nuts that crack out seventy-five to eighty per cent of whole
halves. The meat of this variety, the Stabler, weighs forty-seven per
cent of the whole nut."

That's it, gentlemen. I did not discover this walnut, and without the
organization of the Northern Nut Growers' Association I could not have
done any more with it than my grandfather was able to do forty years
ago, but, as it was, we just took up several samples and the Northern
Nut Growers did the rest. The walnut has been attracting more and more
attention ever since.

Considering the black walnut as timber, here is a picture of a black
walnut log, published in Farmers' Bulletin No. 715, of the Department of
Agriculture. The original owner, a farmer, sold the whole tree,
standing, for fifty dollars; the buyer felled it at a cost of fifteen
dollars, and sold it there for $138.26. It was resold, without being
removed, for $164.84, and later sold (the last price is not published)
to a large sewing machine factory, but it certainly brought more than
that last price which is printed, of $164.84. We occasionally hear of
prices of $100 or so being paid for black walnut trees on the stump. The
reason we don't hear of such prices being paid more frequently is
because the farmer in not more than one case out of twenty gets real
value for his black walnut trees. There is a very highly organized and
efficient system in the United States of gathering up the black walnut
trees which are large enough to use for furniture and other purposes and
paying for them as little as possible; but they make a practice of
getting them even if they do have to pay more. There was a man living
not so far from where I live, up in our country, who had a very fine
black walnut tree standing in his yard. One day a man came around and
entered into conversation with him, and said, "Mr. Harder, what will you
take for that tree in your yard?" "It isn't for sale," said Mr. Harder.
"Well," said the man, "I'll give you a hundred dollars for it." Mr.
Harder merely shook his head. The buyer dickered along a little bit more
and after a while said, "I'll tell you what I'll do; I'll give you $150
for that tree." Mr. Harder said "If you don't get off this place, sir,
immediately, I'll shoot you."

I am prepared to say that if you are going to plant trees for timber
there is no other tree which will give such a yield as the black walnut,
with the exception of the catalpa, and, perhaps, the black locust. It is