The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16
Trees Grow Harder Here Than in Otl-
 CT states End There is steady Demand fir Nuts at Fancy Prices. Mfr. Reed's Big Orchard at Lanett.


 Cotton is King and there never has been such despotic monarch. There never was a greater industrial tyranny than the reign of King Cotton in the south. ,,4e5- ye,s
 k Thene be maaRysasqVtheEH folks who tn Sof sbis esgxaatpaHse end boast of -hAs power oyeE hisnpeople but they are not far seeing folks who speak proudly or that power. Russians there are and thohsands of them, despite all revolu- l-tiofs. Who still speak in reverence or the Great White Czar who to them IS the Little Father of his people They are no more misguided than they Southern folks Who are proud Of the Czarish depotism of Cotton. They fail surely to appreciate the injustice of tyrannical rule which permits no industrial free thought, no industrial free speech and permits no industrial Individuality of action. If Cotton has his way and until recently he went that way without. dispute or challenge the industrial South shall be as it was when cotton growing was the only thing to do on the fields, the only thing left by the war to- the South
 In Alabama, for instance, which is one of King COtton's principal provin~ ces, oceans may be raised withg great profftt..- Everybody that has tried it
  chards say that there Is good money in them, more money than in cotton growing, without the carking worries of growing a 5.early crop and depend- ing on the shiftless and uncertain for the labor The soil the climate and the seasons are peculiarly adapted to the culture of oceans. Nobody would attempt ! to deny that. There isn't a towns in Middle or South Alabama which hasn't a pecan tree in somebody's yard or on the sidewalk which each year bears splendid crops of oceans, There are pecan trees in Alabama Nnore than half a century old and they bear each year larger and larger crops
 Dollars fin Pecans.
 Every body knows that in Alabama fine pecan trees grow and prosper with no care at all and no more attention than the small boys pay them when fall come around and they thrash the limbs of the tress with sticks and poles Until recent years no attention was paid the financial possibilities Of this product of the State. What was the use when cotton was such a des" potic King and his subjects were con tent with hts reign?
 In recent years there has been rev olution, small enough it Is true. but enough to make itself felt. The Ala bama man in various parts of the State has come to believe that there are more dollars in oceans than in cotton acre for acre He --as set out to get l Those, dollars, in many instances' ppl litt takes time. ss Co-
 The quality most needed in pecaH growing is patience To succeed al l it. q man must have patience arid wheI he has that he has an assurance Q success that makes his largest profit! | in cotton look small.
 This is the dictum of F. B. Reed. o I.anett, who is the largest grower O pecans in Alabama. MT. Reed IS suci q successful grower of oceans that n has capitalized his big 50 acre orchard And he capitalized that orchard at thousand dollars an gcre--haVing n' difficulty in selling his stock on tha kind of capitalization, 1. sOae of the notable agricultura rnoyenents of recent years has bee fthe increased interest devoted to Peca' $ 6ultufe.e The movement is widespren i'm it's nature. It is scattered all ave l. Ala laBama--:his new industry. In prac i ,iraIIv every portion of the State or charfs of smaller or larger size ar heinz planted. or course those farm CTS who are taking an interest In tn . now ,fndustrY=WhO are planting tree ! for InoneI in the uture are only small per cent of their communit They are the exception m the agfleu 7 tural lie of the States rather than tt ' rule. But thcre are enough of the lI doing it to make the movement gshel nl in it's nature.
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