papers in the yearbooks of the parent society
subject to review of the Association's Committee on Publications.

ARTICLE 2. Any independent regional association of nut growers may
affiliate with the Northern Nut Growers Association provided one-fourth
of its members are also members of the Northern Nut Growers Association.
Such affiliated societies shall pay an annual affiliation fee of $3.00
to the Northern Nut Growers Association. Papers presented at the
meetings of the regional society may be published in the proceedings of
the parent society subject to review of the Association's Committee on
Publications.

SECTION X.--AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS

ARTICLE 1. These by-laws may be amended at any Annual Meeting by a
two-thirds vote of the members present provided such amendments shall
have been submitted to the membership in writing at least thirty days
prior to that meeting.

PROCEEDINGS of the Thirty-ninth Annual Convention of the Northern Nut
Growers Association, Inc.

Meeting at NORRIS, TENNESSEE SEPTEMBER 13-15, 1948

The meeting was called to order by President John Davidson at 8:45
o'clock, a. m.

Address of Welcome

GEORGE F. GANT, General Manager, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville,
Tennessee

Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen: It is a distinct pleasure to
welcome you to Norris and to the Tennessee Valley. You have had very
fine weather here, and we hope that you will enjoy the climate and the
scenery and the fishing and the pleasures of this part of the country
during your short stay.

The Northern Nut Growers Association is a much older organization than I
had thought, and it is much older than the Tennessee Valley Authority,
but a review of some of the things, you have done and some of the
interests you have expressed from time to time indicate that we have
many interests in common, your organization and the TVA.

You are concerned with experimentation of new and better ways of growing
tree crops. You are concerned with the environment in which tree crops
must find a place in our economy and in our culture, because, as I
understand it, your interest goes beyond mere economics to the full use
of trees.

Now, the Tennessee Valley Authority is likewise concerned with
experimentation. As a matter of fact, it is an experiment, a new and
different way of achieving a better use of natural resources.

There is nothing new in what the TVA does. There are no activities
conducted by