GENERAL NOTES 37 



method which entangle and hamper the progress of 

 any developing industry. 



A National Pecan Growers' Exchange is being 

 organized at the present time in Georgia. This will 

 be in the interest of development of the market and 

 because men who are responsible to the Exchange 

 will soon become known as such in the market and 

 disappointments which come to the consumer from 

 buying nuts of inferior quality and ungraded nuts 

 will be done away with. The cooperative method 

 of marketing as adopted by the California Walnut 

 Growers' Association will probably be carried to dif- 

 ferent parts of the country and associations of re- 

 sponsible men will take charge of the subject. 



The best results in nut growing will come from 

 localities which are given over to large acreage of 

 nut growers associated in such a way that they may 

 benefit by the knowledge and experience of each 

 other and act in a cooperative way in relation to the 

 market. Such has been the experience in relation to 

 the walnuts, hazels, and almonds of the Pacific coast 

 and the advantages of the system are being carried 

 to the cultivated pecan regions of the south. There 

 is a tendency for individual nut growers to market 

 their products independently. This involves unnec- 

 essary expense in distribution of varieties which 

 might injure the market in the long run. Further- 

 more, nut growers' exchanges by setting the stamp 

 of approval upon varieties which become standard 

 from time to time will prevent irresponsible nursery- 



