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Estimate 

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shows Massachusetts with a crop of 
655,000 barrels. This is up 14 per-
from last year, but is about 
8 percent below our 5-year averageand is down more than 10 percent

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hour television program about cran-
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personally viewing the program, I 
understand that the film was excel-
lent and the acting very professional 
but the ratings were rather poor. 

Weather 

November was cool, averaging 
nearly two degrees a day below 

DRAN BRDRY 

normal. The only warm days were 
on the 2nd, 24th and 29th. Cool 
periods were 8-9, 13-14, 20-21 and 
25-27. Maximum shelter tempera-
ture was 62 degrees on the 2nd, 

minimum was 22 degrees on the 
28th. Rainfall totalled 6.92 inches 
which is 2-1/3 inches above average 
for November. This is the first 
month since June with above aver-
age rainfall. The major part of this 
precipitation occurred from the 7th 

to the th when nearly 5 inches 
was recorded. There were measur-
able amounts on 14 days, and 

despite the fact that some people 
were grumbling about developing 
webbed feet this was only the 4th 
wettest November in our records. 
It is the wettest since 1945 when 
all-time record of 10.61 inches oc-
curred. We are currently about 34 
inches below normal for 1968 and 

over 7 inches behind 1967 for the 
11-month period. There was no 
snow record. 

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kill, spring frost injury and smaller 
than expected berry size probably 
account for the decline. Wisconsin 
is estimated at 490,000 barrels, 
same as last year and down slightly 

from the August estimate. New 
Jersey at 152,000 barrels down 
slightly from last year, Washington 
at 158,000 barrels, an all-time 
record, and up sharply from the 
very fine crop in 1967 and Oregon 
at 51,000 barrels down more than 
20 percent from last year's record 
crop and also sharply reduced from 
the August estimate due to heat 

damage just prior to harvest. The 
national crop is now estimated at 
1,506,000 barrels which is 6 percent 
above 1967. 

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1968 1967 1966 

Massachusetts 636,262 Bbl. 508,622 Bbl. 636,079 Bbl. 
New Jersey 143,342 " 117,315 " 107,673 
Wisconsin 361,528 " 329,334 " 320,999 
Washington 162,104 " 49,560 " 93,482 
Oregon 31,864 " 23,155 " 23,226 

1,335,100 Bbl. 1,027,986 Bbl. 1,181,459 Bbl. 

Shipped Fresh 104,237 Bbl. 94,420 Bbl. 70,523 Bbl. 
Shrinkage -37,429 
Balance available 

from year's crop 1,230,863 " 896,137 " 1,110,936 

1,335,100 Bbl. 1,027,986 Bbl. 1,181,459 Bbl. 

On Hand 
Freezers 843,479 Bbl. 717,909 Bbl. 793,739 Bbl. 
Chaff 239,688 "31,360 " ,38,270 
Pro'd 89,198 " 75,723 "205,642 

1,172,365 Bbl. 824,992 Bbl. 1,037,651 Bbl. 

On hand from prior
year's crop 27,123 Bbl. 97,123 Bbl. CRANBERRY MARKETING
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Issue of December1968 / Volume 33-No. 8 

TIME TO OUTLAW FILTHY 
EGGS USED IN PROCESSING 

A key sponsor of the legislation which helped 
strengthen the meat inspection standard has recently 
said he will approach the incoming Congress to out-
law the use of dirty, cracked and unfit eggs used for 
processing in some food products. 

Senator Walter Mondale (Minn.) said manufactur-
ers often use bacteria laden eggs to make liquid, dried 
and frozen foods. Some of these eggs are used even 
after they have been classified as unfit for human con-
sumption on the fresh egg market. 

The Department of Agriculture said that a spot 

check showed one third of the plants which process 

fresh eggs, send their inedible eggs to breaking plants 

and some find their way into supposedly pure food 

products. 

"Unscrupulous processors can use these undesir-

able eggs and produce foods that are difficult, if not 

impossible to distinguish from wholesome, edible 

products. This can be accomplished by using deodor


ant, filtering mechanisms, 'flavoring ingredients and 

pasteurization. 

Purity of processed foods is important -and legis-
lation is vitally needed in this area, so the consumer 
may be assured that tainted garbage under the guise 
of pure and wholesome food, is not being offered on 
the market shelf. 

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Long before copywriters con-
jured jingles mixing cranberries and 
other fruits and the holding of 
second jobs became a way of life 
Isaiah Haines combined cranberries 
and weather watching. 

The hearty county resident, who 
makes his home in the community 
of New Lisbon, has been involved 
in the growing of the red berry for 
56 years. To protect the crop, he 
became alert to frost warnings, 
which subsequently led to a 46-
year, part-time stint as a weather 
observer and frost predictor for the 

U. S. Weather Bureau. 
A short time ago, Haines received 

a pin from Uncle Sam, complete 

withdiamondclipmarkinghislong-

term service. 

Haines commenced his career in 

a s i Ai

the cranberry business as a lad 

early in the century when he 
worked summers for Joseph J. 
White, Inc., Whites Bogs, four miles 
east of Browns Mills, where his 
father was superintendent. 

Young Haines planted, tended 
picked and packed cranberries dur-y 
ing school vacation hs

ater scool. 
When he completed high school, 

way. 
From the Trenton Times,

Trenton, N.J. 

he joined his dad on a full-time 
basis and remained with the White 
company for over half a century, 
becoming vice president along the 

His first duties were many and 
varied, prime among them was to 
be vigilant forfrost in early spring

when tinyy white buds appear on the 

cranberry vines. The plants with-

and then we kindiof had to go byi

stand 28 to 29-degree temperatures 
but any lower Fahrenheit figure 

copayorovr al acet7y

necessitates flooding water between 
the rows of plants to bring warmth 
and thereby save the crop 

at ground level where it was coolest 
, 
land 
Around 1920, weathermen were 
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employed by the government to aid 
growers, and in 1922, one of these 
experts, named Bliss, devised a 
formula based on temperatures of 
past years that has been used ever 
since. 

