REPORT OF THE TREASURER—AUG. 15, 1942 to SEPT. 1, 1943
| Receipts: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Memberships | $774.15 | |
| (Philip Allen $10.00) | ||
| (Exchange .15) | ||
| Sale of Reports | 102.85 | |
| Sale of Index | .75 | |
| Sale of Advertising (1941 Report) | 5.00 | |
| Carl Weschcke Contribution | 50.00 | |
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| $932.75 | $932.75 | |
| Disbursements: | ||
| Fruit Grower Subscriptions | 71.20 | |
| Printing and Mailing 1942 Report | 328.37 | |
| Reporting 1941 Convention | 32.50 | |
| Expense of President | None | |
| Expense of Secretary | 74.02 | |
| Expense of Treasurer | 26.38 | |
| Supplies and Miscellaneous | 26.71 | |
| ——— | ||
| $559.18 | $559.18 | |
| ——— | ———- | |
| Excess of Receipts over Expenditures | 373.57 | |
| Balance on Hand Aug. 15, 1942 | 216.05 | |
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| Balance on Hand Sept. 1, 1943 in North Linn Savings Bank | $589.62 | |
The Status of Nut Growing in 1943
SURVEY REPORT
John Davidson, Chairman of Committee
This survey of nut tree growing in the United States and Canada is a cross section of the industry and has been conducted through the membership of our Association. Questionnaires were submitted to all members, of whom a very satisfactory percentage responded with reports which usually were as complete as the age of the planted trees made possible. Our thanks are due to all who had the patience to reply to so searching a questionnaire. Their reward, we hope, will be increased by nuggets of information from others. The survey committee is indebted to the officers of the Association, to Mr. Slate particularly, who took care of the multigraphing and mailing drudgery, and to the experienced men who lent invaluable aid in formulating and revising the exhaustive and detailed questions.
The results are here set forth in three sections: Northern United States, Southern United States and Canadian. It is evident that trees which do well in the south may act very differently in the north; yet, to a certain and very important extent, the experience of the south has a bearing upon conditions in the north. For example, the pawpaw, though not a nut tree, has seemed to edge itself into the affections and interest of many nut tree men. It is in reality a tropical fruit which has adapted itself to northern latitudes. The pecan seems to be trying to do the same thing. Both illustrate a way of working that nature practices more or less with all species. By cross pollination and selection, human hands are having a part in speeding up this process of adaptation in pecans, Persian walnuts and other tender species. In fact, this is one of the jobs to which the Association is dedicated.
We wish here to pay tribute to the nurserymen of this Association. Most nurserymen are intelligent and honest but sometimes they have a tough time of it. Their worst competitor is a nurseryman who sells seedlings for named varieties, who advertises widely and prospers upon the work of others. When we think of the painstaking care of the honest nurseryman, of his days of drudgery, of the thousands of failed experimental trees and plants that he destroys, of the service he renders his fellows, we know that we should make slow progress without his help.