anaheim-gazette 1910-07-14

ART OF GROWING WALNUT Up-County Farmer Glves Views Upon Subject As far as the commercial varieties of soft shell walnuts are concerned, opinions differ as to their relative merits in the different localities in which these nuts are grown on a commercial scale. There are many expert walnut growers in this State and I would not venture to say, which particular nut to grow in order to fetch the best returns. I will leave this for others to decide and wrangle over. From time to time we read in the papers opinions from various parties proclaiming such and such a nut to be the peer of them all. The best cropper, finest quality, etc. In this article it is my desire, waiving the variety to plant, which will have to be determined by the planter after he has looked into his soil and climatic conditions, to give my views as to how any one can engage in walnut growing at as little cost as possible, especially when their means are limited. In many soils, trees grown on their own roots from selected seed make magnificent trees, heavy croppers and are nuts of good quality. Mr. Thos. Jacob, of Visalia, has a walnut grove on bottom land, which was planted some sixteen years ago from selected seed of the Santa Barbara variety, many of his trees at this writing, measure two feet in diameter, 50 to 60 feet high, well shaped and heavy producers. Mr. Jacob finds ready sale for his walnuts and he has a steady list of customers ever since he commenced to market the nuts. I will say this much, however, the walnuts grown by Mr. Jacobs in his grove vary in size but not in qualities are concerned. After I had satisfied myself on this point, I would prepare my ground in the usual way when planting, or preparing to plant a regular orchard. Now we will assume that I intend to plant 100 acres to some well selected variety of commercial walnut, I would figure on planting my trees no closer than 50 feet apart, which would require 1700 trees. I have seen some plantings made 40 feet apart but I would not advise this distance owing to the very large growth the walnut attains at a fair age of maturity. I would next order 150 to 200 trees from some reliable nurseryman of the variety I had decided upon, plant them in a solid row 50 feet apart, along the border preferred. Meantime, I would procure sufficient black walnut seed carefully selected to plant in the exact spots the trees are to be grown in orchard form, that is, 50 feet apart. In each hill I would plant at least 10 walnuts, which makes an allowance for any defective or non-germinating seed. It is possible that every nut so planted will sprout. This makes no difference, when they grow up it is an easy matter to select the best specimens and cut back the balance below the ground. It is a good plan, however, to permit two seedlings to grow in case of some accident happening to the original one selected. After these seedlings have attained their proper growth and the right season comes around, the seedlings can be grafted with wood obtained from the original parent trees, which you have purchased from the nurseryman. Of course, it is not necessary to use the wood from the trees you have bought, nor to buy your original stock of 150 or 200 trees, if you can obtain grafts from the nurseryman when your trees are ready to be grafted. My experience has been, however... grove on bottom land, which was planted some sixteen years ago from selected seed of the Santa Barbara variety, many of his trees at this writing, measure two feet in diameter, 50 to 60 feet high, well shaped and heavy producers. Mr. Jacob finds ready sale for his walnuts and he has a steady list of customers ever since he commenced to market the nuts. I will say this much, however, the walnuts grown by Mr. Jacobs in his grove vary in size but not in quality as far as the meat is concerned. The majority of his trees produce a fine commercial size, while a few crop a smaller nut. This is the case with pretty much all of the nut family, to vary in some cases from the parent. The walnut as is well known requires a very deep soil and whether grown on its own root or worked on black walnut stock, the trees send down a tap root that almost equals in size the body of the tree above ground. This is the case especially when the trees are young. After a while the top, of course, outgrows the size of the tap root. The Tap Root on Hardpan.