WALNUT WILL WIN THE WAR 



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No logs of 

 less than the 

 d i m e n s i ons 

 mentioned 

 should be cut 

 as they are too 

 small to pay 

 either the own- 

 er or the saw 

 mill and they 

 do not produce 

 gov ernmental 

 m a t e r i a 1 . 

 Where possible 

 logs should be 

 cut ten feet 

 and up in 

 length, as the 

 longer logs pro- 

 duce more ma- 

 terial suitable 

 for the govern- 

 ment's needs. 



There must 



be no "slackers" among the trees any more than among 

 civilians. Every one that can be drafted into the service 

 must be numbered and called to arms. It is the duty of 

 every patriotic citizen to see that there is no evasion. The 



LOGS LIKE THIS ARE SCARCE 



The figure 1452, chalked on the side of this six foot walnut log, does not indicate the year in which the 

 tree began to grow, although it was about 150 years old. It has been saved for America to help fight in 

 the present war. In spite of its monstrous weight it will rise like a bird and, transformed into an 

 airplane propeller, soar thousands of feet above the earth. 



work that the 

 Boy Scouts 

 have been doing 

 in spotting wal- 

 nut trees all 

 over the United 

 States is prov- 

 ing very help- 

 ful and has 

 won for them 

 hearty com- 

 mendation. As 

 the boys dis- 

 cover the trees 

 they notify 

 their s c out 

 master who in 

 turn prepares a 

 report which is 

 f o r w arded to 

 the proper of- 

 fi c i a 1 s . The 

 army officers 

 who are han- 

 dling this end of the work testify to the assistance which 

 is being rendered them in this way. The Boy Scouts are 

 taking great pride in this patriotic service and have en- 

 tered into it with the same spirit they displayed in selling 



HOW NEBRASKA IS HELPING 



Most people do not think of the state by the Platte as having any woodland, and yet it is turning out some of the walnut for which the Govern- 

 ment is now eagerly searching all over the country. A belt from Massachusetts to Nebraska and from the Great Lakes to Tennessee virtually 

 covers all the walnut territory of the United Statei. 



