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  a 
  long 
  time. 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  ground 
  here 
  and 
  if 
  I 
  had 
  known 
  as 
  

   much 
  about 
  the 
  pecan 
  business 
  then 
  as 
  I 
  do 
  now 
  I 
  would 
  have 
  had 
  

   every 
  foot 
  of 
  my 
  land 
  in 
  pecans. 
  I 
  make 
  a 
  right 
  smart 
  little 
  money 
  

   in 
  pecans 
  as 
  it 
  is. 
  Littlepage 
  knows 
  that. 
  I 
  have 
  shipped 
  pecans 
  

   to 
  him 
  off 
  my 
  trees, 
  shipped 
  them 
  to 
  him 
  many 
  times. 
  They 
  are 
  

   no 
  better 
  than 
  the 
  others, 
  but 
  we 
  are 
  old 
  friends 
  and 
  he 
  wanted 
  me 
  to 
  

   send 
  them 
  to 
  him 
  and 
  I 
  did. 
  I 
  don't 
  know 
  anything 
  about 
  the 
  

   pecan 
  business 
  in 
  a 
  general 
  way, 
  as 
  to 
  what 
  they 
  will 
  produce 
  or 
  

   how 
  much 
  money 
  they 
  will 
  average, 
  but 
  I 
  think 
  we 
  have 
  slept 
  on 
  our 
  

   rights 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  for 
  seventy-five 
  years. 
  If 
  that 
  is 
  any 
  good 
  to 
  

   you, 
  you 
  are 
  welcome 
  to 
  it, 
  and 
  we 
  are 
  glad 
  you 
  are 
  here 
  today. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pomeroy: 
  One 
  tree 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  back 
  here 
  looks 
  as 
  if 
  it 
  might 
  

   be 
  fifteen 
  or 
  sixteen 
  years 
  old 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  bearing 
  well. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  tree 
  

   well 
  filled 
  with 
  nuts, 
  notwithstanding 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  lightning 
  has 
  

   struck 
  it 
  twice 
  and 
  destroyed 
  at 
  least 
  two 
  years' 
  crops. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  

   me 
  there 
  are 
  thousands 
  of 
  dollars 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  in 
  an 
  investment 
  in 
  

   nut 
  trees 
  here 
  where 
  they 
  do 
  so 
  well. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  Now 
  has 
  any 
  one 
  else 
  any 
  observations 
  to 
  

   make? 
  Mr. 
  Weber. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Weber: 
  Out 
  here 
  you 
  remember 
  you 
  showed 
  us 
  quite 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  seedlings 
  growing 
  in 
  a 
  corn 
  field 
  like 
  milkweeds, 
  growing 
  

   right 
  alongside 
  of 
  them, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  us 
  thought 
  the 
  milkweeds 
  were 
  

   the 
  pecans, 
  as 
  they 
  looked 
  much 
  the 
  same. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  hard 
  to 
  

   keep 
  them 
  down. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  That 
  reminds 
  me 
  that 
  when 
  this 
  organization 
  

   was 
  formed 
  I 
  had 
  the 
  honor 
  of 
  being 
  the 
  first 
  man 
  on 
  the 
  ground. 
  

   Dr. 
  Deming 
  called 
  the 
  meeting 
  to 
  order. 
  Dr. 
  Morris 
  was 
  there 
  and 
  so 
  

   was 
  Professor 
  Craig, 
  who 
  has 
  since 
  passed 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  beyond, 
  and 
  

   a 
  number 
  of 
  others, 
  and 
  I 
  remember 
  telling 
  the 
  bunch 
  who 
  were 
  

   there 
  at 
  that 
  time, 
  that 
  if 
  I 
  ever 
  had 
  the 
  opportunity 
  I 
  would 
  take 
  

   them 
  into 
  a 
  country 
  where 
  the 
  pecans 
  really 
  grew. 
  I 
  have 
  at- 
  

   tempted 
  to 
  make 
  good. 
  If 
  there 
  remains 
  any 
  doubt 
  in 
  your 
  minds 
  

   we 
  will 
  proceed 
  to 
  lose 
  you 
  in 
  the 
  great 
  Green 
  River 
  pecan 
  woods, 
  

   and 
  if 
  you 
  are 
  not 
  pretty 
  well 
  stocked 
  with 
  provisions, 
  you 
  may 
  

   never 
  get 
  out. 
  I 
  told 
  Professor 
  Close 
  who 
  is 
  making 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  

   pawpaw 
  for 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  that 
  we 
  also 
  grew 
  paw- 
  

   paws 
  in 
  southern 
  Indiana 
  and 
  that 
  I 
  would 
  show 
  him 
  some 
  large 
  

   trees. 
  So 
  he 
  came 
  down 
  with 
  us 
  and 
  we 
  went 
  to 
  Boonville 
  and 
  

   got 
  in 
  Senator 
  Hemenway's 
  automobile 
  and 
  I 
  introduced 
  him 
  to 
  

   a 
  pawpaw 
  tree 
  six 
  feet 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  in 
  circumference 
  at 
  the 
  ground, 
  

   and 
  five 
  feet 
  in 
  circumference 
  three 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  ground. 
  So 
  the 
  

  

  