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Section 4. Discussion of Specific Organizations 



The New England Milk Producers' Association, as now 

 organized, was incorporated June, 1917, under the Massa- 

 chusetts law providing for non-profit, non-stock associ- 

 ations. 1 The association is organized into local associ- 

 ations, county associations, market associations, and a 

 central association. The local associations are "composed 

 of the dairy farmers in any vicinity who have subscribed 

 to the by-laws and regulations of the New England Milk 

 Producers' Association." 2 The county associations are 

 in turn composed of delegates from three or more locals. 

 The market associations are "composed of delegates from 

 local associations whose members sell in any market other 

 than Boston or New York." 3 The central association 

 is made up of the presidents of the various county associ- 

 ations and is the governing body of the organization. It 

 organizes for business by electing at its annual meeting 

 a president, vice-president, treasurer, and clerk, and also 

 a board of directors two from each state. The central 

 association may delegate to the board of directors any 

 of its powers, and the directors may in turn delegate their 

 powers to an executive committee composed of five of 

 their own number. The membership fee is one dollar. 

 Annual dues are "one-half of one per cent of the amount 

 received . . . from the sale of dairy products, payable 

 monthly at the principal office of the association." 4 The 

 revenue from such annual dues is to go 85 per cent to the 

 central association, 10 per cent to the local association, 



1 Letter from R. Pattee, Mgr. N. E. M. P. A., May, 1919. 



2 New England Dairyman, June, 1919, p. 5. 



3 Ibid. 



4 Ibid. 



