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and hazelnut are all fast becoming extinct as wild nuts, 

 and sooner or later, in order to conserve these varieties, 

 it will be necessary to produce them as domestic trees. 

 Every farmer should be especially interested in including 

 the nut trees in his work of reforestation or the develop- 

 ment of his wood lot. In setting out shade trees in the 

 cities on vacant lots, dooryards and back yards a careful 

 selection of nut trees will be well worth while. 



TOPICS FOR INVESTIGATION 



1. Make a census (1) of all the different kinds of nut 

 trees on your home farm, (2) of all to be found in your 

 locality. 



2. Join with the class in making a collection of all the 

 different kinds of nuts available from the forests and in the 

 markets near at hand. Learn to identify each. Find out 

 where each kind was produced. 



3. Consider what nut trees not grown in your lo- 

 cality could be profitably introduced. Consider also the 

 question of shade and ornamentation. 



4. Make a study of a table of food values of nuts. 

 Look up the food value of other articles of food and make 

 a comparison. 



5. On a map of the United States locate the areas 

 where the principal nuts are grown. 



5. Demonstrations 



1. Demonstrate how to grade and pack a box of or- 

 anges or apples. 



2. Show how to polish and dry different kinds of fruit 

 before packing. 



3. Demonstrate how to can windfall apples in two dif- 

 ferent ways. Girls may show how to prepare dishes from 

 canned products for table use. 



4. Demonstrate the wrong, then the right way to core 

 and pare apples. 



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