chestnuts, and this friend there on one of those
sections, of about three acres, had cut 35,000 feet of this dead timber
after the chestnut blight killed them.

That blight was a terrible shock to us. One thing I did note when it
came on, prior to the chestnut blight in that country there were these
little chipmunks, which, everybody knows, eat chestnuts. You couldn't
hear yourself think for the little chipmunks chipping all over the
country. You know, they carried off all the nuts. You had to be smart to
beat them to them. When the chestnuts disappeared, the chipmunks
disappeared, and there were eight or ten years when you were lucky if
you got to hear one. In the meantime those little fellows have changed.
They died, a lot of them, but now they have learned to eat something
else, and now they are coming back.

That little chipmunk always amused me, because I loved to go out and
play with the squirrels and things like that. Anyhow, it's just pure
hobby work, and as Mr. Shadow says you can get over a mad spell and get
out close to nature, because in this nut work you can't get any closer
to God's work than to get out and get something better. I think that's
all I have to say.

[Footnote 17: Some other members have reported similar behavior of
frost-bitten and poorly filled black walnuts.--Ed.]

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President Davidson: Those of you who know Mr. Frye know that he works as
well as he talks, and that's pretty good.

Is Mr. Tatum here? (No response.) In that case I am told that Dr.
Rohrbacher will read a paper by Mr. Tatum of Lebanon, Kentucky on "A
Look, Backward and Forward, Into Nut Growing in Kentucky." Dr
Rohrbacher.

A Look "Backward and Forward" into Nut Growing in Kentucky

W. G. TATUM, Route 4, Lebanon, Kentucky

The lumberman's ax, the chestnut blight, forest fires, and the "new
ground" hill farmer, together, have destroyed many thousands of our
beautiful Kentucky forest acres. Much of this one time "nature lover's
paradise" is now ugly, barren, and eroded, and too poor to give a living
to either man or beast. Wanton destruction of God-given treasure and
beauty is a sin and a shame. Thanks to the men of vision and foresight
of the U.S.D.A., state agricultural colleges, and our own fraternity of
nut tree lovers, this slaughter is coming to a halt at last. Our fellow
citizens are being awakened to the real value of their woodlands. Much
reforestation of these