June, '17] BUSINESS PROCEEDINGS 307 



REPORT OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE 



For chairman G. P. Weldon 



For vice-chairman H.J. Quayle 



For secretary-treasurer E. O. Essig 



H. E. Burke, 



R. W. DOANE, 



Nominating Committee. 



REPORT OF THE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE 



The membership committee approved of the following applications for member- 

 ship with the recommendation that they be submitted to the regular membership 

 committee of the association for final action: 



Day, L. H., Hollister, Cal. Penny, Donald D., Berkeley, Cal. 



Ferris, G. F., Stanford University, Cal. Severin, Henry H. P., Berkeley, Cal. 

 Freeborn, Stanley B., Berkeley, Cal. Vickery, R. K., Saratoga, Cal. 



Gray, Geo. P., Berkeley, Cal. Wells, R. W., Bozeman, Mont. 



Henderson, W. W., Logan, Utah. Woodworth, H. E., Berkeley, Cal. 



Herbert, F. B., Los Gatos, Cal. 



By vote of the house the report of the nominating committee was 

 accepted and the secretary instructed to cast the ballot for the election 

 of the officers named. 



The report of the membership committee was accepted with the 

 instructions that the applications be referred to the general committee 

 as proposed. 



Upon motion of the house the meeting was adjourned. 



E. 0. Essig, 

 Secretary. 



PART II. PAPERS AND DISCUSSIONS 



Tt was impossible to report the discussions following the papers as 

 no official reporter was secured for this purpose and rather than give 

 a partial account, this part of the meetings has been omitted. 



Chairman A. W. Morrill: The first paper on the program is one 

 prepared by myself and is as follows : 



COTTON PESTS IN THE ARID AND SEMI-ARID SOUTHWEST 



By A. W. Morrill, Phoenix, Arizona 



During the past few years there has been a notable increase in 

 cotton production in the arid and semi-arid Southwest. This increase 

 is of interest inasmuch as it has tended to offset the losses morf 

 the Mexican boll weevil in the humid region of the cotton belt. It 

 is of further interest since in Arizona and to a small extent also 



