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SERVING A $20,000,000 A YEAR INDUSTRY NjjolgAL, CRANBERRY AAGAZNCE ii CAPE CODw WVISCONSIN OREG'ON, "4MR REPUBLICAN" Senator Robert A. Taft accepts cranberry gift from Miss Bev-WASHNGTQON erly Richards '50 NCA Cranberry Queen, (Photo by Randall W. Abbott) 30Cents ~~~~~~~~~~AUGUS11T, 1951 J. Rfl UA^I^TT "CRANBERRIES' J. lM HAiT l ADVERTISING Tel. Rockland 1864 PAYS BIG Cranbey No. Hanover, Mass. DIVIDENDS! Cranberry Growers Reasonable Rates * INTERNATIONAL Harvester on Request Always Especially and CONTINENTAL — Always Especially Red Seal Industrial Engines * LAWRENCE WELCOME Propellor Pumps * DEMING to Centrifugal Pumps Sale ad Segeicel Robert W. Savary Visit and Ride CHRYLER -PLYMOUTH THE SALES and SERVICE EDAVILLE RAILROAD CONVEYER South Carver, Mass. r.Ax:T ye^ Oono ,eerGoodyear MVIA1THEWSr and Federal Tires and I Repairs on all makes of cars Mrs. Ellis D. Atwood -and Genuine Parts and Accessories TRACK Extensive Experience in East Wareham, Mass. ELECTRICAL WORK Frost Insecticide Co. F seCTel. 63-R Bogs and Wareham At Screenhouses, eWareham 63-Pumps Means Satisfaction ARLINGTON, 74 MASS. ALFRED PAPPIBox 36 AREHAM, MASS. Tel. 626 PARDON US ! But may we remind you that the WISCONSIN CRANBERRY SALES COMPANY is working at all times for the best interests of its members and of the industry as a whole. It is our belief, and, certainly, our hope, that the results of the approaching crop will be better for all than for the past three years. Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company (A Cooperative) WISCONSIN RAPIDS WISCONSIN Morris April Bros. BRICGS & STRATTON, Bridgeton -Tuckahoe CLINTON, WISCONSIN, lNew Jersey lCape & Vineyard LAWSON, and HERCULES ___ Electric Company ENGINES Expert Workmanship Apples Only Genuine Parts used Cranberries Offices: Engine Driven Generators For Emergency Peaches Chatham Portable and All Applications Peaches Falmouth ____Falmouth Power Mowers Hyannis and Tractors Serviced GROWERS AND Provincetown SHIPPERS lVin ~SHIPPERS yard Haven Alan Painten Co. Established 1922 .......... Tel. 334 HANOVER, MASS. CRANBERRY __ GROWERS Hall Cole AnAd Cheoose and' Use Established 1848 Niagara Dusts, Sprays and Incorporated Commission and Jobbers CRANBERRIES 94 Faneuil Hall Market 102 is your message Dusters ~Dusters Merchants Niagara Chemical MASS. placed before the in- BOSTON, Division dustry. Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation APPLES AND CRANBERRIES Advertising Does SPECIALTIES Middleport, New York Pay _______ __ Dividends !-______________L__ _ Car Lot Receivers Wareham Savings Bank and The National Bank of Wareham Falmouth Branch Conveniently located for Cranberry men Welcome Savings Accounts Funds always available for sound loans Loans on Real Estate Safe Deposit Boxes to Rent Complete Banking Service PHONE WAREHAM 82 FALMOUTH 80 Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. mass. raBerry Station and Field Notes larranged by J. RICHARD BEATTIE Extension Cranberry Specialist .... ....... -._______.____._______________ -. __________________________»^ The weather, labor, and size of our crop are the popular subjects of conversation among cranberry ogrowers as we near the harvest season. A few bogs were showing evidence of dry weather, but showers occurring July 28 and 29 relieved temporarily the drouth problem. From May 30 to August 1, only 2.87 inches of rain has been recorded here at the Cranberry Station, which is definitely below normal. The rainfall in August can be an important factor in de- termining the size of our crop. The drouths of the last few sea- sons have taught us that, when bogs begin to really suffer from lack of moisture, it is very diffi- cult to properly irrigate them. Dr. Franklin suggests that bogs should be irrigated before the damage becomes aparent. Growers have been keeping the water well up in their ditches since early July. Some bogs have been flash flowed. Overhead irrigation equip- ment has paid good dividends this season. Labor Problem This Fall The harvest labor problem could he serious this Fall. A special cranberry labor committee, in co- eo)eration with the Division of Em- op~eration ott anm- ployment Security, has completed arrangements for the importation of approximately 300 Puerto Ricans for the harvest season. These men have been contracted for the period September 1 to De- cember 1, 1951. As usual, there are many details involved with the importation of labor. The man who guided this special project is "Frank" Butler, chairman of the cranberry labor committee. IH-e has performed an excellent service for the industry. We have had about a normal fruit-worm season to-sdate (Au- Twt' gust 1). However, fruit worms have been more plentiful this year than last. A few more growers each year are adopew D lin's technique of counting fruit- worm eggs in order to properly time their control measures. The second brood of black-headed fireworms have been more of a problem than during the last two or three years. The new brood of weevils that appear around nrid- July have also been more preva- lent this year' 'than last. Blunt- nosed leafhoppers are still too plentiful on-many bogs. .Grubflowed bogs should be carefully checked for cut worms that usually appear ten to: twelve days after the grub flow has been re- moved. In the June issue of CRANBER- RIES, under' this article "Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Notes", Dr: 'Cross presented some very timely information on the control of ditch weeds. Growers who haven't read this material will find it well worth their time. Au- gust is a good month to check ditch weeds. Dr. Cross also points out that pitchforks, asters, wild bean, and fireweeds can be checked using in knapsack sodium arsenate ,,adisplaysc ranbrof sprayer. He recommends oz. of sodium arsenate to a knapsack sprayer-full of water for the con trol of the above weeds. Sodium arsenate should not be used after August 20 because of poisonous residues. Copper sulfate can be used in August to control fire- weeds and pitchforks as outlined in the weed chart. Wherever pos- sible, the shores and dikes around the bogs should be mowed. This is considered a good weed control practice, according to Dr. Cross. Annual Growers' Meeting The 64th annual meeting of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' As. sociation will be held Tuesday, tion in East Wareham, beginning promptly at 9:30 a. m. An excellent speaking program has been for both the morning and afternoon session. There will be a demonstration of hydraulic sanding under the supervision of the Agricultural Engineering Department of the University of Massa chusetts. Dinner will be served by the ladies of the Wareham Methodist Church. C. D. Stevens, of the England Crop Re ting Ser vice, will present his official crop estimate. President Melville C. Beaten announces that all cranbery growers and their families are cordially invited to attend this important meeting. Annual Harvest Festival of NCA Two-Day Affair Annual cranberry harvest festi val of NCA in October is to be held over a two-day period this year rather than crammed into a single day. Another change is that part of the affair is to be held at Ply mouth instead of all at Edaville. Program as tentatively drawn up is for a parade, festival dance and other events at Plymouth on the 12th, Columbus Day. The 13th will see the mammoth chicken barbecue with cranberry sauce served under the pines at Edaville. There will be a cranberry dish con test and displays of cranberry equipment i RESTED- or leasing A-i buying sin Wisco Cranbery Wisconsin Cranberry propety High quality Searles Jumbo, MFarlin and Howes vines for Vernon Goldsworthy GoldsworthY 936 Memorial Drive Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Edaville IsScene of Huge Clambake At Rally of Massachusetts Republicans Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio was top guest with many other notables present-main event was his address at Plymouth Rock, nationally broadcasted and televised to half the nation. With a smile of enjoyrment, and held at the First Pilgrim Church, wearing a brakeman's cap jauntil- ly upon his head, Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, whom many rec- ognize as a foremost statesman of this country Sunday afternoon, July 29 arrived at Edaville, South Carver, Mass. He was in the cahb cab of the "famous" No. 7 locomotive of the narrow-guage railroad. Fourten cars made up the train. Mr. Taft had gotten on at another station along the line. He was at Edaville to enjoy a real Cape Cod clambake, to make a brief speech a e to ake and then to be taken to Plymouth aRoc f ak or poli tican" major Rock for a major political address which was nationally broadcast and the spectacle televised over the eastern half of the United States. The all-day occasion, which was arranged by the Plymouth County Reputblican club was designated biqnclub was AsigTo as "A Pilgrimage to Plymouth," , stre i ,b and, stressed in the addresses, by lead, inR tgepu blofficans leadingRepublicans was the urgent need of a government at Washington which would return to the fundamentals of honesty and freedom of the individuals, as es- tablished by the Pilgrims in 1620. It was a day, partly in holiday spirit, as at the clambake, but mostly it was devoted to s considerations, Many Notables Notables besides Senator Taft included, Congressman Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Republican National Committeeman Sinclair Weeks; Massachusetts members of the congress, Donald W. Nicholson, Leverett Satlonstall, and Henry Cabot Lodge. First event of the day was a "Pilgrim Breakfast" at one of Plymouth's most historic houses, the Harlow House. Breakfast con- sisted of traditional fish cakes and beans. It was served by women in Pilgrim costumes. At 10:30 religious service was Plymouth. 1400 Eat Clams at Edaville Then came a long motor caval cade to Edaville and the bake. Approximately 1400 were served at this bake which was put on ^ ^ ,3-^ XT x under the direction of Norman V. Holmes of Carver, a cranberry grower. When No. 7 pulled into the main Edaville station, Taft was sub jected to a tremendous barrage of flash bulks, and the first official step was a presentation to "Mr. of a cranberry scoop eentatin S g Presentation was by Miss Bev- erly Richards 1950 National Cran- berry Association Queen. Pre- sented with scoops and the cran- berry gifts also were Senators Lodge and Saltonstall. handle the crowds there were T the chiefs of police and scores of from a number of towns through which at one time or an- other the route of the cavalcade Cameramen still and movie . ee e reporters, feature writers covered all of the events, , including Eda- ville. e At the Plymouth Rock program there were many Plymouth people wearing Pilgrim' costumes. This program was presided over byRobert Bradford, former governor of Massachusetts, who is a ninth- generation descendent of Governor Briadford of the Plymouth Colony. Many of the cranberry industry were present during the day. Noted wee M. L. Urann Miss Ellen Stillman of NCA; E. C. McGrew (and Mrs. McGrew) and Miss Elizabeth C. McNally of ACE. There were concerts at Plymouth and other events which included the colorful Warren (Rhode Island) Indian band. This has appeared at several cranberry func tions. WSTERP WESTERN PICKERS Inc. 1172 Hemlock Avenue Coos Bay, Oregon Machine picking is a necessity to the small grower. The Western Picker has kept the small grower who has owned one, in busiss has owned one, in business during the past two years. T l more reserves, can get the best help, and can wait longer for the upturn in the market, but the small grow er is continually up against the problem of paying out good money for incompetent help. This same money, put out for a Western Picker, makes the small grower independent of the vagaries of hired help. One man with 10 acres or less can do all his picking less can do all his picking alone with a Western Pick er. Many women are operat ing Western Pickers It is Western Pickers. It not strength that is required, but a little know-how. With our new added motor friction clutch to stop the belt, our new motor controls and better bearings, we feel that the 1951 Model West ern Picker is fool-proof. Let one of our agents in Washington, Wisconsin or Massachusetts show you a new 1951 Model. You can still get one before picking eason start (Advt.) _ Three zVI `THE~ONALGRANBERRya/ ISSUE OF AUGUST 1951-VOL. 16, NO. 4 Published monthly at The Courier Print Shop, Main St., Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscription, $3.00 per year. Entered as secod-class matter January 26, 1943, at the post-office at Wareham, Massachusetts, under the Act of March 8, 1879. