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ARTICLE XIII. 
All business at any regular or special meeting shall be conducted 
according to usual parliamentary rules. 
ARTICLE XIV. 
Sec. 1. At the election of officers of the Association, each member 
shall be entitled to one vote for every 100 cases of Berries, or frac- 
tion over 50, grown by him or her and marketed by the Association. 
SEc. 2. No voting by proxy shall be allowed. 
Src. 3. No member in arrears to the Association for dues, fines or 
assessments, shall be entitled to vote. 
SrEc. 4. In cases where Berry fields are leased or rented, the Land- 
lord, Agent or Tenant, or any of them, may become members of this 
Association with all the privileges and rights to vote as other 
members. 
ARTICLE XV. 
Sec. 1. These By-Laws may be altered or amended by a two-thirds 
vote of all members present at any regular meeting. 
SEc. 2. Any amendment to the By-Laws must be presented in 
writing at a regular meeting of the Association. 
SEc. 3. No such proposed amendment shall be acted upon until 
the first regular meeting after its introduction. 
ORDER OF BUSINESS. 
Calling Roll of officers. 
Reading of minutes. 
Application for membership. 
Balloting for applicants. 
Reports of officers. 
Reports of standing committees. 
Reports of select committees. 
Reading of communications. 
Bills against the Association. 
Unfinished business. 
New business. 
General welfare. 
REPORT OF SMALL FRUITS IN FREEBORN COUNTY. 
G. H. PRESCOTT, ALBERT LEA. 
Strawberries wintered well and were in good condition for a crop, 
but owing to frost the most of the crop was destroyed. What was 
left the chinch bugs and drought spoiled. Raspberries were a fair 
crop, and prices good. Blackberries set very full and we thought 
to get a fine crop, but they dried on the vines just before getting 
ripe. I gota few poor berries from the Snyder; the Ancient Brit- 
tons were a total failure. I hada good crop of currants, and goose- 
berries were about half a crop. 
