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  The 
  following 
  figures 
  are 
  brought 
  up 
  to 
  date 
  of 
  going 
  to 
  press. 
  

  

  Our 
  membership 
  has 
  nearly 
  doubled 
  since 
  the 
  last 
  report 
  was 
  issued, 
  in- 
  

   creasing 
  from 
  60 
  to 
  113. 
  We 
  have 
  lost 
  1 
  member 
  by 
  death 
  and 
  2 
  by 
  resignation. 
  

   Our 
  present 
  membership 
  standing 
  at 
  110.. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  members 
  in 
  27 
  states, 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  Columbia, 
  Panama, 
  and 
  

   Canada. 
  New 
  York 
  heads 
  the 
  list 
  with 
  37 
  members 
  and 
  Pennsylvania 
  comes 
  

   next 
  with 
  12. 
  

  

  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMITTEE 
  ON 
  RESOLUTIONS 
  

   Read 
  by 
  Professor 
  Smith 
  

   RESOLVED: 
  

  

  1. 
  That 
  we 
  extend 
  our 
  thanks 
  to 
  the 
  Mayor 
  and 
  citizens 
  

   of 
  Lancaster 
  for 
  the 
  welcome 
  and 
  entertainment 
  they 
  have 
  af- 
  

   forded 
  us 
  while 
  here 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  excellent 
  auditorium 
  they 
  have 
  

   placed 
  at 
  our 
  disposal. 
  

  

  2. 
  That 
  we 
  extend 
  our 
  thanks 
  to 
  Messrs. 
  Rush 
  and 
  Jones 
  

   and 
  their 
  entertainment 
  committee. 
  

  

  3. 
  That 
  we 
  extend 
  our 
  thanks 
  to 
  the 
  Pennsylvania 
  Chest- 
  

   nut 
  Tree 
  Blight 
  Commission 
  for 
  the 
  attendance 
  of 
  their 
  repre- 
  

   sentatives. 
  We 
  note 
  with 
  keen 
  interest 
  their 
  expressions 
  of 
  

   hope 
  for 
  the 
  control 
  of 
  this 
  cyclopean 
  menace. 
  

  

  4. 
  That 
  we 
  express 
  our 
  deep 
  appreciation 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  

   interest 
  and 
  valuable 
  services 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Morris, 
  the 
  retiring 
  Pres- 
  

   ident, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Deming, 
  the 
  Secretary 
  and 
  Treasurer, 
  two 
  officers 
  

   to 
  whose 
  untiring 
  efforts 
  this 
  Association 
  is 
  largely 
  due. 
  

  

  5. 
  That 
  we 
  express 
  the 
  thanks 
  of 
  the 
  Association 
  to 
  those 
  

   members 
  and 
  others 
  who 
  have 
  enriched 
  this 
  meeting 
  by 
  their 
  

   interesting 
  exhibits. 
  

  

  6. 
  That 
  the 
  following 
  letter 
  be 
  sent 
  from 
  this 
  Association 
  

   to 
  the, 
  — 
  

  

  Secretary 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  

  

  Persons 
  in 
  authority 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  

  

  Industry, 
  

   The 
  Presidents 
  of 
  Agricultural 
  Colleges, 
  

   The 
  Directors 
  of 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Stations, 
  

   And 
  leading 
  Teachers 
  in 
  Agriculture 
  Colleges. 
  

  

  The 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers' 
  Association, 
  by 
  resolution 
  

   passed 
  at 
  its 
  third 
  annual 
  meeting, 
  held 
  at 
  Lancaster, 
  Pa., 
  in 
  

   December 
  1912, 
  calls 
  your 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  importance 
  of, 
  and 
  

   need 
  for, 
  the 
  breeding 
  of 
  new 
  types 
  of 
  crop 
  yielding 
  trees. 
  We 
  

   now 
  have 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  a 
  new, 
  but 
  as 
  yet 
  little 
  developed, 
  

   agriculture 
  which 
  may 
  (A) 
  nearly 
  double 
  our 
  food 
  supply 
  and 
  

  

  