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C.J.H. MASSACHUSETTS .— It seems extremely difficult to reconcile various views of the Massachusetts crop of 1951, but then this is almost always true. It would seem that some growers will have bumpers, or at least ex- cellent, while others do not look forward to much fruit. A best guess as of August 6th i twil p io is that production will be average or betterwl d d o*r better--muchh will depend on ater.B the fir o early water berries had sized up to above normal and the season wvas well advanced for early pick- wa.sad welld fr ey the alert to provide the proper cControls. ersona vPersonals Dr. Henr J. Franklin and Mrs. Franklin attended a gathering f the Franklin family at Guilford, Frankl famly at Gulfo New Hampshre over the week- end of the 28th of July. More than end of the 28th of July Mo 80 were present. 80 were pr . J Richard Beattie, State Cran , S berry Specialist, with family is spending a vacation until August 20 with his parents in Vermont. Dr.. Frederick B. Chandler of the Experiment Station left Au- gust 4th to spend some time in the Wisconsin cranberry area. He turned out to be exceptionally high, and growers have used snrays and tensively. (lusts intensively. New Weed Control Experiments Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Cornpany, in conjunction with one of the chemical companies has been working on a new weed control program. A petroleum product is not being used. Crop Ahead of Last Year It was the estimate of "Del' Hammond of Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company as July ended that the crop was about ten days ahead of last year, on the average. Growing conditions during the lat ter part of the month were very good. Many Bumble Bees As of about July 20 most of the marshes were from i to 2,/ out ac-ere have bchildren of bloom. There have been an exceptionally large number of bumble bees working the marshes this year. Two Injured by Clippers Jack Mulloway of Tomah was badly injured while operating a weed clipper and spent several weeks in bed. He recovered nicely and is up and around again. A similar accident happened to Newell Jaserson of Cranmoor, but his recovery was progressing nicely. Personal Mr. and Mrs. Dan B. Rezin, (Dan being the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Rezin), areparents of a baby bo. NEW JERSEY June-July, Cool and Dry Since it was not reported in the last issue, the June weather will July Another Dry Month July s of aot hf a month July was a month of about nalf ri ber normal rainfall for the cranberry area as recorded at the State Bog at East Wareham. The total for o w i 1.4 the 31-day periiod was 1.49 inches. Temperatures were above normal and humidity was excessive. May Have Lessened Quantity Prospects As regards quality of the crop, qualit the it was said at the Experiment Sta- tion that the month had probably been slightly favorable, if anything, rather than unfavorable. As to size of the crop it had probably decreased this, because of the lack of rainfall as a total and because ther:e had been long periods when there was no precipitations. As reards of cr Fruitworm Slightly More Abundant FM habore Abundan Fruitworm has been more abun- dant than normal this season, and therefore has presumably caused caused more damagethe crop than to average. Losses from this insect, however, have probably been only slightly above nortmal, because for one thing, growers have been on FOnu July.'~ AoeDyMtis to be a speaker at the annual meeting of the Wisconsin Cran- A .i berry Growers' Association at Wisconsin Rapids on August 14th. His topic will be the research work at the Mas s n work at the Massachusetts station. Mrs. Chandl companied him, they going on to Minneapolis to visit Mrs. Chand- lers family. WISCONSIN ^ ^ May Frost Losses Somewhat Overcome Some of the frost damage which took place in May has been over- come by an exceptionally fine set of fruit. This is true primarily of the Northern areas, as seen by the end of July. Second Brood Fireworm Bad The second brood of Fireworm was as bad as it was expected it g s switched might back to airplane dusting with new insecticides. Results were excel- le. Fruitworm Igffg counts rfo Fruitworm have be included here. At. Pemberton, both months were definitely cool and dry. The rainfall was however, fairly well spaced over the two month period, June had an average tempera- ture of 69.3 degrees, which was 2.7 degrees below normal of 72. There was 2.79 inches of rainfall, which was 1.74 inches below the ofnormal of normal 4.63. The average July temperature was 74.1 degrees or 1.9 degrees below normal of 76. The July rainfall was 3.07 inches or 1.15 inches below normal of 4.22. of 4.22. July Hail Storm On July 16, a severe hailstorm struck the Medford area and de- stroyed the crop on the Gerber tract of Evans and Will. No other bog reported a serious loss. *, Crop Will Be Shorter The New Jersey crop will be definitely shorter than last year. OREGON M-o WronBgand More Work on Bogs The ever-present weed problem is keeping growers busy this Sum- mer. So many bogs were neglected per force, during the past several years of low returns that they be- came in bad shape. Now, with hopes of better prices this Fall there is a reviving interest in keeping properties in better condi- tion. Labor Situation Tough The labor situation this year is -A Farmer Owned- Farmer Operated Cooperative THE National l Farm Loan especially toug-h, bBecause tIhe Ban don area has become more of a lumbering center and that indus- try is paying the highest prices in years. Growers are resorting to machine work as much as pos- sible, especially in harvesting, but must do much of the routine work themselves. Oldest Bog Changes Hands Kaye Howard has purchased the Reuben Lyons bog. This bog is lownormalprobablyof 76. TheJuly rain-the oldest one in Coos County. WASHINGTON Extreme Drouthated. ExTi J -rr Western Washington on the opening days of August was still experiencing it's greatest drouth, i • i" ° '^ with no rain in sight. There has ben practically no rain since April and crops of all kinds are taking a beating. Bogs Spotty D. J. Crowley visited Grayland the Humptulips cranberry sec- tions the last of July and found the crop very spotty. Growers who watched frosts and have kept up their spray program during the past two or three years have bumper crops. He found a tendency, however ......... .. .g... niu-lrl all girWv tu erack ro more intensive cranberry work on their bogs. He also finds the feeling of optimism about prices for the 1951 crop and there is a better all-around attitude. Crop May Be Larger In Dr. Crowley's opinion the Washington crop will be somewhat larger than that of last year. Lecanium Scale Lecanium scale was hatching by July 21 on the bogs and growers were being much concerned with proper control measures. In fact it was hatching earlier than antici- Last year the hatch was slow, and late, with many eggs lo, and late, wth many eggs still unhatched by the end of Au- b A g y ^~~gust the hatch was almost comn t piete. Crowley Suggests Control Methods Methods of control suggested by J. D. Crowley of the Experiment Station at Long Beach has been Parathion, or Medicide, with most growers probably using Nicotine Sulphate (Black Leaf 40) or a recommended Nicotine Sulphate with oil. Recommendation for Nicotine Sulphate alone, was 1 (Continued on Page 16) ii u can have confidece in the Cape Cod IC o o1-1I Cranberry Cooperative Inc. _ II II I 0* Natiolnwide Distribution for Cape Cod 0 Aggressive sales planning and control • Efficient and economical operations Cranberries .. I ASSOCIATION 0lo Simplified accounting -prompt payments iiiiii ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGEWATER I O Cooperating with other agencies to correct present weaknesses of the cranberry industry. 2 Central Square-Tel. 5377 . Bridgewater, Massachusetts ..I MEMBERSHIP OPEN FEDERAL LAND BANK LOANS :r w ex write or phone 4/2 % Interest-Long Term j CAPE COD CRANBERRY COOPERATIVE, Inc. Friendly service as close as 17 Court Street, Plymouth, Mass. your telephone I Tel. Plymouth--1760 X___ _ _ _ _ _ _ tI ...:,:..;:::,:::!i;.:~;i:: ^I~~~ \\~in~tII~~ . r~Iet ire The Little Fellow With Keen Interest XIs I* _rtan To Success Of Any Id Success Of Any Industry IsImportant nTo Such a Man in Cranberries is Charles N. Savery of Cape Cod-Is Director of New Cranberry Mutual, Secretary Upper Cape Club-As Civil Engineer Worked on Atomic Energy Proiect. by Clarence J. Hall It is not always the "big men" who make an industry prosperous. The "little fellow" often contributes as much-in one way, alone, by being intensely interested. This is the story of a "little fellow" in the cranberry business, who went away from Cape Cod, but came back home to grow cranberries. He is Charles N. Savery of Cotuit. His major occupation, at pres-y ent, is that of civil engineer and surveyor. Yet, he is secretary of the Upper Cape Cod Cranberry Club, one of the directors of the recently- formed Cranberry Growers' Mutual, and otherwise interested in all cranberry affairs. He feels that being active in cranberry matters iis his~~~~ duty. ~~~~~~Capehis duty. his *'~~~ ~gage duty._________~ Mr. Savery was born in Cotuit, around Boston. Finally he landed September 25, 1907, the son of a job as a rodman in a survey Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Savery. party for the Geodetic Survey, Savery (Savary, Savory) is one Massachusetts Highway Depart- of the oldest names in Massachu-ment, his employment in this last- setts, the common ancestor, ing five years, a part of which was Thomas Savary "being of Ply-working in the western part of mouth" by about 1630. His father Massachusetts. As the result of had a shoe store in Cotuit and taking an extension course in sent a wagon on sales trips over mathematics and surveying he be- the Cape. His maternal grand-came party chief, that is, the man father was George Newcomb, in charge of a survey group of Newcomb, is also a "good old" three of four men. Cape Cod name, and like so many He left State employ and went Cape Cod men, he was a sea cap-to work in the same line with tain; going to sea when he was Charles T. Main Incorporated, an 12. Neither of Charles Savery's engineering firm, of Boston. One parents were cranberry growers. of his jobs with them was in sur- Built First Bog in 1932 vey work for the construction of His family moved to Falmouth