Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twelfth Annual Meeting | Page 7

in many other promotions of the objects of our association, unsparingly of his energy and his means.
It is curious that the biggest development in nut tree planting, for which we are responsible apparently, and practically the only considerable development of the roadside planting of nut trees, about which we have been talking so much, is on the other side of the earth, in China, where Mr. Wang, one of our members, and associated with the Kinsan Arboretum, is planting along the new model highway from Shanghai to Hangkow, a ton of black walnuts bought in this country and shipped to him through Mr. Bixby.
Two public horticultural institutions in Canada have written me about making nut plantings.
We seem, perhaps, in this land, too busy making what we call wealth, and armaments to protect it, too busy to give attention to the food supply of the future race.
To summarise, the association may feel that its purpose as originally stated, and never changed, "The Promotion of Interest in Nut Bearing Plants, their Products and their Culture," has been furthered consistently though results are slow. For the future we should work, 1. For a greater membership. 2. To stimulate interest in horticultural institutions, especially in nut breeding. 3. To give definite information that will encourage nut tree planting for profit by individuals. 4. To promote roadside, memorial and public place planting of nut trees. 5. To discover still more of our valuable native nut trees through our prize contests.
Mr. C. A. Reed has made a suggestion which I will lay before you and which may be considered at a later hour. He suggests that it might be better to have our conventions once in two years, every other one to be held in Washington.
This is so radical a proposal that it should have prolonged consideration before adoption.
The affairs of the association are not getting from the secretary the attention they deserve and he does not foresee better attention in the future. He wishes that some more active person could be found for the place and would be very glad to have the association elect another secretary.
THE PRESIDENT: The secretary's report will be received and filed with the proceedings. Are there any remarks in connection therewith?
Personally, I wish to endorse emphatically what the secretary has said relative to Treasurer Bixby who has worked early and late and has promoted the affairs of this association to a very great degree. His work is along practical lines and brings results.
The secretary finds fault with himself. No member of the association endorses that particular phase of his paper because his work has been good, he has had the best interests of the association at heart at all times--that I personally know--and I sincerely hope that he may change his mind relative to his successor.
We will now listen to the report of Treasurer Bixby.
NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION In account with WILLARD G. BIXBY, TREASURER
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand Oct. 1, 1921: | | | | Special Hickory Price, $25.00; Life | | | | Membership, $25.00; for Regular | | | | Expenses, $25.26 | | | |$ 75.26 From Annual members including joint | | | | subscriptions to American Nut | | | | Journal |$199.50|$ 423.58|$ 623.08| Reports | 5.50| 7.50| 13.00| Contribution for prizes | 54.00| 15.00| 69.00| Contribution to meet expenses | | 602.50| 602.50| Bulletin No. 5 | 12.73| 60.94| 73.67| Cash discount on bills paid | .48| | .48| Postage returned | | .10| .10| Advertising in Report | | 5.00| 5.00| Life Membership P. W. Wang | | 20.00| 20.00| Funds Received for transmission to | | | | other parties | | 1.00| 1.00| Salary check returned by Secretary | | 50.00| 50.00| |______|_______|_______|_______ |$272.21|$1,185.62|$1,457.83|$1,457.83 Deficit October 1, 1921: | | | | Balance Special Hickory prize |$ 25.00| | | Life Membership | 45.00| | | Deficit for regular expenses[A] | 246.07| | | 176.07 |_____| | |_______ Net deficit | | | | 1,709.16
EXPENDITURES
American Nut Journal, their portion | | | | of joint subscriptions |$ 64.00|$1 99.65|$ 263.65| 1920 Convention | 85.00| | 85.00| Printing Bulletin No. 5 | | 62.50| 62.50| Stationery, Printing & Supplies | 50.55| 91.01| 141.56| Postage, Express, etc. | 36.60| 75.78| 112.38| Prizes 1919 Nut Contest | 128.00| | 128.00| Advertising 1920 Nut Contest | 52.08| | 52.08| Printing Report 10th Meeting | 69.09| 400.05| 469.14| Printing Report 11th Meeting | | 341.85| 341.85| Funds received for Transmission to | | | | other parties | | 3.00| 3.00| Salary Secretary | 50.00| | 50.00| |_____|_______|_______|_______ |$535.32|$1,173.84|$1,709.16|$1,709.16
Forty-seven new members have joined the Association since the last report, making 523 since organization, of which we have 221, making 302 who have resigned or otherwise dropped out. It will be noticed that the number of members