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  and 
  tie 
  paper 
  bags 
  over 
  the 
  scions 
  for 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  weeks 
  until 
  they 
  

   start 
  into 
  growth. 
  Our 
  experiments 
  so 
  far 
  have 
  been 
  confined 
  to 
  root- 
  

   grafting, 
  and 
  while 
  it 
  has 
  proven 
  fairly 
  successful 
  under 
  proper 
  condi- 
  

   tions, 
  yet 
  I 
  believe 
  that 
  grafting 
  above 
  the 
  ground 
  will 
  prove 
  more 
  

   successful. 
  We 
  have 
  not 
  done 
  much 
  budding 
  in 
  our 
  section, 
  but 
  what 
  

   we 
  have 
  done 
  gives 
  fair 
  promise 
  of 
  success, 
  and 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  that 
  this 
  will 
  

   prove 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  best 
  method 
  of 
  propagating 
  nut 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  North. 
  In 
  

   grafting 
  we 
  use 
  both 
  one 
  and 
  two-year-old 
  wood, 
  but 
  one-year-old 
  wood, 
  

   if 
  it 
  is 
  thrifty, 
  is 
  more 
  desirable, 
  although 
  it 
  is 
  better 
  to 
  use 
  thrifty 
  two- 
  

   year-old 
  wood 
  than 
  to 
  use 
  weak 
  scions 
  of 
  one 
  year's 
  growth. 
  Either 
  

   •one 
  or 
  two-year-old 
  growth 
  can 
  be 
  used 
  successfully. 
  

  

  My 
  experiments 
  and 
  adventures 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  propagating 
  pecan 
  

   trees 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  securing 
  enough 
  of 
  the 
  desirable 
  

   varieties 
  of 
  these 
  trees 
  to 
  put 
  out 
  an 
  orchard 
  for 
  myself. 
  I 
  found, 
  upon 
  

   inquiry, 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  impossible 
  to 
  buy 
  hardy 
  northern 
  trees, 
  and 
  further- 
  

   more 
  that 
  but 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  desirable 
  varieties 
  had 
  been 
  propagated. 
  In 
  

   fact, 
  I 
  knew 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  ones 
  had 
  never 
  been 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  

   attention 
  of 
  the 
  nurserymen, 
  and 
  being 
  more 
  anxious 
  to 
  risk 
  my 
  own 
  

   judgment 
  on 
  this 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  anyone 
  else, 
  I 
  started 
  in 
  to 
  produce 
  my 
  

   ■own 
  trees. 
  Up 
  to 
  date 
  I 
  have 
  accumulated 
  a 
  vast 
  amount 
  of 
  experience 
  

   and 
  have 
  a 
  few 
  trees 
  to 
  show 
  for 
  my 
  work, 
  but 
  I 
  would 
  not 
  take 
  many 
  

   times 
  the 
  cost 
  and 
  trouble 
  of 
  my 
  work, 
  for 
  the 
  information 
  I 
  have 
  

   acquired. 
  I 
  have 
  also 
  sent 
  to 
  some 
  of 
  my 
  friends 
  bud-wood 
  from 
  our 
  

   best 
  trees 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  getting 
  these 
  varieties 
  propagated 
  for 
  the 
  

   benefit 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  desire 
  to 
  grow 
  them. 
  My 
  suggestion 
  is 
  that 
  unless 
  

   one 
  is 
  looking 
  for 
  the 
  experience 
  and 
  enjoys 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  hard 
  work 
  

   and 
  some 
  expense, 
  he 
  had 
  better 
  buy 
  his 
  trees 
  from 
  some 
  reliable 
  person 
  

   who 
  has 
  successfully 
  propagated 
  them. 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  farmers 
  in 
  the 
  latitude 
  of 
  the 
  good 
  varieties 
  of 
  pecans 
  were 
  

   to 
  put 
  out 
  ten 
  to 
  twenty 
  acres 
  on 
  some 
  corner 
  of 
  their 
  farm 
  and 
  cultivate 
  

   the 
  ti'ees 
  properly, 
  they 
  would 
  soon 
  be 
  surprised 
  to 
  find 
  that 
  this 
  small 
  

   piece 
  ol" 
  ground 
  would 
  be 
  worth 
  more 
  money 
  than 
  all 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  their 
  

   farm, 
  and 
  they 
  would 
  leave 
  not 
  only 
  a 
  valuable 
  estate 
  to 
  their 
  children, 
  

   hut 
  also 
  a 
  monument 
  by 
  which 
  they 
  would 
  be 
  remembered 
  for 
  more 
  than 
  

   a 
  hundred 
  years 
  after 
  they 
  had 
  passed 
  from 
  the 
  toils 
  of 
  this 
  earth. 
  Ten 
  

   acres 
  of 
  pecan 
  trees 
  can 
  be 
  cultivated 
  at 
  less 
  expense 
  annually 
  than 
  ten 
  

   acres 
  of 
  corn, 
  and 
  if 
  the 
  grove 
  consists 
  of 
  the 
  right 
  varieties 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  

   properly 
  cultivated, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  worth 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  $500 
  per 
  acre 
  in 
  ten 
  

   years. 
  In 
  fact, 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  grove 
  of 
  pecan 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  — 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  many 
  — 
  of 
  the 
  right 
  varieties 
  that 
  has 
  

   Taeen 
  properly 
  cultivated 
  that 
  can 
  be 
  bought 
  for 
  $500 
  per 
  acre 
  at 
  ten 
  

   years 
  of 
  age, 
  yet 
  the 
  principal 
  reason 
  that 
  this 
  very 
  thing 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  

   •done 
  by 
  the 
  farmers 
  throughout 
  the 
  pecan 
  belt 
  is 
  because 
  they 
  have 
  not 
  

  

  