the big U. S. Army training cen- when he was small and there he ter, Camp Edwards on the Cape. attended school. After school he There were 16 survey groups and he was head of one. Their work went to Boston, where he worked he ws h o o T in a brokerage house and went to consisted of making surveys for camp highways, sewer, waterlines the Bentley School of Accounting. cap h wa sewer, waterlines He returned to Cotuit in 1932 and building sites. and began to build a small He had been a member of the and to build a small cranberry bog on Putnam Avenue, where he now lives. His other bog January, 1941, was called up for where he now lives. His other ' property is at East Sandwich, active service. He was assigned which he bought in 1946. It is a to duty-to Camp Edwards, which he had helped to construct. He five-acre piece, although he can put he had to construct. served about a year there and was in two more acres, or so. He can s released from active duty, finally also expand the property at Cotuit, released from active duty, finally which he also hopes to do-as soon being discharged from the Army as the cranberry business becomes n June 1945 . prosperous again. However he Following his release he went did noiC* . back to the employ of Main and sy did not stay in Cotuit. was sent to Jackson, Mississippi. Became A Surveyor He was a year at Jackson and During the depression years he then six months at Grenada, also took several different jobs in and Mississippi, . _ .. Sif : Fut-Wife in South His next job was the building a powder manufacturing plant at Kingston, Tennessee. This was to mark an important point in his life Working in the same office, a Mi Mi Fian. Six months after meeting, she and Mr. Savery were married. Sometime later Mr. and Mrs. Savery decided to change positions Sded to cha again and went to the now famed d t te now famed Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where he a Rr was area construction engineer for about two years, working on the a . t atomic energy plant. In 1946 with om t the com,pletion of the plant, Mr. Savery felt he had enough o th of the St he had enoh South and would like to return to and Cod, settle down, and en- in cranberry growing. Mrs. the plan. Back to The Cape They had a house waiting, the one which he had built in 1939, in spare time, doing a large part of the construction himself. This house is at the Cotuit bog site. He also has a second house there. Entering into cranberry work he found his engineering experience and training stood him in good stead. An instance of this was in properly draining his Sandwich bog. This bog has underground springs and has always been too wet. At one point in this he built a gravel well by sinking a steel casing down through the peat and filling the casing with gravel. When the casing was removed, RUSSELL A TRUFANT NORTH CARVER, MASS. CARVER 611 64-11 LV LI I RTS PREFABRICATED I FLU ES PU MPS wvater seeped int) the gravel t.... .i. stead of saturating the bog. lie......... ::::::::::::::::::::::................::::::::::::::::::::::::::: also put in tile pipe to drain wet . '.'.'.'.'2.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.';;;;; areas. He hopes eventually to II~~~~X~~i~i~ii~iii~i~iiiiiiiii!%:i~: eliminate all the central ditches ............................................................ j . with For the clean trol the installation of drain tile. ...... one thing this would cut out cost of keeping the ditches and, he believes help to con-..... ·.:.:......... weeds. iijijiiiii ~j..:............. .. In Marketing He is a Cooperater i'?'?,?,',?%ii¥?iiiiiiiixlI~ iiiiiii In his marketing arrangements Mr. Savery decided to be a co-. ....... operator and at once joined National Cranberry Association, of which he remains a member. ItieX... has been stated he is secretary of the Upper Cape Club and a Mutual director. He is also a member of Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association. He is a member of the Cape Cod Society ofu. Land Surveyors and the American Society of Military Engineers. He is active in town affairs, Cotuit being a village of the town of earnstable, and is one of the Barnstable Park Commissioners and is on the Playground and Rec-~.~ reation Commission. He is a Mason, his affiliation being the Charles H. McKinney LDdge of Knoxville, Tennessee. Believes Mutual Vital to Growers ............................ ..... .................. ii tiiiiiijiii.. t.iii:i.B..j...... ....................i~::.:...:"ii~~ii8$i5iS~S ~ .......................... X.iii...iij~ S~~:i;i~I....:: .I. inevitable cigar~ in hand~ stands~ ~in front~ ~of his~~vehome. ........ ............ As concerns his active interest in the new Growers' Mutual, he..... says, "If we can make a success of this idea of the Mutual, it will be the biggest thing that has happened within the cranberry indus- try for a long time. In the Mutual we have something that can speak for the grower himself in relation to crop marketing." Explaining further, he feels it is absolutely necessary that the grower take this active interest in the dispo- sition of his crop. He conceives this must be done, if the grower is to survive as a cranberry grower. He says he has no axe to grind, in respect to marketing, but feels only the grower must look out for his own interests. "This is strictly his business." Mr. Savery formerly screened his own fruit, but his crops are now turned over in the rough to NCA. In his harvesting he uses a Western Picker. Without this' mechanical harvester, he feels it would not have been possible for him to pick at all in recent years Mr. Savery, almost because of high scooping costs Hobby--Carpentry For hobbies, Mr. Savery has none, he says, unless it is these two--a never-ending interest in cranberries, his conscientious at- tendance at many, many industry meetings, and perhaps that he "likes to do a little carpentry for the fun, now and then." W;1INDFALL TREES FOR FARM LUMBER Windfall trees resulting from storms can be a cheap source of lumber. Trees sawed into lumber by local sawmills will ordinarily not cost the farmer more than $50 a thousand board feet. Bought lumber *often exceeds $100 per thousand board feet. Since many farm buildings need repairs, the windfall trees can help CRANBERRIES Photo) Edaville Railroad Conducting For Photographers Edaville Railroad at South Cat'ver, Mass., is now sponsoring a photo contest, running from August 5th to September 5th. All photos submitted must be made in the confines railroad-cranberry property, and only amateurs may be contestants. It is a contest for black and white prints, only. First award is $100; second, $50; third, $25; fourth, $10; three of $5 each, and consolation prizes of cranberry products. keep down the costs. For some purposes the lumber can be used unseasoned. For other purposes proper drying is necessary, Ne,1 A/*Wllr ,-' /^r _rnfg . apeace. Near Future Will Bring Cranberry Scarcities Rather Tlhan Sur Iofuses ScarcitiesRather Than Surpluses So M. L. Urann Tells More In a question and answer period Than 400 Attending An-he made probably the first public nual NCA Meeting a t estimate of what the price might Hanson. Mass., Provided be expected by the growers for the Ocean Spray Sales Con-1951 crop. He said, as the pros- tinue to Gain at Present pects appeared at that time, the Rate. outlook was for "better than $12 More than 400, one of the larg-a barrel". To a question of "$20 tanbarrel?"oneo ahe replied "No." est attendances on r ecord,· were The National, he said, had al- present at the annual meeting of ready paid $7.00 a barrel from the National Cranberry Association at 1950 crop and hoped to make the the main plant, Hanson, Massachu-final return to growers "up to $8 etts, July 17. They heard Presi-or $9 a barrel") some time in Oc- dent M. L. Urann express not only tober. As to having the necessary confidence in the marketing of the cans for use this fall he said NCA crop this Fall, but state that if had been placed in class "A rath- yea-round sales of processed fruit er than "B" for allotment and he continue at the present rate there foresaw obtaining all the cans will not be enough cranberries needed, likewise sugar and other grown to meet markets and he did supplies not dare to prophecy the success of the industry ten years from now. Businesslike Meeting "The cranberry industry is the. This was a quieter, more busi- soundest in the world", he assert-ness-like meeting of the National ed. "It is not done for." He add-than many others in the past, with ed that if the quantity of berries no extraneous features, such as to be disposed of this fall should music or entertainment. The pro- be a million barrels, NCA stood gram, opening at 10 a. m., consist- ready to market half of that ed of reports, beginning with that amount. of the treasurer, John C. Make- -—--—~ ' -'— • /l 0XZ~~. *l l I~.0I^:~4~~~~'^ 9 .... A~ | POWR DRIVENAUTOMATIC PORTABLElas ^^-o'X^^l^'? "ORM-t^S ,/ ,~hPO.,RT'^thrf"a' ~^ ^T II 0 l1 l l ' " ·. " LIGHT . . Aluminumbuilt. ' Weighsonly24Ibs. % <had *,THRIFTY . . Runs6 hourspe.rg.on. . -= * SMOOTH RUNNING . tr.. om. * 20-INCH cu.ier br Double. // + BALANCEDill E.1·,rsz.. Simpl. ohondl. ALSO CRANBERRY PRUNING MACHINES I& rL.~lf ^C lllEOnh T A^ ~ C. & L. EUIlPMENT CO. H. C.LEONARD F. P. CRANDON ACUSHNET, 191 LEONARD ST. 1191 Main St. M TeO R Sf Tel. Rochester 89-3 MASS. Tel. New Bedford 3-4332 3-4332..~..... _ .. ^^iaal~~t~......t . ' .. ....' . ' .' .-/ , ' . . ..-..' ' '*'' .' Then, department by de partment, the marketing program NCA, from advertising, public ity promotion to sales, was taken up, with the head of each branch making a brief talk. "Look forward", Mr. Urann said. "This is not a time of depression. It is a time to take stock of our selves, to review the past, to ana lyze the present, and to forecast the future. We do not look for opportunities. We make our own opportunities." He said there were to be no more surpluses, and that NCA, in proof of this, was advancing its marketing atthe rate of 150,000 bbls, a year. Even for this fall, he continued, there is a short age of 15,000 barrels to keep West age of 15,000 barrels to West Coastcaning plats at peak of operation and 11,000 barrelsat peak o mid-Western states area. mnid-Western states area. continued there are five district sales men strategically placed over the United States, plus 93 brokers. Daily reports from these sources show, he said, there are no inventories of Ocean Spray cranberry sauce piling up in the mar kets. "Ocean Spray" Available Everywhere "Ocean Spray is the fifth item in profit in food stores throughout the country. Your cooperative is either the 5th or 6th largest fruit canner in the United States. Ocean Spray is in all food outlets across the nation next to Campbell's soups in availability. We have ^4,722 customers in the United States who sell Ocean Spray. There is scarcely a crossroads grocery or variety store in the |country which does not have Ocean Spray on its shelves." A total of 1^g·If+ million worth of sauce 48 dollars been sold in the past four years, he said. "There are 2,000,000 women in the country who are working, in either offices or factories, and most of these are not going home to cook after a day's work, any more than is necessary. They are turning to canned products. A total of 22 billion cans of all products were sold last year, or that is 12 cans for every family per day were used. The demand for canned products is huge and con stantly growing". He mentioned tile trend rom country to city instance of overcoming sales re-day balloting for directors had living and stated that