re important game species. If those who are growing nut trees
commercially would concentrate their efforts in these states which
extend from Pennsylvania to Missouri and throughout the south, I think
they would be helping themselves and contributing in an important
measure to wildlife conservation and recreation. I think many States,
and I know this is true of Ohio, would like to introduce some of the
better named varieties of walnuts, hazelnuts, filberts, and other nut
trees to the landowners of the State through conservation projects which
I have described, but the cost is thus far too prohibitive for stock
which is distributed by us free of charge. I am personally interested in
the fine program of nut tree research which is being initiated in Ohio
and elsewhere. The hill culture experiments are especially interesting
and valuable. However, I believe every grower should give increasing
attention to the possibilities of nut trees in conservation, to the end
that better and more prolific varieties can be made available for this
purpose. States which can use good nut tree stock in their conservation
work should be solicited, their interest aroused in plantings for the
dual purpose of home use and wildlife, and a few select varieties sold
or given to them each year for experimental use. Some growers are
already generous in releasing a few new and promising nut tree varieties
for trial growing in various sections of the country.

Most Conservation departments are financed on an annual basis with funds
from hunting and fishing licenses. This prevents our knowing from year
to year exactly what our requirements are going to be in the line of
planting material. Such stock cannot be contracted for even one year
prior to purchase. We have no Division-owned nursery for propagating
game food and cover plants, and nearly all hardwood stocks are purchased
from commercial nurseries. Most states prefer to purchase nursery stock
that is grown locally, and if nut growers could succeed in lining up
their own state conservation departments, I am sure that they could
expand their production to furnish the stock needed, both at a profit to
themselves and at a price we could afford to pay.

Commercial Aspects of Nut Crops As Far North As St. Paul, Minnesota

By Carl Weschcke, St. Paul, Minnesota

For the benefit of those new members who are not familiar with my nut
tree plantation at River Falls, Wisconsin, I wish to explain its
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