Haines succeeded Bliss on the 
frost watch. Through the years, his 
daily reports, spring to fall, have 
been transmitted to the various 
weather stations in the bog area, 
Pomona, Trenton, Philadelphia and 
New York. Growers now receive 
forecasts via tape recordings. 

"Our system has not been per-
feet, but nine out of ten times 
we're correct," the veteran noted. 

From frostcasting, Haines gradu-
ally moved into weather observa-
tions for the U. S. Bureau. 

He emphasized that his instru-
ments are scientifically obsolete

are a

obsolete'the 
primitive rain gauge a sling ther-
mometer (to determine moistue)

moisture) 
that is literallyhiterally whirled around in 
the air by hand each sud

sundown 
during growing season and an an-
tique barometer. 

Haines holds great respect for 
modern weather observers but finds 
the space age methods most accurate 
on a general area basis. 

"They don't seem to fare too 
well on local conditions. Thunder-
storms, frost, snow, fog, for instance, 
are spotty. One area will get them; 
another won't. Today's weathermen 
miss up on these many times," he 
commented. 

numbers by 350 for six weeks 

annually. 

Haines, who has supplemented 
his lengthy on-the-job training with 
a number of short courses in 
scientific agriculture, indicated that 

though picking still begins around 
mid-September, these days much of 
thechoreis mechanized. The berries 
are washed and sorted simultane-
ously by way of a detergent and 
shipped directly to Ocean Spray in 
Bordentown for processing. About 
300 fewer cranberry workers are 
presently required at the growing

site. 

All cranberries from Whites Bogs 
go to Ocean Spray. 

Haines said his company will 
soon be moving. He explained that 
the original 3,000 acres that were 

theWhiteconfinesalmost a hundred

business was 
years ago when the business was 
founded have been sold over a

. _,his^ . i TT Mrs. 
period of time to the U. S. Govern-

me.d 

ment. A sizable area will be re-
vitalized as a Green Acres project. 
The final transaction took place two 
years ago and conservation and 
research offices have already been 
installed here. 

Te Wie c y wil c i

The White company will continue 
to grow cranberries in the present 
location for another year or two 
under a lease arrangement until a 
payload crop is ready for harvest in 
the new White spread on 150 acres 

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A visitor to Whites Bogs willABEL 

at Buffins Meadows, off Route 70, 
in what Haines believes is still 
Whites Bogs village. 

"The business has become highly 
scientific and much more complicated," 
the official stated, as he 

produced charts listing insecticides 
approved by the Department of 
Agriculture and a three-fold color 
illustration of cranberries in varying 
shades of red. 

"We pick 'em according to redness, 
depending on what Ocean 
Spray wants to use the berries 

for. If they're making juice, we 
have to leave the berries on the 
vine until the color is deep red. The 

fruit ceases to ripen once it's picked," 
he added. 

Cranberries and weather watching 
have provided an interesting, busy 
life for this amiable, energetic 

businessman. Even so, the combina


(plus his home with Mrs. 
Haines,h aaughter)and daughter) 

tion me 

ave son have 
allowed time for 36 years as a 
member of the New Lisbon school 

board. 

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HERE 

ATTACH ABEERE 

(addrss label foolnd on 

discover a ghost town. The general 
store is closed and boarded up. The 
15 or 20 brown cedarwood houses 
appear deserted. One scarecely re-

appear deserted. One scarecely re-

alizes that the long, L-shaped cedar 
frame, partially burned structure 
is Joseph J. White, Inc. Only the 
appearance of the few late-model 

autos and the bark of a dog disclose 
the fact that humans exist in this 
remote, silent village of yesteryear. 

The tiny hamlet once boasted aa 
year-round population of some 35 
persons. In late summers, trainloads 

of pickers were transported from 
Philadelphia to remain until the end 
of October, raising Whites Bogs' 

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The source of the new release 
was Dr. Kenneth D. Naden, executive 
vice-president of the National 

Council of Farmer Cooperatives. 

In his Washington office this summer

wnotA_~~~~~ he talked about what prompted his 
call for farmers "to get on with" 
using their cooperatives more effectively. 


"The trend in all of agricultureis toward coordination," he pointed 

out. "By that I mean the linking of 

the basic steps-buying supplies, 
growing the product, marketing it, 
and in some cases processing and 
even retailing. 

"The key question becomes: Will 
agricultural coordination be controlled 
by.others or by farmers? 

"Our greatest danger today-in 
rural America, anyway-is that coordination 
of agriculture will pass 
out of the hands of individual 

releases, thereeafarmers. If control ever falls into 

Reprinted by Permission 
from LEADERSHIP MAGAZINE 

Clearly, the public interest will 
not be served by letting food pro-
duction fall into the hands of a few 
giant corporations. Neither will the 
public interest be served by sub-
mitting to total federal control of

food production. 

"There is a middle way, and that 
is to keep farming in the hands of 
individual farm operators and let 
them exercise control through the 
mechanism of a cooperative. 

"It is high time we get on with 
it." Emphatic and provocative 
words, yes. But not exactly new. 

KEN .

"It . NADEN 

.... KEN NADEN 

And yet, when the statement 
was made this past spring in. a news

release, there was immediate and 

widespread response. Editorial writ-

ers who seldom notice co-ops regis-

teredagreement. Membersof farmer 

cooperatives Were gratified and 

pleased and encouraged. The ov 

whelming majority (95% to 98%) of

comments that came back to the

release's source were favorable. 

All this was evidence that al-
though the words were not alto-
gether new, they were a timely 
reaffirmation of cooperatives' po

tential. And it was evidence that 
the words were accomplishing their 
purpose of galvanizing farmer-owned 
cooperatives into action. 

just a few hands, those hands will 
control production and, ultimately, 
prices." 

A trim, alert man, Ken Naden 
grew up on a dairy and grain farm 
in northern Illinois. He got a 
bachelor's degree ii general agri


culture and a master's degree in 

agricultural economics from the 
University of Illinois before World 
War II. After a stint in the Army, 

he earned a doctor's degree in

agricultural economics from the 
University of California. 

He taught at the University of 
California seven years, then moved

to Washington, first to be agricul


tural counsel for the National Asso


ciation of Food Chains (1955 to 

1960), then to join the National 

Council of Farmer Cooperatives. 

