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CRANBERRY GROWERS ATTENTION! 

We are in a position to supply you with 

HIGH GRADE SPRAY AND DUSTING MATERIALS
FERTILIZERS, SULPHATE OF IRON, ETC.


AT REASONABLE PRICES


BEATON'S DISTRIBUTING AGENCY


WAREHAM, MASSACHUSETTS 

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Manufacturers of Cranberry Equipment 

Separators -Conveyors -Belt Screens -Blowers -Elevators -Box Shakers -Box 
Presses -Gas Locomotives -Wheel Barrows -Vine Pruners -Vine Rakes with metal 
teeth -Pumps -Sand Screens -Turf Haulers -Turf Axes 

We Supply 

Motors -Gas Engines -Sprayers -Belting -Pulleys -Shafting -Axes -Picks 
Grub Hoes -Mattocks -Shovels, etc. 

H.R.BAILEY CO. 
SOUTH CARVER, MASS. 

ESTABLISHED 1895 TEL. CARVER 28-2 

Your advertisement
appearing in this magazine
will be read by cranberry growers
throughout the country.



Ocean Spray Finds 
Ad Campaign 

Is Effective 

The New England advertising 
campaign on Ocean Spray Cran-
berry Sauce showed its effective-
ness in. March when sales jumped 
76% higher than sales in March, 

1937. That this gain is due entirely 
to the advertising seems certain 
when comparisons made in the 
west of the country showed no 

gains whatever.2. 

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lSAVES $3 TO $4 AN ACRE 

j" WITH

-_ -EACH APPLICATION! 

Extensive experiments on cranberries during 1937 show that 

Pyrocide Dust (impregnated dust) saved from $3 to $4 per acre on 

each application, when tested against certain other types of dust in


secticides. Check the advantages of this entirely new product, made

from Dry Pyrocide:* 

1. DEADLY-One pound of Pyrocide Dust gives results at least 
equal to one pound of pyrethrum powder. Fireworms, Gypsy Moths 
and Blunt Nose Leaf Hoppers can be effectively controlled. Kills 
many other kinds of chewing and sucking insects. 
UN IFORM -The pyrethrin content does not vary in different 
batches. Killing power always remains high.

3. STABBILIZIED -Dry Pyrocide is protected from deterioration 
by a scientifically selected anti-oxidant. 
4. NON-POISONOUS--when used as directed. Leaves no poisonous 
residue on berries. 
For price lists and complete details, write today to your nearest 
manufacturer of Pyrocide Dust: 

P. E. Lirio, Vineland, N. J. Cranberry Canners, Inc., Onset, Mass. 
John J. Beaton Co., Wareham, Mass. A. D. Makepeace Co., Wareham, Mass. 
Manufacturersof PyrocideDust operateunder licensefrom 

McLAUGHLIN GORMLEY KING COMPANY, Minneapolis, Minn. 

MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS 

*Protectedby U. S. Patent No. 2,092,308 
These results are surprising 
when it is recalled that the New 
England campaign was begun with 
some misgivings: first, because 
New England was harder hit by 
the current recession than any 
other part of the country and it 
was believed by many that the 
buying power of the people would 

not be sufficient to warrant expend-
itures for semi-luxuries such as 
cranberry sauce; and second, because 
sellers of other commodities 
were.of the opinion that no amount 
of advertising would stimulate buy-
ing in a dead market. 

Even those grocers who in the 
past have bought cranberry sauce 
only at Thanksgiving and Christ-
mas have felt a stimulated demand 
this spring and have continued to 
feature cranberry sauce, a prac-
tice which probably will carry over 
into other years and make spring 
and summer selling of cranberry 
sauce easier. 

In addition to the new receiving 
warehouse being erected at Dennis, 
there will also be a Cape Cod cot-
tage at which visitors may obtain 
information about the growing and 
canning of cranberries, and make 
purchases of cranberry sauce and 
cranberry juice cocktail. 

The cottage will follow in detail 
traditional Cape Cod architecture, 
and the interior will have a large 
sales room with fireplace and com-
fortable lounge chairs where visi-
tors may rest while they learn 
about the cranberry industry. 

The cottage will be operated in 
very much the same manner as 
the present stand and bottle at 
Onset, and will play an important 
part in the drive to popularize 

cranberries and Ocean Spray cranberry 
sauce with summer visitors. 
Each year millions of people 
come to Cape Cod, and it is felt 
by cranberry growers that if they 
can sell to these visitors the 
healthfulness and palatability of 
their products, they will have help-

ed increase consumption in, many 
territories because each visitor 
will return home and talk about 
the things he saw and the food he 
was served during his vacation. 

C Buying 

oo erales 

for Maass. Growers 

_ 

The general movement by 
Massachusetts cranberry growers 
to purchase their supplies through 
a single agency has received 
special emphasis this spring. 

A directing committee com-
posed of elected representatives 
from most of the grower organiza-
tions has been formed. The 
groups represented are: The Cape 
Cod Cranberry Growers' Associa-
tion; The Upper Cape Cranberry 
Club; The Lower Cape Cranberry 
Club; Cranberry Canners, Inc.; 

and The New England Cranberry 

Copperas Snow 

IN LAE) 

BAGS OR KEGS 

112 lbs. each 

Prompt Shipment 

Irving . Sobin Co., Inc. 

74 Granite St., 

BOSTON, MASS. 

Tel: So. Boston 3973-5 

Co. Carl B. Urann is chairman 
and Leslie J. Cross the active 
manager 
The purpose of this committee 

is to purchase-collectively-supplies 
of any nature, for any cranberry 
grower. These supplies will 

be sold at an approximate "retail 
price". Once or twice a year, expenses 
will be deducted from the 
"gross profits" of these sales and 
the so-called "net profit" will be 
distributed back to the growers in 
proportion to their original purchases. 
There will be a 2% cash 
discount. 

Federal laws prohibit such re


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BETTER -QUICKER -CHEAPER 

BOG .REPARATION 

When preparing new bogs, or when rebuilding to change the 
variety of berry, to stamp out False Blossom, or to replace 
vines that are not bearing properly-ROTOTILLER soon 
pays for itself, with its big saving of time and labor-cost. 
Its use is now considered "standard practice" by larger 
growers. 

ROTOTILLER can be driven to diseased areas, quickly, 

under its own power without damaging vines. It plows under 

diseased vines in one trip over the grounds, pulverizes top


soil for replanting, and does a world of other necessary jobs. 

It gets in on damp ground earlier than other implements, and 
works well in peat soil. It will pay you to check up on 

-cuts costs for Blueberry Growers, too. Far and away 
the best implement for this work 

ROTOTILLER'S sharp, spring-mount-
ed tines revolve through the soil like ..
picks. Result: A. deep loose seedbed T Reg.g U S U.S. P


M Pat. Off.
of the finest type in ONE operation.


Trade Mark 

WRITE FOR CATALOG All Ready To Plant!
(Demonstration gladly arranged)


RTOTILLER INC. TROY, N. Y. 

WAREHOUSES: NEW YORK -CHICAGO -SAN FRANCISCO -LOS ANGELES -TOLEDO 

EFFICIENCY STFIMTOX "A" DUST 

'WHYSHOULD YOU USE IT?

.. 

FIRST: Stimmtox "" Dust is cheaper per pound than finely ground Pyrethrum 
powder. 
SECOND: Stimtox "A" Dust is backed by extensive commercial use. Because 

of its economy and efficiency it has generally replaced Pyrethrum 

powder for the control of many ground crop insects throughout 

the country. 

THIRD: The killing power of Stimtox "A" Dust is standardized. Rou are 
assured of uniform cranberry insect control. 

Consult your local insecticide supplier 

*In our March ad in "Cranberries," it was stated that Stimtox "A" had been successfully tested 
by both the Massachusetts and New Jersey Experiment Stations. No tests of an official nature 
were conducted by the Massachusetts Station and therefore, the statement was due to a misunderstanding 
on our part and made without sanction of the Massachusetts Experiment Station. 
It is hereby withdrawn. 
"Killing Power-That's The Thing" 

PBRANDYSo 

AEC. V.& PAT,OFF 

JOHN POWELL & CO., INC. 
114 East 32nd Street New York, N. Y. 

