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The President: We will now take up the election of the commit- 

 tee to nominate officers for the ensuing year. 



Mr. Olcott: I nominate the following men as members of the 

 nominating committee: Harry R. Weber, Karl W. Green, Dr. W. C. 

 Deming, J. F. Jones and John W. Hershey. 



Mr. Spencer: I second the motion. 



The motion was carried. After a recess the committee reported 

 as follows: 



Mr. Weber: Mr. President, the nominating committee is ready 

 to rejjort. We nominate the following- 

 President — Willard G. Bixby, Baldwin, N. Y. 



Vice-President — Prof. J. A. Neilson, Vineland, Ontario, Canada. 



Secretary — Henry D. Spencer, Decatur, 111. 



Treasurer- — H. J. Hilliard, Sound View, Conn. 



Dr. DeMing: I move that the nominations be closed and the secre- 

 tary be instructed to cast one ballot for the nominees. 



Mr. Spencer: The secretary votes in favor of the officers nom- 

 inated by the committee. 



Dr. Deming. I wish to offer an amendment to the By-Laws. The 

 National Pecan Growers Association has accepted membership for 

 students and certain other individuals at $1.00. We have on our mem- 

 bership blank "Student membership $1.00," but I do not find on record, 

 or in the Constitution and By-Laws, any statement of this provision 

 for $1.00 membership. Prof. Colby, wlien he was Secretary, accepted 

 student membership. I wish to offer the following amendment: 



"Article 2. Annual membership for all county agents, includ- 

 ing home demonstration agents, for agricultural college and ex- 

 periment station officials and employees, state foresters and U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture officials, college and high school stu- 

 dents, boy scouts, girl scouts or camp fire girls shall be $1.00" 



The idea of this is not that we shall get many more memberships 

 that will be a source of profit to the association, but that we may gradu- 

 ally get some officials and young people whom especially we wish to 

 interest in nut growing. 



Mr. Reed: I would like to move the adoption of that amendment 

 with possibly the addition to that group of agricultural and horticultural 

 editors. These people drop into the meetings occasionally. We would 

 like to have them come oftener and feel that they are members. Prob- 