He was appointed the council's 

executive vice-president in January 
1963. 
Ken Naden is well known to 
anyone who last December attended 
Farmland Industries' annual meeting, 
where he delivered a memorable 
address on "What Can Farmers Do 
About Marketing? 

His approach then was somewhat 
different, but the basic message 
was the same: Farmers had better 


shape their cooperatives to adjust 
to and take advantage of today's 
food industry or someone else, 
someone willing and able to patternhis operations to the industry, will 
control it. And the control will 
encompass production (farming) as 
well as processing and marketing. 

Farmers, Naden told the annual 
meeting audience of farmers, 
"greatly exaggerate the benefit of 
skillful production-greatly under-
rate the benefit of skillful market-
ing." 

Farmers, he said, are the nation's 
only group of producers penalized 
rather than paid for efficient pro-
duction. "The reason is that in 
farming, efficiency is a tool for 
greater output. But in the steel 
industry or in food retailing, ef-
ficiency is a tool for generating 
profit." 

Naden illustrated his point with 
the observation that farmers who 
will invest $10,000 for a farm im-
plement "without batting an eye-
lash" will complain loudly about 
investing an equal amount in their 
marketing co-op, "even though the 
money might return much more in 
terms of net income. 

"Some say cooperatives have 
failed to raise farm prices to a fair 
level. I say they haven't even been 
tried. Only 2% of the total farmer 
capital investment in their farms 
and farming enterprises is in their 
marketing and purchasing coopera-
tives. Do farmers expect a miracle 
from such a skimpy investment? 
The National Commission on Food 
Marketing has said: 'Farmers do 
not fully appreciate the potential 
of cooperative marketing.'" 

In that December speech and 
the spring-time news release, Dr. 
Ken Naden made it clear that it's 
high time farmers start appreciating 
andmovingto realize that potential. 

His focus on cooperatives is 
natural, of course, because he is 
the administrative chief of the 

eratives, which is made up of about 
100 operating cooperatives (includ-
ing Farmland Industries) and 34 

state councils of farmer cooperatives. 
He has characterized the council 
as a combination trade association 

and farm organization. He reports 
that council membership and parti-
cipation by members in council 
programs are growing. The programs 

include a wide assortment of ser-

vices-from getting information for 

members to lobbying in Washington 

and participating in international 

agriculture meetings and programs. 

"It is essential that U. S. farmers 
and cooperatives be present in these 
events," Naden says. He feels that 

U. S. farmers, not just their prod-
ucts, should be a part of the 
nation's foreign affairs programs. 
However, Naden's-and therefore 
the council's-attention is focused 
most closely on internal affairs 
most specifically on cooperatives as 

the means for farmers to assure 
significant control of agriculture and 
to yield profits. 

ere farmers to resolve once 

Wait Fort Elected 

Trustee of 

Ne Jesey Boys' State 

Walter Z. Fort of New Lisbon 

was elected a trustee of the New 

Jersey American Legion's Boys 

State program at a recent meeting 

of the Boys State executive com


mittee in Trenton. Announcement 

of the selection of Fort as one 

of the three trustees to fill three-
year terms was made by Morris 
W.Kuzbyt, secretary of Boys State. 

Fort is a former Burlington 
County American Legion commander 
ofPemberton'sEden Stanley 
Post 294, American Legion. He was 
also presented with a life membership 
in the American Legion at the 

recent Veterans Day dinner of the 
Burlington County American Legion 
by Harry Gallagher, former com-
Stanley Post 

and for all to make use of their294. 

cooperatives-for both marketing 
and supplies-they wouldn't need 
to be begging Congress for any major 
new bargaining authority," he said. 

He thinks that if farmers market 
about half their products through 
co-ops they could begin to exert 
"real market influence." Now they 
market roughly a quarter of their 
products through co-ops. 

e t e 

mmentum 

"If cooperatives are not moving 
aggressively enough, it is time for 
farmers to insist that they do. 

"If public policies are not per-
mitting cooperatives to grow rap-
idly, it is time for co-op leaders to 
insist that they do. 

"If elected officials are not en-
couraging the growth of coopera-
tives, it is time for voters to insist

that they do." 

40

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1968 CHRISTMAS g U 
o 

He has also been active in the 
Boys State work in the Pemberton 
area, preparing the details for the 
county orientation dinner for the 

delegates prior to their departure 
t citizenship 

i 

Harry Groome of Riverton was 
renamed president of the executive 
committee with Harold A. Eaton, 
Riverton, director of the Jersey 
Boys State activity for the past 23 
years continuing in that post Robert 
May, Riverside, was renamed for a 
three-year term, plus William Wells, 
Bordentown, with Sidney Book


binder, named as an honorary 
trustee ofthe Boys State program. 
The project has been held on 
the campus of Rutger's University, 

New Brunswick for the past 23 
years, however, in seeking enlargement 
of the citizenship program,

it is being transferred, effective in 
1969, to the Lawrenceville campus 
of Rider College. 


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~NEWS 

In regard to temperature the 
UFW VY ^ average was 46.7 degrees F., or DEf

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about 0.5 degrees above normal. 

