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Pennsylvania Square,
Reading Rife, Jacob A., Camp Hill Rush, J. G., West Willow Smedley,
Samuel L., Newtown Square, R. F. D. 1 * Sober, Col. C. K., Lewisburg
Weaver, William S., McCungie Wilhelm, Dr. Edward A., Clarion *
Wister, John C., Wister St. & Clarkson Ave., Germantown
SOUTH CAROLINA
Shanklin, Prof. A. G., Clemson College
TEXAS
Burkett, J. H., Nut Specialist, State Department of Agriculture, Clyde.
Trumbull, R. S., Agricultural Agent, El Paso & S. W., System Morenci
Southern R. R. Co., El Paso
VIRGINIA
Parish, John S., University Smith, Dr. J. Russell, Roundhill
WEST VIRGINIA
Brooks, Fred E., French Creek Cannaday, Dr. John Egerton, Charleston,
Box 693 Hartzell, B. F., Shepherdstown Jenkins, Miss, The Green
Bottom Homestead, Glenwood P. O.
* Life member.
** Honorary 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
TENTH ANNUAL MEETING DECEMBER 9 AND 10, 1919
BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN
The tenth annual meeting of the Northern Nut Growers' Association
was called to order at 11:00 A. M., Tuesday, December 9, 1919, in the
Annex Parlor of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Michigan,
with the President, W. C. Reed, presiding.
The meeting was opened with a short business session beginning with
the President's report as follows:

PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
W. C. REED, VINCENNES, IND.
FELLOW MEMBERS, NORTHERN NUT GROWERS
ASSOCIATION, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
Our Association meets today under the most favorable surroundings.
We have this splendid building in which to hold our meetings,
furnished gratuitously also have with us in this wonderful Institution
several thousand guests, men and women of ability and prominence in
their respective communities, from all parts of the United States.
Dr. Kellogg has been very kind and generous in extending an invitation
several times to this association, and your speaker has thought there

was no place quite so well suited for a winter meeting. It gives me great
pleasure to be able to be with you and preside over a meeting as the
guests of Dr. Kellogg. There is probably no man in America who has
done so much to further the use of nuts, to show their benefits, and to
explain their uses, as a food for mankind.
Conditions have changed greatly since our last meeting, September
1917, at Stamford, Connecticut. At