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soR NALCRANBERRy MG4 

FRESH FROM THE FIELDS ByC.J.H. 

April Varied The last half Much Activity There is prob-portation, Philadelphia was the 
Month in Mass. o f M a r c h In Mass. ably more bog center of the district, but now

when growers use automobiles

brought some activity in the wh engrowers use autobils 
warm weather to Massachusetts, state of Massachusetts than usual, much handier Thecompany has 
and then starting with April first although there is not a great deal muchased a building which it 
the temperature dropped. The of new bog being built. There is expectsto remodel to furnish 
first two weeks in April brought much rebuilding, however, with a expect remel oo fire-
some very cold days and a few great deal of sanding, ditching, spac mee reco , and 
extremely cold nights, with the etc. Activity would seem to be at other storage space for asuch 
mercury as low as 18 above. There least as heavy as it was last year supples as re necessar for the 
was even a little snow, sleet and at this time. carrying on of all their business.

skim ice, but the average was on

irobably not ga reateae was In addition, the quarters will be

probably not a great deal below much larger than were used in 
normal as a whole. The middle of May Frost On Tuesday evening, mchlaerha ee ei 
April brought back warmer weath-In Mass. May 3, the second Pla 
er with some abnormally warm frost warning of the 
days. April 14th was the warmest ear went out, Dr. Franklin pre-Air Oil Spray Th e airplane 

April 14th on record at Boston. dicting 24 degrees. While 24 may In Jersey concern t h a t 
______ have been a general average on has been doingcertain bogs, the glass dropped a considerable part of the dusting 
Mass. Spring Many grow-much lower even to 18 and 19. in New Jersey has announced that 

Scum Very Thick ers report About every grower, although feel-it i offering an airplane oil spray-

that sp ing it was still early in the season ing service this year in addition 

perhaps, used water and

scum was extremey plenty of to the regular dusting service. 

scum was extremely thick this It wa ne those spotty the

iit. It was one of those "spotty"

^year,a ^frostssaying it was the with the temperature vary-

few

worst they had ever experienced. 

orst had' ever ing greatly from bog to bog. Oregon Group T h e Coos 
Massachusettter bogreleased many Re-elects Cran


was from Some growers had plenty of vapor, County

nMassachusetts bogs early this while others could raise very little. Co-op-

year, and by mid-April most bogs Officers berry 

were free of water. erative h e 1d 
Scum Thick Jersey growers its annual meeting at the Bandon 
In Jersey have been re-(Oregon) High school on April

Mass.TheFrostfirst m * the 99th and this was followed by a

ass.rotmoving tthe win-"Pot Luck" dinner. The same 
Warning Apr. 23 April frost ter flood and while they find more officers were re-elected for another 

warning in scum than usual at this time of year. Two new members 'were 
several years went out to Massa-year, they think that their bogs signed up and the Coos Countychusetts growers, Saturday night, have a very good appearance. The group is continuing to grow. 
April 23, with Dr. H. J. Franklin common opinion in New Jersey is 
predicting 20 degrees. He .had that the crop of last year cannot 
been watching the weather closely be repeated this year in all proba-Sleepy Crowd Because of the 
for quite a few nights as the bility. Last year the weather A Meeting all night job on 
weather turned colder again after conditions were very favorable and 
the middle of the month. A great all bogs bore some berries. Usual-the bogs it was 
majority of the growers put some ly many of the poor bogs do not rather sleepy crowd that asse 
water on and let it remain for bear at all when the usual frosts bled next day for the annual 
several days, as the weather occur. spring meeting of the Cape Cod 

stayed cold. Many growers felt -Cranberry Growers' association.

Quite a few nodded now and then

that their bogs had been injured by a few nodded now and the 

a very cold April night two years Pemberton New The Grow-during the day. 
ago, and played safe this time Headquarters ers Cranber-
after Dr. Franklin had issued the ry Company d T Another w 

warning. Temperatures of lower is planning moving its office ine h 
than 20 were reported. It was 18 the near future from Philadelphia Warning went out the follow-
at the state bog, and other grow-to Pemberton, New Jersey, in ing night, when 24 
ers recorded 19, 18, 17, and even order to be nearer the center of to 25 was forecast, if the weather 

13. Many growers felt, however, the New Jersey cranberry district. cleared. Most growers had held 
that little, if any, harm would This company is the New Jersey the water over, and there was no 
have resulted without flooding, as affiliate of the American Cranberry frost to speak of that night, 
the Massachusetts bogs were not Exchange. In the older days when temperatures remaining well up in 
very far advanced at the time. railroads were used for trans-most instances. 
Three 


SOME FACTS ABOUT THE NEW 
ENGLAND CRANBERRY SALES COMPANY 

An rnual Meetlng 
Held A ri l 21

A pripN 2 

Large Attrendance at Carver 
DReelects Same Officers-

Re-elects Offiecers-

Growers Are Told Selling 

Season in Future May 

Extend More Than Single 

Season-May Adopt New 

"Pool" System. 

The annual meeting of the New 
England Sales Company was held 
at the Carver Town hall April 21, 
with a large attendance and the 
same officers as previously chosen. 
These are L. B. R. Barker, Buz-
zards Bay, president; Ruel S. 
Gibbs, first vice president; Paul E. 
Thompson of Middleboro, second 

Thompson 
vice president; A. D. Benson, gen-
eral manager; and Miss Sue A. 
Pitman, assistant secretary and 
treasurer. 

Directors were chosen as follows: 
district No. 1, George E. Short, 
Marcus L. Urann, Frank F. Wes-
ton; district No. 2, L. B. R. Barker 
George H. Churchill, Harrison God-
dard, C. D. Howland, Colburn C. 
Wood; district No. 3, John G. 
Howes, Albert S. Thomas; district 
No. 4, Ellis D. Atwood, Homer L. 
Gibbs, Samuel B. Gibbs, Ruel S. 

Gibbs, Bernard E. Shaw, Jesse A. 
Holmes, Kenneth E. Shaw and W. 

E. Trufant; district No. 5, A. E. 
Bullock, George A. Cowen, Her-
bert F. Dustin; district No. 6,
Henry J. Franklin, I. C. Ham-
mond, J. C. Makepeace, Carl B. 
Urann; district No. 7, J. Foxcroft 
Carleton, Louis A. Crowell, Wil-
liam Crowell, W. F. Makepeace, W. 

Nye. .

EE. RR. .Nyc. 

Nominations for directors of the 
American Cranberry Exchange 
were: E. D. Atwood, J. C. Make-
peace, George Cowen' I. C. Hammond, 
R. S. Gibbs, D,. L. 

M. Urann 
and L. B. R. Barker. Arthur D. 
Benson of Middleboro was re-
elected clerk and treasurer. 
Perhaps an outstanding factfeaturethat

Pof meetig the

the was

of the meeting was the fact that 
several speakers stressed the fact 
that cranberry growers should not 
be unduly alarmed by the surplus 
tcarriedorn r fmst fs n n 

the cranberry industry is now en


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Four 

31, 1938 completes 31 years of 
operation by the New England 
Cranberry Sales Company.

]The original organization of this 
company occurred in the spring of 
1907, being brought about because 
of the unfavorable marketing con-
ditions which existed in the pre-
vious season and the methods of 
"cash on the barrel top" buyers. 
The cranberry crop of the en-
tire country for the season of 1906 
was approximately 390,000 barrels 
and prices ranged from $4.00 to 
$5.00 per barrel The production of 

United States 

cranberries in the United States 

for 1907 amounted to 427,00 bar-
rels, which was a record crop at 
that time. A financial panic also 

occurred during that marketing 
season but because of the improve-
ment in selling methods, sales of 
the three associated cooperative 

companies averaged $6.35 per bar-
rel. 

At the inauguration of the local 
company it had as its members, 

By A. D. BENSON, Gen. Mgr. 

American Cranberry Exchange, supervises 
and regulates the distribution 
and sale of berries produced 
by the three state companies. It 
is allowed to reserve for expenses 
in making these sales an amount 
sales price for ber


of 5% of the on an FOB ship

p-tablishe

ries, established on an F.O.B. shipping 
station basis. Out of this 
money it pays all operating ex


penses such as salaries, brokerage, 
rentals of stores and offices, 
and all cranberry selling expense; 
and then return each year to its 
members, who are also members 
of the state companies, such bal


ance as is saved from the total 
5% reserved. 