I This contrasts with the coldest No-I 
vember on record of last year when 
the average was only 40.6. Extremes 

The month of November was in temperature were 78 degrees on A cranberry growers meeting was 
very rainy with the temperature the second and 24 degrees on the held November 19 at the American 
running about normal. The precipi-twenty-first. There were seven days Legion Hall in Bandon, Oregon. 
tation totaled 6.08 inches on twelve during which the temperature went The meeting focused on reportsrainy days. This is 2.71 inches more to above 60, but only five days on of research activities in cranberries 
than normal. It brings the total for which it plunged to below freezing being conducted by Oregon State 
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42.79 inches. Thus, despite the The. harvest of cranberries was cussed timing of application of 
"mini-drought" of August, Septem-completed by about November 10th. herbicides and Dr. Ralph Garren 
ber and October, the year will The crop was considered to be reported on cranberry coloration 
definitely end up with an above-excellent by most growers. Although trials as well as certain other items 
average total. As of this writing statistics are not yet available it is of interest to growers. Fred Hagel(
December 4th with rain presently felt that the New Jersey crop would stein briefly discussed the cranberryfalling) the year's total now stands exceed 150,000 barrels. The yield leaf analysis project begun this year. 

at about 43.5 inches, already about per acre should be well above 50 The program was in conjunction
.34 inch above the normal rainfall barrels and may well be a record with a growers association meeting.
with twenty-seven days still to be year for the State in this respect.
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GovernorNamesDeMarco 
To Water Supply Council WASHINGTO 

'. "Iciation 

^r:z~ I 

Governor 

Governor Hughes has appointed

Garfield DeMarco of Woodland

Gatowhip t theo Water Policy and 
township to the Water Policy and 
Supply Council of New Jersey. 
DeMarco is the solicitor of the 
Woodland Township Planning Board 
and his family is the largest private 
landowner in the township. The 
appointment was confirmed by the 
State Senate Nov. 25. 

The Council comes under the 
Department of Conservation and 
Economic Development. 

DeMarco is a 1955 graduate of 
HammontonHigh

School and re-
ceived a B. A. degree from Dart-
mouth College in 1959, where he 

was a member of Phi Beta Kappa 
and a Rufus Choate Scholar. In 
1964 he received his L.L.B. degree 
from Yale Law School where he 
served as .chairman of the 1964 
Law School Class Council. 

He was admitted to practice be-
fore the New Jersey State Bar 
Association and the American Bar 
Association. 

DeMarco is general manager of 

A. R. DeMarco Enterprises, Inc., 
one of the State's largest cranberry 
and blueberry farms. He is a member 
of the National Cranberry Marketing 
Committee, Vice President of the 
American Cranberry Growers Asso-
and a director of the 
Atlantic County Blueberry Growers 
Association. 

According to DeMarco, the pow-
ers and functions of the Water 
Policy and Supply Council are'to 
*._formulate comprehensive policies 
for the' preservation and improve-
ment of the water supply facilities 
of the state, to survey the needs 
of the State for additional water 
supply facilities and formulate plans 

for the development of such facili-
ties. 
The Council has jurisdiction, 
rights, powers and duties relating 
to all water supplies, control and 
supervision of the construction and 
maintenance of dams, flood control, 
drainage, irrigation and water power. 

It has general supervision over 
all sources of potable and public 
water supplies, including surface, 
subsurface and percolating waters 
to the end that the same may be 
economically and prudently devel-

State

fov.pSenate 

The Council holds hearings and 
must report to the State Legislature 
at least once a year. 

_______are 

StephenLeeHenry wski 

and Ernest Cutts, Sr. will represent 

Burlington County farmers at an 

important labor meeting to be held 

in the White Sparrow Inn, Vineland, 

New Jersey on Dec. 30. 

re-elected of Chatsworth has

Stephen Lee to serve another

been re-elected to serve another 

term on the State Farm Bureau 

executive committee. Lee was also 

elected second vice president of 

this organization. 

Dr. Carl A. Johansen, Professor 
of Entomology, Washington State 
University, Pullman, Washington will 
speak to the area growers Tuesday 
evening, January 14, 1969, at the 
Grange Hall, Grayland, Washington. 
Due to teaching commitments Dr. 
Johansen will be in the area for 
only one meeting and all growers 
from North Beach, Long Beach and 
Grayland are encouraged to attend 
this meeting. The subject will be 

Cool winter breezes have been 
blowing here on the Pacific Coast 
along with much rain. The total 
precipitation registered at the Long 
Beach Unit for the month of November 
was 13.8 inches, with most 
amount falling on the 7th, 1.77 
inches. The last three days of the 
month had a total of 3.91 inches. 
This brings the year total to date

Ts brin he y 

to 90.54 inches! 
The mean high for the month of 
November was 54.13. degrees F. 
with the actual high for the month 
of 59 on the 9th. The mean low 
was 41.4 with the actual low of 
29 degrees F. on the 3rd and 14th 
and a bog low of 28 degrees those 
two days. 

The Cranbey ine of November

15 had many pertinent items of 
interest for local growers. To date 
14 growers have received 60 soil 
sample boxes for soil testing on 
their bogs. Others within the area 
encouraged to take these tests 
hey haven't done so in the last 

few years, and if in doubt do it 

again. The soil sample boxes mayained a the c alas 
Long Beach, Washington. 

MORE NOTES 

WILL BE FOUND ON 
PAGE 20 


Inspecting Grapes on the Vine


C&MS develops mobile inspection techniques-using 
a "grapemobile"-to determine the quality and sugar 
content of grapes for processing before harvest. 

By Michael A. Castille 

Mechanical harvesting of grapes 
started it When growers in New 
York began mechanically harvesting 
grapes for processing into 1-ton 
containers, instead of hand-picking 
them into 30-pound lugs, grape 
processors and Federal-State in-
spectors realized a new method of 
inspecting grapes had to be devel-
oped. 

Grapes processed into juice, 

jelly, and other products are often 
inspected at the prodcessing plant 
for sugar content and for qualiy 
aori sugr contet. gadefo andua,

according to U. S. grade standards,

d te pe r p

and the price the pprocessor pays 
tthe

grower is based on these two 
ors. Bt determining the gde

factors. But determining the grade 
(color and certain damage factors) 
of mechanically harvested grapes 
was practically impossible. And 
while the sugar content could be 
measured, the grower was in a 

.*r

.* , X sto. th

difficult position if the content 
wasn't high enough to be acceptable 
to the processor he had a contract 
with. Normally, the grower might 
be able to sell hand-picked lugs of 
grapes to other processors, who had 
different requirements for sugar 
content, but the 1-ton containers 

require special equipment to handle,

require special equipment to handle,

and not all processors have this 
(The author is Marketing Specialist 

That was the situation in 1965 
when Clarence R. Icenogle, Super-
visor of Federal-State Inspection in 

Standardization and Inspection Branch, 

Fruit VegetableDivision, C&MS,.and 

d Vegetable Dison, C , 

"grapemobile." Icenogle is em-
ployed by the Fruit and Vegetable 
Division of the U. S. Department 

of Agriculture's Consumer and Mar-
keting Service. C&MS administers 
the Federal-State Inspection Service 
in cooperation with State agencies. 

