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fifty acres this year, which probably 
brings the total up to 1700 or 1800 acres; 
that is, what we have reports from, that 
I know of. The additional acreage of 
which I have no definite knowledge, 
would easily bring the acreage up to 2,- 
500 acres in the territory from Ocala 
north and from Lake City, east. That is 
made up largely in Alachua, Baker, Du¬ 
val and Bradford counties and in that 
territory. Figuring on 25 trees to the 
acre, would make something like about 
60,000 trees. 
Mr. Miller: We will now hear from 
West Florida, from Mr. R. C. Simpson. 
Mr. Simpson: When I got these fig¬ 
ures together, it was with the understand¬ 
ing that it was the total number of trees 
planted. I have rather accurate figures 
on Jefferson county, but on several of the 
other counties they are mere estimates 
and the accurate figures could not be ob¬ 
tained : 
Jefferson County, 36,700 trees. 
Leon County, 3,000 trees. 
Gadsden County, 3,000 trees. 
Madison County, 3,000 trees. 
In other western counties of Florida, 
10,000 to 15,000 trees. 
Mr. Miller: You can see from these 
figures what the industry is doing and 
that it will not be so many years before 
the pecan crop will rival in importance 
that of the citrus and other fruit pro¬ 
ducts. Its enormous acreage and yield is 
going to create a product that will need 
some such help to market as you are find¬ 
ing in the citrus exchange. 
Mr. Rich: I would like to ask a ques¬ 
tion. It has been said in this discussion 
that there are at least a million trees now 
planted. We have a very accurate ac¬ 
count of the planting in Georgia. I think 
you will bear me out when I say that the 
planting in Georgia last year was 1200 
acres and this year 7,000 acres. 20 trees 
to the acre is putting it very mildly and 
is really below the average. Now, the 
point I am trying to get at is: counting 
your trees at $2.00 per tree, which is a 
very moderate price, you can see where 
there is an investment of about $300,000 
in pecan trees in Georgia alone; just 
the actual trees. Take the report of 
Mr. Simpson, that in his territory there 
were about 25,000 trees. The trees he re¬ 
fers to are on an average of three or 
four years of age. Say there are twenty 
trees to the acre; they ought to be worth 
$8.00 apiece. See what that will bring 
the investment up to. It shows that lots 
of money is being put into this industry 
and there must be a reason for it. I 
would ask that some one give us practi¬ 
cal, actual experience, the good and the 
bad alike. 
Mr. Miller: I would like for Mr. Car- 
roll to tell us something about his trees 
in the way of production. 
Mr. Carroll: I experimented first on 
about one and a half acres of ground. 
So many people told me not to do it, say¬ 
ing I would never live to see any nuts 
on the trees and would get no benefit 
from them. I bought the best trees I 
could find, cultivated them and took good 
care of them and brought some of those 
trees to bearing in the course of three or 
four years. I found out that some of the 
nuts were very inferior. Then I sawed 
them off and top worked several of them. 
Now, I have 33 on an acre and a half of 
ground. About half a dozen trees were 
