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CRANBERRIES 

THENA TIONA L CRA NBERR Y 
MA GA ZINE 

-Our 39th Year of Publication-
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1975^~

Issue of August 1975

Volume 40-o No. 4

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Volume 40 -No 4 

I. S. Cobb... publisher 
J. B. Presler ... editor 
Office: R-55 Summer Street, King-
ston, Massachusetts 02364, Post 
Office Box J. Telephone (617)

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585-6561. All correspondence and 
advertising should be sent to Box J,

Kingston. 

ADVISORS -CORRESPONDENTS 
Nova Scotia 


I. V. HALL 
Botanist, Research Station 
Kentville Nova Scotia 

Kentville, 

Massachusetts 

DR. CHESTER E. CROSS 

lCHESTER . 

Director, Mass. Cranberry 
Experiment Station 


IRVING DeMORANVILLE 

Extension Cranberry Specialist
Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station 


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New Jersey 
PHILIP E. MARUCCI 
Research Professor in Entomology 


Extension Specialist in 

NEWS ME


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Rainfall in July was below

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normal in all areas of Wisconsin 
except. _,thei 11south central which

ex o. ^uu... puuu~ce T 

of the storms but losses to the 
crop in this area were still 
great. Intense rains occurred on 
of the ten-day period from

t 
pk of b y harvest Thi

peak of blueberry harvest. trhis

received locally heavy rains on July. 
caused a loss of about two million

3 and 23. Temperatures for Julyrmers were unable to 

averaged normal or above in all but 
the second week. Several days had 
readings of 90 degrees or higher. 
The hot, dry weather was hard on 
soil moisture supplies which by the 
end of July were reported at 95 

, r J ,

percent short and 5 percent ade-
quate. This was the highest percent-
age reporting short soil moisture 
supplies since late August 1970. 

Hot, dry weather put Wiscon


' 

sin's corn crop under severe mois


sa

*-ture stresaticlarl

ture stress, particularly on sandy or

Masschueon y

light soils. Some corn on the lighter 
soils was fired beyond recovery for 
grain and is now being chopped for 

silage to salvage the remaining food 
value. Haresting of oats and other

v* ^ 

small grains in Wisconsin has been 
grain Wisconsin as bee

progressing good in dry weather. 

w i J r

Dry weather in July reduced the

i o r

yields of second crop hay but 
resulted in excellent quality. Farm-

ers who cut first crop hay in early 

a ae 

manipulate harvesting equipment in 
d ped o t egro or de 

dropped to the ground or . T dete 
sout and north of the blue-

the south and north of the blue-

bey and cranberry area agri


berry and cranberry area agri


cultural losses were estimated to be 
over twenty million dollars 

over twenty million dollars.

At our New Lisbon weather 
station rainfall measured only

station rainfall measured only 
about 60% of the more severely hit 
areas. Even with a dry period at the 
beginning and another at the end of

the month the total was .78 inches 

the month the total was 6.78 inches 
or 2.33 inches more than normal.

F fi 

ther n n 
year our accumulated rainfall

stands at 33.90 inches or about 

stands at 33.90 inches or about 
9 inches above normal for this 

period and only about nine inches

^ ..

shy of the total precipitation for an 
entire year.

ente

The month was about normal in 
regard to temperature. The average 

tempera. a

temperature was 74.1°F or about

ere wa 

0.7 below normal. There were five 
ninety degree days during the 
n

month. Extremes were 93 degrees 
on the 31st and 49 degrees on the 
rst. 
The outlook for the cranberry 
crop is very good. A good set, 
about as good as last year's record 
crop, resulted from almost ideal 
weather and lack of 
spring frosts. As of the end of July 

the size of berries is larger than 
normal. The main obstacle to an 
excellent crop appears to be the 
amount of fruit rot. An unusually 
large percentage of rot for so early 

ee 
n the season has been observed as 
of August th 

Continued on Page 20

Cont~~~~~inudoae2 

Cranberries and Blueberries June had enough soil moisture for 

Official Copeatv s . . . . .......


Official Cooperative good regrowth but late cuttings did 

Weather Bureau Observer 

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AZMI Y. SHAWA 

Associate Horticulturist and 
Extension Agent in Horticulture 
Long Beach, Washington 

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Wisconsin 

VERNON GOLDSWORTHY 
Eagle River, Wisconsin 

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not come back much as sufficie

not come back much as sufficient 

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rainfall was lacking. Soybeans look 
good where moisture has been more 
but eans on t i

adequate but beans on light soils 

have suffered from lack of rain. 

Potatoes are in good condition on

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irrigated land but are in need of

mis wirigio i

moisture where irrigation is not

ms. eweeo, 
availablepollinating 

NEW JERSEY 

Excessive rains brought dis-
astrous results to New Jersey during 
and 

July. Flood damage to homes and 
to agriculture was so great that 
several counties in the state were 
officially declared disaster areas. 
The cranberry region of New Jersey 

fortunately escaped the main thrust 


LAND USE PLANNING
COMMITTEE FORMED IN


OREGON


A Citizens Advisory Committee 
for Comprehensive Planning in the 
Bandon, Oregon Region has been 
one of four committees appointed 
by the Coos County Board of 
Commissioners to assist the County 
Planning Commission in the prepar-
ation of a Coos County Compre-

hensive Plan and to assist in a 
program of citizen involvement in 
land use planning. 

The overall goal of the county 
planning program is "To complete a 
comprehensive plan which will 
guide the development of five 
governmental services and programs 
to encourage efficient and desirable 
land use patterns which maximize 
and promote the health, safety and 
welfare of the people of Coos 
County and protect the county's 
resources for the future." 

Objectives of the planning pro-
gram are: 
To identify the needs and prob-
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2. To develop a consensus of goals 
for the County to achieve in the 
fields of Social and Human Needs, 
Economy, Environment, Public 
Facilities, Transportation, Housing 
and Land Use; 
3. To identify and recommend 
ways to achieve these goals; 
4. To develop a plan of land uses 
and public facilities within the 
County that will assist in achieving 
those goals. 
Secondary objectives are: 

1. To accomplish these objectives 
with a maximum of citizen partici-
pation and input; 

2. To coordinate the process with 
the planning of other governmental 
agencies and organizations within 
the county; 
3. To meet the requirements of 
Oregon State Law; 
4. To-clearly outline a program of 
planning which identifies the re-
sponsibilities of each planning 
body. 

