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Title: Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Tenth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919
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+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |DISCLAIMER | | | |The articles published in the Annual Reports of the Northern Nut Growers| |Association are the findings and thoughts solely of the authors and are | |not to be construed as an endorsement by the Northern Nut Growers | |Association, its board of directors, or its members. No endorsement is | |intended for products mentioned, nor is criticism meant for products not| |mentioned. The laws and recommendations for pesticide application may | |have changed since the articles were written. It is always the pesticide| |applicator's responsibility, by law, to read and follow all current | |label directions for the specific pesticide being used. The discussion | |of specific nut tree cultivars and of specific techniques to grow nut | |trees that might have been successful in one area and at a particular | |time is not a guarantee that similar results will occur elsewhere. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+

NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION
REPORT
OF THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE
TENTH ANNUAL MEETING
BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN
DECEMBER 9 AND 10, 1919

CONTENTS Page
Officers and Committees of the Association 4
Members of the Association 5
Constitution and By-Laws 9
Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Convention 11
President's Address, Mr W. C. Reed, Indiana 11
Report of the Secretary-Treasurer 14
Business Sessions 15, 133
The Farms by the Side of the Road, Matthew Henry Hoover, New York 23
Native Nut Tree Plantations in Michigan, Prof. A. K. Chittenden, Michigan 33
Pecans Other Than Those of the Well Known Sections, J. F. Jones, Pennsylvania 44
Hazel Nuts and Filberts, Conrad Vollertsen, New York 53
Disease Resistance in the American Chestnut, Arthur H. Graves, Connecticut 60
Notes on the Hickories, Dr. Robert T. Morris, New York 68
The Nutritive Value of Nuts, F. A. Cajorie, Connecticut 80
Nut Trees and Bushes in Landscape Work, O. C. Simonds, Illinois 88
Nut Culture in Michigan, C. A. Reed, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 98
Nut Trees for Highways and Public Places, Hon. William S. Linton, Michigan 108
Legislation Regarding the Planting of Nut and Other Food Producing Trees, Senator Harvey A. Penney, Michigan 112
Michigan Law Regarding Roadside Planting of Nut Trees 116
The Soy Bean, Dr. J. H. Kellogg, Michigan 118
Judging Nuts, Willard G. Bixby, New York 122
The 1919 Nut Contest, Willard G. Bixby, New York 146

OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION
President W. S. LINTON Saginaw, Michigan
Vice-President JAMES S. MCGLENNON Rochester, New York
Secretary and Treasurer WILLARD G. BIXBY Baldwin, Nassau Co., New York
Acting Secretary W. C. DEMING Wilton, Connecticut
COMMITTEES
Auditing--C. P. CLOSE, C. A. REED
Executive--J. RUSSELL SMITH, W. C. REED AND THE OFFICERS
Federal Aid--J. M. PATTERSON, R. T. MORRIS, J. H. KELLOGG, T. P. LITTLEPAGE, WILLARD G. BIXBY, J. F. JONES, J. S. MCGLENNON
Finance--T. P. LITTLEPAGE, WILLARD G. BIXBY, W. C. DEMING
Hybrids--R. T. MORRIS, C. P. CLOSE, W. C. DEMING, J. G. RUSH
Membership--HARRY R. WEBER, R. T. OLCOTT, F. N. FAGAN. W. O. POTTER, W. C. DEMING, J. RUSSELL SMITH
Nomenclature--C. A. REED, R. T. MORRIS, J. F. JONES
Press and Publication--RALPH T. OLCOTT, J. RUSSELL SMITH, W. C. DEMING
Programme--W. C. DEMING, J. RUSSELL SMITH, C. A. REED, R. T. MORRIS
Promising Seedlings--C. A. REED, J. F. JONES
STATE VICE-PRESIDENTS
California T. C. Tucker 311 California St., San Francisco
Canada G. H. Corsan 17 Rusholme Park Crescent, Toronto
Connecticut Henry Leroy Lewis Stratford
Georgia J. B. Wight Cairo
Illinois E. A. Riehl Godfrey
Indiana M. P. Reed Vincennes
Maryland C. P. Close College Park
Massachusetts James H. Bowditch 903 Tremont Building, Boston
Michigan Dr. J. H. Kellogg Battle Creek
Missouri P. C. Stark Louisiana
New Jersey C. S. Ridgway Lumberton
New York M. E. Wile 37 Calumet St., Rochester
Ohio Harry R. Weber 601 Gerke Building, Cincinnati
Pennsylvania J. G. Rush West Willow
Texas R. S. Trumbull M. S. R. R. Co., El Paso
West Virginia B. F. Hartzell Shepherdstown

MEMBERS OF THE NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION
ARKANSAS
* Drake, Prof. N. F., University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
CALIFORNIA
Cress, B. E., Tehachapi
Tucker, T. C, Manager California Almond Growers Exchange, 311 California St., San Francisco
CANADA
Corsan, G. H., 17 Rusholme Park Crescent, Toronto Sager, Dr. D. S., Brantford
CONNECTICUT
Barrows, Paul M., May Apple Farm, High Ridge, Stamford Bartlett, Francis A., Stamford Deming, Dr. W. C, Wilton Filley, W. O., State Forester, Drawer 1, New Haven Glover, James L., Shelton, R. F. D. 7 Hungerford, Newman, Torrington, R. F. D.