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The Florists' Review 



JUifB 22, 1916. 



Seed Trade News 



AHEBICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 



President. John M. Lapton, Mattituck, L. I.; 

 Secretary-Treasurer, C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O. 



THE SEED TRADE CONVENTION. 



In Session at Chicago. 



The goodly attendance, numbering 

 over 100, at the opening of the thirty- 

 fourth annual convention of the Amer- 

 ican Seed Trade Association wafe no- 

 table as being highly representative. 

 From Marblehead, Mass., to San Fran- 

 cisco, Cal., and from the gulf to Mani- 

 toba they foregathered in the Hotel 

 Sherman, Chicago, June 20. It is a 

 business convention and no time was 

 spent on preliminaries. The meeting 

 was called to order by President Lup- 

 ton, who introduced J. C. Vaughan, of 

 Chicago. Mr. Vaughan delivered an 

 address of welcome which was received 

 with enthusiasm. The president then 

 called on F. W. Bolgiano, of Washing- 

 ton, the second vice-president. Mr. 

 Bolgiano addressed himself primarily to 

 the Chicago seedsmen. In his opening 

 remarks he said: "The last time we 

 were here you almost blew us away with 

 your winds — now we get the cold shoul- 

 der from your climate." 



Following Mr. Bolgiano 's talk the 

 president read his address to the asso- 

 ciation. The reading was accorded the 

 closest attention and on motion a com- 

 mittee consisting of J. C. Vaughan, of 

 Chicago; S. F. Willard, Wether sfield. 

 Conn.; C. C. Massie, Minneapolis, 

 Minn., and H. M. Earl, Philadelphia, 

 was appointed to consider the recom- 

 mendations embodied in the president's 

 address. 



J. C. Robinson, of Waterloo, Neb., 

 was nominated by F. W. Bolgiano to 

 fill the vacancy in the membership 

 committee caused by the death of Al- 

 bert McCullough. Mr. Robinson tried 

 to pass the nomination to S. F. Willard, 

 but the latter refused to accept it, and 

 on motion the rules were suspended and 

 •Secretary Kendel cast a ballot electing 

 Mr. Robinson. Then followed the re- 

 port of the secretary-treasurer. Acting 

 on the suggestion of the secretary, the 

 president appointed the following to act 

 as an auditing committee: S. F, Leon- 

 ard, of Chicago; W. S. Woodruff, of 

 Orange, Conn., and Burnet Landretb, 

 Jr., of Bristol, Pa. 



In the absence of W. F. Therkildson, 

 chairman of the committee on postal 

 laws, E. C. Dungan, of Philadelphia, re- 

 ported on work done by that committee 

 during the year. 



The Disclaimer. 



By an almost unanimous vote it was 

 decided to support thii usp of the dis- 

 claimer as urged in the president's ad- 

 dress. The use of any modification of 

 the established form, as 5>anctif>ned by 

 the associatjou, was strongly discoun- 

 tenanced. 



Besolntlons Adopted. 



A resolution was adopted supporting 

 all reasonable seed legislation, but in- 

 sisting that such legislation shall be 

 both workable and universally appli- 

 cable, considering neither the merchant 

 nor the producing farmer as above the 

 law. 



John M. Lupton. 

 (President American Seed Trade Association.) 



A resolution expressed the members' 

 satisfaction with the gain made by the 

 cental system during the year and 

 recommended it for universal use. 



Action was taken to retain Curtis 

 Nye Smith, of Boston, Mass., as coun- 

 sel for the association. 



The Association's Year. 



C. E. Kendel, secretary and treasurer, 

 reported on the business year as fol- 

 lows: 



RECEIPTS. 



Previous balance $1,096.15 



From annual dues 2,595.00 



From initiation fees 22."(.00 



Interest at banks 39.12 



Total $3,955.27 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



Stenographer's services $ 200.00 



Secretary's salary 400.00 



Attorney's retainer 1,375.0<) 



Expense of legislative committee 152..'50 



Dues and assessments Wholesale Seeds- 

 men's League 40.00 



Printing annual report 221. BO 



Other printing and cuts 40. T."! 



Badges 42.75 



President's incidentals 50.00 



Secretary's incidentals 9.63 



Stamps and stationery 36.31 



Total expenditures 2,568.54 



Balance in bank 1,386.73 



Total 3,955.27 



New Members. 



The following were elected to mem- 

 bership: 



Haven Seed Co., Santa Ana, Cal. 

 Condron Bros., Rockford, 111. 

 Martin C. Ribsam, Trenton, N. J. 

 Zach Davis Co., Delaware, O. 

 M. J. Yopp Seed Co., Paducah, Ky. 

 Black Seed Co., Albert L.ea, Minn. 

 A. A. Talbott. Keokuk, la. 



Social Features. 



While the men were wrestling with 

 great problems during the afternoon of 



June 21, the ladies were invited by the 

 Chicago seedsmen for an automobile 

 ride. The route taken was along the 

 north shore, with a stop at the Moraine 

 hotel in Highland Park for tea. 



The president's reception on the 

 evening of June 20 was a most enjoy- 

 able affair. 



The annual banquet was held at the 

 Sherman during the evening of June 21. 



Com in the Northwest. 



A. K. Bush, of Northrup, King & Co., 

 Minneapolis, presented a paper discus- 

 sing the evolution of corn growing in 

 the northwest. "The pioneers of fifty 

 years ago found in the great northwest 

 only the small eared, eight to twelve 

 row Flint corns," said Mr. Bush. "The 

 Dent corns for the north were intro- 

 duced in the early seventies. Pride of 

 the North, a variety which is still 

 standard, was originated by H. G. God- 

 dard, of Fort Atkinson, la. In 1876 

 Mr. Goddard sold his crop of seed corn 

 to the Hiram Sibley Seed Co., of Chi- 

 cago, this company giving it its name. 

 This has formed the foundation stock 

 for a g^eat many of the present north- 

 ern corns. 



"The first White Dent corn grown in 

 the north was introduced by Northrup, 

 Braslan, Goodwin Co. in 1888. From 

 this variety has .been bred a consid- 

 erable number of White Dent strains 

 for northern growing. 



"Statistics of 1879 show the area 

 devoted to corn in Minnesota, North 

 and South Dakota, and Montana as a 

 trifle over a half million acres. In less 

 than thirty-five years the acreage in 

 these four states has been increased 

 more than ten fold." 



