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  and 
  the 
  desirability 
  of 
  finding 
  and 
  propagating 
  our 
  best 
  nut 
  trees. 
  He 
  also 
  offered 
  

   three 
  prizes 
  of 
  $5 
  each 
  for 
  a 
  nut 
  contest 
  and 
  did 
  the 
  work 
  necessary 
  to 
  get 
  pubUcity 
  

   for 
  this 
  contest. 
  He 
  sent 
  letters 
  to 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  horticultural 
  societies 
  of 
  

   Pennsylvania, 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  Virginia, 
  Maryland, 
  and 
  Ohio 
  which 
  resulted 
  in 
  our 
  

   getting 
  24 
  new 
  members, 
  mostly 
  from 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  Pennsylvania. 
  Twenty-five 
  

   dollars 
  of 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  this 
  circularizing 
  the 
  president 
  paid 
  out 
  of 
  his 
  own 
  pocket. 
  

   The 
  rest 
  was 
  more 
  than 
  made 
  up 
  by 
  the 
  fees 
  of 
  new 
  members. 
  The 
  president 
  also 
  

   had 
  printed 
  an 
  educational 
  leaflet 
  on 
  nut 
  growing 
  for 
  distribution 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Cobb 
  

   with 
  the 
  nut 
  trees 
  which 
  he 
  sends 
  to 
  the 
  schools 
  and 
  farmers 
  of 
  Michigan. 
  With 
  

   Professor 
  Close 
  he 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  finance 
  committee 
  which 
  sent 
  a 
  circular 
  letter 
  to 
  

   the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Association 
  for 
  funds 
  to 
  help 
  pay 
  for 
  the 
  printing 
  of 
  the 
  annual 
  

   report, 
  and 
  obtained 
  advertisements 
  for 
  the 
  report. 
  As 
  stated 
  in 
  the 
  treasurer's 
  

   report 
  contributions 
  for 
  this 
  purpose 
  amounted 
  to 
  $42.50 
  and 
  advertisements 
  

   brought 
  in 
  $42.00. 
  

  

  Prizes 
  

  

  The 
  Association 
  offered 
  last 
  year 
  prizes 
  of 
  $5 
  each 
  for 
  the 
  best 
  shagbark 
  hick- 
  

   ory 
  nut, 
  black 
  walnut 
  and 
  hazel 
  nut 
  sent 
  in. 
  

  

  Something 
  over 
  a 
  hundred 
  specimens 
  were 
  received 
  and 
  the 
  prize 
  for 
  hickory 
  

   nut 
  was 
  awarded 
  to 
  J. 
  K. 
  Triplett 
  of 
  Elkins, 
  W. 
  Va. 
  The 
  prize 
  for 
  black 
  wahiut 
  

   was 
  awarded 
  to 
  J. 
  G. 
  Rush 
  of 
  West 
  Willow, 
  Pa. 
  Mr. 
  Rush 
  retm-ned 
  his 
  prize 
  

   to 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  purposes 
  of 
  the 
  Association. 
  No 
  prize 
  for 
  hazels 
  was 
  awarded 
  

   as 
  only 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  insignificant 
  specimens 
  were 
  sent 
  in. 
  

  

  Perhaps 
  the 
  stimulation 
  of 
  this 
  contest 
  accounts 
  for 
  our 
  being 
  able 
  to 
  offer 
  such 
  

   substantial 
  prizes 
  for 
  this 
  year. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  $80 
  worth 
  of 
  prizes 
  already 
  

   announced 
  the 
  secretary 
  has 
  received 
  from 
  a 
  life 
  member, 
  James 
  H. 
  Bowditch 
  

   of 
  Boston, 
  a 
  check 
  for 
  $25 
  as 
  a 
  prize 
  to 
  be 
  offered 
  by 
  the 
  Association 
  for 
  a 
  hickory 
  

   nut 
  under 
  such 
  conditions 
  as 
  the 
  Association 
  may 
  decide. 
  A 
  circidar 
  announcing 
  

   these 
  prizes 
  has 
  been 
  sent 
  out 
  to 
  agricultural 
  and 
  other 
  papers 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   200, 
  the 
  expenses 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  borne 
  by 
  another 
  member, 
  Mr. 
  Chas. 
  H. 
  

   Plump 
  of 
  Connecticut. 
  A 
  committee 
  on 
  competitions 
  should 
  be 
  appointed 
  or 
  

   the 
  direction 
  of 
  them 
  delegated 
  to 
  some 
  already 
  existent 
  committee. 
  

  

  Membership 
  

  

  Seventy-four 
  members 
  were 
  added 
  during 
  the 
  interval 
  between 
  this 
  meeting 
  

   and 
  the 
  last, 
  one 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  Since 
  its 
  organization 
  287 
  per- 
  

   sons 
  have 
  joined 
  the 
  Association. 
  We 
  have 
  at 
  present 
  153 
  paid 
  up 
  members, 
  21 
  

   more 
  than 
  last 
  year. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  members 
  whose 
  dues 
  are 
  unpaid 
  who 
  are 
  

   active 
  workers 
  and 
  will 
  eventually 
  pay, 
  probably. 
  

  

  Four 
  members 
  have 
  resigned, 
  though 
  none 
  in 
  anger, 
  and 
  we 
  have 
  lost 
  one 
  by 
  

   death, 
  the 
  late 
  Prof. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Van 
  Deman. 
  

  

  Annual 
  Dues 
  

  

  Some 
  way 
  should 
  be 
  found 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  difficulties 
  arising 
  from 
  the 
  dissatisfac- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  members 
  who 
  join 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  when 
  they 
  receive 
  a 
  notice 
  for 
  dues 
  soon 
  

   after 
  having 
  once 
  paid. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  desirable 
  to 
  take 
  in 
  members 
  at 
  all 
  times 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  

   time 
  some 
  method 
  should 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  late 
  comer 
  something 
  for 
  his 
  

   money. 
  Shall 
  membership 
  continue 
  to 
  date 
  from 
  the 
  calendar 
  year? 
  Or 
  shall 
  

   we 
  make 
  some 
  change? 
  Some 
  societies 
  date 
  memberships 
  from 
  the 
  opening 
  of 
  the 
  

   annual 
  meeting. 
  It 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  impossible 
  to 
  make 
  memberships 
  date 
  from 
  the 
  

  

  