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Ocstlund, O. W., Minneapolis, Minn. 



Osborn, H. T., Wellington, Kan. 



Pinkus, Harry, Dallas, Tex. 



Tothill, J. D., Melrose Highlands, Mass. 



Winslow, R. M., Victoria, British Columbia, Can. 



Wolcott, G. N., Dallas, Tex. 



Two active and two associate members are in arrears for dues for three years. It 

 is recommended that the secretary notify them of their delinquencj', and if in three 

 months thereafter the dues have not been paid, that they be dropped from the roll. 



Charles W. Hargitt and C. V. Piper have voluntarily withdrawn during the past 



year. 



Respectfully submitted, 



H. E. Summers, 

 J. B. Smith, 

 A. r. Burgess, 

 Co7mnit(ee. 



By vote of the Association the report was accepted and the recom- 

 mendations adopted. 



Secretary Burgess: In regard to the report just presented I would 

 like to say that it would be of advantage to a great many of the younger 

 men in the Association if lists of their publications were filed with the 

 Membership Committee during the year, so that the committee would 

 have an opportunity to go over the lists and know what the members 

 are doing and be able to form a better judgment of their work. 



President Sanderson: We will next hear the report of the com- 

 mittee on affiliation of the Horticultura.1 Inspectors with this Asso- 

 ciation. 



Mr. Symons: I will simply report that progress has been made 

 looking toward affiliation with the Inspectors, but it will be necessary 

 to consider the matter at the Inspectors' meeting. 



President Sanderson: The report of the committee on the affilia- 

 tion of the societies interested in agricultural science will be considered. 



Mr. Headlee : Would it be out of place to ask for a statement of the 

 advantages of this affiliation? 



President Sanderson: Can Mr. Bruner inform us what the ad- . 

 vantages of affiliation to this Association will be? 



Mr. Bruner: I can not, because I can see no advantages. 



Mr. Herbert Osborn: I move that the matter be laid on the table 

 and the committee discharged. 



Mr. Symons: I should like to hear Doctor Smith say a few words 

 on this matter, not that I have any partisan views whatever, but I be- 

 lieve the idea was that affiliation of all these associations would be an 

 advantage to this Association, but from the standpoint of economy, 

 where we have to pay to become a member of this affiliation it does at 

 first sight seem an embarrassment to this Association. Those who at- 



