four-footed thieves; it was lined with half -inch 

 wire netting. 



The outer hulls were removed from the 

 nuts, and then they were packed in alternate 

 layers with dry sand, a piece of wire 

 netting put over the top, fastened down 

 to the sides, and then covered with a conical- 

 shaped pile of earth, to prevent rain or snow 

 from accumulating and sinking into the pit. 



Before being packed, the nuts were placed in 

 an air-tight hox; a small pan, half -filled with 

 carbon bisulphide, placed on the top of them, 

 the lid shut, and left to fumigate for twenty- 

 four hours. The fumes or gases of the car- 

 bon bisulphide permeate the entire box, and 

 effectually prevent the nuts being attacked by 

 weevils or grubs. 



Oaks were quite scarce in our neighborhood, 

 so we begged acorns from a friend who had a 

 place in New York State, gathering them as 

 soon as they fell, and storing them in the same 

 way as the nuts. Maple sugar being one of 

 the dear Master Man's weaknesses, we set out 



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