The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-25
THE LAND OF SPRINGS
Destined to Be
The Garden Spot Of Texas!
SAN SABA COUNTY!
Pecan Planting.

Among the many pursuits which may be found pleasant
profitable that cultyaing the pecan and our
county has the reputation producing largest and best nuts
this to any part of the United States
give extract from the San Saba News of the fall of 1885,
which may be of interest TO readers
Among many thrifty elegant forest which
beautiful San Saba none valuable the pecan
(carya oviforms This valuable belongs the
family with the white and black walnut and various kinds of
hickory 1t grows here its greatest perfection Its delicious
nuts large and of the finest flavor The timber much
like that of the hickory color quite tough very elastic
1t used but little yet for furniture but if cut at the right
and made furniture both durable and
handsome II cut at an improper time will invariably be
damaged by the grub of insect which certain
deposits oya the bark of the The grub finds
in the sap nutrmen upon which subsists until such time
it becomes metaphorsed winged insect to fly away
and enjoy brief aerial existence again deposit its then
die always selecting the pecan for the receptacle of its con
button to Its poster unnecessary to describe the de-
cous nuts which this stately bears such prousion in
this its favorte habitat We all acquainted with its
merits early age OF habits of the plant its best
propagation and the length of required from the
from the planting culture of the for fruit and tim
Der subjects which may well be of readers
The tree will thrive best on the banks and bottom lands of our
onstant streams and require rich SOIL with subrr
CATION is said that the young plants viii bear transplanng
up fourth fifth year. The best time for planting the
nut after drops from the tree say from the middle of
October the last of December The plant under favorable
circumstances will begin to bear nuts the sixth from the
time of planting The average quantity of for
each when well grown four bushels
teen bushels usually when gathered and brought to
aretin this town 50 per bushel The pecan among the
last of forest put its eayes the spring and
are seldom injured by rosts though localities
failure to bear nuts this cuased by the late
foss destructive to the crops No drouh a
feet materially its growth the quantity of nuts which it
yields The nuts WILL properly taken Of keep two
three years. though they best about Christmas Of the year
which they grown The planting pecan orchards has
been successfully pracoed in few localities and it has been
satisfactorily proved that cuvating the soil around the
does nure but to make it thrive better
Under circumstances we have no hesitancy
saying that splendid fortune awaits the man who
brace the present opportunity San Saba bottom land
at present prices say s. SO per acre. and plant the seed
transplant the young sufficient make orchard of
hundred In selecting the lands of course will be
essary purchase larger than utilized plant
ing pecans the time several acres perhaps twenty
will have bearing pecan it say hundred trees By
proper attention these trees clearing away the other timber
brus they will be made to bear ar crop nuts
which Will perhaps pay expenses planting and cutivatng the
young trees Upon this twenty acres will be great numbers of
young plants which may left ii the right place. or may
be ranspanted too much crowded Crops any of the ce
reals may planted each season several years without de-
timent the young fact cutvating the ground will
them to thrive much better One hundred and sixty
planted with fifteen apart would 29OO
trees Say make allowance accidental failures
grow of 20 cent still have the number of 3D.
40 trees Let suppose these averaged only peck
per tree the first of bearing would have $50 bushels
for first crop This amount would at doubled the next
year. and in few years average crop of six bushels would
probably be attained This would give quantity
Of l2892O bushels which st 50 per bushel would amount to
s3s6l16 It may be remarked by some that this looks well
upon paper but how viii pan out Suppose divide
figures by ten other words that the yield viii only be
1ntenh much above stated we still have the sum of $685.
,l which would be income not to be despse among
he future nabobs Of Texas.
Farming and Stock Raising.
No attempt showing the resources of this section would
1id "a fail 10 of +Ia adanta,iIitv