show that handsome profits are ahcady being made l)y those who are 
growing pecans as a secondary crop. 
A hundred thousand hogs might annually be grown and fattened 
on one immense ranch; but it would be better in every way to do this 
on a thousand different farms. It is possible for the big pecan com- 
panies to succeed; but I am more concerned about the desirability as 
well as the economy of the profits in pecans going to the farmer 
and even city dweller who has room for one or more trees. The pe- 
can seems to be asocial creature. At least it is at its best when grown 
in close proximity of our homes. Were it possible to wield Alladdin's 
wonderful lau p to bring just one blessing to the farmers of Georgia, I 
doubt if it could be done to greater advantage than to plac-e a few pe- 
can trees about each home. A thousand dollars placed in bank to the 
credit of each would at best be gone in a few years; but the pecans 
would make happy every homo even unto the third and fourth gener- 
ation. 
But some people are easily scared. The bug-a-boo of over-produc- 
tion frightens them. Do you know Mr. President, that the average an- 
nual production of pecans in the United Slates does not exceed 500 ears 
of 2.5,000 pounds ejch? ■ For the hundred raiUiou people in the United 
States this would give the paltry av.^rage of one-eighth of a pound each 
or but seven nuts the size of these I hold in my hand. Over-produc- 
tion is a needless fear. With the rapidly increasing uses and consequent 
demand for pecans, neither you, gentlemen, nor even your great grand- 
children, will ever see a glut in the pecan market. 
Pecan growing docs not appeal to the nervous impatient man. He 
wants quick profits. To such I respectfully recommend ' turnips or 
potatoes or radishes for quick results. But to the man of foresight 
who is willing to set trees, care for them well, and then wait a few 
j'ears for r^'sults, the pecan is most highly recommended. He may 
himself gather ample r nvard for his fore-sight; and when he goes, he 
will leave his children and children's children a legacy ri<;her than 
stocks and bonds and life insurance. These latter may soon be spent; 
but a pecan orchard will continue to bear and bless its owners 
for a hundred years. In all the realms of horticulture, I know of 
nothing more promising than the pecan. 
