New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-08-13
PROFIT IN PECANS.

In connection with the agricul
tural and horticultural dcmonstra
tion train now on the Houston !
Texas Central RI lro1l sngl,
,ectrre and set of ILLUSTRATION cai
easily be made worth millions o
dollars to the state. more especial
" to the western and southwestern
sections whore the pecan tree is ,
native and flourishes abundantly
Prof Kyle of the A. and NJ Col
lege. who explains this exhibit anC
shows how pecan culture and i'm
provemcnt can be made highly
profitable. knows his subject anC
makes his illustrations so plain anC
convincing that no one can fail f.
comprehend it, and all who have
the will and energy to try may
inagurate his system without any
great expense. As he explains
and as all the people know. there
are millions of native pecan trees
that seldom bear and when they
do bear produce only small hard
shelled nuts that are pract caIlv
unmarketable. All such trees put
to better advantage the young
ones, can be topped and grated
or budded with proven varieties
that will furnish a new growth on
the original stock. producing regu-
larry and of uniformly good quail
ity. The details of such work and
the supplies needed would have
to be obtained through expert sour
ceS such as the state agricultural
and its experiment
branches. but any owner of
land on which is a native pecan
growth can grasp the general prop
osition that there is way to make
every tree valuable after a few
years. and they can also see that
the value thus produced would be
through his life and
heritage for his children. Even
very large and old trees can be
|" worked over but as Prof. Kyle
explains. this would not be advls-
able as a rule. But the younger
and smaller trees everywhere that
are poor bearers or produce in
feriOr and unstable nuts are the
proper subjects for attention If
in native pecan orchard the own
err has a few trees or even one
bearing choice and desirable nuts,
this quality can be transferred to
hundreds of others by planting the
pecans and budding from the seed
ing sprouts.
In large part of Western Texas
along the smaller streams are thou
sands of trees that produce nuts
classed by the trade as "creek
pecans. F" They are hard and small
and as a rule must be sold at
very low price as "crackers y
that Is they go to the plants where
the kernels are extracted by ma
chinery and used in the manufac-
ture of candy and CONNECTIONS. It
is hard to estimate the added value
to land owners and to the State
from converting such trees into
bearers Of good quality nuts. And
it is clear to all who listen to
Prof. Kyle and see his exhibits and
that this transforma-
ton Of scrub trees into aristocrats
of the pecan orchards is not only
possible. but practical, and not
either difficult or very expensive.
Of course it involves both work
and waiting, patience and perse-
verence. for there is no royal road
to easy money; and it is safe to
say that the present swing around
the circle will induce many own
ers of pecan orchards to make the
start. and that the joint efforts Of
the Houston & Texas Central and
The A. and NJ. College in this behalf
alone will ultimately he worth hum
dreds Of thousands of dollars to
the people in the great pecan-grow-
ing sections.-Star.