nnnnDnnnDDDDDDDnnnnDDDDnaDnDnDnn Q □ "^^fRSt*^' UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LIBRARY D D □ D DnnnnnnnnnnDnDanDDDDnnDDDDnnDDnn RVINC A $40,000,000 A YEAR INDUSTRY iPE COD EW JERSEY ViSCONSIN OREGON CANADA TWO OF FOUR WESTON BROTHERS IN CRANBERRIES, Homer and Rogei Massachusetts. (CRANBERRIES PI 35 Cents MAY 1963 DIRECTORY For CRANBERRY GROWERS fdrcester Paper Box Corporation MEDFORD, MASS. Tel. MYstic 8-5305 Manufacturers of Folding Cartons and Displays WATER WHITE KEROSENE For use on Cranberry Bogs Also STODDARD SOl^VENT Prompt Delivery Service Franconia Coal Co. — Inc. — Wareham, Mass. Tel. CY 5-0039 PREFABRICATED FLUMES Straightline Pumps Bog Railroads For Rent CONSULTANT On Water Problems RUSSELL A. TRUFANT North Carver, Mass. Tel. UNion 6-C696 Wareham Savings Bank WAREHAM and FALMOUTH Savings Accounts Loans on Real Estate Safe Deposit Uoxes to Rent Phone CYpress 5-3800 Kimball 8-3000 |^l|g^i|SbnX13nk of Wareham UNIVERSTY Of Jo^^Biently locate! for Cranberry Men avaffable for sound loans /MHERST, mm te EHinking Service Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The CHARLES W. HARRIS Company 451 Old Somerset Ave. North Dighton, Mass. AMES Irrigation Systems Sprinklers Weed killers Insecticides Fungicides Kiekens - Duster and Sprayers EQUEPMENT HAYDEN - SEPARATOR - WAREHAM, MASS. Irrigation Systems PUMPS SEPARATORS - BLOWERS SCREENHOUSE EQUif^MENI DARLINGTON PICKING MACHINES Extensive Experience in ELECTRICAL WORK ALFRED PAPPI At Screenhouses, Bom* aad Pumps Means Satisfactim WAREHAM, MASS. Tel. CY 5-2000 SUBSCRIBE TO CRANBERRIES nstitute Alloted ""unds For Market )evelopment ,1 Europe Will Include De- ydrated, Fresh and Canned !ranberries; G. T. Beaton, delegation of One, Left May 0. A delegation of one of Cranberry istitute left for Europe May 10. ais was Gilbert T. Beaton, design- .ed as export department, Ocean M-ay. Institute president Orrin G. Dlley bad intended to make the ip also, but was unable to because a project concerning dehydrated anberries. These berries are to be irnished at the expense of the Ilooperator," in this case Cran- rry Institute or Industry. Mr. Colley has been notified the stitute has been alloted funds by Dreign Agricultural Service of SDA equivalent to $50,000,000 to make arrangements for the introduc- tion, test marketing and utilization testing of dehydrated cranberries. Cranberries exported in this form, are, obviously less costly in shipping WllilBlimilllHIIIIHIIIHIIIIBIIIIBIIIIHIIIIB Thorough Pollination Is Good Crop Insurance Let Our Honey Bees Do It For You MERRIMACK VALLEY APIARIES, INC. 47 Pond Street Billerica, Mass. Phone 663-3079 i!Hiii:E9;i!:B;i:!Hii!:ni'nii!Bii!!aiii'Biiiiniri STODDARD SOLVENT (Available Year Round) WATER WHITE KEROSENE BOTTLED GAS Water < f ^^ Heating Cooking Carburetion m 6-4545 Roay5 ting CARVER, MASS. TAKE ADVANTAGE of the BETTER things of life. The efficient USE OF ELECTRICITY is one of these better things — efficient use in power for cran- berry bog operations, and in the home. Plymouth County Electric Co. WAREHAM CYpress 5-0200 PLYMOUTH Pilgrim 6-1300 Attention Growers ! ! for your Spring weed control we offer water white kerosene "GRADE A" metered trucks STODDARD SOLVENT SUPERIOR FUEL COMPANY Wareham, Mass. Tel. CY 5-0093 J. W. Hurley Co. • COAL • NEW ENGLAND COKE • FUEL OIL Water WhKe - KEROSENE - For BOGS (METERED TRUCKS) 24-hour Fuel Oil Service I Telephone CY 5-0024 | I 341 Main St. WAREHAM j VOLTA OIL CO. Distributor of the Famous TEXACO WATER WHITE KEROSENE For your Bog STODDORD SOLVENT Tel. Pilgrim 6-1340 Plymouth, Mass. Rte. 44 Samoset St. One costs, do not conflict with tariff re- gulations as regarding sugar content Cranberry Growers RIV CHRYSLER - PLYMOUTH VALIANT Onset Ave. East Wareham CY 5-3530 of a product arid offer to the econo- my of the importing country, the advantages of adding to the employ- ment through labor and equipment involved in this utilization. Institute has also been notified that funds have been made available to the institute in the equivalent to $30,000 to carry out work which has already been initi- ated in the United Kingdom and Europe for fresh and processed SANDERS Built from $750. WHEEL-OFF RIGS FLUMES Built to Order Welder and Power Shovel Available Will do Custom Sanding Oiva Hannula Carver, Mass. UN 6-4419 ESTABLISHED 1866 SHARON, MASSACHUSETTS We Will Buy Your White Pine Logs, Either Standing or Cut • Highest Prices Paid • Sawmill located at North Carver, Mass. Office Phones: Sharon, SU 4-2011 Carver. UN 6-2234 If You Want A Good Flume At A Low Cost Use All Heart Kedwood 60,000 Ft. on hand for Prompt Delivery 6x8 — 6x6 — 4x6 — 4x4 Planking - Square Edged or Matched 2x6 — 2x8 — 2x10 — 2x12 SEND FOR YOUR FREE FOLDER ON THE "DURABILITY OF REDWOOD" L W. Soodiiue Lumber Cn., Im. MIDDLEBORO ROAD EAST FREETOWN, MASS Phones Rockwell 3-8811 — Middleboro 1275 berries. ' Mr. Beaton was scheduled to leavl Boston May 10 for London to speni ten days in London, Manchesteii Liverpool areas working with tb trade on both fresh and processei cranberry importers, consulatior with U.S. Agricultural Attache am staff at U.S. Trade Center in Lon don, discussions with the Institut: advertising agency on merchandis inig and promotional programs fo both canned and fresh cranberrieE The tripp will include visits t Brussels, Belgium to contact im porters and to consult with th agricultural attache. At Rotterdam contact will be made with Holland' largest chain store, and also th Rotterdam office of the Poultr Institute of American and the agr cultural attache. At Hamburg he will work with th importer of canned cranberry sauc and attempt to develop sales proanc tion to the West German marke (Continued on Page 20) FOR SALE Irrigation Equipment, consisting of 1 Hale pump with Briggs & Stratton motor 6.5 H.P. 1-4" sec- tion pipe 20' long, 20-3" pipes 20 long, 18-2" pipes 20" long, 15 Skinner Sprinkler heads with stancheon pipes, all aluminum anc all necessary connections. A-l Condition. 134 Gannett Rd. N. Scituate, Mass. Tel. 545-0541 or (Linden) LI 5-0541 MIDDLEBOROUCH TRUST COMPANY MIDDLEBORO MASS. Member of The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Two s. Cranberry n and Field lotes by CHESTER E. CROSS Director Weed-killing Progress The work of Irving Demoranville is rielding fruit. Massachusetts cran- erry growers this spring have four egistered chemicals with which to ombat weeds that have been in- reasing at an alarming rate since 959. Fully registered are chloro- PC which is applied at rates of 50 ) 100 pounds of 20% granular per ere, and Simazine SOW which is pplied at 3-% to 4% pounds in 300 allons of water per acre. Under xperimental label, with accompany- ■"^'ag restriction in the amount that an be sold, are Casoron 4 % gran- les, which is applied at 150 pounds er acre, and Alanap-3 used at the ate of 4 gallons in 300 gallons of ater an acre. All four of these weed-killers have pecial uses, all are helpful on early- ater bogs in the spring of the year, ad none of them should be used ter "late-water." It is hoped that I continued research we will find )me compounds that can be used ifely after "late-water" and pos- bly in the summer months. Winter and Frost Winterkilling of cranberry vines in [assachusetts is more widespread nd severe than was suspected earl- r. We guess the damage will reduce le '63 crop by 5 % , but this is only guess. The bogs in general look ke a long hard winter. The fact lat an unusually large acreage was anded since the last harvest un- oubtedly adds to this appearance. On the other hand, the exposure to le winter has served to restrain the uds from swelling. Many are now reaking dormancy and some buds ill soon be at the 2 millimeter, or 5° stage. But this has come slowly nd frosts to date have done no amage and frost flooding and prinkling have not been necessary. One curious feature has been noted — bogs that were fertilized late last summer or last fall appear to have been less severely injured by winter- kill than bogs that went into the winter unfertilized. Growers having observations on this point are re- quested to write them in to the Ex- periment Station. Personal Dr. Bert M. Zuckerman is back from his sabbatical leave in Israel. He had a busy and fruitful time there, is busy filing reports, and has already submitted a journal article for publication on research accom- plished by him in Israel. Marketing Committee Reviews Year's Worle Cranberry Marketing Committee with all principals and all but one alternate present, held an all-day meeting at Holiday Inn, Haddonfield, New Jersey, May 7, discussing a review of the first year of the mar- keting order administration. The ses- sion was mostly constructive and objective, with a very minimum of debate. By a 7 to 0 vote on motion of John C. Decas, of Wareham it was decided to return to all handlers, to, in turn, reimburse their growers to the amount of $50,312.61, which will amount to approximately 4V2 cents a barrel for each grower. This was an amount collected by the com- mittee to enable it to "buy back" berries from the restricted pool of 12 percent to place in the "free" pool, but which were not so purchas- ed. Approval of the USD A is neces- sary before this may be done. Figures released by Tony Briggs, marketing order manager showed that the final crop in barrels handled amounted to 1,301,423; of this 457,518 barrels were sold fresh and 295,142 in processed form; number of berries sold to the committee to replenish the free pool was 4,113 barrels. The "set-aside" or reserve pool amounted to 143,615 and this was dis- posed of by destroying, exporting. MELim>PTEmPEST CONTROL m DUSTING RAY MORSE, Agent NORWOOD, MASS. I and SPRAYING TEL. CY 5-3928 Three For Consistent Dependability with PESTICIDES and FERTILIZER see the man from Eastern States T. C. Ariiley. Harry T. Fisher, Jr., James P. Groyone, Lawrence H. Ward, E. S. Berviee Center, E. S. Service Center, E. S. Serdee Center, E. Ereeitawm IM. MMldlefcoiro Tel. FiO(rest. >: CORN PRODUCTS COMPANY Manufacturers of fine products for the food industry . . . and popular Best Foods Division grocery brands for the consumer. through charity or export uses it accordance with the order. Cranberry inventory of the industry was placed at 315,798 barrels re maining in the hands of handlers ii frozen or processed form. In answe: to a question by Mr. Decas, Georgi C. P. Olsson, president of Oceai Spray and chairman of the commit tee said he was confident this "carry over" would be substantially re duced by sales between now an( September first, the start of a ne\j season, and the actual carry-over a that time would be considerably low er than it was last season. Present besides the committee an alternates were three representative of the USDA and Charles A. Doeh lert, marketing order "fieldman for New Jersey. Meeting began a 9:30 a.m. and lasted until abov three p.m. Next meeting of the committee i to be in Wisconsin, in complianc with the committee plan to meet i different areas, this being at Wiscor sin Rapids August 27, just prior t opening of the fall harvest. At th£ time the important decision of th "set-aside" for the 1963 crop will t made. BANDON FESTIVAL PLANS BEGUN Bandon (Oregon) Cranberry Fest val Association has already held i first meeting in preparation of i annual fall harvest festival. Fir, meeting was to elect officers. Don't expect to see the brig] lights of tomorrow through the sh dows of yesterday. FOR EXPERT SERVICE ON YOUR Briggs & Stratton ENGINES We use only factory-approved methods and original parts. Per- sonnel are trained under factory supervision. See us for a check-up 9T complete overhaul — prices are right. ^^ [BRicCSfcSTRATTON] MAIN STREET GARAGE Carver, Mass. Tel. UNion 6-458J Four Issue of May 1963 - Vol. 28 No. 1 Published monthly at The! Courier Print Shop, Main St.. Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscriptions $3.50 per year. Second Class Postage Paid at Wareham, Massachusetts Post Office. •RESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C J. H. AASSACHUSETTS April Starts Warm April began rather warm but with ome cold days, particularly! the th and eth which were preceded by freak gale of winter. First week nded about normal, but with condi- ons very dry with a high woodland urning index up to 130, which aused authorities to urge caution, "here were as many or more than 00 brush fires burning in the state n a single day. This is unsually arly for such extreme dryness. Residents of the "Cranberry Cor- er" of Massachusetts were startled pon arising on the morning of ipril 8 to find there was a heavy now fl'urring in progress. This ,sted only a short time. "April-Showerless" April The month continued extremely y and generally rather windy, a :ider-box condition developed over 1 parts of New England, with >utheastem Massachusetts no ex- jption. On April 16th Mass Governor eabody issued a decree forbidding ly incinerator and out-door burn- Lg. Acres of brush and woodland ad been burned over, and in the eek preceding the 16 it was esti- lated there were no less than 1000 res in the six-state area. It was lUed the worst spring drought in lany years. Showers Help Slightly On the night of the 17 there was )me general rain the first such nee Marclh 22, not far from a FOR SALE IN CARVER 50 acre cranberry bog in excellent condition. High production record. Good water supply. Screenhouse, all equipment. Favorabl-e? terms can be arranged. Box S, c/, Cranberries Magazine, Wareham, Mass. month, but this totalled only .36th of a inch as measured at Cranberry Station with slightly lesser ,and greater amounts at other places. Rain was accompanied by thunder and lighting. There had been a trace on March 27 and again on April 3, 19th of an inch. No Crop Injury Dr. Cross of the station said that to the date of the 17th there had been little if any injury to the poten- tial crop, but there were indications there might be injury to lawns and shrubs, particularly t h e former. Temperatures for the month to the lObh were a plus 37 (Boston) The rain of (the night of the 17th only alleviated conditions for a brief period, the ground being almost powder-dry. Fires Worst woods fire in the cranberry area occured in the afternoon of April 22, when a blaze started in the Myles standish Reservation in Carver-Plymouth. This