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  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  quarter 
  year 
  immediately 
  following 
  date 
  of 
  joining. 
  This 
  would 
  

   ^ive 
  every 
  member 
  a 
  full 
  year 
  at 
  least 
  before 
  he 
  would 
  again 
  receive 
  a 
  notice 
  

   for 
  dues. 
  

  

  It 
  would 
  be 
  quite 
  inconvenient 
  to 
  date 
  each 
  membership 
  from 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  

   joining. 
  It 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  so 
  bad 
  if 
  members 
  paid 
  promptly 
  on 
  receipt 
  of 
  notice. 
  

  

  Or 
  a 
  rebate 
  might 
  be 
  made 
  for 
  each 
  month 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  elapsed 
  before 
  new 
  mem- 
  

   bers' 
  dues 
  were 
  paid. 
  

  

  Meetings 
  

  

  No 
  field 
  meeting 
  was 
  held 
  this 
  year. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  suggested, 
  and 
  would 
  seem 
  

   to 
  be 
  a 
  favorable 
  subject 
  for 
  discussion, 
  that 
  it 
  might 
  be 
  weU 
  to 
  hold 
  our 
  annual 
  

   meeting 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  in 
  some 
  central 
  location, 
  such 
  as 
  New 
  York 
  City, 
  Phila- 
  

   delphia 
  or 
  Washington, 
  for 
  om- 
  business 
  and 
  formal 
  program 
  of 
  papers 
  and 
  dis- 
  

   cussions, 
  and 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  nuts 
  sent 
  in, 
  perhaps 
  for 
  judging 
  any 
  competition 
  

   that 
  might 
  be 
  held, 
  if 
  the 
  meeting 
  were 
  late 
  enough 
  for 
  that; 
  and 
  a 
  summer 
  meet- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  informal 
  nature 
  at 
  some 
  place 
  where 
  nut 
  trees 
  with 
  their 
  crops 
  growing 
  could 
  

   be 
  studied. 
  

  

  Nut 
  Journal 
  

  

  Our 
  official 
  organ, 
  the 
  American 
  Nut 
  Journal, 
  has 
  done 
  its 
  part 
  well 
  through 
  the 
  

   past 
  year 
  and 
  is 
  becoming, 
  as 
  it 
  should, 
  a 
  very 
  important 
  element 
  in 
  the 
  success 
  

   of 
  the 
  purposes 
  of 
  this 
  Association. 
  Most 
  new 
  and 
  old 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Associa- 
  

   tion 
  have 
  availed 
  themselves 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  of 
  the 
  offer 
  of 
  membership 
  and 
  the 
  

   Journal 
  for 
  $2.50. 
  In 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  reduction 
  of 
  25 
  cents 
  on 
  each 
  membership, 
  the 
  

   receipts 
  for 
  dues 
  have 
  increased 
  from 
  $273 
  to 
  $331. 
  I 
  would 
  suggest 
  that 
  the 
  

   membership 
  fee 
  be 
  still 
  further 
  reduced 
  by 
  25 
  cents, 
  when 
  combined 
  with 
  subscrip- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  the 
  Journal, 
  if 
  the 
  editor 
  is 
  willing 
  to 
  continue 
  the 
  present 
  arrangement 
  

   •whereby 
  the 
  price 
  of 
  the 
  Journal 
  is 
  reduced 
  to 
  75 
  cents 
  when 
  subscribed 
  to 
  with 
  

   membership, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  two 
  together 
  will 
  cost 
  $2.25. 
  Another 
  year 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  

   possible 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  similar 
  reduction. 
  The 
  object 
  toward 
  which 
  we 
  ought 
  to 
  

   work 
  is 
  membership 
  for 
  $1, 
  and 
  membership 
  with 
  the 
  Journal 
  $2. 
  I 
  should 
  

   like 
  to 
  hear 
  the 
  opinions 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  advisability 
  of 
  working 
  to 
  

   reduce 
  our 
  dues 
  to 
  $1 
  annually. 
  

  

  How 
  Members 
  May 
  Help 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  risk 
  of 
  monotony 
  I 
  will 
  repeat 
  my 
  concluding 
  remarks 
  of 
  last 
  year 
  and 
  

   ask 
  that 
  each 
  member 
  help 
  increase 
  the 
  prosperity 
  and 
  usefulness 
  of 
  the 
  Asso- 
  

   ciation 
  by 
  enlisting 
  new 
  members, 
  by 
  advertising 
  his 
  business 
  in 
  the 
  annual 
  re- 
  

   port, 
  and 
  by 
  paying 
  his 
  dues 
  promptly. 
  The 
  secretary 
  would 
  much 
  rather 
  

   spend 
  his 
  time 
  answering 
  questions 
  and 
  imparting 
  such 
  information 
  as 
  Ues 
  in 
  his 
  

   power, 
  than 
  to 
  have 
  to 
  send 
  repeated 
  notices 
  to 
  members 
  in 
  arrears 
  for 
  dues. 
  

  

  The 
  secretary 
  will 
  be 
  happy 
  at 
  all 
  times 
  to 
  learn 
  of 
  the 
  plans 
  and 
  progress 
  of 
  

   the 
  members. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  You 
  have 
  heard 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  secretary. 
  

   There 
  are 
  two 
  things 
  to 
  be 
  done 
  with 
  it. 
  It 
  is, 
  as 
  you 
  will 
  notice, 
  

   first 
  a 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  year's 
  business 
  and, 
  second, 
  it 
  has 
  certain 
  sug- 
  

   gestions 
  for 
  your 
  consideration. 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  as 
  a 
  business 
  report 
  

   we 
  can 
  discuss 
  and 
  move 
  its 
  adoption, 
  amendment 
  or 
  rejection. 
  

   After 
  that 
  we 
  may 
  take 
  up 
  the 
  suggestions. 
  

  

  [Adoption 
  moved, 
  seconded 
  and 
  carried.] 
  

  

  