city folks sistance in Cleveland, while Dave been going on, with the result that (lo less cooking than people who Weidts, a newcomer to NCA sales 53,747 shares were cast (including live in the country. He also point-force, explained conditions in the proxies) and the following were ed out the trend of population southwest and how he was confi-elected as directors: from east to west and that western dent of success there. Massachusetts: Mrs. Elthea E. housewives use more canned foodstlks revolved Atwood, South Carver; Carlton thlan do eastern. To meet thisaround the cken and an-Barrows, Boston; Frank P. Cran- trend he said that Ocean Spray berry" campaign which is the don, Acushnet; W. Ernest Crow- was available in 90 per cent of all main selling feature of the Ocean ell, Dennis, (Exchange representastores in the United States. Spray program. tive;) Kenneth Garside, Duxbury; Borrow 8 Million, Pay Back 9• ^i BackS9Harrison ~B(~rrow 8 Million, W. Goddard, Plymouth; John F. Harriott, assistant It had previously been stated by Sa . Gurneyarverd Robrt treasurer, said that a total of 31/2 Mr. Urann that 36 pounds of . Gurney, Carver; Robert million dollars was paid to 1766 chicken or turkey are consumed Ma a, Wareham Russel stockholders of NCA last year. He annually by every man, woman Makepeace, Marion Bertam Rypointed to the fact that 8 million and. child in the country, and that d, Cotuit Ca B. ra M- dollars, approximately, was bor-the job of NCA der, Cotuit; Carl B. Urann, Mid- was to have Ocean rowed to carry on business last Spray cranberry sauce served with ll or w E year and that more than 9 million every pound of these fowl. In Vincetown Isaac Harrison Cross, ; had been paid back for the loan this program, Mr. Urann said V inton Thompson, C s- of last year and previous indebt-Ocean Spray was not only keeping t , pn change delegate), Vincentown; edness. up with what it hoped to do, but Wisconsin Albert H. Hedler Phil- Following Mr. Harriott's report was ahead of estimate in actual lipsc Foned N Lang, Wisconsin the heads of each marketing divis-sales. Rapids; Charles L ewis, Shell ion made reports. At noon the usual lobster salad Lake; Guy N. Potter, Camp Doug" Ideas"-Miss Stillman luncheon was served. During the las; Lloyd Rezin (Exchange Rep- Miss Ellen Stillman, in charge of advertising and publicity, told -. ........ "" ".....' how Ocean Spray had had eight .s.. to promote the sale of cranberris ........ to in normally "off" months. She :... said the plan behind this type of j.: | 1 advertising and publicity was to provide all possible markets with "ideas", rather than to force sales -C H..c. . directly. Next to importance in I ' the cranberry markets of the . = twelvemonth to Thanksgiving and Christmas is Easter. She also I -- mentioned "Father's Day" pro-_ motion. Speaking as head of promotion i was L. E. Proesch, who told of I what had been done in that line. I He was followed by H. Gordon Mann, head of the sales department. He introduced "Andy" Anderson, who has charge of the Pacific Coast division, who, almost theatrically, told of the efforts of theatrically, told of the effortsrthe first time in cranberry history a POWER PRUN- a salesman to gain markets and of I[NG MACHINE that will prune or thin vines without cutting up- the amount of persistency needed rights has been accomplished. to overcome sales resistance to ONE MAN CUTS 4-5 ACRES PER DAY-A GREAT MONEY new ideas. He was followed by SAVER. "Bill" Drury of the Chicago area, who said that, hackneyed as is the motto, "Where there's a will, C & 1 EqUiplment CO there's a way", he had proved to ACUSHNET, MASS. his own satisfaction in the sales F. P. CRANDON =CUSHNEi MASS. . C. LEONARD of Ocean Spray that this is 1191 Main Street 191 Leonard Street Tel. Rochester 89-3 Tel. New Bedford 3-4332 true, "Tom" Hopkins related an ~ .............. IIl!slll.1111 1!-1111 ,,,,_,,,,_,,,,.. ..ine Pay Visit To Mass. Bog Areas .. l. ii.IL = I ePathologists A group of about 30 plant ... ~~~~~wi. pathologists belonging to the ington Mrs Frane, Mrs. s , Section of the Amer- Ed Hugs ad Ed H of O Northeastern :ito Elizabethof i : Phytopathological Society Curtis iocan :i:ji::j i i vT•Tcisited the Cranberry Experiment esentative),HarrisonStationCranoorOregon: Attendingoalternates, as of N. Kenneth -11 part ::::::::::::::::Edward W...:iii...~:~:~~:~i .a field trip made by this organiza.... W. Waltham Field Station July 9, and *: ^ ^' ddard.. W ashington. The New Jersey lows: Sringfield Bank For Cooperativs of N WalthamF.Station saa 9,c :ii~ ~~:John Makepeace:?·a the next day going via Wey ~ a.msi., C. :::....succeeding the mouth saw Charles. where scientists J. C.the state, in the nation, and wol (PhotoiCA)Courtesy, lower, contingent before and ~ S. Pool ~iii:!iiiiiiiiitiiiii~L. Urann, in the reon standing promotion iii! A Single U. . ............ As a closing suggestion for .thought on the part of the membership President Urann brought ?~::S~i.~ ~~ iii~~~~~i up the idea of a single United States cranberry pool for both fresh and processed berries, with no differential in return between was the two, or ofthefruit grown in any gathering, elected officers as fol:: :: ram George Lamb of ward Lipmann, New Jersey unithe area. He said under this system pro-Growers'duringafterCranberry Company, Ed- the afternoon ecutive session the main speaker on there would be less price cutting, .President? .. LUrann, first Mr. Lamb said he had never beien Harrison, Vinton Thompson, Leon as all would get the same returns for their fruit. This would do away with any yearly allocation lis Waite; the co-op ad-is, Guy N. Potter, Albert Hed secretary-treasurer, and for the general 900H. Caught at NCA meeting-Upper, general view of a section of these at luncheon. by the Cranberry Growers' Coun- Among these are Albert Hedler of Wisconsin; Charles Makepeace of Williamstown, Masschausetts; John C. Makepeace, Wareham; Russel Makepeace, Marion; talking cil, and. this overall body would with "Hlappy' DeLong, Wisconsin: Maurice M!kepeace, Wareham, all facing toward camera at table. At extreme right, also facing camera; "Dan" Rezin, Wisconsin. assign berries to be shipped from (Photo Courtesy, NCA) lower, Oregon contingent standing before promotion and day to day. He said such a pool sales displays; left to right, J. Edward Warness, Oregon; Gus A. Franke, Washington; Mrs. Franke, Mrs. Ed Hughes and Ed Hughes of Oregon, the latter talking would be the nearest approach to to Elizabeth Curtis of Cape Cod, mother of Mrs. Hughes. .... (CRANBERRIES Photo) a single cooperative yet achieved in the cranberry industry. resentative), Cranmoor; Oregon: N. Harrison; alternates, Kenneth Attending the meeting were di- Edward W. Hughes, Coquille; Garside, Enoch Bills, Russell rectors and visitors from New Washington, Gus Franke, Gray-Makepeace, Carl Urann, Harrison Jersey, Wisconsin Oregon and land. W. Goddard. Washington. The New Jersey These directors, meeting in ex-Bank Praises Co-op group included: Walter Z. Fort, ecutive session after the main A speaker on the afternoon pro-Growers' Cranberry Company, Ed- gathering, elected officers as fol-gram was George Lamb of the ward Lipmann, New Jersey unit lows: Snringfield Bank For Cooperatives. of NCA, Enoch F. Bills, Isaac N. President, M. L. Urann, first Mr. Lamb said he had never been Harrison, Vinton Thompson, Leon vice-president, Carl B. Urann; vice so impressed before by the sound-E. Hopkins, James D. Holman, presidents, E.H. Gordon Mann, W. ness of the situation of NCA and Carl Mason, Harold King, John S. Jacobson, M. S. Anderson, Fer-that he was happy to work with Cutts; Wisconsin, Charles L. Lewris Waite; secretary-treasurer, the co-op and for the general ad-is, Guy N. Potter, Albert H. Hed- John C. Makepeace; assistant sec-vancement of the cranberry in-ler, Dan Rezin, Harold DeLong, retary-treasurer, John Harriott; dustry. He said he believed Nat-Fred Lang, Clarence A. Searles; executive c'ommit~ee, Fred Lang, ional Cranberry Association bound Oregon, J. Edward Warness, Ed- succeeding Charles L. Lewis; M. to go forward and that he consid-ward W. Hughes; Washington, L. Urann, J. C. Makepeace, Isaac ered it the outstanding co-op "in Gus A. Franke. Tei some of the elms that had been. killed and others that were dying as a result of infection by the Dutch Elm Disease fungus. The local tree warden explained how control work was being carried on. After leaving Weymouth the group went to East Wareham. At an evening meeting at the State Bog, Dr. Franklin told of the be- ginning of the Station and of the principal lines of work that he had carried on since coming to the Station. Drs. Frederick B. Chand- ler and Chester C. Cross pointed out the more important problems with which they were working and how the work was being carried on. Dr. H. F. Bergman then told of the cooperative work of the U. S. Department of Agriculture at the Cranberry Station and told briefly of the problems with which the three successive Federal work- ers at the Station had been con- cerned. The group met again at the Cranberry Station the next morn- ing and were shown some of the experimental work in progress on the bog and some of the more im- portant aspects of cranberry grow- ing were pointed out. After leav- ing the State Bog the group made a brief tour of cranberry bogs en route to Edaville where the day's tour was ended with a clambake. Most of the members of the group had never seen cranberry bogs previously and were much pleased to see the bogs and to learn something of the method and of the problems of growing this unique crop. Radio Fred Allen And Cranberries The Cape Cod cranberry recent- ly came into some comment from Fred Allen of radio fame, as reported in a Cape newspaper. Mr. Allen, with Mrs. Allen, is a Summer Cape visitor of some years' standing. Recording for the "Voice of America" programs were made at the office of the "Cape Codder," Orleans newspaper weekly. Mr. Allen was on the program. Some of his quoted remarks by Allen concerning cranberries (off the air) were: "When things get - Allocation of Crop By Council Still Tentative As of the present, Cranberry Growers' Council has made no def- nite decision for the allocation of the approaching crop. Tentative plans call for a 40-40 percent di- vision between ACE and NCA, with the remaining 20 to be swung ither way, as conditions justify. Difficulty in setting a definite allo- cation, is said to be because it is still uncertain as to what will be the size of the harvest and the quality. pqsimilarquiet, Ca-De Cod has a Cranberdry ClinicI-nk it is bighearted Clinic. I think it is big-hearted of the Cape to go into the prob les of the cranberry m vey much cranbeies and interested in cranberries and what cranberries think . .. If I Cod pman- ever retire to? Cape Cod pertman ently I would live in a cranberry bog and get the cranberry's point of vie." James Mease, a Pennsylvania farmer, grew the first American crop of soybeans in 1804. Eggs and poultry account for 35 pe' cent of the total farm income in New Jersey. "VINBERJA" According to Pathfinder magazine, a new book is just published, written by Arlington H. Mallery which mentions cranberries in an interesting fashion. The author, who is said to have put in more than 50 years of study on early Norse explorations to America has come to that conclusion that "Vineland the Good," in many Norse sagas is actually Newfoundland. "Most people,' said Pathfinder, quoting from the book," have assumed Vineland meant a wine country, but Newfoundland hs no grapes. However, the Greenland Norse made wine from black cranberries; wild currents, somewhat to them, abound in Newfoundland. The saga word for cranberries is "Vinberja"-wine berries-and it is a mistake to locate Vinland in terms of gapes. (Editor's Note, Historians have often believed that Leif Ericson, the Norsman came to Cape Cod, adjacent Marthas Vineyard or one o the Elizabeth Island in about 1,000 A. D. The American cranberry is indigenous to these areas. Item sent in by Vernon Golds- worthy of Wisconsin.) Benjamin F'ranklin grew the first crop of broom corn in the United States. I $688,4 000$688,46,000 ThIat's the dollar FIRE loss to American property in 1950. Think that over then this: A $5,000 home built in 1940 would today, cost about $9,950. Does your insurance coverage reckon with that slumping value of our dollar? Brirg it into balance now! CHE BBrewer & INSURANCE Lorl 40 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. Telephone: Hancock 6-0830 _-_ -_ ElveD . ........: ...