CONTENTS 



Officei's, Directors and Committees 3 



State Vice-Presidents 4 



List of Members 5 



Constitution 12 



By-Laws 14 



Proceedings of the Sixteenth AnnuaFConvention 15 



Nut Growing at Frunut Gardens — Judge W. O. Potter.... 15 



Roadside Planting — Wm. S. Linton 21 



The Environmental Requirements of Nut Trees — Dr. Geo. 



D. Moore 27 



The Farthest North in U. S. Nut Culture— Z. H. Ellis 28 



Nut Growing in Missouri — Prof. T. J. Talbert 32 



Diseases of Nut Crops in the Northern United States — 



Dr. H. W. Anderson 38 



Topworking Hickory Trees for the Beginner — Dr. W. C. 



Deming 46 



Abstracts from papers as follows: 



Some Methods of Arousing Public Interest in Nut 



Growing — H. D. Spencer 52 



Tree Surgery and Food Production — F. A. Bartlett... 53 

 Nut Growing on the Pacific Coast — Geo. W. Pierce. ... 54 

 The Supreme Value of Nuts as Human Food — Dr. 



John Harvey Kellogg 55 



The Nut Flora of Canada — J. A. Neilson 57 



Sub Soil Crops and the Food Supply for Tomorrow's Na- 

 tion— Dr. Robert T. Morris 68 



Nut Growing in Southern Indiana — J. F. Wilkinson 74 



Growing Nuts in Illinois for Pleasure and Profit — A. S. 



Colby 77 



The Pecan Industry in the South— J. M. Patterson 89 



The First Year at the Keystone Pecan Research Labor- 

 atory— E. G. Hess 93 



Nut Growing East of the Alleghenies — T. P. Littlepage . . . 105 

 Some Insects Attacking Nut Trees in Illinois — W. F. Flint. 108 



Discussion in Regard to Hickory Girdler 114 



Reading of Letter from Dr. W. A. Taylor 118 



Notes on Nut Tree Plantings at the E. j^. Riehl Farm 119 



Treasurer's Report 122 



Appendix — Business Meetings, Resolutions, etc 123-126 