—In our walnut nursery whenever run a digger under walnuts, if we did, more than half of the tap root would be cut away, which is too much of a shock to the tree. On account of this tree possessing such a big tap root it is a waste of time to plant walnut trees on any soil other than the deepest kind. I have examined walnut trees after six years of their growth and found them taking on a sickly appearance. Some said the trees had blight, while others sunburn, in fact everything in the category of tree and plant diseases was diagnosed. On digging down around the tree I found that the tap root was suddenly stopped in its attempt to get a firmer hold in the ground by a basin of hardpan. I am of the opinion when this tap root is interfered with and jammed next to a solid mass of rock or hardpan, it is pretty much the same as if a person tried to get into his cellar through a cement sidewalk. Of course, the hardpan can be blasted and if this is done carefully and thoroughly before planting the trees, it is possible that the soil conditions will take care of the tap root. However, when one blasts for walnuts they must do it on a larger scale than when blasting for trees that do not require much outlet. The walnut tree is a long lived tree and needs more extensive preparation when being planted seedlings have attained their proper growth and the right season comes around, the seedlings can be grafted with wood obtained from the original parent trees, which you have purchased from the nurseryman. Of course, it is not necessary to use the wood from the trees you have bought, nor to buy your original stock of 150 or 200 trees, if you can obtain grafts from the nurseryman when your trees are ready to be grafted. My experience has been, however, with some valuable sort, not to be able to get grafting wood. The nurseryman will sell the trees as a rule but very few will sell grafting wood claiming that they need it for their own propagation. If you have your own trees, you are not at their mercy, hence this is why I advise buying a sufficient number of trees in the first place in order not to be disappointed in securing your grafting wood. How often does one have to pay $3 each for a large well grown walnut tree and if he wants to buy grafting wood, the seller will charge 50c. to $1 a foot? I am speaking of the newer varieties of walnuts, those that bear young and produce large commercial nuts. One would conclude, perhaps, that this method of getting a walnut grove started would put them back a year or so. This is not the case in the long run. At first it may seem so, but I'll venture to say if my plan is carefully carried out parties will find that walnuts planted by this seed method do better and grow faster than trees that have been transplanted, jolted around, kept out of ground and otherwise shocked. Transplanted trees need extra good care to establish them and any neglect, especially with the walnut, fig and olive, will cause a high percentage of loss. On the other hand when your seedlings are established, their growth is not interfered with. HOPPERS BETWEEN SONGS Busy Meadow Larks Remove Grasshopper Scourge from Stricken Northern California Sacramento, July 9.—The danger—rather the further danger—of the grasshopper scourge this year, according to County Horticultural Commissioner Bloomer, is past and the meadow lark has proved himself one of the best friends the farmer has. The lark, according to Mr. Bloom- Busy Meadow Larks Remove Grasshopper Scourge from Stricken Northern California Sacramento, July 9.—The danger—rather the further danger—of the grasshopper scourge this year, according to County Horticultural Commissioner Bloomer, is past and the meadow lark has proved himself one of the best friends the farmer has. The lark, according to Mr. Bloomer, who has only just returned from a trip through the hopper-stricken districts, is fond of hoppers; and there are millions of meadow larks. Each lark, between songs, gorges itself with hoppers, and the result has been appreciable. The hopper crop has been literally eaten up by the meadow lark, assisted by all of the doves the pot hunters have left live. “Millions of meadow larks, each with a full crop and still feeding, and thousands of doves, each doing its share of the work for the farmer—that is what I saw.” “Pedro, I owe about three thousand francs,” said a Parisian grocer to his shopman. “Yes, sir.” “I have two thousand francs in the safe, but the shop is empty; I think it is the right moment to fail.” “That’s just what I think.” “But I want a plausible pretext for my creditors. You have plenty of brains; think the matter over tonight and tomorrow morning.” The clerk promised to think the matter over carefully. On entering the shop next morning, the grocer found the safe open, the money gone, and in its place a note, which ran as follows: “I have taken he two thousand francs, and am off to America. It is the best excuse you can give to your creditors.” ANAHEIM GAZETTE SUITS MADE TO ORDER New Fall Samples already here. We can save you from $7.00 to $12.50 on suits made to order. A Perfect Fit Guaranteed We also carry Kuppenheimer Clothes, Cluett Shirts, Hansen’s Gloves, Everwear Hosiery, John B. Stetson Hats, and M. C. Lilley Solid Leather Suit Cases and Bags as well as everything else in men’s up-to-date furnishings. L. Z. KROEGER THE LEADER 128 W. Center St. Phones Pacific 2103; Home'2132 TEACHING PATRIOTISM Special Obligation to One's Own Country A child’s paper, some time since, presented a picture of an old man showing a boy a gun, beneath which were written the words, "Teaching Patriotism." Despite