The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-11-26

- - interesting and Instructive paper
ves6 a. the meeting OF the American
rcr,,en,suvsl socleiy a Cleveland by
NJ r. Loxett. the celebrated horti-
r.Isnrist and nusservman. OF Little Sil-
ver. New Jersey, on Nut Culture he
said:
/ ANY one reared Ia = wooded dSasr'cs
VIII 1nd II difficult TO erase from nv
memory the indescribable pleasure ana
|charms Of the nut harvest. butA Seen"t
LOT intense sadness overcomes " wne"
We zee The indigenous chersnn's, hsck"r- |
I,es. necnus and wasnm's Of our foreass.
ore hv one, fall umder the merci'es-
J stroke Of the axe. Al The north. ~ least.
: with its rapidly increasing popuiA''on
> and relentless timber devnstston, We
= Are IN danger Of losing one of the pu'ess
E OF al natural pleasures. one Of the great
: eat charms Of farm lite, one Of The strong.
= lest ties which bind the hoy :" the o'u
= homestead, and keep him ~ The ever
i enobling aud rsfMinx contact WIN ~
alture-uuiess We come 10 = reallzsttom o.
y our duty 10 plant nut trees. WINE we
e have an abundance If suitable ana cheap
Hand. there IL every reason that we snou'u
g do 90. Can any one IN this insei'igen'
lhody tell me 4 single reason why ~
] should not 4? Can YOU name single On
We s,sc,e ~ the MA, !? True. II has beer
u claimed that nut trees are dimcuit y
o 1. ausplant. but this Is an error. NV ex
er ceris nee. "a least. goes To show, whhnN
a. exception. that they transplant more
readily. II nursery grown. than the cher
Inv s.o quite as readily ss the pear M
~ ,rees are also modest In their demands =
"a % soa snd cultivation, doing fairly wei
no N 4 cheap grade OF The former aud vii
ter little or none OF the latter. The p'An'
IL Ing OF all nut groves will be amply
20 abrndansly repaid, alone, BY the plea
in ures they yield to ourselves-and 70 on
80 lchildren.
ID The only objection, the only consider
80, lion which might keep people fro
pc! plautinx nut groves viz that IL takes
a'i' long time for The trees 10 come IN
CT" hearing, can hardly b. Of mnch weigh
'es- and - easily met with the aiIusiom
!" he manning a. apple or plum orchard
80 q hi.h also takes snme time. and sure
- moi less. 10 come into bearing. A pc
!, son with ten or fifteen wears Of lie
49, before him has = ssir chance 70 enjoy
~" srni,s Of mt trees, which he plants no
-. for i've or ten years japan chestnu
-. almonds. filberts. dwarf English ~
nss nuts. begin 10 hear ~ young - pea
-; Tree. Il NOT the opportunity TO wat
49, heir growth. and see the formation
80 he first burrs aud taste OF the first ir
Measure enough? Plant some OF IN
- ~. earl, bea, ers for yourself grove
80, standard chestnuts. pecans, hickor'es q
49, 49,. waInu,s OF all kinds for your boys!
heir Additional to discoursing on
,em- measures OF growing nut trees, !
: oflIovett spoke OF the profits 70 be deri'
rom their culture. II IL fact thst :
NV Of the nut bearing trees could
80 made 10 Weld Annually more profit q
most fruit trees. And In addition
All other points. when II comes to b-
nia"s down. the nut bearing Tree Is Rener
An mp valuable for timber. and that y get'
~" 70 be IN important item ~ this cou'
49, aud will berome more 50 every wear