• ..... .... ...FOREIGN VIS5TOS—C.D. Hammond, left, Wisons Crn berry Salescompay, explainfruits be agricultural cialis ato Hammond, Jan DGerritsen, ilhelof ufamily iperfectning of sall fruit crops. Tre Sf i:·:i.ii:;r:r:ii lliiriiirrili c So)i the ouptcra o sallilll and haeed. can enlarged and made pay in Hiollaned y onlcy bbeb theuse labor, metho of as much as ods culture possibly can be done. "If only Dutch farmers had some of this land that is not used in the United States," Gerritsen "Here there are great op- OperationsAroundisaid. Four Dutch agricJ., tl:ouredE tack tiiiandi i y E nsion Svic, a tip tiiiThe four f were Welhelmus depolice zeinge andinMiss Hester G. Kron- ducn Bermuda introduced cranberportunities." J. ARTHUR BAKER Arthura Bakeer Justice of Massachusetts Superior Court Cape Cod cranberry grower of a heart in his athn automobile in Bourne near his home, 16. Judge Baker was 72. He the Nethernd the wheel of his behind the and died July was car, were summoned and medical aid, but he was pronounced dead. ii..enberg, WaJudge Baker operated a bog of interested in small FOREIGN VISITORS-C. D Hammond, left, Wiscons in Cran- berry Sales commpany, exp lains to cranberry culture four Duch agricultural specialists at the Biron Cranberry company mirsh during a tour Monday. The visitors are, left to r^igh tafter a tou Monday.r left right after Hammond, Jac . Wilhelms der Grer, ana n xeritsen, driaan Oosten and Miss Hester G. Knronenberg The four are. touringeee the United States to study harvesting and mfarishaing production, of small fruit crops (Tribune Staff Photo) Dutch Visitors Study Cranberry Marsh Operations Around Wisconsin Rapids Four Dutch agricultural experts toured southern Wood County, Wisconsin in mid-July visiting cranberry marshes. They were es- corted by "Del" Hammond, Wis- consin Cranberry Sales Company, weed chemicaland with and DeVerne Mathison, Wood County Extension Service, and Martion Hoenveld of Vesper. The four from the Netherlands were Welhelmus de Groot, Bred; Jan D. Gerritsen, Geldermalsen; Adrian van Oosten, Kapelle-Bie- zelinge and Miss Hester G. Kron- enberg, Wageningan. They were interested in small fruits, including strawberries, respberries, blue ber- ries. They were much impressed with the large-scale application of insecticides to the cranberry. marshes by airplane and ground sprayers and with chemical weed control. They studied harvesting of small fruit, production and marketing data, plant disease control meth- Twelve ods, fertilizing soil preparation, processing of small fruits, qaulity control methods and shipping. They were spending two and one-half months in a swing the northern United through two anH. one-half not more than States on a technical assistance trip arrange~ by the Economic Cooperative Administration, the United States Department of Agri- culture and the U. S. land-grant universities. There is some cranberry pro- duction in Holland, although total plantings do not exceed one hun- dred acres. Production of small fruit in Hol- land, a number of the group said is mostly in the hands of about 20,000 owners or tenants on small farms. Many of the farms are not more than two and one-half acres in extent. There is no land for expansion of farms, except that which is re- claimed from the sea and fresh- fabout 9 acres at Head-of-the-Bay, and had known the cranberry busi ness all his life. He had picked berries as a boy and his father, Joshua H Baker had begun a bog e Cape pioneers. Antecedents on his mother's side of the family (Wing) were also cranberry growers. In 1948 Judge Baker (CRAN BERRIES, Nov. 1948) as a guest of the Ancient and Honorable A nitadHorbl Artillery Company of Boston, in Bermuda introduced cranberries to the Governor-General of that island, and other high officials. He carried both Ocean Spray and Eatmor cellophane packages on the trip. He was a member of both NCA and New England Sales Judge was bog Josprayerswhich BakerBakerhad married Company. Judge Baker was born in Buz zards Bay in 1878. He was gradu ated from Bourne High School in 1896, then matriculated at Wor cester Academy and entered Bos ton University College of Liberal Arts in 1898. He was graduated cum laude from B. U. and admit ted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1904. He was elevated to the bench ni 1935. He also had served on the Growers' Council. In 1905 he mar ried the late Dr. Harriet Agnes (Williams) who died in 1940 after which Judge Baker was married to his former secretary, Miss Flora G. Shepardson, who survives. He also leaves a sister, Mrs. Howard D, Pienney of Springfield, Mass, S~~ Vol 16-No. 4 ISSUE OF AUGUST 1951 WE venture to say the suggestion of DRANBERRIES -WAREHAM, MASSACHUSETTS Marcus L. Urann at the annual meet-Subscription $3.00 per year ing of National Cranberry Association at Advertising rates upon application Hanson on July 17 (as reported elsewhere in this issue) that there be a single United States cranberry pool for both fresh and Editor and Publisher processed berries, with everyone receiving CLARENCE J. HALL the same return, will arouse a good deal of discussion within the industry. If we EDITH HALL---Associat. Ediltnr understand the thought correctly we do not approve. There should be a differential, we be-CORRESPONDENTS-ADVISORS lieve, in fruit which is quality and fruit which is mediocre. Without this differential where is the incentive to grow top quality cranberries? There should be this Wisconsin incentive. A grower should, and we are C. D. HAMMOND, Jr. convinced that most do, take pride in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin growing, or at least attempting to grow a better quality crop than his neighbor. To produce the best is an instinct within the heart of anyone who is worth his salt Washington-Oregon in any line, artisan, artist or agriculturist, J. D. CROWLEY whatever he may be. Cranberry Specialist Maybe this should not be so, but in Long Beach, Wash. addition to this pride of accomplishment there is also the thought that the better the ETL M. ANICK product the better will be the financial Bandon, Oregon return. That is only human nature. It should not be discouraged. Massachusetts EDAVILLE AGAIN DR. HENRY J. FRANKLIN Director Mass. State Cranberry Experiment Station AGAIN Edaville proved its value to the East Wareham, Mass. cranberry industry on Sunday, July BERTRAM TOMLINSON 29, when Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio Barnstable County Agricultural Agent was chugged into the station there, "ar-Barnstable, Mass. riving" in the locomotive cab of a train to be the guest of honor at the clambake. Scores upon scores of flashbulbs were shot New Jersey off, taking pictures of "Mr. Republican", A A to appear in newspapers and magazines. CHARLES A. DOEHLERT, n New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station These photos, plus the multitude of Pemberton, New Jersey words printed, national radio broadcast, and the televised program (to eastern United States) later at historic PlymouthRock, mentioned Edaville and the cran-most important of all, the price of the fresh berry industry. Surely this must have fruit. some influence in the disposing of the crop next Fall. Somebody somewhere will re-IT was interesting to note what those call the event and buy a few fresh cran-Dutch visitors to cranberry marshes in berries or the processed product as the Wisconsin thought of the amount of unculresult of this publicity, we believe. tivated land we have in this country, as compared to the Netherlands. Citizens NOW, before too long, we will have esti-of the United States are blessed in many mates of the '51 crop, the harvest, and, ways. Thirteen Exhibit For The Growers of New Blueberry Growers Jersey Meet at InlNew JerseyI t AL 3O Jersey In New Chatsworth Aug 30 Blueberry growers will have the Anthony DeMarco, Chatsworth, opportunity over' a period of two New Jersey, will be host to the days and one evening to see new American Cranberry Growers' As- blueberry pests and blueberry sociation, on August 30. This is stunt symptoms on different varie-the regular Summer meeting for ties, as well as symptoms of other the exchange of information on troubles which can mislead one in-cranberry growing by the New to thinking that a bush has blue- berry stunt disease. Such an ex-spend as much time as they wish hibit will be shown at Pemberton, on any one subject. All exhibits N. J., the afternoon and evening will be accompanied by cards which of August 28 and the morning of explain the mnaterial. The staff August 29. The entire staff of the members who will be-present are Blueberry Laboratory will be pres-as follows: ent to answer questions and dis-N. J. Cranberry and Blueberry cuss blueberry problems with indi-Research Laboratory C. A. Doeh- vidual growers. lert, in charge of Laboratory; Mar- The exhibit will be indoors so tin T. Hutchinson, in charge of that weather will be no obstacle. cranberry and blueberry insect This exhibit is to take the place work; Lewis F. Wells, Jr., tem- of the regular field classes which porary assistant in cranberry and have been held Spring and Fall for blueberry insect work; Harry J. several years back to acquaint Moulter, field assistant; John W. growerls with disease and insect Goodman, Summer assistant in pest conditions. The first such in-blueberry stunt control. door meeting was held in June of Austin C. Goheen, United States this year and there was a record Department of Agriculture, field attendance. Growers have agreed agent for cranberry and blueberry that they would rather see a wide disease. variety of subjects without having The exhibit hours will be 2 to 5 to tramp through different fields. p. m., and 7 to 9 p. m., on August They also liked the oportunity to 28, and 9 to 12 noon on August 29. HUBBARD FERTILIZERS For CFSr~ID AN eof ERM rC D CRANBERRIES 5-10-5 7-7-7 ' 77^IIIaare INSECTICIDES -FUNGICIDES -AMMATE |COPPER COPPER SULPHATE -FERMATE SEE YOUR HUBBARD DEALER or D. L. HANNA, General Agent 20 Becker St., Riverside, R. 1. Telephone East Providence 1-2104M THE ROGERS & HUBBARD COMPANY PORTLAND, CONNECTICUT Established in 1878 Fourteen Jersey growers and the N. J. Agricultural Experiment Station. William S. Haines, President, will open the meeting at 10 o'clock with the regular address. Dr. John Cantlon, botany department of George Washington University, will report on the "Pine Region Hydrological Research" which he began last year on the initiative of this Association . Dr. M. T. Hutchinson, of the Pemberton Cranberry and Blueberry Research Laboratory, will report on cranberry scale. D. O. Boster, U. S. D. A., will discuss the crop prediction. Walter Z. Fort