The New England Cranberry 

Sales Company is allowed 2% of 
the sales price with which to pay 
its operating costs. This company 
manages and regulates the ship


ments from Massachusetts to fit 
the market demands as called for 
by the exchange; it distributes orders 
in an equitable manner; es-

growers who produced about 35% 
of the cranberries in Massachu-
setts, and was allied with similar 

organizations in New Jersey and 

Wisconsin, the three companies 
marketing the product through the 

medium of their own central or-

ganization. 

In 911, consolidation with othernt 
selling organizations was con-
sumated, and the American Cran-
berry Exchange of New York as 

at present constituted, came into 
being. At the present time the 
New England Cranberry Sales 

Company has a membership pro-

ducing approximately 65% of the 
Cape Cod crop of cranberries. 
Immediately prior to the close of 
1918 season it was decided that 

the affiliated organizations should 
change from "capital stock" cor-
porations to non-profit membership 
organizations, and the reorganiza-
tion was effected early in the fall 

of 1919. 

company it had as its memberstablishes and supervises the rad


tablishes andsupervises the rading 
and standards of the berries; 
secures various supplies for its 

members such as labels, etc., incidental 
to the proper packing and

cdetal to te proper packing and 
handling of the fruit; it has established 
and now maintains four 
company packing houses advantageously 
located in different dis-

districts 
of the growing territory; 
and performs general business activities 
for its members. It also 

returns each year to its members 
any balances saved from the 
any balances saved from the 

amount of expense reserved. 
Naturally the members of the 
Sales Companies are pleased with 

the amount of these savings, and, 
no doubt, other cranberry growers 
who are not familiar with the operations 
of these membership organizations 
will be interested in 

the following figures: 
For the term of 20 years that 
the New England Cranberry Sales 
Company and the American Cran



berry Exchange have been operat-
ing on this strictly non-profit basis, 

the members of the New England

of the New Eng

he members 

Cranberry Sales Company have re-
ceived in refunds from the total 
7% sales assessments the amount 
of $151,854.35, and have to their 

creditOeratingin an Fd (used

creditOperatingin an Fund (used 
in place of capital), the amount of 
$177,176.03, which is invested in 
the assets of the company. Thus, 
in a period of 20 years, the savings 
(for the account) of the members 
of the New England Cranberry 
Sales Company out of the usual 

the surplus of cranberries which 
made a bad situation, as shown at 

the start of the season, but the 

lack of demand which devoloped

with the general slump. 

Chester Chaney told the grow-
ers not be too discouraged by the 
surplus. He said if it could not be 

disposed of this year, it could be

the next. e said that in the law 
of records of production another 
bumper crop shouldnotbeexpect-
ed this coming fall. He said neither 
should the growers feel thatinthere

as a too bad sentiment the 
tradeascranberres were by no 
means the only crop the trade had 
difficulty in moving, and many 

value of advertising. He said there 
were times when advertising was 
extremely effective, and again

times when people simply would 

not buy, as during the mood they 
were in last winter, when it seemed 
to be a waste of money. He saidhe 
considered newspaper advertising 
the most effective for the amount 

of money which could be spent. 
Charles L. Lewis, Jr., and Albert 
Hedler, visiting Wisconsin 
growers were both called upon and 
both spoke very interestingly upon

cranberry growing in that state. 
Mr. Hedler told how "water rakig" 
is done and Mr. Lewis chief-
of different methods and costs 
of building bo in the mid-west. 

FREDERICK R. BARBER 

Th Wisconsin cranberry indus-
T son 
try lost one o its outstanding

members on April 10th, in the 
death of Frederick R. Barber of 

Warrens Wisconsin. Mr. Barber 

hao fro 
passed away at Chcago rom 
complications following an opera


tion of three weeks before. 

Mr. Barber had been engaged in 
cranberry culture for many years 

and was recognized as an author


ity on cranberry growing. He 
was born at Westfield, Marquette 
county, Wisconsin, July 1, 1869. 
His parents came to what was 

then known as Warrens Mills, 

where he attended school, later 
going to Black River Falls High 
school, and was graduated from 

7% reserved for selling expensefruits were much more of a failure 

show a total of $328,030.38, or 
over $16,000.00 per season. As a 
matter of fact in a number of sea-
sons the selling expense amounted 

yover f te 

total F.O.B. sales, and for the sea-
son of 19S6 amounted to 53/4%. 
National advertising by the 

rowersaers of the Ex-

gowersmembrchange, was started in the season 

of 1918. There can be no doubt but 
what Cooperative Marketing and 

Nation p has been

Advertlsing ex-

hs bee 

ceedingly elective in increasing 
the fnancial returns to all cran-
berry growers whether they are 

members of the associated organi- 
zations or not, and have enhanced 
the values of cranberry properties 

held by all growers. 

1Pjroducers of other farm and or-
chard commodities certainly have 
not prospered as well as have the 
cranberry growers through the or-
derly distribution of their commo-

dity as accomplished by these sell-
ing agencies. 

Nd er g 


Annual Meeting 
-Held April 21 

tering a phase in which it must 
be prepared to market its crop over 
two years or more instead of one 
through canning. A. U. Chaney of 
New York, General Manager of the 
American Cranberry Exchange 
said that the industry was ex-
tremely fortunate that it had had 
the cooperation of the three ex-
changes to remove a surplus from 
the market last winter and canning 
ready to absorb it. 

In explaining last year's market 

slump he said the season started 

off very well, but just before 

Thanksgiving, the business crash 

became general over the country, 

and people stopped buying, includ-

ing cranberries. He said it was not 

than cranberries.

Marcus L. Urann, head of Cranberry 
Canners, Inc., likened the 
Sales Company to a ship which 
had just made a particularly haz


ardous voyage, one of the most 
difficult in many years and that it 
had proven its strength and that 
its crew had all proven their 
worth. He said each of the three 
companies in the three states had 
proven that they had the greatestconfidence in each other and had 
cooperated perfectly. This he said 
had resulted in a total income to 
date of $5,378,000 as nearly as 
could be figured, with the income 
still to be received from the sur-
plus now in the freezer. Without 
this confidence and canning, the 
total income would have been not 

three million, he de-
dared. 

A. D. Benson, general manager, 
read reports and told how greatly 
the crop had exceeded all early es


timates, and had given the sales 

company a greatly increased crop 
to handle in the face of very poor 
general business conditions. He 

said that in September it appearedBeaver Dam 

there would be about bar-Wayland academy at Beaver Dam

195,000

rels for the exchange to dispose of 
and instead it had received 246,610. 
He said that in spite of conditions 

he servce cot han tt o lt 

a barrel or lower than that of last 
year. Sixteen new members had 

P said. 

CAn interesting proposal was put 
forward by President L. B. R. 
Barker. He suggested an "all-sea-
son-all-variety" pool instead of 
different pools as at present. He 
said the present method was fre-
quently unfair to a grower who 
raised mostly or all early blacks or 

mostly or all Howes. He said it 

injoinedf during the year, he 

was unfair to the grower of early 
blacks as the late market was 
often built up at his expense, or 
it was sometimes unfair to the 

grower of Howes, as a low late 

market left him with losses. 
It was later voted this matter 
be taken up by the directors. 
Russell Makepeace spoke of the 
cooperative buying plan. John C. 
Makepeace spoke, chiefly upon the 

in 1890. After that he remained in 
business with his father, and after 
his death took over not only the 

business but his father's religious 

. 
and philanthropic enterprises.

He was one of the largest grow


ers in his section of Wisconsin, and 
employment to many local 
eepl 
people 

JOSEPH W. APPLEGATE 
Joseph W. Applegate, New Jercane 
g e, ed s e 
sey cranberry grower, died sudden


ly at Toms River, N. J., April 19. 
Mr. Applegate was 72, and a lifelong 
resident of Toms River, one 
of the cranberry centers of New 

Jersey. For some years in the 
latter part of his life he was a 
cranberry grower, owning many 

acres of bog in the Toms River 
acres of bogsection, caring for them himself. 

