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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
MINUTES OF THE SECOND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE 
MISSISSIPPI NURSERYMEN’S ASSOCIATION 
Held at Gulfport, Mississippi, October 31, 1912 
The meeting was called to order at i :3o p. m. by President 
J. R. Woodham. The minutes of the 19 ii meeting at 
Meridian were read and adopted. The old officers were 
unanimously re-elected for another year. These officers are: 
J. R. Woodham, Newton, president; W. A. Woods, Tom- 
nolen, vice-president; and R. W. Hamed, Agricultural 
College, secretary-treasurer. 
The motion to make Professors A. B. McKay and R. W. 
Hamed honorary tuembers of this association was unan¬ 
imously passed. 
President Woodham gave the president’s annual address. 
Hon. Sam Dixon, chief nursery inspector of Texas, was 
present and gave us a most interesting talk upon the Texas 
inspection laws and the way they are enforced in that state. 
The following motion was made by Mr. Ball, seconded 
by Mr. Beyer and passed unanimously: “Whereas, the 
Mississippi Nurserymen’s Association having investigated 
the nursery inspection laws of the various states, has decided 
that Texas has the best nursery inspection laws, therefore, 
it is our opinion that a similar law, with necessary amend¬ 
ments to meet Mississippi conditions, should be passed in 
this state, and we earnestly recommend that our legislature 
pass the same at its next meeting.’’ 
Upon motion of Mr. Ball, Professors McKay and Harned 
were appointed a committee to draft a constitution for the 
association and to report at the next annual meeting. Upon 
motion by Mr. Rogers, the name of Mr. Ball was added to 
this committee. 
Mr. Brodie made a plea for some arrangement by which 
the nursery inspection work could be done earlier in the 
season. 
The Secretary-treasurer made his annual statement in 
regard to the financial condition of the association. This 
report was adopted. 
After some discussion it was decided to hold the next 
annual meeting at the Mississippi A. & M. College at Stork- 
ville during the week that the annual Farmers’ Round-up 
Institute is meeting, during the latter part of the summer of 
1913. The secretary was requested to notify members of 
the exact date. It is quite likely that an extra meeting will 
be held at Jackson in the fall of 1913 during the week of the 
State Fair. Details in regard to this meeting will be decided 
upon at the regular meeting of the A. & M., College. 
The secretary-treasurer presented the expense account 
of President J. R. Woodham. These expenses consisted 
of printing, postage, and travelling expenses in connection 
with his efforts to have the legislature make an appropria¬ 
tion for nursery and orchard inspection work in this state. 
A motion was made, seconded and unanimously passed 
that Mr. Woodham be reimbursed from the funds of the 
Association. 
The secretary" was requested to send copies of the minutes 
to all nurserymen of the state, to urge all members to pay 
their annual dues promptly and to invite any nurser\Tn.en 
who are not members to join our Association at once 
R. W. Harned, 
Secretary-Treasurer. 
For the benefit of the nurserymen who were unable to be 
present, the secretary wants to say that he believes that 
all who attended this meeting felt fully repaid for the time 
and money that it took. Several of the members stated 
this fact to the secretary. Most of us enjoyed attending 
the sessions of the National Nut Growers Association that 
met at the same time, these sessions lasted three days. 
We also were hespitably entertained at the Gulf Coast Fair 
and Exhibition. The nurserymen from the interior of the 
state took the opportunity of visiting some of the Gulf Coast 
nurseries and Pecan groves. 
Among those present at the Gulfport meeting were the 
following: A. C. Ball, Mantee, Webster County; Theo. 
Bechtel, Ocean Springs, Jackson County; James Brodie 
and son, Biloxi, Harrison County; W. A. Cox, Biloxi, Harri¬ 
son County; C. Forkert, Ocean Springs, Jackson County; 
J. D. Alexander and V. L. Beyer of the Mississippi Farms 
Company, Wiggins, Harrison County; J. R. Woodham, 
Newton, Newton County; W. A. Woods, Tomnolen, Webster 
County; W. C. Rogers, Toombsuba, Lauderdale County; 
T. Niyona and D. Cunningham, of the Siabara Nurseries, 
Big Point, Jackson County; A. B. McKay and R. W. 
Hamed of the A. & M. College, Agricultural College, Oktib¬ 
beha County; Hon. Sam Dixon, Chief Nursery Inspector of 
Texas, Austin, Texas; and several other visitors. 
A number of other Mississippi nurserymen were present 
in Gulfport but at the time of the meeting, they were busy 
with matters concerning the Fair, or entertaining delegates 
to the Nut Growers meeting and were not able to be present; 
among the number were Mrs. W. R. Stuart of Ocean Springs, 
C. E. Pabst of Ocean Springs, and Frank H. Lewis of Pas¬ 
cagoula. 
We were mshed for time and did not do as much at this 
meeting as most of us had planned. Next summer we will 
have plenty of time to do our work. We hope to have an 
interesting program and every nurseryman should begin to 
plan now to attend the meeting next summer. 
New York State Station, Geneva, W. H. Jordan, Director. 
Crown Rot of Fmit Trees: Field Studies. By J. G. Grossen- 
bacher. (Technical Bulletin 23, pp. 3-59, pis. 23.) 
Field studies in different orchards of the State from 1909 
to 1912 to determine the nature and causes of crown rot and 
the relation of environmental conditions and varieties to 
the occrurence of the disease are reported. Investigations 
on the subject by others are reviewed. 
