Soathern]^ Nursery Company, Winchester, Tenn. 
"We tbink so, since tlie planter of a pecan grove now not 
only benefits future generations, but himself as well. 
PECANS BETTEU TROPERTY THAN CALIFORNIA 
WALNUTS. 
"We think so, since we sell California with 700 carloads 
of walnuts, and a cry for more walnuts and a gi'eat boom 
on walnut-growing in California. 
"Wib think so, since an acre of walnuts in California is 
worth from $700 to $1,500, and pecans are better property. 
"We tbink so, because we saw the grocery merchant sell- 
ing shelled pecans faster at SO cents per pound than he was 
selling English walnuts and almonds at GO cents. 
PECAN SUPPLY INADEQUATE. 
"We think so, since we see if the whole crop of pecans 
were etiually distributed to all the inhabitants of the United 
States, it wpuld furnish only one dainty meal. 
"We think so, since there are less than one-half million 
trees planted, and over thirteen million peaca trees in 
Georgia. 
"We think so, since the apple sections plant a few more 
million apples annually. 
"We think so, since It takes a stiff bank account to buy 
100 acres of land, planted to pecan trees. 
TREES DON'T DIE AND GROVES ARE NEVER 
ABANDONED. 
"We think so, since there has never been one pecan tree 
die with old age, and the oldest a few hundred years old. 
"We think so, since we never tfeard of a pecan grove being 
reset to any other fruit They are sometimes retopped, but 
not reset. 
NUTS ECONOMICAL AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD. 
"We think so, since the world needs nuts to take the place 
of high-priced meata 
"It is safe in the future, for what costs little is lightly 
esteemed and attracts but little attention." 
Until a few years ago pecan culture was the hobby of 
a few who were regarded as cranks by their fellow-agri- 
culturists. But now the pecan industry is attracting atten- 
