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fact, it has had no other source of iiicome during the last ten 

 years, and it has in its treasury to-day between three and four 

 hundred dollars, besides an equal amount invested in tables, 

 lumber, &c., used at fairs. 



The Club lias something over one hundred members at the 

 present time. It never was in a more flourishing condition. 



Mr. William H. Tozer, Secretary, has sent me the follow- 

 ing history of the Ipswich Fruit Growers' Protective Associa- 

 tion : — 



The date of organization is Sept. 22d, 1866. Its object you 

 will perceive by the Constitution, which you will please find 

 enclosed. [Sect. 9. It shall be the duty of every member of 

 this Association to use all proper means to detect all persons 

 who shall be guilty of trespass or larceny in his field, orchard 

 or garden, and when thus detected, within twenty-four hours 

 thereafter, to make complaint before a magistrate against such 

 offender or offenders, and to do nothing to delay or hinder the 

 execution cf the law. 



It shall be his duty, also, when he shall know or be informed 

 of the commission of trespass or larceny in the field, orchard 

 or garden of any other member of this Association, forthwith 

 to notify such other member of the same, whose duty it shall 

 be to make complaint, as if he had himself detected the 

 offender. 



Sect. 2. This Association may hold annually a Fair, at 

 such time as the Association shall determine by vote, for the 

 exhibition of all varieties of Fruit, Flowers, Vegetables, 

 Articles of Home Manufacture, and any other articles of 

 produce which may be entered, and that the Board of Direc- 

 tors award premiums to all such contributors, as in their judg- 

 ment are best entitled to them.] 



We have held a Fair annually since 1868, excepting the two 

 years that the Essex Agricultural Society held theirs in this 

 town, and always with fair success. The Association now 

 numbers 226 members, with a fund of about $600 on deposit. 



