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It is evident that this association has reached the con- 

 clusion that the directors and manager can calculate the 

 time of picking and the most profitable quantity, sizes and 

 varieties to be picked for members better than the members 

 can do these things for themselves. If the members did 

 not believe that in the long run they would get larger re- 

 turns for their fruit by pursuing this course they would 

 obviously not delegate power over their crops to the asso- 

 ciation. In citation the rule appears more uncompromising 

 than would probably be the case in practice. When for 

 any reason a member wishes to contribute a larger or 

 smaller percentage of his crop to any pool than is likely 

 to be determined upon by the directors he has the privilege 

 of filing such application with the directors before the pool 

 opens, and the directors are likely to act favorably on the 

 application unless there are specific reasons to the contrary. 

 But the important point to remember is that when a differ- 

 ence of opinion about deliveries does arise, the directors 

 hold the final authority over the fruit and can compel a 

 member to comply with the association policy. 



On the other hand some associations adhere to the idea 

 that the grower himself should decide when to ship his fruit 

 and that the function of the directors and the manager is 

 simply to see to it that the fruit when delivered is properly 

 and efficiently packed; in short, that if a member chooses 

 to deliver his whole crop in the same month or the same 

 week he should have the right to do so. According to this 

 plan the association's authority does not extend beyond the 

 packing house: it takes rather than gives orders. Instead 

 of being notified that the association picking crew will be 

 at his grove at such and such a day to pick a certain number 

 of boxes, the member must provide his own picking force 

 or do the work himself. Under the first plan the owner 

 of a grove cannot even join in the labor of picking his own 



