19 INTRODUCTION 



and pay a membership fee of $5.00 or over. 

 Each member should have an equal voice re- 

 gardless of his acreage. Organize, either as a 

 corporation or a limited partnership. Elect 

 the best qualified men to be officers, and then 

 give them unqualified support. Select a man- 

 ager and see to the marketing arrangements. 

 If the quantity raised is large enough, it is best 

 to have yoxu- own receiving and selhng agent 

 in the principal market. Every member must 

 make a legal contract with the association to 

 submit to its rules about condition, packing 

 and deUvering, to apply to his entire crop. 

 Good quality, rehable packing and regular sup- 

 ply are essential to good prices. 



The manager or inspector must have full 

 authority. Each member's delivery is graded, 

 weighed, measured or counted and accurately 

 recorded. Once a month the account from 

 each grade is made up, and the proceeds, after 

 paying expenses, are paid over. 



The manager should be an experienced truck- 

 er, competent to instruct and advise about the 

 work of planting, growing and gathering. The 

 growers meet each other at the station, and com- 

 pare notes. They all learn what is known by 

 the most expert among them. They can ar- 

 range to have one man gather up the crops 



