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  to 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  M. 
  Bacon, 
  a 
  name 
  probably 
  familiar 
  to 
  some 
  of 
  you. 
  

   Those 
  trees 
  are 
  set 
  46 
  feet, 
  8 
  inches 
  apart, 
  each 
  way. 
  There 
  

   are 
  twenty 
  trees 
  to 
  the 
  acre, 
  just 
  beginning 
  to 
  bear 
  now. 
  That 
  

   photograph 
  was 
  taken 
  some 
  two 
  years 
  ago 
  showing 
  the 
  first 
  step 
  

   in 
  topworking. 
  The 
  top 
  has 
  been 
  removed, 
  as 
  you 
  notice, 
  and 
  

   the 
  next 
  slide 
  shows 
  the 
  subsequent 
  water-sprouts 
  which 
  are 
  

   later 
  budded. 
  The 
  lower 
  branches 
  were 
  left 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  place 
  

   to 
  take 
  up 
  the 
  sap 
  while 
  the 
  new 
  head 
  was 
  in 
  formation. 
  They 
  

   have 
  now 
  been 
  removed. 
  Our 
  next 
  point 
  might 
  be 
  brought 
  out 
  

   in 
  connection 
  with 
  this 
  slide. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  typical, 
  sub-tropical 
  

   storms, 
  not 
  unusual 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  States, 
  swept 
  over 
  this 
  area 
  in 
  

   September, 
  just 
  as 
  the 
  nuts 
  were 
  beginning 
  to 
  mature 
  and 
  de- 
  

   foliated 
  the 
  trees 
  and 
  whipped 
  off 
  the 
  nuts. 
  The 
  sap 
  was 
  still 
  

   in 
  circulation, 
  and 
  the 
  varieties 
  that 
  respond 
  most 
  readily 
  to 
  

   warm 
  weather, 
  that 
  start 
  earliest 
  in 
  the 
  spring, 
  sent 
  out 
  new 
  

   leaves, 
  so 
  that 
  foliage 
  was 
  foliage 
  that 
  ought 
  to 
  have 
  come 
  on 
  

   the 
  next 
  year, 
  that 
  is, 
  it 
  was 
  exhausting 
  next 
  year's 
  buds. 
  The 
  

   same 
  year 
  the 
  tree 
  sent 
  out 
  its 
  blossom 
  buds, 
  so 
  it 
  had 
  no 
  fruit 
  

   the 
  following 
  season. 
  This 
  slide 
  shows 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  pests 
  in 
  the 
  

   pecan 
  orchard, 
  the 
  twig 
  girdler, 
  at 
  work. 
  The 
  insect 
  deposits 
  

   its 
  egg 
  under 
  the 
  bark 
  up 
  at 
  about 
  that 
  point, 
  then 
  goes 
  down 
  

   below 
  girdles 
  the 
  twig, 
  and 
  it 
  breaks 
  off, 
  goes 
  to 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  

   the 
  insect 
  comes 
  out, 
  goes 
  into 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  comes 
  out 
  the 
  

   next 
  season. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  drawbacks 
  that 
  are 
  oc- 
  

   curring 
  and 
  more 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  expected 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  with 
  other 
  fruit. 
  

   There 
  are 
  probably 
  no 
  more 
  setbacks 
  to 
  pecan 
  growing 
  than 
  

   there 
  are 
  to 
  the 
  growing 
  of 
  other 
  fruit, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   things. 
  This 
  orchard 
  was 
  set 
  in 
  land 
  bordering 
  the 
  Flint 
  River 
  

   and 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  this 
  picture 
  was 
  taken 
  the 
  water 
  stood 
  at 
  the 
  

   depth 
  of 
  three 
  feet. 
  It 
  probably 
  did 
  no 
  harm, 
  because 
  it 
  didn't 
  

   stay 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  week 
  or 
  ten 
  days. 
  Sometimes 
  it 
  stays 
  longer 
  

   and 
  in 
  such 
  cases 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  serious 
  matter. 
  In 
  Texas, 
  floods 
  come 
  up 
  

   like 
  that 
  into 
  the 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  trees, 
  so 
  high 
  in 
  some 
  seasons 
  

   after 
  the 
  nuts 
  are 
  formed, 
  that 
  the 
  nuts 
  deteriorate 
  and 
  fall 
  to 
  

   the 
  ground. 
  In 
  such 
  cases 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  pretty 
  serious 
  thing. 
  (Applause.) 
  

  

  The 
  time 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  "scenic" 
  was 
  engaged 
  having 
  expired, 
  

   the 
  delegates 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  Court 
  House 
  and 
  the 
  regular 
  pro- 
  

   gram 
  was 
  resumed. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  We 
  will 
  next 
  hear 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Lake. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lake: 
  My 
  topic, 
  aside 
  from 
  the 
  slides, 
  was 
  concerning 
  

   the 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  at 
  Arlington 
  this 
  year. 
  It 
  is 
  all 
  written 
  

   out 
  but 
  I 
  don't 
  propose 
  to 
  read 
  the 
  paper 
  at 
  this 
  stage. 
  I 
  have 
  

  

  