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difficulties in the way of gettino; apj^ropriations for a governmental 

 project of this nature. Probably it would be far easier to get ten 

 times the appropriations for tlie control of a new dangerous insect, such 

 as the Japanese beetle, than it would to get appropriations for a nut 

 arboretum. If funds sufficient to start it should be forthcoming, prob- 

 ably managenuiit by a board of trustees would be preferable. This 

 is generally the wa^' our colleges, hospitals, botanic gardens, etc. were 

 started and have been built up. 



The difficidties in the way of establishing a nut arboretum have 

 been outlined above, also that there would be considerable cost of 

 operation, but the value to the country of what would be accom])lished 

 would be such that the cost of establishment and ofjeration would be 

 so small as hardly to be worthy of consideration in comparison. The 

 rapid increase in the use of nuts in late years has been beyond all 

 precedent. Formerly they were sold by the grocers at Thanksgiving 

 and Christmas time and scarcely any at other periods. Now we have 

 exclusive nut stores which sell nuts all the year and shelled nuts are 

 beginning to be put in 5c and 10c packages and are used for hurried 

 lunches, or by those who want a bite to eat that they can eat as they 

 go and have time for nothing else. Considerable effort also is being 

 jiut on developing uses for nuts in the family in the form of nut butters 

 and otherwise. It is generally admitted that there is only one solution 

 in sight for the diminishing supply of meat and that is to grow nuts. 

 A nut arboretum, as nothing else can, will improve the nut varieties 

 that we now have. 



There would, in all probability, be results achieved not contem- 

 plated in the above plans, which are not only possible but probable. 

 One only will be mentioned. Most of tlie nut trees are valuable timber 

 trees but generally are of slow growth. The work of breeding varieties 

 for the nuts they bear is almost certain to get varieties valuable for tim- 

 ber as well. A hickory that will grow several times as fast as any- 

 thing we now have would be of tremendous value to the forestry indus- 

 try of the country, and it is likely to come from a nut arboretum. It 

 is difficult to see how a man of means who really wanted to do something 

 worth while could more effectively accomplish it than by establishing 

 a nut arboretum. 



