Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting: Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916.
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Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting: Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916.
Northern Nut Growers Association -- Periodicals; Nut trees -- Periodicals; Nuts -- Periodicals
I heard of another case down in north Florida where two girls were left
absolutely dependent upon their own exertions, and they were girls who
had been reared, as some of the Southern ladies have been reared, to be
dependent on others. They didn't know how to go and fight the world for
a place. They were a little too far along, perhaps, to take up that sort
of battle. There were two pecan trees in front of that old homestead,
and the old homestead was all that was left of the family fortune. It
was furnished, had a cow in the back yard, and a garden, and a few
Scuppernong grape vines. These two pecan trees in the front yard gave
those two women approximately three hundred dollars worth of nuts per
annum. They were magnificent, great, big pecan trees, and they lived
from them the balance of their lives practically, with the help of the
other things I have mentioned.
Inter-crops are nothing more nor less than the evidences of the master
mind directing the problem of handling the soil in which the orchard is
growing. Now, just simply go right down deep under everything, pay
absolutely no attention to the wonderful stories that the promoters tell
you (laughter), keep your money, save it, use it, and spend it--yes, but
recognize this one thing, that the most important element in success in
the small orchard, as part of the rural or suburban home, is a knowledge
of agriculture and horticulture. It is one of the most fascinating
studies in the world, and I have no doubt but what you will find that
you can go right along inter-cropping with vegetables and other crops,
bush fruits, strawberries, and all those things for the first few years
after you plant your nut trees, and even if they all die you will have
been able to break even on the commercial side of the proposition, and
then you will have the additional years of experience, which no nut
orchardist can dispense with. You can't buy it with money or get it out
of books. You have got to dig it out of the ground yourself. (Applause.)
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