Middleton, Fenton H., 1118 Chestnut St., Philadelphia
  Murphy, P. J., Vice-President L. & W. R. R. R. Company, Scranton
  O'Neill, Wm. C., 1328 Walnut St., Philadelphia
  Rheam, J. F., 45 N. Walnut St., Lewistown
  Rick, John, 438 Pennsylvania Sq., Reading
  Rife, Jacob A., Camp Hill
  Rush, J. G., West Willow
 *Sober, Col. C. K., Lewisburg
  Thomas, Joseph W., Jos. W. Thomas & Sons, King of Prussia P. O.
  Weaver, Wm. S., McCungie
  Webster, Mrs. Edmund, 1324 S. Broad St., Philadelphia
 *Wister, John C, Wister St. and Clarkson Ave., Germantown
  Wright, R. P., 235 W. 6th St., Erie

  SOUTH CAROLINA
  Shanklin, Prof. A. G., Clemson College

  TENNESSEE
  Marr, Thomas S., 701 Stahlman Building, Nashville

  TEXAS
  Burkett, J. H., Nut Specialist, State Dept, of Agric., Clyde
  Trumbull, R. S., Agricultural Agent, El Paso & S. W. System, Morenci
    Southern Railroad Company, El Paso

  VIRGINIA
  Crockett, E. B., Monroe
  Engleby, Thos. L., 1002 Patterson Ave., Roanoke
  Lee, Lawrence R., Leesburg
  Miller, L. O., Miller & Rhodes, Richmond
  Parish, John S., Eastham, Albemarle County
  Shackford, Theodore B., care of Adams Brothers-Paynes Company, Lynchburg
  Smith, Dr. J. Russell, Roundhill

  WASHINGTON
  Baldwin, Dr. A. E., Kettle Falls
  Rogers, Dr. Albert, Okanogan

  WEST VIRGINIA
  Hartzell, B. F., Shepherdstown

* Life member.

CONSTITUTION

ARTICLE I

Name. This society shall be known as the NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION.

ARTICLE II

Object. Its object shall be the promotion of interest in nut-bearing plants, their products and their culture.

ARTICLE III

Membership. Membership in the society shall be open to all persons who desire to further nut culture, without reference to place of residence or nationality, subject to the rules and regulations of the committee on membership.

ARTICLE IV

Officers. There shall be a president, a vice-president and a secretary-treasurer, who shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting; and an executive committee of five persons, of which the president, two last retiring presidents, vice-president and secretary-treasurer shall be members. There shall be a state vice-president from each state, dependency or country represented in the membership of the association, who shall be appointed by the president.

ARTICLE V

Election of Officers. A committee of five members shall be elected at the annual meeting for the purpose of nominating officers for the following year.

ARTICLE VI

Meetings. The place and time of the annual meeting shall be selected by the membership in session or, in the event of no selection being made at this time, the executive committee shall choose the place and time for the holding of the annual convention. Such other meetings as may seem desirable may be called by the president and executive committee.

ARTICLE VII

Quorum. Ten members of the association shall constitute a quorum, but must include a majority of the executive committee or two of the three elected officers.

ARTICLE VIII

Amendments. This constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the members present at any annual meeting, notice of such amendment having been read at the previous annual meeting, or a copy of the proposed amendment having been mailed by any member to each member thirty days before the date of the annual meeting.

BY-LAWS

ARTICLE I

Committees. The association shall appoint standing committees as follows: On membership, on finance, on programme, on press and publication, on nomenclature, on promising seedlings, on hybrids, and an auditing committee. The committee on membership may make recommendations to the association as to the discipline or expulsion of any member.

ARTICLE II

Fees. The fees shall be of two kinds, annual and life. The former shall be two dollars, the latter twenty dollars.

ARTICLE III

Membership. All annual memberships shall begin with the first day of the calendar quarter following the date of joining the association.

ARTICLE IV

Amendments. By-laws may be amended by a two-thirds vote of members present at any annual meeting.

Northern Nut Growers Association

SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING

SEPTEMBER 8 AND 9, 1916

WASHINGTON, D. C.

The seventh annual meeting of the Northern Nut Growers Association was called to order in rooms 42-43 of the new building of the National Museum at Washington, D. C., on Friday, September 8th, at 10 a. m., the president, Dr. J. Russell Smith, presiding.

THE PRESIDENT: It is often customary to start meetings of this sort with a considerable amount of eloquence, such as an address of welcome by some high city or state official, a response to the address of welcome by some one else high in authority, and so on, during which the visitors are told of the many privileges they may enjoy, "the keys of the town" are handed over to them, and a good deal of high-flown oratory is indulged in. We suppose that the people in attendance at this meeting are so well acquainted with Washington that those preliminaries are unnecessary, and I have been informed by the members of the local committee that we can dispense with the frills in this case and proceed with the business of the meeting, which we think is going to rather crowd our time if we get said all that we want to say. We are going to devote this morning's programme first to a paper by Dr. Robert T. Morris on the chinquapin, and then to the discussion of a comparatively newly considered member of our nut family, namely, the American black walnut. We have been heretofore much interested in sundry exotics and talking far too little about this great tree nearer home.

Before taking up the technical programme we have a few matters of business to put through. First, we will have the report of the secretary and treasurer.

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-TREASURER

   Balance on hand date of last report $ 140.24
   Receipts:
       Dues 292.75
       Advertisements 21.00
       Contributions 5.50
       Sale of report 34.75
       Contributions for prizes 10.00
       Miscellaneous .65
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                                                                   $504.89

   Expenses:
       Printing report $ 142.56