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ness OF these trees for waste places where little
else will grow. and they need less attention per-
haps than other trees Of the nut-bearing group.
1t is probable, however, that the extensive plant
ing Of pine trees for food purposes will have to
walt until we have advanced to the point Of put
ting ether kinds Of nut trees upon good ground
first Pines will be employed for the more barren
hisides when the people Of 300 years from now
complain OF the high cost Of living.
II Is not generally known that some Of the
smaller pine nuts like those OF the single-leaved
pine or OF the sugar pine are delicious when
cracked and eaten out of hand. The smaller pine
nuts are pounded up by the Indians with little
water. and the thick. rich. creamy emulsion like
hickory milk can be kept for a long time without
decomposition In addition to the nuts Of the
sugar pine the Indians collect the sugar Of dried
Juice which exudes at points where cuts have been
made in the tree for the purpose
In Europe and Asia pine nuts for the market are
CRACKED by machinery or by cheap hand labor. and
Il IL probable that we may eventually hull some
Of the smaller ones as buckwheat is hulled
With few exceptions nuts contain little carbohy-
drate (starch or sugar.. They are, however, rich
In fat and protein. On account Of their high fat
content they are probably the most highly con-
centrated Of all natural foods. pound of nuts
contains an average Of more than 5000 calorles,
double the amount supplied by grains, four times
as mucn as average meats and ten times much
as average fruits and vegetables.
The notion that nuts are difficult of digestion
has really no foundation in fact. The idea is
probably the natural outgrowth Of the custom Of
eating nuts at the close of a meal when an
abundance of highly nutritious food has already
been eaten. and the equally injurious custom Of
eating nuts between meals. Failure OF thorough
mastication must also be mentioned as a possible
cause of indigestion. The fats Of nuts are the
most digestible Of all forms Of fat
Whole races of men. comprising many millions
live without meats of any sort. and when fed a
sufficient amount of other foods are wonderfully
vigorous. prolific. enduring and intelligent.
The great economic Importance of the encour-
agement OF nut culture in every civilized land Is
best shown by comparing the amount of food
which may be annually produced by an acre of
land planted to nut trees and the same area de-
voted to the production of beef On an average
two ceres OF land and two years are required to
produce steer weighing 600 pounds. The prod
uct OF one acre for one year would be one-fourth
as much. The same land planted to walnut trees
would produce an average of at least 100 pounds
per tree per annum for the first twenty years.
Forty trees to the acre would aggregate 1000
pounds Of nuts, or 1000 pounds OF walnut meats.
The highest food value which could be ascribed
TO the 100 pounds Of beef furnished By steer
weighing GOO pounds would be 10000 calories.
The food value Of the nut meats would be 100000
calories, or twenty times as much food from the
nut trees as from the fattened steer and food Of
the same general character. protein and fat. but
Of superior quality. The walnut is not the only
promising food tree. The hickory. the pecan the
butternut the fbert and the pInon are an capable
OF producing equal or greater results