The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-11-14
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FORT WORTH. Tx, Nov. THE
TIM, ha3 cone grhTn tbe I!rOp!e tIvip2
in the Southern States must turn their
ing Eve cent cotJcp.
;ree planting cin be done On every
farm il the South &s = very !oW cost
ana with very great profit # the right
kinds Of trees are planted, a1d not in
terfere WITH the ordinary crops.
While IN Florida and California for
the past ten years there has been a
large increase in the planting of orange
aad lemons they have neglected she
nut trees which in California pay larger
profits than the citIon fruits have
earned. In California the English
walnut, the almond. the prune, the diff
ferent kinds OF plums, TIE cherry, the
apricot, the becta!Ine, have all paid
better than the orange and the lemon.
While thzse fruits aud nuts are con
fined to a small territory OF growth,
the Texas thin shell pecan can be
grown in every Safe in the Union.
Ofthe same family Of the ulack Wal
nut and hickory, the pecan can be
grown wherever they can ana Wild
greater profit than auy other nut.
Wherever the pecan has found a mar
ket they are universally Liked an are
faYorlte nut With everybody. Grow
ing only on this continent they are but
HtIIe known in other lands--so the
Uslted States has the world for their
market. Because ia their wild state
they are found more abunda0tly along
the streamSi it does not folio" tnat theV
can only grow there. 30 far With few
exceptions, nature has done the plant
ing, lot man, but since man, has under
taken it, it bas been abundautly shown
that they can be grown IN any good SOIL
where other trees are grown, and cul-
tiyation Ct the ground In grOWing1
other crops On same land brikgs foy-
| ward the pecan trees with rapid grown
bringing them into bearing 1p/slx
years from the planting of the nut.
Because it has taken the wild tee Sc
| long to core into successful 9eaflpS
the impression mas been had tbat man
must wait that long after platlng 10
get any eeneft of his labor.
Such is not the case Wlele groves
are planted, and the group cultiVaeeu,
wear after year. CommelclDg TO pear
at six wears of sge at eight they MAKE
good earnings, continuing TO increase
until the trees are Thirty years Old snd
bear crops for HUNDREDS or years. Iae
ocean and the olive sre among the old.
est nut producing trees OF tne moIlo
and both very prQtaole 10 grow
| While the raising o t1e olive 10 Lnle-
ed 80 far as climate ana sou 10 couGetn-
ed the expense Of preparing the Oh LOT
market ls very g:eaI: s 49,
With the pecan, tae cost altel lac
trees begin to oesr Is the gatnerlng,
which Is but fun fer the youngsters.
A GOOD fair sized pecan nut sells IN
| most markets at retail from 10 to 20
| cents Der oound. At ten years OF age
tina pecan should Bsar at least htty
nnnnds of nuts. With at only 10 cents
Der pound gives eanings of So per tree
~ e3O5 ner acre. 1t only cents per
nonno YOUR earning are $3.50 per acre.
| When vour trees begin TO beac 100
nnnnds uer tree ani the nut selling 1T
| ia cents oound, iIlneaas earnings Of
| S6I0 oar acre a ortuns IN few acres
| Wa ns0a 1amec ,ne prices or market
nnfs so far onl. Planting the best
mt onIy of the,nin shell variety, your
nrodnct will &c for se8d for years to
eo,na and at var own prices, for Texas
osnnot snoolTbe demand after people
~ Isarn their viiue. You can buy the
best pecsns,f the Texas Pecan and
SEED Compay, sC 81 per pound or 50
ner acre, al when you plant th3m you
| piant foune.
T. IA nyarLunate that 80 many have
| nIsnfed acan trees with the tap root
eNs,.~Tls must not be done If you ex.
nect fTittul trees. They will grow and
poska oCd shade trees, but the owner
viii disappointed when they come to
hesr Either plant the nut where the
trees 10 stand or remove the roots un-
hrosn, or nnimpared from the nursery
to he place Of permanent growth. We
81 aware that some say We are mlstak-
o.. DG5 experience has shown that
| me; say Is the safe way.
SINE parties have asked about graft
apfand budding. We reply, We don't
{kpw that it has been done sue
cesfully, yet it may be, but that has
" to DO tried.
We recommend plan by which the
uts are first bedded, and the trees then
ansplanted With perfect safety, az
6cellent plaD, cheaper and better per-
aps than any other plan.
| HIRE Is an industry costing little to-
oegl with, life time incomes, large
lprOfs, no risks, which can be accom-
lpllsed on very small areas of land, ten
acrs earning fortune annually.
Ieost but little to investig sJe and
see 'hether 1t pays or not.
T3 crop OF seed pecans is good and
this an exceptionally good year 10
p!aL HEBERT POST.