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lime, ill Lliat row, in whicli lliei'c are alloiicllicr alxml tweiilj- 

 iiiiie trees, three yeai-.s ai;<) (here Jiiatured nine and a hall' bush- 

 els of nuts, just on thai ohl hedgerow, tliat could not be used for 

 anything else, and full ol' 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 y(;ar 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 VJO'S, or 1004. Notice the si/.e of the 

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

 grove and they are doing tlui mowing and fattening themselves, 

 where the machin(; is no longei- necMled. 



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

 shoAVs the growth from 1904: to 191.1. They are rapid growers, 

 because they have a good root system. 



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

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

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

 and interfered with the growth. 



Here is a near vi(!W on the three Imndi-cd acre lot. It shows 

 the condition \n liicii might have existed uj) (o lh(; 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 winit you see and above is waste 

 mountain land, containing chest niit and i-ock oak. Through 

 that, of course, fires i-un every now and tlien and it is necessary 

 to establish fire lanes at the upper eml, so' that beloAV the fence 

 is a fire lane whicdi will prevent a Cwa from getting into the 

 grove. 



This photograph shows what was there in 1S96 and 1897 — that 

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

 ble Avith i\rr. Sober, and it is ])ossible anywhere where the chest- 

 nut grows. You can make the change from tliis to what you 

 saw before. 



This is tlie ich'niical spot tliat yon were looking at in the pic- 

 ture preceding. Tlu^ precc^liug picture was taken five years 

 ago, 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 tliey have been bearing, every nut, practically, has 



