The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-23
have had for himself. The par.
ticlar advantage in planting
nut-hearing pines rests in fond

ness of these trees for waste places. where nttie
else will grow. and they need less attention per-
hans than other trees of the nut-bearlhk group.
Ii is probable however. that the extensive plaht-
ing cf pine trees for food purposes Will nave ~
wait 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
nillSiCeS when the people OF ooo years from no"
complain of the high cost of living.
II is not generally known that some of the
smaller pine nuts. like those of the slnsle-leaHeu
pine o. 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 IKE
hickory milk can be kept for Il long time without
decomposition. In addition to the nuts OF the
sugar pine the Indians collect the sugar OF dried
Juice which eNudeS at points where cuts nave heeh
made in the tree for the purpose.
In Europe and Asia pine nuts for the market are
cracked by machinery or 10y cheap hand labor. ana
il is probable that may eventually hull some
of the smaller huckwheat 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 probably the most highly con-
centrated of all natural foods. A pound of nuts
contains an average of more than 5000 calores.
double the amount supplied by grains. four times
as nucl. as average meats and ten times as much
average fruits and vegetables.
The notion that nuts are difficult of digestion
has really foundation. in fact. The idea is
probably the natural outgrowth OF the custom OF
eating nuts at the close of meal when
abundance of highly nutritious food has already
been eaten. and the equally injurious custom IT
eating nuts between meals. Failure of thorough
mastication must also be mentioned as possible
cause of indigestion. The fats of nuts the
most digestible of all forms of fat.
Whole of men, comprising many millions.
live without meats of any sort, and when fed
sufficient amount of other foods wonderfully
vigorous, prolific. enduring and intelligent.
The great economic importance of the
acement 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 of land and two years are required 10
produce a steer weighing. 600 pounds. The prod
net If acre for one year would be one-fourrl
much. The same land planted to walnut trees
would produce average of at least 100 pounds
per tree per annlm for the first twenty wears
Forty to the would aggregate 1900
pounds of nuts. or 1900 pounds of walnut meats
The highest food value which could he ;lScrhed
TO the 1870 pounds Of beef furnished by :; steer
weighing GOO pounds, would be 10000 calories
calories. or twenty times as much food from the
nut trees from the fattened steer and food Of
the same general character. protein and fat hut
Of superior quality. The walnut is not the only
promising food tree The hickory. the pecan the
butrernur the tbert and the pinon all capable
Of producing equal or greater results