. Nature study and life. Nature study. 376 NATURE STUDY AND LIFE accompanying photographs tell the story. It is certainly a brutal recompense when a tree has borne its load of nuts to stone it or pound it with iron sledge hammers, to throw ropes over it and tear off its branches. So it has come to pass that farmers in the neighborhood of towns, at least, cannot raise chestnut timber, because the trees are bruised, growth is stunted, and at the wounded places decay develops, which soon renders the whole tree worthless. Thus nut trees must be ruled out from roadside planting, simply on account o
. Nature study and life. Nature study. 376 NATURE STUDY AND LIFE accompanying photographs tell the story. It is certainly a brutal recompense when a tree has borne its load of nuts to stone it or pound it with iron sledge hammers, to throw ropes over it and tear off its branches. So it has come to pass that farmers in the neighborhood of towns, at least, cannot raise chestnut timber, because the trees are bruised, growth is stunted, and at the wounded places decay develops, which soon renders the whole tree worthless. Thus nut trees must be ruled out from roadside planting, simply on account of thought- less abuse, and year by year fine bearing trees are cut down on account of the clubbing and stoning and nuisance that rages around them while the nuts are ripening. If this senseless process goes on, many districts will be wholly reduced to deserts as far as their nut trees are concerned, as some already have been. Our only hope is again on the positive side. Set the children to planting nuts. Can- not they do what the squirrels have done so well ? It is a little thing to plant a nut in a sheltered place by the edge of a flat stone along a roadside wall, but there is altruism and ideality in the act, and the child who has done it will begin to love and appreciate the trees as never Fig. 150. Marks of Ancient Abuse This chestnut tree will soon have to be cut to avoid danger to near-by houses. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hodge, Clifton Fremont, 1859-. Boston and London, Ginn & Co.
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