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Wisconsin Agricultural Experimental Association / Twentieth annual report of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Association with Tenth annual report of Alfalfa Order. Address of president, secretary's report, and account of the association's activities in promoting progressive agriculture
(1922)
Report of the business meeting, pp. 49-50
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WISCONSIN EXPERIMENT ASSOCIATION REPORT OF THE BUSINESS MEETING -Thursday, Jan. 26, 1922 Meeting called to order by President C. S. Ristow. Moved and carried that the chairman appoint a committee on nomi- nations, resolutions and honorary membership committees. Appointed were: Nominations-H. E. Kreuger, F. E. Bell, E. J. Delwiche. Reso- lutions-Henry Michels, L. F. Graber. Honorary membership-R. A. Moore, P. W. Jones. Minutes of last business meeting read by Sec. R. A. Moore, and adopted. Financial report read by Sec. R. A. Moore, and adopted. The committee on honorary membership reported, and recommended that honorary membership be conferred on the following: H. K. Wiley, Blackfoot, Idaho; J. N. Kavanaugh, Green Bay; W. E. Spreiter, Ona- laska; W. P. Brenner, Green Bay; A. C. Murphy, Shawano. Moved and carried that the report be adopted and the above enrolled as honorary members. The committee on nominations reported, and recommended: Presi- dent, C. S. Ristow, Black River Falls; vice president, Emil Jacobsen, Green Bay; secretary, R. A. Moore, Madison; treasurer, R. H. Lang, Jefferson. Moved and carried that the report of the committee be adopted and the nominees be declared elected. Moved and carried that a telegram be sent to Jippa Wielinga, Mid- way, as follows: "Jippa, we miss you at Green Bay." The committee on resolutions reported, and recommended that the following resolutions be adopted: Be it resolved: That the Wisconsin Experiment Association and its affiliated orders, appreciating the warm hospitality which the city of Green Bay and Brown county have extended to the grain show and annual meeting, the great efforts which Mr. Kavanaugh, Mr. Brenner and their committees have made in providing splendid accommoda- tion for the show and for the association's meetings and for the enter- tainment of visitors, and the worthy purpose which actuated them- that of establishing a spirit of friendly co-operation and understanding between the country and city community-do hereby tender the sincere thanks and gratitude of the members of the experiment association and their affiliated orders. WHEREA , There is produced annually in Wisconsin a considerable quantity of flax straw which is now almost entirely a waste product, and in addition there are produced in this state other similar fibrous materials which are in urgent need of a market, and since preliminary investigations indicate that such material can be utilized for manufac- turing a high grade of paper, and since the national department of agri- culture already possesses a fully equipped laboratory for the investiga- tion of raw materials for paper manufacture, and WHm&s, An appropriation of $15,000 by the national government has been proposed for the investigation of flax straw for paper and pulp, this item to be included in the regular appropriation for research 49
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