The first step in the local 
committee's approach to the objectives 
will be to begin an assessment 
of the character and nature of 
the Bandon Region, starting with a 
study of statistical and other data 
already gathered by the County 
Planning Department and then attention 
will be directed to problems 
and needs confronting this area. 

Local citizen involvement in 
Land Use Planning is a logical step. 
We hope there will be some local 
cranberry growers and other farm


ers involved. If such an opportunity 
is not available for direct input in 
your area's Land Use plan, you, as a 
concerned grower, might have to 
make the initial move in making 
yourself heard. It is important that 
people who are involved in agriculture 
give their localplannersplenty 
of input so that they can act in 
your behalf. The Bandon committee 
provides for this opportunity in 

a very organized and what we hope 
will be a successful manner. 

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WHAT'S HAPPENING


An interview with A. E. Conroy II, Director,
Pesticides Enforcement Division,


U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
Q. What is the Agency doing to 
detect unsafe or ineffective 
products? 
A. The first line of defense is 
the pre-marketing clearance or the 
registration process, whereby a 
manufacturer or producer submits 
his data to the Agency, and the 
Agency makes a determination as 
to the safety and efficacy of that 
product. The second line of defense 
is the regional pesticide enforce-
ment safety officer who visits the 
users, the sellers, and the producers, 
looking for products that are not 
registered. Products that are regis-
tered are collected and sent to the 
EPA enforcement laboratories 
where they are analyzed. If it is 
determined that the product is 
unsafe or ineffective, EPA has the 
authority to stop sale and use of 
that product. We have the power of 
seizure, under the U.S. Attorney, to 
remove the product from the mar-
ket place. But it is our policy to 
request a manufacturer to volun-
tarily recall any product that is 
deemed unsafe or ineffective. We 
have used this policy over 400 
times in the past three years, and in 
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clarify some of this confusion. We

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other issues that are brought to our 
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Q. What is the Agency doing to 
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year, but 3-1/8 inches ahead of 

ma im. 1974.

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Cranberru Frost Warning Service 

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F dMNotm@ by IRVINO E. DEMORANVILLE Growers Association is in operationdnUlI extension cranberry specialint this fall. Weather information re-

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lating to frost is recorded daily on 

the answering service and growers 
July was just plain hot, averaging average day was on the 1st. may telephone 295-2696 in the 

2.8 degrees a day above the normal. Actually, the primary reason for afternoon and evening for the latest 
This was the warmest July in 20 the very hot average was the night reports. There are 180 subscribers 
years and the 4th warmest in our time minimums which averaged to the frost warning service and 137 
records. It was surpassed by 1952 more than 4 degrees daily on the contributing to the answering serv


(our record), 1955 and 1949. warm side. ice. 

Interestingly, the quality of cran-The following radio schedule 
berries left something to be desired Rainfall totalled 2.27 inches also supplements the answering and 
in all of those years and the 1949 which is about 0.6 inch below relay services. 
crop was a real mess. Maximum normal. However, there was 

temperature was 93 degrees on the measurable precipitation on only 
31st and minimum 48 degrees on six days and only two rainy days 
month that was so AM. Afternn

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UCGA ALTERS LOCAL
CRANBERRY SCENE


New cranberry company will market their own crop;
Freezing facility to be completed in time for 1975 crop


By J.B. Presler 

The acquisition by Cumberland 
Farms, one of the East Coast's 
largest dairy store chains, of the 
second-largest cranberry company 
in the United States, the United 
Cape Cod Cranberry Co. (UCCC), is 
a development expected to signifi-
cantly change the cranberry mar-
keting situation in Massachusetts. 

The sale of UCCC was com-
pleted on May 1, but it did not 
become generally known to the 
public until the latter part of this 
summer. 

Dimetrios Haseotes, chief ex-
ecutive officer and general manager 
of Cumberland Farms, said in a 
telephone interview with Cran-
berries that the purchase amounted 
to roughly 700 acres of bog-land in 
the towns of Halifax, Hanson, 
Pembroke, Plympton, Bridgewater 
and Plymouth. 

A portion of lastyear's crop was 
purchased along with the company 
and part of that crop is now being 
sold in Cumberland Farms stores as 
juice. It is marketed under the 
Cumberland Farms label at 69 cents 
per half-gallon, a very competitive 
price. 

The newly-named company, 
United Cranberry Growers 
Assocites, Inc., (UCGA) will not 
market its berries through the 
Ocean Spray cooperative, although 

the berries from these bogs had 
previously been marketed through 
Ocean Spray by the UCCC Co. 
Instead, some berries will be 
processed in Cumberland Farms' 
already existing food processing 
plants, while Ocean Spray will put 
up some canned goods for United 
Cranberry Growers Associates 
which will be marketed under the 
new (1975 trademark) "Seaberry 
Farms" label. 

UCGA is presently constructing 
"the largest freezer set-up any-
where," in Hanson, Mass., accord-
ing to Haseotes. The freezer, 
equipped with ultra-modern equip-
ment which will freeze berries 
"rock-hard" within minutes, is 
expected to be finished by the end 
of September, in time for the 1975 
crop. 

The new company will be 
marketing all the berries it grows 
this year, as well as actively in-
volving itself in new product 
development. Haseotoes corn-
mented that it is a "good possibil-
ity" that UCGA will offer its 
marketing services to other growers 
if and when it establishes successful 
outlets for all its own berries first. 

"It will give the industry a 
stimulation that it has long 
needed," said Haseotes in reference 
to the competition that his company 
will be injecting into the field. 

UCGA was discouraged from 
remaining a member of Ocean 
Spray because of what Haseotes 
referred to as the low pay-out on 
last year's crop which was part of 
the company's original purchase. 

"We took a $200,000 loss 
because of Ocean Spray's low 
pay-out last year," Haseotes said. 
"Ocean Spray owed the company 
(UCCC) certain sums for berries. 
We expected $14 per barrel and 
they paid $10.36, so we had to 
make up the difference." 

This was a fate that befell all 
growers who marketed their berries 
through Ocean Spray last year. The 
pool estimate was $14 in February 
of last year, but a subsequent 
change in policy dropped that 
figure to $10.36. 

Whether or not Haseotes was 
discouraged by Ocean Spray's returns 
became a minor point when, 
after applying for membership in 
the cooperative, the United Cranberry 
Growers Associates was rejected 
by the Board of Directors of 
Ocean Spray. Grounds for the 
rejection was a resolution recently 
passed by the board stating that 
Ocean Spray will not enter into a 
cooperative agreement with companies 
engaged in the business of 
food processing, wholesale marketing 
or retail marketing. 

