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Show I Nut Growing Industry of the South. "Nut growing is a comparatively now Industry In tho south Atlantic . and Gulf Btates, but It promlsos to develop de-velop Into ono of tho moat Important, In that section," said J. Z. Hold, a prosperous planter of Florida. "Tho most popular nut Is tho pecan, and its popularity is probably duo to tho de-n de-n volopmont of systematic methods of ' grading it and cracking It with machinery ma-chinery oporated by steam or electric powor. This makes posalblo tho marketing mar-keting of tho meats of tho nut ready for use, "Tho demand is always much greater great-er than tho supply and many planters aro now turning tholr attontlon to tho nut raising industry. It Is not un-I un-I common for a trco to bear as high na 200 pounds of nuts in ono season nnd most of theso soli at from 60 to 70 ..cents a pound. It docs not rcnulro - much figuring to show that tho pecan orchards which abound In somo sections sec-tions avo paying Investments." |