of the Growers' Cranberry Company, will show his new slides which are distinct views of the insects which should be helpful to many growers. Dr. Cantlon's hydrological research has extended considerably into a full- sized project under the direction of the Rutgers University Botany Department. It is hoped that this will be one of the foundations of a long-term action to preserve South Jersey's water supply for cranberry and blueberry growers. Cranberry scale has become an important pest on New Jersey bogs. Dr. Hutchinson and Mr. Lewis Wells, Jr., have been working on the life history of the scale as well as methods of control. There will be some new interesting facts in this progress report. After lunch, for which reserva tions should be sent to the Pemberton Laboratory, there will be a tour of Mr. DeMarco's bogs. Some these bogs are highly productive. There are new bogs which have been planted by machine and now coming into bearing. Some unusual arrangements have been made for water management. Do a Friend a Favor Tell him (or her) that every grower should be a subscriber of CRANEgazine $3.00 per yea deal of pleastre to tead the inger-o everybody started plantingMass. Senator nuity and imagination that these more berries, reclaiming old bogs iC. s Ccranberry merchants have exer-and planting new ones. By 1950 Cites Cranberries cised in selling their area." supply was way up and the price had dropped to $6 a barrel. In a recent issue of the Congres-Editorial was as follows: support price for (There was no support price for sional Record, Senator Leverett In the cranberry bogs of Cape cranberries.) Saltonstall of Massachusetts calls Cod a reporter for the Minneapolis The cranberry growers and their attention to an editorial in the Star came across an unusual story c erae association got to- Morning World-Herald of Omaha, of individual and group enterprise. cooperative association got to- Neb., entitled: "Busy Cranberry The story begins in 1946, when ge t talk about how the could get the public to eat more Merchants." As a citizen of cranberry farmers got $32 a barrel c ries. Since the fruit would Massachusetts, Saltonstall said for their fruit-three times thee the d have spoiled while they did their "the editorial gives me a great normal figure. figuring, they put the surplus in the in deep freezers. Then, says the Minneapolis pa D5^AtlDistributBiniM—^ JAftfe»«Aef i "Cooks and researchers went to work. They came up with cranbeirry juice (canned, concentrated, Beaton s Distributing Age cy NATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS of 0 0 cap &Cd 'i^L etar | for over a quarter century I TS A in United States and Canada YiOUHRCAN ;I./~l Wareham, Mass. Tel. Wareham 130 or 970 W L m 1 IIM II Ii IIfilllllllililllllll 111111 IIISS lllillSlIB g 1 -II "fllllHIIIB I iBllIIII 111iI II ilil 1 11 111111111, BE NEIGHBORLY Do a fellow grower a good turn. Tear out this i it to him. 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(Foregoing notes are from July issue of "The Cranberry Vine," edited by Ralph E. Tidrick, County Extension Service at South Bend, in cooperation with the State College of Washington and Pacific County Extension. House ferns should be grown in mixture having a large pro portion of organic matter. A I U ICT UO At the maximum rate of increase , a d mouse could have over a million descendants in one year. Brings to fruition the year's en deavor of the cranberry grower. If he deavor o the cranbery grower If he has been progressive and wise, ELECTRICI TY will assisted economically, e m efficiently in his endeavor. ty El C ym u Co nt e c C WAREHAM -PLYMOUTH Tel. 200 Tel. 1300 _ _e~cs~rs +-_--_------_--_ We're off to another Cranberry Season with 44 years of working experience in behalf of our members and the industry With the American Cranberry Exchange selling our fresh fruit and the National Cranberry Association selling our processed berries we are in the best possible position to serve members. THE NEW ENGLAND CRANBERRY SALES COMPANY 9 Station Street Middleboro, Mass. TELTEPHONE 200 LET'S GO FOR 1951! dC) I ^i^ I ^ Sales, advertising and merchandising pro^ 4 -8grams for Eatmore Cranberries are all set ALI~ and we're rarin' to go for the 1951 season. All summer our staff has worked on the season's programs. Every effort has been C3o1 to have biggest asset--the Eatmore ~made our Ah q~ ~Cranberries trade name . . . pay off for the benefit of growers. Id |Eatmore is the leading brand on the v I fresh fruit market. It's the name whole10 salers, retailers and consumers alike recog rGeI nize, trust and buy. We're going to get o.~..31^ ounce of benefit out of that prestige. {every THE ONLY N#4/ON4#,Y ADVMERSED NAME /N FRESH CRANBERRIES' Eatmor Cranberries ._ . ___ Cranberries -The National Cranberry Magazine -link page Cranberries -The National Cranberry Magazine -link page PREVIOUS.................Cranberries -The National Cranberry Magazine July, 1951 NEXT...............Cranberries -The National Cranberry Magazine September, 1951 GO TO INDEX
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SERVING A $20,000,000 A YEAR INDUSTRY
NjjolgAL, CRANBERRY AAGAZNCE
ii
CAPE CODw
WVISCONSIN
OREG'ON,
"4MR REPUBLICAN" Senator Robert A. Taft accepts cranberry gift from Miss Bev-WASHNGTQON erly Richards '50 NCA Cranberry Queen, (Photo by Randall W. Abbott)
30Cents ~~~~~~~~~~AUGUS11T, 1951
J. Rfl UA^I^TT "CRANBERRIES'
J. lM HAiT l ADVERTISING
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Reasonable Rates
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But may we remind you that the WISCONSIN CRANBERRY
SALES COMPANY is working at all times
for the best interests of its members and of the industry
as a whole.
It is our belief, and, certainly, our hope, that the results
of the approaching crop will be better for all
than for the past three years.
Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company
(A Cooperative)
WISCONSIN RAPIDS WISCONSIN
Morris April Bros. BRICGS & STRATTON,
Bridgeton -Tuckahoe CLINTON, WISCONSIN,
lNew Jersey lCape & Vineyard LAWSON, and HERCULES
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Expert Workmanship
Apples
Only Genuine Parts used
Cranberries Offices: Engine Driven Generators
For Emergency
Peaches Chatham Portable and All Applications
Peaches
Falmouth
____Falmouth Power Mowers
Hyannis and Tractors Serviced
GROWERS AND
Provincetown
SHIPPERS lVin ~SHIPPERS
yard Haven Alan Painten Co.
Established 1922
.......... Tel. 334 HANOVER, MASS.
CRANBERRY __
GROWERS Hall Cole AnAd
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Established 1848
Niagara Dusts, Sprays and Incorporated
Commission
and Jobbers CRANBERRIES
94 Faneuil Hall Market 102 is your message
Dusters ~Dusters Merchants
Niagara Chemical MASS. placed before the in-
BOSTON,
Division dustry.
Food Machinery and
Chemical Corporation APPLES AND CRANBERRIES Advertising Does
SPECIALTIES
Middleport, New York Pay
_______ __ Dividends
!-______________L__ _ Car Lot Receivers
Wareham Savings Bank
and The National Bank of Wareham
Falmouth Branch
Conveniently located for Cranberry men
Welcome Savings Accounts
Funds always available for sound loans
Loans on Real Estate
Safe Deposit Boxes to Rent
Complete Banking Service
PHONE WAREHAM 82
FALMOUTH 80 Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
mass. raBerry
Station and Field Notes larranged
by J. RICHARD BEATTIE
Extension Cranberry Specialist
....
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The weather, labor, and size of
our crop are the popular subjects
of conversation among cranberry
ogrowers as we near the harvest
season. A few bogs were showing
evidence of dry weather, but
showers occurring July 28 and 29
relieved temporarily the drouth
problem. From May 30 to August
1, only 2.87 inches of rain has been
recorded here at the Cranberry
Station, which is definitely below
normal. The rainfall in August
can be an important factor in de-
termining the size of our crop.
The drouths of the last few sea-
sons have taught us that, when
bogs begin to really suffer from
lack of moisture, it is very diffi-
cult to properly irrigate them.
Dr. Franklin suggests that bogs
should be irrigated before the
damage becomes aparent. Growers
have been keeping the water well
up in their ditches since early
July. Some bogs have been flash
flowed. Overhead irrigation equip-
ment has paid good dividends this
season.
Labor Problem This Fall
The harvest labor problem could
he serious this Fall. A special
cranberry labor committee, in co-
eo)eration with the Division of Em-
op~eration ott anm-
ployment Security, has completed
arrangements for the importation
of approximately 300 Puerto
Ricans for the harvest season.
These men have been contracted
for the period September 1 to De-
cember 1, 1951. As usual, there
are many details involved with the
importation of labor. The man who
guided this special project is
"Frank" Butler, chairman of the
cranberry labor committee. IH-e
has performed an excellent service
for the industry.
We have had about a normal
fruit-worm season to-sdate (Au-
Twt'
gust 1). However, fruit worms
have been more plentiful this year
than last. A few more growers
each year are adopew D
lin's technique of counting fruit-
worm eggs in order to properly
time their control measures. The
second brood of black-headed
fireworms have been more of a
problem than during the last two
or three years. The new brood
of weevils that appear around nrid-
July have also been more preva-
lent this year' 'than last. Blunt-
nosed leafhoppers are still too
plentiful on-many bogs. .Grubflowed
bogs should be carefully
checked for cut worms that usually
appear ten to: twelve days
after the grub flow has been re-
moved.
In the June issue of CRANBER-
RIES, under' this article "Mass.
Cranberry Station and Field
Notes", Dr: 'Cross presented some
very timely information on the
control of ditch weeds. Growers
who haven't read this material will
find it well worth their time. Au-
gust is a good month to check ditch
weeds. Dr. Cross also points out
that pitchforks, asters, wild bean,
and fireweeds can be checked using
in knapsack
sodium arsenate ,,adisplaysc ranbrof
sprayer. He recommends oz. of
sodium arsenate to a knapsack
sprayer-full of water for the con
trol of the above weeds. Sodium
arsenate should not be used after
August 20 because of poisonous
residues. Copper sulfate can be
used in August to control fire-
weeds and pitchforks as outlined
in the weed chart. Wherever pos-
sible, the shores and dikes around
the bogs should be mowed. This
is considered a good weed control
practice, according to Dr. Cross.
Annual Growers' Meeting
The 64th annual meeting of the
Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' As.
sociation will be held Tuesday,
tion in East Wareham, beginning
promptly at 9:30 a. m. An excellent
speaking program has been
for both the morning and
afternoon session. There will be
a demonstration of hydraulic sanding
under the supervision of the
Agricultural Engineering Department
of the University of Massa
chusetts. Dinner will be served by
the ladies of the Wareham Methodist
Church. C. D. Stevens, of the
England Crop Re ting Ser
vice, will present his official crop
estimate. President Melville C.
Beaten announces that all cranbery
growers and their families
are cordially invited to attend this
important meeting.
Annual Harvest
Festival of NCA
Two-Day Affair
Annual cranberry harvest festi
val of NCA in October is to be held
over a two-day period this year
rather than crammed into a single
day. Another change is that part
of the affair is to be held at Ply
mouth instead of all at Edaville.
