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secretary and a
treasurer, who shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting; and an
executive committee of six persons, of which the president, the two last
retiring presidents, the vice-president, the secretary and the 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 two of the four 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 exhibits, on hybrids, on survey, 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. Annual members shall pay two dollars annually. Contributing
members shall pay ten dollars annually. Life members shall make one
payment of fifty dollars, and shall be exempt from further dues and will
be entitled to same benefits as annual members. Honorary members
shall be exempt from dues. "Perpetual" membership is eligible to any
one who leaves at least five hundred dollars to the Association and such
membership on payment of said sum to the Association will entitle the
name of the deceased to be forever enrolled in the list of members as
"Perpetual" with the words "In Memoriam" added thereto. Funds
received therefor shall be invested by the Treasurer in interest bearing
securities legal for trust funds in the District of Columbia. Only the
interest shall be expended by the Association. When such funds are in
the treasury the Treasurer shall be bonded. Provided; that in the event
the Association becomes defunct or dissolves then, in that event, the
Treasurer shall turn over any funds held in his hands for this purpose
for such uses, individuals or companies that the donor may designate at
the time he makes the bequest or the donation.
ARTICLE III
Membership. All annual memberships shall begin either with the first
day of the calendar quarter following the date of joining the
Association, or with the first day of the calendar quarter preceding that
date as may be arranged between the new member and the Treasurer.
ARTICLE IV
Amendments. By-laws may be amended by a two-third vote of
members present at any annual meeting.

ARTICLE V
Members shall be sent a notification of annual dues at the time they are
due, and if not paid within two months, they shall be sent a second
notice, telling them that they are not in good standing on account of
non-payment of dues, and are not entitled to receive the annual report.
At the end of thirty days from the sending of the second notice, a third
notice shall be sent notifying such members that unless dues are paid
within ten days from the receipt of this notice, their names will be
dropped from the rolls for non-payment of dues.

MY BUTTERNUT
The butternut crop is always sure And raised at easy cost, There is
nothing it will not endure, It is never harmed by frost.
The hopper and the cabbage worm Care not to chew its leaves, Comes
weather hot or wet or cold, This sturdy tree ne'er grieves.
It has no fear of 'tater bugs, Or cultivation's errors, The measly scale
from San Jose, And Green bug bring no terrors.
No squash bug races o'er its frame, Nor caterpillar weaving, It is never
doped with Paris Green, Yet never found a grieving.
It has no use for bumblebees, No nodules on its feet, But when the frost
is on the pumpkin Oft has the hay crop beat.
If you wish a crop that always comes Without an "if" or "but," The
surest thing in all the list, Just plant a butternut.
JAMES H. HELMICK Columbus Junction, Iowa
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