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EXERCISES 



t. Ascertain the value at your home market of (a) almonds, (6) walnuts, 

 (c) hickory nuts, {d) pecans. 



2. Compare the relative food valves and costs of the list given in No. 1. 



3. Consult the table in reference to Ihe food composition of nuts and 

 calculate the relative amounts of fifty pounds each of fresh walnuts and 

 chestnuts in (a) water, (6) proteids, (c) fat. 



4. Compare the amount of proteids in seventy-five pounds of sweet 

 almonds with that found in one hundred and fifty pounds of fresh walnuts. 



QUESTIONS 



1. Name some of the leading varieties of nuts. 



2. Discuss the almond industry. 



3. Discuss the growing and marketing of walnuts and hickory nuts. 



4. Describe briefly (a) the pecan, (6) the chinquapin, (c) the chestnut. 



5. Discuss (a) hazelnuts, (6) acorns. 



6. What can you say of the cocoanut industry ? 



7. Describe the Brazil nut. 



8. Discuss the food value of nuts. 



REFERENCES 



How the World is fed (Industrial Reader), Carpenter. 



The Nut Culturist, Andrew S. Fuller. 



Food and Dietetics, Robert Hutchinson. 



Nuts and Their Uses as Food, Farmers' Bulletin No. 332. . 



