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  Mr. 
  Lake: 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  an 
  admirable 
  thing. 
  

   The 
  Chairman: 
  Yes, 
  it 
  would 
  advertise 
  the 
  organization 
  

   extensively 
  and 
  be 
  a 
  constructive 
  step 
  in 
  agriculture. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage, 
  have 
  you 
  any 
  report 
  from 
  the 
  Committee 
  

   on 
  Incorporation 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  That 
  is 
  a 
  matter 
  that 
  will 
  require 
  consider- 
  

   able 
  thought 
  and 
  attention. 
  It 
  will 
  require 
  attention 
  from 
  several 
  

   standpoints, 
  as 
  for 
  example 
  under 
  what 
  laws 
  we 
  might 
  wish 
  to 
  

   incorporate, 
  so 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  committee 
  will 
  reserve 
  its 
  report 
  to 
  

   make 
  to 
  the 
  Executive 
  Committee 
  at 
  some 
  later 
  meeting. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  We 
  have 
  no 
  other 
  business, 
  I 
  believe, 
  and 
  

   will 
  now 
  retire 
  to 
  the 
  hall 
  where 
  we 
  will 
  have 
  the 
  lantern 
  slide 
  

   exhibition. 
  The 
  morning 
  session 
  closes 
  the 
  meeting 
  and 
  we 
  are 
  

   to 
  meet 
  at 
  two 
  o'clock 
  at 
  the 
  Monument 
  and 
  from 
  there 
  go 
  

   out 
  to 
  see 
  certain 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity. 
  Mr. 
  Rush 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Jones 
  

   are 
  to 
  show 
  us 
  these 
  and 
  their 
  two 
  nurseries. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lake: 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  offer 
  as 
  a 
  resolution, 
  that 
  the 
  

   secretary 
  be 
  instructed 
  to 
  make 
  arrangements 
  with 
  the 
  pub- 
  

   lishers 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Fruit 
  and 
  Nut 
  Journal 
  for 
  the 
  distribu- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  one 
  copy 
  to 
  each 
  member 
  as 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  his 
  membership 
  

   fee. 
  The 
  secretary 
  will 
  then 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  members 
  in 
  

   his 
  published 
  notices 
  without 
  special 
  printers' 
  troubles 
  of 
  his 
  

   own, 
  and 
  the 
  members 
  will 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  get 
  some 
  live 
  matter 
  right 
  

   along. 
  

  

  The 
  motion 
  was 
  seconded 
  and 
  adopted, 
  after 
  which 
  the 
  exec- 
  

   utive 
  session 
  closed 
  and 
  the 
  members 
  adjourned 
  in 
  a 
  body 
  to 
  

   the 
  Scenic 
  Theatre, 
  where 
  the 
  regular 
  program 
  was 
  resumed 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  We 
  will 
  have 
  Mr. 
  Rush's 
  paper 
  first. 
  

  

  THE 
  PERSIAN 
  WALNUT, 
  ITS 
  DISASTER 
  AND 
  LESSONS 
  

  

  FOR 
  1912 
  

  

  J. 
  G. 
  Rush, 
  Pennsylvania 
  

  

  The 
  year 
  just 
  closing 
  has 
  been 
  full 
  of 
  disasters 
  both 
  on 
  land 
  

   and 
  sea, 
  though 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  wish 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  understood 
  that 
  I 
  am 
  

   inclined 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  pessimist 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  these 
  occurrences. 
  

  

  I 
  wish 
  to 
  speak 
  of 
  a 
  disaster 
  which 
  overtook 
  the 
  walnut 
  in- 
  

   dustry 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  states. 
  Early 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  we 
  had 
  an 
  

   arctic 
  cold 
  wave 
  which 
  put 
  the 
  thermometer 
  from 
  23 
  to 
  33 
  

  

  