﻿The 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers 
  Association 
  

  

  SECOND 
  ANNUAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  THURSDAY, 
  DECEMBER 
  14, 
  1911, 
  10 
  A. 
  M. 
  

  

  Room 
  191, 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  College 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  

  

  Ithaca, 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  The 
  meeting 
  is 
  called 
  to 
  order 
  and 
  I 
  will 
  first 
  

   ask 
  Professor 
  Craig 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  few 
  remarks 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  College 
  

   Director 
  and 
  the 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  University. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig: 
  It 
  is 
  my 
  privilege 
  and 
  pleasure 
  to 
  welcome 
  the 
  

   representatives 
  of 
  the 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers' 
  Association 
  in 
  this, 
  their 
  

   second 
  annual 
  meeting, 
  to 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  College 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

   I 
  regret 
  exceedingly 
  that 
  Director 
  Bailey, 
  who 
  has 
  been 
  avoiding 
  out 
  of 
  

   state 
  engagements 
  this 
  winter 
  quite 
  generally, 
  made 
  one 
  about 
  two 
  

   months 
  ago 
  for 
  this 
  day, 
  about 
  a 
  thousand 
  miles 
  away, 
  which 
  makes 
  it 
  

   absolutely 
  impossible 
  for 
  him 
  to 
  be 
  with 
  us. 
  He 
  regretted 
  this 
  very 
  

   much, 
  and 
  asked 
  me 
  particularly 
  to 
  impress 
  upon 
  you 
  the 
  idea 
  that 
  he 
  

   was 
  most 
  anxious 
  that 
  this 
  Association 
  should 
  meet 
  here, 
  and 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  

   facilities 
  of 
  the 
  College 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  should 
  be 
  placed 
  at 
  your 
  dis- 
  

   posal, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  making 
  your 
  meeting 
  as 
  profitable 
  and 
  as 
  

   pleasant 
  as 
  possible. 
  

  

  President 
  Schurman, 
  whose 
  time 
  at 
  this 
  period 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  is 
  much 
  

   monopolized 
  and 
  who 
  is 
  by 
  previous 
  engagements 
  occupied 
  very 
  com- 
  

   pletely 
  this 
  morning, 
  has 
  asked 
  me 
  to 
  say 
  to 
  you 
  that 
  he 
  hoped 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  

   to 
  come 
  over 
  and 
  join 
  us 
  informally 
  some 
  time 
  during 
  the 
  afternoon. 
  I 
  

   wish 
  then 
  to 
  impress 
  the 
  thought 
  that, 
  although 
  ,. 
  the 
  official 
  representa- 
  

   tives 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  and 
  College 
  are 
  not 
  with 
  us, 
  they 
  have 
  not 
  for- 
  

   gotten 
  this 
  meeting. 
  As 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Executive 
  Committee, 
  in 
  

   charge 
  of 
  the 
  sessions, 
  I 
  have 
  made 
  up 
  a 
  tentative 
  program 
  for 
  this 
  

   morning 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  starting 
  the 
  meeting 
  off 
  ; 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  Presi- 
  

   dent 
  will 
  undoubtedly 
  tell 
  you 
  later 
  on, 
  this 
  program 
  is 
  subject 
  to 
  re- 
  

   vision 
  and 
  change 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  convenience 
  of 
  the 
  members. 
  It 
  is 
  

   proposed 
  to 
  occupy 
  this 
  morning 
  with 
  regular 
  program 
  subjects, 
  and 
  

   it 
  has 
  been 
  suggested 
  that 
  this 
  afternoon 
  we 
  take 
  a 
  couple 
  of 
  hours' 
  

   leisure 
  which 
  we 
  may 
  use 
  in 
  examining 
  the 
  exhibits 
  or 
  in 
  viewing 
  the 
  

   University, 
  if 
  you 
  care 
  to 
  consider 
  that 
  an 
  exhibit 
  worth 
  while. 
  It 
  will 
  

   be 
  our 
  pleasure 
  to 
  furnish 
  guides 
  for 
  those 
  who 
  desire 
  to 
  make 
  an 
  excur- 
  

   sion 
  around 
  and 
  through 
  the 
  University 
  buildings. 
  

  

  