Five 


Mrs. Vose, has about three quarters 
of an acre of cultivated blue-

Cranberry Growers Associa ton bThe Vose bog is divided about

CraNewnPresidentrofCeerso 

equally today between Howes and 
_______.~~~~~ ~~~Early Blacks, although there are 
also Perry Reds and Prides. The 
Chester A. Vose of Marion Prides are one-of the native be--
Nio New-comer to Cran-ries, those which grew naturaiy 
berry Industry-Has Been where the Vose bog-is. 
Member for Many Yea il" 

-rMemboter for Maony Yearsi -aresi And in speaking of berry va


--Chairman of Invaluable

-—ChairmanInvaluatttblie crieties,of Mr. Vose feels that pos-

Frost Warning Work. something should be done to

soFrost Work. rsibly

.darning ad 

make Cape Cod cranberries better 

Chester A. Vose of Marion, Mas-known to the consuming trade in 
sachusetts, who will lead the Cape geneial. Cape Cod cranberries have 
Cod Cranberry Growers' Associa-always been noted, wherever crantionwin 
its activities this year, is berries have been eaten. Yet today 
no newcomer to the cranberry many Cape Cod berries are merely 
business. In fact, he says he was placed on the market under trade 
told he often spent his time stored names and are sold undistinguished 
safely away in a cranberry box on from those. of other sections. 
the bog when he was an infant. He feels that here is a thought 

Later as a young man he for members of the Cape Cod 
worked with his father, Benjamin F. Cranberry association;

.Growers' 
Vose on the latter's nine-acre that possibly even an advertising 
bog on County road near the boun-sum might be raised by which 
daries of the towns of Marion, cranberries grown on Cape Cod 
Wareham and Rochester. And CHESTER A. VOSE could be so known to the trade. 
after attending the Marion public _ Mr. Vose and his father former-
schools and being graduated from ly marketed through the Growers' 
Tabor Academy he entered Massa-Vose's work for 'the organization Cranberry company of New Jerchusetts 
Institute of Technology at and of his keen interest in the sey, when the late "Ben" Sisson 
Cambridge. cranberry industry as a whole, and was a local agent. For many years 

He was graduated as a civil en-not in just his own cranberry busi-past he has sold through the J. J. 
gineer with the intention of seek-ness, there is no mystery. Particu-Beaton Distributing Agency. That 
ing a career in building in South larly has his work the past few is, Mr. Vose is an "independent"; 
America. Instead, somehow he gave years as chairman of the frost Although he considers himself 
up this more glamorous idea to warning committee been of great by no means one of the "biggest" 
pursue that of less exciting cran-value to cranberry growers. A growers, he believes the cranberry 
berry growing. That is, unexciting few years ago when the frost industry is a good business to be 
except for fighting insects, frosts, warnings to Massachusetts grow-in. Last year he produced his 
weeds and the usual battles of the ers were threatened to be ended, a largest crop, a little more than 
man who raises cranberries, committee was named and Mr. 1800, but he takes no special pride 

The nine-acre Vose bog has been Vose became chairman. Since then in that accomplishment as last 

increased to about 30, and Mr. he has worked very ably and hard year, as we all know, not to our 
Vose now makes his home in the to build up the present system of unmixed pleasure, that "everysame 
house in which he was born, warning distribution. Now those body" had a big crop. 
the home having been remodeled who want Dr. Franklin's forecasts Without discounting the difficul


into one of the most attractive of on dangerous night, each pay on a ties in cranberry growing, as no-
old Cape Cod houses, furnished per-acre basis of their ownings. body can after spending years in 
with antiques. The system seems to be .work-raising cranberries, Mr. Vose is of 

So Mr. Vose came up with the ing satisfactorily. At least there the same opinion as many others. 
cranberry industry and has been a do not seem to be any complaints. That is, that the future of the in-
member of the Cape Cod Cranberry In former years, at first with his dustry is rather more in efficient 

Growers' association for more father, Mr. Vose engaged in more and profitable distribution rather 

years than he can remember. Yet general farming as well as cran-than in its production. 
he wonders why that body has berry growing; they sold produce, Cranberry growing is becoming 
named him its president, feeling kept cows and horses and the a science. It is now pretty well 

that "a better man could have been elder Mr. Vose was a successful known how to raise cranberries. 
chosen". strawberry grower. Eventually, Mr. The emphasis should perhaps turn 
However, to those who attend Vose dropped all except cranberry more to how to get these berries 

the meetings and know of Mr. growing, although he, or rather (Continued on Page 11) 
Six 


CAPE CLUBS CLOSE SEASON


... l.::.': .........~.'::::::..:.:~.... 


At lenghFinaluu Upperesome..te.. 

son of the Upper Cape Cod Cran-the Lower Cape Cod Cranberry 
berry club was held at Marstons club was held at Orleans Tuesday 
Mills Thursday evening, April 21, evening April 12 with an attend-| | | |!!,| /!!i 

with Bertram Ryder, presiding. A ance of 92 members and guests, 
good attendance and keen interest marking the end of a season which 
was shown in the meeting by mem-has brought out extremely good 
bers in the questions they asked crowds. President Elnathan E. 

the of

program and President Ryder was summer, referring to lower 
the new 1938 pest control charts interest which had been shown by 

hr 
manage thein pool, explained some amoun f tft worm infestation 

about the new insect marsh aso nearWarrens 

zation. Leslie Cross who is mto He urged a study of the Growin Fami 

worm. the growers r nsin

exhibition of bog apparatus was bad enough. er n

beThe charts and of the new

Russell Makepeace explained control 
further the new held outside the told more of the new plan forc-aed

cooperative buying dusts and sprays available this LLOYD REZIN 
programand President Ryder was summer, referring

tor company was to the lower
of Derris and Rotenone prod-in r


asthe p representative ma-price buying, urged ry t 
that group for the buying organi-S

chosenhall and several of ther dust of operative and the 

21 ucts in comparison with Pyre-

machine were shown in operation sent the lower Cape club in this r c 

manage the pool, explained some amount of fruit worm infestation 
of the details.Agent, the pany applicationbeen named

of insecticidesmanageif son Richard.

County was final and had as 

buyin, and declared and introduced Mr.rTheCross. e h ao r 
by the Hayden Cranberry Separa- Russell Makepeace like e cranberryrry 

that marketing for the farmrol tera thech new a a hs bog ofad 

cooperative of Wareham sons the cran busnssbusiness 

really the newwithkerosene spray electionbuyingoneof suppliese to sucrepre-nneas Incidentally, all five so like 
which inludes the buying of sup-rubber wheels, boxes, insectdes, cranberry grow-
purchasing pool. He announced subscribe to CRANBERRIES 

chines andbegins production tive of member 

and during the meeting, Mr. St.twolumber etc.He sad that since the

Crossdat

plies. Lelie that least 

some of these. that Leslie Cross of the Onset Richard Rezin is the senior mem-

Jacques explained a half acres of

field meetings will be heandduring cranberry o of isdtwenty-two and

Spray corm-le ande Warrens, and with
he ofexhibitionbog apparatus as manager


Bertram Tomlinson, Barnstable plant of the Ocean com


t he also cultivated

iurgedwholesale should buy marsh near Port Ed-

the final pany had been namedCounty Agent, was 
of the cooperative buying group, him works his son, Richard. 

speaker, and he urgedt value of 

and'he urged the 

year false blossom campa ign anhed othat he believed such a soet-up a 290 are holding. He raises 

cooperative buying, and declared and introduced Mr. Cross. The 
that marketing for the farmer, lA repre-Farlins third, Daniel, also has a bog of 

and the electionwaspray

chingram. new kerosenEldredgeesident of one member to such as

really begins with production tive buying of supplies,

in represent Capeclub in ethis

The growersexpressedoperation,theirown the lower 

which includes the buying of sup-rubber wheels, boxes, insecticides,
and dur ing this nominated, He withdrawnSt. Univerrchasingty


summemeber Mr.had announcedof Wisconsin,ol. this
Jacquesmeetingsexpaing will be held ofcranberryLeslieDi Cross soldthezi prod-is of is the has


field endsome-during thatthese. grower ogenerationhis Onset er Lloyd, 44, who ownera 
the coming summer. He urged uct wholesale, he should also buy 
growers to enlist in the three- his sluppliessupplies at a wholesale rate, wards. issoberries are raised on 
year false blossom campaign and and that he believed such a set-up 

had now been accomplished, chiefly native Wisconsins, Howes

to enroll in thQ conservation pro- now accomplished. chiefly native Wisconsins, Howes
gram. President Eldredge was elected and McFarlins.


two He saidetc.thatHe atsaidleastthat since theSeven Sevenplies.

lumber,

The growers expressed their in-to represent the club, after I. enrolled at the 

Howes, the only other College of Agriculture at the

terest in the annual cranberry bog Grafton the other of Agriculture at the
tour this summer. member nominated, had withdrawn. University of Wisconsin, and this


cessful winter series with interest of the Cape Cod mosquito control leaning toward becoming a cran


constantly increasing. (Continued on Page ii) berry grower. 

