Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, E. Grimo, Janet Blenkinship, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |DISCLAIMER | | | |The articles published in the Annual Reports of the Northern Nut Growers| |Association are the findings and thoughts solely of the authors and are | |not to be construed as an endorsement by the Northern Nut Growers | |Association, its board of directors, or its members. No endorsement is | |intended for products mentioned, nor is criticism meant for products not| |mentioned. The laws and recommendations for pesticide application may | |have changed since the articles were written. It is always the pesticide| |applicator's responsibility, by law, to read and follow all current | |label directions for the specific pesticide being used. The discussion | |of specific nut tree cultivars and of specific techniques to grow nut | |trees that might have been successful in one area and at a particular | |time is not a guarantee that similar results will occur elsewhere. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE TENTH ANNUAL MEETING BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN DECEMBER 9 AND 10, 1919 CONTENTS Page Officers and Committees of the Association 4 Members of the Association 5 Constitution and By-Laws 9 Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Convention 11 President's Address, Mr W. C. Reed, Indiana 11 Report of the Secretary-Treasurer 14 Business Sessions 15, 133 The Farms by the Side of the Road, Matthew Henry Hoover, New York 23 Native Nut Tree Plantations in Michigan, Prof. A. K. Chittenden, Michigan 33 Pecans Other Than Those of the Well Known Sections, J. F. Jones, Pennsylvania 44 Hazel Nuts and Filberts, Conrad Vollertsen, New York 53 Disease Resistance in the American Chestnut, Arthur H. Graves, Connecticut 60 Notes on the Hickories, Dr. Robert T. Morris, New York 68 The Nutritive Value of Nuts, F. A. Cajorie, Connecticut 80