The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-18
Black Walnut Is
Excellent Tree to
Plant on Farms

During the war. the wool OF tho
black wnlnut tree WIS In great de.
mand for making gun stock and
aCroplane propcllcrs because OF It's
great resistance to warping n split.
ting. As a result OF the suppl, Of So
many trees to meet the demand the
supply Of the black walnut has rapidly
diminished all aver its'ranec In the
United States.
Aside from being valuable for war
ana other commercial purposes. the
tree Yields durable wood which car
hc used for posts. and for man, other
purposes on the farm. the nuts them.
selves may be eaton or fed 10 swine
w New Mexico. the black walnut tree
could bc used as IL shade tree. and lu
some parts Of thc state. u could be
grown an q hardy stock on which to
gtHtt the English walnut GJuglar re
gia1. Considering an OF these Valu.
able points. why not plant black wal
nut trees IN Ncw Mexico instead Of
tho many other kinds of shade or tim.
Der trees that are planted every
spring
Formerly. in New Mexico. tho m.
tive black walnut. tJuglar rupestrcs).
was tphnd growing In large numbers.
usually In the canyons OF he noun.
tains In u number of the counties
the reason WIN these native
trees are found growing mostly in the
canyons is bccauso they can ret tho
necessary of moisture to ger
inmate the seed aud Keep the tree
growing. Unfortunately. these large
groves of black walnut trees have
been cut down too pr-omiscuously.
III distribution OF the black wal
nut, as well as the other %deciduous
trees in New Mexico. depends 10 n
large degree Vol the moisture factor.
hTt whore lrVisHatt.Yu .fa. H.. .....a.-H
there Is no reason why the black wal.
nut should not De grown. ~ IL seems
10 he perfectly hardy: and In fact. n
should rccCtv" preference TO some OF
:he other shade trees that arc heinz
planted every Nour.
There were "a number Of black wal
nut trees planted IN 1891 ON the sta
IONS iaru These were planted on
very heavy adobe soil. and aro at pres
Ont about 30 feet hich bV q fO-foot
spread. and they have outlivod many
other trees which were planted at tho
same time on tho same kin luf soil.
Ia the winter OF l9l3-ti. a number
OF nuts from these trees were strait
lied, and when sproutpd la tho spriup
of 1914 were planted CI' in nursery
rows on very sandy soil. The Noung
trees made "a growth varying from two
To thrpc iect IN height during the sea
aon OF 1874 They were perfectly
hardy, ana withstuod the winter tenn
peraturcs OF 1914 ANA 1913. During
the season of 1915, tho trees made an
excellent growth, varying from six to
ten feet IN height.
Considering the iong-lasting quail
ties of the wood. and Tho many Other
good points Of the trees. n makes tho
black walnut a most desirable tree
10 plant ON the farm along fence lines,
on irrigation bitches and homo
grounds They could also bc planted
on small rough M other waste pieces
Of land where the soil ~ suitable. and
where there Is water for irrigation.
Like all other %dociduous trees IN New
Mexico. the best results are obtained.
other conditions remaining favorable.
whon they can be irrigated.
The black walnut tree can be start
cd either by planting the nuts where
the tree ~ 10 grow, or hy transplant
tng tho sc"dlng trees. 70 got, tho
best results IN starting Tho tree from
the seed, tho nuts should first be-
s'r0tified during the winter, and Their
planted in the field in the spring.
Now IL h time - start this work.
10 not wait Until II Is too late in the
season.