Continuedon Page 6 


UCGA 

This resolution is part of an 
effort of Ocean Spray "to keep 
itself straight with the federal 
authorities in regards to coopera-
tives and conglomerates," according 
to President Hal Thorkilsen. "I am 
speaking on behalf of the board 
now: we feel that membership 
should be limited to farmers only 
and not to companies involved in 
things other than growing 
cranberries." •cranerries. 

However, Willard Rhodes, con-

sultant to UCGA and a former 
Ocean Spray director, points out 
that at the time of its application 
for membership, UCGA was not 
legally associated with Cumberland 
Farms, although Haseotes was a 
stockholder in the firm. On this 
basis Rhodes contends that the 
rejection of UCGA was unjustified. 

Thorkilsen said that the decision 
was a straightforward one, based 
simply on existing regulations. 

Though Thorkilsen feels that it 
is premature to reflect on what 
effect the new company will have 

on the cranberry industry, he does 
recognize Cumberland Farms as "an 
agressive marketer." "It will be 

interesting to see how the industry 
in the northeast settles down," he 
reflected. 

Cranberries may be the most 
recent diversification of Cumberland 
Farms, but it is certainly not 
the only one. In addition to dairy 
products, the company is involved 
in citrus fruit, bakery products, 
apple juice, ice cream, non-

carbonated beverages, gasoline (150 
outlets) and even oil. The company 
is currently working on plans for oil 
refineries in Rhode Island and 
Massachusetts. Though plans have 
not been finalized for southeastern 
Massachusetts, a 4 million-barrel 
capacity plant is before the town 
boards in Portsmouth, Rhode 

Island.basis Rhodes contends that the Island. 

It is clear that a very enterprising 
group has just entered the cran-

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ABOUT THE PROBLEM


WITH HINCKLEY'S POND


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..~Cotiue. ..... ~ .........

... 

by Dr. Carl H. Deubert 

Hinckley's Pond in Harwich, water did not show more insecti-stance were washed into the sand 
Massachusetts, has become the sub-cide residues than in any other about 200 feet along the shore and 
ject of controversies during the last pond. The yellow color was caused had a typical odor which is often 
three years. A discoloration was by a tremendous amount of pine found in sediments of streams and 
brought to the author's attention pollen. ponds. A total of two dead fish was 

for the first time in 1973. In 1974 a In 1974 it was too late to take found. One fish and three water 
small and unconfirmed fishkill was water samples. samples were analyzed for para-
observed early in June 1975, and On June4, 1975, about 500 fish thion and did not show more 
the formation of awhite opalescent were found floating dead on the residues than expected. 
substance in association with an water surface, but no discoloration What caused the problems? 
algal bloom (but no fishkill) caused of the water was recognizable. The occurrence of pine pollen 
the Board of Health of the Town of Analyses of two fish and five needs no further explanation. The 
Harwich to close the pond to the mussels (mussels were alive when two fishkills, however, are a little 
public on August 3, 1975, as a sampled) did not show any above more difficult to explain. They 

precautionary measure. average amounts of DDT, DDE, happened on the second and third 
Two cranberry bogs drain into dieldrin, Methoxychlor, casoron or day after the first really 

warm 
Hinckley's Pond, and chemicals parathion. weather of each year, which sugfrom 
these bogs were suspected to On August 3, 1975, an gests oxygen deficiency due to high 
have caused the problems. In 1973 opalescent white discoloration water temperatures as a possible 
an eyewitness saw from the nearby could be seen next to an area of a cause. Yet, it takes a fairly high 

Route 124 "the chemical" turning thick brownish-green algal bloom.
the water yellow. An analysis of the Algae and an unknown white sub-Continuedon Page 8



HINCKLEYS POND

HINCKLEYS Presently we seem to be in a period

PON 

in which eutrophication in a " .........


temperature (about 100°F) to pro-number of ponds (and only very . . 
duce oxygen levels low enough to few of them receive drainage from 
kill fish even at 3/4 saturation. cranberry bogs) is progressing more 
Therefore, the possibility of rapidly. 
another factor was taken into 
consideration. Approximately five acres of the 

southern part of Hinckley's Pond 

A number of ponds on Cape Cod are shallow (2-3 feet according to 
show signs of eutrophication. Plant various residents), and the problem 
nutrients accumulate in these ponds area is located at the southernmost 
over periods of centuries, increased end of the pond. Steady breezes 
plant growth (including algae) form drive surface water (and everything 
more bottom sediments, and gradu-floating on the surface) into this 
ally the pond becomes shallow. The area, and it is difficult to determine 
process starts slowly and after a where the problem really started. 
certain time its speed increases. However, conditions for the 

development of eutrophic symptons 
are favorable, and it is quite 
possible that varying degrees of 
eutrophocation in conjunction with 
high temperatures cause the oxygen 
content of the water to drop below 
the level critical to fish. 

In favor of this opinion is the 
observation that problems have 
started on the second or third day 

temperatures (May and June) or on 
....... a day of high temperatures 
.......... (85-90TF) under cloudless sky. 

Similar observations have been 
made in other ponds in southeastern 
Massachusetts not receiving 
drainage from cranberry bogs. 

It is certain that things are more 
complicated than described here. 
However, after the publicity given 
to the occurrence by a newspaper it 
appeared necessary to inform 

Bogs Drain into Hickley's Pond growers about the real situation. 

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"CRANBERRIES" VISITS


THE KENTVILLE 


Story by Ivan Hall 
Photos by Mel Gagnon 

I had just dropped on the 
kitchen floor the last haversack 
from our family camping trip to 
Cape Breton Island when the phone 

Ivan Hall in his office at the Kentville 
Research Station, Nova Scotia. 

rang and a voice said, "This isMel 
Gagnon of Cranberries." Mel was 
on a short busman's holiday and he 
also hoped to visit some relatives on 

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Cape Breton Island. Incidentally 
the weather in Nova Scotia has 
been unusually dry and warm with 
pastures and hayfields pretty well 
parched, but the tourist business is 

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booming. 

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Mr. Balcomb with his cranberry wine which he promises to have on the table 
before Nov. 1. 

