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tion and membership in the association. I suggest also that those who 

 can write for the magazines and the journals get up little articles for 

 the horticultural papers about nut culture. There can't be too many 

 of those in the periodicals. 



The President: Apropos of that suggestion, I believe Mr. 

 Tucker has something to say in regard to a special edition of the 

 Journal. Maybe Mr. Olcott would be good enough to make one of 

 his — 



Mr. Tucker: (Interrupting) To make one of his numbers a 

 convention number. 



The President: Yes; one of the numbers in the near future 

 devoted largely to the proceedings of this convention, that is, if he 

 could see his way clear to do it. 



Mr. Olcott: You mean in the matter of — 



The President: (Interrupting) Of this convention. Sort of 

 make it a northern nut growers issue. It is merely a suggestion, Mr. 

 Olcott. 



Mr. Olcott: Yes. 



The President : So that it is practically all about this conven- 

 tion of the Northern Nut Growers Association. 



Mr. Olcott: Yes. Well, it is rather difficult to do that, Mr. 

 President, to the exclusion of all other matter. Is that what you 

 mean? How are we going to take care of the news? It is not a 

 magazine of stories and fiction; it is a magazine of news, and the 

 news of the period between August 15th and September 15th, for 

 instance, will become stale if it is not used in the September 15th 

 issue and runs over until the October 15th issue. It is the American 

 Nut Journal. I think your idea can be carried out very fully by fea- 

 turing the convention as the main thing, but not to use every last 

 page for it. 



Mr. Tucker : No. My idea wasn't to give the whole maga- 

 zine up to that. But when you got up that magazine, to have the 

 northern nut growers convention stick right out. 



Mr. Olcott : Sure. 



The President : Wasn't it your idea to have some of the 

 pictures, too? 



Mr. Olcott: I see. 



Mr. Tucker : Yes ; run some of the pictures, and so forth. 



The President : Mr. Olcott, I am sure, is willing to give that 

 issue just as soon as we can get more members and more money. 



Mr. Olcott: We are carrying the nut journal on its sub- 

 scription list. There is no advertising to speak of in this pioneer 

 industry. The nut nurserymen do not advertise ; they should. Peo- 

 ple want to know where they can get nuts, butternuts and hickory 

 nuts. The people in the South who grow pecans are doing a com- 

 mercial business but they don't have to advertise ; they can't furnish 

 enough nuts to meet the demand. There is no occasion for them 

 to ask for customers ; the customers are flocking to their doors and 



