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fifty cents, or so? I suppose the value of that tree would be about 

 a dollar, grown, packed and delivered. Suppose we made it twenty- 

 five, thirty-five or fifty cents, something to cover the cost of pack- 

 ing ? Would that not make it 



Mr. Jones: (Interrupting.) We don't want anything for 

 packing. 



Mr. O'Connor: Mr. President, If you make a bonus of that 

 kind, which is very generous of Mr. Jones, I think it would be appre- 

 ciated by some, but others would say, " Well, a thing which you get 

 for nothing isn't worth much." This gentleman behind me here 

 says, " Make it cost a little something, which would make it more 

 attractive." How about putting the membership up a little, so as to 

 cover the cost of mailing. 



Mr. Jones : I would say that the association was giving these 

 trees because it wants them tried out for new varieties. 



Mr. Snyder: The fact that our association offers these trees 

 ought to be enough to establish their value. A new member would 

 appreciate receiving something in this way. The largest horticul- 

 tural society in our country is the Minnesota Horticultural Society. 

 They have followed the practice for years of giving to each new 

 member a tree of some kind, scions or plants of new fruits, and it 

 has been a great success in building up their society. I doubt not 

 that it will be here. 



Mr. Spencer : I'm heart and soul in favor of the movement 

 for better nut trees. I'm tired of having trees planted that produce 

 nothing but litter, and for the small boy to keep breaking all the time 

 instead of going fishing. As I said the other day through the com- 

 mittee on trees of the Bird and Tree Club of Decatur we have 

 placed in that city a hundred and fourteen nut trees. I believe that I 

 can go to the different purchasers and say that this association is 

 anxious to increase the knowledge of the people as to the value of 

 nut orchards and nut trees for food and shade and I can get them to 

 become members. When those subscriptions are sent in send the 

 names to Mr. Jones and have all the trees put in a little package and 

 sent to me. Then I can deliver them and Mr. Jones will only have 

 one package to do up. 



I believe by a little effort among our friends a great deal of 

 good can be accomplished. For instance I stated here that I was 

 going to buy a subscription to the American Nut Journal and send it 

 to the Maitland County Farm Bureau. Likewise, I hope I can get 

 the Board of Education or the Public Library, which purchased 

 twenty-eight different trees to put in the library grounds, to sub- 

 scribe for the Nut Journal and take out membership. It won't be 

 very hard, I should say, to get fifty or sixty new members in Deca- 

 tur without going out and making myself a regular canvassing agent. 

 I have got a great many friends there and I know that upon my rep- 

 resentation they would be very glad to take out a membership and 

 get a tree. Anybody can go and plant a Carolina poplar or a soft 