burned over a mile-front three miles deep. It was finally checked at the edge of the Barker cranberry ibogs near half-way pond, but the bog or bog buildings were not damaged. It was reported more than 1(X)0 men fought the blaze, coming from 30 communities, including help from Otis Air Force Base on the Cape and the Barnstable County Patrol Plane. Blaze and smoke could be seen as far as Boston 35 miles away and a ipall hung over the Cape. Some Relief An easterly wind came on the 23rd and brought several hours of most welcome rain, but again this was no "drought-ender," as only .26th of an inch fell as recorded at AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS BOG SERVICE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS HAND SPRAYERS - TOOLS - POWER EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BRIGGS AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTER R. F. MORSE Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass Kve Cranberry Station, with about the same at other points. It was wel- come, but wasn't nearly what was needed. Rain brought an abrupt turn to colder weather. Heavy Rain Last Bav April waited until the VHry is.;:it day to get a real rain and then 1.35 inches came down. This brought the total for the month to only 2.55, with the averaige 3.85 inches. Growers had irrigated some duruig the month and many had also put on water again to hold late in the effort to improve quality fruit. There seemed much attention being paid to this. The rain also improved the water supply situation for the com- ing frost season, as reservoirs were getting low. Although there were frosts about every night the latter half of the month there were no frosts with potential of doing damage to the bogs and no warnings were issued. Month Warmer Month was slightly warmer than normal, the total plus being 28 degrees. There was a remarkable succession of brig'ht sunny days. Dr. Cross called the month in general a favorable one for crop prospects, and the dryness added to the factors favoring improving keeping quality, even though the temperatures did not. The season as a whole at end of April was about a week or ten days behind. Growers were unusually active in bog work, including the experimental application of the new herbicide Caseron and in installing sprinkler systems. WASHINGTON Crop Prospects Very Good Dr. Charlss C. Doughty, superin- tendent Long Beach Cranberry Ex- periment Station at end of April said crop prospects look very good. There was some cold weather in- jury during the winter but there were enough live buds to make a good crop, barring the usual hazards of sudden heavy frost or a pooi' pollinating season. In Washington bogs are not winter flooded but growers generally rely on sprinkler systems to control freeze injury, lurning on the systems when the temperature falls to 34 degrees or lower and running them as long as the temperature is down. Rainy and Chilly Weather had been cloudy and rainy. In April there were only about half a dozen days ui which there was not at least a trace of precipitation. Such a situation has C. & L. EQUIPMENT 191 LEONARD STREET Cranberry Bog Service PRUNING FERTILIZING RAKING WEED TRIMMING Machinery Sales PRUNERS POWER WHEELBARROWS RAKES WEED TRIMMERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS - Large & Small For Further Information Call . . . F. P. CRANDON Rockwell 3-5526 C J. TRIPP Wyman 5-2013 H. C. Wyman 5-3521 made the application of granular , herbicides rather difficult. Mini- mum temperatures on the bogs were ' 23 on April 1, 29 April 9, and 30 ' on April 15, 31 April 19. Maximum temperatures had been above 55 only en 6 days. Rainfall totaled about 5 inches. Bt^mble Bees An attempt to develop artificial nests for one of the native bumble bees, which is the best pollinator in Washington are continuing. A num- ber of nest boxes were set out in 1962 and there was fair success in getting bumble bees to use them. On the basis of last year's experience, Dr. Carl Johnson of the Department of Agriculture WSU is trying a number of different sites, best sizes, etc. Several early spring-blooming shrubs have been planted to aid the bumble bees in gettinig established. As of May frist the bees had been in the area approximately three weeks and were establishing nests. WISCONSIN April Very Cold April did not bring the flowers as temperatures and precipitation con- tinued below normal. The month started out above normal in tempera- ture with very little precipitation, but ended cold with a substantial snowfall the last week of the month. Temperatures were from two tc three degrees below normal and precipitation was only half of nor- mal. Coldest readings were nine degrees above on the the ISth and 30th, while the warmest was 80 above in southern Wisconsin on the IVth. Heaviest precipitation occured on the 22nd when up to 8 inches of snow fell in central Wisconsin and 1/4 to 1/2 inch of rain on the 28th. The cold readings the last day of the month est some all time records and most areas also reported snow showers during the night. The out- look for May is for normal precipita- tion and temperatures. Ground Frost Goes Frost disappeared over the south- ern half of the state by the end of, the first week in April due to the^ lack of snow and above normal tem-j peratures. Only six inches remain- ed in the north and this disappeared j by the middle of the month. Veryj (Continued on Page 21) Six Four Weston Boys of Carver, Mass. All \n Cranberry Growing, Bog Construction Brothers are Third Generation Cranberry men — Operate Considerable Vcreage — Do Construction other than Bog Work — Roger was Inspector for \merican Cranberry Exchange It is rather unusual to have four brothers all take to the cranberry .•business as a way of life. And, it so happens these four Massachusetts men ire third generation growers, and they came into cranberry bogs on both of heir parents. They are the Weston brothers of Carver. They not only operate consider- ible acreage of bog, but are in the heavy construction business, with prob- ibly the main portion of this being in cranberry bog building, rebuilding md making improvements. rhey are: Homer F., born in 1911; loger V. 1913; Winston A., born in 915 land Myron T., born in 1923. liey are the sons of the late Frank '. Weston, a well known grower, ncidently, they were all born in a'l ncient structure on France Street t a place historically kno'wn as 'ope's Point, where once was loca- sd a bog iron foimdry. Carver in earlier days had several SL-.ch 3'undries or furnaces, and areas irom wihich the bog ore came have some instances since become iranberry bogs. This house was aid to have been a rooming house, here were, they recall in their ery young days the bedrooms with ows of hoAAORIVI TIPV\^ORIVI AND SPARGANOTHIS SULFUREANA Newly registered and approved for use on cranberries, Guthion gives you a new weapon against destructive pests that attack your vines. Guthion brings you new effectiveness because of its long control between sprays. And it is safe on foliage and finish . . . can't cause soil residue build-up. Guthion prevents the build-up of infestations in your berries — and cost-per- season is low because you spray less often. It's also registered for blueberries, blackberries and other small fruits, too. This season, try Guthion on your bogs. Chemagroj CHEMAGRO CORPORATION KANSAS CITY 20 • MISSOURI Industry^ Associates, Pay Tribute To Marcus L, Urann The following are tributes to Mar- cus L. Urann from throughout the industry and elsewhere from those who worked with and knew the founder of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., many over a long period of years. It was not until his later years that I had the opportunity of making the acquaintance of Marcus L. Urann. I was continually impressed with his absorbing interest and complete grasp of any business or problems connected with cranberries. I can well imagine how this absorp- tion and dedication of interest was intensified during the years he organized and built the business, now Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. He was tireless in his efforts and drew no limitations when it came to the interest of cranberries and the people who grew them. He was a man of vision and out- standing ability, one of a breed of imen fast disappearing from the scene who are capable of making decisions, based on know-how and experience, without relying on the recommendations of groups of FOR PEST Use these reliable GENERAmHEMICAl products: DDT Malathion Parathion Ferbam Zineb GENERAL CHEIVI DIVISION P.O. Box 353, rilorriciown, I). J. Twelve Marcus L. Urann as a younger man specialists. There was also a igentle side to his nature, and his many kindnesses and considerations can be marked in the successful people today whose oro3rtunity, encouragement and un- derstanding came from Marcus L. Urann. Right up to the moment of his death, he gave of himself. GOEORGE C. P. OLSSON Plymouth, Mass. President, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. How does one choose what to say of a man about whom there is so much to say. As I groped for words, his own words kept coming to my mind. The principles and the philo- sophy he lived by are revealed ag£ and again in his letters, his writing his speeches. And so, this man w spoke so eloquently for himself, h written his own epitaph. The words, which he uttered so ft quently, will have a familiar ring those who heard them through t years. "Our duty is to lift, not lean; build, not destory. I am determir that all that is within me shall given to cooperate with growers will do all possible to explain wil appears to me to be the econor principles upon which the indus can soundly grow and prosp Others may accept or reject, but for me, I will have my self-respt we'll knowing that I have done best for the good of the industry and those who compose it." ... Jiine, 1930 upon the founding of Cranberry Canners, Inc. "No individual can materially improve his own position independent of others." . . . June, 1940 "There are two classes of people: Lifters and Leaners." "We have no right to unusual profit. "The laborer is worthy of his hire." To fulfill our duty in provi- ding food, to make a legitimate pro- fit, and to avoid speculation and (gambling which may destroy the success of both, requires the utmost skill, judgment, and foresight of every cranberry grower." . . June, 1940 "That man is a failure whose hand is seen in his handiwork." "Cooperation is a way of life, and those who believe in it should work together rather than working in individual groups, no one of which can be strong enough to do a real job." . . . February, 1942 "Up to the neck every person is worth just about the same. It's what's above the neck that makes the difference." "A house divided against itself will fall, and if cranberry growers are divided they will fail." . . . February, 1941 "We reap what we sow. If we sow seeds of cooperation and unselfish devotion to the cause of mutual benefits to all our fellow growers, we share equally with them in the harvest; but if we sow seeds of personal gain and disregard our fellow igrowers, then sooner or later the hurricane strikes and we all go down." . . . October, 1941 "A preacher can show a man the way to Heaven, but he can go to Hell if he wants to." "Nearly everything we are in life comes from within. If we live right and think right, the emotions spring- ing from our hearts are reflected in our happiness, our contributions to society, and therein lies the ecstasy of living." MISS ELLEN STILLMAN, Hanson,, Mass. Former Ocean Spray vice presi- dent in charge of advertising, for many years close co-worker of Mr. Urann and currently director and chairman of advertising committee. I was grieved to learn of the death of Marcus L. Urann who during his lifetime probably contributed more than any other individual to the development of the cranberry in- dustry. It has been my extreme igood fortune to have known and have the opportunity to be associated v/ith this outstanding man for more than 30 years. Through this period I developed a igreat affection, a great respect, and a great admiration for him as a man and a leader. He devoted a great deal of time and effort to heilping people and assisting them in their many and varied problems. His work with cranberries was one of dedication. It was his main interest and actually his whole hfe. Cranberry growers throughout the land, colleagues, and those who knew him intimately will miss Mar- cus L. Urann. We will all miss him, his inspiration, his courage, his tremendous personality and his dih- gent efforts on behalf of the cran- berry industry. ORRIN G. COLLEY, President, Cranberry Institute A leader of the growers' cooperd- tive now known as Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., and a former member of the Board of Directors of the Farm Credit Banks of Spring- field, Mr. Marcus L. Urann was convinced that through the unity of cooperative marketing farmers could achieve a better living than would be available to them if their mar- keting efforts were divided. He was a dynamic force in promoting co- operative marketing in the cran- berry industry. No salesman has ever been more convinced of the goodness of his product. No sales- man has ever been more determined Now . . . For Your Frost Protection Sprinkler System... A Local Source of PLASTIC PIPE and FITTINGS For New England Cranberry Growers Call Or Visit These Eastern States Service Centers T. C. Ashley Harry T. Fisher, Jr. James P. Gavone Lawrence H. Ward E. S. Service Center E. S. Service Center E. S. Service Center 'xL.. Freetown Middleboro Forestdale Plymouth Brockton New Bedford Taunton Tel. Rockwell 3-5713 Tel. Middleboro 947-2133 Tel. Osterville GA 8-4393 Tel. Pilgrim 6-0970 Tel. Juniper 6-4055 Tel. Wyman 6-5202 Tel. Van Dyke 4-6331 Eastern States Farmers Exchange Headquarters: West Springfield, Massachusetts Thirteen that there should be 100% market absorption of his product. J. ROBERTS DOE, Executive Vice President Springfield Bank for ,, , Cooperatives Over the years I knew and worked with Mr. Urann, I found he was a man of great vision and under- standing — always planning ahead for the future of the cranberry in- dustry and for the best interests of every grower. FRANK P. CRANDON, Acushnet, Mass. Past