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type are scgrcgaled and are propagated 

 by reliable nurserymen. 



The question of pollination is one 

 about which there is practically no 

 accuralc information. It is not known 

 for certain which varieties, if any, need 

 the pollen of other varieties in order to 

 set fruit. In i)lanting grafted varieties 

 it is safer to plant more than one vari- 

 ety in the orchard. There is one evi- 

 dence that the Fianquette can be 

 planted in solid blocks safely, but until 

 this is established for a certainty it is a 

 good i)olicy to plant at least ten per 

 cent of some other variety with it. Of 

 course, it is necessary to use for this 

 purpose a variety that sheds its pollen 

 at the time that the pistillate blossoms 

 of the main variety are receptive. Con- 

 trolled experiments are being carried 

 on in some Oregon orchards this sum- 

 mer that may throw some light on this 

 important subject. 



There can be no doubt that a walnut 

 orchard, properly planted in a suitable 

 location and properly handled, is a 

 good investment. It is, at the same 

 time, possible to lose a lot of money by 

 planting in poor locations and by using 

 varieties un.suited to our conditions. 

 The prospective planter should get as 

 wide a variety of advise as possible be- 

 fore planting. Don't bank too much on 

 any one grower's statements nor on the 

 record of any one grove. 



Sending Workers to France 



The commander of a Western camp 

 who went abroad for a tour of inspec- 

 tion and observation was never known 

 for his enthusiasm about the athletic 

 activities in his camp until he came 

 back from France. Then he announced 

 that until he was retired by the govern- 

 ment, play was compulsory for the men 

 in his command, whether the country 

 was at war or peace. What this gen- 

 eral saw in France has been described 

 by Dr. Luther H. Gulick, head of the 

 Y. M. C. A. committee on recruiting ath- 

 letic directors for overseas service. 



"The winning of this war is as much 

 in the hands of the athletic and physical 

 directors of the Y. M. C. A.," says Dr. 

 Gulick, "as it is in the hands of any 

 other single group of men except the 

 commanding generals. We have sent 

 overseas recently such men as Dave 

 Fultz of Brown, famous as an athlete in 

 his college days and more recently as 

 an official in important intercollegiate 

 contests; Frank Quimby, known to all 

 Yale men as a .successful baseball coach, 

 who left his position at Andover to 

 train regiments; Jack Magee, who 

 brought athletic fame to that famous 

 little Maine college, Bowdoin; Sparrow 

 Robertson, newspaper man and expert 

 in the construction of playgrounds, and 

 scores of others of similar calibre. 



"But we are confronted with even 

 greater problems than ever before. Our 

 army in France is expanding rapidly. 

 Those boys over there want as many of 

 the things they had at home as we can 

 give them. More than that, they want 

 relaxation from the strenuous tasks im- 

 posed on them. 



"When a man has been fighting for 

 dayswithoutinterruption; has had prac- 



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