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method of packing and marking. An association must be formed 

 with officers, rules and regulations which the officers must see 

 enforced, and the more strict the enforcement the better will be the 

 results. It possibly might be thought best to send an agent to 

 Europe to inspect the markets and to represent the association in 

 the matter of business and perhaps as time goes on it will be thought 

 best to establish a Fruit Exchange with store-houses arranged for 

 the cold storage of our apples. There are great possibilities for 

 such an organization, but the first great object is to get started, even 

 if in a small wa^', and then by feeling our way along and finding out 

 just what we want we will have courage to take hold of the more 

 formidable problems as they may present themselves. We here- 

 with present a few articles and rules under which it seems to us we 

 could form such an organization as we believe would be of great 

 benefit to the fruit growers of Maine. 



BY-LAWS. 



We, being fruit growers in the State of Maine and desirous of 

 improving the quality of our fruit and arranging for a more uniform 

 method of packing, marking and disposing of the same, hereby form 

 ourselves into an association for that purpose and agree to be gov- 

 erned by the following by-laws : 



Article I — Name. 



This Association shall be known as the Maine Fruit Growers' 

 Association. 



Article II — Membership. 



Sect. 1. Any fruit grower may become a member of this Asso- 

 ciation by paying a membership fee of dollars. 



Sect. 2. Each member of this Association shall pay an annual 

 assessment of dollars. 



Sect. 3. Anj- member violating any of the rules or by-laws of 

 this Association upon complaint coming to the Secretary, shall 

 receive a notice from the Secretary, stating the complaint, with a 

 request that more care be used to observe the rules, and for second 

 complaint shall be given a hearing before the full board of officers 

 of this Association, and if, in their judgment it be for the best 

 interests of the Association, the member may be dropped from the 

 roll of 'membership. 



