the 
  fruit 
  of 
  which 
  will 
  give 
  pleasant 
  

   healthfulness 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  aid 
  in 
  the 
  saving 
  of 
  the 
  daily 
  

   wage 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  support 
  of 
  the 
  commonwealth. 
  I 
  wish 
  to 
  emphasize 
  

   this 
  idea 
  of 
  considering 
  not 
  alone 
  the 
  financial 
  return 
  from 
  the 
  trees 
  

   and 
  the 
  forests 
  of 
  this 
  state. 
  As 
  the 
  son 
  of 
  a 
  lumberman 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  

   forester 
  I 
  am, 
  of 
  course, 
  most 
  vitally 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  growing 
  of 
  

   trees 
  as 
  a 
  business 
  proposition, 
  but 
  I 
  feel 
  that 
  such 
  an 
  organization 
  

   as 
  yours, 
  especially, 
  should 
  look 
  at 
  this 
  matter 
  not 
  alone 
  from 
  actual 
  

   financial 
  returns, 
  but 
  because 
  of 
  indirect 
  benefits 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  making 
  

   of 
  outdoor 
  people 
  of 
  us 
  Americans. 
  This 
  can 
  be 
  done, 
  I 
  believe, 
  

   to 
  a 
  very 
  considerable 
  extent 
  by 
  giving 
  our 
  people, 
  especially 
  the 
  

   boys 
  and 
  girls, 
  a 
  purpose 
  for 
  getting 
  out 
  into 
  the 
  woodlot 
  and 
  the 
  

   forests 
  wherever 
  they 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  state. 
  

  

  The 
  women 
  of 
  this 
  state 
  are 
  interested 
  vitally 
  these 
  days 
  not 
  

   only 
  in 
  their 
  own 
  welfare 
  as 
  possible 
  citizens, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  improving 
  of 
  

   living 
  conditions 
  and 
  opportunities 
  of 
  our 
  people. 
  We 
  should 
  have 
  

   more 
  women 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  this 
  association 
  and 
  interested 
  

   in 
  seeing 
  that 
  the 
  future 
  value 
  of 
  nuts 
  is 
  appreciated 
  by 
  the 
  wage- 
  

   earners 
  of 
  the 
  state, 
  both 
  because 
  of 
  their 
  healthfulness 
  and 
  because 
  

  

  