the fact that during nine-tenths of our history we have made no use of guns in national defense, and yet were patriots all the time, the pernicious notion human being and secondly an American. This sense of our primary allegiance to the world, the largest unit, has been so slow of growth among the elders that it has been thought it impossible to teach it to children. The natural child is a democrat, and makes no false distinctions as to caste or social status until society teaches him them. He can be led to see that he must love and serve America, not because it is the best country, though it may be that, but because he can do his tiny part in United States Largest Producer, Sells Little to Its Neighbors Although the United States grows two-thirds of the cotton used in the world, it sells only a small part of the cotton goods used by the Latin American countries immediately to the south. European countries buy raw cotton, manufacture it into finished products and then sell it to the world. W. A. Graham Clark, an experienced cotton manufacturer, has been detailed by the government to investigate the Latin-American situation, and his report, just made, fills two volumes. "Cuba," says the government bulletin, "gives the United States a 30 per cent preference on cotton goods and 40 per cent on knit goods, and yet this country supplies only 10 per cent of Cuba's imports of such goods, the United Kingdom furnishing 50 per cent. Mr. Clark says that the United States might have a larger proportion of the trade if the exporters would make a closer study of the details which attracts Cubans. "Mexico manufactures considerable of the cotton goods consumed in that country, but the mills do not keep up with the growing demand. The United Kingdom again leads in the import trade, the United States coming second and Germany third. And yet Mexico is connected with the United States by both rail and water routes, and this country is her best customer." "Central America buys all the cotton goods consumed, the United Kingdom furnishing one-half of the supply and the United States, Germany and other countries the remainder." Special Obligation to One's Own Country A child's paper, some time since, presented a picture of an old man showing a boy a gun, beneath which were written the words, "Teaching Patriotism." Despite the fact that during nine-tenths of our history we have made no use of guns in national defense, and yet were patriots all the time, the pernicious notion generally prevails that patriotism is somehow necessarily connected with the idea of killing. The fact is that patriotism in the minds of probably a majority is perhaps more misunderstood than any other word, unless it be the word religion. Both have been confounded with pride and prejudice; bragging and bunting and relic hunting have been often accepted as manifestations of genuine patriotisms, with which they have no more to do than steeples and pulpit cushions and La Farge windows have to do with visiting the fatherless and widows in their affliction and keeping unspotted from the world. Pure religion an undefiled can only be tested by service, service that involves sacrifice. Pure patriotism can only be evidenced by service, a service that costs some effort and is performed every month of every year. The elements of patriotism, which are gratitude, unselfishness and responsibility, may be taught in the nursery before the child is able to comprehend any larger unit than the family to which he owes allegiance. Gradually, as through stories and pictures his horizon enlarges and he sees the family but a unit in the larger one of the town, and it dawns upon him that the town itself is but one among many other towns, all prehended under the still larger unit of country, he may be taught in many ways his degree of relationship to and his allegiance to each. Long before the study of civil government is begun or that of history and geography has made much progress, the sense of devotion and service to his country may be powerfully impressed upon a thoughtful child. Graditude and a sense of dependence must underlie all teaching of patriotism that does not lead to pride and partisanship. Even a small child can be interested to see that the breakfast roll and the knife and the spoon that he uses, and every utensil and article in the home, have come from the invention and toll of can. This sense of our primary allegiance to the world, the largest unit, has been so slow of growth among the elders that it has been thought it impossible to teach it to children. The natural child is a democrat, and makes no false distinctions as to caste or social status until society teaches him them. He can be led to see that he must love and serve America, not because it is the best country, though it may be that, but because he can do his tiny part in paying the great world of humanity, to which he owes everything, only by helping to make that section which is nearest him the best possible part of the world and