The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-22
Kernels Bring Good Re-
turns and Tree Thrives
in North Carolina
Ply RUFUS II. PAGE, Jr.
Assis.srt Forester. North Caro-
Ira State College

On many farms throughout
= North Carolina there are sites
wcl!-adaptcd to growing black
. walnut trees Cor mats and timber.
= Wamuts thrive in deep, rich, we'll
! drained soil. Ditch and stream
= hanks. fence and field corners,
, farm wards and borders Of lanes
i. and roadwayS are often well-Suit.
cd to producing this valuable tree.
The black walnut is Il dual pur-
pose tree producing wood valu-
r able for furniture manufacture,
cabinet work, and airplane pro-
, pellcls. and yielding nuts highly
priced as food in salads, desserts,
. cakes, and candies. Walnut wood
works well with tools, wraps and
=. shlinks very little. and takes am
. attractive finish. Hence good wal
nut lumber is always in demand
and will bring attractive prices.
With the aid of an inexpensive
hand cracker, walnut kernels can
hc harvested on Il commercial
scale with good margin Of prof
it to the farmer.
With very little investment of
time and money. walnut trees can
be grown on the fam either from
seed o. seedlings. II nuts are TO
be planted They should be gather
cd shortly after they fall and the
husk removed in MI old corn shell
lcr o. b" stompine. The nuts
should then be we'll spread out in
cool. dry place and allowed TO
season fc" Approximately month.
Fall OF early spring planting in
the south is recommended. III
plantin., is To be done in the
i spring. IL" nuts must b" stratliied
in sand. A simple. yct satisfactory
way to plant the seed il 10 drop
two nuts several inches apart and
cover with about two inches OF
topsoil, pack firm with, the foot
and mulch with crass, leaves, OF
other litter. Ii then" is much
growth Of grass on weeds present
on the land, it is advisable to
SCALP the ground clean for II foot
or two around the hole to elm
mate connection.
For single rows along ditch
banks, streams and fence lines a
spacing of % feet between tree
is sufficient. When planting in
groups. this distance should be
increased to 80 o. o feet. I'm group
planting it is well to set two OF
three rows of black locust, an en-
.ellent soil builder, between rows
If walnuts.
If the farmer wishes to set
ceilings instead Of nuts. these
| an be purchased through the
ounty agricultural agent from
The State Forest nursery at $40
Der thousand. They are shipped
ready to transplant and should be
- eli set in hole of ample size.
,hc hole should be filled with
| i,.sh topSoil, packed firm, and
h. sui face mulChed with grass or
! other litter. After several years
/ alowth the trees should be grad
| ally pluncd OF lower limbs to
| reduce clean butt logs. Black
~ainut makes very satisfactory
| Growth under favorable condi-
tons, often reaching diameters Of
Is inches in 80 to lU years, and
never satisfied to remain quiet
for long, but must be doing some
thing active. This is because he
is living at faster pace than the
adult. In addition, the child is
growing .-.buiidiny a body TO- the
future nan On woman. Viii he
build well or poorly? Much de-
Ponds upon both the quantity ana
quality OF the building materials
furnished in his food. If the ma
tolialS are poor often permanent
auU treparaDl, damage is done.
What then is diet which will
supply all of the essentials In
proper amount?
VARIETY NEEDED
Since prehistoric times man has
lived on all OF the edible materials
which he could lind. The habit OF
eating everything edible which his
environment affords has been his
salvation. There is no. single food
which furnishes all Of the neceS-
sary nutritive materials and where
there is a variety in reasonable
abundance the limitations of one
may be supplied by another food
stuff.
McCollum has pointed out that
throughout recored history the the
most successful and virile nations
of mankind have been primarily
pastoral. They kept cows, or
goats or camcls, and used gener-
Gus amounts of milk and milk
products in their diet.
With modern methods of food
preservation and transportation,
we can draw upon all parts of the
world for our food supplies, and
we are not limited to the seasonal
appearance of most of our foods.
In spite of this, too many of us
are inclined to limit ourselves to
too much meat, bread, potatoes
and sugar. While these are whole
some and furnish most of the en-
ergy which we need they are lack
ing in minerals and vitamins. In
order to assure an ample supply of
all Of the essentials we should in
clude in our. diet liberal amount
of protective foods, milk, vegeta-
bles, ESPECIALLY the green leafy
ones), and fruits.
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DOG NUDGES SNoRERS