I journeyed out to Allen's Motel 
on the edge of Kentville where Mel 
and his lovely wife were staying. We 
talked about the cranberry business 
in Canada and we had to agree that 
cranberry growing in Eastern 
Canada was on a small scale 
compared with Massachusetts and 
Wisconsin. Since we were only a 
stone's throw from Chipman's 
plant, Mel naturally was interested 

their attempts to develop a 
cranberry wine and I assured him 
that their cranberry juice was on a 
par or possibly better than that 
produced by their chief competitor. 

On the following day we drove 
up to the Kentville Research 
Station where Mel wanted to meet 
some of the staff and take some 
pictures. We didn't really get past 

entrance before Mel wanted to 
take a picture of the sign an


nouncing our Station. We have a 
nice entrance that passes by a 


A processing laboratory in the research station. 

valuable collection of rhododen-Chesley Lockhart who looks after food technology section where Bob 
drons and azaleas as well as an old disease control of cranberries and Stark, the section head, welcomed 
willow that grows beside a pond of Mel was so intrigued with all the us. His staff was busy installing a 
water lilies. bottles of stain in his lab that he bleachering for peas and beans, but 

We then set out to meet the just couldn't help taking another he was able to show us some 
staff. The first scientist we met was picture. We then journeyed to the sophisticated apparatus such as the 

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Some controls involved in the freezer plant. 
freeze dryer for quick freezing of 
fruits and vegetables, a distillation 
apparatus where they had prepared 
cranberry juice concentrate, and 
the laboratory where the texture of 
foods is. determined. Finally we 
descended two stories to the wine 
room where we viewed several stills 
fermenting various wines. It was in 
this room that research was begun 
on a cranberry wine but unfortunately 
no samples were avail-I 
able that day. Since we have carried 
out several studies at Kentville on Iii 
the maturity of berries and the 
volatiles substances that berries give 
off as they mature we dropped in 
to see Frank Forsyth who explained 
the use of a gas chromatogram. 
Yes, a small blip on a chart 
indicates how much ethylene or 
ethyl alcohol is being produced by 
a cranberry and this is a fair 
measure of the maturity. Last, but 
not least, we dropped in to see Dr. 
Wright the director of the Kentville 
Station and his stenographer, Mrs. 
Beker. As a parting gesture, we gave 
Mel some of our cranberry bulletins 
and wished "Bon Voyage." 
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I would like to express my gratitude 
to all of the men in the 
research station at Kentville, Nova 
Scotia, to Ivan Hall, and to Mr. 
Balcomb of the Chipman Bottling 
Co. in Kentville. 
-Mel Gagnon One of the many pieces of laboratory apparatus in the station. 
11 


INTERVIEW 

Continuedfrom Page 3 

lating to incidents of pesticide 
misuse. We hope to investigate 
these, to gather evidence for en-
forcement actions, and also to 
make the public more aware of 
their responsibilities under the new 
law. 

Q. How many enforcement 
actions are taken during the year? 
A. First, let me go back in the 
history of pesticide enforcement. 
Our predecessor agency took only 
three enforcement actions in some 
fifteen years before the funtions 
were transferred to EPA in 1970. 
John Quarles, then Assistant Ad-
ministrator for Enforcement, gave 
us a mandate to stop writing 
warning letters and to proceed with 
criminal prosecution, whenever 
such action was warranted. In less 
than two and a half years, we 
initiated more than 500 criminal 
actions. With the 1972 amendments 
to our basic Act, the civil penalty 
procedure was instituted, and we 
have initiated another 500 civil 
actions and collected over $1.5 
million in penalties. That's a lot of 
numbers and a lot of money, but it 
doesn't really tell the story. Our 
real objective was 'to increase industry 
compliance with the law. In 
this regard, EPA's aggressive pesti-
cide enforcement attitude, dictated 
by Mr. Quarles, has been an 
unqualified success. The first 
people we prosecuted were people 
who had shipped non-registered 
pesticides. Some 30 percent of the 
products that we picked up were 
not registered. They hadn't come to 
the Agency for determination of 
safety and efficacy. As a result of 
prosecuting those 500 criminal 
cases and publishing the results in 
notices of judgment, and in news-
papers and press releases around the 
country, the detection rate of 
non-registration violations has 
dropped 70 percent in the current 
fiscal year. 
Q. What penalties can be imposed 
if a violation is discovered? 
A. The punitive sanctions under 
the statute are a notice of warning 
under Section 9(c), a civil penalty 
procedure under Section 14, or a 
criminal penalty procedure. Notices 
of warning are sent out for minor 
violations. Criminal penalties are 
used in the most egregious viola-

tions, where we cannot bring about 
compliance either by warnings or 
by civil penalty procedures. 

The civil penalty program, in-
stituted in May of 1972, is now the 
backbone of the enforcement ef-
fort. The size of the penalty ranges 
up to $5,000 per violation, depend-
ing upon the size of the business, 
the seriousness of the violation, and 
the ability of the firm to stay in 
business. The civil penalty procedure 
is an educational type of 
enforcement; we say a firm is 
"paying its tuition" to learn the 

ropes. Criminal penalties are te 
most serious sanction, and we have 
only used them twice since the '72 
amendments started. One was a 
case where misuse of a pesticide by 
an operator who should have 
known better resulted in the death 
of a three-year-old boy. The 
criminal penalty was not only a 
fine, but thirty days in jail. 

Q. Does EPA do anything to 
make sure we don't eat food 
contaminated with pesticides? 
A. Under the cooperative agreement 
between EPA and the Food 
and Drug Administration that was 
signed in April, we give them any 
evidence we have of a pesticide 
misuse that may have contaminated 
food or feed products for their 
follow-up investigation and possible 
seizure of violative foods. 
Q. Does EPA work with the 
states in enforcement of pesticide 
r eorc

ment program for fiscal 1976 is to

eis 

stablish agreements, whereby EPA 
and testates would work together

to enforce state laws and the

efre a 
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STUDIES SHOW 

Gene E. Likens, one of the first Symposium. The conference, United States. Acid precipitation 
American ecologists to report on organized by the U.S. Forest has been shown to have detrimental 
increasing acidity in rain and snow, Service, is designed to review what effects on the chemical comand 
a professor of ecology and is known about acid precipitation position and fish populations of 
systematics at Cornell University in and its effect on forests, lakes and lakes and on buildings and cars, 
New York, documented the in-streams, and land. Workshop Likens said, but its effects on 
tensification of acid precepation sessions following the Symposium vegetation and soil have not yet 
over the past decade at Hubbard outlined areas where more research been demonstrated conclusively. 
Brook, New Hampshire, during the is needed and attempted to assign Likens' data, gathered on a forest 
first International Symposium on priorities to the work. ecosystem at Hubbard Brook, New 
Acid Rain, recently held at the Hampshire, where he and other 
OHIO State University. Cornell Likens explained that acid pre-researchers have worked for more 
post-doctoral associate James cipitation, which may be an than a decade, show an increase of 
Galloway, and master's degree off-shoot of fossil fuel combustion, 36 percent in the hydrogen ion 
candidate Charles Cogbill, who have has existed within the Northeast for input [a measure of acidity] into 
been working with Likens, also the last 25 years or so, and has now the ecosystem from precipitation 
presented papers at the spread over much of the eastern over that time. 

