alf he would be
getting as much kernels as he would otherwise in five hours. That's good
business.

Mr. Chase: I'd just like to comment on that 18 per cent kernel you
mentioned as the average you'd like to think of. Mr. Zarger has run a
study on the sample trees in the Tennessee Valley to measure the kernel
content in some 130 trees for about seven years running, and it pans out
to about 18 per cent. I thought you'd just like to know.

Mr. McCauley: I didn't want to make a definite statement and then have
somebody throw something back in my face. That's why I said I'd like to
think.

Mr. Fisher: Since this question has come up and a cracker is here, and
that is the question, whether the commercial cracker would be willing to
pay a premium price for premium nuts, I wonder if Tom will answer the
question, would he pay twice as much?

Mr. Mullins: Certainly.

Mr. Chase: Mr. Acker is another sheller who operates in Morristown,
Tennessee, and Broadway, Virginia, who just dropped in on us. I'd like
to ask him that same question.

Mr. Acker: What is the question again?

Mr. Chase: Would a considerable quantity of walnuts such as Thomas be
worth more to you?

Mr. Acker: We'd be inclined to buy them according to the value we get
out of them.

Dr. MacDaniels: What would you do, run sort of a pilot test on them?

Mr. Acker: If I can buy something for a dollar and make money on it, I
am willing to try.

Mr. Chase: I made a little unscheduled talk last night in which I said
from my information from shellers in Nashville, particularly, that they
at this time would not be able to pay any premium price for higher
quality nuts simply because they do not have time to examine each
bushel, each hundred pounds that comes in and see whether they would pay
a special price for better walnuts. Is that the general situation?

Mr. McCauley: Yes, I think generally that is. They take everything at
the price of seedling variety. However, you gentlemen who are growing
cultivated nuts shouldn't be too disturbed, because of the fact that
there is going to be a time in the not-too-distant future where you can
dispose of those nuts according to the kernel content within the nut.

President Davidson: I think that's the answer. Eventually it will come.

Mr. McCauley: It's good business. Stop and consider. We go right back to
that point where we are going to get twice the amount of merchandise out
of a hull which must be broken, which must