Program as tentatively drawn
up is for a parade, festival dance
and other events at Plymouth on
the 12th, Columbus Day. The 13th
will see the mammoth chicken
barbecue with cranberry sauce
served under the pines at Edaville.
There will be a cranberry dish con
test and displays of cranberry
equipment
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Wisconsin Cranberry
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MFarlin and Howes vines for
Vernon Goldsworthy
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936 Memorial Drive
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Edaville IsScene of Huge Clambake
At Rally of Massachusetts Republicans
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio was top guest with many
other notables present-main event was his address at
Plymouth Rock, nationally broadcasted and televised to
half the nation.
With a smile of enjoyrment, and held at the First Pilgrim Church,
wearing a brakeman's cap jauntil-
ly upon his head, Senator Robert
A. Taft of Ohio, whom many rec-
ognize as a foremost statesman of
this country Sunday afternoon,
July 29 arrived at Edaville, South
Carver, Mass. He was in the cahb
cab
of the "famous" No. 7 locomotive
of the narrow-guage railroad.
Fourten cars made up the train.
Mr. Taft had gotten on at another
station along the line. He was at
Edaville to enjoy a real Cape Cod
clambake, to make a brief speech
a e to ake
and then to be taken to Plymouth
aRoc f ak or poli tican"
major
Rock for a major political address
which was nationally broadcast
and the spectacle televised over
the eastern half of the United
States.
The all-day occasion, which was
arranged by the Plymouth County
Reputblican club was designated
biqnclub was AsigTo
as "A Pilgrimage to Plymouth"
, stre i ,b
and, stressed in the addresses, by
lead, inR tgepu blofficans
leadingRepublicans was the
urgent need of a government at
Washington which would return to
the fundamentals of honesty and
freedom of the individuals, as es-
tablished by the Pilgrims in 1620.
It was a day, partly in holiday
spirit, as at the clambake, but
mostly it was devoted to s
considerations,
Many Notables
Notables besides Senator Taft
included, Congressman Joseph W.
Martin, Jr., Republican National
Committeeman Sinclair Weeks;
Massachusetts members of the
congress, Donald W. Nicholson,
Leverett Satlonstall, and Henry
Cabot Lodge.
First event of the day was a
"Pilgrim Breakfast" at one of
Plymouth's most historic houses,
the Harlow House. Breakfast con-
sisted of traditional fish cakes and
beans. It was served by women in
Pilgrim costumes.
At 10:30 religious service was
Plymouth.
1400 Eat Clams at Edaville
Then came a long motor caval
cade to Edaville and the bake.
Approximately 1400 were served
at this bake which was put on
^ ^ ,3-^ XT x
under the direction of Norman V.
Holmes of Carver, a cranberry
grower.
When No. 7 pulled into the main
Edaville station, Taft was sub
jected to a tremendous barrage of
flash bulks, and the first official
step was a presentation to "Mr.
of a cranberry scoop
eentatin S g
Presentation was by Miss Bev-
erly Richards 1950 National Cran-
berry Association Queen. Pre-
sented with scoops and the cran-
berry gifts also were Senators
Lodge and Saltonstall.
handle the crowds there were
T
the chiefs of police and scores of
from a number of towns
through which at one time or an-
other the route of the cavalcade
Cameramen still and movie
. ee e
reporters, feature writers covered
all of the events,
,
including Eda-
ville.
e
At the Plymouth Rock program
there were many Plymouth people
wearing Pilgrim' costumes. This
program was presided over byRobert Bradford, former governor
of Massachusetts, who is a ninth-
generation descendent of Governor
Briadford of the Plymouth Colony.
Many of the cranberry industry
were present during the day.
Noted wee M. L. Urann Miss
Ellen Stillman of NCA; E. C.
McGrew (and Mrs. McGrew) and
Miss Elizabeth C. McNally of
ACE.
There were concerts at Plymouth
and other events which included
the colorful Warren (Rhode
Island) Indian band. This has appeared
at several cranberry func
tions.
WSTERP
WESTERN PICKERS Inc.
1172 Hemlock Avenue
Coos Bay, Oregon
Machine picking is a necessity
to the small grower.
The Western Picker has
kept the small grower who
has owned one, in busiss
has owned one, in business
during the past two years.
T l
more reserves, can get the
best help, and can wait
longer for the upturn in the
market, but the small grow
er is continually up against
the problem of paying out
good money for incompetent
help. This same money, put
out for a Western Picker,
makes the small grower independent
of the vagaries
of hired help.
One man with 10 acres or
less can do all his picking
less can do all his picking
alone with a Western Pick
er.
Many women are operat
ing Western Pickers It is
Western Pickers. It
not strength that is required,
but a little know-how.
With our new added motor
friction clutch to stop the
belt, our new motor controls
and better bearings, we feel
that the 1951 Model West
ern Picker is fool-proof.
Let one of our agents in
Washington, Wisconsin or
Massachusetts show you a
new 1951 Model. You can
still get one before picking
eason start (Advt.)
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zVI `THE~ONALGRANBERRya/
ISSUE OF AUGUST 1951-VOL. 16, NO. 4
Published monthly at The Courier Print Shop, Main St., Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscription, $3.00 per year.
Entered as secod-class matter January 26, 1943, at the post-office at Wareham, Massachusetts, under the Act of March 8, 1879.
FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C.J.H.
MASSACHUSETTS
.—
It seems extremely difficult to
reconcile various views of the
Massachusetts crop of 1951, but
then this is almost always true.
It would seem that some growers
will have bumpers, or at least ex-
cellent, while others do not look
forward to much fruit.
A best guess as of August 6th
i twil p io
is that production will be average
or betterwl d d
o*r better--muchh will depend on
ater.B the fir o
early water berries had sized up
to above normal and the season
wvas well advanced for early pick-
wa.sad welld fr ey
the alert to provide the proper
cControls.
ersona
vPersonals
Dr. Henr J. Franklin and Mrs.
Franklin attended a gathering f
the Franklin family at Guilford,
Frankl famly at Gulfo
New Hampshre over the week-
end of the 28th of July. More than
end of the 28th of July Mo
80 were present.
80 were pr .
J Richard Beattie, State Cran
, S
berry Specialist, with family is
spending a vacation until August
20 with his parents in Vermont.
Dr.. Frederick B. Chandler of
the Experiment Station left Au-
gust 4th to spend some time in
the Wisconsin cranberry area. He
turned out to be exceptionally high,
and growers have used snrays and
tensively.
(lusts intensively.
New Weed Control Experiments
Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Cornpany,
in conjunction with one of
the chemical companies has been
working on a new weed control
program. A petroleum product is
not being used.
Crop Ahead of Last Year
It was the estimate of "Del'
Hammond of Wisconsin Cranberry
Sales Company as July ended that
the crop was about ten days ahead
of last year, on the average.
Growing conditions during the lat
ter part of the month were very
good.
Many Bumble Bees
As of about July 20 most of the
marshes were from i to 2,/ out
ac-ere have bchildren
of bloom. There have been an
exceptionally large number of
bumble bees working the marshes
this year.
Two Injured by Clippers
Jack Mulloway of Tomah was
badly injured while operating a
weed clipper and spent several
weeks in bed. He recovered nicely
and is up and around again. A
similar accident happened to Newell
Jaserson of Cranmoor, but his
recovery was progressing nicely.
Personal
Mr. and Mrs. Dan B. Rezin, (Dan
being the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Rezin), areparents of a baby
bo.
NEW JERSEY
June-July, Cool and Dry
Since it was not reported in the
last issue, the June weather will
July Another Dry Month
July s of aot hf
a month
July was a month of about nalf
ri ber
normal rainfall for the cranberry
area as recorded at the State Bog
at East Wareham. The total for
o w i
1.4
the 31-day periiod was 1.49 inches.
Temperatures were above normal
and humidity was excessive.
May Have Lessened Quantity
Prospects
As regards quality of the crop,
qualit the
it was said at the Experiment Sta-
tion that the month had probably
been slightly favorable, if anything,
rather than unfavorable. As to
size of the crop it had probably
decreased this, because of the lack
of rainfall as a total and because
ther:e had been long periods when
there was no precipitations.
As reards of cr
Fruitworm Slightly
More Abundant
FM habore
Abundan
Fruitworm has been more abun-
dant than normal this season, and
therefore has presumably caused
caused
more damagethe crop than
to
average. Losses from this insect,
however, have probably been only
slightly above nortmal, because for
one thing, growers have been on
FOnu
July.'~ AoeDyMtis to be a speaker at the annual
meeting of the Wisconsin Cran-
A .i
berry Growers' Association at
Wisconsin Rapids on August 14th.
His topic will be the research
work at the Mas s n
work at the Massachusetts station.
Mrs. Chandl
companied him, they going on to
Minneapolis to visit Mrs. Chand-
lers family.
WISCONSIN
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May Frost Losses
Somewhat Overcome
Some of the frost damage which
took place in May has been over-
come by an exceptionally fine set
of fruit. This is true primarily of
the Northern areas, as seen by
the end of July.
Second Brood Fireworm Bad
The second brood of Fireworm
was as bad as it was expected it
g s switched
might
back to airplane dusting with new
insecticides. Results were excel-
le.
Fruitworm
Igffg counts rfo Fruitworm have
be included here. At. Pemberton,
both months were definitely cool
and dry. The rainfall was however,
fairly well spaced over the two
month period,
June had an average tempera-
ture of 69.3 degrees, which was
2.7 degrees below normal of 72.
There was 2.79 inches of rainfall,
which was 1.74 inches below the
ofnormal of
normal 4.63.
The average July temperature
was 74.1 degrees or 1.9 degrees below
normal of 76. The July rainfall
was 3.07 inches or 1.15 inches
below normal of 4.22.
of 4.22.
July Hail Storm
On July 16, a severe hailstorm
struck the Medford area and de-
stroyed the crop on the Gerber
tract of Evans and Will. No other
bog reported a serious loss. *,
Crop Will Be Shorter
The New Jersey crop will be
definitely shorter than last year.
OREGON
M-o WronBgand
More Work on Bogs
The ever-present weed problem
is keeping growers busy this Sum-
mer. So many bogs were neglected
per force, during the past several
years of low returns that they be-
came in bad shape. Now, with
hopes of better prices this Fall
there is a reviving interest in
keeping properties in better condi-
tion.
Labor Situation Tough
The labor situation this year is
-A Farmer Owned-
Farmer Operated Cooperative
THE
National
l Farm Loan
especially toug-h, bBecause tIhe Ban
don area has become more of a
lumbering center and that indus-
try is paying the highest prices
in years. Growers are resorting
to machine work as much as pos-
sible, especially in harvesting, but
must do much of the routine work
themselves.
Oldest Bog Changes Hands
Kaye Howard has purchased the
Reuben Lyons bog. This bog is
lownormalprobablyof 76. TheJuly rain-the oldest one in Coos
County.
WASHINGTON
Extreme Drouthated.