President, Ocean Spray Cran- berries, Inc. and now a director. It is with deep regret that we heard of the death of M. L. Urann, a colorful figure in the cranberry world, he was well knOAvn for his single-mindedness of purpose and devotion to the cause of the cran- berry grower. Although semi-retired of late years, it was largely his vision and foresight that established the basis of our cranberry industry as it is today. PHILIP H. GIBBS West Wareham, Mass. President, Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association ideals, the foresight, the capabilities and the courage of Marcus Urann. Long before the days of the super- market he was aware of the need for the prepackaging of perishable farm products. Once convinced of its application to the cranberry industry he dedicated himself to the creation of our marketing cooperative. This insured the growers the service and profits of their own organization and gave to the American public cranberry products of a high quality and excellent variety. There can be no greater commemoration of his efforts than the living institution that bears the label — Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. EDWARD V. LIPMAN Ocean Spray, New Jersey It is seldom in an industry that e leader comes along possessing the "The cranberry industry has suf- fered an irreparaole loss m the passing of Marcus L. Urann, who was the father of the cranberry processing in the United States, as well as being a leader in the promo- tion of fresh fruit through his long years with the association with the American Cranberry Exchange and later, of course, with the National Cranberry Association, or Ocean Spray. His knowledge and foresight is largely resp'onsible for the devel- opment of the cranberry industry in the United States to its present high state of intensive development. Brewer & Lord INSURANCE 40 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. CONVERSE HILL HORACE H. SOULE WILLIAM B. PLUMER CHARLES M. CUTLER EDWARD H. LEARNARD VINCENT M. WILSON JOHN B. CECIL JR. Serving the People of New England Since 1859 His advise and help will be missei by the entire cranberry industr and certainly no one will be able t take his place or have his know ledge and foresight which has bene fited all of us." VERNON GOLDSWORTHY President Cranberry Products, Inc. Eagle River, Wisconsin The short time that I knew W M. L. Urann and the few times had the opportunity of visiting ar counseling with him I can only sa that I enjoyed him immensely. Ir was a man of great vision and eej tainly plenty of energy. With me being new to the era] berry industry he was always vei kind to me and on the few occ; sicns when I did meet him at ccw ventions he did remark he liked til energy I was putting into my wont and of course this was exactly his character as he was always v early in the morning working eith> with his brokers or the trade and know he put in many a long hoi The cranberry industry will mi him. BEHREND G. PANNKUK, Wisconsin Rapids, Wise. President Wisconsin Stat( Cranberry Growers Association and Presiden of Indian Trail, Inc. It has been said that any ma. accomplishment is the lengther shadow of a man and it has been in the development of the cranbei industry. Here we have seen tl repeated occurance of the influer of this remarkable man, Marcus Urann. To have welded together in ( (Continued on Page 16) CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Shocks, or Nailed Let me repair your broke boxes — or repair them yoursel Stock Always on Hand F. H. COLE Tel. Union 6-3330 North Carver, Mass. Fourte'en MALATHION COMBINES SAFETY-IN-USE WITH PROVEN INSECT CONTROL Malathion kills major cranberry insects without hazard to you or your workers; without drift problems in populated areas; without leaving harmful crop residues. i-iiSj ***-V;fe'-^ PROVEN INSECT CONTROL Years of experience in bogs across the country have demon- strated malathion's superior control of fireworms, leafhop- pers, fruit worms and other de- structive cranberry insects. SAFETY IN USE Malathion is one of the safest insecticides to handle. Its wide safety margin makes it ideal for air applications . . . even around populated areas. AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY NO RESIDUE HAZARDS Malathion's fast disappearing residues allow application on cranberries up to 72 hours before harvest. No hazards for har- vesting crews ... or consumers. CYANAMID SERVES THE MAN WHO MAKES A BUSINESS OF AGRICULTURE Fifteen common undertaWng for the good of all, such a group of rugged indivi- dualists as the cranberry growers from all parts of the country is an accomplishment which must have seemed to be at the start impossible. This undertaking in which Marcus Urann and John Makepeace played leading roles, represent an accom- plishment for which every cranberry growers has reason to be grateful. I am glad to add my small voice to those of Mr. Urann's friends in tribute to his business genius and personal drive which have resulted in still-accuring benefits to all of us engaged in the cranberry industry. ALDEiN C. BRETT, Belmont, Mass. Trustee of University of Massachusetts and cranberry grower I have been a close acquaintance and friend of Mr. M. L. Urann for the past 40 years. I cannot but mar- vel at his accomplishments in build- ing up the cranberry business and his life-long work — Ocean Sipray. Starting at zero, through hard work and intensive promotion he brought tlie consumption of canned cranberry sauce up to more than five million cases before he retu-ed a few years ago. We, in the cranberry-grov/ing busi- ness, should be eternally grateful for his long life of untiring effort in our behalf. GUY N. POTTER, Wisconsin Rapids, Wise, former director of Ocean Spray and grower Mr. Urann had a vivid imagina- tion and the courage and strength to use it for the cranberry industry FARMERS PS?ODUaEON CREDIT FED! ASSOCIATION eAL LAND BANK ASSOCIATIOtI TAUNTON, MASS | Box 7 Office Bt. 44 Raynham WARREN R. ARNOLD Manager that he loved so much. DAVID PRYDE, Grayland, Washington Ocean Spray director With the passing of Marcus Urann, the curtain falls on an epoch in the cranberry industry. Those of us Who witnessed the early days of processing and marketing cranberry sauce are fully aware of the tre- mendous role played by Mr. Urann. In spite of many failures and count- less discouragements his persistent efforts were finally rewarded and we have seen the processing outlet become the predominant factor in the sale of our crops. CHARLES L. LEWIS, Shell Lake, Wisconsir. Former Ocean Spray vice president and grower The death of Mr. Urann serves i remind the entire Cranberry Indu try of his pioneering spirit devote to the manufacture and distributic of cranberries in processed for through the medium of a growe cooperative — Ocean Spray. H foresight, enthusiasm and tirele efforts resulted in major contribi tions towards the welfare of i cranberry growers — for he w; first a grower. For tihe dedication himself to a great purpose he w long be remembered and cherish by many. RUSSELL MAKEPEACE Marion, Mass. Pres. of A. D. Makepeace C Without question the late M. L. Urann was one of the most contro- versial figures in the industry, but nevertheless his plans and policies the past two decades had pronounced effect on each and every cranberry grower in the country. In his pass- ing the industry has lost a pioneer leader and builder. L. A. SORENSEN Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsi:'* Cranberry consultant and manager, former Midewest Cranberry Cooperative As President of the Americ: Cranberry Growers' Association, would like to express the condolenc of this organization to Mr. Uranr family on the passing of Mr. Marc L. Urann. We feel that Mr. Ura contributed much to the developme and progress of the cranberry indi try. Personally I would like to say tl" although my father Theodore Budd was President of the Americ Cranberry Exchange and sometim was in bitter opposition to ] policies, upon leaning of Mr. Uram passing, he expressed to me 1 feelmg that Mr. Urann had the ty (Continued on Page 18) ite I Aerial Spraying and Dusting also Fertilizing I We Specialize I - — — ~ I In Parathion Applications I both fi Sprays and Dusts I AERIAL SPRAYERS, Inc. I (FORMERLY MARSHFIELD AIRWAYS, mC.) = Marshfield, Mass. I Thos. S. Weitbrecht (Whitey) Temple 4-7818 •^IIIHIIIIHIIIiBIIIIHIIIIBIIIIBIIIIHIIIIHIIIiHIIIIBIIIIHIIIinillBIIIIBIIIIBIIIiHIIIIHIIIHIIIIBIIIIHIIIIBIUIHIliB Sixteen S ^oung Manitowish Water Cranberry Grower Is Directcir Of Wisconsin itate Growers Association Dick" Indermeuhle Is Ac- ve In Program to get roader Cranberry Research y University of Wisconsin. Richard "Dick" Indermuehle of at newest of Wisconsin cranberry ■velopmenfc areas, Manitowish iters, is one of the directors this ar of Wisconsin State Cranberry "owers Association. And as such is one of the younger gorwers of it state who is becoming active general cranberry affairs. He and his father, Herbert, oper- ; Alder Lake Cranberry Marsh in family partnership, having about acres in vines, there being a'bout 2 in regular MacFarlands, 3 of eot or "Bain" MacFarlands and i remainder in Searles Jumbo. rhe miarsh was started in 1946, d was expanded for four years til the last bed was planted. At i moment there are no new beds der development, but it is hoped put in another area of about 8 res. nbe marsh is completely flooded pumps, of which there are four, ter coming from and being re- •ned to Little Trout Lake. Har- ;t has been by onachines and the rvest boats for the past three ars. Last summer a 40 x 80 foot iition was placed on the ware- jse, which gives badly needed •rage room; the sorting room is the process of being rebuilt and i third mill will be added to the ijsent two. f'For the past few years we have liy been averaging a little over p barrels to the acre," Dick s^ays, 'at we hope to get this up from Iff on. We have been having some Bfiit losses, a little hail damage d last year, of course, there were 1^ very adverse weather growing iiiditions in Wisconsin." Vhile "Dick" gives his average induction las only a little more In 100, individual acres have ex- uded 300 barrels to the acre. A ular sanding prograim is carried fertilizer is used, and the Inder- lehles keep their own colonies of s. '^^i. -i.iititftJitatrfcfa.! Dick Indermuehle Before going into the cranberry business the elder Mr. Indermuehle was in the dairy business at Plain- field, Wisconsin, producing as much as 27,000 pounds of milk and was one of the largest dairymen in the state. After being graduated from high school Dick attended the University of Wisconsin for two and a half years. He was in the U. S. Army for three years and then returned to the university for the last year and a half. In 1955 he received a B.S. degree from the College of Agriculture, with a major in horti- culture. Since then he has been engaged full time at the marsh. He is married and has two child- ren, Susan, 5 and Richard, 4. Mrs. Indermuehle is a registered nurse, cbtaining her training at the Uni- versity School of Nursing in Madi- son. The Indermuehles live at the marsh side pnd so does his father. Dick is a member oi Minocoqua Lodge No. 330, A.F. & A.M. His wife and he are members of the Com- munity Church (Presbyterian) of Manitowish Waters and at present he is serving as president of the board of trustees. He is a member of the committed of the state growers association which is working toward getting more research and experimental work done on cranberry production by the University of Wisconsin. He feels it is very important for the University to develop a broader program for research on the differ- ent phases of cranberry growing in Wisconsin. Young Indermuehle expects to delve more deeply into this aspect of Wisconsin cranberry progress at a little later date, with material for publication in Cranberries. The Alder i^ake Cranberry Marsh production is handlea through Ver- non Goldsworthy at near-by Eagle River. TOUGH WINTER ON HONEYBEES F. R. Shaw, Dept. Entomology, College of Agriculture, UMass, writ- ing in "Fruit Notes," in reference to winter of 1962-63 as concerns honey bees says it is considered one of the most severe in many a year. In Vermont heavy winter loss was anticipated and data from Massachu- setts indicate losses will be above average. One bee keeper reports a 5 per cent loss, and the writer may anticipate a. loss of from 10 to 30 ipercent above normal winter loss. Problem is made worse by the lateness of the spring, and colony build up may be slower than normal and that colonies may dwindle in strength if they cannot replace the old bees that have overwintered. "It would seem advisable for fruit growers who depend on rented bees for pollination, to control bee- keepers in order that sufficient bees for pollination may be available. Those that keep their own colonies would do well to check colony condi- tions. If colonies appear to be light in weight, they can be fed. For complete directions on spring care of bees, Mass. Extension Service Leaflet 148, "Beekeeping is avail- able." SUBSCRIBE TO CRANBERRIES Seventeen TRIBUTES (Continued from Page 16) cf qualities which were necessary to promote the cranberry industry and that he made many worthwhile con- tributions. C. E. BUDD, President Mt. Holly, New Jersey The news of the passing of M. L. Urann was received by me with much regret. Back in 1922 when cranberry canning was still in its infancy, it was my privilege to visit his home cannery, accompanied by H. F. Bain and the late Doctors H. J. Frankhn and Neil E. Stevens. He had just installed a belt, as I recall, was in overalls and working hard. Even then he was thinking of terms of mechanization for greater efficiency. Franklin, Stevens, Bain and I spent about two hours or more in the small plant but I am sure that none of us dreamed that some day a large part of the cran- berry crop would be marketed in cans. That was too much for us. It proved Mr. Urann a man of great vision. He made a great contribution to the cranberry industry. D. J. CROWLEY, Long Beach, Washington Former director, Cranberry Blueberry Experiment Station, Washington Even as the name of Thomas Edi- son is associated with the electric industry and Henry Ford with auto- mobiles, so the name of Marcus L. Urann