The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-11-17
MAKING MUCH Money
FROM HIS THRIVING PECAN
GROVE AT CAMERON.
Dr.. S J. Summers Takes Things
Easy While the Trees on E;s Farm
Yield aA Income.

Sic!d an Income.
The State says at rough esti-
mate Dr.. S. ]. Summers OF Cameron
vii! this yea. make from $500 TO-
$4,000 oa bis pecan grove. IN this
connection make" Is abou, eouira-
lent to net" 50. there Is little ex-
pense connected with the care OF a |
pecan orchard. and that expense Is
more than Offset oy the PROFITS made
on the small csops harvested under !
the trees
When h.st began housekeep-
Ing" said Dr.. Summers. g. decided
20 plant some pecan trees With the
hope that. shoa;d they survive and
thrive. would be able 20 enjoy
their fruits. an aow planning to
give all my children collegiate edu-
cation from toe proceeds, AID have
four boys so7 tho dear old sn!ve.-
sity.
Il have 3a5 trees. all seedlings.
I eough, the nuss ir Mississippi ls
years ago at 8. per pound. plant
ed toe Sced in ny vegetable garden
and transpianted them the second
yeaa Experience has taught NE that
/ was right Budded trees are more
difficult to get TO grow bse are not
likely to revert TO type as a seed
ling. NeweVe.. | have been singular
~ Fortunate with ny seedlings.
None seem 70 have departed from the
type OF the trees fsom which l got
seed and none have reverted to Z
type from which the superior vari-
ETY. was bred Some OF my oe.sbbor,
i who planted oudded esees have had
poorer luck
!. The States goes oa 70 say: Dr..
Summers. who is the frst State SEN
!: alto. from the new eouaty OF Cal
. houn. IS one o: the ren nhost promi.
nent in the sSssrs os tae State fair
This year be exhibited boars, cattle
5 chickens and fancy stock. winning
many premiums. He has always tas
en- great pride 10 bis swine. but TIL.
yea. his aooby is pecaas. Last year
Il viii be recalled. be had at The
: fair remarkable boar which vaa st
, heavy ths: it was snothered In ant
by its ovn fat when attacked b,
. smother boa. from aaosha. Exhibit
: And 20 oae can blame Nr. Sum
e mers sor making specially OF hi
< pecans at the fair this year. Th,
D nuts ae had on exhibition woul,
rival the best that can be found any
3 where. There are scrers; varieties
{ showing diserer. eavoss aad 6.:
e terent hardness Of shells. But al
e are large aad eeastltns
The variety rpoa which DR.. Sum
a naesa sets the greatest store he ha
( called the Summers SoIt Shell.
= The shells OF shese are as pape
and WOMAN or child can c.us
{ the shells OF two nuts BY oressin
{ them together In her aand. tt
meat may then be extracted Whole
as in the case o: an English walnu,
and makes beautiful dressing to
cakes. etc. There Is another variety
larger nut shiea nas ! richer "a
d vo!. out the sar shell IS regarde
!as the real prize IN the lot.
Dr.. Summers explained the meth
ods Of cultivatins peeaos- His hom
! Is or was IN al open place In sand
Re loan. His father gave him the ides
> aad a sew srsees when De. Summer
> isst started housekeeping. Ties
e were planted around the house a
e ornamental and shade trees. The
have luxuciant growth and are yer
! pleasing and Symmetrical! in foru
Il The bole OF the average tree raise
b from seeds planted Is 5'ears ago
s II inches. The ttees are hardy an
y require little attention.
y Some were planted on the poores
kind OF sand land. and they hav
:. grown splend!dly By sending "a
roots deep down into the soil. The
D have also reclaimed the soil by aid
Z ing to put humus therein. Dr.. Sum
e mers has every yea. raised GRO
OF cotton or some other staple pro
q duct under and between these trees
S He keeps the late. limbs tr!mme
e from the ground higher than man
head.
The crops have aided rather tha,
taken from the development OF tn
trees. He tried to be judicious il
the ust Of fertilizer. botT maorr
o and artificial. so that the trees wouI'
be benefited thereby and be ais
placed manure around the trees one
{ each year. He thinks 1. ine1cusabl
1 to let weeds grow Up In fruit o
/, nut bearing orchard. for the weed
{ imporerish the soft and communi
D cate parasites to the trees.
= While tree will bear -arlter II
HE II the tap root IS Gut. yet Dr.
r Summers thinks that suct treat
D ment IS foolish. Nature pror!de<
! that tap root FOR more than one pc.
! pose. and while a temporary favora
: bic result might be obtained by cu.
ting the root and causing, the latera
s roots 70 grow more rapidly. yet the
5 ultimate stu1d5ness OF the t.e'
: will be impaired and the knife vii
DESTROY the deSeaees provided azains'
storms.
Some Of D.. Summers trees Gave
been bearing as long as ten years
They begin 20 produce fruit when
about seven or eight years ole. On
an average they are planted 30 fee;
apart. although in richer soil the
distance IS SO feet. His $40 trees
therefore cover about ten acres.
He estimates that each tree this
year produces at least one and one
half bushels OF nuts. which weigh
80 TO as pounds TO the bushel. and