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  fifty 
  or 
  sixty 
  dollars' 
  worth 
  of 
  nuts 
  on 
  this 
  tree 
  up 
  here, 
  and 
  it 
  doesn't 
  

   occupy 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  an 
  acre 
  of 
  land. 
  

  

  I 
  want 
  to 
  speak 
  about 
  the 
  insects. 
  I 
  don't 
  believe 
  you 
  need 
  to 
  

   worry 
  about 
  these 
  unless 
  the 
  planting 
  goes 
  away 
  beyond 
  what 
  I 
  

   think 
  it 
  will 
  in 
  this 
  section. 
  Here 
  is 
  the 
  proof, 
  right 
  here 
  in 
  this 
  

   river 
  bottom 
  in 
  the 
  nuts 
  we 
  see 
  on 
  these 
  trees 
  and 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  

   trees. 
  They 
  are 
  thrifty, 
  not 
  mutilated 
  by 
  insects 
  or 
  dying. 
  They 
  

   are 
  at 
  home 
  and 
  the 
  conditions 
  are 
  absolutely 
  favorable. 
  I 
  have 
  

   been 
  very 
  much 
  pleased 
  and 
  very 
  glad 
  I 
  came, 
  and 
  if 
  I 
  were 
  not 
  thor- 
  

   oughly 
  tied 
  up 
  in 
  a 
  section 
  I 
  think 
  is 
  more 
  adapted 
  to 
  nut 
  growing, 
  

   I 
  should 
  come 
  up 
  here 
  and 
  undertake 
  to 
  do 
  something 
  in 
  this 
  section, 
  

   for 
  I 
  see 
  great 
  possibilities. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  That 
  is 
  an 
  opinion 
  that 
  is 
  of 
  real 
  value. 
  Now 
  

   I 
  will 
  call 
  for 
  volunteers. 
  Those 
  of 
  you 
  who 
  have 
  been 
  sight 
  seeing 
  

   here 
  and 
  have 
  impressions 
  and 
  ideas 
  you 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  express 
  we 
  

   should 
  be 
  glad 
  to 
  hear 
  from. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Close; 
  One 
  thought 
  that 
  has 
  interested 
  me 
  is 
  this. 
  

   If 
  we 
  should 
  take 
  away 
  from 
  this 
  neighborhood 
  about 
  half 
  a 
  dozen 
  

   men 
  this 
  great 
  industry 
  would 
  be 
  forgotten. 
  It 
  is 
  to 
  these 
  men 
  who 
  

   have 
  done 
  this 
  kind 
  of 
  work 
  that 
  we 
  owe 
  a 
  great 
  deal. 
  They 
  are 
  

   engaged 
  in 
  a 
  wonderful 
  work. 
  I 
  presume 
  they 
  realize 
  how 
  great 
  it 
  is. 
  

   It 
  means 
  the 
  developing 
  of 
  an 
  industry 
  that 
  will 
  grow 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  and 
  could 
  be 
  carried 
  to 
  other 
  countries. 
  These 
  great 
  trees 
  

   are 
  a 
  wonder, 
  no 
  question 
  about 
  it, 
  and 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  here 
  is 
  a 
  new 
  

   industry 
  being 
  pushed 
  by 
  half 
  a 
  dozen 
  men 
  is 
  still 
  more 
  wonderful. 
  

   The 
  President: 
  If 
  this 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  had 
  been 
  planted 
  

   to 
  seedling 
  pecans 
  it 
  would 
  have 
  made 
  every 
  man 
  who 
  owned 
  forty 
  

   acres 
  of 
  it, 
  comfortable. 
  We 
  have 
  with 
  us 
  Mr. 
  Dodd, 
  who 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  old 
  residents 
  of 
  this 
  neighborhood. 
  He 
  can 
  tell 
  us 
  some 
  inter- 
  

   esting 
  things. 
  He 
  was 
  here 
  long 
  before 
  I 
  came 
  and 
  looks 
  at 
  present 
  

   as 
  if 
  he 
  might 
  be 
  here 
  many 
  years 
  yeu. 
  We 
  certainly 
  hope 
  he 
  will 
  be. 
  

   If 
  it 
  were 
  not 
  for 
  him 
  we 
  would 
  not 
  know 
  that 
  Enterprise 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  

   map. 
  He 
  reports 
  for 
  the 
  county 
  paper 
  and 
  keeps 
  the 
  world 
  in 
  touch 
  

   with 
  Enterprise. 
  I 
  should 
  like 
  to 
  hear 
  him 
  tell 
  about 
  the 
  old 
  pecan 
  

   trees 
  when 
  he 
  first 
  knew 
  them, 
  and 
  I 
  want 
  what 
  he 
  knows 
  about 
  

   them 
  to 
  go 
  into 
  the 
  record. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Dodd: 
  Mr. 
  President, 
  and 
  Ladies 
  and 
  Gentlemen: 
  I'm 
  

   no 
  speech 
  maker, 
  never 
  made 
  one 
  in 
  my 
  life, 
  but 
  I 
  guess 
  I 
  know 
  some- 
  

   thing 
  about 
  the 
  pecan 
  business. 
  These 
  trees 
  were 
  here 
  when 
  I 
  came 
  

   and 
  that 
  was 
  in 
  1852. 
  Those 
  big 
  trees 
  that 
  you 
  looked 
  at 
  were 
  

   big 
  trees 
  then, 
  and 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  fifty 
  years 
  old, 
  I 
  judge, 
  from 
  what 
  

   I 
  have 
  learned 
  from 
  older 
  people. 
  So 
  you 
  see 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  there 
  

  

  