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Bayou Goula, La., Feb. 15 1908. 
.Tfr. -J. B. -WiffiLt, --f 
■/Cairo, Ga. } 
r Dear Sir: I am very much Interested in pec^^^ 
glTOSving, aud -'I am gclng to ask you to answe-r j 
the following questions for me: < 
Does planting pecans on laud yielding good 
returns in farm products increase the commercial 
value of such lands? 
AVhat would you consider it inereased^if set for 
five years with grafted trees? 
At ten years? 
At fifteen years, and beginning to bear? 
A'our courtesy will be appreciated by. 
Yours truly, , , . 
Mrs. M. L. R.\."^dolph: — 
Cairo, Ga., Feb. 19, 190S. 
M rs. .1/ . L. R andoJiih. 
JJayoH GonUi, ta. 
Dear Madame: Yours of the Inth instant in 
regard to pecans is 'received. Your questions will 
have to be considered in the same manner as any 
other business propopitinn is viewed. You might 
ask if it pays to plant corn, or cotton, or cane, or 
potatoes. I would answer, ■"Yes," if planted in 
the proper manner, under. favorable conditions, and 
they are well cared for. T would say "No," if the 
opposite conditions prevail. It is exactly the same 
way with pecans. If the best varieties are set, 
strong and vigorous trees are u=!ed. and they are 
intelligently cared for, they will Increase the value 
of the land very materially, But I wish to warn 
you against lending a ready ear to those who, hav- 
ing trees to sell, lead one to believe that there is 
nothing to do but set a pecan grove and one's 
fortune is made. While there are handsome 
profits to be made in growing pecans, yet they 
come, as in other things, only to those who exer- 
cise business diligence and foresight. 
The increased value that would accrue to land 
set in pecan trees is somewhat problematical. Fur- 
thermore, such Increase up to the time the trees 
come Into bearing will be prospective rather than 
actual, so far as income is concerned. I give you 
