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I jtl.intcd some of tl;c Rush chinqu;ipin nuts a few years ago, and 

 from this experiment I now have two trees on my Lawn that are in 

 bearing'. One of these seedlings bears only one nut in the burr, 

 while the other bears three nuts in the burr. 



There is no special care to be given the chestnut and chinquapin. 

 Just cultivate and fertilize the same as any other tree, but they grow 

 about as well on the lawn, wliere no cultivation is to be had, as in 

 the field. 



To those who are planning to plant trees, I would say plant nut 

 trees. Plant the pecan, chestnut and black walnut both for timber 

 and nuts. Plant the filbert for nuts, 1 f you want only foliage, i)lant 

 all of them for foliage and shade. Plant the filbert on the lawn or 

 in the field for its thick glossy foliage and nuts; plant the chestnut 

 for its majestic appearance, foliage and nuts; plant the black walnut 

 for its tim'ber, w^de spreading limbs and nuts; plant the towering 

 pecan for its beautiful appearance, timber and nuts. Whatever you 

 plant, let some of your plantings be of these four kinds. 



When i)roduction warrants, modern ingenuity will perfect ma- 

 chinery to crack the nuts and grind the meat, either into meal for bread 

 or meat for steak. The most perfect nutritious breads and meats will 

 be the result when mankind realize the perfectly balanced foods that 

 can be produced from the products of the trees — the engines of 

 ))roduetion. 



Five or ten acres of nut trees properly distributed will supply the 

 ordinary family with bread and meat. Beef steaks and pork chops 

 are getting scarce and costly and will continue as time pa.sses. One 

 pound of pecan or walnut meat is worth in nutriment about three 

 pounds of beef steak. 



Lincoln once remarked, after a frugal meal of milk and mush, 

 tliat it was good enough for a president. When a citizen of America 

 can sit down to a meal consisting of a dozen pecans or walnuts 

 broken into bits with a mixture of sterilized bran, properly seasoned 

 with salt and cream, followed with a dessert of Satsuma oranges or 

 Golden Delicious apples, he will be the envy of the potentates of the 

 earth or the gods of Olympus. 



