at the beginning, namely, that the work of the Department in the introduction of new forage crops is no less for the seedsman than for the farmer. We recognize and appreciate your interest in our work, and we want you to feel perfectly free to ask for any help or information we can give you.

If you are conducting a testing farm and wish to test any of the new plants for yourself, it will be a privilege for us to furnish them to you. If we have something good it cannot be introduced too soon. If, on the contrary, a new plant has shortcomings, the sooner these are determined the better. If now and then a new introduction of ours adds to the volume of your business we should be no less pleased than you.

To secure the best forage plants for each section of our country, and to get the farmers to grow only the best is the goal we seek.

I thank you, gentlemen, for your kind attention, and for the courtesy you have afforded me.

The President: I am sure we have been very much interested in this paper. This is one of the most important subjects that we have. It is important to the seed dealer, and important to the seed grower, and on behalf of the Association I wish to thank Professor Piper most heartily for his able presentation of the subject.

We have one of our members with us who is introducing a new grass in California, and although our time is limited I would like to hear from Mr. Braslan an account of the success he has been able to attain, and his methods in growing

canary.

Mr. Braslan: I do not know that I have very much to say in regard to the grass you refer to, Mr. President. During the past season we planted several hundred acres of it, and I think have met with good success. From the time we planted the canary till the harvest time we were in correspondence with the Department of Agriculture, and at the present time they have one of their men there making investigations and records. I think their records will be very complete.

What we have done so far has been rather in the nature of an experiment, but we have found it to be successful. It seems to me that it has proved that we can grow canary seed in this country, and that we will be able to produce our own

instead of importing it from Algiers, Sicily, Smyrna, and other foreign countries.

I found as the crop advanced that it would not only be valuable for feeding the birds, but for the grass. The cattle seem to be very fond of this grass, and where we are growing it it was necessary for us to remove the cattle.

In a country like California, where we have but little rain I am pretty sure that this canary will be a great success, but am not able to state positively yet, because we have not given it sufficient trial. If this canary proves as successful as I hope it will, it will be the saving of thousands and thousands of dollars, and the saving of the lives of thousands of cattle. At the present time they are obliged in many cases to use barley grass, and the beards cuts through the mouths of the cattle and gives them ulcers which are very destructive.

I know of farmers who have given this matter of the canary grass close attention and study, and they all say that it is much better than straw, and is very sweet.

Of course up to now I have not made any analysis, but I understand from Professor Piper that it will be done at once. I think that this canary will take the place of millet along the Pacific, and from what I can see of it so far it will be superior in many ways to the millet.

I want to inform the members of this Association that we have seed now standing which will be ready for harvesting sometime within the next three weeks, and if any member wants fifteen or twenty-five pounds for next season we will be very glad to furnish it to any of you free of charge, in order to enable you to make a test of it for yourselves.

I think it is something that is worthy of consideration, because I believe it means another grass, and will make a good hay, apart from its use as a bird seed.

Mr. Willard: I wish to submit a resolution with regard to the back numbers of the Secretary's reports. I have a complete file of them, and was anxious to preserve them in the best manner possible, so I had them bound in three volumes, and from the result I know just how much it will help our Secretary if the official was found in the same manner.

I wish to offer a resolution that the Secretary be authorized to have those official files bound in book form for preservation.

This motion, being duly seconded, was carried.

The President: We have now to deal with the question of co-operating with the Florists' and Nurserymen's Association. Will you leave it for the incoming President to appoint a committee?

Mr. Albert McCullough: Is it necessary to have a motion to that effect?

The President: I do not know that it is. I think it can be left to the President and Executive Committee.

Mr. Albert McCullough: In order that there may be no doubt about it I would move that the matter be referred to the incoming officers.

Which motion, being duly seconded, was agreed to.

