grove of 800 trees, 4 and 6 years old,
6 miles west of Coatesville on the Lincoln Highway. Dr. Jones has
continually farmed his land which has helped greatly to carry the
planting.

The next stop was at the nursery of the late J. F. Jones, now operated
by his daughter Mildred, south of Lancaster. Here we saw the interesting
test orchard of English walnuts, pecans and black walnuts. Most
interesting was the test block of hybrid filbert-hazels started by Mr.
Jones some years ago.

The next stop was at C. F. Hostetter's 1,000 tree grove at Bird-in-Hand,
east of Lancaster, where we saw what Mr. Hostetter told about in his
paper yesterday. His trees all looked nice and many trees were well
loaded with nuts.

Next stop was at L. K. Hostetter's grove of 800 trees near Oregon. Here
very interesting observations were made in tree and grove procedure.
Part of the grove is now in blue grass and sheep, making a very
beautiful setting. Part is interplanted with locust trees, the idea
being to feed the ground with a legume tree and get something in return
from the wood. As the locusts crowd the walnuts they will be cut.

Demonstrations were given in hulling walnuts with a Ford car which was
done by jacking up one rear wheel. A trough is inserted under the wheel
lined with a piece of truck tire. A mud chain is put on the wheel and as
the wheel revolves, nuts are poured in via a metal chute and the nuts
fly out the other end very well hulled. The jack is used to adjust the
wheel to different sizes of nuts.

Lem's next eye-opener was a brand new method of separating the hulls
from the nuts. Two 2-inch pipes are laid on an incline the thickness of
a walnut hull, about a half inch, apart. The pipes revolve and the hulls
and nuts are poured on at the top. As they roll down the incline, and
the rolls revolve, the hulls are caught by the rolls or pipes and pulled
through the crack between them. A most remarkable and simple method
solving one of the major problems in commercial walnut growing.

The last stop was made at Dr. Frank Baum's grove at Yellow House, 8
miles east of Reading on the Boyertown highway. Here luncheon was served
by Dr. and Mrs. Baum, the outstanding feature being walnut ice cream and
walnut kisses.

After the luncheon at Dr. Baum's the following business was transacted:

Dr. Deming, Chairman Nominating Committee, presented the following
nominations:

President Frank H. Frey
Vice-President