shville, which almost automatically
made it at least convenient and expedient to have the matter handled in
Nashville. I believe you will concur in that general opinion.

Mr. MacDaniel: Yes.

Dr. MacDaniels: So that our Secretary has had an unusually heavy burden
which we should not expect him to carry again.

President Davidson: Thank you, Dr. MacDaniels.

The chair will entertain a motion to accept Dr. MacDaniels' report on
behalf of the Press and Publication Committee.

(It was so moved and seconded, a vote taken and motion carried
unanimously.)

President Davidson: On Varieties and Contests. Mr. Zarger is not going
to be with us, I am afraid, and if there is any other member of that
committee present who has something to say on the matter of variety and
contests, we would be very glad to hear from him. I don't hear anything,
so we will proceed to the next one.

The report of the Survey Committee. Mr. Silvis is chairman of that
committee, and I will say on his behalf that he was raring to go and
would have gone if it had been the feeling on the part of some of the
other members that a survey was timely at that time. It happened that
that was not the feeling, it was not a good year to make a survey, and
on that account I wrote to Mr. Silvis that possibly it would be well to
put off any important survey for the year 1947.

Do you have anything to say, Mr. Silvis, in addition to this?

Mr. Silvis: Well, on the cuff, no, and off the cuff I would like to make
this remark, that I just had one question I was going to require every
member to answer to me for, and that was what kind of a nut tree should
I plant, and thereby try to establish a zone between frost-free dates
for various locations or states or territories. It didn't develop.

I received as late as last week John Bregger's note explaining why it
was his reply came late. But I do want to make this remark, and for our
able Secretary's first issue of _The Nutshell_ I know this to be a fact,
that with it, it's the nuts, and without it, it's hell.

President Davidson: What shall we do with Mr. Silvis's report? We have
some action to take presently on the matter of survey in addition to
this report. Could I have a motion to accept the report of the Survey
Committee?

Dr. Crane: So move.

Mr. Weber: Second.

(A vote was taken on the motion, and it was carried unanimously.)

President Davidson: Mr. Chase disappeared again. He is chairman of the
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