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was a the 1938 

library committee. sect control charts. 

^ fkA ^ A 4°Bertram Tomlinson, Barnstable In the afternoon Prof. Gunness 

fvnuaS llS

n gO eetinn County Agent told of the progress of the Massachusetts State College 
on the false blossom campaign and at Amherst was the first speaker 
said that about 40 percent of Mas-and he told of the experiments 
The annual spring meeting of sachusetts' 13.644 acres had been which have now been conducted for 
the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' enrolled so far. He also referred two years in the keeping of berassociation 
was held at Odd Fel-to the motion picture of the cran-ries in cold storage and which will 
lows hall, Wareham, Wednesday, berry industry which is to be pre-be continued this fall. He said that 
May 4. The new president, Chester pared by the Mass. Extention serv-it now seems a determined fact 

A. Vose of Marion presided and a ice. It was voted that a committee that berries keep with least shrink-
number of speakers were heard for the false blossom campaign be age at 35 degrees, and that that 
during the day. There was a rather apnointed by the chair. may be considered an ideal temp-
smaller attendance than usual, The new plan of cooperative erature for cold storage. He said, 
perhaps due to the fact that a buying by Massachusetts' growers however, that green berries placed 
frost warning had gone out the was explained by Harrison 1. in storage colored up best at 45 
night before and growers had lost Goddard and Russell Makepeace. to 50 degrees. 

sleep. It was voted that the chair appoint Dr. F. J. Sievers, head of the 

The business part of the pro-a committee of two to represent college said it was always a pleasceedings 
took up much of the the association on the general com-ure to cooperate with the cranberry 
morning. Paul E. Thompson of mittee. growers and asked that.growers be 
Middleboro reported for the cor-President Vose brought up the critical of the works of the remittee 
on the social security laws subject of a permanent legislative search workers and that, honest, 

and said it was the opinion of the committee for the association and frank and constructive criticism 
committee that perhaps no action it was voted that such a committee would be very helpful, both to the 
had better be taken at the present be appointed by the chair. Mr. workers and to the growers them-
time, and it was voted to continue Vose also brought up the matter selves. 
the committee. Russell Makepeace of membership and dues, upon re-Dr. Franklin concluded the pro-
reported for the library committee, cuest of the treasurer, Miss Annie gram with a lantern slide lecture 
a new venture for the association. Jenkins of Barnstable. The treas-upon a new cranberry pest. This 
It is hoped to obtain a library of urer's report showed that some concerned what he said he has 
documents and old records of the members had not paid dues in six been calling the "Fire Beetle", be-
cranberry industry in Massachu-years. The matter was left to a (Continued on Page 11) 

Eight 


C o? ^3^4* ISSUE OF MAY, 1938 

1 ~d~t ~ 3~ ·oALBERRY p

B/sS. ~a~g~No. 1gVol. 

EVERY GROWER'S PROBLEM P

PUBLISHED MONTHLY 

TIHAT twenty-five percent of the total at the 

cranberry crop has been going to the WAREHIAM COURIER OFFICE, 
Thanksgiving market was a statement 
made the other day which interested us. WAREHIAM, MASSACHUSETTS, U. S.A. 
This being true it certainly bears out the Editor and Publisher 

growing belief that the cranberry industry CLARENCE J. HALL 
:s not over-producing, but that the difi 


^ilty -to sustained good prices lies in LEMUEL C. HALL 
distribution. If a quarter of the crop is con-Associate Editor 
suimed over a, single holiday, even though 
that is a traditional day for cranberry Subscription $2.00 per year 
sauce, what is the matter with consump-Advertising rates upon application

tion on other holidays and "ordinary"
days? ' C4-CORRESPONDENTS-ADVISORS


With no criticism directed at any of 
the marketing organizations, the answer w Je 
to the cranberry growers' hopes must lie CHARLES S. BECKWITH 
in increased distribution and consumption. State Cranberry Specialist 
That thought should be among the fore-Pemberton, N. J. 
most in every cranberry growers' mind. 
As a producer it is perhaps his major Wisconsin 
problem. It is being approached from a VERNON GOLDSWORTHY 
number of angles at the present time. If Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin 
it could be solved, much of the growers' 
worry would be eliminated. Wa to-re 

We recently talked with a man who J. D. CROWLEY 
has a number of new uses for cranberries Cranberry Specialist 
well worked out in his mind. We know Pullman, Wash. 
of a firm which is producing cranberry ETHEL M. KRANICK 
"flakes," a product useful the year around. Bandon, Oregon 
We hear a Florida hotel has been advertising 
on its menu "cranberry-fed" turkeys. Massachusetts 
A traveler in India reported seeing Ocean DR. HENRY J. FRANKLIN 
Spray cranberry sauce for sale. It has Director Mass. State Cranberry Experiment Station 
been seen for sale in China. East Wareham, Mass. 

There should be new markets and new BERTRAM TOMLINSON 

uses for cranberries the world over, thegriculturl Barnstable County Agricultural Agent

year around. The combined mind of all Mass. 
growers keeping this idea ever present, Barnstable, Mass. 
should eventually make any idea of a Ne York City Representativecranberry surplus, at present or even increased 
acreage, ridiculous. Increased KENT LIGHTY 
markets is every cranberry man's problem. 280 adison Ave. Tel.Lexington 2-3595 

COOPERATIVE BUYING be able to buy at wholesale and not at 
retail. The idea has its obvious goodTHE idea of cooperative buying for the features if conducted for the good of the 

Massachusetts cranberry growers has industry, but we do not believe it should 
aroused a good deal of interest in that be so developed as to work hardship upon 
state. Many farm groups do buy co-local suppliers of cranberry materials, 
operatively and make substantial savings many of whom are also cranberry growersin so doing, and cooperative buying has themselves, or to stifle competition for the 
been in progress by the Wisconsin grow-growers' business by various individual 
ers for a number of years, apparently with firms. Competition is good in any line. 
success. It is pointed out that cranberry It is an experiment which will be watched 
growers sell at wholesale and so should with interest. 

Nine 


MICHIGAN NOTES 

by 

H. L. WILLIS 
Buds of blueberry plants of all 
varieties are about ten days earlier 
than usual in the South Haven 
area. 
The Jones Brothers of Dowagiac, 
are adding to their plantings near 
Grand Junction, Mich. 
The blueberry growers of Michi-
gan have a "top-notch" secretary-
treasurer in one John F. Strong, 
who has a plantation near Grand 
Junction, Mich. He has done a lot 
of good work this spring in getting 
prices on supplies which will save 
members of our association some

membersof some

our association 

money this year. If pep makes for 
success, he is a "winner".

sTcshere are

many newr.ORTH 
There are many new propogators

in Michigan this year. 

n R Selano Cert s

John R. Spelman of Covert is 

trying a Lath Propogating house 
this year for the first time, I be-
lieve, in Michigan. Usually a spe-
cial coldframe with sash and bur-
lap shades are used in Michigan. 

The natural habitat of the High 
Bush Huckleberry in Michigan is 
in the low marshy areas, which us-
ually are peat bogs. Experience to-
date here indicates that sand is 
most successful as a growing and 
producing medium. There are some 
"doubting Thomases" who like the 
peat. Some plantings are going on 
the peat soils, and while there is a 
possibility that these soils will be 
"sweetened" in time because of 

the water which carries lime, this 

phase of the blueberry industry 

will be interesting to watch. 

Some Rubels apparently are 

hardy as far north in Michigan as 

Traverse City, Michigan. This is 

believed to be possible, because of 

the moderating effect of Lake 

Michigan, and Grand Traverse Bay. 

