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of from twelve to thirteen millions of dollars. If you 

 will but consult the records you will see that this 

 amount is far greater than the value of all the apples 

 exported in any one year from both the United States 

 and Canada. These records show that since 1905 the 

 largest export of apples from this country and Canada 

 amounted to slightly less than two and one-half millions 

 of barrels. If we assume four dollars as the average 

 price per barrel for these apples, you will readily see 

 that our exports of apples were far less than our imports 

 of nuts, another favorable indication for the nut grower. 



Since the 

 world's great 

 nut ore hards 

 have been turn- 

 ed into rivers 

 of blood, and 

 ouf source of 

 supply of nuts 

 has been cut 

 off what shall 

 we do ? Pay ex- 

 orbitant prices 

 to those who 

 have followed 

 the example of 

 Solomon ? Or, 

 shall we fol- 

 low his ex- 

 am p 1 e and 

 plant gardens 

 of English wal- 

 nuts? It is un- 

 necessary to go 

 into details as 

 to why we 

 should choose 

 the latter alter- 

 native. In the 

 first place : nuts 

 are high in nu- 

 triment as well 

 as in price and 

 the price can 

 be lowered to 

 almost nihil if 

 we raise them 

 in our gardens. 

 Secondly : there 

 is a domestic 

 market practically undeveloped and no reason why oppor- 

 tunity for importing is better than the opportunity for ex- 

 porting. Third : nuts are not perishable. Fourth : because 

 a mature English walnut orchard pays larger profits per 

 acre, with less work and less expense than any other 

 crop we know. Fifth : because the quantity consumed is 

 steadily increasing and the price obtained constantly 

 advancing, and today we pay from five to ten cents 

 per ounce or from eighty cents to one dollar and sixty 



THE BEST TREE EAST OF 

 With a domestic market practically undeveloped as 

 creasing, and with our imports almost entirely cut o 

 opportunity to the orchardist, with larger profit 

 any other crop. 



larger profits per 



cents per pound for shelled nut meats. Sixth : we must 

 be in a position to supply a nutritious substitute for the 

 meat supply that is constantly decreasing. 



The nuts that have hitherto commanded the highest 

 prices in the New York city markets were the English 

 walnuts grown in the Isere Valley, France. In this val- 

 ley thousands of walnut trees were growing; not in 

 regular orchards, but for the most part scattered along 

 roadsides, about buildings or wherever it would be im- 

 possible to raise other crops; and from these trees the 

 inhabitants sold thousands of dollars worth of nuts 



yearly. How- 

 ever, we are 

 all aware that 

 practically all 

 of the orchards 

 and trees have 

 d i s a p p eared 

 from this once 

 f e r t ile valley 

 and we can no 

 longer look for 

 our nut supply 

 from this 

 source. But, if 

 these people so 

 advantageously 

 raised a few 

 trees and so in- 

 creased their 

 incomes, why 

 cannot we set 

 out orchards, 

 or if we cannot 

 do this at least 

 plant a few 

 about our 

 dwellings. Or 

 follow the ad- 

 vice of the dean 

 of the New 

 York State Col- 

 lege of Agricul- 

 ture when he 

 urges us to 

 plant nut trees 

 along State 

 Highways and 

 says : "In this 

 way not only 

 would the roads be beautified but the wealth of the com- 

 munities would be increased." 



The question now arises : Can these trees be success- 

 fully raised in a Northern climate? To answer this con- 

 clusively one has but to visit the walnut farms near 

 Lockport, New York. Here you will see orchards of 

 trees that have endured the frost and storms of over 

 forty winters, with much zero weather; and may eat 

 delicious nuts which, because of their hardiness received 



THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 



yet with a demand for food products steadily in- 

 ff, the growing of hardy walnuts offers a splendid 

 acre, with less work and less expense than almost 



