THE NATIONAL NUKSERYMAN 
72 
ILLINOIS STATE NURSERYMAN'S ASSOCIATION 
The annual meeting of the Illinois State Nurserymen’s 
Association was held February 9 and 10 at the Hotel La 
Salle, Chicago, Ill. There was the largest attendance in 
the history of the Association, 
Program 
February 9th 
9.30 a. m. 
President’s Address - A. M. Augustine, Normal, Illinois. 
10.00 a. m. 
P. A. Glenn, Chief Inspector, Urbana, Illinois. 
“Activities of the Bureau of Plant Industry.” 
11.00 a. m. 
Round Table. 
2.00 a. m. 
Miles Bryant, Princeton, Illinois. 
“Readjustment and the Nurseries.” 
2.45 p. m. 
Lloyd Stark, President of the A. A. N., Louisiana, Mo. 
“Selling Understocks to Farmers and Fruit 
Growers.” 
February 10th 
10.00 a. m. 
M. Mierisch, Glenview, Illinois. 
“Not Readjustment but Expansion.” 
10.30 a. m. 
W. F. Kramp, Internal Revenue Department, U. S. A., 
Chicago, Illinois. 
“Making an Income Report.” 
Round Table. 
2.00 p. m. 
Dr. K. F. Kellerman, Federal Iloiticultural Board, Wash¬ 
ington, D. C. 
“Value of the U S. A. Bureau of Plant Industry to 
Nurserymen.” 
2.45 p. m. 
Prof. W. S. Brock, State University, Urbana, Illinois. 
“Nursery Spraying.” 
Round Table. 
Officers elected to serve for the ensuing year were: 
A. M. Augustine, President; A. H. Hill, Vice President; 
J. A. Young, Member Executive Committee, and I. A. 
Young, as Secretary. 
. The following resolutions were passed:— 
A Resolution urging Nurserymen to get behind a move¬ 
ment working toward Roadside plantings. 
A Resolution urging the use of the Trade Mark of the 
American Association. 
A Resolution was unanimously passed to approve the 
pr ogressive policy of the American Association. 
Altogether it was the biggest and best meeting yet held. 
On Wednesday the 9th, the matter of Cooperative and 
Standard Practice Service was brought before the meet¬ 
ing and the executive committee was instructed to devise 
a plan to put the service in operation. The committee 
made its report on the 10th and after some discussion, 
the plan was unanimously adopted. The plan is pub¬ 
lished in detail. 
SCOPE AND PROCEDURE ON PROGRAM 
of 
COMMITTEE ON COOPERATIVE AND STANDARD PRAC¬ 
TICE SERVICE 
ILLINOIS STATE NURSERYMEN’S ASSOCIATION 
Following is a tentative outline of the scope and procedure 
for the work to be undertaken by the Committee on Cooperative 
and Standard Practice Service, the technical and detail work of 
which is to be covered by J. L. Jacobs & Company of Chicago: 
SCOPE OF WORK: ; 
1. Study of the general conditions and practices in the 
nursery business among members of the Illinois State Nur¬ 
serymen’s Association. 
2. Development of a uniform and simple plan of cost ac¬ 
counting adapted to the needs of the nursery business. 
3. Development of a plan for periodic cost ‘ comparison, 
price analysis and a comparison of production and sales. 
4. Development of a plan for the standardization of grades 
of nursery stock. 
5. Development of a plan for close relationship of nursery 
concerns on purchasing and marketing. 
6. Report on standardization of business methods and 
practices in nursery business. 
PRELIMINARY STEPS: 
1. Enter into agreement with J. L. Jacobs & Company in 
connection with the above program (copy of agreement at¬ 
tached). 
2. Send letter, with copy of the report of the Committee 
and pledge cards, to all members of the Illinois State Nur¬ 
serymen’s Association (copies of letter, report, and pledge 
cards attached). 
PROCEDURE ON PROGRAM: 
1. Begin study on the development of standard methods 
and practices by the preparation of outline questionnaire 
covering organization, accounting, production, sales, etc. in 
nursery business (copy of tentative questionnaire attached). 
2. Send questionnaire to all members of the Illinois Slate 
Nurserymen’s Association and to other representative nur¬ 
sery concerns cooperating in the work. 
3. Make examination of organization, accounting plans, and 
other practices in a number of leading nurseries by personal 
visits or conferences in or near Chicago. 
4. Make analysis of information obtained and compare 
same with methods and best practices in other business or¬ 
ganizations. 
5. Confer with the Committee on the general accounting 
plan and detail to he covered. 
6. Prepare draft of report on general conditions and prac¬ 
tices in the nursery business and develop a uniform and 
simple plan of cost accounting adapted to the needs of the 
nursery business. 
7. Submit these to the Committee for consideration and 
action and send adopted report with forms and procedure 
to all members of the Association. 
8. Furnish special consulting service to contributing mem¬ 
bers on the installation and use of the standard accounting 
plan. 
9. Develop plan and forms and organize the practice of 
having the members submit regular reports to J. L. Jacobs 
& Company on costs, production and sales. 
10. Develop plan for periodic comparison of costs of pro¬ 
ducts, and comparison of sales and production and furnish 
contributing members with periodic reports in connection 
with same. 
11. Develop plans for the standardization of grades, for 
close cooperation of nursery concerns on purchasing and 
marketing and on standardization of business methods and 
practices, proceeding in the installation of same in the 
same manner as for the standard cost accounting plan. 
REPORT ON PROGRAM AND SERVICE FURNISHED 
IN CONNECTION WITH THE 
“COOPERATIVE AND STANDARD PRACTICE SERVICE’’ 
OF THE 
ILLINOIS STATE NURSERYMEN’S ASSOCIATION 
ADOPTED 
FEBRUARY 10, 1921. 
The Committee on Cooperative and Standard Practice Service, 
appointed at the meeting yesterday, has carefully considered 
the problems involved in connection with the undertaking by 
the Association of the constructive program on the definition of 
principles and standardization of business methods and prac¬ 
tices, looking toward stabilization of conditions in the nursery 
business, and respectfully recommends that the Association 
