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  or 
  between 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  do 
  not 
  like 
  to 
  pay 
  another 
  fee 
  along 
  in 
  

   January. 
  If 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  objection 
  the 
  secretary 
  will 
  hereafter 
  inform 
  each 
  appU- 
  

   cant 
  for 
  membership 
  that 
  membership 
  expires 
  with 
  the 
  calendar 
  year, 
  that 
  mem- 
  

   bership 
  may 
  be 
  taken 
  out 
  for 
  the 
  present 
  or 
  the 
  coming 
  year, 
  and 
  that 
  

   membership 
  entitles 
  necessarily 
  only 
  to 
  the 
  pubhcations 
  issued 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  

   for 
  which 
  membership 
  is 
  taken 
  out. 
  In 
  other 
  words 
  the 
  proceedings 
  of 
  this 
  meet- 
  

   ing 
  will 
  be 
  pubhshed 
  in 
  1915 
  and 
  members 
  for 
  1914 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  entitled 
  to 
  it 
  unless 
  

   paid 
  up 
  for 
  1915. 
  

  

  The 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  East 
  is 
  still 
  going 
  on 
  but 
  

   the 
  results 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  collated. 
  

  

  I 
  suggest 
  the 
  appointment 
  of 
  a 
  committee 
  to 
  revise 
  our 
  constitution 
  and 
  rules. 
  

   These 
  have 
  so 
  far 
  served 
  our 
  piu-pose 
  fairly 
  well 
  but, 
  in 
  the 
  opinion 
  of 
  the 
  secre- 
  

   tary, 
  they 
  DOW 
  need 
  modification 
  and 
  amphfication. 
  

  

  I 
  would 
  recall 
  to 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  our 
  present 
  rule 
  that 
  aU 
  papers 
  

   read 
  before 
  it 
  are 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  Association. 
  

  

  In 
  conclusion 
  the 
  secretary 
  would 
  Hke 
  to 
  ask 
  each 
  member 
  to 
  help 
  increase 
  the 
  

   prosperity 
  and 
  the 
  usefulness 
  of 
  the 
  Association 
  by 
  getting 
  new 
  members, 
  by 
  

   getting 
  advertisements 
  for 
  the 
  annual 
  report, 
  and 
  by 
  paying 
  his 
  annual 
  dues 
  

   promptly. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  waste 
  of 
  any 
  nut 
  grower's 
  time 
  to 
  have 
  to 
  dun 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  careless 
  

   people. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  The 
  chair 
  will 
  now 
  entertain 
  a 
  motion 
  to 
  

   approve 
  the 
  secretary's 
  report. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith: 
  The 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers 
  Association 
  

   has 
  been 
  very 
  fortunate 
  in 
  many 
  things 
  and 
  especially 
  in 
  its 
  selec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  a 
  secretary. 
  The 
  services 
  he 
  has 
  so 
  faithfully 
  rendered 
  are 
  

   very 
  much 
  appreciated 
  by 
  the 
  Association, 
  and 
  I 
  move 
  the 
  report 
  

   be 
  accepted. 
  

  

  [Seconded 
  and 
  carried. 
  Also 
  moved, 
  seconded 
  and 
  carried 
  that 
  

   the 
  secretary 
  be 
  authorized 
  to 
  sell 
  back 
  numbers 
  of 
  the 
  reports 
  at 
  

   a 
  reduced 
  price.] 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Van 
  Duzee: 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  a 
  most 
  important 
  

   thing 
  has 
  been 
  overlooked, 
  and 
  that 
  is 
  that 
  the 
  chair 
  should 
  appoint 
  

   a 
  committee 
  to 
  hft 
  the 
  load 
  of 
  financing 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Association 
  

   from 
  the 
  secretary's 
  shoulders. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  flattering 
  to 
  suggest 
  that 
  the 
  chair 
  

   is 
  competent 
  to 
  appoint 
  that 
  committee. 
  Do 
  you 
  make 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  

   form 
  of 
  a 
  motion, 
  Dr. 
  Van 
  Luzee? 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Van 
  Duzee: 
  Yes 
  sir, 
  I 
  make 
  that 
  as 
  a 
  motion. 
  

  

  [Seconded 
  and 
  carried.] 
  

  

  Professor 
  Close 
  read 
  the 
  following 
  report 
  on 
  score 
  cards 
  prepared 
  

   by 
  Prof. 
  E. 
  R. 
  Lake 
  of 
  the 
  committee. 
  

  

  