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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30
Pecan Industry Developing Rapidly in This Territory

will be many times the trees there are
now in the Americas district Ten
years from now the choicest nuts re-
ceived in the great markets of the
North and West will come from this
and the few counties adjacent. To
speak of Americas in nut circles will
then mean a reference to the chief
shipping point for the finest pecans
grown in the country. There is no
reason to regard this as an exaggera-
ton.
I Already there are a number of trees
hereabouts whose output is coming on
the market. The illustration of an in
dividual tree given herewith is of one
in the orchards of Mr.. H. W. Smith
wick, of Americas, probably the orig
inal promoter of pecan culture in this
section. This tree was set out by him
in 1905, from what is known as two
to three feet nursery stock. The pho
tograph was taken in September, 1909,
when the tree was about six years old.
The previous season four large nuts
were the crop from it. In 1909 the
crop was five and quarter pounds;
in 1910 it was rs ga pounds, and in
1911 fifty pounds were secured. The
selected nuts of this crop of fifty
pounds were sold at 81 a pound, the
remainder at so cents q pound, the
crop of fifty pounds from this single
tree netting $50 This trees is grow
ing on gray sandy loan, with clay
sub-soil. Four crops of sugar cane
have been grown around it. No direct
fertilization has been applied to the
tree, but it has benefited by the en-
richment of the soil for the sugar cane
crops.
Mr. Smithwick's experience as nut
grower is fair criterion of the ex-
perience of others, of what those who
come after him may reasonably anti
clpate. On his main orchard of five
hundred trees, in the fourth year, he
secured thirteen pounds of pecans. The
following year the crop was eighty-six
pounds. In the third bearing year
the crop was 80 pounds and last
year. the fourth bearing year, the
crop was six hundred pounds. Selected
nuts were sold for $100 a pound, the
Schley variety brought IS cents
pound after the selects had been re-
moved, and the culls in general
brought soc. The outlook is that the
coming season will bring a crop from
this orchard of six hundred trees of
fully a thousand pounds, perhaps, as
high as twelve hundred, and that
they will command equally as satisfac-
tory prices. Each season for many
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30

Americas, Ga, or W. C, Bryan. 1245
FIRST National Bank Building, Chicago
Ill. (See advertisement on page 131
There are, it is stated, two hundred
and twenty varieties of pecans in tba
list of standards Mr.. Smitbwiol.
started experimenting with twant,
seven good varieties, but has now CON
centrated his attention on six that h
has found exceptionally adapted r.
this territory. These are the Scblav
Stuart, Delmas, Frotschen. Pabst and
Success. The Mobile variety no .,so
considers as very promising. On
large orchard now being set ont in
Sumter county, near the Flint r;vor
boundary, the Hale and Russell va.
rieties are also being used. The Van
Deman has been set out to consid.
cradle extent in Lee county Tho
Schley is regarded with high favor as
one of the best large paper shell va.
rieties, its nuts averaging about a. tn
the pound, the choice selected nuts 81
or "a to the Id. They are OF
medium size, Sd x 7~2
inches, oblong oval shell, thin
brittle. This nut is always
tightly packed with meat, with a rich
sweet and nutty flavor. The Delmas
is a seeding of the Schley with
nut egg-shaped, thin shell, large and
succulent meat. The Stuart is larger
than many other varieties. l 5-8x1
inch, oblong, rOundish, shell smooth
thick and brittle, well filled with a
rich, fine-grained meat. The Success
has a fairly thin shell, is round in
shape and well meated. The Pabst is
more oblong, soft shell, but not
claimed as a paper shell. The Van De-
man is very large, dark brown, taper
ing pointed shells medium thickness.
kernel plump, flavor good The Frot-
schen is also a large and well-shaped
nut 7-SXl IA inches, oblong, but
as its meat does not always fill the
shell it is not regarded with the ia
vor accredited to others.
Gradually the trend will undoubt-
eddy be to concentrate on three or
four varieties that yield fairly large
nut distinguished for the frmness.
sweetness and other favorable mark
etable qualities, it being realized that
the interests of this territory as \
nut growing section will be promoted
by uniformity of output. AS a general
proposition the varieties now grown
hereabouts will average 40 to As nuts
to the pound and are of the class
that are eagerly sought by buyers at
the large consuming points.
The planting of a pecan orchard
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30

