In the most practical vein, our basic research and most of our actual breeding must still be done by our Experiment Stations. Any nut project is a long-time program and it lends itself best to an Experiment Station which is not set up on "a three score and ten" basis like we as individuals are. Stations also have trained workers and information at hand. 7. _The Real Aim of the NNGA_ Is better living on the farm and the improvement of the garden and farmstead. Almost every farm and home, especially in the great corn belt, needs shelter, shade trees, and the beautifying effect of trees. Psalm 19:1-4 says: "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech and night unto night showeth knowledge. Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world." 8. _Nut Growing as a Hobby._ For people who like to see things growing, there are few projects that yield more genuine satisfaction than hardy-adapted varieties of nut trees. Few people know what a heart nut or chestnuts are, and most have never cracked a butternut. Most of us have never tasted a good persimmon, and the paw-paw is practically unknown. We of the NNGA have something to offer our members. 9. _Keep our Organization Solvent and Functioning._ All costs have increased. Our strength lies in our letters, reports and information which we send to our membership. To keep this information coming through letters and our annual report takes money. 10. _How to Finance the NNGA._ Dr. MacDaniels makes the following suggestions after stating that we have reached the point where increasing the dues will not give us more income, because of loss of membership. (a) Increase our number of members. (b) Provide different types of membership to encourage contributions. (c) Gifts. (d) Special fund raising projects. Increasing the membership seems to have the most promise in the future. We are now at the cross roads. Do we want a strong, hard-hitting organization, capable of doing these things which we know NNGA can do, or do we want to ease down the other road to a whimpering senile existence, in the plant society world? We have increased our membership 40% the past year, and after hurriedly congratulating ourselves, let us hurry on to this problem of setting ourselves another goal for 1954. What shall our new goal be? 30%, 50%, 100%--let us think "high." It is easier to come down than to go higher. I'd like to have someone's idea in the audience here. Does anybody have some figure we should hit at? 10%, 20%, 25%? MR. KINTZEL: I think since we have a thousand members, for each of the thousand to bring in one more member and make it a hundred per cent. PRESIDENT BEST: Now, the high man is going to win here, you know. Is there anyone that can raise this man, that can say that we increase our membership more than a hundred per cent? If not shall we take that as a goal?