HOW TO PREPARE THE LAND 



With a long handled post digger sink a hole not less 

 than four feet deep, where each tree is to be planted. 

 The deeper the hole and greater the diameter the 

 better. jjFill these holes with rich earth surface loam 

 and some crushed bones if possible to secure them. 

 Always avoid manure either green or decayed. 



When the nuts begin to sprout plant one in each 



1 hole, heaping up the dirt slightly so the planted nut 



\ will lie at about the surface level. 



If the soil is shallow, i. e., bedrock within four 

 or five feet of the surface, cut off the point of the tap 



( root. If the land contains much clay, considerable 

 sand should be mixed in the topsoil with which the 

 hole is filled. Cultivate as you would a field of 

 corn. Plant corn, potatoes, melons, tomatoes, beans 

 or sow to alfalfa, leaving at least eight feet on each 

 side of the trees for cultivation. After three or four 

 years give more space for cultivation. The roots 

 of trees reach out faster than the limbs: hence, the 

 small rootlets enmesh long before the limbs inter- 

 mingle. Walnuts do not yield good crops and 

 some varieties have ceased to bear after their 

 roots have mingled. This is the principal reason 

 why trees should be set never less than sixty feet 

 apart. Planted as directed, they will grow vigorous- 

 ly, some attaining a height of three to five feet in 



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