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  mend 
  would 
  be 
  a 
  very 
  valuable 
  thing 
  as 
  a 
  guide 
  for 
  nut 
  growers 
  here 
  

   in 
  the 
  Northeast. 
  The 
  National 
  Nut 
  Growers' 
  Association 
  has 
  a 
  score 
  

   card 
  for 
  pecans, 
  and 
  a 
  score 
  card 
  has 
  been 
  recommended 
  by 
  the 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  sure 
  that 
  score 
  cards 
  have 
  been 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  for 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  hickories, 
  and 
  our 
  northern 
  

   types. 
  I 
  think 
  Mr. 
  Lake 
  's 
  suggestion 
  is' 
  entirely 
  in 
  order 
  and 
  well 
  

   worthy 
  of 
  consideration. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  It 
  appeals 
  to 
  me 
  at 
  once. 
  I 
  think 
  we 
  would 
  put 
  

   Mr. 
  Lake 
  and 
  Professor 
  Craig 
  on 
  a 
  score 
  card 
  committee. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig 
  : 
  I 
  think 
  a 
  score 
  card 
  can 
  be 
  presented, 
  subject 
  to 
  

   revision, 
  which 
  will 
  answer 
  the 
  present 
  demand. 
  

  

  FRIDAY 
  MORNING, 
  DECEMBER 
  15, 
  1911. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  The 
  meeting 
  is 
  called 
  to 
  order. 
  The 
  Secretary 
  

   will 
  read 
  the 
  proposed 
  amendments 
  to 
  the 
  constitution. 
  I 
  believe 
  there 
  

   is 
  no 
  provision 
  in 
  the 
  by-laws 
  for 
  making 
  such 
  amendment. 
  I 
  don't 
  

   know 
  what 
  the 
  customary 
  rule 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  matter. 
  I 
  presume 
  we 
  could 
  

   submit 
  it 
  to 
  a 
  vote. 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Deming: 
  Under 
  the 
  heading 
  "Committees," 
  the 
  following 
  

   is 
  proposed 
  : 
  ' 
  ' 
  The 
  Association 
  shall 
  appoint 
  standing 
  committees 
  of 
  

   three 
  members 
  each 
  to 
  consider 
  and 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  following 
  topics 
  at 
  

   each 
  annual 
  meeting 
  : 
  first, 
  on 
  promising 
  seedlings 
  ; 
  second, 
  on 
  nomen- 
  

   clature 
  ; 
  third, 
  on 
  hybrids 
  ; 
  fourth, 
  on 
  membership 
  ; 
  fifth, 
  on 
  press 
  and 
  

   publication." 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig: 
  I 
  move 
  the 
  adoption 
  of 
  this 
  amendment 
  to 
  our 
  

   constitution. 
  (Seconded. 
  Carried.) 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Deming: 
  Under 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  "Meetings," 
  the 
  amendment 
  

   is 
  as 
  follows: 
  "The 
  Association 
  shall 
  hold 
  an 
  annual 
  meeting, 
  to 
  be 
  

   held 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  and 
  place 
  to 
  be 
  selected 
  by 
  the 
  Executive 
  Committee." 
  

   Professor 
  Lake: 
  Some 
  way 
  or 
  another, 
  I 
  feel 
  that 
  I 
  oppose 
  that 
  

   attitude. 
  I 
  believe 
  a 
  delegate 
  will 
  often 
  go 
  to 
  a 
  convention 
  with 
  the 
  

   idea 
  of 
  presenting 
  views 
  upon 
  holding 
  it 
  at 
  some 
  specific 
  place. 
  It 
  

   seems 
  to 
  me 
  we 
  ought 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  annual 
  meeting 
  an 
  opportunity 
  to 
  

   designate 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  meeting. 
  Some 
  people 
  say 
  they 
  will 
  pack 
  a 
  con- 
  

   vention. 
  If 
  they 
  are 
  sufficiently 
  enthusiastic 
  to 
  pack 
  a 
  convention 
  they 
  

   are 
  entitled 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  meeting. 
  I 
  have 
  heard 
  an 
  expression 
  from 
  one 
  

   or 
  two 
  members 
  that 
  they 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  see 
  it 
  at 
  a 
  certain 
  place. 
  It 
  is 
  

   true 
  they 
  can 
  present 
  their 
  views 
  to 
  the 
  Executive 
  Committee, 
  but 
  if 
  

   the 
  Executive 
  Committee 
  is 
  not 
  present 
  at 
  this 
  place, 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  for 
  

   them 
  to 
  make 
  another 
  trip, 
  or 
  appeal 
  to 
  them 
  by 
  correspondence. 
  I 
  

   would 
  like 
  to 
  have 
  that 
  put 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  way 
  that 
  the 
  annual 
  meeting 
  might 
  

   select 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  meeting. 
  

  

  