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  of 
  the 
  Association 
  212 
  persons 
  have 
  become 
  members. 
  We 
  have 
  now 
  132 
  paid-up 
  

   members. 
  I 
  feel 
  certain 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  have 
  not 
  paid 
  up 
  do 
  not 
  desire 
  to 
  

   sever 
  their 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  Association. 
  .There 
  have 
  been 
  but 
  three 
  resigna- 
  

   tions, 
  one 
  of 
  whom 
  gave 
  as 
  his 
  reason 
  "persistent 
  knocking 
  by 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  

   Association 
  of 
  pecan 
  promotions 
  in 
  the 
  South." 
  No 
  death 
  among 
  our 
  members 
  

   have 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  secretary's 
  knowledge. 
  

  

  Many 
  new 
  members 
  came 
  in 
  at 
  the 
  Washington 
  meeting. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  others 
  

   joined 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  publicity 
  given 
  the 
  Association 
  by 
  several 
  articles 
  from 
  

   the 
  pen 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  which 
  appeared 
  in 
  various 
  pubhcations. 
  A 
  still 
  

   larger 
  number 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  attracted 
  by 
  the 
  offer 
  which 
  the 
  secretary 
  took 
  upon 
  

   himself 
  to 
  make, 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  first 
  reports 
  as 
  a 
  premium 
  for 
  new 
  members 
  on 
  the 
  

   payment 
  simply 
  of 
  the 
  postage 
  for 
  forwarding 
  them. 
  This 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  secretary 
  

   was 
  generally 
  approved 
  by 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  executive 
  committee, 
  though 
  there 
  

   was 
  some 
  criticism 
  from 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Association. 
  But 
  it 
  seemed 
  

   to 
  the 
  secretary 
  better 
  to 
  make 
  this 
  attraction 
  for 
  new 
  members, 
  and 
  to 
  get 
  out 
  

   the 
  reports 
  where 
  they 
  might 
  do 
  some 
  good, 
  rather 
  than 
  to 
  have 
  so 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  

   sagging 
  the 
  beams 
  in 
  his 
  attic. 
  The 
  secretary 
  would 
  suggest 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  future 
  

   he 
  be 
  authorized 
  to 
  offer 
  a 
  complete 
  set 
  of 
  the 
  reports 
  to 
  all 
  new 
  life 
  members, 
  and 
  

   to 
  other 
  new 
  members 
  the 
  opportunity 
  to 
  buy 
  the 
  back 
  reports 
  at 
  a 
  reduced 
  sum, 
  

   say 
  50 
  cents, 
  or 
  even 
  25 
  cents 
  each. 
  This 
  would 
  give 
  a 
  little 
  income 
  toward 
  the 
  

   expenses 
  of 
  the 
  Association. 
  The 
  copies 
  of 
  our 
  reports 
  are 
  assets 
  and 
  should 
  be 
  

   reaUzed 
  on. 
  

  

  The 
  field 
  meeting 
  held 
  at 
  the 
  farm 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Robert 
  T. 
  Morris 
  at 
  Stamford, 
  Con- 
  

   necticut, 
  on 
  August 
  4 
  was 
  well 
  attended 
  and 
  was 
  instructive 
  and 
  enjoyable. 
  A 
  

   full 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  meeting 
  will 
  appear 
  in 
  the 
  American 
  Nut 
  Journal. 
  

  

  The 
  recent 
  estabhshment 
  of 
  this 
  journal, 
  partly 
  tlirough 
  the 
  efforts 
  of 
  members 
  

   of 
  the 
  Association, 
  is 
  a 
  cause 
  for 
  congratulation. 
  We 
  have 
  once 
  more 
  a 
  high 
  class 
  

   and 
  attractive 
  monthly 
  periodical 
  in 
  which 
  to 
  exchange 
  experiences 
  and 
  by 
  which 
  

   the 
  public 
  may 
  be 
  reached. 
  Every 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Association 
  should 
  feel 
  a 
  per- 
  

   sonal 
  interest 
  in 
  making 
  this 
  journal 
  a 
  success 
  and 
  should 
  seek 
  the 
  opportunity 
  

   to 
  send 
  to 
  the 
  editor 
  any 
  items 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  nut 
  growers. 
  Anything 
  relating 
  to 
  

   his 
  subject 
  is 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  the 
  enthusiast. 
  The 
  more 
  personal 
  such 
  a 
  journal 
  is 
  

   made 
  the 
  better. 
  It 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  monopolized 
  by 
  the 
  so-called 
  experts. 
  Every- 
  

   one 
  interested 
  in 
  nut 
  growing 
  ought 
  to 
  feel 
  it 
  a 
  duty, 
  and 
  consider 
  it 
  a 
  privilege, 
  

   to 
  communicate 
  scraps 
  of 
  information, 
  little 
  suggestions 
  and, 
  above 
  all, 
  questions 
  

   and 
  requests 
  for 
  information 
  and 
  advice. 
  Even 
  a 
  little 
  controversy 
  would 
  add 
  

   spice. 
  Too 
  much 
  harmony 
  becomes 
  insipid. 
  This 
  journal 
  is 
  as 
  much 
  for 
  scrap- 
  

   pers 
  as 
  for 
  the 
  men 
  of 
  peace. 
  And, 
  let 
  me 
  quickly 
  add, 
  the 
  women 
  too, 
  suffragists, 
  

   suffragettes, 
  and 
  antis 
  and 
  those 
  who 
  don't 
  care. 
  Twelve 
  women 
  are 
  members 
  

   of 
  the 
  Association 
  and 
  women 
  are 
  going 
  to 
  take 
  a 
  large 
  share 
  in 
  nut 
  growing 
  and 
  

   find 
  in 
  it 
  a 
  profitable 
  and 
  interesting 
  occupation. 
  

  

  Arrangements 
  are 
  being 
  made 
  with 
  the 
  publishers 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Nut 
  Journal 
  

   whereby 
  membership 
  in 
  our 
  Association 
  may 
  include 
  subscription 
  to 
  the 
  Journal 
  

   at 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  membership. 
  If 
  we 
  can 
  offer 
  membership 
  

   and 
  the 
  Journal 
  for 
  $2.50 
  in 
  advance 
  and 
  the 
  back 
  reports 
  for 
  50 
  cents 
  apiece, 
  or 
  

   the 
  three 
  reports 
  for 
  $1, 
  and 
  send 
  notice 
  of 
  this 
  to 
  our 
  list 
  of 
  about 
  a 
  thousand 
  

   correspondents, 
  we 
  ought 
  to 
  increase 
  considerably 
  our 
  membership 
  and 
  do 
  good 
  

   to 
  the 
  world. 
  

  

  Our 
  rule 
  that 
  membership 
  shall 
  begin 
  with 
  the 
  calendar 
  year 
  always 
  gives 
  rise 
  

   to 
  some 
  misunderstanding. 
  Those 
  who 
  come 
  in 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  annual 
  meeting, 
  

  

  