And again it should be remembered that 
pecan trees left to fight weeds and grass gen- 
erally expend most of their energy on the 
hattle. 
This explains why there are so many poor 
pecan trees. 
Here are a few of the records to emulate: 
Mr. A. M. Moore, Blackshear, Ga., writes 
me: "I have one Frotscher tree eight years 
old that I gathered 35 pounds of nuts from 
last year." 
Mr. A. G. Lrowrey, Preston, Ga., has a 
large seedling tree which he estimates to be 
sixty years old, and is nine feet in circum- 
ference. In 1912 he sold 700 pounds of nuts 
from this tree for $85.00, and in addition 
about 100 pounds were eaten by his family 
or given to neighbors. 
In 1910 Mr. John West, Monticello, Fla., 
sold to Mr. J. A. Granger of the same place 
900 pounds of nuts from one seedling tree 
at 11 cents per pound, and received in pay- 
ment a check for $99.00. 
Mr. Fred Feltham, for a long time post- 
master at Boston, Ga., writes me under date 
of April 15, 1914, about a tree eleven years 
old. He says: "It has been in bearing five 
years. In 1912 I gathered 18% pounds from 
it, and in 1913, 37% pounds. Last fall I 
took first prize with nuts from this tree for 
the best one-half peck of pecans at the 
Thomas County fair." 
The following record of the 1913 crop 
of nuts from individual orchard trees is 
