The Ohio Black Walnut Contest of 1946 96 1946 Iowa Black Walnut Contest 98 Grafting Methods Adapted to Nut Trees--H. F. Stoke 99 Beginnings in Walnut Grafting--C. C. Lounsberry 103 Forest Background--John Davidson 106 Graft the Persian Walnut High in Michigan--Gilbert Becker 111 Pecan Growing in Western Illinois--R. B. Best 112 Random Notes from Eastern New York--Gilbert L. Smith 114 Yield and Nut Quality of the Common Black Walnut in the Tennessee Valley--Thomas G. Zarger 118 The 1946 Field Tour--C. A. Reed 124 Report of Resolutions Committee 126 Obituary--Gourley, Bixby 126 Letters to the Secretary; Notes; Extracts 128 List of Exhibits 133 Attendance 134 OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION _President_--CLARENCE A. REED, 7309 Piney Branch Rd., N.W., Washington, D. C. _Vice President_--DR. L. H. MACDANIELS, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. _Treasurer_--D. C. SNYDER, Center Point, Iowa _Secretary_--MILDRED M. JONES, BOX 356, Lancaster, Penna. _Director_--CARL WESCHCKE, 96 S. Wabasha St., St. Paul, Minn. _Director_--DR. A. S. COLBY, University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill. _Dean_--DR. W. C. DEMING, Litchfield, Conn. _Parliamentarian_--JOHN DAVIDSON, 234 E. Second St., Xenia, O. EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS PARLIAMENTARIAN John Davidson LEGAL ADVISERS Sargent Wellman, Harry Weber AUDITING E. P. Gerber, G. A. Gray, R. E. Silvis FINANCE Carl Weschcke, Harry Weber, D. C. Snyder PRESS AND PUBLICATION L. H. MacDaniels, George L. Slate, G. H. Corsan VARIETIES AND CONTESTS--Gilbert Becker, Gilbert L. Smith, L. Walter Sherman, A. G. Hirschi, Seward Bethow SURVEY John Davidson EXHIBITS--H. F. Stoke, Mrs. G. A. Zimmerman, Mrs. Herbert Negus, I. W. Short, Gilbert L. Smith, H. H. Corsan, G. H. Corsan, L. Walter Sherman, J. F. Wilkinson, Royal Oakes, Seward Berhow, George Brand, A. G. Hirschi, R. T. Dunstan, Spencer B. Chase and Abe Margolin, Carl Weschcke, PROGRAM--Mildred Jones, George L. Slate, L. H. MacDaniels, O. D. Diller, Thomas G. Zarger, R. P. Allaman, Clarence A. Reed MEMBERSHIP--Mrs. S. H. Graham, A. A. Bungart, Mrs. Herbert Negus, George Kratzer, Lewis A. Theiss NECROLOGY--Mrs. H. F. Stoke, Mrs. John Hershey, Mrs. William Rohrbacher, Mrs. John Davidson, Mrs. J. F. Jones