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finest quality for the use of lumbermen and cabi- 

 net-makers. Of course the latter fact is of inci- 

 dental interest only to the grower of nuts; yet it is 

 not quite a negligible factor. And, from another 

 standpoint, obviously, the wood-producing capaci- 

 ties of the new trees have a high degree of 

 importance. 



These and a few other transformations in the 

 nut bearing trees, brought about by careful select- 

 ive breeding, have, as I said, prepared the way for 

 an entire change of attitude of the horticulturist 

 toward the question of producing nuts as a busi- 

 ness, comparable to the business of the fruit 

 grower. 



THE FOOD VALUE OF NUTS 



Meantime there has been a marked change of 

 attitude on the part of the medical profession, and, 

 following them, of the general public, as to the 

 value of nuts in the dietary. 



In point of fact, nuts have substantial merits 

 as food-stuffs, and these merits are yearly coming 

 to be more fully recognized. In the older coun- 

 tries, nuts have already assumed indeed have 

 long held a position of economic importance, and 

 convincing evidence of their growing recognition 

 in America is found in the reports of experiment 

 stations of the Agricultural Bureau, which in re- 

 cent years have from time to time urged the merits 



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