Nut Bearing Trees

[Paper read before the recent For estry Convention at Grand Raplds.] There lias been more harni done than rood liy enthusiastic nurserymen and iii-irnl: umi editors in calima attention to, and refitting statements coHcernltij;, tb enormous profits aecruine from the planting i i -ci taiii nut bcui ini; trees. The iictiial growth of some single npivimen, in the most lavored looation, in tlie riehest alluvial soil, is takou as standard from which to figure the gfowtfc of one hniulre'l trees on au acre of' ordinary fiirming land. Taking noli un isolated tree iid the standard, t is not dlfflcnlt to figure out au euorinoux prolit to the planter of such u tree. Xurseryíneii entraged in própajpttiDK niit-bcaiii(f tree repeat the statistics that buve been made In tbis vvay, and paint in jrlnivimr colors the profltt that ure sure to come In t li ¦ cotirse of a few ye irs. WUe planters wlll not be deceived by sncli figures. It is 8ifer to estimule from from the average growth of a l.irjí nuiiihrr f these trees by the roadside, in Hel. Is. aml in foiest, than to be guiuVd hy the ymwrli of a single iwl ited liec under t'xceptionully favored udlHJUMlil In m orchard in Moutcilm conniv o' one hundred chestnut, walnut and bu - iirimt Irpen, plantee] twenty-flve y ars ugo, from twenty-live to fortv feet apart, on nrdinary andy l'tnni "mik openin g' soll, the trees uow iivi-rire trom nine to twelve iliches in diameter below the hianches.l have handn me, iymiuetrical lieads, and are from thirly to foi ty feet In heifrht. One, a walnut, at one corner of the ti hl, in the rlvhest, moileit soil, lmreached a diameter of tifteen inche below the branche, which spring from the trunk ut about the feet trom the ground. These tiee were kept well enlt valed for the rirst twelve or tifteen yearn, rirtC which time they li ive been k-pt in gia-, aud closely pu.-luied b}' slieep. l'i Pt'InoreuM' in encli ye.ir, anü now lieal U-U or lillueli dolluis' worth ot nut8 each yeur. Uu' counU'd trom H money stundioiiit, tlllrt little oreliard h.is been a tailllie As u tluiber su ply it woiild nut be a syuccM. Tlie potutoeH tliat were rul-ed on an equal uiea of land by the eide of thilit .e orehurd durinjf the past e rwottltl biiy inoie rtW1toi thaii loc whole plalltation would make to-day. Bui h ippih ils vulue does not depend on tlie amount of tovewood it wonlil m.ike now, or the amount of mwIiik tim bei it will Illuke 3"iue time in the dietant tllllire. Il ha.s puid a goo.l interest on the u-u o the land every year sinee it Was plalited, by its udding one moe attraction to the old home pace. We have watched its grnwlh from the rir-t. enjoved the firsl nutH when the trees were eiu;ht years old, and enjoy the inereasing supply as trees grow o.dur. We enjoy the hloHS'iminu of trees aml the iettiug of tlie fruit, and studv the varioiw sliapei and size of the nuta as they drop to the ground in the irloiion.Oetolier days. We liever tire of the liiijfbt green masges of the chestuul foliage In suiiimer, nor of t.heir clean and shining branches in winter. I would not recommend, In wever, the givlng up ot productive farm la.d for the planting ot such tree in the hope of re alizing a profil. But alont; the roadside or near the house, or as a part of the houie orchard they are worthy of i place. They add mucli to the beauty of the landscape, and to the attractiveness of the farm. Mr. Chamberlaiii: - Let u do treeplaulii'g on businens principies. Geo. Taylor: - God, and this plantinj; ot nut-bearing trees is a fine starter. Knii! Baur: - In (i. rmuny the roadsides are liued for mdes and miles with Ëng1'bIi walnut trees. They occupy wliai w.iuld otherwise be wa-te land and from the.in come.- a goodly reveiiue. The hntl are chh fiy used for all wliich lilis a similar place tlieie that lard does In-re. Benj. Hathaway: - Trees cannot be pltinted tor or liimber alone. They must be plirnled for all the ood properties they have. Dr B.al:- I Hnd that tlie ncorns of individual oak-t ditlVr very mue.h In size, shape and quality I believe by sel ctlon ot seeds, in a few geuerations, we could materially improve tbe size and quulity ol the nuts on our trees. Mr. Hathaway :- I have observed the same thing In walnuts. Wliile the nuts Irom soine trees are sniall aml alm xi valueless others trom trees s near hy that tlieir branches would interl ek are JMt the oppositp.