DISEASE WARNING 

Lophodermium pinastri, a are Chlorothalonil' (tetra-spot diseases on pine. North Cent. 
needle cast disease of Scotch pine chloroisoph Thalonitrile) (Bravo For. Exp. Stn., St. Paul, 
has been identified on a plantation W-75, Daconil 2787, Bravo 6F) and Minn. 55101 
in the Rochdale section of Maneb' (Manganese ethylene bis-Blanchard, Robert . Terry A 
Leicester, Mass. this May. Ap-dithio carbamate) (Manzate 200, Tatter, and William E. MacHardy. 
proximately 1½2 acres of 5'-7' trees Manzate D, Dithane M-22, Dithane 1975. Identification and control of 
have been severely damaged. M-45). Both are relatively safe and Christmas tree diseases in New 

This needle cast disease is easy to handle. Follow directions Hampshire. Coop. Ext. Serv., Univ. 
characterized by brown spots, often on label. 2 of N.H., Durham, N. H. 03824. 
with yellow margins (or halos) A proper spray program should 
produced on needles in the spring reduce or eliminate infestation of 1. Mention of trade names does 
as a result of the previous year's the current year's new growth. This not constitute endorsement of the 
infection. These infected needles means that smaller trees may re-products by the Cooperative Ex-
begin yellowing and turning brown cover sufficiently to produce tension Service. 
in late April, May, and June. The merchantable quality stock. 2. Warnings: most pesticides are 
damage is more severe on the lower For more complete descriptions poisionous! Spray only when pest 
parts of trees, but it is not unusual of this disease you may wish to control is essential and when the 
for all the foliage to be infected. obtain copies of the following pesticide used will not harm people 

Infected plantations should be publications from their origin. or other useful forms of life in the 
sprayed three times; about July 25 Nicholls, Thomas H. and Darroll vicinity! Read and follow all 
(when new foliage is fully elong-D. Skilling 1974. Control of directions and safety precautions 
ated), about August 15 and about Lophodermium needlecast disease on labels! Handle carefully and 
September 10. An additional spray in nurseries and Christmas tree store in original containers with 
in late September or early October plantations. North Cent. For. Exp. complete labels, out of the reach of 
may be required if there is un-Stn., St. Paul, Minn. 55101 children, pets and livestock! 
usually wet weather during this Chemicals should be applied in a 
period. Nicholls, Thomas H., and manner that precludes con-

Two main fungicides appear to H. Daniel Brown, 1972. How to tamination of any agricultural 
provide reasonable control. These identify Lophodermium and brown commodity, food, or feed product! 


MOTH DAMAGE DOUBLES


A recently completed statewide 
aerial survey has shown many 
forested areas of central and south 
New Jersey are suffering from 
severe gypsy moth defoliation, ac-
cording to John D. Kegg, entomolo-
gist, division of plant industry, N.J. 
Department of Agriculture. 

Forested acres attacked by the 
leaf-feeding caterpillars nearly 
doubled in size from 28,102 acres 
in 1974 to 55,430 acres this 
summer. 

In Burlington county alone, a 
total of 2,500 acres were damaged 

in Pemberton, Southampton, 
Springfield, Woodland, New Han-
over, North Hanover, Shamong, 
Chesterfield, Evesham, Florence, 
Mansfield and Washington town-

ships. 

Aerial surveys to determine the 
size and location of gypsy moth 
defoliated woodlands have been 
conducted since 1967. According 
to Kegg: "this survey is the first 
step taken by the Department to 
alert municipalities of the status of 
the gypsy moth problem within 
their boundaries and is followed up 

this fall by an egg mass inspection 
to determine the proposed treatment 
areas for next season." 

This year, severe defoliation 
damage (61 to 100%) occurred on 
48,870 acres, moderate to heavy 
damage (31 to 60%) occurred on 
6,165 acres and light (less than 
30%) occurred on 405 acres. 

At present, the female moth, 
which is about 1-1/2 incheslong, 
stout bodied, and with white wings 
crossed with dark lines, has nearly 
completed egg laying. 

USDA Issues Pamphlet 

How inspection and grading of 
canned and frozen fruits and vege-
tables can aid in marketing is 
explained in a pamphlet released by 
the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA). 

"Inspection and Grading Serv-
ices for Processed Fruits and Vege-
tables," Marketing Bulletin No. 56, 
describes how federal inspection 

can help processors and sellers meet 
buyers' requirements and aid in 
quality control. Official inspection 
can also help buyers, including 
institutional food buyers, deter-
mine whether the terms of their 
contracts or purchase orders have 
been met. Products inspected in 

on Inspection of Processed Fruits and Vegetables 

USDA-approved plants may be la-
beled with the U.S. grade. 

Inspection and grading services 
for canned, frozen, dried, or dehy-
drated fruits and vegetables are 
provided on request and for a fee to 
processors, buyers, sellers, or any-
one with a financial interest in the 
product. The services are provided 
by employees of the Fruit and 
Vegetable Division of USDA's Agri-
cultural Marketing Service. 

The pamphlet describes the U.S. 
grade standards for processed fruits 
and vegetables and how to obtain 
official inspection. 

Products may be inspected for 
quality according to the U.S. grade 
standards or other specifications. 
Official inspection certificates describing 
the quality, quantity, and 
condition of products can help 

settle claims for damage incurred in 
transit or storage, and may also be 
used as aids in obtaining loans for 
products posted as collateral. 

Single free copies of "Inspection 
and Grading Services for Processed 
Fruits and Vegetables," (MB-56), 
are available on postcard request 
to: Office of Communication, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, Washington, 
D.C. 20250. 

