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October to May ? If not, ask the class to explain why 

 not. Let them ask 

 their parents about 

 the history of nut 

 trees in the neigh- 

 borhood to find out 

 whetherthey have in- 

 creased or decreased 

 in number during 

 their recollection. 

 Let them ascertain, 

 so far as possible, 

 the causes for de- 

 crease in nut trees, 

 if such has occurred, 

 and encourage them 

 to reason out the 

 best ways by which 

 these causes may be 

 counteracted and 

 nut trees increased. 

 In the writer's 

 experience abuse of 

 nut trees, and of 

 those who own, 

 them, is the chief 

 reason why we do 

 not have as many 

 as we could wish. 

 Is that true in the 

 neighborhood ? The 



Fig. 149. Thanks for bearing Chestnuts 

 (Photograph by the author) 



