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  pecan 
  trees 
  as 
  you 
  ever 
  saw, 
  from 
  six 
  to 
  eighteen 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  

   and 
  Dr. 
  Knapp 
  heard 
  about 
  it 
  and 
  visited 
  our 
  farm, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  on 
  

   his 
  account 
  principally 
  that 
  we 
  quit 
  cutting 
  the 
  pecan 
  trees. 
  Now 
  if 
  

   anybody 
  else 
  cuts 
  them 
  we 
  have 
  them 
  arrested. 
  We 
  have 
  the 
  second 
  

   best 
  orchard 
  in 
  Gibson 
  County. 
  I 
  have 
  joined 
  the 
  association 
  and 
  

   came 
  here 
  to 
  get 
  a 
  line 
  on 
  you 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  got 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  good 
  

   things 
  by 
  coming. 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  have 
  you 
  visit 
  our 
  farms. 
  We 
  

   have 
  some 
  very 
  fine 
  trees 
  to 
  see 
  and 
  I 
  will 
  also 
  give 
  you 
  something 
  

   to 
  eat, 
  because 
  I 
  am 
  the 
  chief 
  cook. 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  emphasize 
  the 
  re- 
  

   mark 
  one 
  member 
  made 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  work 
  these 
  men 
  are 
  doing. 
  

   You 
  get 
  that 
  impression 
  when 
  you 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  meeting, 
  and 
  it 
  shows 
  

   great 
  sacrifice 
  and 
  love 
  for 
  their 
  fellow 
  men. 
  

  

  The 
  Peesident: 
  That 
  is 
  very 
  good, 
  Mr. 
  Lockwood. 
  Now 
  Dr. 
  

   Knapp 
  will 
  tell 
  us 
  what 
  he 
  thinks. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Knapp: 
  I 
  know 
  very 
  little 
  about 
  pecans 
  but 
  I 
  was 
  interested 
  

   in 
  Mr. 
  Lockwood's 
  trees 
  because 
  he 
  had 
  a 
  magnificent 
  pecan 
  or- 
  

   chard, 
  possibly 
  five 
  hundred 
  trees, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  contemplating 
  

   having 
  the 
  trees 
  cut 
  down 
  because 
  they 
  thought 
  they 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  

   way 
  of 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  the 
  land 
  for 
  corn. 
  This 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  case 
  be- 
  

   cause 
  the 
  pecan 
  tree 
  goes 
  away 
  down 
  deep 
  for 
  water 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  like 
  

   the 
  surface 
  root 
  trees. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  large 
  wheat 
  fields 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   location 
  with 
  large 
  pecan 
  trees 
  in 
  them, 
  and 
  men 
  have 
  told 
  me 
  that 
  

   they 
  produce 
  just 
  as 
  much 
  per 
  acre 
  on 
  the 
  land 
  where 
  the 
  pecan 
  trees 
  

   are 
  as 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  pecan 
  trees. 
  I 
  went 
  to 
  see 
  Mr. 
  Lockwood 
  

   and 
  took 
  him 
  what 
  little 
  literature 
  I 
  had 
  on 
  the 
  pecan 
  industry 
  and 
  

   promised 
  to 
  send 
  him 
  some 
  more, 
  and 
  insisted 
  that 
  he 
  read 
  it 
  before 
  

   he 
  destroyed 
  his 
  trees. 
  He 
  kept 
  his 
  promise 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  glad 
  to 
  see 
  

   that 
  he 
  has 
  taken 
  an 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  pecan 
  industry. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  You 
  are 
  a 
  real 
  benefactor. 
  Dr. 
  Knapp, 
  and 
  

   entitled 
  to 
  great 
  praise. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith: 
  While 
  we 
  are 
  distributing 
  things 
  gratis 
  I 
  

   want 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  little 
  statement 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  vein 
  as 
  a 
  previous 
  

   speaker. 
  He 
  points 
  out 
  the 
  work 
  that 
  a 
  few 
  enthusiasts 
  are 
  doing. 
  

   Most 
  of 
  the 
  things 
  worth 
  while 
  are 
  done 
  by 
  the 
  people 
  who 
  never 
  get 
  

   any 
  credit 
  in 
  a 
  financial 
  way. 
  You 
  will 
  find 
  the 
  things 
  that 
  count 
  

   are 
  started 
  and 
  done 
  by 
  that 
  live 
  force 
  of 
  men 
  that 
  work 
  for 
  the 
  

   fun 
  of 
  working 
  with 
  no 
  promise 
  of 
  reward. 
  Why 
  should 
  Mr. 
  McCoy 
  

   or 
  Mr. 
  Reed 
  come 
  down 
  here 
  and 
  tell 
  us 
  how 
  to 
  bud 
  trees, 
  and 
  what 
  

   varieties 
  to 
  use? 
  It 
  is 
  plainly 
  a 
  labor 
  of 
  enthusiasm 
  and 
  love. 
  I 
  

   want 
  to 
  express 
  my 
  particular 
  appreciation 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  done 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Thomas 
  P. 
  Littlepage. 
  We 
  hear 
  from 
  Indiana 
  through 
  Mr. 
  

   Littlepage. 
  On 
  every 
  occasion 
  when 
  we 
  get 
  in 
  trouble 
  and 
  want 
  

  

  