Ten 

Other plantings further south, and 

inland have not done so well. 

The fertilizer formula being 
used in most Michigan soils is by 

weight: 1 part Nitrate of Soda; 2 
parts Phosphate; 1 part Sulfate of 
Potash. 

Some believe that doubling the 
Nitrate would help on the poorer 
soils. 

The past winter has been good 
to blueberry plants in Michigan. 
There has been no appreciable win-
ter killing reported. Plants in 
nursery rows, which sometimes 
heave badly, came through the 
winter in good shape. 

A

NOTES

NOTES FROM 

N O TIH CARI\LIA

CAROLINA 

by 

HAROLD G. HUNTINGTON 

North Carolina blueberries win-

tered over in good shape and the 

crop is well set. Conditions at 

present indicate a better than aver-

age crop and an earlier season by 

a week to ten days than last year. 

Rains up to now have been ade-

quate; a late frost on April 8 did 

no more damage than touch up the 

leaves a bit. A fungus of the genus 

Exobasisium is particularly 

troublesome on all varieties this 

year cutting the crop perhaps two 

percent. 

Growers in the Atkinson area 

will be glad to know that an ar-

rangement has been made with the 

express company to bill shipments 

from Atkinson. Berries will be 

loaded at the farms on express 

company trucks and hauled to Bur-

gaw to connect with regular train 

No. 42. This will save the growers 

considerable expense as well as re-

lieve them of the 30 mile haul to 

Burgaw. 

Continued Interest 
On Cape In Beach 

p

Plum Culture 

by
BERTRAM TOMLINSON
County Agent


The wide publicity given during 
the past two years relative to the 
idea of developing the beach plum 
on a commercial scale has resulted 
in numerous inquiries to the Cape 
Cod Extension Service. These inquirieshave 
come from allparts of 
Cape Cod and from the Vineyard. 

exresed r teest evep


expressed their interest in develop


ing the beach plum and have asked 

publications c their 
for publications concerningter

culture. Unfortunately, no literature 
is now available to assist these 

pioneers in their task of developing 
this fruit, which now occupies 
the same relative position in our

the same relative in our 

nique agriculture a the native 

cranberry did over a hundred years 

go. At that early time it is doubt


fulifthosewho ereengagedin 

experimentingwith the stting out 

cranberry vines realized that the 
cranberry crop would become so 
important a cash crop in the coun


t 

_

Whitesbog 

Conservation

Nursery 

Blueberry Plants 

Holly -Franklinia
Pine Barren Plants


Write for catalogue 

JOSEPH J. WHITE, Inc.
Whitesbog, N. J.



One does not need a great deal 
cf imagination to visualize a sim-
ilar development of the Cape Cod 
beach plum. Already many Cape 
people have made a beginning by 
transplanting wild bushes to suit-
able locations on their own prem-
ises where they can be given care, 
and indications are that many 
more people will set out bushes 
this year. It has been learned that 
the young bushes may be easily 
transplanted during April. The 
young bushes are very hardy and 
are able to withstand wide ex-
tremes of moisture and drought, as 
was observed last year in one case 
where all bushes survived in spite 
of a seven-week period without 
rain. 

Prof. W. H. Thies, fruit expert 
from the Mass. State College, has 
volunteered to spend some time 
this year in trying out several 
methods of propagation, and from 
this modest beginning it is hoped 
that eventually a research worker 
will be assigned to do a thorough 
job at selecting the superior Va-
rieties, the easiest methods of 
propagation, and the proper sprays 
to be used in controlling the va-
rious insect and disease pests that 

ari i

prestenta ade 

*are present. 

92 at Final Meeting 
of Lower Cape Club 

(Continued from Page 7) 

project, said that he believed that 
today 60 percent of the fresh water 
mosquitos on the lower Cape came 
from cranberry bogs. He asked the 
co-operation of cranberry growers 
in further elimination declaring 
that mosquito work did not injure 
the bogs at all, but in most in-
stances was of help to the grower. 

Emile St. Jacques of the Hayden 
Cranberry Separator Manufactur-
ing Company of Wareham had a 
very interesting display of dusters, 
a new kerosene spray machine, 
fertilizer spreader, and other ap-
paratus. He explained the various 

pieces of apparatus. 

County Agent Bertram Tomlin-
son told further of this year's soil 
conservation and of its benefits to 
the grower. 

The meeting was held in the 
Town hall with a dinner in the 
Masonic building preceeding. 

r rs' Ass 

Cape Growers 

Has Annual Meeting 

(Continued from age 8) 

cause of its work was similiar in 
destruction to that of the fireworm 
in that it "browned" up the bog. / 
This pest he explained has broken 
out on a few reported Massachusetts 
bogs the past two years and 
in New Jersey. He said there was 
no common name for the insect so 
far, but that it ate the foliage and 
sometimes the next year's terminal 
buds. It could be killed by an WHY 
arsenate of lead, or arsenate zinc o 
spray, he said, but these poisonsOU 
should be used with care as they SHOULD 
are injurious, and the produce laws OWN 
do rot permit a high tolerance of 
either arsenate or lead on a food A 
product. He showed by slides how Sprathe berries could be washed.araayer 

The meeting ended about 3:30. ITI TI 

STINCTIVE engneering 
and mechanical fea-
New President of tures are built into every 
PARAGON sprayer. They

Cape Cod Cranberry make it easy to operate, 

Growers' Association flexible and efficient in serv(
Continued from Page 6)e, economical of spraying 
materials and very durable. 

in the hands of consumers at a Pressure is twice that of 
reasonably profitable price to the ordinary equipment. A 
cranberry grower. The cranberry PARAGON cannot clog 
men can raise cranberries, but while being used. Critical 
can't sell them every year at suffi-comparison will show that 
cient profit. He believes the indiv-the PARAGON Sprayer is 

idual grower, and members of the in a class by itself. Its more 
Cape association as a group, might substantial construction, to-
profitably put more thought in the gether with the generous 
selling end of the game. After all equipment of spray hose, 
the berries are raised with the spray pipes and nozzles, 
primary purpose of selling them make it the most inexpensive 
at a reasonable profit. of all hand operated spray-

So for the next year or two the ing devices. Also power 
Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' As-sprayers. 
sociation will at least have at its 
head a man who has always ODEL shown is the No. 
thought of the cranberry industry 3, called the world's 
in its broader aspects,efficient conomi-and 
tinue the fine work of his predeces- cal spraying equipment. 
sors.ODELS suitable for the 

___ose pratie

new kerosene practices 
OUR COVER DESIGN for weed control. 
The cover design this month is Write for Catalogues 

o t All sales subject to ten days' trial
typical of the month of May, a 

frost flow left on a Massachusetts 

cranberry bog. The water is well The Pnmnho1 l uiifoid Pn 
up into, the vines, although the UUIIlllpUII-naUU uU 
vines are not all under the flood as Hason, Ohio 

is plainly shown. 

Eleven 


AMONG THE CRANBERRY MEN


J. Foxcroft Carleton of East 
Sandwich, Massachusetts, the only 
cranberry grower who is a mara-
thon runner finished 36th in a 
field of 180 in the Patriot's Day 
classic run, the Boston A. A. Mara-
thon, April 19. This was the 16tih 
time that Mr. Carleton has been 
over this course and he is now 40 
years old. Mr. Carleton has never 
failed to finish the 26 mile course 
and this year crossed the finish 
line in the time of three hours, 
thirteen and a fraction minutes. 
Although Mr. Carleton was not a 
winner there wvere only 88 who 
finished the famous course, and 
this magazine extends to the only 
cranberry-blueberry grower and 
marathoner its congratulations 

A..T. Morrisson, for.A.several 
. Ti. 
years president of the Coos County 
Cooperative, Oregon, urged all 
members at the annual meeting of 
that group to become subscribers 
to the Cranberry Magazine, saying 
it was one of the finest aids to the 

cranberry grower. Quite naturally 
this magazine concurs with that 
thought and extends thanks to him 
for his unsolicited effort to help 
us in our endeavor. . .. 

