June 3li. 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



819 



SEED TRADE 



SEED TRADE CONVENTION. 

 The American Seed Trade Associa- 

 tion and tlie Wliolesale Grass Seed 

 Dealers' Association convened tiieir 

 annual meetings at Detroit, Micb., dur- 

 ing the week of June 18th, with head- 

 quarters at Hotel Ponchartrain and 

 the largest attendance on record. The 

 address by President Kirby B. White 

 of the American Seed Trade Associa- 

 tion appeared in our issue of last 

 week. Secretary-Treasurer C. E. Ken- 

 del presented the following financial 

 report: 



Treasurer's Report. 



RECEIPTS. 



Balance on band, reported June, 



1916 $1,386.73 



Initiation fees 500.00 



Dues for the year 2,865.00 



Contributions 100.00 



Interest fund 58.72 



$4,910.45 

 EXPENDITURES. 



Stengrapher's services $120.50 



Secretary's salary 400.00 



Counsel's retainer 1,625.00 



Counsel's fees and expenses 682.21 



Retiring President's expenses 50.00 



Legislative Committee expenses... 25.66 



Initiation fees returned 25.00 



League dues 25.00 



Printing annual report 276.85 



Other printing 48.75 



Cuts for report 3.85 



Stamps and stationery 45.00 



Badges 46.75 



Incidentals 8.74 



Total $3,383.31 



Balance on band 1,527.14 



$4,910.45 



Seed Trade Association officers 

 were elected as follows: President, 

 F. W. Bolgiano, Washington, D. C; 1st 

 vice-president, W. G. Scarlett, Balti- 

 more, Md,; 2nd vice-president, David 

 Burpee, Philadelphia; secretary -treas- 

 urer, C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O.; as- 

 sistant secretary-treasurer, cum privi- 

 legio, Kirby B. White, Detroit, Mich.; 

 Counsel. Curtis Nye Smith, Boston, 

 Mass. 



The records showed a membership 

 strength of 196, this including three 

 honorary memberships. 



Many vital topics came up for dis- 



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cussion and adjustment, some of 

 which were the consideration of trade 

 rules, the submission of controversies 

 of seedsmen to a committee of arbitra- 

 tion, the adoption of a resolution call- 

 ing for the procurement of reliable 

 crop reports of vegetable seeds, cur- 

 rent prices and the dissemination of 

 such information to members through 

 the official bulletins of the association. 



One of the most satisfactory things 

 done at the convention from the point 

 of view of every member was the 

 adoption of resolutions by both asso- 

 ciations advising the President of the 

 United States and the Secretary of 

 Agriculture that the Associations ten- 

 dered the government their heartiest 

 support in the present war emergency 

 in the way of men and means, and 

 that the seed trade as a class did not 

 ask for exemption from military duty 

 if called upon. 



The social features were extraordi- 

 narily interesting and pleasant. D. M. 

 Ferry & Company certainly gave the 

 seed trade an entertainment such as 

 rarely if ever been given at any of 

 the conventions. The entertainment 

 consisted of receptions at the homes 

 of Len Bowen, president of D. M. Fer- 

 ry & Co., and Capt. Ferry, treasurer of 

 D. M. Ferry & Co.; a boat ride on the 

 lake with a splendid banquet on board, 

 music, addresses and ample opportuni- 

 ty for members of the seed trade to 

 visit with each other. Another form 

 of entertainment was an automobile 

 ride around the city and its suburbs. 

 The last day of the convention was 

 taken up by a visit of the association 

 to the seed trial farms of D. M. Ferry 

 & Co., at Oakview, twenty-two miles 

 from Detroit. Special cars were pro- 

 vided. A unique basket lunch with all 

 the "trimmings," music, fancy danc- 

 ing by artists, and other specialties 

 were thoroughly enjoyed. Automobiles 

 were at the disposal of members to go 

 all over the seven-hundred-acre farm; 

 in fact everything was done for the 

 entertainment and interest of the 

 guests. All the arrangements for this 

 day were under the charge of Theo- 

 dore Cobb, representative of D. M. 

 Ferrv & Co. 



The Wholesale Grass Seed Dealers 

 re-elected their former officers, viz: 

 President, A. E. Reynolds, Crawfords- 

 ville, Ind.; vice-president, C. C. Mas- 

 sie, Minneapolis, Minn.; secretary- 

 treasurer, Wm. R. Jossman, Detroit, 

 Mich.; counsel, Curtis Nye Smith, Bos- 

 ton. 



The Caughey-Jossman Company en- 

 tertained the members of the Whole- 

 sale Grass Seed Dealers' Association 

 one evening at Lakeside Inn with a 

 dinner and a trolley car ride in a very 

 happy manner. The event was de- 

 lightful and enjoyed to the limit. An 

 invitation was extended to meet at 

 Louisville, Ky., next year. 



F. W. BOLGIANO. 

 P. W. Bolgiano, president-elect of the 

 American Seed Trade Association 

 started in business at the age of 17 

 as a florist at Waverly, Baltimore, Co., 

 Md After two years he entered the 

 establishment of J. Bolgiano & Son 

 Baltimore, Md.. where he remained 

 five years He then opened a business 

 place in Washington, D. C, where he 

 conducted a retail seed and florist 

 business, numbering among nis pa- 

 trons at various times, three Vice- 



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