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  direct 
  shall 
  be 
  elected, 
  but 
  that 
  takes 
  a 
  long 
  time 
  and 
  I 
  move 
  that 
  

   the 
  chair 
  appoint 
  these 
  different 
  committees. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  Do 
  I 
  hear 
  a 
  second 
  to 
  that 
  motion? 
  

  

  A 
  Member: 
  I 
  second 
  the 
  motion. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  moved 
  and 
  seconded 
  that 
  the 
  

   rules 
  requiring 
  that 
  these 
  committees 
  be 
  elected 
  be 
  suspended, 
  and 
  

   the 
  chair 
  be 
  authorized 
  to 
  appoint 
  the 
  different 
  committees. 
  The 
  

   chair 
  holds 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  take 
  three 
  fourths 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  present 
  to 
  

   suspend 
  the 
  rules. 
  Is 
  there 
  any 
  discussion 
  about 
  this? 
  

  

  Members: 
  We 
  are 
  ready 
  for 
  the 
  question. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  All 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  the 
  motion 
  made 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Deming, 
  

   make 
  it 
  known 
  by 
  saying 
  aye. 
  

  

  [Vote 
  taken.] 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  Those 
  opposed, 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  sign. 
  

  

  [None.] 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  The 
  motion 
  is 
  carried 
  that 
  the 
  chair 
  appoint 
  

   the 
  different 
  committees, 
  and 
  they 
  will 
  be 
  announced 
  at 
  the 
  proper 
  

   time. 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  thing 
  on 
  the 
  program 
  is 
  a 
  paper 
  by 
  the 
  President. 
  I 
  

   will 
  ask 
  Dr. 
  Morris 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  chair 
  w^hile 
  I 
  read 
  what 
  I 
  have 
  to 
  say. 
  

  

  STATUS 
  AND 
  POSSIBILITIES 
  OF 
  NUT 
  CULTURE 
  IN 
  THE 
  

  

  NORTH 
  

  

  T. 
  P. 
  Littlepage, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

  

  The 
  purpose 
  of 
  the 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers 
  Association 
  is 
  to 
  stim- 
  

   ulate 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  nuts 
  in 
  the 
  North. 
  We 
  distinguish 
  the 
  North 
  

   from 
  the 
  South 
  in 
  this 
  regard 
  not 
  because 
  we 
  feel 
  any 
  less 
  interest 
  

   in 
  the 
  nut 
  industry 
  in 
  the 
  South. 
  The 
  man 
  who 
  once 
  becomes 
  a 
  nut 
  

   enthusiast 
  is 
  no 
  respecter 
  of 
  Mason's 
  and 
  Dixon's 
  Line 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  

   line 
  that 
  separates 
  him 
  from 
  an 
  interesting 
  nut 
  tree 
  or 
  from 
  a 
  sec- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  which 
  nuts 
  may 
  be 
  successfully 
  grown. 
  His 
  local 
  interest, 
  

   however, 
  will 
  naturally 
  be 
  around 
  his 
  own 
  dooryard 
  and 
  neighbor- 
  

   hood. 
  So 
  we 
  speak 
  of 
  northern 
  nut 
  culture 
  and 
  northern 
  nut 
  trees 
  

   because 
  we 
  live 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  and 
  because 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  that 
  needs 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  the 
  most 
  intelligent 
  

   direction. 
  The 
  South 
  has 
  been 
  forging 
  ahead 
  for 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   years 
  in 
  this 
  field. 
  In 
  fact, 
  pecan 
  culture 
  promises 
  to 
  become 
  second 
  

   only 
  to 
  the 
  cotton 
  industry 
  in 
  many 
  sections 
  of 
  that 
  'country 
  and 
  

   interest 
  in 
  its 
  possibilities 
  has 
  attracted 
  to 
  it 
  many 
  conscientious, 
  

   able 
  and 
  prominent 
  horticulturists 
  who 
  are 
  today 
  engaged 
  in 
  pecan 
  

  

  