at least pass on what he has received. This sense of obligation and responsibility will not result so much from didactic methods as from those that are more indirect. A child who is taught not to make unnecessary trouble, to pick up his toys, to refrain from marking his neighbor's fence with chalk, to see consequences of his action and to think of others, is learning the first lessons in patriotism. These are of infinitely more consequence than lessons on the flag or on the state seals or in the difference between battleships and cruisers, about which many a little fellow is encouraged to inform himself by would-be patriots. Not only will the patriotic father and mother recount the deeds of martial heroes, like Grant and Sheridan, but of the constructive heroes of peace, the Booker Washington, Jacob Riises, the Beechers and Garrisons, as well. They will teach him that the man who, like Col. Waring, saved fifteen thousand lives by cleansing New York, is no less a hero than the man who killed as many of the enemy; that Mr. Folk in St. Louis, fighting corruption, Andrew D. White at the Hague, or the man who drains New Jersey swamps or irrigates western deserts and makes homes for millions, may serve his country far more effectively than many a general who has devastated and laid waste the enemy’s domains. Not only is there need of this positive, constructive talk in the schools and around the fireside, but in the nursery stage there should be a careful watch upon toys and games. Tin soldiers, little swords and guns will not, to be sure, create a lust for gore and carnage, but they do turn the ghastly, terrible business of war into play and spread a glamour over it. The child who grows up accuses Him. This sense of our primary allegiance to the world, the largest unit, has been so slow of growth among the elders that it has been thought it impossible to teach it to children. The natural child is a democrat, and makes no false distinctions as to caste or social status until society teaches him them. He can be led to see that he must love and serve America, not because it is the best country, though it may be that, but because he can do his tiny part in paying the great world of humanity, to which he owes everything, only by helping to make that section which is nearest him the best possible part of the world and at least pass on what he has received. This sense of obligation and responsibility will not result so much from didatic methods as from those that are more indirect. A child who is taught not to make unnecessary trouble, to pick up his toys, to refrain from marking his neighbor’s fence with chalk, to see consequences of his action and to think of others, is learning the first lessons in patriotism. These are of infinitely more consequence than lessons on the flag or on the state seals or in the difference between battleships and cruisers, about which many a little fellow is encouraged to inform himself by would-be patriots. Not only will the patriotic father and mother recount the deeds of martial heroes, like Grant and Sheridan, but of the constructive heroes of peace, the Booker Washington, Jacob Riises, the Beechers and Garrisons, as well. They will teach him that the man who, like Col. Waring, saved fifteen thousand lives by cleansing New York, is no less a hero than the man who killed as many of the enemy; that Mr. Folk in St. Louis, fighting corruption, Andrew D. White at the Hague, or the man who drains New Jersey swamps or irrigates western deserts and makes homes for millions, may serve his country far more effectively than many a general who has devastated and laid waste the enemy’s domains. Not only is there need of this positive, constructive talk in the schools and around the fireside, but in the nursery stage there should be a careful watch upon toys and games. Tin soldiers, little swords and guns will not, to be sure, create a lust for gore and carnage, but they do turn the ghastly, terrible business of war into play and spread a glamour over it. The child who grows up accuses Him. This sense of our primary allegiance to the world, the largest unit, has been so slow of growth among the elders that it has been thought it impossible to teach it to children. The natural child is a democrat, and makes no false distinctions as to caste or social status until society teaches him them. He can be led to see that he must love and serve America, not because it is the best country, though it may be that, but because he can do his tiny part in paying the great world of humanity, to which he owes everything, only by helping to make that section which is nearest him the best possible part of the world and at least pass on what he has received. This sense of obligation and responsibility will not result so much from didactic methods as from those that are more indirect. A child who is taught not to make unnecessary trouble, to pick up his toys, to refrain from marking his neighbor’s fence with chalk, to see consequences of his action