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It was not very active until the spring of 1916, when it 

 boycotted the Chicago dealers and obtained a higher price 

 for its milk. As a result of this and other successes, it 

 grew rather rapidly and soon included the major portion 

 of the producers in the Chicago district. 



It is organized into locals about the various shipping 

 points, and the members in each county are also organized 

 into county associations. Members hold membership 

 directly in the locals, and the total membership of such 

 locals constitutes the central association. "Any person, 

 firm, or corporation engaged in the production of milk, 

 any farm, or farm owner residing in and operating in the 

 territory tributary to the city of Chicago, Illinois, may 

 . . . become a member of the association." l 



The members in each county form a county association, 

 which elects a set of officers of its own. Each county 

 association having fifty-one to one hundred members in 

 good standing then elects a director of the central associ- 

 ation. If a county association has more than one hundred 

 members, an additional director may be elected for each 

 additional three hundred members, but no county associ- 

 ation may have over four directors. An annual meeting 

 of members, at which officers are elected, is held at some 

 point convenient to the greatest number of members 

 of the central association. 



The board of directors has general charge of the business 

 of the association. It may also expel any member or re- 

 move any officer for cause after proper hearing. In August, 

 1916, it acted under this power to remove the president 

 by expelling him from the association. 2 



In the spring of 1916 a movement was started within 



1 By-Laws in Year Book and Directory, 1917. 



2 Hoard's Dairyman, Sept. 8, 1916. 



