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  The 
  Chairman: 
  This 
  is 
  very 
  valuable 
  information, 
  coming 
  

   from 
  a 
  dealer. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  VanDuzee: 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  this 
  in 
  the 
  yields 
  of 
  my 
  or- 
  

   chards. 
  Six 
  or 
  seven 
  or 
  eight 
  years 
  ago, 
  I 
  discounted 
  every 
  

   source 
  of 
  information 
  that 
  I 
  could 
  have 
  access 
  to, 
  as 
  to 
  yields, 
  

   brought 
  them 
  to 
  a 
  conservative 
  point, 
  submitted 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  

   best 
  informed 
  men 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  and 
  then 
  divided 
  

   those 
  figures 
  by 
  five 
  as 
  my 
  estimate 
  of 
  what 
  I 
  might 
  hope 
  to 
  

   accomplish 
  as 
  my 
  orchards 
  came 
  into 
  bearing. 
  I 
  have 
  since 
  

   been 
  obliged 
  to 
  find 
  some 
  excuses 
  for 
  failing 
  to 
  even 
  approximate 
  

   those 
  conservative 
  figures. 
  I 
  had 
  this 
  year 
  in 
  our 
  orchard, 
  a 
  35 
  

   acre 
  plot 
  of 
  Frotscher 
  trees 
  which 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  promising 
  

   varieties, 
  six 
  years 
  of 
  age, 
  and 
  there 
  were 
  not 
  five 
  pounds 
  of 
  

   nuts 
  in 
  the 
  whole 
  plot. 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  an 
  orchard 
  of 
  36 
  acres, 
  mostly 
  

   Frotscher 
  and 
  Stewart, 
  go 
  through 
  its 
  sixth 
  year 
  with 
  less 
  than 
  

   200 
  pounds 
  of 
  nuts 
  to 
  the 
  entire 
  orchard. 
  I 
  have 
  another 
  orchard 
  

   of 
  30 
  acres 
  which 
  in 
  its 
  sixth 
  year 
  has 
  produced 
  less 
  than 
  

   100 
  pounds 
  of 
  nuts. 
  Now 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  promoters 
  guarantee 
  

   to 
  take 
  care 
  of 
  these 
  orchards, 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  selling, 
  for 
  10 
  per 
  

   cent 
  or 
  20 
  per 
  cent, 
  or 
  even 
  half 
  the 
  proceeds 
  of 
  those 
  orchards, 
  

   from 
  the 
  fifth 
  year. 
  You 
  can 
  see 
  readily 
  that 
  the 
  entire 
  crop 
  

   of 
  such 
  orchards 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  produce, 
  would 
  not 
  be- 
  

   gin 
  to 
  pay 
  their 
  running 
  expenses 
  the 
  sixth 
  and 
  seventh 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  You 
  took 
  good 
  care 
  of 
  yours 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Van 
  Duzee: 
  I 
  think 
  so. 
  I 
  think 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  gentle- 
  

   men 
  in 
  the 
  audience 
  who 
  have 
  been 
  through 
  them, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  con- 
  

   ceded 
  that 
  my 
  orchards 
  are 
  at 
  least 
  fairly 
  good 
  representatives 
  

   of 
  what 
  can 
  be 
  done 
  under 
  normal 
  conditions. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Corsan: 
  Are 
  yours 
  southern 
  orchards 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Van 
  Duzee: 
  These 
  pecan 
  orchards 
  are 
  in 
  southwestern 
  

   Georgia. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Corsan: 
  The 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers 
  Association, 
  as 
  

   I 
  understand, 
  is 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  men 
  who 
  are 
  interested 
  in 
  find- 
  

   ing 
  out 
  what 
  we 
  can 
  do 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  growing 
  nuts 
  for 
  the 
  North. 
  

   We 
  go 
  to 
  the 
  markets 
  and 
  see 
  baskets 
  of 
  cocoanuts, 
  Brazil 
  nuts, 
  

   California 
  walnuts, 
  but 
  no 
  nuts 
  growing 
  for 
  the 
  market 
  around 
  

   our 
  neighborhood. 
  In 
  my 
  own 
  city, 
  Toronto, 
  I 
  can 
  see 
  some 
  

   nut 
  trees 
  because 
  I 
  look 
  very 
  closely 
  at 
  everything, 
  but 
  the 
  

   average 
  person 
  cannot 
  see 
  them 
  because 
  they 
  are 
  very 
  few. 
  I 
  

   have 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  experiments 
  on 
  hand. 
  If 
  I 
  succeed 
  in 
  even 
  

   one 
  of 
  these 
  experiments, 
  I 
  am 
  satisfied 
  to 
  spend 
  my 
  whole 
  life 
  

   at 
  it. 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  nervous, 
  I 
  can 
  watch 
  a 
  hickory 
  tree 
  grow. 
  (Laugh- 
  

  

  