. Arthur Griffin of Wareham, 
Mass., cranberry grower will apparently 
put in his time off from 

cranberry growing and his work in

cranberry growing and his work 

a Wareham bank, in playing golf 

this summer. He has just joined a 

Marion golf club. 
The members of the New Eng-
land Cranberry Sales Company 
certainly enjoyed those talks by 
the visiting Wisconsin growers, 
Charles L. Lewis and Albert Hed-

lar. They, too, had a good time 
shaking hands with old acquaint-
ances as it was not their first visit 
East. Guy Nash o 
Wisconsin Rapids was also with

Morrissonifor 
the party, including wives, but dide 
not speak, and this magazine, al-

though never having met him pre-

viously, has enjoyed correspond-
ence with him, and is pleased to 
learn that he has recovered suffi-

J. FOXCROFT CARLETON 
ciently from his very severe illness 
of the past winter to make the 
trip . The party visited 
New Jersey before coming to Massachusetts. 
. . The next 
time Russell Makepeace visits a 

Cape cranberry club he will be 

careful of his hat. At te 
mof the 
unit, when it was time to go, he 

to hi 
accused others of stealing" his 
hat. But after examining the only 
hat left, with extreme care he 
found that the badly dented object 
was really his and hadn't been 
stolen, but only very thoroughly 

sat upon by someone. 

Jeremiah Murphy of Wareham, 

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IMass., is putting in another little 

piece of swamp near his bog at 
Crooked river, Wareham . 
Agent Bertram Tomlinson of Barnstable 
County says that interest in 

beach plum culture continues to 
grow r

rapidly. During a recent 

grow

week he received more inquiries regarding 
the cultivation of this, 
than for any other crop or farm 
enterprise. e esti es conserva


genterprise. He estimates conservatively 
that at least 50 persons have 
actually made a start in cultivating 

th beach plum. . . Walter 

E. R. Nye of Sagamore has received 
a postcard from a round-
the-world cranberry grower travelames 
Freeman of Sandwich. 
Mr. Freeman writes from 

Agra, India, "A long way from 
Cape Cod but saw some cans of 
Ocean Spray in a store here. Having 
a fine trip, weather mild, ocean 

like a mill pond since leaving New 
York". 

Twelve 


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When sprayings are correctly timed as instructed on 1938 insect 
control chart and solution applied thoroughly to cranberry vines, this 
insecticide will control fruit worm 90 to 95 %. Also many other insects. 

Remarkable Repellent-Repells certain insects from 5 to 15 days 

Directions for using for fruit worm control-Use good power 
sprayer with 'minimum 200-lb. pressure. Follow instructions for 
timing on your 1938 chart; 5 lbs. Paste to each 100 gallons of water 
for heavy infestation; 3 lbs. Paste to each 100 gallons of water for 
light infestation; 300 to 400 gallons of water per acre. Apply when 
vines are dry and wind velocity is low. 

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Grower Believs labels. He believes the buyer should awakening with a vision of turkeyGrower. Believes be educated to know an Early and cranberry sauce, and the words 
\ *•*e Ic IJdIh Black from a Howe, the two Stand-"Early Blacks" appear in disard 
Cape Cod varieties. tinctive type. Mr. Wheeler shipsBe Better Labelled Believing that Early Blacks under the general brand of "Har-

Ce Better aLabeled make the best sauce he writes that vest Queen". 
he feels, "If the Early Blacks were This name, which certainly has 

Wm. R. Wheeler, Cape Cod more widely advertised they could a flavor of Cape Cod is taken from 
Grower, Labels Blacks meet better demand on the early the name of a ship which his 
"Piccaninnies," and Ships market and clear the way for the grandfather sailed. 
Under Name of "Harvest later Howes. Since Early Blacks The story of this wreck of the 

Queen" -Took N a m e and Howes are the choice of the Harvest Queen as told in the Bosfrom 
Lost Barque of majority of the Massachusetts ton Advertiser of March 20, 1861 
Grandfather. growers why not center on these makes an interesting story. It fol


brands? Pears have their Bartletts, lows: 

The label on the package! It is apples their Baldwins, cranberries "Barque Harvest Queen, Captain 
becoming of increasing importance ? James R. Wheeler, from Buenos 
these days, and one grower writes In carrying out this plan, this Ayres via New York, with a cargo 
that he has found that the general grower, William R. Wheeler of of wool for Boston was discovered 
public know little about the dif-Harwichport and Boston, has a this morning (Tuesday) by Captain 
ferent kinds of cranberries and so "Piccaninnies" brand for his Early Tilden, wreckmaster, riding in the 
has been marking his with special Blacks, showing three piccaninnies surf between Third and Fourth 
Cliffs at Scituate, and in such a 
situation that at low water she 
would be ashore. Captain Wheeler, 
Mate and Second Mate and one 
I N SUlU R E 11passenger were saved through the 
exertions of people from the shore, 
in an almost exhausted condition,IYour Cranberrvy rop || but six of the crew in attemptingYour erry Iran to land, were drowned by the cap-

with sizing of their boat. 
"The wind was blowing a terrific 
gale and with a thick snow storm. 

I v T' r T t T >ror Y T X7 1 At low water the Barque struck 
very heavily and drove up at the 
south end of the Fourth Cliff. At 
sunset she had dragged well 
The Best Insurance Available ashore, on a small sandy beach, no 
rocks near her, she lay well broad-
ForEngineering Advice on side on, heading to the southward

For Engineering Advice on and her spars were standing. At 
Light-Heat-Power low water she will be high and dry

and it is thought she will receive 
Call no further damage from the 
storm. 
An interesting feature of what 
PLYMOUTH COUNTY ELECTRIC COMPANY caused the wreck was later ex-

WAREHAM OR PLYMOUTH -MASSACHUSETTS plained by Captain Wheeler who 

was quoted as saying: "At 11 p. 
_______________________________________________________ m., Monday it shut in with heavy 

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NE snow storm. At 2 a. m., Tues-
day, made a large light right ahead 
which I took to be Boston light. 

Hauled to get the light to beam, 
WNW. Soon found water shoalingwith hard bottom. Lost sight of

with hard bottom. Lost sight of 
light, took in all sail and let go

both anchors in four fathams.

both anchors in four fathams. 
Found it impossible to keep from

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going ashore and prepared to leave 

prepare t 

with the boats. 

with the saysboats. on inqui

ater, he says, that on inqu 
ashore, he found the light by which 
he had steered to be a large fire 
built on shore by watchmen. 
So. Mr. Wheeler calls his cran-
berries, Harvest Queen of the 

* ________his Communication 


Editor's Note-The following communi-

cation is from A. T. Morrison, who 

organized, and is president of the Coos 

Cranberry Cooperative of Oregon. That 

he is a firm believer in cooperation is

attested to by the letter which he 

addressed to his members and to some 

others. 

Bandon, Oregon 
To all members of Coos 
Cranberry Cooperative 
and others: 

The year 1937 has come and 
gone. 

We are looking forward to 1938 
and no doubt speculating as to 
what cranberry growers will do 
this year. 

The past year made history for 
cranberry growers as to amount o 
berries produced. 

The best figures available at 

present is that the crop was not 
less than 775,000 bbls., the largest 
on record. 

One does not have to think twice 
to know that the only thing that 

•. saved the industry was organized
saved the industry was organized 
cooperation on the part of approxi-

mately 75% of the cranberry

mately 75% of the cranberry 
growers.

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Every membprice.

member of every cran-

** 

berry cooperative marketing or-

ganization can get a lot of satis-
faction out of the fact that he was 
a factor in preventing financial 
disaster to the industry in 1937. 
Every cooperative grower not 

only saved himself, but helped save 

C's.'neighbor on the outside of the 

organizations, as well. 
Personally I am not begging 
anyone to get on the inside of his 

local cooperative marketing or-

ganization, but as for me I do not 

want my neighbor to carry my 
part of responsibility or any partof my load in the industry, that's 

my privilege and duty. 

So again I say to you as I did 
in 1933, which was a large crop 
year, only for cooperative market-
ing, it is not likely that we would 
have had the price of harvesting 
and boxes for our fruit. 

We of the Pacific northwest 
produce a very small part of the 
total crop of berries; however we 
owe a debt of gratitude at least, 
t the larger n off

to organizationsn 
Massachusetts, New Jersey and 
Wisconsin, who took about 25% of 

Hauck Kerosene Flame Gun 2000° F. 
controlled heat-quickly, easily and economically 
destroys weeds .(seeds and all).

