Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. / Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919
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.
Name . This society shall be known as the Northern Nut Growers Association.
Object . Its object shall be the promotion of interest in nut-bearing plants, their products and their culture.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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TENTH ANNUAL MEETING
CONTENTS
COMMITTEES
STATE VICE-PRESIDENTS
Article I
Article II
Article III
Article V
Article VI
Article VII
Article VIII
BY-LAWS
Article I
Article II
Article III
Article IV
Northern Nut Growers Association
TENTH ANNUAL MEETING
PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
THE FARMS BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
It Reads Like a Fairy Tale
"Practical and Progressive Conservation"
NATIVE NUT TREE PLANTATIONS IN MICHIGAN
Professor A. K. Chittenden, Michigan Agricultural College East Lansing, Michigan
PECANS OTHER THAN THOSE OF THE WELL KNOWN SECTIONS
J. F. Jones, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
HAZEL NUTS AND FILBERTS
Conrad Vollertsen, Rochester, N. Y.
Arthur H. Graves
Results of the Survey
Seedling Trees
Characteristics of the Resistant Trees
Inoculations
Summary of Evidences of Resistance
Is the Disease Resistance Here an Hereditary Character?
FOOTNOTES:
EVENING SESSION
Sanitarium Gymnasium, at 8:00 P.M.
NOTES ON THE HICKORIES
Robert T. Morris, M. D., New York City, N. Y.
THE NUTRITIVE VALUE OF NUTS
F. A. Cajorie, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
End of Tuesday Evening Session
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1919, 10:00 A.M.
President W. C. Reed in the Chair
NUT TREES AND BUSHES IN LANDSCAPE WORK
O. C. Simonds, Chicago, Illinois
Black Walnuts
Butternuts
Hickories
The Beech
Hazelnuts
The Oaks
Chestnuts
Horse Chestnuts and Buckeyes
NUT CULTURE IN MICHIGAN
C. A. Reed, Washington, D. C.
Almond
The Beech
Butternut
Chestnut
Hickory
Pecan
Black Walnut
The Japanese Walnut
Persian Walnut
The Filbert
NUT TREES FOR HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC PLACES
William S. Linton, Saginaw, Michigan
LEGISLATION REGARDING THE PLANTING OF NUT AND OTHER FOOD PRODUCING TREES
Senator Harvey A. Penney, Saginaw, Michigan
STATE OF MICHIGAN
THE SOY BEAN
Dr. J. H. Kellogg, Battle Creek, Michigan
JUDGING NUTS
Willard G. Bixby, Baldwin, Nassau Co., N. Y.
Black Walnuts—Weight
Black Walnuts—Thinness of Shell
Black Walnuts—Cracking Quality
Black Walnuts—Proportion of Kernel
FOOTNOTE:
BUSINESS SESSION
President W. C. Reed in the Chair
Report of the Nominating Committee
THE 1919 NUT CONTEST
Willard G. Bixby, Baldwin, Nassau Co., N. Y.
HICKORIES—128 ENTRIES
HICKORIES
HICKORIES
BLACK WALNUTS—51 ENTRIES
BLACK WALNUTS
PERSIAN WALNUTS
BUTTERNUTS, JAPAN WALNUTS, AND HYBRIDS—33 ENTRIES
BUTTERNUTS
JAPAN WALNUTS
PECANS—13 VARIETIES
PECANS
STANDARD SOUTHERN VARIETIES
HAZELS—6 ENTRIES
HAZELS
PERSIAN WALNUTS—5 ENTRIES
OBSERVATIONS