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Ceramic Engine May Be Coming 

There may be a ceramic engine 
in your automobiling future. Sub-
stituting the newest variety of 
pottery-like parts for metals holds a 
key to lower costs and greater 
economy in tomorrow's cars, once 
remaining technical problems are 
overcome. And so, Ford, Chrysler, 
General Motors, and the new En-
ergy Research and Development 
Administration (ERDA), have re-
search programs on the subject 
looking for answers. 

Ford announced at a meeting of 
the Advanced Automotive Propul-
sion Systems Programs that it has 
built the first all-ceramic auto 
gas-turbine engine. Ford engineers 
say they hope to run the engine for 
200 hours by 1977. Most ceramic 

work centers on the gas-turbine 
engine. Ceramics can withstand 
higher temperature than all but the 
most exotic alloys. If turbines 
could run at higher temperatures, 
they could get as much as 50 miles 
per gallon, says George M. Thur of 
ERDA-and give off very little 
pollution. Once the technology is 
perfected, researchers say, ceramic 
piston heads and cylinder walls 
could increase the efficiency f 
diesel engines. Although making 
complicated engine parts is a far cry 
from throwing pots and baking 
them in a kiln, the automotive 
engineers are cautiously optimistic. 
"It looks good so far," says Art 
McLean, in charge of Ford's cer-
amic research. "We don't see any 

insurmountable obstacles." 

Brittleness is one problem, but 
parts can bke protected from external 
shock, and with the aid of 
computer programs, they can be 
designed so they do not shatter. 
Thus far, engineers have not found 
a satisfactory method for molding 
ceramic materials into the intricate 
shapes required. Perhaps the biggest 

what will happen to 
different ceramics after spending 
thousandsof hours inside an automobile 
engine. But the shortages of 
naturalresourcesnotjustoilbut 

and other metals are

also steel and other metals, are 

making ceramics ever more attractive. 
Not only might they increase 
the mileage of cars, but their main. 
ingredient is inexpensive silica 
(sand). 

NEW BACTERIAL COMPLEX IMPROVES CROP YIELDS AT
LOWER COST THAN CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS


In the face of rising costs for 
chemical fertilizers, a new product 
is now available that improves crop 
yields at far lower cost, according 
to the maker, Worne Biochemicals, 
Inc., of Berlin, N. J. 

Called AGRIBAC, the material is 
composed of selected bacteria plus 
essential nutrients-no chemicals. It 
is completely harmless to human, 
animal or plant life. But it is said to 
be capable of improving crop yields 
as much as 100%. 

The action of AGRIBAC is to 
decompose animal and plant resi-
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their mineralization. Bound nutri-
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as carbon dioxide, nitrates, phos-
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are solubilized and made available 
for absorption by crop plants. It 
especially favors higher plants over 
weeds through the promotion of 
specific growth stimulating sub-
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hormones. 

In addition, AGRIBAC is cap-
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nitrogen from the atmosphere at a 
rate of 20 to 50 pounds of nitrogen 
per acre annually. This substantially 
reduces or eliminates the amount of 
nitrogen which must be added in 

the form of chemical fertilizers. 

The bacteria used in AGRIBAC 
are not merely isolated from those 
found wild in farm soils. They are 
specially selected, mutated and 
adapted to totally unique forms for 
a far higher level of activity against 
the animal and plant residues found 
in these soils. The result therefore is 
a substantially greater rate of or-
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sion to plant nutrients. These 
bacteria are combined into an 
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the Worne laboratories to which 
essential nutrients are added to 
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Worne advises that as little as 
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one acre of soil. The material is 
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OCbiZCtlU LTY The fifteenth chapter of the 

Gospel of John assures Christians 

that part of their heritage of the 
MRS. JOHN D. REZIN picker as well as a pruner and a Christian faith is the experience of 
clipper. When the Village of War-joy. John 15:11 reads: "These 

Mrs. John D. (Jean) Rezin, 52, rens was incorporated several years things I have spoken to you, that 

of Rt. 2, Tomah, Wisconsin, died ago, he became its first president. Myjoy be in you, and that your joy 
July 3 in her home. Cause of death Survivors include his widow; two may be full." The announcement of 
was not given. sons, Larry of Warrensand llanf Christ's birth begins, "Behold, I 

She was born at Rudolph, Wis., Denver, Col a daughter, Mrs. bring you tidings of great joy." 
July 22, 1922 to Mr. and Mrs. F. (Betty) Anderson of Turtle Our Lord must have been a 
Ernest Buschbon. She married John Lake; three sisters, Mrs. R. O. source of joy or people would not 

D. Rezin April 6, 1940. They (Helen) Cannon of Las Vegas, Mrs. have welcomed His presence and 
owned and operated the North Charles (Alice) Ream of Ridge seemed to enjoy His companion-
Tomah Cranberry Co. She was a Crest, Calif., and Mrs. Caryl ship. Rich and poor were pleased to 
member of the Eastern Star. Showkes of Los Angeles; and four be with Him. He was a welcome 
Survivors are her husband; three grandchildren. guest at a wedding feast, even 
sons, John L., James and Fred, all before they knew He could turn 
of Tomah; six grandchildren; her water into wine. 
father; and a brother, Floyd of GORDONWILLIAM BAKER The joy He brought to people 
Long Lake, Minn. was not a superficial silliness, a 

withdrawal from the serious aspects 
EVERETT JOHNSON Gordon William Baker, 68, died of life. Rather it was joy born of 

Everett Johnson, 71, R. 1, on Auguist 2, in the Soldiers' the sefise of partnership with God 
Tomah, Wisconsin,.died June 24 in Memorial Hospital, Middleton, himself, through His son Jesus 
Tomah Memorial Hospital. Nova Scotia. He had be'en a resident Christ. It was the joy of having 

He was born Oct. 12, 1903, in of Victoria Vale, Annapolis confidence that the ultimate issues 

Odel, Ill. He married Gertrude County. of life were in the hands of Him 
Davis March 14, 1928. He 'managed Born in Middleton, he was a son "who doeth all things well." 
cranberry marshes in the Spooner, of Mrs. Elizabeth (Phinney) and the It was also a joyful acceptance 
Three Lakes.and Warrens areas. late Norman Baker.. of all the good experiences of 

Survivors include his widow; He was a retired mining engineer life ... to be accepted and enjoyed 
four daughters, Mrs. Elbert (Don-of the Canadian Industries, Lim-to the full. The Pharisees, who were 
neita) Alexander of Mather, Mrs. ited, a president of Newfoundland critical of Christ, wanted Him to 

