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  nut 
  trees. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  notorious 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  nut 
  trees 
  which 
  do 
  the 
  

   best, 
  and 
  which 
  make 
  the 
  most 
  money 
  for 
  the 
  man 
  who 
  plants 
  

   them, 
  are 
  the 
  ones 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  garden 
  and 
  immediately 
  about 
  

   the 
  home 
  where 
  the 
  conditions 
  are 
  favorable 
  for 
  the 
  best 
  develop- 
  

   ment. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  true 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  successful 
  pecan 
  promotions 
  that 
  

   have 
  been 
  put 
  over 
  on 
  the 
  American 
  people 
  have 
  been 
  built 
  upon 
  

   the 
  records 
  of 
  those 
  individual 
  trees, 
  'which 
  were 
  grown 
  under 
  the 
  

   most 
  favorable 
  conditions. 
  That 
  is 
  the 
  source 
  of 
  all 
  that 
  magnifi- 
  

   cent 
  literature, 
  and 
  all 
  these 
  people 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  inveigled 
  into 
  

   these 
  promotions 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  are 
  going 
  to 
  be 
  disappointed. 
  That 
  

   orchard 
  in 
  the 
  photographs 
  is 
  eight 
  years 
  of 
  age, 
  or 
  will 
  be 
  this 
  year, 
  

   as 
  it 
  was 
  planted 
  seven 
  years 
  ago 
  last 
  February. 
  It 
  has 
  never 
  paid 
  

   a 
  dollar 
  of 
  profit. 
  You 
  won't 
  find 
  any 
  literature 
  on 
  nut 
  orcharding 
  

   in 
  the 
  South 
  that 
  will 
  convey 
  any 
  such 
  impression 
  as 
  that. 
  I 
  do 
  

   expect 
  it 
  to 
  pay 
  this 
  fall 
  a 
  small 
  margin 
  of 
  profit. 
  I 
  won't 
  attempt 
  to 
  

   explain 
  all 
  that 
  but 
  will 
  say 
  that 
  an 
  orchard 
  must 
  be 
  eight 
  or 
  ten 
  

   years 
  of 
  age 
  before 
  you 
  may 
  expect 
  or 
  hope 
  for 
  a 
  reasonable 
  profit. 
  

   After 
  that 
  it 
  ought 
  to 
  pay 
  well. 
  It 
  is 
  well 
  worth 
  going 
  after 
  because 
  

   it 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  legitimate, 
  safe, 
  satisfactory 
  business 
  oppor- 
  

   tunities 
  we 
  have 
  ever 
  found. 
  I 
  don't 
  know 
  anything 
  that 
  pleases 
  

   me 
  more 
  as 
  a 
  business 
  man 
  than 
  the 
  growing 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  orchard 
  of 
  

   nut 
  trees, 
  and 
  I 
  assure 
  you, 
  gentlemen, 
  you 
  must 
  bring 
  to 
  that 
  

   orchard 
  the 
  same 
  degree 
  of 
  skill, 
  energy 
  and 
  patience 
  that 
  must 
  be 
  

   brought 
  into 
  any 
  large 
  business 
  proposition 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  a 
  success. 
  

   My 
  own 
  idea 
  is 
  that 
  the 
  nut 
  orchard 
  is 
  a 
  legitimate 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   general 
  farming 
  operation. 
  If 
  you 
  travel 
  from 
  one 
  end 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  

   of 
  this 
  country 
  you 
  will 
  see 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  apple 
  orchards. 
  

   Small 
  apple 
  orchards 
  were 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  farming 
  operations. 
  

   The 
  fact 
  that 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  neglected 
  does 
  not 
  alter 
  the 
  situation 
  

   at 
  all. 
  If 
  the 
  owners 
  of 
  those 
  orchards 
  had 
  given 
  them 
  proper 
  

   growing 
  conditions, 
  they 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  successful. 
  In 
  the 
  same 
  

   way 
  I 
  say 
  the 
  successful 
  nut 
  orchard 
  is 
  going 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  legitimate 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  general 
  farming 
  operation. 
  

  

  I 
  want 
  to 
  talk 
  to 
  you 
  a 
  few 
  minutes 
  from 
  a 
  business 
  standpoint. 
  

   Suppose 
  you 
  want 
  to 
  plant 
  an 
  acre 
  of 
  nut 
  trees, 
  and 
  you 
  buy 
  an 
  

   acre 
  of 
  land, 
  and 
  you 
  buy 
  your 
  trees 
  and 
  have 
  them 
  planted. 
  Who 
  

   is 
  going 
  to 
  take 
  care 
  of 
  them? 
  You 
  hire 
  a 
  man 
  who 
  knows 
  about 
  

   the 
  care 
  of 
  trees. 
  You 
  couldn't 
  afford 
  to 
  hire 
  one 
  who 
  didn't, 
  and 
  

   you 
  would 
  expect 
  him 
  to 
  put 
  in 
  part 
  of 
  his 
  time 
  some 
  other 
  way. 
  

   If 
  he 
  didn't 
  your 
  investment 
  would 
  amount 
  up 
  to 
  so 
  rhuch 
  you 
  

   couldn't 
  make 
  anything 
  on 
  the 
  deal. 
  I 
  emphasize 
  this 
  fact 
  because 
  

   I 
  beheve 
  you 
  should 
  make 
  your 
  nut 
  orchard 
  propositions 
  large 
  

  

  