PROCEEDINGS AT THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION
Washington D. C. October 7 and 8 1920
The Association was called to order at 10 a. m. Thursday October 7th by the President, Hon. William S. Linton, of Saginaw, Michigan, in the auditorium of the New National Museum.
The President: It has been something of an effort for me to reach here at ten o'clock in order to meet the obligations of the program as it was only a few days ago that I was in lower California very near the Pacific Ocean in old Mexico. As I turned about to come back toward the East the thought came into my mind that I must be in Washington D. C. at the annual meeting of the Northern Nut Growers Association at ten o'clock on Thursday morning October 7. Traveling over three thousand miles I was fortunate enough to get here just two minutes before the ten o'clock hour so the connections you will see were close. The paper that your president is to present comes at a later place on the program so we will proceed with the business session at once. The first thing on the program is the report of the Secretary and Treasurer.
| RECEIPTS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 1,1919 to Dec.31,1919 | Jan. 1,1920 to Sep.30,1920 | Total | Balance | |
| Balance on hand date of last report, Dec. 1, 1919: Special hickory prize $25.00, Life membership $25.00, For regular expenses $106.53 | $156.53 | |||
| From annual members including joint subscription to the American Nut Journal | $ 25.25 | $368.10 | $393.35 | |
| From annual members including joint subscription to the American Nut Journal | $ 25.25 | $368.10 9.00 25.00 | $393.35 9.00 25.00 | |
| Reports Contributions for prizes: Contribution for special hickory prize Bulletin No. 5 | 25.00 57.60 | 25.00 57.60 | ||
| —— | —— | —— | ||
| $ 25.25 | $484.70 | $509.95 | 509.95 | |
| —— | ||||
| $666.48 | ||||
| EXPENDITURES | ||||
| American Nut Journal, their portion of joint subscriptions | $ 22.00 | $ 98.00 | $120.00 | |
| 1919 Convention | 8.75 | 137.68 | 146.43 | |
| Printing Bulletin No. 5 | 63.50 | 63.50 | ||
| Clasp envelopes for Bulletin No. 5 and for reports | 30.20 | 30.20 | ||
| Stationery, printing and supplies | 116.45 | 116.45 | ||
| Postage, express, etc. | 46.04 | 46.04 | ||
| Prizes 1919 contest (not all sent out before Oct. 1) | 13.00 | 13.00 | ||
| Special hickory prize Eugene J. Clark, Ludlow, Mass. | 25.00 | 25.00 | ||
| Advertising 1920 Nut Contest (not all paid before Oct. 1) | 30.60 | 30.60 | ||
| Advertising 1920 Nut Contest (not all paid before Oct. 1) | 30.60 | 30.60 | ||
| —— | —— | —— | ||
| $ 30.75 | $560.47 | $591.22 | 591.22 | |
| $ 30.75 | $560.47 | $591.22 | ||
| Balance on hand Oct. 1, 1920 | 591.22 | |||
| Special hickory prize | 25.00 | |||
| Life membership | 25.00 | |||
| For regular expenses | 25.26 | |||
| —— | ||||
| $666.48 | ||||
Verified by
C. P. CLOSE,
C. A. REED,
Auditing Committee.
The above are records of receipts and expenditures for 10 months and are about 82% of those for the period covered by the previous report, 2 years 3 months. There has been an earnest attempt to carry on the work of the Secretary-Treasurer in a more aggressive manner than before. A bulletin aiming to give up to date information on nut growing, Bulletin No. 5, has been issued and has gone well. While it has been sold, no attempt has been made to make money on it but simply to make it pay its way and apparently it is going to do that and assist in spreading information about the work of the Association.
Sixty-six new members have joined the Association since the date of the last meeting, making 476 since organization, of which we have 199, and of whom 277 have dropped out. A few former members have joined since the date of the last report which apparently accounts for the strange fact that increase in membership (128 to 199) is greater than the number of new members.