Table of Contents
Officers and Committees 3
State Vice Presidents 4
List of Members 5
Constitution 21
By-Laws 22
Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh Annual Convention 23
Address of Welcome—Dr. J. H. Gourley 23
Response—John E. Cannaday, M.D. 24
Address of Retiring President—Carl Weschcke 24
Report of Secretary—Mildred M. Jones 25
Report of the Treasurer—D. C. Snyder 26
Aims and Aspirations of the Ohio Nut Growers—A. A. Bungart 27
Notes on the Annual Meeting 31
Nut Growing Under Semi-Arid Conditions—A. G. Hirschi 32
Weather Conditions versus Nut Tree Crops—J. F. Wilkinson 37
Nut Tree Notes from Southwestern Ohio—Harry R. Weber 39
Black Walnut Nursery Studies—Stuart B. Chase 40
My Experiments, Gambles and Failures—John Davidson 42
Nut Trees in Wildlife Conservation—Floyd B. Chapman 45
Commercial Aspects of Nut Crops as far North as St. Paul,
Minnesota—Carl Weschcke 48
The 1946 Status of Chinese Chestnut Growing in the Eastern
United States—Clarence A. Reed 51
Bearing Record of the Hemming Chinese Chestnut Orchard—E. Sam
Hemming 58
Walnut Notes—G. H. Corsan 60
Self-fruitfulness in the Winkler Hazel—Dr. A. S. Colby 60
Hickories and Other Nuts in Northwestern Illinois—A. B. Anthony 61
Nut Trees for Ohio Pastures—Dr. Oliver D. Diller 62
How Hardy Are Oriental Chestnuts and Hybrids?—Russell B.
Clapper and G. F. Gravatt 64
Growing Chestnuts for Timber—Jesse D. Diller 66
Improved Methods of Storing Chestnuts—H. L. Crane and J. W. McKay 71
Essential Elements in Tree Nutrition—W. F. Wischusen 73
Nut Tree Propagation as a Hobby for a Chemist—Dr. E. M. Shelton 83
Notes on Propagation and Transplanting in Western
Tennessee—J. C. McDaniel 87
Propagating Nut Trees Under Glass—Stephen Bernath 90
The Economic, Ecological and Horticultural Aspects of
Intercropping Nut Plantings—Dr. F. L. O'Rourke 91
Nut Work at the Mahoning County Experiment Farm, Canfield,
Ohio—L. Walter Sherman 93
The Ohio Black Walnut Contest of 1946 96
1946 Iowa Black Walnut Contest 98
Grafting Methods Adapted to Nut Trees—H. F. Stoke 99
Beginnings in Walnut Grafting—C. C. Lounsberry 103
Forest Background—John Davidson 106
Graft the Persian Walnut High in Michigan—Gilbert Becker 111
Pecan Growing in Western Illinois—R. B. Best 112
Random Notes from Eastern New York—Gilbert L. Smith 114
Yield and Nut Quality of the Common Black Walnut in the
Tennessee Valley—Thomas G. Zarger 118
The 1946 Field Tour—C. A. Reed 124
Report of Resolutions Committee 126
Obituary—Gourley, Bixby 126
Letters to the Secretary; Notes; Extracts 128
List of Exhibits 133
Attendance 134