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111 the iiexL view, tlic lar^csl Wvo at the I'iglit is altout nine 

 years old. Jleally (he v,(»i'k fi-oin lSUi'> nnlil 1!HM) consisted in 

 experiiiientini;'. When I lie methods were j)ei-l'eeted, the real work 

 began, iu 1900. 



Another portion of tlie i^rove shows a tree on which the nuts 

 are maturing. This tree is about eight years old. 



A brancli from that tree shows the nuts almost ripe, just ready 

 to ojx'ii. If we examine under the trees, many of the burrs are 

 fallen to the ground. You can see the burrs and the nuts in the 

 burrs. It is harvest time and the harvesters are gathering the 

 nuts and })hicing them in piles, whence they ean be hauled to 

 the threshing machine, which will be shown later. 



The next view shows a normal burr, containing three nuts. 



I will now show the different stages through which fiftj^ acres 

 of this four hundred have passed. I do not have the photographs 

 taken in 189G and 1)7. The photographs I have were taken be- 

 ginning with 1903 up to the present time. This view shows the 

 work of removing the brush piles, which were left on the ground. 

 These liad to be burned, the logs removed and all the sprouts pro- 

 tected. Every native sprout was protected in every way from 

 fire and from injury, and in the front of this view j'ou see a num- 

 Wr of si)routs that have been left. These are ready to be grafted. 

 AVheii the logs ar(^ hauled out, these have to be protected; when 

 fires are made, to burn the brush and rubbish, these need to be 

 protected. A sawmill was set up, and what wood was valuable 

 used either for railroad ties, or mine props, or pulpwood, for 

 whatever it could be used, so that it partly paid for clearing. 



AViien the sprouts are ready to graft, they are about six feet 

 liigli. I"'onr S]>routs are here shown. The two on this side were 

 cut off about tlie })oiiit where the hand is, and tliesc twct were 

 selected be<-anse, coming from tlie stuni]), they came from lower 

 down and a little farther out and api)ar(Mitly had better roots. 

 So two were selected ami two were left. Tlie two were grafted 

 on this si(h' and two h'Ct, in case of injury to the other two; so 

 that, if anything hajipeiicd, the others coiild be grafted the next 

 seascui. 



Old trees were cut (h>wn in diri'crent i»arts of the farm. Tiiis 

 shows a giant tree that was cut in oi(h'i' IJtat this little sprout at 



