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CHAPTER VII 



Planting and Care of the Pecan Orchard 106-121 



Location of the orchard 106-107 



Preparation for planting 107-108 



Laying out the orchard 108-111 



Setting the trees 112-114 



Protecting young orchard trees 114 



Pruning 115 



Cultivating the orchard 115-121 



CHAPTER VIII 



Harvesting and Yields of Pecans 122-137 



Packages for pecan nuts 125-126 



Grading pecans 126-130 



Pecan yields 130-137 



CHAPTER IX 



Commercial Crackeries and Storage of Pecans .... 138-144 



Soaking pecans for cracking 139-140 



Hand nut-crackers 140-141 



Cost of shelling pecans 141-142 



Storing pecans 142-144 



CHAPTER X 



Marketing Pecans 145-160 



Cooperative marketing organizations 146-160 



Organization by commodity 148-149 



Standardization of commodity 149-151 



Membership contracts 151-152 



Government of a cooperative association 152 



Finances 152-153 



The National Pecan Growers' Exchange 153-160 



CHAPTER XI 



Insects Attacking the Pecan 161-181 



Pecan leaf case-bearer 162-165 



Pecan nut case-bearer 165-168 



Pecan bud-moth 168-170 



Pecan shuck-worm 170-172 



Pecan weevil 172-173 



Pecan cigar case-bearer 173 



Fall webworm 174 



Pecan or walnut caterpillar 174-175 



Twig-girdler 175-176 



Borers 177 



