virtually shut off, and the stern law of necessity 
gave rise to a new enterprise in the utilization of 
Filberts, producing from the nut Filbert oil for 
cooking and lighting purposes, and also for the 
making of soap. 
While many attempts have been made to in- 
troduce the growing of Filberts in different parts 
of the United States, it is not until the last quar- 
ter-century that success has been attained on such a 
scale as to warrant plantations for commercial pur- 
poses. Because other parts of the United States 
have lacked the favorable climatic and other con- 
ditions that are so conspicuously present about 
Puget Sound, attempts elsewhere have served but 
to emphasize Puget Sound’s adaptability to this 
interesting form of culture. 
But the financial advantages of Filbert grow- 
ing in Western Washington have been so thor- 
oughly tested and demonstrated over a quarter 
century period as to prove in our opinion that 
the man or woman with foresight, by acquiring a 
Filbert orchard now, can look forward to ample 
returns and income not only for this generation, 
but for the second and third generations to come. 
And this takes into account only the partial util- 
ization of the land, for with Filberts may be pro- 
duced other crops and other yields that go to make 
up the intensive cultivation of land foreshadowing 
the “new life of the land.” 
Upon the demonstration farm of the Puget 
Mill Company at Alderwood Manor, on the Seat- 
