time. In that roAV, in which there are altogether about twenty- 

 nine trees, three years ago there matured nine and a half bush- 

 els of nuts, just on that old hedgerow, that could not be used for 

 anything else, and full of 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 year 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 1903, or 1904. Notice the size of the 

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

 grove and they are doing the mowing and fattening themselves, 

 where the machine is no longer needed. 



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

 shows the growth from 1904 to 1911. 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 front. There are ninety acres grafted, and all bearing. 

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

 and interfered with the growth. 



Here is a near view on the three hundred acre lot. It shows 

 the condition which might have existed up to the 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 what you see and above is waste 

 mountain land, containing chestnut and rock oak. Through 

 that, of course, fires run every now and then and it is necessary 

 to establish fire lanes at the upper end, so that below the fence 

 is a fire lane which will prevent a fire from getting into the 

 grove. 



This photograph shows what was there in 1896 and 1897 that 

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

 ble with Mr. Sober, and it is possible anywhere where the chest- 

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

 saw before. 



This is the identical spot that you were looking at in the pic- 

 ture preceding. The preceding 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 they have been bearing, every nut, practically, has 



