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This is a view of an ideal tree, three years old, with a low 

 crown, two feet from the ground. 



In this view, the huckleberries are beginning to grow under- 

 neatih; all through the grove the huckleberries have filled prac- 

 tically everything. The ground has been burned over, to burn 

 up the leaves and the burrs, which contain the enemies, and tlie 

 huckleberries and chestnut sprouts are coming up; but it is nec- 

 essary- to keep these' down. 



This view shows how that same ground was cleared, and 

 how it aj^peared in the winter time. Everything that could 

 be removed was grubbed olf and bnrinMl, the screens which you 

 saw before being used. 



This is a young tree, three years old, in the third summer. 

 Prom tliat tree three hundred burrs were removed. Two hun- 

 dred were left to mature. This was too many, and many of 

 them dropped off. The leaves were picked from that same tree, 

 and tliis view shoAVS it with over a hundred burrs in which the 

 nuts are practically ripe. 



This is the grove as it appeared in 1904:. This is a portion 

 not of the fifty acres, but a portion in the flat which was grafted 

 about 1900, some of it in 1899. Notice now that the grass is be- 

 ginning to grow below the trees. The stumps are there, but the 

 tree is becoming independent. It is now possible to have the 

 mowing done by means of cattle and sheep in the grove. 



This is another view shoAving trees out by the edges, as the 

 sprouts come up. They were grafted until there is a stand all 

 over the four hundred acres, and noAV it is necessary to use the 

 axe to trim out, because they are too thick. 



Another portion, showing a four-^^ear old tree, Avith nuts. 



This view shows the trees a little older. This was taken in 

 1910 and shows the character of the mountain side. It is cov- 

 ered with stones; impossible to mow around it; it has to be 

 grubbed, — but an ideal place. The stones help to keep the mois- 

 ture in the ground and tlie trees do exceptionally well. 



This is another tree, a pliotograph taken in 1911. It was in 

 October and the nuts Avere ripening on the tree. 



The next vieAV sliows part of an old hedgerow that had groAvn 

 up Avith everything. Stones from the field on either side of 

 this had been thrown along a gully that existed there at one 



