Southern Nursery Company, Winctiester, Tenn. 
tiou as oi)e of tlie great wealth-procUuers. This is partly 
due to tlie fact that the liumau family is just beginning to 
realize the value of nuts as a fond. The future of the pecan 
is assured, for the reason that it is a distinctively American 
nut indigenous lo the soil of tlio Southern States, the most 
productive center being located iu a territory Uiiown as the 
Greater Georgia. 
Xotwitlistandiiig the great increase in pecan growing, the 
production is unsible to meet the demand. Nuts are con- 
stantly being sold on the trt^ at from EiO cents to $1.50 per 
pound. In addition to this, the producer is not beset by the 
pests and i)arasites that keep poor the growers of fruit, 
cotton, cereals and root crops. 
1'he pecan tree has practically unlimited age and produces 
enormously at a comparatively early date, a five-year-old 
tree being known to bear twenty-five i)ounc«s and will In- 
crease each year. A twenty-year-old tree produces from 
$75 to $200 worth, and at forty it will hear iu the neighbor- 
hood of $350 worth. These figures refer to the producing 
capacity of trees planted by the old method. The modern 
dynamiting method of development not only enhances the 
growth, but uicreases the production. 
BETTER TIIAX Lll'E INSURANCE— THE THING FOR 
A YOUNG MAN. 
There is nothing better for a young man to do. It Is 
better than life insurance, as it will not only provide and 
take care of tlie owner in old age, but will do the same 
thing over and over again for his children's children. 
I'APERSIIELL PECAN INDUSTRY IS THE GREAT 
MONEY-MAKER— WHAT HAS BEEN DONE? 
Trees (pecan) thirteen years old have grown to be one 
foot in diameter and yield one barrel to one and one-half 
barrels (luO to 225 pounds) annually. Trees reach their 
full bearing at 30 to 40 years of age, at which time the 
annual crop reaches as high as twenty bushels (1,000 
pounds). 
Papershell pecans are selling every day at 50 cents a 
pound, while a very great portion of the crop Is sold for 
more — as high as $1.50 a pound being recorded. 