The Secretary: I wish to say just one word. It seems to me that it is a pretty high compliment that those Associations are paying to the American Seed Trade Association, and it would be a simple courtesy for our committees that work along the same lines to work in conjunction with those organizations. I think that we could get a great deal of help from those organizations, and although it may not be necessary to make a motion, or anything of that kind, still it could be understood that our committees will work as much as possible in conjunction with those Associations. The united efforts of the three Associations will be much stronger and better than any one of them alone.

The President: The Nurserymen's Association have thought enough of this to send a lengthy telegram on the subject stating that they had appointed a committee to meet a committee from this Association and a committee from the American Florists, to take up matters regarding postal and express and the other things mentioned in their correspond

ence.

Mr. McCullough: In explanation of my motion I might say that the reason I proposed that it be left to the incoming officers is because I do not think we have time to discuss the

matter as it should be discussed. We have not time now to go into it intelligently, and if it is referred to the incoming officers it will be referred to the proper committee and action will be taken upon it.

It does not seem to me that it is worth our while to spend a moment or two on a question of this kind. I know from personal experience that we would not get properly started discussing it until long after the time set for our adjournment this morning. It is a very lengthy subject and there is altogether too much in it to be considered now. If it is referred to the incoming officers it will naturally go to the proper committees. The Executive Committee will see to that.

The motion, being seconded, was agreed to.

The President: At our meeting last year it was made a special order of business that a debate should be held on the subject of parcels post. It seems to me that we haven't the time to discuss the matter now, as there are quite a number of things to come before us yet, and the time for adjournment is drawing on. Will we allow the matter to go over till next meeting?

Mr. McVay: I had quite a wordy speech prepared upon this subject, but I am not going to inflict it upon you now. I would just like to ask permission to refer the matter to the incoming President, who will refer it to the Committee on Postal Laws and Regulations. I would ask also that this speech of mine be referred to them, and if there is any part of it they desire printed in the report, why, let it be printed, otherwise let them do what they like with it.

It is too long entirely to read to you now.

The President: If there is no further business before us I think it would be time for us to proceeed with the election of officers for the ensuing year.

Mr. Albert McCullough: I move that we proceed and take an informal ballot for the office of President.

Which being duly seconded was agreed to, and the result of the informal ballot was as follows:

Total number of votes cast, 63; of which W. H. Grenell

received 54; G. B. McVay, 3; C. P. Braslan, 2; L. L. May, 2; C. N. Page, 1; C. S. Green, I.

Mr. Albert McCullough: I would move you, sir, that we now proceed to a formal ballot, and that the Secretary be instructed to cast one unanimous ballot for Mr. W. H. Grenell as President of this Association for the coming year.

Which being seconded was agreed to, and Mr. W. H. Grenell was declared unanimously elected President.

The President: We usually appoint a Nominating Committee of three to nominate the members for the Executive Committee and the Membership Committee for the ensuing year. Do you wish that Nominating Committee to be appointed now? Mr. Emerson: I would move that the Chair appoint a Nominating Committee of three.

This motion was seconded by Mr. Roland Bolgiano, and the Chair appointed Messrs. W. P. Stokes, S. E. Briggs and F. W. Bolgiano.

Mr. Albert McCullough: I move that we now proceed with the election of a Vice President.

Which motion being duly seconded was agreed to, and the result of the ballot was as follows:

Total number of votes cast, 55; of which L. L. May receiver 13; L. Vaughan, 12; C. B. McVay, 12; C. P. Braslan, 6; F. B. King, 6. The remainder of the votes were scattering.

Mr. Albert McCullough: I would now move that we proceed to a formal ballot, and consider those names as being the candidates, the gentleman receiving the highest number of votes to be elected First Vice President, the next in order to be declared elected Second Vice President.

Which, being agreed to, resulted as follows:

L. L. May received 40 votes, and was declared elected First Vice President of the Association for the coming year. G. B. McVay received 30 votes, and was declared Second Vice President.

The President: If there are any suggestions as to the place of our next meeting I think it would be a good thing to hear them now.

You will understand that the Executive Committee will take