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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



October 10, 1917 



CORNF.R OF THE HAKT/.ELL WALNUT MILLS' VAKLlS WITH LANDtiC Al'L W o U K 1\ ITli; FuK|.;(;KuL'N I) 



Grandfather's Walnut 



' IFTY YEARS AGO, scattered thru the many mediately began using it profusely for building timbers, 



^1 fertile valleys of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, the 

 ^^^'^i American black walnut flourished abundantly. 

 Here the soil and climatic conditions seem to 

 have been ideal for the steady growth and develop- 

 ment of this noble tree. 



rail fences, etc. Some of the old and substantial barns 

 of our forefathers, with their massive walnut framing 

 timbers, still stand as monuments to the. wholesale 

 slaughter of this king of American hardwoods. 



Not realizing the value of the wood, as is too often 



The early pioneers and settlers in this region, quickly the case with many of America's wonderful resources, 

 recognizing the splendid qualities of this wood, im- the forests of walnut were soon thinned by extravagant 



use and bungling 

 methods, but, thanks 

 to the sturdy qual- 

 ities of this tree 

 together with its 

 power to reproduce 

 itself, resist disease 

 and decay, it still 

 abounds in many 

 secluded valleys, 

 unscathed, in its 

 verdant grandeur. 



The bungling 

 methods of our fore- 

 fathers have given 

 way, and modern 

 manufacture on a 

 scientific basis has 

 taken their place. 

 The Geo. W. Hart 

 zell walnut mills at 

 Piqua, Ohio, located 

 in the heart of the 



ONE OF MANY PILES OF WALNUT LOGS AT THE HA RTZELL WALNUT MILLS. NOTE THE GOOD I.IONGTHS 



AND SMOOTH, CLEAN APPPEARANCE Walnut territory, IS 