Keeps irrigation ditches free from weeds 
and other objectionable growth, Inex


pensive-Safe-Easy to use. Save labor,

time and money. 10 day Free Trial. Write 
for Free booklet and special introductory 

_ price. Deliveries from New

Deliveries from New

York, Chicago or San Francisco. 

HAUCK MFG. CO. 

12 Tenth St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

CranberryWe HaveBogs Large of

Listingsand Small
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HANEY IWILDA 

Decas Block
Wareham, Massachusetts


the total crop of berries and either 

put them in cans or freezers to 
keep from demoralizing the fresh 
fruit market. 

Cranberry Canners, Inc., says 
that if this had not been done, 
cranberries would have been $3 a 
barrel, and that many berries 
would have never gone to market. 
Berries cannot be harvested and 
marketed for 75 cents a box. 

This cannery is a growers' cooperative 
concern, and is putting 
on a huge advertising campaign, 
by radio, newspapers and magazines 
to get the public to use up 
the three quarters of a million 

Fifteen 


Cooperative Buying 

members of 

1111~ for Mass. Growers 
from Page 1) 
bates unless the purchasers are 

a co-operative organization. 
The committee decided 
that it would be unwise to establish 
a separate corporation to do 
the purchasing but rather they 

should seek the aid of some existing 
co-operative. Cranberry Canners, 
Inc., offered their facilities 
for this purpose. They were 
gladly accepted. The organization 
will do business as the "Cooperative 
Purchasing Department" 
and under the name of Cranberry 
Canners Inc. 

Cranberry growers wishing to 
purchase directly through this 
department and share in the rebate 
must of necessity take out a 
membership in Cranberry Can-

Inc.~ners, with

All affiliated New 
England Cranberry Sales Company 
are eligible automatically; as well 

as those already under contract 

General information 
may be had from Canners' offices 
or from the members of the com


mittee. The true desire of the 
Acommittee is to "service" cran-

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-(Continued 
.I.Js, 1 AO..

aLCCet iS lepOSIts 

-it enters into human relationships 
that make it unique in business life. 

TT assumes toward its depositors an obliga-

tion to safeguard the funds placed in its 
keeping, with all humanly possible diligence. 
It assumes toward its community the obligation 
to employ those funds, through good business 
loans and advances for sound public financial 
requirements, to serve the vital needs and 
broadest welfare of the community. It assumes 
toward its stockholders the obligation to pro-
tect their capital and earn a fair return. 

Sound, honest management offers the 
only way to meet these three obligations. 
There are no substitutes for them in banking 
laws or financial practices. 

L U,~~.B~ I-f RT 

|The Na1tio'nal Bank oT WAareham 

Waroham, Mass. 
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1,000 ft. of portable 
railroad, dump and plat-
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ISLAND) FARM 

SOUTH CARV1ER MASS. 
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boxes that were put in cans, in 

orer t cr, all pwery for thi

year's crop, all power to them. 

As to our selling arrangements

As to our selling arrangements

the past year, Mr. E. R. Ivie ad-

the year, Mr. E. R. Ivie ad-

visedus right every move we 
made. usright everydc movehad

made. Triway Produce Co. had a 
place for the berries, took the 
whole crop. They had to sell some

to some 
berries at 25 los.

cents loss per box, to 
move them, but I hope that they 
came out more&than evaen on the 

We had the best selling set up 
that was possible, results prove 
that. 

Faithfully yours, 

A. T. MORRISON 
President 
Coos Cranberry Cooperative 

Sixteen 

berry growers with supplies, as 

completely as possible. There are 
to be small inventories carried at 
the various warehouses South 
Hanson, Onset, North Harwich 
and Dennis. Other warehouse 
facilities will be provided for as 
the need arises. 

The policies and future development 
are in the hands of this 
growers' committee. They will 

welcome any suggestion or criticism, 
whatever, t o aid in 
establishing a permanent purchas


ranzan fr h ranrr

ing organzaton for the cranberry 
industry

T^ committee serving with Mr.

The committee with Mr. 
Urann are: Herbert E. Dustin,

Elnathan E. Eldredge, Homer L. 

E a E. Eldredge, Hmer 
Gibbs, Russell Makepeace, and

Bertram F Rvder 

erram . y er. 

Cod Cranberry Growers' Associa


ion are tberry any m chosen

inute 
tion are to be chosen any minute. 

Extensive Experience in 
Extense 
ELECTRICAL WORK 

AtA Screenhouses, Bogs and 
Pumps Means Satisfaction 
ALFRED PAPPI 
WAREHAM, MASS. Tel. 626 

"The Voice of New England", 
will be a new news commentato: 
broadcast, sponsored by the Ocean 
Spray company, starting May 2. 

The purpose will be of course to 
stimulate the sale of Ocean Spray 
cranberry sauce and cranberry 
cocktail. 
The commentator is to be John 
Stanley, a real New Englander and 
a descendant of Gov. John Win-

.nrlnQ+-r

throp. Each broadcast will be con-
cerned only with New England 
news, or outside news as it affects

1^ adproe.

New England lives and purposes. 
This new and interesting feature 
will be heard every evening be-

ginning at 6:30 p. m., lasting for a 
15 minute period, except Saturday.
The stations from which it will be 

broadcast are WNAC, Boston; 
WLLH, Lowell, WNBH, New Bed-
ford; WSAR, Fall River; WMAS, 

Springfield, and WTAG, Worcester. 

This is part of a program to 
still further extend the use of 
cranberries. 


Saving By Cooperating 

Apart from the fundamental principles upon which the growers' 
cooperative selling organizations are based and which make the 
support of these organizations a duty for the grower who appreciates 
what they stand for, there are many ways in which they serve his 
profit and convenience through opportunities unattainable by less 
experienced or important agencies. 

For the term of twenty years that the New England Cranberry 
Sales Company and the American Cranberry Exchange have been 
operating since their reorganization as a strictly non-profit membership 
association, the members have received in cash refunds from the 
total 7% sales assessments the amount of $151,854.35, and have to 
their credit in an Operating Fund-(used in place of capital)-the 
amount of $177,176.03, which is invested in the assets of their 
Company. 

In a period of twenty years, the savings of the members of the 
New England Cranberry Sales Company out of the usual 7 % reserved 
for selling expense show a total of $328,030.38, or over $16,000.00 per 
season. In a number of seasons the selling expense amounted to but 
slightly over 6 % of the total F. O. B. sales, and for the season of 1936 
amounted to 53/4 o. 

NEW ENGLAND CRANBERRY SALES COMPANY


9 STATION STREET, MIDDLEBORO, MASS. 


HERE'S WHAT RETAILERS ARE SAYING 
ABOUT SPRING AND SUMMER SALES OF 

Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce and Cranberry Juice Cocktail , , 


The following excerpts are taken from comments made by retailers 
during a survey made among New England stores this spring. 

Names of all retailers will be gladly furnished on request. 

Arlington "Ocean Spray sales increasing all the time. 
Moving much better this year. 

Washington St.
Boston-"Am selling about 2 cs. Sauce each week."


Burlington, Vt.-"Sales this year are keeping up better than usual." 

Jamaica Plain-"Will be glad to devote an entire window to Ocean 
Spray in May if manufacturer will make display." 

Cambridge- "Has had several customers buy Cranberry Sauce 
with fish. Say they heard announcements on radio 
suggesting it." 

Mattapan- "You will be interested to know I ran a special sale 
on Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce last week and sold 
38 cases!" 

Compare these statements with what these same retailers 
would have said about selling Cranberry Sauce in spring and summer 
10 years ago! 

The all-year demand for Cranberry Sauce and Cranberry Juice 
Cocktail is steadily growing, and will be stimulated still further this 
year by the extensive advertising campaign being put over by your 
company. 

All-year sales are important, especially in years such as this 
when it is necessary to move a crop much larger than the regular fall 
trade will take. And selling Cranberry Sauce in spring and summer 
prepares the way for selling fresh cranberries in the fall. 

Let's join together to boost this spring and summer demand by 
talking Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce and Cranberry Juice Cocktail 
to Cape Cod visitors this summer. 

CRANBERRY CANNERS, Inc. 

The growers' cooperative canning company 

South Hanson and Onset Massachusetts
New Egypt, New Jersey



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