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  timber, 
  being 
  far 
  from 
  any 
  house. 
  A 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  crop 
  is 
  often 
  

   stolen; 
  the 
  crops 
  of 
  1911 
  and 
  1912 
  were 
  not 
  so 
  heavy, 
  perhaps 
  50 
  

   to 
  75 
  pounds. 
  It 
  usually 
  bears 
  a 
  fair 
  crop, 
  however, 
  but 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  

   consider 
  it 
  a 
  heavy 
  cropper 
  like 
  the 
  Indiana 
  or 
  Niblack. 
  Its 
  large 
  

   size 
  and 
  splendid 
  cracking 
  qualities, 
  however, 
  will 
  make 
  it 
  a 
  popular 
  

   variety 
  and 
  it 
  may 
  prove 
  to 
  bear 
  much 
  better 
  on 
  budded 
  trees 
  under 
  

   cultivation. 
  

  

  Butter 
  Ick 
  

  

  This 
  giant 
  tree 
  stands 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  field, 
  measures 
  14 
  feet 
  in 
  

   circumference, 
  90 
  feet 
  spread 
  and 
  perhaps 
  100 
  feet 
  high, 
  and 
  usu- 
  

   ally 
  bears 
  from 
  5 
  to 
  7 
  bushels. 
  The 
  owner 
  tells 
  me 
  he 
  has 
  owned 
  

   this 
  tree 
  for 
  forty-f 
  our 
  years 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  missed 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  

   or 
  three 
  crops 
  during 
  that 
  time 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  former 
  owner 
  told 
  him 
  

   he 
  owned 
  the 
  tree 
  for 
  fifty 
  years 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  good 
  sized 
  tree 
  

   when 
  he 
  bought 
  the 
  farm 
  and 
  bearing 
  regular 
  crops. 
  

  

  Major 
  

  

  Crop 
  1912, 
  160 
  pounds 
  saved, 
  and 
  from 
  what 
  information 
  I 
  can 
  

   get 
  this 
  tree 
  usually 
  bears 
  100 
  pounds 
  or 
  more; 
  tree 
  about 
  3 
  feet 
  in 
  

   diameter, 
  120 
  feet 
  high 
  and 
  60 
  feet 
  to 
  first 
  limb. 
  Owing 
  to 
  its 
  height 
  

   and 
  size 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  hard 
  to 
  get 
  much 
  of 
  an 
  estimate 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  

   crop 
  it 
  may 
  carry 
  until 
  after 
  it 
  is 
  gathered. 
  Being 
  located 
  in 
  the 
  

   dense 
  forest 
  a 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  crop 
  is 
  often 
  carried 
  off. 
  

  

  Greenriver 
  

  

  Tree 
  is 
  located 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  grove 
  with 
  the 
  Major, 
  is 
  about 
  3 
  feet 
  

   in 
  diameter, 
  35 
  feet 
  to 
  first 
  hmb, 
  crop 
  1912 
  reported 
  260 
  pounds 
  and 
  

   has 
  not 
  missed 
  a 
  crop 
  in 
  twelve 
  years. 
  Have 
  had 
  no 
  report 
  for 
  

   1915. 
  

  

  Kentucky 
  

  

  Crop 
  1912, 
  4| 
  bushels; 
  since 
  that 
  has 
  borne 
  good 
  crops, 
  but 
  do 
  

   not 
  know 
  the 
  exact 
  amount, 
  but 
  fair 
  crop 
  this 
  year. 
  The 
  owner 
  

   says 
  it 
  has 
  only 
  missed 
  two 
  crops 
  in 
  twenty 
  years. 
  

  

  Warrick 
  

  

  This 
  tree 
  bears 
  very 
  regularly, 
  but 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  

   been 
  cut 
  so 
  severely 
  for 
  propagating 
  wood 
  has 
  not 
  made 
  any 
  heavy 
  

   yields 
  the 
  past 
  few 
  years. 
  The 
  old 
  wood 
  has 
  heavy 
  crop 
  this 
  

   season. 
  

  

  This 
  practically 
  covers 
  the 
  named 
  fist 
  of 
  varieties 
  for 
  the 
  Indiana 
  

   pecan 
  belt. 
  I 
  might 
  say, 
  however, 
  that 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  trees 
  

   are 
  bearing 
  a 
  very 
  good 
  crop 
  of 
  pecans 
  this 
  season 
  in 
  our 
  country. 
  

  

  