Page 2 O. S. GRAY NURSERY, ARLINGTON, TEXAS 

DO YOU HAVE ANY ACRE THAT COULD DO THE SAME? 
There is a farm in North Texas that produced for its owner up to $480.00 per 
acre—in a single year! Once “plain old cotton land,” but not now, for now several 
hundred acres are covered with beautiful, spreading papershell pecan trees. Can 
you imagine a more beautiful sight than acres and acres of pecan trees just loaded 
almost to the breaking point with delicious papershell pecans? Look again at the 
illustration, notice how the weight of the nuts is bending the limbs of the tree— 
just a few days until harvest time. 
PAPERSHELL PECANS 
CAN TURN LOSSES INTO PROFITS 
Formerly. this farm was an ordinary sandy land farm, producing less and less 
year after year. The pecan orchard was developed mostly in a sandy loam creek 
valley. Many of the readers of this story will realize that there are thousands of 
farms just like the above, where GRAYWAY papershell pecan trees offer the owners 
a way to turn farm losses into profits—a way to make the farm a BUSINESS—a 
business that will be profitable, a going concern long after the owner is gone. 
Opportunity may be knocking at your door. 
There are about 100 acres in the older portion of this orchard. Asked if he con- 
sidered pecans profitable, the owner, Mr. Evers, replied: 
“Any number of trees in this orchard will produce as much as three acres 
of cotton land—and there are 12 to 16 trees per the acre. Figure it for your- 
self. Most trees in the older orchard will produce 200 lbs. up. That’s $40 per 
tree. Twelve trees to the acre is $480. Count off the $80 for expenses and you 
have $400 per acre. Does that beat cotton and corn? I'm asking you!” 
