632 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Eighth, Any section of the Guild may make such rules for its own government as a ma- 

 jority of the members may desire, not in coniiict with these rules, or the constitution and 

 by-laws of the General Association. 



Ninth, Ail transactions of the several officers of this Association involvina; the expendi- 

 ture of money, must first be ordered by the General Association, or by the Executive Com- 

 mittee, unless it be in the discharge of the special duties of his office. 



Tenth, All fruit shipped by the members of this Association shall, as far as possible, be 

 strictly graded, as follows: First, Good, which shall have none but sound fruit in it, and 

 shall be strictly of the same general grade throughout the package : Provided, That some 

 of the very finest may be denominated /awe?/. The second grade shall be constituted of 

 such fair fruit as will pay for shipment, but which is not guaranteed perfect, although it is 

 entirely sound. 



Eleventh, On all of first grade, — "good" and " fancy," — the shipper's name is to be put 

 on each package in plain letters, and is a guarantee of its perfection or the sale is invalid. 



Twelfth, All of second grade is to be sent into market without brand, and sold on its 

 merits. But, in all cases, all parts of the package is to be of the same class of fruit through- 

 out. 



With these special and general rules as a guide orbas'S of action, the Execu- 

 tive Committee met with twenty-four of tlie leading commission firms on 

 South Water street, and organized a '' Fruit Board of Trade or Guild," which 

 the Association will endorse. It is proposed to organize similar boards in all 

 the principal towns in the Northwest, as fast as the officers appointed can ac- 

 complish their work. A list of these boards or guilds, with the names of the 

 men composing them, together with the list of members (fruit growers) of the 

 Association, will be published in pamphlet form for the benefit of the members. 

 It is expected to have the pamphlet ready for distribution by May 1st. Michi- 

 gan ought to have 1,000 members, and Illinois as many. Mr. H. H. Garland, 

 of Benton Harbor, was appointed to solicit memberships for this vicinity, Ben- 

 ton Harbor, and M. Maxon at St. Joseph. We trust no time will be lost, but 

 that every one who is interested in fruit growing will forward to Mr. Garland, . 

 or hand to one of the officers, the membership fee, only $2, with his name. 



0. S. WILLEY, 



Recording Secretary. 



Benton Harbor, Mich. 



