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  registering 
  as 
  low 
  as 
  20 
  degrees 
  below. 
  Most 
  of 
  our 
  root-grafts 
  

   were 
  killed 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  ground 
  but 
  few 
  if 
  any 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  killed 
  

   outright. 
  When 
  spring 
  came 
  they 
  started 
  new 
  growth 
  and 
  are 
  

   now 
  about 
  four 
  feet 
  high. 
  The 
  fall 
  of 
  1911 
  was 
  very 
  warm 
  and 
  

   wet 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  in 
  vigorous 
  growth 
  until 
  the 
  first 
  week 
  in 
  

   November 
  when 
  we 
  had 
  a 
  hard 
  freeze 
  which 
  killed 
  the 
  wheat, 
  

   causing 
  the 
  worst 
  failure 
  in 
  that 
  crop 
  ever 
  known 
  in 
  this 
  section. 
  

   The 
  winter 
  then 
  following 
  being 
  very 
  cold 
  we 
  had 
  two 
  condi- 
  

   tions 
  against 
  spring 
  root-grafted 
  pecans. 
  But 
  we 
  failed 
  to 
  see 
  

   any 
  budded 
  ones 
  that 
  were 
  injured. 
  However, 
  we 
  only 
  had 
  

   pecans 
  budded 
  to 
  hickory 
  which 
  was 
  done 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Paul 
  White 
  

   in 
  May, 
  1911 
  and, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  know, 
  this 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  hickory 
  

   top-worked 
  to 
  pecan 
  in 
  Indiana. 
  However, 
  he 
  now 
  has 
  quite 
  

   a 
  number 
  top-worked 
  last 
  spring 
  that 
  have 
  made 
  a 
  growth 
  of 
  

   three 
  or 
  four 
  feet. 
  We 
  also 
  have 
  both 
  budded 
  and 
  root-grafted 
  

   pecans 
  from 
  last 
  spring 
  and 
  summer 
  so 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  we 
  

   will 
  have 
  a 
  better 
  opportunity 
  to 
  see 
  what 
  effect 
  the 
  winter 
  will 
  

   have 
  on 
  them. 
  

  

  So 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  determine 
  from 
  our 
  observation 
  of 
  

   a 
  few 
  orchards 
  all 
  pecan 
  trees 
  bought 
  from 
  southern 
  nursery- 
  

   men 
  and 
  planted 
  in 
  this 
  section 
  have 
  either 
  died 
  out 
  or 
  made 
  

   very 
  feeble 
  growth. 
  Although 
  some 
  large 
  Texas 
  nuts 
  have 
  been 
  

   planted 
  here 
  and 
  grown, 
  yet 
  they 
  have 
  either 
  not 
  fruited 
  at 
  all 
  

   or 
  the 
  nuts 
  have 
  proved 
  no 
  better 
  than 
  our 
  native 
  nuts. 
  

  

  The 
  northern 
  pecan 
  timber 
  is 
  not 
  brash 
  like 
  the 
  southern 
  

   pecan 
  but 
  is 
  very 
  elastic 
  and 
  tough. 
  An 
  axe-handle 
  made 
  from 
  

   northern 
  pecan 
  sells 
  for 
  ten 
  cents 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  made 
  from 
  

   hickory 
  and 
  pecan 
  timber 
  is 
  much 
  sought 
  after 
  by 
  axe-handle 
  

   makers. 
  

  

  The 
  people 
  in 
  this 
  section 
  have 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  years 
  awakened 
  

   to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  their 
  swamps 
  studded 
  with 
  pecan 
  trees 
  are 
  

   about 
  the 
  most 
  valuable 
  lands 
  they 
  possess 
  and 
  many 
  are 
  the 
  

   inquiries: 
  "Where 
  can 
  we 
  get 
  good 
  budded 
  or 
  grafted 
  pecans?" 
  

  

  The 
  idea 
  of 
  propagating 
  the 
  northern 
  pecan 
  is 
  of 
  very 
  recent 
  

   origin 
  and 
  while 
  the 
  few 
  attempts 
  at 
  propagation 
  have 
  not 
  as 
  

   yet 
  met 
  with 
  any 
  very 
  great 
  success, 
  yet 
  we 
  are 
  hoping 
  that 
  

   the 
  time 
  will 
  be 
  when 
  many 
  acres 
  of 
  our 
  lands 
  shall 
  be 
  set 
  in 
  

   valuable 
  pecan 
  orchards 
  and 
  our 
  highways 
  lined 
  with 
  long 
  rows 
  

   of 
  fine 
  pecans, 
  chestnuts, 
  and 
  English 
  walnuts 
  which 
  shall 
  serve 
  

   the 
  three-fold 
  purpose 
  of 
  beautifying 
  Mother 
  Earth, 
  yielding 
  

   delicious 
  food, 
  and 
  furnishing 
  a 
  place 
  of 
  rest 
  for 
  the 
  weary 
  traveler. 
  

  

  