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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.

NORTHERN

NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION

REPORT

OF THE PROCEEDINGS AT 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