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The pistachio is grown to some extent but there are no large or- 

 chards and but few bearing trees. It may yet prove a commercial 

 success. The government has sent out 25^000 trees. 



The chestnut has not been grown extensively anywhere on the 

 Pacific Coast. But little progress in planting has been made althougli 

 the tree is said to be prolific and to grow on heavy soil. 



The pecan is found in many widely separated districts. It grows 

 rapidly, is hardy and is more generally found as a shade tree than in 

 orchard plantings. In some sections they bear fairly well but more 

 generally they are shy bearers. 



The filbert seems to do best in the northern sections. Though tlie 

 present output is small the trees are thrifty and the outlook is promis- 

 ing. The estimated yield for the present year is 75 tons. 



Peanut growing has been largely abandoned on account of compe- 

 tition from the cheap labor Japanese product. 



It may be assumed that somewhere in the Pacific Coast states can 

 be found extensive sections adapted to the production of almost any 

 variety of nut produced elsewhere in any temperate or semi-tropical 

 climate. Competition from the cheap labor products of other countries 

 must, however, be taken into consideration. 



Dr. Jolin Harvey Kellogg of Battle Creek, Michigan, read a paper 

 on "The Supreme Value of Nuts as Human Food." This paper has 

 been published in full, witli ilhistrations, in the magazine Good Health 

 and copies may be had by writing to Good Health Publishing Co., 

 Dept. 12, Battle Creek, Michigan. It is possible to give here only a 

 brief summary of Dr. Kellogg's valuable address. 



Dr. Kellogg believes that the fear that this country can never 

 produce enough food to support a population of more than two Imn- 

 dred million people is groundless. With proper methods of produc- 

 tion and distribution it could feed a billion or even the whole world. 

 At present more than three-fourths of the food we produce goes to 

 feed our domestic animals and this is a very wasteful method of pro- 

 ducing food for ourselves. Man originally lived on the products of 

 the forest and only took to eating meat when these products grew 

 scarce. Our present day diet is unwholesome and we should return to 

 a diet of fruits, nuts, vegetables, seeds and milk. Over half the 



