title="[Pg 23]"/> ten years, and I know that his whole heart and soul are in the development of the filbert; and I know what he has done and that he is a rare character in the nut world today, that he possesses a fund of information. I am sure you will find intensely interesting; and furthermore I would suggest, and I believe I speak for him when I say I hope you will feel free to ask him questions. As I said before, he has a fund of information that I think we nut people ought to have, and the general public as well. We have a very good exhibit of the nuts. Mr. Vollertsen is the practical man in the enterprise we are interested in. I look after the business end of it. We are equally interested in it and feel that we have made some progress.

Dr. Morris: Put Mr. McGlennon on too.

Mr. McGlennon: I have said all I can say.

Mr. Vollertsen: You have said too much.

President Reed: If there is nothing else, we will stand adjourned until 2:30 p. m.

Tuesday Afternoon, December 9, 1919, 2:30 P. M.
President W. C. Reed, in the Chair

President Reed: The first paper is by Mr. Hoover, Matthew Henry Hoover, of Lockport, N. Y., president of the New York State Conservation Association. Mr. Hoover is not here, and the Secretary will read his paper.