Miss Williams estimated that she has 
several hundred trees on her approxi- 
mately 400 acres of land, and that the 
yield one year was approximately 1,500 
bushels of pods. She notes that there is a 
great variation in the characteristics of 
the various trees on her property. 
Miss Williams states that very often 
several head of young stock are left out 
all winter to feed on the Honey Locust 
and that such animals are in excellent 
condition in the spring. 
Another farmer says “and all bear an 
awful big crop of beans, which the stock 
like so well that they will break down the 
fence to get them.” 
I know one farmer in North Carolina 
who regularly gathers Honey Locust 
beans, grinds them in a swing hammer 
sand machine, mixes them with ground 
grains as a part of his standard ration 
for the dairy cows. 
I have a few trees grown from cions 
from the trees producing beans that an- 
alyze above 30% sugar. Persons who wish 
to enrich their pastures and check soil 
erosion should experiment with these 
trees. 
The farm animals will do the harvest- 
ing, although we have the possibility at a 
later date of growing the nation’s sugar 
supply on these trees and at the same 
time having cow feed made from the 
refuse, just as we do from the sugar-beet 
factory. 
The Honey Locust appears to be a kind 
of goat among trees. It grows farther out 
in the Great Plains than any other tree 
producing a useful harvest, and trees 
grown from Georgia cions have proved 
perfectly hardy for the past six or seven 
years in Connecticut. Therefore it seems 
to be safe to try out the Tennessee Val- 
ley trees as far north as Massachusetts, 
central New York, southern Michigan, 
southern Wisconsin. 
The stocks upon which mine are grafted 
are grown from seed produced in Ne- 
braska, where they have resisted heat, 
drought, blizzards, and extremely low 
temperatures. 
The tree is easy to transplant. I have 
planted them out in pastures, with very 
few losses. Don’t make the mistake of 
letting this statement cause you to abuse 
a good tree. A mulch will be helpful. 
The Tennessee Experiment Station re- 
ports that blue grass grew better in pas- 
tures with walnut trees. Partial shade 
helps grass in hot weather. A great vir- 
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uncolored 
beauty of 
the peculiar deep green Pawpaw foliage. 
Young Pawpaw tree. No 
picture can show the full 
tue of Honey Lucust for the pasture is the 
thin, open foliage, which lets a great deal 
of light through, so that grass can grow 
beneath the tree. In addition to being easy 
to transplant, the trees are rapid growers, 
The wood is beautiful, durable and strong. 
Some trees of this species are very 
thorny, but the varieties I offer are almost 
thornless, and the tree is a very beautiful 
yard tree. 
Try some, especially if you happen to 
have the great gift of Curiosity or wish 
to experiment. There is a full account of 
the Honey Locust in the book TREE 
CROPS; written by J. Russell Smith 
and in most good libraries. 
We need to find two or three honey lo- 
cust trees in the North that are worthy of 
propagation. I appeal to the readers of 
this booklet to keep their eyes open for 
such trees and send me samples of the 
pods, beans and all. 
The tree grows wild in New England, 
Michigan, Wisconsin, southern Minne- 
