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time. Til tluit row, in which tlicrc are altoi^ether uIkuiI twenty- 

 nine trees, tiirec ycai-s ai;*) there niatnred nine and a half husli- 

 el.s of nuts, just on that old luMlgerow, that eould not be used for 

 anything else, and full of stones. Some of the trees in that row 

 last fall had almost half a bushel of nuts on single trees. The 

 trees on the four hundred acres last year were practically all 

 bearing; some of them less than a pint to the tree; others almost 

 half a bushel to the tree. . 



This view was taken in 19(13, or 1901. Notice the size of Che 

 trees, especially. About five hundred sheep were put into the 

 grove and they are doing tlie. niowing and fatt(;niiig themsel\es, 

 where the machine is no longer neede<l. 



This view shows the same trees in 1911. The fence by the side 

 shows the growth from 1901 to 1911. They are rapid growers, 

 because the^^ have a good root system. 



This is a view of the ridge, a portion of the ridge that has a 

 southern front. There are ninety acres grafted, and all bearing. 

 The red spider appeared on this southern side, the sunny slope, 

 and interfered with the groAvth. 



Here is a near view on tlie three hundre<l acrc^ lot. It shows 

 the condition which might have existed up to tlie top of the ridge. 

 That is Mr. Sober's line. A fence is built,^ — you can just see 

 the posts, — and that fence is a mile long, running from one end 

 to the other, and below it is what you see and above is waste 

 mountain land, containing chestnut and rock oak. Through 

 that, of course, fires run every now and then and it is necessary 

 to establish fire lanes at the upper end, so that below the fence 

 is a fire lane which Avill prevent a fire from getting into the 

 grove. 



This photograph shows what was there in 1890 and 1897 — that 

 same grove that you saw up at the edge. This has been possi- 

 ble with Mr. Sober, and it is possi])le anywhere where the chest- 

 nut grows. You can make the cliange from this to what you 

 saw before. 



This is ihe id(MiJical s]»ot llial yon were looking at in the pic- 

 ture preceding. Tlu^ prec(Mling picture was taken five years 

 «n.go, and here it is to-day. These trees have been grafted two 

 years and three years, and they are bearing. On this fifty acres 

 ever since they have been bearing, every nut, practically, has 



