Show BUSY LITTLE TREE PLANTERS by burying nuts of chestnut hickory and walnut squirrels perform most important duty contrary to common belief eclief the gray squirrels of 0 the united states slates do not la las up their inter store of nuts in mass but bur each one separate and apart from rom the rest and tor for this rea son they are nature 3 8 most important import int chestnut hickory and walnut tree planters Ilar harper pers s weekly remarks the nuts are hidden in ili the ground often at a considerable distance from one another and either by instinct or a remarkable memory the squirrels will penetrate pene trite through several feet of snow when in want of 0 food and set sel dom if 11 eier eer fall to find the hidden treasures they do not need or use the one tenth part of the pro provender ender the hive hidden aai in the ground and what hat the do not consume germinates the chok next net spring and in this baj ia we get our uniform nut tree forests alch would otherwise grow in cluster under the parent tree v here the nuts haie hae fallen in their burning buring operation squirrels often coer a large area of ground seeking the most favorable tao fao rable spot tor for hiding thir th ir food this accounts tor for trees springing up in the most diverse places |