No chances are being taken on the de-
velopment of the industry by expert
, mentation with any but trees whose
merits have been tested and estab-
iisL ed. AS result of the exercise of
unusual care in stock selection, in the
method of planting and care of Gull
tire, the pecan industry hereabouts is
apt 10 encounter no setback, but to
continue to thrive and expand until
it vies in public interest, in the extent
of its crops, and in the resulting pro-
/ fits, with the great peach industry that
with the famous Elbertas and Geor-
gia Bellies has made Southwest Geor-
gia known throughout the country as
the producer of the most luscious, fin
est favored and largest peaches
grown in the United States.
Climate and soil combine to make
| the country of which Americas is the
hub natures choicest spot for pecan
culture. Especially why this is 50
even the nut experts cannot definitely
tell. All they know is that the re-
Fsults already achieved point to this as
enc of the great pecan raising Sec
lions of the near uture. Nature,
, in her infinite wisdom, seems
to highly endow certain limited local
, tiles for specific crops of type supe-
rior to those grown elsewhere. Just
as the famous peach belt stops just
to the south of Americas, and en-
, braces in its extent a territory only
fifty miles or so in length, so the ter
ritory that is peculiarly and most
highly adapted for successful pecan
| culture seems to be confined within a
! comparatively narrow scope. Sumter
county and few counties round
about seem to present advantages in
| this respect that are not found else
where. In other sections, it is true
pecans can be grown for market,
grown profitably, but the trees do not
seem to enjoy the same rapid, health
full growth, to be so immune from dis
ease, or to SO quickly put on a crop.
or to bear nuts so large, so uniform
in size, or with a fruit so toothsome-
ly sweet, and SO exceedingly desira
BILE for the purposes for which the
highest market prices are paid. Be-
cause of these facts, Americas prom
ises to become the centre of the pecan
industry, with orchards surrounding
it in all directions. A fortunate start
has been made. The pioneers in the
movement have sufficiently demonstra-
ted what the results can legitimately
and conservatively be expected to be-
The expansion of the industry is now
at hand. Five years from now there
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30

bouts seems to be in the remarkable
adaptability of certain very choice
varieties of pecans to the climati;
conditions that here surround them,
in the vigorous health they display, i'll
the rapid growth they show, in the
rapidity with which they begin to
bear nuts, and the unusual crop ex~
pansion that comes with each sue
ceeding season. The slight illustra-
tions that have been given demon
strate this. Other growers can re-
iterate the experience of Mr.. Smith
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30

pioneer steps in one of the most prom
Using industries now being developed
in this section of Georgia.
Plans have been laid that mean the
doubling of this number of pecan
trees in this district within a year of
two. Several thousand trees have
been put out this winter. The number
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30

ers, approaching these peculiar ad-
vantages are rapidly expanding their
operations as nut planters, while i
number of others, having smaller
bodies of trees, have met with such
encouragement that large additions
will be made to their orchards. j. S.
,Lowrey & Co., whose pecan orchards
in Lee county lie about twenty miles
to the south of Americas, have the
largest orchard in this section, some
sixteen thousand trees. Information
can be obtained from NJ. NJ. Lowrey,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30

years should bring an increase in the
total yield of nuts, the trees being
carefully selected stock and display
ing decided adaptability to the en-
vironment in which they have been
placed in this section.
While the soil has its virtues. the
chief reliance of nut growers herea-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30

wick. Mr.. H. j. Webb, of Sumte:
City, Mr.. Lee Hansford, of Americas.
the Byron Corporation, of Byron
Vile. DR.. n. C. Aston, of Rich
land, and j. S. Lowrey & Co., in Lee
county, Mrs F. D. Ramsey, of Lees
burg, Mr.. r. S. Pryor, of Lee county,
address Smithville) -these and otn-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30

are growing in several orchards that
have been put out as a business prop
osition. In the territory within TWEEN
ty miles of Americas there have been
probably forty thousand trees set
out in the past five years.
These are but the beginning, the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30

PECAN culture, the growing of pc
cans as a commercial proposition,
gives promise of becoming one of the
most important industries of Sumter,
Lee, Webster, Schley and other coun-
ties of this section in the course of a
very few years.
Already many thousands of trees
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30

would have been much greater but for
the inability to secure standard nur-
sery stock of high grade. The Pc
can trees being set out in the Ameri-
Gus territory are all established va
rieties, selected from the choicest
stock of nurseries of high reputation.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-22
legislative optlmIst.

