New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-07-08
PECAN GROWING IN LOUIS.
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Pecan growing is an industr.
which should not be neglected il
the South, and is the safest invest
ment the land over can make To-
future returns.
Any man goes out into tn
world, he will have a special linz
of industry to boost, he must hav.
a fixed opinion upon one thing
/ mean to say that he realizes tina
one thing or one particular line O
business is safer and more profit
able than any thing else therefore
if he practices his opinion will
good faith, he will eventually
make a success. On the other
hand if he goes out into business
at a jump, for the money he
thinks others are making in the
same line, when he himself has nc
faith in it, but will try very hard
to bring his goods to the front,
by being either extravagant or un-
true to himself and the public in
a manner to induce the people to
trade with him. then what will be-
the results. The answer is, fail
ure. A man must realize very
closely his taste for any kind of
business before he attempts to
jump at it. Let the merchant,
the farmer, the banker. the physi-
clan. the lawyer. etc. follow their
profession and if it is their fast
they will succeed.
Now then to the point, my stud
les for many YEARS has been Of
the pecans especially. Or the pc.
can and it's culture in its many
lines. and having been requested
to furnish several articles on the
subject previous to this one for
publication in good reliable mag
azines and journals and with many
years of experience in the line of
propagating I feel that I am able
to put any one in touch with the
possibilities of grwing pecans
in the South. II is clear and any
one can understand that Pecan
Orcharding is the best and safest
investment that can be made for
the family of the land owner if
Ghey only want to listen to those
that went through from the very
beginning, and then when yeu are
convinced, you'll say, the boil
weevil proposition is blessing in
disguise and you will soon realize
that the taxes are not high. etc.
The future of the pecan is very
bright. / know of no other bust
ness that paws better than grow
ing pecans for the open market.
You can't expect to discover
gold mine on your farm or lot.
but you must realize that one day
You will be unable to attend to this
farm and if You have not set aside
the required amount to pull you
through what will happen. Think
of it, think of your children. think
of many long years ahead of Won.
Plant yourself a peran orchard. it
will cost You very little to get
started considering what can be
gotten out of it. Tn your older
ways. in spite Of sickness and
hardlnck which NAV strike YOU,
this little pecan orchard will be
giving yon handsome revenues.
say these things, not because I am
a grower of trees but because 7
like .4he business, l believe in it
ard I have faith in such indus
tries, and l am first. last and al !
ways ready to help push indus. |
tries of that nature. for the South |
should never neglect one Of its
main resources.
It is not my purpose to make
This article long. because you will
get nearly all information desired
in REGARD t. the subject from arti-
eles / furnished The Trucker e
Farmer in their June Issue. which
was reproduced in the Lafayette
Gazette. nevertheless sometime
ian be said all the time with ref
srence to the pecan proposition
md any one realizes the fact that
when the truth is said. that furth-
n information is always necns- I
'ary to induce and helm the de-
Telopment of our great Southland.
Great wealth can be obtained
n pecan growing if it receives the
REQUIRED. The pecan is
'et in its infancy. hut full grown
md wealth bearing orchards can
'e developed if it IS given the care
nd attention it deserves. There
) a great and ever increasing de-
nand for pecans all over the
ountrv and commands a fancy
rice in the open market. The
ear 1910 being favorable year
or the pecan and the estimates
arly in the fall. were that Louisi-
ma would produce about forty
ars. but the crop did rot run hale
{ what was expected and the :
pnsequences were that the manu-
acturers had bought the entire !
ron of pecans before December, !
nd later pecans couldn't be got q
n even at fancy prices. ii.