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  bud 
  wood, 
  along 
  he 
  comes 
  and 
  helps 
  us 
  out. 
  He 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  all 
  

   kinds 
  of 
  equipment 
  for 
  keeping 
  it 
  or 
  he 
  can 
  always 
  go 
  to 
  a 
  pecan 
  

   tree 
  and 
  get 
  it. 
  We 
  never 
  hear 
  of 
  the 
  trouble 
  or 
  expense. 
  He 
  

   spends 
  money 
  as 
  if 
  he 
  had 
  a 
  barrel 
  of 
  it. 
  He 
  has 
  spent 
  lots 
  of 
  money 
  

   trying 
  to 
  get 
  the 
  people 
  to 
  know 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  Indiana 
  pecan. 
  We 
  

   also 
  know 
  that 
  Mr. 
  McCoy 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Wilkinson 
  and 
  others 
  too 
  nu- 
  

   merous 
  to 
  mention 
  have 
  lost 
  thousands 
  -of 
  dollars 
  and 
  have 
  worked 
  

   long 
  and 
  hard 
  to 
  get 
  this 
  industry 
  started. 
  The 
  industry, 
  needs 
  

   enthusiasm 
  and 
  no 
  end 
  of 
  work. 
  It 
  means 
  work 
  to 
  get 
  out 
  and 
  hunt 
  

   trees 
  and 
  bud 
  wood 
  and 
  these 
  men 
  are 
  entitled 
  to 
  lots 
  of 
  credit 
  for 
  

   their 
  efforts. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  : 
  The 
  chair 
  appreciates 
  that 
  compliment 
  but 
  he 
  is 
  

   hardly 
  entitled 
  to 
  so 
  much 
  praise. 
  However, 
  all 
  the 
  efforts 
  we 
  have 
  

   made 
  to 
  create 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  pecan 
  have 
  been 
  well 
  spent. 
  We 
  have 
  

   had 
  lots 
  of 
  trouble 
  in 
  getting 
  bud 
  wood 
  and 
  if 
  it 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  for 
  

   Ford 
  Wilkinson 
  we 
  never 
  would 
  have 
  gotten 
  anywhere. 
  He 
  is 
  the 
  

   best 
  climber 
  in 
  the 
  country. 
  He 
  has 
  gone 
  at 
  all 
  times 
  and 
  under 
  

   all 
  conditions 
  and 
  has 
  done 
  more 
  real 
  hard 
  work 
  than 
  all 
  the 
  rest 
  

   of 
  us 
  put 
  together. 
  He 
  always 
  climbs 
  the 
  trees. 
  The 
  Major 
  tree 
  

   is 
  about 
  fifty 
  feet 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  limb. 
  We 
  couldn't 
  have 
  gotten 
  along 
  

   without 
  him. 
  And 
  Mr. 
  McCoy 
  is 
  entitled 
  to 
  great 
  credit. 
  The 
  

   first 
  time 
  I 
  ever 
  saw 
  the 
  Posey 
  nut 
  Mr. 
  McCoy 
  brought 
  some 
  to 
  

   my 
  home 
  in 
  Boonville. 
  That 
  was 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years 
  ago. 
  He 
  

   first 
  stimulated 
  Mr. 
  Brown 
  to 
  put 
  the 
  Warrick 
  pecan 
  on 
  exhibition. 
  

   As 
  I 
  grew 
  up 
  I 
  knew 
  where 
  these 
  pecan 
  trees 
  were 
  and 
  who 
  kept 
  a 
  

   dog 
  and 
  what 
  time 
  he 
  got 
  up 
  and 
  there 
  were 
  not 
  many 
  pecan 
  trees 
  

   then 
  I 
  would 
  not 
  attempt 
  to 
  climb, 
  but 
  I 
  wasn't 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  I 
  am 
  

   now. 
  Of 
  late 
  years 
  Mr. 
  Wilkinson 
  has 
  done 
  more 
  than 
  I 
  have 
  along 
  

   that 
  line. 
  

  

  Mr 
  Wilkinson: 
  I 
  appreciate 
  what 
  you 
  say 
  of 
  me 
  but 
  it 
  takes 
  

   all 
  kinds 
  of 
  people 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  world 
  and 
  to 
  grow 
  pecan 
  trees. 
  I 
  have 
  

   tried 
  to 
  do 
  my 
  part 
  but 
  without 
  the 
  others 
  I 
  couldn't 
  have 
  done 
  

   anything. 
  We 
  expect 
  to 
  continue 
  at 
  the 
  work 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  there 
  is 
  

   any 
  success 
  in 
  sight 
  at 
  all 
  and 
  hope 
  soon 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  hard 
  part 
  

   will 
  be 
  over. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  Before 
  we 
  leave 
  that 
  subject 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  

   a 
  few 
  years 
  ago 
  some 
  of 
  us 
  who 
  had 
  begun 
  to 
  think 
  we 
  knew 
  some- 
  

   thing 
  about 
  the 
  pecan 
  and 
  were 
  quite 
  sure 
  of 
  our 
  ground, 
  induced 
  

   Mr. 
  C. 
  A. 
  Reed 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  to 
  come 
  down 
  

   here 
  and 
  make 
  some 
  trips 
  through 
  these 
  woods 
  and 
  tell 
  us 
  what 
  he 
  

   knew, 
  or 
  what 
  he 
  thought 
  of 
  these 
  pecans. 
  We 
  gave 
  him 
  all 
  the 
  

  

  