... 12 14 17 Address of Welcome-Hon. Brand Whitlock ent Day Conditions, B. Landreth..... Paper The Seed Catalogue from the Customer's Standpoint, Floyd Brallier ... Paper-Desirable Imported Natural Grasses, Henry Nun gesser Report of Obituary Committee Address-Walter S. Powell, Bureau of Credit.... Paper-Varietal Description of Garden Vegetables, Prof. W. W. Tracy 25 33 36 40 4I 46 47 Report of Delegates to National Council of Horticulture... 51 Paper-Co-operative Publicity through the Press Depart ment, Nat'l Council of Horticulture, James Burdette.. 60 $200 contribution voted to Nat'l Council of Horticulture.. 62 Report of Delegates to National Board of Trade..... Report of Joint Committee conference with Nurserymen and Seedsmen ... Paper-Modern Retail Conditions, Finley Acker. . . . . . . Paper-Case of Persistent Vitality in Seeds, Burnet Landdreth Report of Executive Committee 64 67 70 76 79 $50 placed at disposal of Transportation Committee.. Report of Committee on President's Address Telegram from Hon. T. E. Burton .... Invitation from Nat'l Cash Register Co. Suggestion by Capt. Landreth as to color scale.... ..... Page 79 79 81 82 83 Report of Special Committee on Seed Adulteration....... 86 Report of Committee on Government Free Seed Distribu tion ... 94 Election of Officers 94 Vote of thanks to Mr. J. Horace McFarland and Prof. W. W. Tracy 95 Vote of thanks to daily press and Local Committee, etc.... 95 Invitations to hold next convention ... · 97 Mr. C. F. Wood invites convention to Louisville · 98 99 Paper Good Seeds that Fail to Grow, C. L. Allen......101 Social Features .106 CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. ARTICLE I. This Association shall be known as the American Seed Trade Association. ARTICLE II. The object of the Association shall be the development of such relations and intimacies between the members as exist in all standard social organizations; and through and in that firmer business relation in which all can stand together in the effort to improve and perfect a standard of business integrity, which shall include purity of stocks, honesty of representation, carefulness of obligations, and promptness in execution. Also the discussion of all subjects of interest to, or belonging to, the Seed Trade. ARTICLE III. The membership shall consist of regular seed-growers and dealers whose chief business is the buying and selling of seeds, or agricultural tools and seeds, in this country and Canada. ARTICLE I. *Section I. Any individual, firm or corporation engaged in the seed trade in this country or Canada, as provided for in Article III of the Constitution, shall be eligible for membership in this Association. Firms or corporations shall be entitled to one vote only, but any member of a firm or officer of a corporation, may represent the firm or corporation and be entitled to all the privileges of the Association. Any member of a firm, or officer of a corporation may make application for and take an individual membership, should he so desire. All membership to cease whenever any change occurs whereby an individual, firm, or corporation would not, under our Constitution, be eligible for membership, and can be renewed only by vote of the Association. *Sec. 2. New members may be elected at the Annual Convention of the Association, or at any special meeting that may be held, after having been recommended by the Committee on Membership. All applications for membership must be made upon blanks to be furnished by the Secretary accompanied by an initiation fee of ($25.00), which will also cover the first year's dues or be recommended by at least one member of the Association, who will guarantee payment. The election of new members shall be by ballot. It shall require the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members present and voting to elect a member. No applicant for admission to membership shall be balloted for on the day of his proposal, except by unanimous vote suspending the rule. Sec. 3. Each member shall pay an annual assessment of five dollars, which shall be due at the commencement of each year. Sec. 4. Any member not in arrears to the Association may withdraw from it, filing with the Secretary a written notice of his intention. Any member who shall be in arrears over two years for his dues, or who shall conduct himself in a manner that is considered at variance with the interests of this Association, shall, written charges having been *Amendment of June, 1906. preferred, be suspended from membership by order of the President, upon recommendation of the Committee on Membership, and, after a heåring before the Association at its next meeting, may be expelled by a vote of two-thirds of the members present. ARTICLE II. Section I. The officers of the Association shall consist of a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and an Assistant Secretary; an Executive Committee of seven, composed of President, Secretary and Treasurer, and five additional members; a Committee of Membership, consisting of three;* and a Committee of Arbitration to consist of three members. Sec. 2. All the officers and committees shall be elected by ballot of the Association, and shall hold their offices for one year, or until their successors are elected,* except the Committee of Arbitration, which committee shall be appointed by the President, when required for special cases. A majority of the votes cast shall be requisite to constitute a choice. ARTICLE III. There shall be an annual meeting of the Association, for the choice of officers and the transaction of other business, on Tuesday of the last full week of June, at such place as the Executive Committee may appoint; each member shall be notified by the Secretary, through the mail, of the time and place of such meeting at least thirty days in advance of said meeting. Fifteen members shall constitute a quorum. ARTICLE IV. Section I. It shall be the duty of the President, or, in his absence, one of the Vice-Presidents, to preside at all meetings of the Association. The President shall also preside at all meetings of the Executive Committee, and he shall audit and sign the annual account of the Treasurer. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to attend all meetings of the Association and of the Executive Com *Amendment of June, 1898. Amendment of June, 1902. |