e for our entertainment. Dr. Shoemaker spoke about
the work done on nut trees several years ago by Mr. Neilson in Canada. I
am familiar with the work of Mr. Neilson and hope that at some time
someone on the staff in Canada will give more time to the culture of nut
trees. That goes for the United States as well. Nut trees, if you have
the facilities and good varieties, are something that will make living
more enjoyable and worthwhile. I do appreciate very heartily the trouble
you have gone to in making facilities so acceptable and useful."

=Presidential Address=--Mr. Reed was unable to be present and preside at
the meeting because of illness. This telegram was sent to him:

Telegram to Clarence A. Reed, Garfield Hospital, Washington, D. C.

"The Northern Nut Growers Association last night received the news of
your illness with deepest regret. We appreciate your long and earnest
work in our field. You have been one of the 'spark plugs' of our
organization and we all miss your presence.
SECRETARY."

COMMITTEES APPOINTED

Resolutions Committee--W. Rohrbacher, Sterling Smith, J. Russell Smith,
Wm. Hodgson.

Auditing Committee--Royal Oakes, R. P. Allaman, Gilbert Smith.

SECRETARY'S REPORT, SEPT. 3, 1947

Miss Mildred M. Jones

The duties of the Secretary during the year were of the usual routine
nature. Three separate mailings of information to all members were made.
The 1944 report is now exhausted, partly because of the long season in
which it was current, and partly because there were several articles in
it which were of vital interest to a number of people who were not
members of the Association. In March of this year an article appeared in
Organic Gardening magazine which referred to our report and the Hemming
chestnut trees which were described in the 1944 report. As a result of
this one article I was obliged to return more than $30.00 which had been
sent to me, a dollar from each person, for this report. I returned the
money with a letter to each person telling them Mr. Hemming would bring
his report up to date at our meeting this year, telling them about the
work of our Association, and inviting them to join our group so they
could keep up with progress being made in nut tree culture as the
information became available. The sale of reports other than membership
this past year amounted to $135.00. This amount includes 5 sets of
reports which sell for