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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN 



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 \Vl8roii8iii, Milwaukee. Wis: 



Section 1 — Wedneiday, June 28. 10 

 A. M. 



Invocatiun by Kev. (,'. S. Harrison. 

 York. Ni'b. 



10.10 — Address ot Welcome — Mayor of 

 Milwaukee. 



10.35— Hespon.se — (5 minutes). John 

 Watson, Newark. N. J. 



10.40— Presidents Address— (30 min- 

 utes I. K. S. Weli-h. Presiden' 

 Slienanduuli. It. 



11.10 — Secretary's Report (15 min- 

 utes). John Hall. Secretary. 

 Rochester. N. Y. 



11.25— Treasurer's Report — (10 min- 

 utes). Peter Youngers. Treas- 

 urer, Geneva. Neb. 



Section 2 — The New Organization. 



11.35 — "A Greater American Associa- 

 tion of Nurserymen" — (20 min- 

 utes). J. R. Mayhew, Waxa- 

 hachie, Tex. 



11.55— "The Value of Membership In 

 the American Association of 

 Nurserymen" — (10 minutes). 

 Henry Chase. Chase, Ala. 



12.05 — "A Practical Business Meeting 

 of Business Nurserymen"^(10 

 minutes). W. H. Wyman. 

 North Abington, Mass. 



12.15 — Discussion — (20 minutes). John 

 Dayton, J. B. Pilklngton, E. H. 

 Baico, Theodore J. Smith. 



12.35 — Announcement by Entertain- 

 ment Committee: T. J. Fergu- 

 son, of Wauwatosa, Wis.. Chair- 

 man. 



12.45 — Adjournment. 



Afternoon, 145 P. M. Section 3 — 



Trade Matters. 

 Executive Session — (Closed doors, for 

 members only). 

 1.45 — Report of Legislative Commit- 

 tee — (30 minutes). East: Wm. 

 Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. West: 

 Peter Youngers, Geneva. Neb. 

 2.15 — "Review of Work of Counsel 

 for A. A. of N. During the Past 

 Year, and Recommendations for 

 the Future" — (20 minutes). Cur- 

 tis Nye Smith, Counsel. Boston, 

 Mass. 

 2.35 — Discussion— (25 minutes). Led 

 by Wm. Pitkin. Peter Youngers, 

 J. W. Hill, Orlando Harrison, 

 Thos. B. Meehan. F. H. Stan- 

 nard. H. D. Simpson. 

 3.00 — Transportation (Committee's Re- 

 port — (l.T minutes). Chas. Size- 

 more. Chairman. Louisiana, Mo. 

 3.15 — Discussions — (15 minutes). L. 

 A. Berckmans, .Tohn Dayton. W. 

 C. Reed, O. .Toe Howard. 

 3.30 — "Who Shall Receive Trade 

 Prices" — (10 minutes). .John 

 H. Dayton, Palnesville, O. 

 3.40 — Discussion — (20 minutes). V. 

 J. Ferguson, Wm. Pitkin, Guy 

 Bryant, Theodore J. Smith, R. 

 J. Baghy, E. S. Osborne and O. 

 W'. Fraser. 

 4.00 — "A Safe, Non-warranty Clause 

 for Nurserymen" — (10 min- 

 utes). Luther A. Breck. Lexing- 

 ton, Mass. 



Evening. 

 Iiuijurl.int I'lie Slate Vii i- I'lcsidilitH 

 meet at 7 P. M. Members from 

 each State are urged to consult 

 together and name their <-holce 

 for State Vice-President. 

 7.30 — Meeting of American Nursery- 

 men's I'roteitive .Xssociatlon. 

 Thomas B. Meehan, Secretary. 

 7.30 — Meeting of the Wholesale Nur- 

 serymen's Travelers' Protective 

 Association. 

 8.30 — Meeting of American Retail 

 Nurserymen's Protective Asso- 

 ciation. Guy A. Bryant, Secre- 

 tary. 

 Thursday, June 29, 10 A. M. Section 



A — Overproduction Problems. 

 E.\ecutive Session — (Closed doors, for 



members only). 

 10.(1(1— -statistics" — (10 minutes). John 



Watson, Newark, N. Y. 

 10.10— Discussion— (30 minutes). C. 

 M. Hobbs, Frederick L. Atkins, 

 J. Edward Moon, John P. Rice. 

 E. W. Chattin. 

 10.40— "Tarlff"—Rei)ort of Committee 

 — (10 minutes). Irving Rouse, 

 Chairman, Rochester. N. Y. 

 10.50 — "Are Higher Duties Desirable?" 

 — Discussion (30 minutes) by 

 George C. Perkins. John H. 

 Dayton. George C. Roeding, 

 Frank Weber. Tliomas B. Mee- 

 han. 

 Section 5 — Publicity, Open Session. 

 11.20 — "Fair Play Nursery Advertis- 

 ing" — (10 minutes). Frank B. 

 White, Managing Director Agri- 

 cultural Publishers Association. 

 Chicago, 111. 