ExTi J -rr
Western Washington on the
opening days of August was still
experiencing it's greatest drouth,
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with no rain in sight. There has
ben practically no rain since April
and crops of all kinds are taking
a beating.
Bogs Spotty
D. J. Crowley visited Grayland
the Humptulips cranberry sec-
tions the last of July and found
the crop very spotty. Growers
who watched frosts and have kept
up their spray program during the
past two or three years have
bumper crops.
He found a tendency, however
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niu-lrl all girWv tu erack ro
more intensive cranberry work on
their bogs. He also finds the feeling
of optimism about prices for
the 1951 crop and there is a better
all-around attitude.
Crop May Be Larger
In Dr. Crowley's opinion the
Washington crop will be somewhat
larger than that of last year.
Lecanium Scale
Lecanium scale was hatching by
July 21 on the bogs and growers
were being much concerned with
proper control measures. In fact
it was hatching earlier than antici-
Last year the hatch was
slow, and late, with many eggs
lo, and late, wth many eggs
still unhatched by the end of Au-
b A
g y
^~~gust the hatch was almost comn
t
piete.
Crowley Suggests
Control Methods
Methods of control suggested by
J. D. Crowley of the Experiment
Station at Long Beach has been
Parathion, or Medicide, with most
growers probably using Nicotine
Sulphate (Black Leaf 40) or a
recommended Nicotine Sulphate
with oil. Recommendation for
Nicotine Sulphate alone, was 1
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The Little Fellow With Keen Interest
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Success Of Any Industry
IsImportant nTo
Such a Man in Cranberries is Charles N. Savery of Cape
Cod-Is Director of New Cranberry Mutual, Secretary
Upper Cape Club-As Civil Engineer Worked on Atomic
Energy Proiect.
by Clarence J. Hall
It is not always the "big men" who make an industry prosperous.
The "little fellow" often contributes as much-in one way, alone, by
being intensely interested. This is the story of a "little fellow" in the
cranberry business, who went away from Cape Cod, but came back
home to grow cranberries.
He is Charles N. Savery of Cotuit. His major occupation, at pres-y
ent, is that of civil engineer and surveyor. Yet, he is secretary of the
Upper Cape Cod Cranberry Club, one of the directors of the recently-
formed Cranberry Growers' Mutual, and otherwise interested in all
cranberry affairs. He feels that being active in cranberry matters
iis
his~~~~ duty. ~~~~~~Capehis duty. his *'~~~ ~gage
duty._________~
Mr. Savery was born in Cotuit, around Boston. Finally he landed
September 25, 1907, the son of a job as a rodman in a survey
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Savery. party for the Geodetic Survey,
Savery (Savary, Savory) is one Massachusetts Highway Depart-
of the oldest names in Massachu-ment, his employment in this last-
setts, the common ancestor, ing five years, a part of which was
Thomas Savary "being of Ply-working in the western part of
mouth" by about 1630. His father Massachusetts. As the result of
had a shoe store in Cotuit and taking an extension course in
sent a wagon on sales trips over mathematics and surveying he be-
the Cape. His maternal grand-came party chief, that is, the man
father was George Newcomb, in charge of a survey group of
Newcomb, is also a "good old" three of four men.
Cape Cod name, and like so many He left State employ and went
Cape Cod men, he was a sea cap-to work in the same line with
tain; going to sea when he was Charles T. Main Incorporated, an
12. Neither of Charles Savery's engineering firm, of Boston. One
parents were cranberry growers. of his jobs with them was in sur-
Built First Bog in 1932 vey work for the construction of
His family moved to Falmouth the big U. S. Army training cen-
when he was small and there he ter, Camp Edwards on the Cape.
attended school. After school he There were 16 survey groups and
he was head of one. Their work
went to Boston, where he worked he ws h o o T
in a brokerage house and went to consisted of making surveys for
camp highways, sewer, waterlines
the Bentley School of Accounting. cap h wa sewer, waterlines
He returned to Cotuit in 1932 and building sites.
and began to build a small He had been a member of the
and to build a small
cranberry bog on Putnam Avenue,
where he now lives. His other bog January, 1941, was called up for
where he now lives. His other '
property is at East Sandwich, active service. He was assigned
which he bought in 1946. It is a to duty-to Camp Edwards, which
he had helped to construct. He
five-acre piece, although he can put he had to construct.
served about a year there and was
in two more acres, or so. He can s
released from active duty, finally
also expand the property at Cotuit, released from active duty, finally
which he also hopes to do-as soon being discharged from the Army
as the cranberry business becomes n June 1945 .
prosperous again. However he Following his release he went
did noiC* . back to the employ of Main and
sy
did not stay in Cotuit.
was sent to Jackson, Mississippi.
Became A Surveyor He was a year at Jackson and
During the depression years he then six months at Grenada, also
took several different jobs in and Mississippi, . _ ..
Sif
: Fut-Wife in South
His next job was the building
a powder manufacturing plant
at Kingston, Tennessee. This was
to mark an important point in his
life Working in the same office,
a Mi Mi Fian. Six
months after meeting, she and Mr.
Savery were married.
Sometime later Mr. and Mrs.
Savery decided to change positions
Sded to cha
again and went to the now famed
d t te now famed
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where he
a Rr
was area construction engineer for
about two years, working on the
a . t
atomic energy plant. In 1946 with
om t
the com,pletion of the plant, Mr.
Savery felt he had enough o th
of the
St he had enoh
South and would like to return to
and
Cod, settle down, and en-
in cranberry growing. Mrs.
the plan.
Back to The Cape
They had a house waiting,
the one which he had built in
1939, in spare time, doing a large
part of the construction himself.
This house is at the Cotuit bog
site. He also has a second house
there.
Entering into cranberry work he
found his engineering experience
and training stood him in good
stead. An instance of this was in
properly draining his Sandwich
bog. This bog has underground
springs and has always been too
wet. At one point in this he built
a gravel well by sinking a steel
casing down through the peat and
filling the casing with gravel.
When the casing was removed,
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For
the
clean
trol
the installation of drain tile. ......
one thing this would cut out
cost of keeping the ditches
and, he believes help to con-..... ·.:.:.........
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In Marketing He is a Cooperater i'?'?,?,',?%ii¥?iiiiiiiixlI~ iiiiiii
In his marketing arrangements
Mr. Savery decided to be a co-. .......
operator and at once joined National
Cranberry Association, of
which he remains a member. ItieX...
has been stated he is secretary
of the Upper Cape Club and a
Mutual director. He is also a
member of Cape Cod Cranberry
Growers' Association. He is a
member of the Cape Cod Society ofu.
Land Surveyors and the American
Society of Military Engineers. He
is active in town affairs, Cotuit
being a village of the town of
earnstable, and is one of the Barnstable
Park Commissioners and
is on the Playground and Rec-~.~
reation Commission. He is a
Mason, his affiliation being the
Charles H. McKinney LDdge of
Knoxville, Tennessee.
Believes Mutual Vital to Growers
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inevitable cigar~ in hand~ stands~ ~in front~ ~of his~~vehome.
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As concerns his active interest
in the new Growers' Mutual, he.....
says, "If we can make a success
of this idea of the Mutual, it will
be the biggest thing that has happened
within the cranberry indus-
try for a long time. In the Mutual
we have something that can speak
for the grower himself in relation
to crop marketing." Explaining
further, he feels it is absolutely
necessary that the grower take
this active interest in the dispo-
sition of his crop. He conceives
this must be done, if the grower
is to survive as a cranberry
grower. He says he has no axe
to grind, in respect to marketing,
but feels only the grower must
look out for his own interests.
"This is strictly his business."
Mr. Savery formerly screened
his own fruit, but his crops are
now turned over in the rough to
NCA. In his harvesting he uses a
Western Picker. Without this'
mechanical harvester, he feels it
would not have been possible for
him to pick at all in recent years
Mr. Savery, almost
because of high scooping costs
Hobby--Carpentry
For hobbies, Mr. Savery has
none, he says, unless it is these
two--a never-ending interest in
cranberries, his conscientious at-
tendance at many, many industry
meetings, and perhaps that he
"likes to do a little carpentry for
the fun, now and then."
W;1INDFALL TREES
FOR FARM LUMBER
Windfall trees resulting from
storms can be a cheap source of
lumber. Trees sawed into lumber
by local sawmills will ordinarily
not cost the farmer more than $50
a thousand board feet. Bought
lumber *often exceeds $100 per
thousand board feet.
Since many farm buildings need
repairs, the windfall trees can help
CRANBERRIES Photo)
Edaville Railroad
Conducting
For Photographers
Edaville Railroad at South Cat'ver,
Mass., is now sponsoring a
photo contest, running from August
5th to September 5th. All
photos submitted must be made in
the confines railroad-cranberry
property, and only amateurs may
be contestants. It is a contest for
black and white prints, only.
First award is $100; second, $50;
third, $25; fourth, $10; three of
$5 each, and consolation prizes of
cranberry products.
keep down the costs.
For some purposes the lumber
can be used unseasoned. For other
purposes proper drying is necessary,
Ne,1 A/*Wllr ,-' /^r _rnfg
. apeace.
Near Future Will Bring Cranberry
Scarcities Rather Tlhan Sur Iofuses
ScarcitiesRather Than Surpluses
So M. L. Urann Tells More In a question and answer period
Than 400 Attending An-he made probably the first public
nual NCA Meeting a t estimate of what the price might
Hanson. Mass., Provided be expected by the growers for the
Ocean Spray Sales Con-1951 crop. He said, as the pros-
tinue to Gain at Present pects appeared at that time, the
Rate. outlook was for "better than $12
More than 400, one of the larg-a barrel". To a question of "$20
tanbarrel?"oneo ahe replied "No."
est attendances on r ecord,· were The National, he said, had al-
present at the annual meeting of ready paid $7.00 a barrel from the
National Cranberry Association at 1950 crop and hoped to make the
the main plant, Hanson, Massachu-final return to growers "up to $8
etts, July 17. They heard Presi-or $9 a barrel") some time in Oc-
dent M. L. Urann express not only tober. As to having the necessary
confidence in the marketing of the cans for use this fall he said NCA
crop this Fall, but state that if had been placed in class "A rath-
yea-round sales of processed fruit er than "B" for allotment and he
continue at the present rate there foresaw obtaining all the cans
will not be enough cranberries needed, likewise sugar and other
grown to meet markets and he did supplies
not dare to prophecy the success of
the industry ten years from now. Businesslike Meeting
"The cranberry industry is the. This was a quieter, more busi-
soundest in the world", he assert-ness-like meeting of the National
ed. "It is not done for." He add-than many others in the past, with
ed that if the quantity of berries no extraneous features, such as
to be disposed of this fall should music or entertainment. The pro-
be a million barrels, NCA stood gram, opening at 10 a. m., consist-
ready to market half of that ed of reports, beginning with that
amount. of the treasurer, John C. Make-
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