A novel description of an optimist
was given recently by a congressman
who had suffered an onslaught Of
popular protest in appeals" from his
district. He insisted that an optim-
list was a man who could make mice,
sweet, pink lemonade out Of the yell
low. sour things called lemons that
have been handed him."
THAT" he said, with grimace. 'is
what | call an optimist." May it not
also be true, as one of his companions
suggested, that some of the sweetest
things in life owe much of their at
tractiveness to the subacid, aromatic
influence of this same sour lemon"
which is so frequently handed" po-
litical leaders?
The joke was repeated in the pres
ence Of an attache Of foreign dele
cation. who thought II so good that
he wanted to pass 1t on, but he failed
TO catch the full significance of the
phrase handed a lemon" so be
changed the expression to making
nice. sweet. pink lemonade out of yell
low added eggs thrown at him, you
know" and when there was a smile
he retorted hastily: 'Oh-perhaps
I've got the yellow eggs broke ?"-Na-
tional Magazine
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-22
SHOWING FORCE OF EXAMPLE
Female George Washington Is Abroad
In the Land, and Cherry
Trees Suffer.

Probably no other American legend
ever appealed to the national imag-
nation more powerfully than the cher
ry tree story. Certainly none has so
completely captivated the fancy OF
Mrs. John Gowen- of Hickory Ridge,
Pa.
Several weeks ago a resident of
Hickory Ridge discovered that sew.
eral fine cherry trees on his property
had been ruthlessly chopped down.
There was no conceivable reason why
the trees should have been destroyed,
and the identity OF the offender re-
NAMED a mystery until Mrs. Gowen
voluntarily acknowledged that she
had done the chopping.
In the prosecution that followed II
developed that Mrs. Gowen had no
substantial reason for telling the
trees. 1t appeared. however. that she
had a consuming hatred of falsehood
and had chopped down the cherry
trees merely in order to gain an CD.
portunity to prove that she could not
tell lie.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-22

the middle OF June will make better
money for his feed than he will on any
bunch of pigs that he feeds during
the year.
Do not be afraid to give shoats plen-
ty Of range during the winter, provid-
ing. Of course, that you have good, dry
sleeping places and warm houses to
shelter them during the extremely cold
weather
On each and every farm there should
be some provision made for dipping
hogs. This not only proves to be an
easy and effectual way Of disinfecting
animals which are brought on the
farm. but 1t also keeps them free from
lice.
Possibly there is no other farm ami
NAL that can offer as poor an excuse
for his existence as the scrub hog. He
is an Improbable animal any way you
take him.
As an economical pork producer he
Is failure. Even his ability to shift
for himself does not recommend him
10 the pSOple Wllulu the limit OF MS
range as he has the reputation Of prey
Ing upon neighboring corn fields when
food is scarce
His build naturally adapts him to
his manner of living since he is long
legged. narrow in the chest, has q
long, narrow snout. This adapts him
to his manner OF living. With tbs
scrub hog 1t is root hog or de-" hence
the long snout. His narrow body aids
him in getting through small fence
cracks and II he fails to find a place
large enough to go through the fence
he can soon dig under it with his long
snout
There Is no standard Of excellence
for the scrub hog since he may pos.
sess almost any form except beauti.
tul one; he may be Of any color
He has the reputation Of being able
to stand all kinds of rough treatment
and still survive.
He is regarded as being able to re-
sist disease better than the improved
breeds Of hogs. We very much
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-22
is FULL OF COMPLEXITIES
Drawback to the Much vaunted Sim
pie Life Is That II is Not
Simple.