is almost synonymous with the cranberry industry. He did not invent cranberries, or even first dis- cover their flavor. His is not the only great name in cranberry history. But no other one man has played so large a part in the development and promotion of the industry. There were many elements in his makeup which contributed to his accomplishments. His influence and power are explained in various ways by different people. He was able, thorough, imaginative, shrewd, ener- getic, determined, tireless. But the thing about him which was absolute- ly unique and probably contributed most to his success was his single- ] ess of purpose and relentless pur- R PROVEI suit of that purpose. He cared noth- / ing for money except as a source | of power. He played the game for its own sake, not for the prize. He lived, thought and dreamed cran- berries, eighteen hours a day, seven days a week, fifty-two weeks a year. He knew no diversion or relaxa- tion of effort. Obstacles and road- blocks merely stimulated his efforts to find other and better ways. In ! prolonged negotiations, when others took evenings off for entertainment, he held conferences with his close advisors on plans and strategy. When finally persuaded to take a brief va- cation trip, he spent the time de- veloping new ideas for extending the markets for cranberries. His proud- est pronouncement was that (to use : i his own words) "The lowly cranberry has entered the realm of big busi- ness." In a word, cranberries were his life, and the present nationally im- portant status of the cranberry in- dustry is his monument. ill John R. Quarles Boston, Mass. Attorney ICtOES . . . COME TO ASTERN STATES Eastern States is your best source of Cranberry pest control materials . . . order now. Eastern States is close to you and your needs — there is an outlet near you. Why not visit Eastern States now for the best in service, supply and savings? Ex C:'j. J. FARMERS' astern otates exchange IK it( iiiii Eighteen fyfM, ', "i^. ianager For (^cean Spray le is Edward Gelsthorpe, Dw with Colgate-Palmolive. The position vacated at Ocean :ray by tlie termination of serv- V. by Ambrose E. Stevens in March bs been filled, President George [ P. Olsson announces. Edward [Isthorpe has been named execu- te president and chief executive. [: is currently with Colgate-Pahno- te as vice president and general cinager of toilet articles division. fi will take over Ocean Spray mnagement about June 1. 3orn in Winchester, Mass., he was 2iduated from high school in ■ jasantville, N. Y., and received ti B. S. degree from Hamilton 0 liege. He served in the navy as ^cutive officer aboard a destroyer escort in the Pacific in World War H. In his ten years with Bristol-Myers he moved up from assistant director of new products to vice president, director of marketing. He went with Colgate-Palmolive in 1961. His ex- perience includes many phases of business, advertising, promotion and sales. Ocean Spray Notes Ocean Spray is making another payment of $1.00 May first on the 1962 pool and is issuing the usual 4 percent dividend on common stock in the amount of $1.00 per share about June 15. At the director's meeting in mid- April, it was announced that the new cocktail press at the North Chicago plant will shortly be in operation, relieving the hard-pushed press at Hanson. It is reported that juice cocktail sales are well above the quota set, by about 200,000 cases. but the sale of sauced, including th€f Easter market now the third largest of the year, while above last year did not reach the quota set. Director's at the meeting s'.ood in trinute to the memory of Marcus I. Urann, and it was voted a resolu- tion be spread on the company re- cord, this to be prepared by Miss Ellen Stillman, Frank Crandon and Alvin Reid. CRANBERRIES AT WASHINGTON CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL During the Cherry Blossom Festi- val in Washington, D. C. last month, the Cherry Blossom Princess from Massachusetts, was Miss Helen H. Keith, daughter of Congressman Hastings Keith of West Bridgewater. His district comprises the largest cranberry producing area in the country. Massachusetts food, including clams, lobsters, and scallops was flown from Massachusetts to Wash- ington. The probleim was to get cranberries into a cherry festival. It was solved by making a desert ■:! "mock Cherry Pie," a dish of many years' standing. There was a jumbo pie 24 inches in diameter. Also served was punch with cranberrj juice combined with ginger ale to make a Mock Puik Champagne. Miss Betty Buchan lof Ocean Spray plotted the entries for the entire Massachusetts food contribution. ALANAP-3 EXPERIMENTAL Mass. county agents sent out no- tices to growers that on May 2, the USDA had extended the experimental label on the herbicide ALANAP-3 for weed control on cranberries with per- mission to sell 2,000 gallons in Massa- chusetts. Cranberry Experiment Sta- tion recommendation was to use until May 10 for nutgrass, warty panic grass, spike rush, corn grass, mudrush and horsetail, 4 gallons of the material in 300 gallons of water per acre. Caution was that; serious crop re- duction may occur when using Al- nap-3; we are not certain of the cause. This chemical should be i:ised only where the bog can be protected from temperatures of 32.F. and low- er or on areas where the expected Ninete'en crop is small or negligible. It should be sprayed when the bog surface is moist or wet. Alnap-3 should be sprayed before May 10 and dosage should not exceed 4 gals, per acre. Extension Service Names Hotel Agent Board of Trustees of Cape Cod Extension Service has named the so- called "hotel agent," of Cape Cod Extension Service as being Arnold C. Lane of Osterville, well known in the cranberry industry. Mr. Lane will have the responsibility, it is re- ported, of working with the Cape Cod hotel, motel and restaurant industries in the fields of food science, record- keeping, general management, land- caping, turf management and public i'dlth. The new job will be under -le provision of County Agent-Man- ager Oscar S. Johnson. Mr. Lane, it is expected will re- ceive orientation and training in the food service department at the Uni- '.'ersity of Massachusetts, prior to assuming his duties. Mass officials have also announced they will sup- port a traming period with the Michi- gan Extension Service, where a simi- lar program has been in operation for some time. "Red" Lane has worked with Ex- tension Service as acting county agent, and has been associated for several years with the Harwich plant of Ocean Spray. He has also operated an agricultuarl soipply business on the Cape and previously was a fer- tihzer plant manager in Missouri. He has a bachelor of science de- gree from the University of Maine given in 1940 and a master of science degree in agricultural economics from Pennsylvania State College in 1942. He has served as an officer in the U. S. Navy. MASS FROST WARNINGS The Caipe Cod Cranberry Growers Association is again this year spon- soring the telephone frost warning service to subscribing growers with the telephone answering service, in tddition to the regular subscriber frost warning system and the radio stations. Answering service number is CYpress 5-2696 (Wareham). The radio stations are WEE I, Boston, 2 o'clock in the afternoon and 9 in the evening; WBZ, Boston 2:30 and 9 p.m.; WPLM, Plymouth, 2:30 and 9:30 p.m.; WOCB, West Yarmouth, 3 and 9:30 p.m. and WBSM, New Bedford, 3:30 and 9 p.m. GETTING AROUND A LITTLE Cranberries Magazine is now going 'o Calcutta, India to an agricultural FROST CONTROL And IRRIGATION SOLID SET BOC IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ALL ALUMINUM Long Life Low Cost 1 Va " Aluminum Tubing Call and compare prices with all other materials. LARCHMONT ENGINEERING LEXINGTON, MASS. VO 2-2550 society there, the most distant jXMnt '' we have yet circulated as far as we are aware. We do have a consider- able number of subscribers in Qana- da, have several in Europe and one in Peru. The magazine has also been read, we know from correspondence in Australia, Nigeria, North Africa and was to to go to China, when the Communists took over. Also once we received a "Royal Command" from the library of Mussuloni to send a subscription, to Rome but that blew up, too. For a very modest publication, we do get around a little, somehow. !!istltute (Continued from Page 2) and also tne office of Poultry Insti- tute and to Bonn to contact the agricultural attache. In Zurich, 'Gibby" will again be working with importers and to dis- cuss with agricultural attache and also visit Geneva. A visit may be made to Paris to contact office oi agricultural attache to possibilitief of cranberry juice in France anc then to London for a check of devel- opments, to Dublin and return tc Boston, June 10. Institute has pointed out that il believes it is timely to have thi£ trip made at this time as increasini interest is developing in the countries mentioned for both canned and fresl cranberries. The prime marketing i development will be durmg the fal months. "This foreign market develop iment," CoUey says, "isn't a fairj tale as some seem to think. Ameri can products must have foreigi markets, and development shouk go along with efforts to increasf domestic consumption." He pointed to the raisin industry which invested considerable money and severa years to introduce American raisini into Japan, a major use in tha country being a new product to th( Japanese raisin bread. He said th< foreign market is now bringing greater returns to the raisin industr; than their domestic sales. "Th Japasese," he added" as we know are very astute businessmen. I; there is a buck to be made the: find a way. "For all we know they migh develop a saki wine from cran Twenty terries." He said he had been in lersonal contact with a Japanese igricultural attache in Washing- on. He emphasized agiam that a oreiign development cannot be ex- pected to be built up "overnight," >ut that the cranberry industry vould be remiss if it did not go ilong with other American pro- lucers in attempting to develop one. Vesh From The Fields (Continued from Page 6) ittle runoff was noted as snow )over was light and much of the water soaked in the ground. Vines Over-Wintering Excellent Growers in the southern part of the state started removing their winter floods as early as the 10th of the month. By the middle of the month most marshes in the state had their water off. Considerable frost remained in the heavier soil beds but this was expected to be removed with reflows in early May. Vines appeared to have come thru the winter in excellent shape. Very little winter killing or leaf drop was noted. Growers were busy applying MANZATE Cranberry Pesticides and Fertilizers Farm Supplies LAWRENCE WARD SUMMER STREET PLYMOUTH TeL PI 6-0970 HARRY T. FISHER JR. PURCHASE STREET MIDDLEBORO MIDDLEBORO 947-2133 Eastern States Farmers Exchange fertilizer and busy with other marsh work the last half of the month. Vines were being mowed for planting and it appeared about 150 new acres would be planted this year or about average. Varieties being planted were Searles Jumbo, Ben Lear, Mc- Farlins and Stevens. R. F. MORSE & SON, INC. Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 Suppliers of (Maneb Fungicide) Special report to cranberry growers on DuPont MANZATE^ MANEB FUNGICIDE for effective rot control Fruit rots can cause serious damage in cranberry boga, reducing growers' yields and profits, too. "Hiese diseases cannot be cured, but they can be pirevented— with Du Pont "Manzate" maneb fungi- cide. In the January 1962 issues of Cranberries, Dr. Bert M. Zuckerman (Massachusetts Cranberry Experi- ment Station) states that on the basis of six years of fungicide trials, "mianeb is the best fungicide among those currently recommended" for cran- berries. In addition, maneb "gave superior disease control," while berries from untreated plots diowed an average of 27.3 % rot after six weeks of storage. Du Pont "Manzate" maneb is a wettable powder that's safe and easy to use. It won't clog nozzles or corrode equipment. Tough on diseases but mild on plants, "Manzate" won't stunt growth or caoase foliage yellowing. This year, for more effective control of cranberry diseases, spray "Manzate" at regular intervals. Get better spray coverage by adding Du Pont Spreader-Sticker to the mixture. For full informa- tion on "Manzate" for powerful disease protection, write: E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., (Inc.) Industrial and Biochemicals Dept., Room N-2543, Wilmington 98, Delaware n all chemicals, follaw labeling instructions aud warnings carefully. 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Prentice, Wisconsin Phone 7, Phone 8 Manufacturers of PRENTICE Hydraulic Loaders SlIIIIHIIIIHIIin Twenty-two idJt'^^al.s ISSUE OF MAY 1963 VOL 28 - NO. 1 ^ ^l^<^'=^'^MAe,^i^ "REST IS RUST" In the passing of Marcus Libby Urann n his 90th year the cranberry industry ost the last of it's "giant" figures, others vho come to mind being A. U. Chaney, rohn C. Makepeace and before him his ather, Abel D. Makepeace, often widely mown as "the Cranberry King," in the narketing field, Dr. Henry J. Franklin in he field of cranberry research, and per- laps a little earlier, Judge John J. Gaynor >f Wisconsin and J. J. White and his laughter Elizabeth of New Jersey. They owered above others. Mr. Urann's place in the hall of fame s chiefly of course, as founder of the na- ional cooperative Ocean Spray Cranber- ies. Inc., and his early vision in seeing the opportunity to sell cranberries in cans, thus ed in expanding the market from a short easonal one to a year-round. Under his oresight in 1912 he adopted the slogan 'ready to serve," cranberry sauce and to- ay Ocean Spray has risen to a place of minence in the food industry. But he was ,lso honored in other fields, in the law, in he national canning field, in the field of ooperatves. He was a football player, ounded Phi Kappa Phi, national fratern- :y; in his youth was a choir boy. Of him it has been written ; "Descrip- ions of Mr. Urann will vary depending on /ho is doing the describing . . . "In business e had down-East Yankee shrewdness, but Iso great generosity. He helped many a oung person get started in the cranberry usiness, backing character, not dollars." Also, "To Mr. Urann, the cranberry usiness was the most interesting the most hallenging, the most fascinating thing in lie world. It was his recreation as well as is life's work. When he was president of >cean Spray, evenings, holidays and Sun- ay mornings were spent calling the ranch managers in New Jersey, Wiscon- ^n, Washington and Oregon to get first and reports." His former attorney, John •uarles of Boston has said that when the ^lephone rang at an unearthly hour such s 6:30 a.m. he would pick up the receiver nd say 'Yes, Marcus.'" Although dominent and unmovable in hat he was attempting to achieve, Mr. rann shunned personal publicity, al- lough he would talk for hours about cran- erries, cooperatives and marketing. He CLARENCE J. HALL Editor and Publisher EDITH S. HALL— Associate Editor Wareham, Massachusetts SUBSCRIPTIONS, $3.50 Per Year, FOREIGN, $4.50 CORRESPONDENTS— ADVISORS Wisconsin LEO A. SORENSON Cranberry Consultant Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Dr. Washington CHARLES C. DOUGHTY Cranberry Specialist Long Beach, Wash. Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, Ore. Massachusetts Dr. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Mass. New Jersey P. E. MARUCCI New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station Pemberton, New Jersey said, "A man's hand should not be seen in his handiwork." He claimed he was not a "good mixer" yet in his home, "The Hermi- tage," beds in guest room were always freshly made and in the summer he had so many guests that he hired a special cook, for "lobster cook-outs." Mr. Urann's personal life-long motto was "Rest is Rust." With his burning inter- est in canning and cooperatives — he was one of the organizers of American Cran- berry Exchange in 1907, fresh fruit — he has been called a "Man Right too soon." Certainly in his dominent activities he left his indelable mark on the cranberry indus- try; he never spared himself, was kind to his associates and employes and was be- loved by many from coast to coast. 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EAGLE RIVER, WISCONSIN YOU ARE READING THIS AD OTHERS WILL READ YOURS IN CRANBERRIES Magazine |,|.>^rar3r» tei^» ^ This is another round in our continuing campaign to teach all America that IF IT SMELLS GOOD, LOOKS GOOD, TASTES GOOD, PUT CRANBERRY SAUCE ON IT. our appetizing four-cohr pages are appearing in American Home, McCall's, Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal. As we soy in the ads, HEIGHTEN THE FLAVOR, BRIGHTEN THE PLATE WITH OCEAN SPRAY. VINC A $40,000,000 A YtAK iinuuoi^- ^M\OH ^L CRANBERRY MAGAZINE kPE COO fVf JERSEY |VISCONSiN OREGON WASHINGTON CANADA 35 Cents "SMALL GROWER" PhUiP G. Bracket! and wife, ""^^^j^^^^^Jfj^g' JUNE 1963 RECTORY For CRANBERRY GROWERS Worcester Paper PREFABR GATED 1 The 1 Box Corporation FLUMES iCHARLES W. HARRIS! MEDFORD, MASS. Tel. MYstic 8-5305 Straightline Pumps Bog Railroads 1 Company i 1 451 Old Somerset Ave. | 1 North Dighton, Mass. | Manufacturers of Fo ding Cartons For Rent CONSULTANT On Water Problems 1 AMES 1 1 Irrigation Systems | 1 Sprinklers | and Disp ays RUSSELL A. TRUFANT North Carver, Mass, Tel. UNion 6-2696 B Weed killers h a Insecticides h ^ Funcficides h ■ Kiekens - Duster and Sprayers S : r WATER WHITE KEROSENE Wareham Savings EOUbPMENT For use on Cranberry Bogs Bank HAYDEN Also STODDARD SOLVENT WAREHAM and FALMOUTH - SEPARATOR - r'rompt Delivery Service Savings Accounts WAREHAM, MASS. Franconia Coal Co. — Inc. — Wareham, Mass. Tel. CY 5-0039 Loans on Real Estate Safe Deposit Boxes to Rent Phone CYpress 5-3800 Kimball 8 3000 Irrigation Systems PUMPS SEPARATORS - BLOWERS SCREENHOUSE EQUIPMENIT DARLINGTON PICKING MACHINES The National Bank o Wareham Conveniently located for Cranberry Men Extensive Experience in ELECTRICAL WORK ALFRED PAPPI Funds always available for sound loans At Screenhouses. Bors aad Pumps Means Satisfaction WAREHAM. MASS. Tel. CY 5-2000 Complete Banking Service SUBSCRIBE TO CRANBERRIES Member Federal De| )OBit Insurance Corp. eo. C. P. Olsson aped For Broadcast Dicean Spray President George C. Olsson attended the meeting of 3 Board of Directors of National loners Association, Washington, C. May 23 and 24. SVhile attending the meetings, he IS interviewed for radio tape by ashington broadcaster, John Bat- elder. Ocean Spray is one of 600 ocessers who hold membership in itional Canners and Mr. Olsson is 1 active memiber of the Board. "FRISKY SOUR" A joint promotion by Campbell lup Company and Sunkist Growers atures "Frisky Sour," a new drink imbining beef broth and fresh tnon juice. The production will be erchandized through the entire 1963 >ason, since the drink can be rved hot during the winter months id iced during the summer. (American Fruit Grower) SUBSCRIBE TO CRANBERRIES iWIIIBIIIIHII Thorough Pollination Is Good Crop Insurance Let Our Honey Bees Do It For You MERRIMACK VALLEY APIARIES, INC. 47 Pond Street Billerica, Mass. Phone 663-3079 iiiHiiiiniiiniiiiBiimiiwii'BiiiiPiiiwiiiPiii!' STODDARD SOLVENT (Available Year Round) WATER WHITE KEROSENE BOTTLED GAS \Vater Heating Cooking Carburetion m 6-4545 itl[ CAiVER, MASS. TAKE ADVANTAGE of the BETTER things of life. The efficient USE OF ELECTRICITY is one of these better things — efficient use in power for cran- berry bog operations, and in the home. Plymouth County Electric Co. WAREHAM — PLYMOUTH CYpress 5-0200 Pilgrim 6-1300 Attention Growers ! ! for your Spring weed control we offer water white kerosene "GRADE A" metered trucks STODDARD SOLVENT SUPERIOR FUEL COMPANY Wareham, Mass. Tel. CY 5-0093 J. W. Hurley Co. • COAL • NEW ENGLAND COKE • FUEL OIL Water White -KEROSENE- For BOGS (METERED TRUCKS) ' 24-hour Fuel Oil Service j Telephone CY 5-0024 I 341 Main St. WAREHAM 1 VOLTA OIL CO. Distributor of the Famous TEXACO WATER WHITE KEROSENE For your Bog STODDORD SOLVENT Tel. Pilgrim 6-1340 Plymouth, Mass. Rte. 44 Samoset St. Ob« Cranberry Growers DRIVE APPLE DAIQUIRI Processed Apple Institute is in there "Punching." They're prepar- ing a mixologer's guide to assist bartenders in using apple juice as a mixer for bar drinks. Apple daiquiri has already been developed; others are in the planning stage. (American Fruit Grower) . W. Savary, Inc. CHRYSLER - PLYMOUTH VALIANT Onset Ave. Ecist Wareham CY 5-3530 SANDERS BuUt from $750. WHEEL-OFF RIGS FLUMES Built to Order Welder and Power Shovel Available Will do Custom Sanding Oiva Hannula Carver, Mass. UN 64419 SHARON BOX COMPANY, INC. ESTABLISHED 1856 SHARON, MASSACHUSETTS We Will Buy Your White Pine Logs, Either Standing or Cut • Highest Prices Paid • Sawmill located at North Carver, Mass. Office Phones: Sharon, SU 4-2011 Carver. UN 6-2234 If You Want A Good Flume At A Low Cost Use All Heart Redwood 60,000 Ft. on hand for Prompt Delivery 6x8 — 6x6 — 4x6 — 4x4 Planking - Square Edged or Matched 2x6 2x8 — 2x 10 2x 12 SEND FOR YOUR FREE FOLDER ON THE "DURABILITY OF REDWOOD" E. W. Goodhue Lumber Co., Inc. MIDDLEBORO ROAD EAST FREETOWN, MASS Phones Rockwell 3-8811 — Middleboro 1275 i FOR SALE BRAND NEW 1962 WESTERN PICKER GEORGE PETERS GROVE ST., KINGSTON JU 5-2582 (Evenings) PUMPS PLASTIC PIPE SPRINKLERS A complete line of WATER DISTRIBUTING EQUIPMENT AETNA ENGINEERING CO. Hanover, Mass. TAylor 6-2341 FOR EXPERT SERVICE ON YOUR Briggs & Stratton ENGINES We use only factory-approved methods and original parts. Per- sonnel are trained under factory supervision. See us for a check-up or complete overhaul — prices are right. ^^ [Bricgs&Straiton] MAIN STREET GARAGE Carver, Mass. Tel. UNion 6-4582 Two Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Notes by CHESTER E. CROSS Director Students Return for Sununer Mr. Alan Pierce, son of Mr. Robert i'ierce of West Wareham, has return- id to the Cranberry Station and to lis work of the past few summers )n the number and distribution of lematodes on Massachusetts cran- )erry bogs. He is working under Dr. Juckerman on this project. Mr. George Either, now a senior it the University of Massachusetts md a resident of Elm Street in Ware- lam, has joined the staff of the >anberry Station for summer work. le will be working as assistant to Dr. Chandler on the cranberry breed- ng project and to Mr. Demoranville >n the weed control project. Weather The frosts which came on succes- ive nights from May 23 to May 27 lave left scars on several bogs. Late- vater bogs drained prior to May 20th ippear hardest hit, but unsanded ;arly-water dry bogs also suffered erious losses. Because the overall vater supply situation was good, and lecause a considerable acreage of ormerly dry bogs now are equipped vith sprinklers, the total frost dam- ige in the state is estimated at only :-3 % . While conditions the first veek in June have been dry, the rain- all of over 5 inches in May assvu^ed hat bogs to date are moist enough or optimum growth. The season vhich started so slowly is now bought to be about normal. New growth in Massachusetts appears vigorous and healthy, and crop pros- beets are good, though of course not :^qual to last year's large crop. j The keeping quality prospect in IVTassachusetts is very poor. Because )f this we are recommending exten- jiive fungicide applications tiiis year lo curtail the development of fungus ■ots. With considerable acreage held ate and a wide iise of fungicides on ;arly-water bogs, a large percentage >f Massachusetts cranberries should fnake top quality grades. It is essen- tial that large supplies of excellent fruit be available if the selling agents are to market a higher percentage of our total crop. Olsson On The Sugar Situation Ocean Spray President Con- tacts Congressmen, Sec. of Agriculture, Concerning the Drastic Increase In This Necessary Ingredient of Pro- c e s s e d Cranberries, and Summarizeso With the most recent announce- ment of a price increase in the cost of sugar, the price of sugar is now in excess of $16.00 per cwt. This compares with a cost of approxi- mately $9.00 per cwt. a year ago. This is the highest price sugar has reached since cranberries have been' processed in any great volume. Since sugar Is a very important ingredient of cranberry sauce, this increased cost has a very important effect on the future of all those Who are engaged in manufacturing cranberry sauce. The increased manufacturing cost per barrel oif cranberries is noW over $3.00 higher than a year ago. I have written to the members ot Congress from the cranberry grow- ing areas and the Secretary of Agriculture asking them to advise us on the outlook for the future. I have received replies from practi- cally all of our congressional be summarized in this fashion. The increased cost of sugar is due prin- cipally to two factors: 1. The so-called new Sugar Act Which was approved last year, which replaced the old legislation providing for a country quota program, which had been in existence for 30 years. The new legislation provided for a global quota and, under this global apparently no one is going to sell sugar to the United States at less than the world price. 2. Another reason for the in- creased pricing of sugar is due to a world-wide shortage of this com- modity, and the Cuban situation plays an important part in the whole picture. Cuba is actually producing three million tons less than she formally produced. Although we do not buy sugar direct from Cpba, this shortage is reflected in total supplies and hence in total world HELieOPTEHPEST CONTROL qqins ^iru/aus m I NORWOOD, MASS. ' DUSTING and SPRAYING RAY MORSE, Agent TEL. CY 5-3928 Three For Consistent Dependability with PESTICIDES and FERTILIZER see the man from Eastern States T. C. Ashley, Harry T. Fisher, Jr., James P. Govone, Lawrence H. Ward, E. S. Service Center, E. S. Service Center, E. S. Service Center, E. Fre-eibown Mydleboro Foresitdale Plymoutih. BroickitoTi New BeciPord' TaTiwton Headquarters: West Springfield, Massachusetts Tel. Rockwell 8-W18 Tel. Middleboro 947-2133 Tel. Qsterville, GA 8-4393 Tel. Pilgaum 6-0970 Tel. Juniiper 6-4055 Tel. Wyman 6-5202 Tel. Van Dyke 4-6331 Touraine Paints Hardware SANDVIK (ALSO CALLED FINNISH SCYTHES) CARVER SUPPLY UN ION 6-4430 Carver, Mass. Hold full flavor in your cranberry pack CORN sVi*ui»« »•■•* %■•' CORN PRODUCTS COMPANY Manufacturers of fine products for the food industry . . . and popular Best Foods Division grocery brands for the consumer. price. The conclusion reached by, members of the Department of^ Agriculture and responsible mem- bers of the Agricultural Committees' in Congress is that there is not much' hope for any immediate change in this situation. There has been legislation passed which encourages the increased pro- duction of domestic sugar and pro- vides allocation to encourage the establishment of new beet sugar markets and although there may br some relief this fall where the bee sugar crop is harvested, it is th( opinion of the experts that this wil| only be temporary relief, and tha we will be faced with high suga prices for a number of years t come. There is no question tJhat thi sugar situation will probably affe< the prices of many products usin OCEAN SPRAY AND PACKAGING The picture of an Ocean Spre whole berry sauce can is pictured ( a recent cover of the "Cooperatii Digest," along with several othi packaged products, and a lead arl cle tells of the great concern of todj to produce attractive packaging, notice concerning the cover sa; "The Ocean Spray can is probab the most familiar of all packed pi ducts from the national cranber cooperative. But the organization al bottles, cartons and polyethyle bags. The two newest containers a bottle (cocktail) and a multi-pa — are shown elsewhere in tl month's issue." These are illustrat on page 12. The article says that not too ma years back, packaging was a mix concern, but this is all part of t past. "Today, with thousands of c ferent products and varieties in( chandising, packaging materials i a major concern. The entire realm packaging is a very carefully plann and executed program." BIG APPLE Would you believe it that 29 ea| ern apple growers sell abooiit million bushels of the 60 millj bushel fresh apple crop in the U.jf With a good portion of the tojl crop going to local markets, th< ' | 29 growers represent about 50 p- cent of the crop that is shipped fre (American Fruit Grow Four Issue of June 1963 - Vol. 28 No. 2 Hublished monthly at Th^ Courier Print Shop, Main St.. Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscriptions $3.50 t)ef- year. Second Class Postage Paid at Wareham, Massachusetts Post Office. RESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C J. H. Ma.y Starts Well /[ay ibegan a trifle chilly and with ivy rain again on the second. Then ;an beautiful May days, tempera- es being about normal, with a s 8 for the first five days. First Frost Warnings 'irst frost warnings went out on afternoon and evening of May 1. J third warning was for the night IVIay 6, with 21-22 forecast. There ; some frost around but cloud [ fog developed in the small hours [ average reached was around degrees. A number of growers ded or used sprinklers. Maybe More Winter Damage y the week of the 6th bogs were ening up a little and it began to ear there may have been more eral winter damage than was lier anticipated. A number of the - informed did not expect, at that ?, a Mass. crop near comparable ast year's second largest of re- i, 770,000 barrels. Weed Control icluded in spring work was the lication of considerable amounts lerbicides, including the new ex- imental Caseron and Alanap-3. ;t Massachusetts bogs badly need- a weed clean-up. First Dangerous Frost irst really troublesome frost of season occured on the night and 'ning of May 12, when tempera- ts as low as 21, 22, 23 were reach- mostly in Plymouth County. A ning also went out the night be- j that there was cloud and rain 5ome areas most of the night. i was a sudden cold, raw snap, ^h brought snow to some parts New England. There was an jpt drop from temperatures in the high 80's on the 9th to the 40's on the 10th. Bogs on both nights were generally well protected. Looking Up Temperature to middle of the month was a plus 22. There had been no, or practically no frost damage and crop prospects were then looking up. Much May Rain May was a considerably wet month than normal the total precipitation for the month as measured at Cran- berry IStation was 6.28 inches. Aver- age is 3.18 Highest temperatures were 76 on the 9th and the 31st. Lowest was 36 on the 13tlh. Final Keeping Quality Forecast On June 7bh the following notice was sent out: Final Keeping Quality Forecast: Weather conditions to June first show only 2 factors of a possible 16 which favor good keeping quality in the Massachusetts cran- berry crop of this year. The pros- pect, therefore, isvery poor for our crop's keeping quality. Marked in- creases in the use of fungicides (Maneb and Ferbam) will be needed this year to give our selling iagents good fruit with which to increase sales. Frost Damage Several widespread frosts occured on the bogs May 23 and 27. Damage was estimated by the Cranberry Station at 2-3 percent. The tele- phone answering service at the sta- tion was terminated June 10. Fungicides Used As this issue goes to press (June 20) Dr. Cross retported that a very considerable quantity of fungicides were being applied by growers quite generally to improve the quality. June Slightly Cooler As of the date of the 20tih the month of June had been on the cool AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS BOG SERVICE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS HAND SPRAYERS - TOOLS - POWER EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BRIGGS AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTER Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 Fiv^ side, about half a degree a day cooler than normal. Rainfall for the month was a little light. Bloom Ahead The hloom on both Blacks and Howes was running ahead of sched- ule. It was estimated bogs would be in full bloom by July first which is ahead of normal. Girdler Millers Thick Girdler millers were thick but spotty on many bogs and causing considerable concern. The infesta- tion was rather unusual and in fact had not been noted for a number of years. One reason ascribed to this was the fact that httle DDT has been used in recent years. This material seemed to keep this pest under control, and it may be rec- ommended in the insect chart for next year. WISCONSIN Month of Extremes May was another month of ex- tremes in weather for most of the cranberry areas of the state. The month started and ended well above normal in temperature, but in the middle several snowstorms were re- corded along with some temperature readings in the teens. Most of the marshes were reflowed for the first cold snap, but found it necessary to i'efiow again for a shorter period during the third week of the month. Heavy snow showers were quite pre- valent the third weekend. Highest readings were on May 8th when 88 was reported and again on the 30th and 31st. Low readings were 15 on the 5th and 17 on the 19th. Near records were set in the high and lows. Rain- fall and snowfall was above normal in the north and central and much below normal in the south. All cran- berry areas were wasting water most of the month. Overall averages for the month was normal, tempera- ture and rainfall slightly below nor- mal. The extended forecast for June calls for temperatures to be 3 to 4 degrees above normal with precipi- tation to total about normal to above normal. Planting New Beds Growers were busy planting new beds the end of the month and all planting was expected to be com- pleted in the north by the end of the first week in June. Fireworms Appearing Fertilizing was completed by the middle of the month and the first fireworms were observed the last of tlie month. Warmer weather was ex- pected to bring out the worms in early June. Compared to last year the worms are about a week late due 191 LE@I»IA^D STREiT PRUNING RAKING lioery Sales PRUNERS RAKES FERTILIZING WEED TRIMMING POWER WHEELBARROWS WEED TRIMMERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS - Large & Smal For Fyrtfeer i@iformati©@i Sail F. P. CBIANDON H. C Li Rockwell 3-5526 Wyman 5-3521 C. J. TRIPP Wyman 5-2013 to the cold weather the latter parfe' of May. They are not expected to be( troublesome. Testing Wind Machines , The C & H Cranberry Company, located near City Point is testing two single prop wind machines for summer frost protection this year with installation of the machines ex-/ pected to be completed in early June I Much interest is in evidence regard , ing the testing of these machines. NEW JERSEr Weather Report For May May was a chilly and dry month Frequent frosty nights made it fee at times more like March. Fros calls were issued on thirteen nightv' On May 23 one of the most sever late spring frosts on record occurrec At least a million- dollar loss to tf blueberry crop resulted in Burlingtc County and there was some damag to cranberries. Temperatures wei so low, 18 without water running, ar 22 to 24 over water, on cranberrie that only a full head of H20 cou give complete protection. The sho supply of water made it impossib to do this on all bogs and, as a r suit, there was some damage causi on high portions of bogs. Two "sne; frosts," unpredicted by the Weath Bureau, occurred on May 26 and and these added to the damage. Lo^ recorded on these nights were 26 and 271/2. The loss sustained on blueberr: is very great but the cranberry dai age is not considered to be mc than slight. The blueberry crop, ; ready hurt by the severe winter 1962-63 and by unusually pood ix>llf ating conditions, was further ] duced by temperatures which rang from 21 to 26 on the night of May .' (Continued on Page 20) CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Shocks, or Nailed Let me repair your broke boxes — or repair them yoursel; Stock Always on Hand F. Tel. Union 6-3330 North Carver, Mass. Six I Small Grower Is An Essential Part Of The Cranberry Industry As Well As The It is not alone the big grower that makes up the strength of the cran- 'jrry industry. Important, too, is the relatively "small fellow," who keeps s bog up, tries every trick in the trade to get good production and :3 .terested in all cranberry developments as they come along. Such a grower is Phillip G. Brackett of High Street, Cotuit, en the Cspe. raokett, himself a relative newcomer in one sense to cranberry growing carrying on in the tradition of his father and grandfa'.hsr in cranberry iltivation. The Bracketts have operated their "ChopchaigJe Eog," since ^'bout 1910. Phillip's father, Clarence E. passed away Jaruary, 1930 at e age of 84. He was a well-known Cape cranberry man, and also a inpenter. by Clarence J. Hal! tently averages about 500 barrels and has gone ah high as 950 barrels. Since 1910 It was Clarence's father, James lo started the Brackett cranberry owing. He came from Maine and about 1910 became interested in is "Clhopchague Bog," which is ated on the shores of beautiful intuit Lake in the neighboring !ivn of Mashpee. It is not believed at the first Brackett cranberry ower built this bog, but that he ught it and made it larger. ■'Chopchague" is still a small bog only one of about six acres. But is one of the handsomest and tter-kept bogs on the Cape. It is iipt fairly clean of weeds, the :;ches are clean. [t produces better than the Mass- iiusetts averaige of production, lioh is about 50, as this consis- This is in spite of the fact that it is a cold bog. Brackett says it runs consistently lower on frost nights than does the state or other warm bogs. He ought to know. He is there every frost night, putting the water on, when necessary and taking it off. Ai ho- (gh he did no't take over actual management and ownership of the bog until after his father's death, he has given his father much assistance on the bog for years. His work there increased as his father "got along in years." Is Auto Mechanic Brackett does nut put in his full time at the bog. He is a automobile mechanic employed in a garage at Hyannis. But he does pili m all his sp'are time, taking care of the pro- perty, which shows the result of this effort. He says he used to hunt a lot, but has given this up for the bog. He still, occasionally, goes fish- ing, but his hobby now is really the bog. He does his own harvest, with one man helping him. He rents one Western and one Darlington. The bog is set to lates, and he gets time off in middle or late September to do his harvest. On Santuit Pond There are two pumps on the pro- perty, both gasoline operated. One is for use to get water off, when the level of Santuit Pond rises too high. He does not run his bog too wet. The other is for frost flooding. The drain off is by gravity, back into the pond. He has the right to tiake this water, as do several others, who have bogs along the border of Santuit. He has his own bogs sand from pits along the shore which he puts on in a regular sanding program, using planks and wheelbarrow. Invites Birds In season he rents bees for pollina- tion. Around the bog, which is in one large piece and one smaller section there are birdhouses, which invite a ■^r '^. >ihK>, . ~---- ''^-ysryl ^ '^^1 Brackett Bog Showing one of the Two Pumps. (CRANBERRIES Photo) Seven bird population to help with the in- sect problem. He used to fertilizes with hand equipment, using a pelletized ferti- lizer, but now has a Hayden fertilizer spreader. His insect work, formerely done by bog sprayers is now by airplane, using the Wiggins heli- copter service. He has a mowing machine and his shores are well cleaned bacli for good ventilation and to keep weeds from spreading on the bog. He owns about ten acres and he keeps all the upland cleared away. For weeds he has used Stoddars Solvent and this past season tried the weedicide Simazine. From all this it is apparent he does about everything a grower can do to get a good crop average every year. BracKett was uorn in a hospital in Hyannis, while his parents lived in Cotuit. He has been a life long resi- dent of Cotuit with the exception of about ten years away. Then he worked for the Pratt & Whitney Company at Hartford, Conn., in- cluding the war years in making experimental tests on airplane motors. He was graduated from Barnstable High School, in 1935, Cotuit bemg a village of the town of Barnstable. He also went to the Diesel Engi- neering School at Allston, near Bos- ton for two years and received a diploma. He is married to the former Alma Westberg, who was born in Switzer- land and is now manager of a school cafeteria at Cotuit. He has two daughters, Joyce, who is studying mathematics at the University of Massachusetts, at Amherst, and Cheryl, 17, who is a student at Barnstable High School. Tried Lingonberries in Europe In the summer of 1981 the whole family went to Sweden for the sum- mer. While there they saw and ate the native Lingonberry, which is the specie of cranberry, smaller in size and more bitter than the American cranberry and very much used in the northern countries of Europe. The Bracketts say the sauce is more bitter than that made from the American cranberry but good. Incidentally, Mrs. Brackett some- times finds time to assist her hus- band on the bog, particularly in weeding and is interested in help- ing to keep it look neat, Mr. Brackett is a member of the Hyannis Lodge of Masons, and also a member of the Cape Cod Cran- berry Club and Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association. He visits the state bog at times for information and attends the weed and insect i clinics which are held at Barnstable., "The cranberry industry has itsij troubles, but I am not discoura/ged i by the outlook. I'm going to give | the business all the whirl I can," he; says. So here is a small Cape Cod grower, with a beautifully-kept bog' intent on carrying on the work of his father and grandfather in the;i best traditions of cranberry growing. OREGON FARM LABOR FIGURES Oregon hired farm workers in 196- received the third highest wages ir the country, exceded only by wagei paid in Washington and Califomif in a report from Oregon State Uni- versity Extension. The Pacific Coast tops all other; in the nation followed by Connecti cut, Massachusetts and Rhode Islani tied for fifth place. Oregon's average wage rate came to $1.22 an hour, u; 2 cents from 1961. National rate at the start of this year were 94. cents. Family labor made up almoJ 70 percent of Oregon's total fan labor force. Farm labor along tb Pacific Coast was most m demar in September. i'Z- ■ i, " ''-if S," V^, vs^jt !.'