Officers and Committees 3
State Vice Presidents 4
List of Members 5
Constitution 21
By-Laws 22
Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh Annual Convention 23
Address of Welcome--Dr. J. H. Gourley 23
Response--John E. Cannaday, M.D. 24
Address of Retiring President--Carl Weschcke 24
Report of Secretary--Mildred M. Jones 25
Report of the Treasurer--D. C. Snyder 26
Aims and Aspirations of the Ohio Nut Growers--A. A. Bungart 27
Notes on the Annual Meeting 31
Nut Growing Under Semi-Arid Conditions--A. G. Hirschi 32
Weather Conditions versus Nut Tree Crops--J. F. Wilkinson 37
Nut Tree Notes from Southwestern Ohio--Harry R. Weber 39
Black Walnut Nursery Studies--Stuart B. Chase 40
My Experiments, Gambles and Failures--John Davidson 42
Nut Trees in Wildlife Conservation--Floyd B. Chapman 45
Commercial Aspects of Nut Crops as far North as St. Paul,
Minnesota--Carl Weschcke 48
The 1946 Status of Chinese Chestnut Growing in the Eastern
United States--Clarence A. Reed 51
Bearing Record of the Hemming Chinese Chestnut Orchard--E. Sam
Hemming 58
Walnut Notes--G. H. Corsan 60
Self-fruitfulness in the Winkler Hazel--Dr. A. S. Colby 60
Hickories and Other Nuts in Northwestern Illinois--A. B. Anthony 61
Nut Trees for Ohio Pastures--Dr. Oliver D. Diller 62
How Hardy Are Oriental Chestnuts and Hybrids?--Russell B.
Clapper and G. F. Gravatt 64
Growing Chestnuts for Timber--Jesse D. Diller 66
Improved Methods of Storing Chestnuts--H. L. Crane and J. W. McKay 71
Essential Elements in Tree Nutrition--W. F. Wischusen 73
Nut Tree Propagation as a Hobby for a Chemist--Dr. E. M. Shelton 83
Notes on Propagation and Transplanting in Western
Tennessee--J. C. McDaniel 87
Propagating Nut Trees Under Glass--Stephen Bernath 90
The Economic, Ecological and Horticultural Aspects of
Intercropping Nut Plantings--Dr. F. L. O'Rourke 91
Nut Work at the Mahoning County Experiment Farm, Canfield,
Ohio--L. Walter Sherman 93
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