The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-13
record TO date:

1907 So inches. so lbs
1908. SO L inches lss lbs.
1909. So inches. $50 lbs.
1910. $500. So inches 1876 lbs
Since It began bearing this tree
has been severely cut for budding
wood, and hence its bearing has
been to some extent retarded. The
nuts from this tree have readily sold
at from fifty to sixty cents per pound
One hundred and forty yards south
of this tree stands another tree
twenty-three Years old from the seed,
which is owned by Mr. X. Powell
and which for the last two years has
yielded over four hundred pounds of
nuts annually. Well cared for,
tree may begin bearing the third
or fourth year after setting. but not
much of consequence should be eN-
pected until the seventh or eighth
year can occasional over-enthusiastic
promoter to the contrary notwith-
standing). After the twelfth wear
a thousand pounds per acre should
be realized and by the twentieth
year 1t is not unreasonable to expect
sand pounds per acre. And this can
be done as easily as bale of cotton
per acre is produced.
Twenty three years experience
| with the pecan has convinced me
| more and more of it's profitableness
The demand for the best nuts is con
stantly increasing. Trees from fifteen
/ to two hundred years old are annu-
ally producing their crops of nuts to
/ the delight both of the palate and
! pocketbOOks Of their owners A
grove once established, pound of
! pccans can be grown more cheaply
/ than q pound of cotton; and the
grower has twelve months Of the
year in which to sell them, and the
world for his market. Over-produc-
! ton need not be feared in this gener-
! alton nor during this century,
G. r. Wight being questioned as
| to the increased value that would
accrue TO land set in pecan trees,
said:
Good land set in vigorous budded
or grated trees at the end Of the
first year is worth 10000 per acre
| Add $4,000 to this value at the end
Of each year of growth. With this
! as a basis, your land should there
| fore be worth
At the end of years, $4,000 pc,
acre.
At the end Of 10 years, $4,000 pei
At the end Of IS years, $4,000
per acre.
While varieties differ slightly as t
; the age at which they begin to bear
: yet this may be safely put at from
are transplanted. By the tenth veal
5 when the value as above is $4,000
the net income per acre should be
per cent of this amount, or 400
l This is probably about as early g.
the trees would begin to pay a rea
: sonable income on the value as fig
ured above. BY the fifteenth yea
: the net income should be $4,000 pc
acre, or per cent on $4,000 TIL
twentieth year should show NOR
] than net income of $500 per acr
7 on an per cent income on a valua
+. ton Of S1,050.00 per acre according
S to the above estimate. BY net in
J, come is meant what remains afte
! deducting a reasonable amount 70
: cultivating and fertilizing trees an.
: for the gathering Of the nuts. I
r has been shown that land set in pc
: cans can be made to pay for it's cul
n tivation and fertilizing by the crop
: Of cotton, peas potatoes, vegetables
n etc. that are grown between tn
s trees
n Now the above estimate is not b
t any means visionary. While it ha
S not been demonstrated with orchard
Y on a large scale yet it has bee
n shown to be a very conservative esti
n mate, both by myself and by othe
s growers Of pecans. There are or
n chards Of budded pecan trees in thi
!, the above basis. Understand m
i that when | give these figures ! EN-
: phasiZe the fact that the trees mus
: be properly cared for. If you ar
e going to set them out in careles
; manner and leave them to the in
f different attention OF hired help t
be run over and broken down by tn
is stock, and to be smOthered by weed
v and grass then this will not be born
S. out by results. This estimate
l. based on good land, good trees, an
r. good attention.
l. ''Twenty-three years ago | rea
e this advice from a veteran peca
e grower. who still abides with Us
d Dung man, set pecan grove, an
e. when you are old it will suppo1
a you" | believed then that the at
IS vice was sound: | now know that
Il is SO. And SO | pass the word alone
} Young man, plant a pecan grove
n will help to make your days happit