Tie real drawback to "the simple
life" is that it is, not simple. If you
are living 1t. you positively can do
nothing else. There is not time. For
the simple life demands virtually that
there shall be no specialization. The
hausfrau who is living the simple life
must, after all. sweep. scour, wash
and mend. She must also cook; from
that even Battle Creek cannot save
her.
She may dream sternly of Margaret
Fuller, who read Plato while she pared
apples; but in her secret heart
she knows that either Plato or the ap-
Piles suffered. And from what point
of view is 1t simpler to have a maid
of all work than to indulge ones self
In liveried lackeys? Not. obviously,
for the mistress; and 1t is surely sim
pier to be an adequate second foot
man than to be an adequate bonnie q
tout faire.
We should really simplify life by
having more servants rather than few
CT, uOTc luxury iu5lSdu VI 1883. INV
smoothest machinery is the most COM
plicated; and which. of us wants to
sink the Mauretania and go back to
Robert Fulton's steamboat? One
would think that the decision would
be made naturally for one by ones
income. But 1t is the triumph of the
new paradox that this is not so.
Thousands of people seem to be In
fected with the idea that by doing
more themselves, they bestow leisure
on others; that by wearing shabby
clothes they somehow make 1t posi-
BILE for others to dress better-though
they thus admit tacitly that leisure
and elegance are not evil things.-K.
F.. Gerould in Atlantic Monthly.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-22
(By B. e. LARA.)

The farmers of Denmark secure the
best prices for their fancy bacon for
the reason that they have established
small packing establishments where
they can haul their hogs and get their
pay for the hogs according to their
actual worth. How different from the
system, or lack of system, in this
country, where we are compelled to
take just what the packing house oper-
ators are mind to pay us for our
hogs. Will the time ever come when
our farmers can see the great benefits
to be derived from cooperation?
Roughage is one Of the most impor-
tant factors in wintering the brood
sows, and II they do not get enough
coarse food they will not do well. Corn
and milk are well balanced as a diet.
but there should be something added
to distend the organs or digestion.
Then again, brood sows will keep
more quiet and contented II they are
given alfalfa, clover or some kind Of
roughage to work over during the day.
Good corn slower is better than moth
ing and the sows will work it over and
eat large quantities OF 1t every day.
The man who has a lot Of thrifty
August or September pigs and gives
them rational care until grass comes
and has them ready for the market
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-22
EnalIsh Wcrkmen.

II what Rider Haggard writes is true
the condition of farm workmen In Eng
land is a sad one. He describes some
of the places where men are compelled
to live as vile and not fit for a hui
man being" At one place he found
20 men working on farm but could
see no cottages. There was one long
low building on the place. It looked
like a wagon-house 1t had no win
dows. Sacks we're laid on the floor
and there the 20 men slept A hun
dred yards away was an elm tree on
hill, and there re found the ashes
Of a fire and rod to hold a pot. This
was the dwelling place-the kitchen
and the parlor of the 20 men. Winter
and Summer they did their cooking
and spent their Sundays under the
tree
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-22

In her delirium she has been able to
moan only: Don't let that negro
throw me out Of the window Don't
let him throw me out"
Had 1t not been for the FIRE Mrs.
Thompson might have lain for hours
undiscovered. in the rear Of the tea
shop. which is favorite meeting
place for the fashionable women of
this town. The fire was giving out
much smoke when one Of the firemen,
going to the rear of the building.
stumbled over Mrs. Thompson's un-
conscious form.
When she was revived she vast
historical and delirious to tell what
had happened. She Kept shrieking
that she had been thrown out OF a
window by a negro. but could tell
nothing else Of what had occurred.
She appeared to have no bruises or
other marks OF violence aside from q
confusion of the head where 1t had
come In contact with the frozen
earth. The windows Of the tea shop
under which she lay ara about ten
feet from the ground.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-22