«'> - .If' -^f^! Another view of the Brackett Bog looking toWard Sa^tuit Pond. Eight ^ , J (CRANBERRIES Photo ' :C":Ti^^''jyi'>~^'^^^^^-'k'^^«^(^^^'^^^^^'''^- '""' '"""''4w ^K ^ms,ss,' '/■^ S- Sevin is a registered trade mark of Union Carbide Corporation. Cranberry insects? SOCK 'EM with ® INSECTICIDE 4ey/, effective and safer-to-use SEVIN nsecticide is ideal for control of major insect l)ests that attack cranberries. Use SEVIN in he late blossom period and again whenever nsects attack. SEVIN destroys cutworms, fire- li^orms, fruitworms, Japanese beetles and leaf- loppers, including the leafhoppers that spread alse blossom disease. he long-lasting residue of SEVIN assures ontinuing kill of insects between applications. Even in the hottest weather, SEVIN residues provide long-lasting results. Safer-to-use than many insecticides, SEVIN is low in toxicity to humans, livestock and fish. Spray or dust operators, using SEVIN, do not require special protective clothing. They only need to observe simple precautions. Workers can return to the bogs soon after application. SEVIN is effective in concentrate or dilute sprays and dusts. t will pay you to use SEVIN this year. Ask your upplier for SEVIN now. Or write Union Carbide 'Chemicals Company, Division of Union Carbide ^corporation, 270 Park Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. UNION CARBIDE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS sure low-cost protection against FRUIT>/VORIVI TIPWORM AND SPARGANOTHIS SULFUREANA Newly registered and approved for use on cranberries, Guthion gives you a nev' weapon against destructive pests that attack your vines. Guthion brings you nev effectiveness because of its long control between sprays. And it is safe on foliagi, and finish . . . can't cause soil residue build-up. ' Guthion prevents the build-up of infestations in your berries — and cost-per season is low because you spray less often. It's also registered for blueberries! blackberries and other small fruits, too. This season, try Guthion on your bogs. I 4962 Chemagroi CHEMAGRO CORPORATIO^| KANSAS CITY 2Q • MISSOURI 'harles H. Lewis, Shell Lake, Wise, Active In Cranberry Matters Charles H. Lewis of Shell Lake, isconsin, a third generation grower id son of the prominent Charles Lewis, is one of the younger owers of the Badger state who is king an active part in cranberry fairs, as a director of Wisconsin ate Cranberry Growers' Associa- n. "Chuck" says that, "my inter- t in cranberries dates back to len I was a child running around 3 Badger Marsh and falling into ;ches in the 20's. He is vice president and manager the Badger Cranberry Company, :., a property of about 65 acres, which Qharles L. Lewis, Sr., his ;her, is treasurer and his brother, W. Lewis, secretary. After being aduated from the University of innesota in 1940, his father being ? operator of the Badger Marsh, Shuck" became associated with the eration of that property. 'Most of the cranberry knowledge have, I gained from my father d men such as the late Dr. Neal 2'vens, Dr. H. F. Bergman of assachusetts and especially from snry F. Bain, now retired," he ers. "These men (have made it ssible for men to handle and solve Jst of the pathological and water oblems which we have encounter- . Now with the help of Mac Dana V. Malcolmn N. Dana of the Uni- rsiLy of Wisconsin) I hope we can k the weed problem, rhe Lewis property in northern isconsin, considerably distant from =" main cranberry center around anmoor and Wisconsin Rapids has ig been troubled with an alkaline iter problem. Such water tends to luce rather thin vines and hence ^eds. !\bout half the acreage at Badger now in a state of rebuilding, or junervation and has been for the st few years and will continue to a wihile before it is gotten back X) full (production. However, the 'wises have always been fortunate having gooc] keeping quality rries and the average is better in 80 percent gokig to the fresh lit market. Crops are sold through Ocean ray and a few years ago Charlie wis, Sr., was a director and a ie president of that cooperative, "Chiack" Lewis with two of liis cliildren beside his Stimson Voyager. 'V- */» ^! View of Badger Marsh from bluff taking an active part in policy and often visiting the East. He is still active and manages the Midwest Cranberry Company at Shell Lake another Lewis property of about 75 acres in vines. Midwest was begun in 1916 by the McKensy Lake Cran- berry Company. Mr. Lewis harvests, nearly half, but not quite, of the Midwest crop with the water reel picker, being, believed to be the only such operation in Wisconsin, at the present time, the balance of the marsh is harvested with Getsingers. A good many of the sections at Mid- west iare small and well suited to this method. At Badger the Get- singer is used only, of which there are 7. The beds are larger and more suited to this harvest method. Mr. Lewis, Sr., is well known throughout the industry and especi- ally in Massachusetts. In 1908 he be- came interested in cranberry grow- ing as his father, who was a justice of the Minnesota State Supreme Court, together with an uncle ac- quired a cranberry bog near Minong in northern Wisconsin. He investi- gated the possibilities of cranberry Elevei} growing and while an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota, he worked summers at the then Wis- consin Cranberry Experiment Sta- tion, and following this spent a year in Massachusetts. At Minnesota Uni- versity he met the late Dr. Hemy J. Franklin and later asked Dr. Franklin for a job at the Massachu- setts Cranberry Experiment Sta- tion, which he eventually obtained. He also worked in forestry in Mass- achusetts and in 1911 returned to Wisconsin and organized the Badger Cranberry Company. In Massachu- setts he also worked on the bog of the late Paul Thompson at Middle- boro. He was at one time a director of Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company the fresh fruit division of American Cranberry Exchange. Mr. Lewis was one of three who brought Mr. Bain to Wisconsin, from the United States Department of Agriculture to study cranberry growing in Wisconsin. He was a traveling inspector for the exchange for a number of years, and was ever an ardent advocate of "orderly marketing." It was he who introduced the Isaac Harrison (New Jersey) grass cutter to Wisconsin which greatly changed marsh man- agement in Wisconsin. "Chuck" studied Technical Agri- culture at college to fit himself better to become a cranberry grower. The small town of Shell Lake had only a single industry and that was and is the Shell Lake Boat Company, with a factory building boats. This was recently "on the rocks," and according to a feature article in the Milwaukee Sentinal, Mr. Lewis help- ed organize a citizen's group, which "picked up the pieces," and got the Washburn County plant to working again, making fiber glass models. He is president of the company and Chuck is treasurer. The company now employs 50. The company was originally organized in 1904 on the shores of Shell Lake, a beautiful Hiibbiiii INSECTICIDES AVAILABLE ON THE CAPE FROM R. C. Moss "^m Horticultora Sates West Bridgewater, Mass. The HUBBARD-HALL CHEMICAL CO. Waterbury, Conn. spot (which the editor has visits some years ago). Mr. Lewis was perhaps the rel moving spirit in this venture to sai^ a community enterprise, and it , now producing 12 models, eight run; bouts, three fishing boats and canoe. "We are making a conce trated effort to maintain tihis vit manufacturing plant in this cor munity," the leaders say. "Chucks" other activities a.: president of Board of Educatif , Shell Lake Schools, Scoutmaster Shell Lake for 12 years, a membi of the Lions Club, Elks and Sh Lake Chamber of Commerce. ' His hobby, but also used in bu, ness is flying and he owns and fl as he says "a good old relial Stimson Voyager." He does all 1 flying time permits. He was married in May of 1941 tihe former Virginia Greseke Spencer, Iowa, whom he met at ■ University of Minnesota, and says her, she, "made this my lucid day when she said "Yes." The couple has four ohildr Catherine 20, in her second year the University of Wisconsin; Jar C, 18, high school senior; JoAr 16, high school sophomore i Stephen 5, not yet in school. "I tunately" says Lewis, "they t after their mother and are g students (oldest three, anyv Cathy graduated at the top of high scbool class, taking med technology. JoAnne is also on honor roll and Jim is gradua at the top of his class and is p ning to go into medicine. So, tl seem to be no future generation; cranberry growing unless Step comes across." READ CRANBERRIE Parts and Repairs Agent for 1963 Model ORDER NOW J. E. BRALEY & SON MACHINE SHOP 78 Gibbs Ave Wareham, Mass. HAVE YOUR REPAIRS DONE NOW Twelve Is Sanding Necessary? Drainage, Varieties And Soil PH (Editor's Note: The following is a talk by Dr. F. B. Chandler at the Massachusetts Club Cranberry Meet- ings). Tonight I would like to start off by telling you that my training was in horticulture and I learned about cranberries from the literature — the cranberry is a horticultural plant — this has given me a different out- look than learning by following what has been done by cranberry growers — you can not lift yourself by your boot straps. You have to look to the culture of another fruit, grapes, ap- ples, peaches or something else for large increases in yield. This gives you a little idea why I have the attitude I have. Varieties Most of you know that Mr. De- moranville and I work together on the varieties. In 1961 we asked the U.S.D.A. to name three. Neither the cranberry Station nor the U.S.D.A. have vines of these to distribute, but Bergman may be purchased from J. J. Beaton, Fuller-Hammond, George Rounsville, and the United Cape Cod Co. Franklin may be purchased from Carleton Barrows, J. J. Beaton, Howard Hanelt, Francis Kendrick, A.D. Makepeace Co., Stanley Merry, Pratt, The United Cape Cod Co., and Nathaniel Wing. Pilgrim may be pur- chased from Stanley Merry, George Rounsville, The United Cape Cod Co. or Nathaniel Wmg. These names are the growers who had a square rod or more of the variety. At some lo- calities the vines may have become mixed. We are interested in three new se- lections, CN, 35 and AJ, which we have tested in a number of locations in Massachusetts and this year we will send a few vines to Wisconsin, as the next variety named will probably be for Mr. Bain, one of the original breeders, and he did most of his work in Wisconsin. Pruning When Director Sievers hired me, be asked me to get rid of sanding and said it was an expensive method not used for any other crop. In 1951 I started studying what sanding did. These studies revealed that horti- oulturally it was pruning, it decreas- |ed the number of uprights per square foot, it removed the dead wood, it left the vines more open to permit sprays to penetrate to cover lower leaves and let in more light. Remem- ber a close relative of the cranberry is the high bush blueberry and this is pruned very heavily, one third of the oldest wood is removed every year. Anouher close relative is the low bush blueberry and it is burned to the ground every 2 or 3 years. I talked with Tom Darlington, who besides being an inventor has a lot of high buish blueberries and cran- berries, and suggested a pruner that would remove one third of cranberry uprights every year. Mr. Darlington could not develop the type of pruner to remove one third each year but he developed a pruner and he has prun- ed very hard on his cranberry bogs ever since. In 1959 plots were set up at a num- ber of locations on Early Black and other on Howes. At each location there were four plots of light prun- ing (cut with the "lay" of the vines), four plots of heavy pruning (cut with the "lay" of the vines and perpendi- cular to this), four plots "cut all" (all the vines were cut off, to know the weigh of vines per acre and the percentage of vines remind by the above pruning methods) and four plots of check (the checks were sanded every three years.) From the "cut all" plots it appears that from two tons of vines to thirty tons were produced per acre and the heavy pruning removed one ton to seven tons while the light pruning removed from a ton to five and half tons per acre. We harvested Early Blacks at four locations (four plots at each) and Howes at three locations (four plots at each). For Early Black at three locations we had four years data, at the other one we had three years (sixty yield figures). At harvest the entire plot was harvested or a strip thru them, the four plots treated alike were averaged and computed to the yield per acre. At one bog, set to Early Black, we had only three years results, let us call this bog 1 with light pruning the yield was best one year out of three, "cut all" was best one year out of three and the third year the yield of the heavy pruning was tied with the yield of sanding. On the Early Black bog at a location we will call 2, light pruning was tied with sanding one year, heavy pruning was never best, one year out of four "cut all" was best yield, and two years out of four sand- ing had the greatest yield. At the Early Black bog that we will call 3, one year out of 4 the light pruning was the best, never was the heavy pruning or the "cut all" best, three years out of four the sanded plots were best. At a bog we will call 4, neither the "cut all" nor the sanded plots were in any year ever yielded as much as the plots which were pruned. Howes were a little different than Early Black, the light pruning was never better. At the location we call- ed 1, one of three years the heavy pruning yielded the most, "cut all" never yielded the most, sanding was better two years out of three. At lo- cation 2, the pruning plots never yielded the best, the sanded plots were better three years out of four. At location 5 we had 5 years results, two of the five were best with heavy pruning, one year was best with sand and one year the cut all and sand were tied. The "cut all" plots had no yield the year they were cut the next year it was small, the third year it was much better and the fourth year it was very good, in one location at the rate of 308 barrels, per acre. These bogs were reasonably good bogs, the best yields with light prun- ing on Early Black at each location was 125, 62, 119, and 127 barrels per acre. The best yield with heavy prun- ing on the Howes was 168, 139 and 281 barrels