Icenogle's idea was a traveling 
inspection lab for pre-harvest grading 
and determination of sugar content 
of grapes. The grapemobile would 
be a small trailer that could be 
attached to the inspector's car or 

a pick-up truck. Inside the trailer 

would be a garden tractor which 
the inspector would use to travel 
through the vineyards, and a 
blender and refractometer used to 

„ i.^. rri

test for sugar solids in grapes. The 
trailer would also be equipped with 
water and electricity. 

Although the fully equipped 
trailer isn't yet a reality, inspectors 
have successfully used the garden 
tractor for inspecting grapes on the 
vine in New York for two years. 

Pre-harvest inspection is a big 
help to the grower and processor. 
If the sugar content of the grapes 
is low, harvest can be delayed until 
the grapes are more mature. And if 
the grapes aren't up to grade, 
growers can handpick instead of 
mechanically harvesting, leaving

mechanically harvesting, leaving

damaged grapes or those not up to

color standards on the vine 
iplannspect,the grapeuts collect

The present version of the grape-
mobile includes the gardentractor, 
carried on a small trailer. At the 
vineyard, the inspector drives the 

inspection pattern was carefully 
devised by C&MS statisticians so 

the inspector can work fast enough 
to keep ahead of the mechanical 
harvesters, keep the cost of inspec


tion to the processor within practical 
limits, and still make an accurate 
inspection of the vineyard. Sampling 
rates for vineyards of various sizes 

wee processed by computer, and 
cards showing the number of stops 
the inspector should make in a 
vieyard, and where he should stop, 
were developed. The garden tractor 
is equppedwith a footage meter. 

First, the inspector selects 1 of 

20 cards showing sampling rates. 
In a 5-acre vineyard, for example, 
the card tells him his first inspection 
stop should be after traveling 1,400 

r i. A i

feet between the rows. At that 
point, he examines 10 bunches of 
grapes for grade, and places one 

bunch in a plastic bag to test later 
for sugar solids. At the next stop, 
s , t, h es the same 
hing, butusesgrapes on the apposite 
side of the row. He continues

this alternating pattern as he goes

through the vineyard

through the vineyard.

When he finishes his trip through 
th ineyard, he figures the overall 
e of he raes rm 

scores o the samples he examined 
and loads the garden tractor on the 
trailer to be ready for travel to the 

next vineyard. In a facility provided

next vineyard. In a facility provided 
by the grower, or at the processing

plant, he puts a composite of the 
and ahecompletelycomposite

With of the

samples collected from one vineyard 
into the blender, placed a few 
drops of the juice on the refractometer, 
and gets a reading of the 

the solids test in his mobile lab. 

Continued next page 


Because it gives the grower a 
chance to take corrective action if RUDOLPH PETERSON URGES 
his grapes aren't up to par, field OVERHAUL OF FARM POLICIES 
inspection makes a lot of sense to 
both grower and processor. 

The C&MS Fruit and Vegetable The president of the world's units by federal policy is not only 

Division is continuing work to make largesf bank has urged a massive bad economics, but a cruel social 
inspection by grapemobile as ac-overhaul of federal farm policies injustice to industrious people who 
curate and fast as possible. Last that would include the phasing out deserve a better shake. 
year, through adjustments in the of price supports, subsidies and "Any new farm policy must be 
statistical sampling pattern, the rate acreage controls. geared to the dignified retirement 
of inspection was speeded up to 10 The proposals of Bank of Amer-of the small farm. Any other course 
acres per hour from the 1966 rate ica's Rudolph A. Peterson would is a futile attempt to paddle up-
of 2/2 acres per hour. result in considerable long-term stream against a strong and irrevers


savings for U. S. taxpayers as well ible economic tide-it cannot be 

as more efficient food production. done."

ALFRED PAPPI
ATTENDS CONVENTION Addressing the annual meeting The head of Bank of America,


of the California Canners and the world's largest agricultural 

Mr. Alfred Pappi of Wareham, Growers at the Hilton Hotel, Peter-lender, declared that the opportunity 
Mass. was among the 5000 farmers son emphasized: to revamp national farm policy 
in attendance at the 1968 annual

iin at the 1968 "Any farm or policy we "has never been better" since farm 
develop should be soundly based orican comes up for renewal in 

attendance ara food 

Farmlegislation

Bureau Federation held recently in 1969^

KansasMr.City. economic facts and trends, because 1969.

Pappiwho a

Kansas City. Mr. Pappi, who is 

ranb reiv speial if it is not it will-as our current "Our current farm programs were

g 
bfarm as policy does-serve to perpetu-born in 1933 in response to a

recognition as Plymouth County 

Farm Bureau's designated represen-te rather than solve problems. crippling depression," Peterson said,

a represen 
tative at a luncheon December 12. "To maintain uneconomic farm Continued on Page 20 

The following answers to the readers' questions are the opinions of qualified people in regard to the Cranberry 
Marketing Order. If you are not in agreement with their opinions, you should ask for a ruling from the Cranberry 
Marketing Board. 

If any reader has additional questions, please direct them to the Editor, CranberriesMagazine. Every effort shall 
be made to obtain a qualified answer. 

Q-Has the amendment to our 
Marketing Order, the Allotment Q-I hope to plant some new vari-Q-If and when some bearing beds 

Program, had any effect on curtail-eties in 1970 on land not now in become diseased, am I at liberty to 

ing production at the present time, cranberry production. Can this be replant these beds at any time? 

and if not, when will its first affects done? A-Yes. You have the right to 

on total production become ap-A-You have the right to plant new replant bearing beds at any time on 

parent? varieties on land not now in cran-established acreage. 

A-Growers continued to plant new berry production. However, you Q-During the next five years '69 

cranberry bogs up to August 16, would not be allowed to acquire through '73 if we have a surplus 

1968. This new acreage will be in an allotment on berries produced of cranberries, will the Allotment 

production in 1972. Therefore, the on unestablished acreage. provision be used? 

