WOLFE'S PECAN NURSERY 
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Estimate Production of a Well Cared For Pecan Orchard Of 
Western Varieties 
3rd year, a few nuts. 
4th year, 3 pounds per tree. 
5th year, 8 pounds per tree. 
6lh year, 12 pounds per tree. 
7th year, 18 pounds per tree. 
8th year, 30 pounds per tree. 
9th year, 45 pounds per tree. 
10th year, 60 pounds per tree, 
loth year, 100 pounds per tree. 
Six hundred turkeys raised in our 8 year pecan orchard brought us $1053.00. 
One acre produced us GOO pounds of nuts. We also kept a nice herd of Jersey 
cattle in this orchard. The shade was good for the cows and turkeys which 
stock in turn helped keep down vegetation, control insects and gave their drop¬ 
pings to enrich the soil. Can you beat it? 
Nutritive Value of the Pecan 
1. Protein, 11 per cent; Fats, 71.2 per cent; Carbohydrates, 13.3. 
2. Contains Vitamin B. 
3. Calories per pound: Meats, 810; Cereals, 1654; Pecans, 3633. 
4. Fats of pecans are among the most digestible of all forms. 
“Pecan production is destined to become one of the most important lines of orchard 
development in the United States,” says the Congressional Record of the United 
States, page 1101, vol. 54. 
Dr. J. H. Kellogg, the world-famous food expert of Battle Creek, Michigan, says: 
“M;eat of all sorts may be safely replaced by nuts, not only without loss, but with a 
decided gain.” He says: “A pound of pecans is worth more in nutritive value than 
two pounds of pork chops, three pounds of salmon, two and a half pounds of turkey, 
or five pounds of veal.” 
Goudiss, the noted food economist, says: “We should use nuts more largely as a 
staple food, not alone because of their high food value, but quite as much because of 
health promoting qualities.” “By reason of their large content of vegetable oil, they 
are a natural laxative and those who eat them regularly are seldom troubled with con¬ 
stipation.” 
