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Literature on the subject of nuts and nut culture 

 has now become so voluminous that no one except- 

 ing the student with library facilities at hand could 

 fairly hope to know what is being done in this rap- 

 idly expanding new field of interest and activity. 

 The amateur may do practical work with the aid of 

 this small brochure but he should in addition sub- 

 scribe to the American Nut Journal, published at 

 Rochester, New York. Membership in the National 

 Nut Growers' Association and the Northern Nut 

 Growers' Association will allow him to come in con- 

 tact with the experts and to receive copies of reports 

 upon annual transactions of the associations. 



In California, Georgia, and Pennsylvania the in- 

 comes of nut growers frequently rank with the 

 larger incomes of men in the learned professions. 

 Such was not the case previous to the year 1900 in 

 this country, although in the Old World nut crops 

 have furnished the chief income from large districts 

 for centuries. 



According to a Department of Commerce Report 

 the total value of all nut importations into the 

 United States for the year 1919 was $57,499,044. 

 We might, as well as not, have produced the larger 

 part of the various nuts going into this valuation. 

 Walnut and pecan growers have made an excellent 

 start. The everyday farmer and gardener will find 

 a new interest, one that will help to keep the boys 

 on the farm, when he adds nut culture to his older 

 routine work. 