Allotment Program will in no way QIf sales on cranberry products A-No, during the next five year 

affect the size of the cranberry crop by 1974 have increased at a faster prior to the growers' receiving a 

for the years 1967 through 1972. rate than was estimated, will we be base quantity, they will deliver 

Q-If my mash is injured by hail, allowed to plant new acres of cran-100% of their crop to their handler. 
how would this affect my allotment? berry bog? If in the opinion of the Cranberry 

A-If the Secretary of Agriculture A-Yes, following the crop year Marketing Committee, and with the 

finds that the six crop years, 1968 1973, at which time all growers approval of the Secretary of Agri-

through 1973, constitutes a repre-will have their base quantities es-culture, it is necessary to set aside 

sentative period for production of tablished, if indications are that the a percentage of that year's crop, 

cranberries in your area, the fact industry will need additional sup-the same set aside provision that was 

that you had hail injury during one plies for marketing, all growers in the original Marketing Order and 

or two years of this period would would have their base quantities was used in 1962 will be made 

have no effect on your allotment. increased. effective. 


SPECIAL TREATS FOR 
SPECIAL PEOPLE 


From six to sixty (and on up) 
now's the time when eyes start to 
sparkle with thoughts of mistletoe 

and popcorn, warm fires, kissingcousins, turkey and masked potatoes 
AND cranberries. For cranberries 
are as much a part of the holiday 
scene as the Christmas tree. They 
may turn up as a sauce ... a 
salad . . . a stuffing .. a pie 

slpudding ... centerpiece 
decoration on the Christmas tree or 
a kissing ball but you can be sure, 
they'll turn up some place on 
festive holidays because folks just 
wouldn't have it otherwise. 

These bright little red berries 
have been lending their special 
brand of dainty bright color and 
tangy flavor to meals ever since the 
first Pilgrim stepped foot on North 
American shores. 

ButBu~t they're not only good to 
eat, they can be plenty of fun when 
it comes to decorating too. Want a 
Christmas tree centerpiece? Simply 
get a styrofoam cone from your 
local variety store and cover it with 
bright cranberries put into place 
with pins. And if you want some 
glitter on your tree, use pins with 
colored heads and string a sequin 
on the pin before you push it 
through the cranberry and into the 
styrofoam. 

When it comes to that special 
dinner, for the small fry in the 
family, why not decorate each in-
dividual plate with a mashed potato 
Christmas tree and serve a Cranberry 
Aspic Square all dressed up and 
looking like a package. The ribbon 
can be made with creamed cheese. 
And for the older generation, serve 
a Silk Hat Cranberry Punch. Just 
to put on the dog a bit why not 
serve your drinks in stemmed glasses 
if you have them on hand? Cran


berry rocks (made by freezing 
cranberry juice cocktail in freezer 
trays) and/or frosted grapes give 
that extra party touch to your 
drinks. 

CRANBERRY GRAPE SPARKLE 

(Serves 10 to 12) 

6 cups cranberry juice cocktail 

1 cup grape juice, chilled 

1 can (6 ounces) frozen concen-

trated pink lemonade, thawed 
1 quart club soda, chilled 
Lemon slices, frosted grapes 

Pour half of the cranberry juice 
into an ice cube tray and freeze 
until hard. Combine remaining cran-
berry juice, grape juice, lemonade, 

and club soda in a punch bowl. 
Garnish punch with lemon slices. 
Fill glasses with cranberry ice cubes 
and small bunches of frosted grapes. 
To frost grapes dip small bunches 
of red or blue grapes into slightlybeaten egg white until just lightlycoated. Roll bunches in granulated 
sugar. Letdryat room temperature. 

CRANBERRY SWIZZ 

(Sves 6) 

3 cups cranberryjuice cocktail, 

chilled
1/2 cup whiskey sour mix
3/ cup whiskey
1unbeaten egg white
Superfine sugar to taste


Combine all ingredients except 
sugar and shake until well blended 
and foamy. Season to taste with 
sugar. If desired, may be shaken 

with 1 cup finely crushed ice and 
then strained when served. Serve 
very cold. 

CRANBERRY VEGETABLE 

ASPIC SQUARES 
(Makes 9 servings) 

uflaed genveles) 

unflavored gelatin 
2 cups cranberry juice cocktail 
2 cups apple juice 
2 tablespoons lemon juice 
1 small onion, grated 
1 cup ground fresh cranberries 
1 cup drained cooked sliced 

carrots
cup sliced raw celery


Sprinkle gelatin over z cup cran


berry juice. Let stand 5 minutes to 
soften. Stir over low heat until 
gelatin is dissolved. Add remaining 
cranberry juice, apple juice and 
lemon juice. Blend well. Chill until 
thickened. Fold in remaining ingredients. 
Pour mixture into an 
8 x 8" square pan. Chill ugtil firm. 
Unmold and cut into 9 squares. 
Decorate top of each square with 
creamed cheese to look like "pack


age." 


Cranberry production in Washington has been inconsistent for many years, that is a high yield in one year 
followed by a low yield. For the last three years this trend has changed and the following U.S.D.A. statistical 

report shows: 

Year BarrelsProduction Barrels/Acre 

1965 66,000 66 
1966 135,000 135 
1967 139,000 139 

Local figures to date: 
1968 161,000 173 

The 1968 cranberry production is the highest yield ever produced by the three Washington areas. The 
weather was cooperative, and of more importance, cultural practices were applied in order to achieve these 

excellent results. 

CARELESS USE OF LAND, WATER, 
THREAT TO ORDERLY PLANNING 


"Careless use of land and water of our underground water supplies 
if still the greatest threat to the and surface streams," Akeley said. 
orderly planning of town and coun-h t

Added hazards to community

try communities throughout New h

*^~~„ -iAhealth occur where sewage lagoons

Jersey," said Richard Akeley, head 
of USDA Soil Conservation Service 

the statematter 
operatios . 

operations in 

in te s 

At his New Brunswick head-

quarters, the SCS official said, "we 
can no longer -turn up our noses 
at the value of any piece of ground. 
It may well be tomorrow's site for 
vital food or fiber production, or a 
badly needed school, home or in-
dustry." 

