The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-09-11

The war demand drew heavily upon
the black-walnut timber supply The
condition became alarming, as il was
recognized that unless there should be
decrease in cutting. the merchant
able trees would soon be gone. For
tunately. however. the war ended be-
fore the larger trees entirely disap-
peared. Now reaction is setting in.
Black walnuts are being planted in
small numbers by man. persons. di-
rectly in harmony with the policy ad-
vocated by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Black Walnuts from Mount Vernon
4 conspicuous instance Of planting
has occurred near Saginaw, Mich. Last
fall, Hon. w. s. Linton, president of
the Iorthern Nut Growers Association,
procured 80 bushels of walnuts from
trees at the home of George Wash
ington at Mount Vernon, Va These
We're shipped to Saginaw and in the
main distributed among the school
children of the county and planted,
two in hill, on school grounds and
along public roads and streets, Two
| thousand were placed in nursery
for later transplanting in one of the
public parks of Saginaw,
When If became known that these
nuts were available nor planting, very
keen and widespread interest in them
developed. Telephone calls for them
were numerous. Automobilists drove
for many miles to call in person Since
then, enthusiastically attended meet
ings have been held in various places
in the state to consider the ques-
ton of black walnut tree planting
along the highways. Now a conven'
ton of the Michigan Good Roads as
sociation is being arranged at wmch
] 200 delegates are expected to be
present and the matter of roadside
planting is to be given prominent part
on the program
The department belives that a move
ment of this character has large pos
sibilities for good in it. At the same
time the suggestion is made that II
view Of the known differences O
, hardness existing in many species o
native trees, special care should b'
exercised to avoid extensive planting
/, of nuts or trees from the warmel
portions Of the country in sections
where destructvely low temperature
! are occasionally experienced. II ha
been well established through test
that pecan trees grown in Michigan
from nuts Of that species native Il
the Gulf Coast region are not sufii
ciently hardy to endure the low TEN
peratures occasionally experienced II
the Northern States. although tree
grown from pecans from wild trees Il
Iowa. Illinois and Indiana suffered n
! injury. While definite information o
= this point is lacking, 1t is not unlikel
j that cold endurance Of black walnu
J. trees from different parts Of the coun
! try varies considerably.
: Select Nuts from Desirable Trees
Z Doubtless the safest rule TO observ
!. in the North is to plant nuts fror
j trees that have attained good size an
: habit. and as nearly as possible in tn
:. section where they are to be PLANTED
3 No harm is likely to result fror
transferring such trees from nortf
ern points to more southerly location
in so far as reaction 10 temperature
y concerned.
: The suitability Of the black wa
|. nut for home planting is now bein
recognized as never before. That
one of our most valuable America
trees and that its numbers have stead