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Synopsis
A complete reference for growing high-yield fruit- and nut-bearing trees.
About the Author
J. Russell Smith is a member of the Northern Nut Growers' Association. More than a hundred members of the Association contributed detailed reports of their own experiments.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword: How to Read This Book
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Introduction: A Practical Visionary
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PART I. The Philosophy
Chapter 1. How Long Can We Last?
Chapter 2. Tree Cropsand#151;The Way Out
Chapter 3. The Planand#151;An Institute of Mountain Agriculture
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PART II. Some Facts about Some Crop Trees to Suggest Some of the Possibilities that Lie in This Proposed Work
Chapter 4. Some Stock-Food Treesand#151;The Producers of Bran Substitutes
Chapter 5. A Stock-Food Tree, the Keawe, Or Hawaiian Algaroba
Chapter 6. A Stock-Food and Man-food Treeand#151;The Carob
Chapter 7. A Stock-Food Treeand#151;The Honey Locust
Chapter 8. A Group of Stock-Food Treesand#151;The Mesquites
Chapter 9. The Real Sugar Tree
Chapter 10. A Summer Pasture Tree for Swine and Poultryand#151;The Mulberry
Chapter 11. The Persimmon: A Pasture Tree for the Beasts and a Kingly Fruit for Man
Chapter 12. A Corn Treeand#151;The Chestnut
Chapter 13. A Corn Treeand#151;The Oak as a Forage Crop
Chapter 14. Some Bread-and-Butter Treesand#151;The Acorns as Human Food
Chapter 15. Nuts as Human Food
Chapter 16. A Meat-and-Butter Tree for Manand#151;The Persian Walnut
Chapter 17. Another Meat-and-Butter Treeand#151;The Eastern Black Walnut
Chapter 18. A Group Of Meat-and-Butter Treesand#151;The Other Walnuts
Chapter 19. The Pecanand#151;King of Hickoriesand#151;A Type Study in Tree Crops
Chapter 20. More Meat-and-Butter Treeand#151;The Other Hickories
Chapter 21. Some Suggested Lines of Workand#151;The Unexplored Realm
Chapter 22. A Peep at the Tropics
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PART III. Economics, Farm Applications, and National Applications
Chapter 23. and#160;Tree Crops and Farm Management
Chapter 24. and#160;Plan or Perishand#151;Tree Cropsand#151;The Nation and the Raceand#151;A New Patriotism Is Needed
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PART IV. Who Will Do the Basic Scientific Work Which This Book Calls For?
Chapter 25. Who Is Working Now?
Chapter 26. The Great Hope and the Many Little Hopes
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Appendix A: Analysis of Feeds for Farm Animals
Appendix B: Food Value of the Persimmon and Other Fruits
Appendix C: Average Composition of Nuts and Other Foods
Appendix D: Food Values of Crop and Livestock Products per Acre
Index