Turnigto sific, 
Aelurning to specific examples,

Akeley stated: "R ":kleT^

treatment 

of New Jersey's priceless wet, marshy 

reasparticularly neesw met, y 

checked. We need to uproot the 
tendency to regard them as worth-

is J

,endency toiegardJhem wor

less mudholes good only for dump-
ing and other andfilling exploita-
tion. This concept is absolutely 
false." 

The conservation official offered 

are 
.
installed in wet sites. Organic

are nstalled n wet sites. Oan 

fails to break down and 
dissipate at a safe rate, according to 
SCS findings. 

"Long-term benefits of swamps

"Long-term benefits of swamps, 
marshes and wet lands far outweigh 
t s e 

too often serve," said the SCS 

too serve, sad 
official. 
These areas nurture and protect 

virtually all the desirable species of 
New Jersey's prized songbirds, game 
animals, fur bearers and waterfowl.

animals, fur bearers and waterfowl. 

In addition, Akeley said that the 

continuous supply of nutrients fur-
nished by marshlands to down-

stream fisheries is also of vital 

stream fisheries is alsot of vital 

importance. The earliest of fall 

unique plant life of 
ls a the pla li o 

colorant lifthe 

wetlands add beauty to the rural 

Contl of fl 

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WAREHAMandFALMOUTH 

WAREHAM and FALMOUTH 

Savings Accounts 
Loans on on eal state

Real Estate 
Safe Deposit Boxes 

226 MAIN STREET, WAREHAM, MASS. 

TEL. 295-3800 

117 MAIN STREET, FALMOUTH, MASS. 
TEL. 548-3000 

CRANBERRIES...

C RAN E R R ES. 

the ony 

GROWER 

gazine

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scientific evidence based on soil and 
water surveys conducted in New 
Jersey's 15 Soil Conservation Dis-
tricts. Results show a minimum of 

600000of wet

acres important 
lands within state boundaries. 

"Disposal of old car bodies, 
garbage and rubbish within these 
areas is a sure way to increase the 
already serious pollution problems 

scc e on soil And Control of floods and silt among 

troublesome streams is yet another 
plus that communities should con-
sider in conserving their marshy

sections. "Such sites are frequently 
the only natural flood protection

that many towns and cities have," 
the official said. 


SOME REGULATIONS FOR place any structure on the bed of to approve such bulkhead lines 
LAKE SHORE PROTECTION any navigable water where no bulk-where the purpose or effect is to 
IN WISCONSIN head line is established, or beyond extend the upland into the water-

a bulkhead line if one has been way. 
The owner of shore property established, without a permit, Secdoes 
not need a permit from the tion 30.12 (2) provides a means of 
Department of Natural Resources obtaining a permit for a "structure" If shorelands have been lost 
to protect his shorelands with stone but does not provide for a permit imperceptibly over a period of time, 
riprap or a wall provided such for fill or other material to be it is questionable whether the owner 
material is placed on his upland at placed on the bed of a navigable can legally recover the lost shore-

or above the contour of ordinary water. land by filling the area. If shorelands 
high water level of the lake. Such Section 30.11, Statutes, provides are lost perceptibly by violence 
material cannot be placed on the for the establishment of bulkhead such as a storm or flood, they 

shore at any point nearer the lake.ines hich shall conforas nearly probably can be immediately re-
The state owns the beds of lakes as practicable to the existing shores paired, but the riparian owner 
shore uplakes

has an interest in up interest. If a making such repairs should be pre-
to the ordinary high water level bulkhead line is authorized, fill pared to prove that the loss was 
(Doemelvs. Jantz, 180 Wis. 225) material could be placed between sudden and was repaired with reason-

andand thethe and be in the public 

(oemel vs. Jathe bulkhead line and the shoreline able diligence and that the improve-
Section 30.12, Statutes, makes pursuant to section 30.12 (4). The ment does not extend beyond the 
it unlawful to deposit material or Commission has in the past refused former shoreline. 

PUMAIPS 

HIGH CAPACITY 

_ WELLS 

IRRIGATION SERVICE 

STEVENS POINT 

CORRUGATED 
CULVERT PIPE 

MAR E WISCONSIN 

and 

FLOW GATES 

Aluminum -Galvenized 

SOME VIEWS OF WISCONSIN EQUIPMENT 
ON DISPLAY AT THE RECENT CRANBERRY Felker Bros. Mfg. Co. 
GROWERS' ASSOCIATION MEETING 
MARSHFIELD WISCONSIN 

Area 715 384-3121 


WISCONSIN WEATHER RECORD AND SUMMARY


Weather Record 

-2 :'.'. : .. +4 
9_ 3 


9 

+-94.. * . 

Fall and winter precipitation deficient with the lightest snowtall in many August was the only month with below normal precipitation statewide. 
years. Soil moisture at the start of the 1968 growing season ranged from April, June, and September were well above normal. The ample moisshort 
to adequate. Rainfall during the growing season was the heaviest in ture supply resulted in excellent crop growth except in low areas 

years over the northwest half and above average in the southeast. flooded out. Soil moisture is mostly adequate going into winter. 

^ AprilI I MayI JuneI July June Sept April -65

August 
8'' 
July 
""'"'.....Sept 30,1968 

frost en in lw as. r of 30 d s on te r for 1968 a te hig t priod sine 1938.