Autry (Carla) Winston of Warrens, Agencies and at the time of his forbid His disciples their laughter 
Mrs. Kenneth (Gwendolyn) Organ death, owner of the Fundy Cran-and their enjoyment of life itself. 
of Minong"'Ind Mrs. James (Harriet) berry operation near Victoria Vale. Jesus refused to deprive them of 
Yeazle of Spooner; two brothers, He was working on his cranberry their simple good pleasure and 
Charles of Warrens and William of bog just a few hours before he died. sense of well-being. Their laughter 
Merrillan; two sisters, Mrs. Elmer Throughout his life, Mr. Baker must have been music to His ears. 
(Nettie) Rochester of Black River was keenly interested in sports, The early Christians, as austere 
Falls and Mrs. Sam (Esther) Hahn fishing and the promotion and as they were sometimes pictured, 
of New Paris, Ind.; and 18 grand-improvement of this activity for the were also men and women of a 
children and five great-grandchil-public as a recreation. deep and abiding joy. One of the 
dren. A son preceded him in death. One of his most noticeable early Christian writers wrote, 

ROBERT W.CASE achievements in his work for com-"Ploughing we praise, and sailing 

munities was the iniation of the we sing." 

Robert W. Case, 61, Warrens, agreement with the MacDonald-The late Halford Luccock told 
Wisconsin, died June 25 in Tia-Stewart Foundation which resulted people that descant notes were 
juana, Mexico. in many improvements being made sometimes called joy notes. These 

He was born March 3, 1914, in to the MacDonald School and the are the tiny notes that appear in 

Rice Lake. He married Jean Steele construction of the MacDonald songbooks a b o v e t h e 
in 1967. He operated Case Cran-School Greenhouse by the Founda-theme... notes to be sung as a 
berry Marsh near Warrens and Case tion. counter melody. 
Machine Co. in Warrens. He in-Surviving are his wife, the So often, too often, we sing our 
vented ard manufactured cranberry former Alethea Doucet, his mother, songs of faith and leave out the joy 

growing and harvesting equipment, and one sister, Mrs. Duncan Ross notes. The authentic Christian song 

designing the first mechanical (Mireva) of Middleton. of faith includes the notes of joy. 


CRANBERRY BARBECUE 

Would you believe the cranberry was there when the west was won? 
Well it was. In 1805, in fact, long before the wagon trainsrolledacross the 
continent, members of the historic Lewis and Clark expedition reachedthe 
land now known as Oregon. They bartered there with the Indians for 
cranberrieswhich they used during theirlong winter encampment! Today, 
170 years later, both Washington and Oregon are two of our great 
cranberrygrowingstates. 

As America'ssettlers moved westward, they took along barrelsof native 
east coast cranberriesas a scurvy preventative, as did the sailorsof early 
ships embarking on long voyages. Later, cranberrieswere used for the same 
reason in the great western miningandlogging camps. 

Americans' love of barbecuingtoday seems naturalsince cooking on the 
trail was both expedient and necessary to our pioneer forefathers. For a 
truly bang-up, Western-style barbecue menu here are some recipesyou can 
enjoy whether you live in Maine, Wisconsin or Montana. 

"Rodeo Ribs with Berry Sauce" is a hearty main course. While grilling, 
the ribs are seasoned with a sauce mixture combining chilipowder, sweet 
green chilies, whole berry cranberrysauce, and tbmato puree. The sauce 
can be preparedaheadof time, reheated on the grill, andused for dipping 
after the ribs areserved. 

Along with your ribs, "Cranberry Stuffed Onions" are great. The shells 
of large onions are filled with a tasty mix of bread crumbs, whole berry 
cranberry sauce, egg, orange juice and seasonings. They're not only good 
eatingbut will adda handsomelook to your ribplatter. 

Round off your menu with a season-bright vegetable such as 
corn-on-the-cob, a salad of crisp greens, cucumbers and tomatoes, and a 
basket full of crusty bread. 
For a snappy drink to serve before or with your meal, "Texas Cranato 

Cups" will spuron even the most listless palates. This is a quick and zippy 
mix of cranberry juice cocktail, tomato juice, beer and Worcestershire 
sauce with lemon slices. For the children, simply prepare the mixture 
without beer. 

Recipes courtesy of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. 

TEXAS CRANATO CUPS RODEO RIBS 
(Makes 2/2 quarts) WITH BERRY CHILI 
BARBECUE SAUCE 

4 cups (1 quart) cranberry juice (Serves 6 to 8) 

cocktail, chilled 12 pounds beef rib bones or short 

4 cups (1 quart) tomato juice, ribs 

chilled Salt and pepper 

2 cups (1 pint) beer, chilled 2 cloves garlic, mashedjuice 

1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1 can (1 pound, 13 ounces) tomato 

Salt and pepper puree 

Lemon slices, if desired 1 tablespoon chili powder 

1 can (4 ounces) sweet green 

chilies, drained and minced 

Just before serving mix in a large 1 can (8 ounces) whole cranberry 
pitcher cranberry juice, tomato sauce 
juice and beer. Stir in Worcester-1 cup water 
shire sauce, salt and pepper to taste. 
Pour mixture into cups and add Sprinkle ribs on all sides with 
lemon slices, if desired. salt and pepper. Rub bones on all 

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sides with garlic. Place bones on 
grill 8 inches above gray coals and 
grill 1hour. Turn meat every 10 
minutes to prevent burning. In a 
bowl combine remaining ingredients, 
adding salt and pepper to 
taste. Beat until well blended. 
Brush ribs with cranberry-chili 
sauce mixture. Turn spread side 
down and grill for 10 minutes. 
Spread with more of the cranberry 
mixture, turn and grill another 10 
minutes. Reserve remaining 
cranberry-chili sauce mixture and 

serve with ribs. Serve with "Cranberry 
Stuffed Onions," corn-onthe-
cob, and a salad. 

CRANBERRY STUFFED ONIONS 
(Serves 6) 

6 large Spanish or Bermuda onions 
Boiling salted water 

TXSp bter r

cup butteror margarine

4 cups soft bread crumbs

4 cups soft bread crumbs 
1 can (8 ounces) whole berry 

cranberry sauce
1 eg
1 teaspoon salt
/ teaspoon pepper


Peel onions and slice off 1/3 
from top of each onion. Cut a thin 
slice from bottom of each onion to 
allow it to stand straight. Scoop out 
each onion leaving a shell about 3/4 
inch thick. Chop sliced and scooped 
out parts of onions. Should have at 
least 2 cups of chopped onion. If 
not, chop some more for this 


measured amount. Drop onion 
shells into boiling salted water and 
cook for 10 minutes or until almost 
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NEWJERSEY $100 000 AWARDED 

Continuedfrom Page 1 $000 AW 

Agricultural interests in the state 

were shocked by action taken by 

Governor Byrne as a result of a 

fiscal crisis. Massive budget cuts 

proposed by the Governor would 

have included elimation of the 

Agricultural Experiment Station. 

