Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1918 — Useful Tree. [ARTICLE]

Useful Tree.

An American tree, known as the shea, or butter tree, is beginning to attract commercial attention. It supplies not only nuts, but also butter that may become an article of commercial importance. It is already exported to Europe, where makers of artificial Butter find use for it Almost two-thirds of the nut is vegetable butter. The tree begins to bear when it is fifteen years old and reaches its prime in twenty-five years. Chocolate manufacturers could easily utilize the product It might also be ot use in making candles and soap.