Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting

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Title: Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the
Twenty-First Annual Meeting Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 17, 18,
and 19, 1930
Author: Northern Nut Growers Association
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NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Twenty-first Annual
Meeting
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CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA.
SEPTEMBER 17, 18, 19, 1930

NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Twenty-first Annual
Meeting
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA.
SEPTEMBER 17, 18, 19, 1930

CONTENTS
Officers, Directors and Committees 3
State Vice-Presidents 4
List of Members 5
Constitution 9
By-Laws 11
Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Convention 13
Nuts and Nut Growers of the Middle West--S. W. Snyder 14

Address of Professor T. J. Maney 20
Methods in Scoring the Black Walnut--Prof. N. F. Drake 23
Nuts in North Dakota--Prof. A. F. Yeager 27
Report on the 1929 Nut Contest--Dr. W. C. Deming 28
New Members' Experience and Questions 31
Discussion on Chestnut Growing 33
The Paraffin Method in Transplanting Nursery Stock--Prof. J. A.
Neilson 37
Some Notes on the Japanese Walnut in North America--Prof. J. A.
Neilson 39
Thirty Years Experience in the Care of Scionwood--F. O. Harrington
46
Experiments and Observations in Searching for Best Seedling Nut
Trees--J. F. Wilkinson 51
More Nuts--Less Meat--Dr. J. H. Kellogg 57
Induced Immunity to Chestnut Blight--Dr. G. A. Zimmerman 68
Plant Patent Act--Thomas P. Littlepage 73
Banquet 77
President's Address 81
Report of the Secretary 87
Business Session 89
Treasurer's Report 91

Harvesting and Marketing the Native Nut Crop of the North--C. A.
Reed 92
Beechnuts--Willard G. Bixby 100
The 1929 Contest--Willard G. Bixby 104
Attendance Record 117

OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION
President J. A. NEILSON, HORT. DEPT. M. S. C., EAST LANSING,
MICH.
Vice-President C. F. WALKER, 2851 E OVERLOOK ROAD,
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO
Secretary W. G. BIXBY, 32 GRAND AVE., BALDWIN, N. Y.
Treasurer KARL W. GREENE, RIDGE ROAD, N. W.,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
DIRECTORS
J. A. NEILSON, C. F. WALKER, DR. W. C. DEMING, K. W.
GREENE, W. G. BIXBY, S. W. SNYDER
COMMITTEES
Auditing--Z. H. ELLIS, L. H. MITCHELL
Executive--J. A. NEILSON, C. F. WALKER, A. S. COLBY, K. W.
GREENE, W. G. BIXBY, S. W. SNYDER
Finance--T. P. LITTLEPAGE, W. G. BIXBY, W. C. DEMING
Press and Publication--J. RUSSELL SMITH, R. T. OLCOTT, W. C.
DEMING, K. W. GREENE, Z. H. ELLIS, A. S. COLBY

Membership--F. H. FREY, R. T. OLCOTT, J. W. HERSHEY, Z. H.
ELLIS, K. W. GREENE, F. O. HARRINGTON
Program--W. C. DEMING, A. S. COLBY, S. W. SNYDER, C. A.
REED, C. F. WALKER, R. T. OLCOTT
Hybrids and Promising Seedlings--C. A. REED, W. G. BIXBY,
HOWARD SPENCE, J. A. NEILSON, S. W. SNYDER, R. T.
MORRIS
Nomenclature--C. A. REED, R. T. MORRIS, W. G. BIXBY, J. A.
NEILSON
Survey--C. F. WALKER, W. G. BIXBY, F. H. FREY
DEAN OF THE ASSOCIATION
DR. ROBERT T. MORRIS, OF NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT
FIELD SECRETARY
ZENAS H. ELLIS, FAIR HAVEN, VERMONT

STATE VICE-PRESIDENTS
Arkansas Prof. N. F. Drake Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville
California Will J. Thorpe 1545 Divisadero St., San Francisco
Canada J. U. Gellatly West Bank, P. O. Gellatly, B. C.
China P. W. Wang Sec'y Kinsan Arboretum, 147 N. Sechuan Road,
Shanghai
Connecticut Dr. W. C. Deming 983 Main St., Hartford, Conn.
Dist. of Columbia Karl W. Greene Ridge Road, N. W., Washington

England Howard Spence The Red House, Ainsdale, Southport
Illinois Prof. A. S. Colby University of Illinois, Urbana
Indiana J. F. Wilkinson Rockport
Iowa S. W. Snyder Center Point
Kansas W. P. Orth Route 2, Box 20, Mount Hope
Maryland T. P. Littlepage Bowie
Massachusetts James H. Bowditch 903 Tremont Building, Boston
Michigan Harry Burgardt Union City Michigan
Minnesota Carl Weschcke 98 South Wabasha St., St. Paul
Missouri P. C. Stark Louisiana
Nebraska William Caha Wahoo
New Jersey Miss M. V. Landman Cranbury, R. F. D. No. 2
New York Prof. L. H. MacDaniels Cornell University, Ithaca
Ohio Harry R. Weber 123 East 6th St., Cincinnati
Oregon Stanley C. Walters Mount Hood
Pennsylvania John Rick 438 Penn Square, Reading
Rhode Island Phillip Allen 178 Dorrance St., Providence
Vermont Zenas H. Ellis Fair Haven
Virginia