For a short period during early July 

this institution was in limbo until 

was 
the state legislature in emergency 
session restored most of the cuts by 
enacting new taxes. 

WASHINGTON 


The Quarterly Cranberry Vine 
was mailed August 1. A view of the 
physiological activities on Washing-
ton bogs shows growth to be about 
two weeks later than normal. There 
was a heavy bloom period with 
fruit set looking very good. The 
berries will compete for nutrients as 
well as water and perhaps be small 
in size due to the late set. Frost and 
insect damage has been minimal. 

July temperature was about 

normal, but many overcast days 

with only a few hours of clearing 

some days has kept the overall 

temperature down. Maximum 

temperature was 75 degrees on the 

24th and the minimum 43 degrees 

on the 22nd. 

Precipitation totaled only 

0.50 inch which is 0.69 inch below 
normal. There were measurable 
amounts on 10 days but the largest 
storm was only 0.22 inch on the 
28th. We are just 0.29 inch below 
normal for the 3 month total for 
1974. Many ponds on the Long 
Beach Peninsula are already getting 
low due to the need for daily 
irrigation of about 1 hour to main-
tain needed moisture. 

CRANBERRY FESTIVAL, 
Saturday September 13 and Sunday 
September 14, sponsored by the 
Peninsula Chamber of Commerce: 
Flea Market & Arts and Crafts 
Show; Cranberry Tour & Movie; 
Oyster Farm Tour; Golf Tourna-
ment; Salmon Bake and much 
more. 

Settlements totaling $100,000 in 
damage suits brought by several 
Wisconsin cranberry growers against 
the Oakdale Rural Electric Co-
operative, Dairyland Power of 
LaCrosse and several insurance 
companies have been awarded in 
Monroe County Circuit Court in 
Wisconsin. 

The plaintiffs in the suits sought 
damages for losses suffered by frost 
as a result of a power failure that 
occurred on May 26, 1971. The 
failure effected the shut-off of the 

electric pumps which pump water 
through the sprinkler systems used 
to protect the bogs against frost. 
Plaintiffs whose suits were set-
tled included Frank Ellis and 
Margaret Volz, doing business as 
Ellis and Volz company; Charles G. 
Hoffman, the Charles G. Hoffman 
Company; Harold and Walter 
Stebbins, the Stebbins Cranberry 
Marsh; Scott Cranberry Marsh, Inc.; 
Olson Bros. Cranberry Co., Inc.; 

Lloyd A. Wolfe, Keith Bennet and 
Sons, Inc.; Union Cranberry Company; 
Wetherby Cranberry Marsh 
and M. J. Stage. 

In a related case in June 1974, 
the Cutler Cranberry Company of 
Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, was 
awarded $6,200 from the same 

defendant for partial loss of 26 
acres of cranberries. The firm had 
sought $11,830. 

Another court case still pending 
is that of the Clinton Potter 

Cranberry Company of Warrens, 
Wisconsin. The firm seeks damages 
totaling $89,321.70, also from the 

Oakdale Rural Electric Cooperative 
and its parent company, Dairyland 
Power of La Crosse. 

This firm has alleged that on 
May 27, 1971, its water sprinkling 
systems became inoperative because 
of an electrical power outage. 

Potter claims a loss of 8,047 
barrels of cranberries valued at 
$11.00 per barrel. 

RULES FOR WITHDRAWAL OF GRADING AND INSPECTIOS


The U.S. Department of Agricul-
ture (USDA) announced changes in 
its rules concerning withdrawal of 
food inspection and grading services 
provided under authority of the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 
1964. 

The major change made in the 
administrative procedure shifts the 
responsibility for deciding whether 
to withdraw grading or inspection 
from the administrator of the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture's Agri-
cultural Marketing Service (AMS) 
to-a USDA administrative law

lo du totheneedfor daily

.udconsin

judge. 

Other changes involve filing of 
papers, use depositions and

of anid 

affidavits, oral arguments on appeal 
to the Secretary ofAgriculture, and 

The revised rules of practice 
governing withdrawal of inspection 
and grading services are scheduled 
to be published in the Aug. 19 
Federal Register. The revisions will 
become effective on the day of 
publication. 

Copies of the revised rules can 
be obtained from the Administrator, 
AMS, USDA, Washington, D.C. 
20250. 

MID-AUGUST CRANBERRY 
FORECAST 

The mid-August forest of 
d-A st orec 

cranerr prodcn in

indicates a crop of 850,000 
barrels, 2 percent less than the

ecrd 1 cp 870,000 barrr 
r 870,000 barrels. 
Vines wintered well with little 

damage. There has been very little 
fros or hai t aae evelopment 

deletions of certain sections f theof the crops is about a week ahead 

procedures no longer relevent. 

Inspection and grading are made 
available on a voluntary basis by 
AMS. Users pay for the cost of the 
service. 

o under generally good 
growing conditions. Hot weather 
during July caused some stress and 
lowered the water supply to below 
normal levels. 


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Cranberries were already 200 
years old when John Hancock 
was signing the Declaration 
of Independence. 

They are definitely a part 
of our country's heritage, for they have the 
distinction of being a berry native to North 
America. The American Indian made use of 
the cranberry not only as a fruit, but also for 

" 

dyeing their blankets and rugs. Cranberries , 

were originally called "Crane-berries" because:, 
the Pilgrims thought 
their blossoms resembled the head of a crane. 

'z I idea of serving cranberries with the Thanks


^^ ^The 
~( llll,( ggiving dinner is not a new one, the Pilgrims them.
l v? jt selves enjoyed cranberries at that very first festive

Ar 

occasion. Today when you enjoy one of the many 
Ocean Spray products 
made from the little 

red berry, be it fresh 

cranberries, cranberry 
sauce, cranberry juice cocktail or a delicious ^MEERI I 7 
cranberry blended drink, remember, you are sharing 
in a small piece of our country's heritage. 

OCEAN SPRAY-the cranberry people. 


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