 11.30 — "Cheaper, More Productive Ad- 

 vertising" — (10 minutes). E. 

 H. Favor, Managing Editor, 

 Fruit-Grower, St. Joseph, Mo. 

 11.40 — "Co-operative Nursery Pub- 

 licity" — (10 minutes). J. Hor- 

 ace McFarland, llarrisburg. Pa. 

 11.50— "Practicable Publicity Plans 

 for the A. A. of N." — (10 min- 

 utes). Jefferson Thomas, Jack- 

 sonville, Fla. 

 12.00— Discussion— (30 minutes). J. 

 R. Mayhew, Henry B. Chase. 

 W. H. Wyman, W. F. Bohlender, 

 Frederick L. Atkins, E. P. Ber- 

 nardin. 

 1 2.30 — Adjournment. 



Afternoon 1.30 P. M, Section 6 — Mis- 

 cellaneous — Election Officers. 



1.30 — "A Practical Cost System for 

 Nurserymen" — (20 minutes). 

 Hugo Kuechenmelster. Farm 

 Management Department of the 

 University of Wisconsin. 



1.50— Discussion — (30 minutes). C. 

 A. Krill, Kalamazoo, Mich.; C. 

 C. Mayhew, Sherman, Tex.; 

 Henry T. Moon, Morrisville. 

 Pa., C. J. Maloy, Rochester, N. 

 Y.; A. P. Meehan, Dresher. Pa. 



2.20 — "Proper and Uniform Bunching. 

 Packing and Handling of Nur- 

 sery Stock" — (10 minutes). 

 Herbert Chase, Delta, Colo. 



2.30 — Discussion — (20 minutes). D. 

 S. Lake, W'. T. Hood, Richmond. 

 Va., T. I. Igenfritz, W. J. Ma- 

 loney. 



:: :!0 "A Practical Members' Collec- 

 tion llureuu" — Curlls Nye SmItI 

 (followed by general discus- 

 sion). 



2.50 Reiiort of Stale Vice-Presidents. 

 Adjuurnnient. 



Evening 7 P. M. 

 Annual Dinner of the Wholesale Nur- 

 serymen's Travelers' Protective 



Association. 



Friday, June 30, 9.30 A. M. Section 

 7 — Inspection Matters. 



9.30— Executive Committee Recom- 

 mendations on Uniform Trade 

 Terms for Members of the 

 American Association of Nur- 

 serymen. Henry B. Chase, Mem- 

 bers of the Executive Commit- 

 tee. (10 minutes.) 



9.40— Discussion — (10 minutes). John 

 H. Dayton, Thos. B. Meehan, J. 

 W. Hill, H. D. Simpson, Milton 

 Moss. 



9.50 — "Danger Ahead"— (10 minutes). 

 Prof. J. G. Sanders, Entomolo- 

 gist and Chief Nursery Inspec- 

 tor, University of Wisconsin, 

 Madison, Wis. 

 10.00 — "White Pine Blister Rust-Quar- 

 antine" — (10 minutes). Prof. 

 F. L. Washburn, State Entomog- 

 ist, St. Anthony Park, .Minn. 

 10.10— Discussion— (30 minutes). Wm. 

 Pitkin, Thos. B. Meehan. Peter 

 Youngers, Theo. J. Smith, Cur- 

 tis Nye Smith, Prof. J. G. San- 

 ders, M. R. Cashman, Geo. A. 

 Marshall, Prof. E. Lee Wor- 

 sham. State Entomologist, At- 

 lanta, Ga. 



10.20 — Roport ot Arbitration Commit- 

 tee, W. C. Reed. Chairman. 



Section 8 — Miscellaneous. 



10.50 — Report ot Nomenclature Com- 

 mittee — (10 minutes). J. Hor- 

 ace McFarland, Chairman, and 

 Harlan P. Kelsey. 



11.00 — "Accepted Horticultural Names 

 — Will Arbitrarily Adopted 

 Names Supersede Those in 

 Common Use?" — (10 minutes). 

 Prof. L. H. Bailey, Ithaca, N. Y. 



11.10 — Discussion— (20 minutes). Prof. 

 E. R. Lake, John H. Dayton, D. 

 S. Lake, W. W. Hoopes. 



11.30 — Report ot Committee on Root 

 Gall — (10 minutes). E. A. 

 Smith. Lake City. Minn. 



11.40- Question Box — (20 minutes). 

 Led bv J. W. Hill, Des Moines, 

 la. 



12.00— Unfinished Business — Resolu- 

 tions — Adjournment. 



Entertainment. 



Mr. T. J. Ferguson, Wauwatosa, Is 

 in charge, but has not had a free lance 

 because the slogan is "Business First" 

 And yet. on Friday afternoon, an auto- 

 mobile trip over the Ideal rOads around 

 Milwaukee has been arranged through 

 the courtesy of the Good Roads Asso- 

 ciation of Milwaukee County and the 

 Merchants' and Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation. 



There will be opjiortunities for visit- 

 ing some of the mammoth local Indus- 