Te lw for S S d for tt 

:~~::! df··O= ·,· 

40Fall= &= Au. Sp.ueJl9016pr:iil Ma 
:··:·: 1:;f371i 47 Winte~~r ··· ·t 6 · ·i 1967-6 · 
Tepeaursduig h goin eao wr vrycos o h l n 2i .wsth inmm freod nth taefo onh

iget ha 

40' ay Jun.CneJuly Aug. Spri-eptOt B ._ e l ow_ 8 

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120 /· low the large crop · up

A very productive crop year 
-
in 1968. The crop 
.. 
production index, at Busel Tons~ ···~~~~isoni fy rn 15%.rm 

65— proct.obao, fruis v l. Wisconsin+

W +scni Poo Abeansbove craberrie 3 ad + + 

-6 April .:9 19Foil 8i Ap. Mae June July-9 Aug. le2es. N o 9m85
40' "'-, Belve20 20


~"~"~ " ·_i1

195 0~ ~1960 ~ ~0 195 19 ~9 0 · 9 6 95 1 

A very r o pd 1968u Thec t ivein crop~~~~~·; h are16yeacrop co.Hy rdcioup1, prouion indxgrin on l 1 

1:3he15-5 i inl localities lasted ig.Reodyils from early cr noteworthy xcletthe very hoghu teetiegrwn 
for ~ ~ ~odcrpo ~ ~ habreor,~ + oas ednsas hae 
term normals. Theo frostveaefree seasonn mosttm 
tlo 
e Also asueswr i were highodiinhumidities which occurred several 

~ graIin~adweon o-sao.Ne nfin

beas, routo an e obaco eeale.Ptt cabries rit 
Temperatures during the growing season were very close to the long 28th-was the highest minimum of record in the state for that mont. 
%Aof1957-59 Au 60 214. Bushels .. :::: 
May81950 October, with September free of Changef950m Normalduring summer. in the April through

through early being unusually times the90 Rainfall April-Sept,state from1960-68 
frost even in low areas. The low for September of 30 degrees+9on-7the ~~.September for 1968..averaged~.3 the highest :19for that period since 1938.

·· 

123%of the 1957-59 average, is an all time high. Record yields per acre Pastures were in excellent condition throughout the entire growinga 

120—/ Bushels Tons__ 90_____ ______/
%of 1957-59AU J 60 —— A~// 24 is Bushels /


A 


1950 1960 1950 1960 1950 960 1950 

for grain corn, oats, wheat, barley and sweet corn. Good crop of soy-season. New seedings also in fine shape. 


: j .i .. ::::::: "This nation needs strategic food 
W.... UII~ftAIOIAIreserves, but not as a matter of

WIV

SCOUNSIN .i ^farm

policy," Peterson said. "Let'sI •••• iiiiiiiiihave the government buy its food 

y efrstv::a

l: llll :: i::: i.: -. ondthe competitive market. Pre-
HORT. SOC. Continued from Page l 

The society passed a resolution 

supporting legislation for expanded 

efforts to survey and classify the 

state's land resources, protecting 

them from undesirable uses and 

piecemeal, uncoordinated develop


ment. 

In another resolution, the society 

condemned the "purported grape

boycott as a secondary boycott 

which would be illegal if directed 

against any other industry than 

farming." 
Support was expressed for the 
adoption and ratification of the 
Interstate Pest Control Compact by 
the Oregon Legislature. 

C. W. Wells of Hood River succeedsWayneEndicott 
of Springfield 
astheHorticultureSocietypresident 
for the coming year. Other new 
coming year. Other newsofficers are Jack Spitzmesser, Hood 
River fruit grower, third vice president, 
and Stan Schmidt, Albany 
banker, treasurer. 
More than 500 persons attended 

th re than 500 p a 
three-day meeting. 

suming effective market purchasing, 

government buys would be made 

during lowprice periods, thus saving 

the taxpayer money and providing 

a floor in a declining price period." 

Peterson envisioned the role of 

government as "providing a frame-

work to assist agribusiness in self-

help programs designed to strengthen 

their ability to supply the domestic 

and world markets." 

This would be accomplished 

primarily by: insuring competitive 
marketing practices; providing in-
formational services; and providingaggressive support for a healthy 
business climate in international 
trade, "remembering the need to 

the

buy as well as sell." 

Peterson emphasized that what-
ever farm program is developed 
"must help solve the problem of 
the small farmer, not perpetuate

his marginal existence. 

Temperatures during November 
averaged 1 to 3 degrees warmer 
than usual throughout Wisconsin. 

Cloudiness was above normal re-
suiting in a narrow range of tem-
perature with noextremesofwarmth 
and cold. 

Precipitation was light in most 
areas ranging generally between ½ 
to 12 inches. Heavier amounts of 
2 to 3 inches fell in the extreme 
southeast corner of the State. Soil 
moisture continued more than ample 
across much of the northeast half 
due to the heavy summer and fall 
rains in that section, while else-

where conditions were adequate for 
theseason.buyaswlase.for

the season. 

Snow fell in northern areas on 
November 17 with over a foot 
reported near Duluth. This snow 
melted almost entirely during the 
mild weather of the following week. 
Additional snow fell in the north 
during the fourth day of the deer | 
hunting season on the 26th, while 
the southwestern counties received 
up to 5 inches on Thanksgiving 

Day, November 28. 

Continued from Page 15 

adding that the prougrams have n-.. 

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changed significantly despite such CARBURETION

dr1pPROPANE

significant changes as: 

In 1935, one-fourth of the U. S. 
population lived on farms in com-
parison to about 5 per cent now;'
and agricultural production has in-
creased considerably despite a'drop 

in the number of farms. 

"The heavy hand of government 
in the market place-once vital to 

the farmer's survival-is now a mill-
stone around his neck," Peterson 
said, calling for maximum freedom 
of market forces. 

He also urged separation from 
the farm program of consumer-
oriented programs. 

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Telephones 62 MAIN STREET 
585-4541 585-2604 KINGSTON, MASS. 


I , serving the WISCONSIN growers


FOR SALE 

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Vines ~
for delivery in 1969 
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CRANBERRY PROPERTIES


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B.S. & M.S.
University of Wisconsin 
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A lot of people wouldn't know 
what these were if we didn't put 
an Ocean Spray label on them. 

You know how most people buy cranberries these days? 

in cans and bottles and jars. Jellied and frozen and squeezed. 

Many of them wouldn't recognize a whole, fresh cran


berry if they saw one. 

So how do they know what to buy? They look for the 

Ocean Spray label. 

To millions of people, Ocean Spray means cranberries. 

They're buying more cranberry products than ever. Many 

they never heard of a couple of years ago. 

But they know the name. And they know what it stands 

for. 

You don't get a reputation like that overnight. 

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