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Title: Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at 
the Tenth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 
1919 
Author: Various 
Editor: Northern Nut Growers Association 
Release Date: September 25, 2006 [EBook #19373] 
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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 
Nut Trees and Bushes in Landscape Work, O. C. Simonds, Illinois 88 
Nut Culture in Michigan, C. A. Reed, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
98 
Nut Trees for Highways and Public Places, Hon. William S. Linton, 
Michigan 108
Legislation Regarding the Planting of Nut and Other Food Producing 
Trees, Senator Harvey A. Penney, Michigan 112 
Michigan Law Regarding Roadside Planting of Nut Trees 116 
The Soy Bean, Dr. J. H. Kellogg, Michigan 118 
Judging Nuts, Willard G. Bixby, New York 122 
The 1919 Nut Contest, Willard G. Bixby, New York 146 
 
OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION 
President W. S. LINTON Saginaw, Michigan 
Vice-President JAMES S. MCGLENNON Rochester, New York 
Secretary and Treasurer WILLARD G. BIXBY Baldwin, Nassau Co., 
New York 
Acting Secretary W. C. DEMING Wilton, Connecticut 
COMMITTEES 
Auditing--C. P. CLOSE, C. A. REED 
Executive--J. RUSSELL SMITH, W. C. REED AND THE OFFICERS 
Federal Aid--J. M. PATTERSON, R. T. MORRIS, J. H. KELLOGG, T. 
P. LITTLEPAGE, WILLARD G. BIXBY, J. F. JONES, J. S. 
MCGLENNON 
Finance--T. P. LITTLEPAGE, WILLARD G. BIXBY, W. C. 
DEMING 
Hybrids--R. T. MORRIS, C. P. CLOSE, W. C. DEMING, J. G. RUSH 
Membership--HARRY R. WEBER, R. T. OLCOTT, F. N. FAGAN. W.
O. POTTER, W. C. DEMING, J. RUSSELL SMITH 
Nomenclature--C. A. REED, R. T. MORRIS, J. F. JONES 
Press and Publication--RALPH T. OLCOTT, J. RUSSELL SMITH, W. 
C. DEMING 
Programme--W. C. DEMING, J. RUSSELL SMITH, C. A. REED, R. 
T. MORRIS 
Promising Seedlings--C. A. REED, J. F. JONES 
STATE VICE-PRESIDENTS 
California T. C. Tucker 311 California St., San Francisco 
Canada G. H. Corsan 17 Rusholme Park Crescent, Toronto 
Connecticut Henry Leroy Lewis Stratford 
Georgia J. B. Wight Cairo 
Illinois E. A. Riehl Godfrey 
Indiana M. P. Reed Vincennes 
Maryland C. P. Close College Park 
Massachusetts James H. Bowditch 903 Tremont Building, Boston 
Michigan Dr. J. H. Kellogg Battle Creek 
Missouri P. C. Stark Louisiana 
New Jersey C. S. Ridgway Lumberton 
New York M. E. Wile 37 Calumet St., Rochester 
Ohio Harry R. Weber 601 Gerke Building, Cincinnati
Pennsylvania J. G. Rush West Willow 
Texas R. S. Trumbull M. S. R. R. Co., El Paso 
West Virginia B. F. Hartzell Shepherdstown 
 
MEMBERS OF THE NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION    
    
		
	
	
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