February, ipso 



last year. The harvesting season opens 

 in the latter part of September. 



The price for shelled walnuts, not 

 picked and not graded, was about 

 $2150 Mexican per picul ($1 Mexican= 

 $0.90 gold, and 1 picul=133y3 pounds) 

 for the 1918 season. The price for wal- 

 nuts in shell, average quality, but not 

 graded, was approximately $11 Mexi- 

 can per picul. 



Walnuts are, as a rule, grown on 

 small farms, owned by individual fami- 

 lies. Harvesting is usually done by 

 members of the family, so that it is 

 impossible to calculate the cost of such 

 labor. It may be stated, however, that 

 labor of this class costs about 20 cents 

 a day. 



There has been no recent develop- 

 ment in the walnut industry; but owing 

 to the greater demand for export there 

 may be increased efforts to greater out- 

 put. The trees take nearly 15 years to 

 bear. Walnuts are grown over a very 

 large area in North China and come 

 mostly from Shantung, Shansi, and 

 Chihli provinces. The groves in most 

 eases are located on the mountain 

 slopes and hill side, on land not particu- 

 larly adapted to the growing of other 

 crops. 



According to the returns of the Mari- 

 time Customs, the export abroad of wal- 

 nut kernels from Tientsin in 1918 

 amounted to 2,475,867 pounds, valued 

 at $263,437, as compared with 968,800 

 pounds, valued at $97,252 in 1917; the 

 exports of walnuts in shell amounted 

 in 1918 to 3,178,933 pounds valued at 

 $160,377, as against 4,863,333 pounds, 

 valued at $184,154 in 1917. According 

 to the annual declared export returns of 

 this consulate general shipments of wal- 

 nuts, shelled and unshelled, to the 

 United States amounted to 1,183,640 

 pounds valued at $339,718 in 1918, com- 

 pared with 2,830,646 pounds valued at 

 $493,239 in 1917. 



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 the possible exception of hammers are 

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Probably the best tool protector 

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It is decidedly refreshing to turn the 

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The cover is at once original and 

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