and to think of others, is learning the first lessons in patriotism. These are of infinitely more consequence than lessons on the flag or on the state seals or in the difference between battleships and cruisers, about which many a little fellow is encouraged to inform himself by would-be patriots. Not only will the patriotic father and mother recount the deeds of martial heroes, like Grant and Sheridan, but of the constructive heroes of peace, the Booker Washington, Jacob Riises, the Beechers and Garrisons, as well. They will teach him that the man who, like Col. Waring, saved fifteen thousand lives by cleansing New York, is no less a hero than the man who killed as many of the enemy; that Mr. Folk in St. Louis, fighting corruption, Andrew D. White at the Hague, or the man who drains New Jersey swamps or irrigates western deserts and makes homes for millions, may serve his country far more effectively than many a general who has devastated and laid waste the enemy’s domains. Not only is there need of this positive, constructive talk in the schools and around the fireside, but in the nursery stage there should be a careful watch upon toys和 games. Tin soldiers，little swords和 guns will not，to be sure，create a lust for gore和 carnage，但they do turnthe ghastly，terrible businessofwarintoplayandspreadaglamouroverit.Thechildwhogrowsupaccused.Hispatriotismisappealedtobyspeciouspleasorthedevelopmentofmartialspirit，whilenosuchforcefulappealismadeforthatsteady，goodcitizenshipwhichcanbetheonlypossiblemanifestationofpatriotismduringthewholelivesofmostmenandwomen.Notuntilthehomeandschoolteachthattheballotfarmorethanthebulletisthepatriot's Graditude and a sense of dependence must underlie all teaching of patriotism that does not lead to pride and partisanship. Even a small child can be interested to see that the breakfast roll and the knife and the spoon that he uses, and every utensil and article in the home, have come from the invention and toll of thousands unknown to him. Many a profitable and merry quarter of an hour might be spent with a wise mother in guessing and tracing the remote origin and the number and the kinds of men needed for the final production of the doll or hobby-horse or picture book. Little by little, the sense of infinite obligation should be developed and the great debt to the past and to every land should sink into the subconsciousness of every child long before he sees many of its implications. This large world conception, this sense of relationship to humanity, may easily accompany the development of the sense of special obligation to one's own country. Especially fortunate is the child who attends a public school and who finds the Italian or Irish schoolmate as quick-witted as himself. His daily experience will aid him to realize that God hath made of one blood all people upon earth, and that he is first of all a Not only is there need of this positive, constructive talk in the schools and around the fireside, but in the nursery stage there should be a careful watch upon toys and games. Tin soldiers, little swords and guns will not, to be sure, create a lust for gore and carnage, but they do turn the ghastly, terrible business of war into play and spread a glamour over it. The child who grows up accustomed to think of killing as normal or necessary business of the world, a business which is associated to his mind with gay uniforms, processions and music, with honors and medals and glory, will have little true conception of its hideous reality. He may indeed be called to the solemn duty in battle of killing some human being as innocent probably as himself of the cause of their international strife, but let there be no illusion bred of childish memories about this dreadful business. As well give a boy a little scaffold and toy coffin, and let him play at hanging as to give him a toy cannon or a sword and not expect him to make light of killing. The teacher today has more power to shape the future of her country than the men at West Point and Annapolis who are working on their military tactics and mathematics. The teachers may largely shape the ideals of our next generation. If they do patriotism by boys brigades and military trappings is becoming popular. The natural instinct of the boy for the spectacular and stirring is aroused. His patriotism is appealed to by specious pleas or the development of martial spirit, while no such forceful appeal is made for that steady, good citizenship which can be the only possible manifestation of patriotism during the whole lives of most men and women. Not until the home and school teach that the ballot far more than the bullet is the patriot's power to serve his country, not until we honor civic heroes as much as military heroes, can we expect a nation of men who understand true patriotism. Poet—You published a poem of mine last week. You pay according to the kind of verse, don't you? Editor—Yes. George, give the gentleman a blank check. 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