in their stuffy prison before man
could be found who knew the combi-
nation Of the safe. They emerged
pale and breathless. only to find De-
tective Crandall waiting to take them
to another lookup. where you can get
plenty of air between the bars" be
told them.
Half the gambling fraternity Of the
city heard the story long before the
release came. One declared there
were more bets made on the chance
of the escape of the two men alive
than there were on the ponies" In
every gambling place in the city du-
ring the afternoon.
A bookmaker in the vicinity saw
the detectives go into the building.
and knew they we're after the sixth
floor room. He sent scout up to see
what had occurred, and in five min
utes the news that big BAl" and
"Bathhouse" Lynch were locked In
was humming over all the contraband
telephone wires in Chicago.
The betting odds all favored
Bathhouse' because he's the runtiest
and It was figured he'd need less air
than the big fellow" one man said.
Say. If it hadn't been for the cops be-
Ing on deck there would have been q
hundred Of their friends waiting to
welcome them when they got out. The
Judge ought to remember their self
sentence of Incarceration when they
are before him."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-22

upon the lower-slope soils and consti-
tute excellent forage crops. Another
good stock food Is cassava, crop that
gives large yield with a minimum of
attention. 1t might be well to say
here that fine cattle. particularly the
large, strong oxen as draft animals In
portions OF Costa Rica, are fed al
most exclusively upon chopped stalks
Of plantian. banana and sugar cane.
I'm the latter part of the dry sea-
son the grasses of the canal zone are
generally SO parched that very little
sustenance can be secured from
cleared pastures. But stored forage
and crops like cassava. sugar cane.
sorghum, banana stalks, ETC., could be
depended upon to carry stock through
the dry months to the rainy season
the season OF green grass and other
tender vegetation. With such posi-
bilities for the local production OF
forage crops there is no necessity for
the present relatively large importa-
tons at high prices OF grain. hay and
other feeds by the few who are oper-
ating stock and dairy farms. At the
time Of this survey the price Of shelled
native corn was 81 gold per s0-pound
sack, while bran was bringing $3.50
per 100 pounds. II Is not at all sur
prising under such conditions that the
demand for milk IL so much greater
than the supply and that the prices
are exceptionally high. Milk from
dairy farms of the savannah section
is sold In the city of Panama at Is
cents per bottle containing one-fifth
OF a gallon, less than a quart
Very few hogs and goats are raised
In the canal zone. A considerable
number of hogs and goats are import
ed from points along the Pacific coast,
and hogs principally from the Province
of Chirique, In the high northern por-
lions OF the Republic of Panama.
Some poultry is raised by native and
canal employees. In view of the ruling
high prices there 10 unquestionably q
good opening for raising both pork
and poultry. Away from the noisy
activities Of canal construction the
depredations Of wild animals such as
the tiger cat and jaguar would likely
entail some loss to these Industries.
Small farming, including the pro-
duction Of vegetables and choice trop-
ical fruits. such as the avocado, man
go. papaya. pineapple. orange. guava.
anona. etc., can be carried on profit
ably with the application OF intensive
methods. coupled with proper care In
the selection OF crop varieties and
soil
Such a variety Of ornamental
plants thrive on this soil that there
seems little doubt that many OF these
could be extensively and profitably
grown for shipment to the United
States and other northern countries"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-22
For vIolen. rran.I,.

A recent book by Mr.. Edwin ].
Dingle. entitled Across China on
Foot" contains bit of practical ad-
vice about the manner In which
American goods should be packed for
transportation In the interior OF
China
Conditions are such that the pack
ing should be thoroughly done. The
Germans and the japanese under
stand this; British and American
manufacturers are either careless I'm
this respect or ignorant Of what il de-
manded by the conditions of trans
Dortation over roads that are mainly
eight-inch tracks along the face OF
precipices-
One Of Mr.. Dingie's friends, need
ing a typewriter--and knowing the
country-wrote home explicit direc-
tions as to the packing.
Pack It ready to ship" he wrote,
then take It to the top OF your Of
fee stairs, throw II downstairs. take
the machine out and inspect. and II
It is unchanged. send II to me.
IF damaged. pack another machine
and subject it to the same treatment
until you are convinced that you have
one that can stand being thus hsndIed
and escape injury."-Youth's Com
Danion-