The national nurseryman 
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WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN 
Interesting Meeting; 
The Western Association of Nurserymen held its 22d 
annual meeting at the Coates House, Kansas City, Mo., 
Dec. 13th and 14th, 1911. 
10:30 A. M. President Geo. A. Marshall in the chair 
called to order with a full house responding. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read. Applications 
of the Wellington Nursery Company, Wellington, Kansas, 
and the Graham Nursery Company, Mechanicsville, Iowa, 
for admission were received. 
The following committees were appointed: On member¬ 
ship, Messrs. Youngers, Bernardin and Schuette; On 
nominations, 
Messrs. May hew. 
Lake and Willis; 
On resolutions, 
M essrs. H ill, Wei ch 
and Chase. 
The prelimina¬ 
ries disposed of 
Capt. Watrous in¬ 
troduced in a com¬ 
prehensive way 
present conditions 
and the struggle 
of the nursery¬ 
men for proper 
recognition by 
beneficial laws 
from the Govern¬ 
ment. An earnest 
discussion fol¬ 
lowed. At 12:45 
p. M. the lunch 
table was spread. 
Adjournment suc¬ 
ceeded and soon 
the largest meeting of the Western Association of Nur¬ 
serymen were pleasantly gathered to reinforce the body 
while the mind recreated for a little while. The Senior Stark 
was absent but the Junior Stark, worthy son of worthy sire, 
was present and so were the Stark delicious apples in abund¬ 
ance, larger, more handsome, more “delicious” than ever, 
if possible. A nurseryman with a delicious apple has a pass¬ 
port to paradise. Order came and the afternoon session 
began with a roll call showing the following present: Ala¬ 
bama Nursery Co., Delta, Colo.; H. F. Bents, Leaven¬ 
worth, Kans.; E. P. Bernardin, Grantville, Kans.; C. W. 
Carman, Lawrence, Kans.; Des Moines Nursery Co., Des 
Moines, Iowa; The Elmhurst Nurseries, Argentine, Kans.; 
C. C. Elwell, Kansas City, Mo.; B. E. Fields & vSon, Fre¬ 
mont, Nebr.; The Frazer Nursery Co., Huntsville, Ala.; 
Gemian Nurseries, Beatrice, Nebr.; F. E. Griesa, Lawrence, 
Kans.; Harrison Nursery Co., York, Nebr.; Holman Bros., 
Leavenworth, Kans.; Holsinger Bros., Rosedale, Kans.; Kan¬ 
sas City Nurseries, Kansas City, Mo.; Prof. S. J. Hunter, 
Important Resolutions 
State University, Kans.; Prof. T. J. Headlee, Agricultural 
College, Col.; Kelsey Nurseries, St. Joseph, Mo.; D. S. 
Lake, Shenandoah, Iowa; Marshall Bros., Arlington, Neb.- 
Mt. Hope Nurseries, Lawrence, Kans.; The National Nur¬ 
series, Lawrence, Kans.; New Haven Nurseries, New Haven, 
Mo.; W. C. Reed, Vincennes, Ind.; J. W. Schuette & Co., 
St. Louis, Mo.; The Sedgwick Nurseries, Sedgwick, Kans.; 
J. H. vSkinner & Co., Sta. A., Topeka, Kans.; F. H. Stannard 
& Co., Ottawa, Kans.; Stark Bros. N.'& 0 . Co., Louisiana, 
Mo.; L. R. Taylor & Sons, Topeka, Kans.; The Texas 
Nursery Co., Sherman, Texas; James Truitt & Sons, Chanute, 
Kans. Watrous 
Nursery Co., Des 
Moines, Iowa; 
The Waxahachie 
N ursery Co., Wax¬ 
ahachie, Texas; 
H. J. Weber & 
Sons Nursery Co., 
Nursery, AIo.; E. 
S. Welch, Shenan¬ 
doah, Iowa; A. 
Willis, Ottawa, 
Kans.; Y oungers 
& Co., Geneva, 
Nebr.; The Wel¬ 
lington Nursery, 
Wellington,Kans.; 
The Graham Nur¬ 
sery, Alechanics- 
ville, Iowa. 
The Commit¬ 
tee on Nomina¬ 
tions reported and 
a unanimous bal¬ 
lot followed elect¬ 
ing for the ensuing year the following: E. S. Welch, 
Shenandoah, Iowa, president; F. H. Weber, Nursery, Mo., 
vice-president; E.J. Holman, Leavenworth, Kans., secretary 
and treasurer; executive committee, F. H. Stannard, Otta¬ 
wa, Kans., W. P. Stark, Louisiana, Mo., J. W. Hill, Des 
Moines, Iowa, W. C. Reed, Vincennes, Ind., Herbert Chase, 
Delta, Colo. 
Papers and Discussions 
Interesting papers were now read by Prof. S. J. Hunter 
on “Intertestate Co-operation”; by Prof. T. J. Headlee on 
the “Relation of the Agricultural College to Nurservmen”; 
by W. P. Stark, “The Federal Inspection Bill as Proposed 
by the Department of Agriculture.” The morning topic 
by Capt. Watrous was embraced in an earnest discussion 
that resulted in the following resolution: 
Federal Inspection 
Resolved', That this association heartily favors the pas¬ 
sage of a federal law governing the importation of nursery 
General View of Exhibits at the St. Joseph Apple Show 
