=E=—=The Final Test.=—When the nut meat, which was in appetizing or edible form, was separated from the shells and partitions in each case, it was found that for table use =the Hess Brand Paper Shell gave the greatest weight of nut meat for every dollar invested in the nuts, carriage and opening costs included=. The average paper shell variety which costs nearly as much as the Hess Brand Paper Shell was a poor second, followed closely by the Third Class (the selected seedlings), while the two cheap grades were in the end the most costly investment—because they yielded so small a quantity of satisfactory nut meat for each dollar invested. This is also confirmed by many other tests, which show that even including small particles of nut meat, which are far from appetizing in form, the wild pecan and the common seedling yield less than four pounds of meat to each ten pounds of nuts; the Selected Seedling Pecan and the common Paper Shell about five pounds of meat to each ten pounds of nuts; and the Hess Brand Paper Shell Pecan about six and three-quarters pounds of meat to each ten pounds of nuts. With such superiority proven for Hess Brand Paper Shell Pecans, it is no longer a question whether the public will pay the higher price. It is paying it. Oskaloosa, Ia., Jan. 8, 1920. The nuts certainly are life size and look good enough to eat. Every one who was so fortunate as to get some of the nuts, and they were quite a few, pronounced them the finest ever. Here is wishing all good things for the pecan company. R. S. More Pecan Orchards—A Vital Necessity Our only problem NOW is to meet the demand for the highest grade Paper Shell Pecans. America demands more fine pecans—it is hungry for them. [Sidenote: “Once a pecan eater, always a pecan eater”] Not only because of the superior food value of pecans; nor only because of their many advantages as the purest, most condensed of all natural food products, but also because of their alluring flavor. As Prof. Hutt, Ex-President of the American Pomological Society, well puts it, “=Once a pecan eater, always a pecan eater.=” Wherever the improved pecan goes—the world over—it creates its own market. It is simply marvelous how hungry the world is for these fine pecans, and it will be hungry for many years to come because the increase in supply does not keep pace with the rapidly increasing demand for high quality pecans. The obvious remedy, therefore, is to produce more fine pecans by planting more pecan orchards. [Illustration: Small branches showing how pecan nuts grow. ] How Pecan Trees Do Grow on our plantations in South Georgia once their wonderful root system is established. [Illustration: June 1919 ↢ SAME TREE ↣ July 7, 1920]