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RURALISMS 
“Memorial Trees”; Remember the Nut 
The R. N.-Y. of Jan. 10 says editorially 
about planting “memorial trees” that it 
hopes “it -will become generally popular.” 
To that I say “Yes. but not poplar , nor 
yet Ailanthus, nor yet willow, nor ash. 
onr soft maple, nor any other tree that 
is a mere bunch of leaves, producing noth¬ 
ing useful, but a tree that, besides being 
beautiful and giving shade, returns some 
useful product to mankind, thereby mak¬ 
ing it a more fitting memorial to tho use¬ 
ful life of the brave soldier it commem¬ 
orates.” 
I speak especially for the nut trees, 
some variety of which is available for al¬ 
most every part of the United States. 
Fine, grafted trees only should be planted, 
the English walnut for the Pacific Coast, 
the Southern pecan for the Southern 
States, the Western, or “Indiana.” pecan 
for the part of the country to which it is 
adapted, the Riehl chestnuts where the 
chestnut tree is not native, and there is. 
therefore, no chestnut blight to be feared, 
and the fine, improved varieties of the 
bla«k walnut, sliagbark and hybrid hick¬ 
ories and the Japanese heart nut. over al¬ 
most any part of this great country. 
The secretary of the Northern Nut 
Growers’ Association. W. G. Bixby. Bald¬ 
win. Nassau Co.. N. Y., will gladly give 
any desired information about nut trees. 
This association has just elected to its 
presidency William S. Linton, of Sagi¬ 
naw. Mich., who has served his home city 
as alderman, mayor, postmaster and pres¬ 
ident of the board trade; his State as rep¬ 
resentative in the Legislature and in his 
present position of State Tax Commis¬ 
sioner. and his country as Congressman. 
He materially assisted in procuring the 
passage of Senator Penney’s bill for the 
planting of fruit and nut-bearing trees 
along the highways of Michigan, and the 
appropriation of millions of dollars there¬ 
for in connection with Government funds 
for a like purpose in that State. The 
Association, under the leadership of Presi¬ 
dent Linton, is pushing its campaign for 
tree planting along roadsides, by legisla¬ 
tive authority, in at least 20 States of the 
Union. 
Will the planters of memorial trees join 
the Nut Growers in planting trees that 
produce? w. c demixg. 
Connecticut. 
Possibilities in Pear Propagation 
I have just started an experiment. 
Some years ago I received from the Bu¬ 
reau of Plant Industry at Washington a 
plant of a Chinese pear, said to be much 
used as a stock in that country. It is 
said to grow well from cuttings. I got 
the idea of doing both at once. Yester¬ 
day I cut most of the top off the tree aud 
cut it up into pieces the size to use for 
root grafts, then put a whip-graft of 
Bartlett into each piece. The theory is 
that by Spring these pieces will have 
eallused over, united with the grafts and 
started to send out roots which will grow 
the Bartlett scions. If all the “ifs” work 
right a man could raise enough cuttings to 
start 10.000 or 15.000 pear trees each year, 
and not devote a very large place to it. 
Pears are not usually easy to root-graft, 
and if this new idea works as well as it 
does on paper, it will make it as easy to 
start a lot of pears as it is to start with 
apples. ALFRED C. WEED. 
Wayne Co., N. Y. 
The Sorghum Patch 
I have often wondered why the sorg¬ 
hum patch was not used more in helping 
out the sugar shortage. The Amber cane 
can easily be raised. Where can the 
presses for extracting the juice from the 
stalks be obtained, and is the process of 
making the syrup a difficult task? 
Cherry Creek. N. Y. M. H. B. 
We have referred to this several times 
as the most practical way for most of us 
to overcome the sugar shortage. Those 
of us who can look back -10 years will re¬ 
member the experiments made by the Gov¬ 
ernment with sorghum for sugar produc¬ 
tion. The sugar beet proved more prac¬ 
tical than sorghum, but we think the lat¬ 
ter is now to have a chauce. We shall 
tell about its culture aud the handling of 
the juice iu full time. 
Essex Sets World's Long 
Distance Endurance Mark 
3037 Miles in 30 Hours 
Proved Its Reliability 
In its official test of 50 hours to prove 
endurance, Essex has established its claim as 
the dominant new type light car. Who ever 
before regarded a car of its type in the light 
of such proved performance and endurance? 
Only specially built racers and a few of the 
larger, costlier cars have been considered 
capable of such a test. Surely light weight 
cars have not been associated with such 
reliability as Essex has shown. 
Proves Essex Economy 
This test gives to Essex proof of the great¬ 
est factor in motor car economy. Light 
cars are notable principally for their economy 
in saving of gasoline, oil and tires. These 
qualities Essex has revealed from the first. 
But real economy must also include freedom 
from repairs and mechanical attention—all 
costly items. 
So what greater proof of Essex economy 
could be asked than its new world endurance 
mark. 
3869 Miles in 94 Hours 
22 Minutes Driving Time 
These tests were not made to establish 
speed records. Two trials were made be¬ 
fore the 50-hour run was completed. So, in 
all, the Essex went 5,869 miles in 94 hours, 
22 minutes driving time, averaging more 
than a mile a minute. Sleet stopped one, 
after 27 hours, 58 minutes, and 1790 miles. 
Snow halted a second, three days later, after 
16 hours 25 minutes and 1042 miles. The 
third, begun the next day, went the full 
50 hours. These tests were made under 
American Automobile Association observa¬ 
tion on the Cincinnati Speedway. 
Think what they mean. The average car 
is driven little more than 5,000 miles in a 
season. The average driving speed is 
probably 25 miles an hour. The Essex 
went more than a mile a minute for 5,869 
miles. 
You might expect that a car of its weight 
would require frequent mechanical attention. 
But there was no need for that in the Essex. 
Doesn f t It Settle the 
Light Car Question? 
Essex now adds to its light car qualities the 
advantage of endurance and reliability. It 
brings costly car distinction, beauty and 
fineness to the light weight, moderate price 
class. Essex cars appeal to pride, and that is 
why owners speak of them as they do. 
Individual owners would never ask as 
much of a car as did this 50-hour test. 
It showed how much more could be ex¬ 
pected of an Essex than any one would 
demand of it. 
Every Essex delivered has resulted in an 
increased demand. Sales passed $35,000,000 
in 11 months—a new record. 
This latest proof will decide thousands 
who have only waited for just such evidence 
that Essex would stand up. All buyers can¬ 
not possibly be served. Now is the time to 
make your reservation. 
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