I)(!(;ii removed, so lli:i( hisl ve.ii- on I his lilly ;i(i-(-s (liere was 

 scureelj ti weevil, mihI scarcely a liiin- \\<»nii, in I lie nuts tlial ma- 

 tured there. 



Another portion, showing young trees Itending ov<'r, breaking 

 down, almost, on that same fil'ty acres. It was laUen in 1!)I1, 

 about tlie first of October. TIk; trees are lieavily la<hMi, the nuts 

 perfect. 



Anotlier view slio\\ing the slieej* doin^ the nntwing. The eat- 

 thi liel}) Avith llie work. Pigs iielp, l)ut I <h) not have a plioto- 

 grapli showing them. A lot of them were pnt in atler the crops 

 Avere gathered. Tin; men harvested the nnts and afterwards 

 the pigs were turned in and found enongli to fatten themselves. 

 1 think that on the wa>;te mountain land in tliis State, yon could 

 fatten on chestnuts all the i)igs that we raise, if W(! used it for 

 notliing else. 



In harvesting, the nnis gaiheied in IJJll were; hauled to a 

 threshing machine. It was necessarj'^ to have a nnu-hiiu; ma<le, 

 the problem of threshing the nnts, getting them out of the buri-s, 

 becoming so great. This shows a j)hotograph of the men hauling 

 the bnrrs before they are quite ripe, and placing them in piles. 

 They ripen, the bnrrs open, and the nnts can then be picked out. 



This shows another pile of the bnrrs. Notice that they are 

 ojxMiing. This was taken a little later and the nuts were matur- 

 ing. 



Harvesting before we had the machine. The men had to {tick 

 them (uit. Th(^ nnts were taken out and placed in sacks, all 

 l)y hand. This shows a ])ile of l)nrrs. Every burr had to Ik; 

 opened wUh gloves, and it was very tedious. The ])roblem was 

 too great, so that a threshing machine was invented by ^Ir. C. K. 

 Sober especially for the purpose this last year, and this view 

 shoAvs the nmchine in o[>eration. The nnts were. hauled in piles 

 in the bnrrs. They were then pnt through this macliine, Avhich 

 is run by a little gasoline engine; the nuts ran out into a basket, 

 were pnt into sacks, and later they were loaded and carted to the 

 house to be assorted. 



This is the assorting room. They ar(» then packed in boxes. 

 Here are crates filled with nuts. Last year a carload was sent 

 to Seattle, Washington. After the season was over, orders were 

 taken for two carloads to be delivered at Seattle next fall, and 



