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gested that the Crop Protection Institute ought to be broadened so that 

 manufacturers interested in this Hne could participate. 



On motion of Mr. E. D. Ball it was voted to amend the recommenda- 

 tion endorsing the Crop Protection Institute by placing the association 

 on record as in favor of an expansion of its field. 



By vote of the association, the report was adopted. 



Secretary Burgess stated that he had been authorized to borrow 

 $1500 to complete the financing of Index No. II. Seven hundred and 

 fifty dollars of this amount had been secured by $25 loans from members 

 of the association and $.300 should be raised by such loans at the 

 meeting in order to take care of the printing bill when it came due. 

 He requested members who were willing to make such loans to do so 

 during the meeting. 



(One hundred dollars in loans was secured before the meeting ad- 

 journed.) 



He also stated that he had received a number of suggestions in regard 

 to eliminating the discussions published in the annual report of the meet- 

 ing and a proposal to discontinue the practise of having a stenographer's 

 report, in order to save expenses. A further saving might result from 

 discontinuing the publication of the list of officers, meetings, and mem- 

 bers in the February number of the Journal. 



Mr. E. p. Felt called attention to an editorial in the December 

 number of the Journal which probably had not been read by most of 

 the members, relative to the difficulty in publishing short papers and 

 articles that might be submitted by members during the year. Owing 

 to the large number of papers, some of which are rather long, that are 

 submitted at the annual meeting, it was impossible during the past 

 year to publish short papers. 



A study of the average length of papers published in the Journal 

 shows that they approximate six pages. If short articles are to be 

 published by members who cannot attend the meeting, some regulation 

 in regard to the length of papers is necessary. 



A general discussion followed and it was voted that the maximum 

 length of contributions in the Journal this year shall not exceed 

 six pages of printed matter; that no papers be published in the Journal 

 while other avenues of publication are available, and that papers which 

 are likely to be pubHshed in a year, be submitted only in abstract form. 



It was also suggested that a great deal of discussion at the business 

 sessions be eliminated from the Journal. 



The final business was transacted Friday afternoon, December 31st. 



President Wilmon Newell: The first report is that of the auditing 

 committee : 