per acre. The best plot at the 5 location yielded at the rate of 320 barrels per acre, however, with the variation between plots and between years, it is very doubtful if the dif- ference between sanding and pruning is significant. Certainly it does not appear to justify the added cost of sanding over pruning. This experiment also showed that on the bogs used Howes yielded larger crops than Early Black. As there was considerable variation at each location from year to year and as there was a lot of variation be- Thirteeu tween locations, it would be well for each grower to conduct an experi- ment on his own bog of sanding and pruning. When pruning at leat a half a ton of vines per acre should be removed from Early Blacks and at least a ton of vines from Howes. These experiments will be contin- ued using longer plots with less repli- cates and this time more study will be made of the berries and their keeping quaUty. Drainage I do not think you can move the roots of cranberries down much by lowering the water table in an old bog. If you want the roots down you must get the water table down when the bog is set. Last year I reported at the summer meeting about the cranberries I set in tiles with over six feet of drainage. Here the roots went down over thirty- two inches. These plants had been well cared for at the time of setting but were never watered after that and it did not suffer from drought. This winter I completed some greenhouse experiments in which vines of Bergman, Early Black, Franklin, and Howes were used. The roots and the tops were better with the least watering also the nematodes were less abundant with the least watering. The next bog you build or rebuild I would suggest you get the drainage down and keep it down. PH This project I have Mr. Demoran- ville's assistance on. So far we have not altered the weed flora on any of the plots by changing the ph. We have found out how to change the pH in the top two inches of soil and slightly influence it at other levels. This has not altered the yield. Sulfur makes soil more acid, lowers the pH, and has shown some vine in- jury. Lime makes the soil less acid, raises the pH, and so far has not done any damage. Ocean Spray Cocktail Now In 3 Locations North Chicago Plant Opened in Addition to Those at Markham and Hanson. Ocean Spray last month began the production of cranberry juice cock- tail at its processing plant at North Chicago, President George C. P. Olsson has announced. The addition! I of a juice plant there, culminates the' $3,000,000 plant betterment program, j "Just ten years ago, distribution I of cranberry juice cocktail was con- centrated on the Eastern seaboard, and the complete supply was pressed , and packed at Hanson, Mass.," Mr. ' Olsson points out. "In 1958 we added a juice plant at Markham, Washing- ton, so we now- have three strategic locations for processing and shipping cranberry cocktail. The million-bar- rel crops are now providing more select, vine-ripened berries required for juice and this is permitting na- tionwide distribution." He added that cranberry cocktail has now been introduced in Hawaii, now making it available, in at least some quantity, in 50 states. The North Chicago plant also haj a capacity for storing 48,000 barrels of berries, part of the building pro- viding temperature controlled stor age for fresh. There is also storag( space for 150,000 cases of finishec goods. The North Chicago plant pri OR PROVEN PESTICIDES . . . COME TO EASTERN STATES Eastern States is your best source of Cranberry pest control materials . . . order now. Eastern States is close to you and your needs — there is an outlet near you. T. C. Ashley Harry T. Fisher, Jr. James P. Gavone Lawrence H. Ward E. S. Service Center E. S. Service Center E. S. Service Center i:.. Freetown Middleboro Forestdale Plymouth Brockton New Bedford Taunton Tel. Rockwell 3-5713 Tel. Middleboro 947-2133 Tel. Osterville GA 8-4393 Tel. Pilgrim 6-0070 Tel. Juniper 6-4055 Tel. Wyman 6-5202 Tel. Van Dyke 4-6331 Eastern States FARMERS' EXCHANGE Fourteen larily handles fruit grown in Wis- msin. Improvements have also been ade at Markham, Bordentown, New ;rsey and in Massachusetts. Im- •ovements at Hanson permit the multaneous manufacture of cock- il in pints, quarts and gallons. etfers To The Editor (Editor's Note: The following com- unication is from Russell A. Tru- nt, well known Mass. grower, en- neer, consultant on water problems, imps, flumes, etc. for many years.) iitor, Cranberries Magazine: We have had the assistance of the )il Conservation Service long enough get a pretty good idea of its value ir lack of value) to us. My own .ain interest is in prefabicated imes, so I will confine my remarks that field. My customers have ten protested the high cost of SCS- »signed prefabricated flumes as )mpared to the standard model hich I design and sell. There is x>d cause for this. The design is herently more expensive, yet does )t require anywhere near as good jality las my standard. The SCS design sheet I happen to ave is dated Oct. 1958 and may be jsolete. If so, some of my remarks lay now be unwarranted. To begin ith, the gauge (thickness) of the >rrugated metal is not specified ly where. The only mention of gal- anizing is on bolts for the anti-seep )llar. No re-galvanizing treatment »r welds is specified. The usual lickness of riser paving is but 6". ince this concrete is often placed nder water, its quality is usually DOT, and a full foot of it is an inex- Bnsive precaution. They reccommend legs under the 5er for poor foundations. I would luch prefer to have the flume settle ith the dike so as to avoid develop- lent of a leak under the flume. The 'atertight couplings ^and seep-wall bnnections are unwarranted unless gnificant reverse heads are expect- d. Normally, any leaks here are plf-sealing. The flashboard-channel pgs are not dimensioned. I find a mg back leg very helpful in hand- ng the boards. The riser crossbars |re one-half inch unspecified stock; ; use one-inch plain bars since gal- vanized stock is not readily obtain- able. The prescribed seep-wall is need- lessly expensive. It need not be watertight since it only lengthens the seepage path by four feet or less. Its fit on the pipe may be somewhat loose. My idea of leak-development is that first the crawfish open a path thru the dike; the eels follow and enlarge it a bit. This produces leak- age enough for the muskrats to open up a real leak. If the seep-wall fit is good enough to stop this process anywhere along the line, you will not get excessive leakage. No washouts. To sum up, under the SCS you may get a paper-thin flume with expen- sive details. That brings us to the most touchy (to me) feature of the design: the relation between size of pipe and size of header. The SCS de- sign has the header diameter practic- ally double the pipe diameter in the commonest sizes. My own design has the header diameter twelve inches greater than the pipe diameter, or one foot less than SCS for the com- mon 24" pipe flume. The reason, I was told, was that the SCS could not make a standard flume completely fill the outlet pipe. Let us consider this. Hydraulic theory teaches that no pipe will run full except under spe- cial conditions. These are that (a) the outlet of the pipe is under water, giiii]Eiiiiraiii@i[iioiira;iiiiiiiii^![iiiiiiiigi!iii^ii!Oii or (b) that the quantity of water carried is more than 3.7 times the five-halves power of the pipe diame- ter. Note that these conditions are regardless of the header, if any. Also note that a pipe flowing 0.82 full has the same capacity as the same pipe FOR BETTER PEST CONTROL Use these reliable GENERArCHEMICAL products: DDT Malathion Parathion Ferbam Zineb GENERAL CHEMICAL DIVISION P.O. Box 353, Mofrisrown, N. J. ll^lllieillfSilHlillglilll'ailllC^j^ I I i "^ZHM^ We Specialize ea I In Parathion Applications i I both I 1 Sprays and Dusts g I AERIAL SPRAYERS, Inc. | I (FORMERLY MARSHFIELD AIRWAYS, INC.) = = Marshfield, Mass. = I Thos. S. Weitbrecht (Whitey) Temple 4-7818 I '^IIIIHIIIBIIIIHIIIIBIIIIHIIIIBIIIHIIIHIIIIHIIIIHIIIIHIIIHIIIHIIIIHIIIIBIMIinilllHIIIH Fifteen flowing full. This is due to the in- creased friction at the top of the pipe as the pipe fills. In other words, filling the top four inches of a 24" pipe will not add to its capacity, be- cause you lose as much from in- creased friction as you gain from in- increased area. Refer to the No- vember 1962 Journal of the Hydrau- lics Division of the AM. Coc. Civil Engineers, Pages 125 on. This feature of the SCS design seems to be based on the theory that the outlet pipe is the ibottleneck of a flum.e, and that the maximum amotint of water possible must be forced thru this pipe to attain effi- ciency. That means the highest pos- sible outlet velocity. Now, no cran- berry grower wants the highest pos- sible outlet velocity. That means trouble below the outlet. I, and many other growers, have spent hundred of dollars to reduce outlet velocity, or to combat its effects. I regard the flashboards as the bottleneck, and try to pipe the water away in a harmless manner. If the idea of the wide header is solely to increase capacity, it is a case of the tail wagging the dog if I ever saw one. The outlet pipe is the cheapest part of a flume, cost- ing perhaps half what the header costs. So enlarging the header in- creases the cost much more than enlarging the outlet pipe. Rather than add perhaps $35 by widening the header, why not add three inches to the outlet pipe diameter at a cost of $15 to $20, and at the same time increase the capacity by 30 % or so, or decrease the outlet velocity? I never knew of two students of hydraulics being in complete agree- ment, and I allow for that. But I claim that one night spent pulling flashboards in a race with the ther- mometer will teach any man more about cranberry bog hydraulics than a week's study of textbooks. Russell A. Trufant North Carver, Mass. Mr. C[larence J. Hall Cranberries Magazine Wareham, Massachusetcs Dear Mr. Hall: In recent issues of your magazine, you (have published the opinions of various growers and handlers. I think it is a fine idea to keep the subject alive in the columns of your magazine, so that when there is another vote on the marketing order all growers will have a better idea as to how it works, and the results that can be expected. Hoping that you will continue to publish the views of cranberry growers, I pre- sent mine. I am one of the few Ocean Spray growers who voted against the mar- keting order. I have never argued that the marketing order would have no success whatever, but have al- ways conceded that there might be a few years of success. However, I believe that whatever success the order does have can do nothing but lead to its ultimate failure. The rea- son the order will fail is that it does not attack the main problem; underc onsumption. To beat the order, many growers are in the process of increasing their ■acreage or improving their cultural practices to make up for the berries that are dumped. Some growers are increasing their acreage or improv- ing their cultural practices to take advantage of the higher prices they think will follow the adoption of the order. Other growers are increasing their acreage to beat that acreage allotment plans that many believe must eventually be made. Whatever their reasons may be, the net result of the growers actions will be t| increase production. We need n^ incentives to increase production, we need to spend all our efforts tj increase sales. When cranberry sale are increased, we will have ampL I'lms to increase production. Whe sales are increased and returns t the growers increase, there will b enough growers increasing their pre duction to supply the needed berriej Some management men say the realize that the marketing order ca only be a prop to carry over unt sales of cranberries increase. Tl order has already had the effect < inducing some growers to increa^ their production and thereby furth( increasing the sales problem. Tl rate of increase in sales must 1 greater than the rate of increase production if our problem of Ic prices is to be solved and yet o only noted action to date is a ma I keting order fhat indirectly provid an incentive to increas'ing productic Very truly yours, > A. T. JANKE Black River Falls, Wise Rt. 3, Box 173 ****** Advertise In Cranberries :«: * * * * • FROST CONTROL And IRRIGATION SOLID SET BOG IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ALL ALUMINUM iDi Long Life Low Cost IV2" Aluminum Tubing Call and compare prices with all other materials. LARCHMONT ENGINEERING LEXINGTON, MASS. VO 2-2550 » \<} / 'Is lember Of Water upply Council William Haines (center), of New etna Road, Chatsworth, N.J., re- ives congratulations from Robert iRoe, Commissioner of the New rsey Department of Conservation Economic Development after his earing in as a member of the iter Policy and Supply Council of i Department. George R. Shanklin, •ector of the Division of Water ■iicy and Supply v/as also present :• the ceremony. V[r. Haines was born and reared in iacetown and received his college ;iining at Rutgers the State Uni- iPsity. He is part owner of Haines ! Haines, cranberry and blueberry ipwers and shippers. He is also a irector of the cranberry processing Em known as Ocean Spray and a Sector of the Tru-Blue blueberry pcessing enterprise. In addition he =:ves as chairman of the Planning Eard of Washington Township and Fdirector of the Burlington County tiTmers' Cooperative. |3e and his wife, the former Sara Janings, are the parents of four (jildren. |rhe Division of Water Policy and Sjpply is responsible for the plan- ning, development, equitable alloca- tion of surface and subsurface water resources of the State, alleviation of flood damage, and the construction of storage reservoirs, when so au- thorized, to assure the availability of adequate supplies of water. The Water Policy and Supply Coun- cil is a nine-member body, serving without salary. Members are ap- pointed by the Governor with the consent of the Senate. The Council as trustee for the water resources of the State, through public hearings, makes just and equitable allocation of the water re- sources for public and private pur- poses and for adjudication of regu- latory controls in the matters of flood control and flood hazard delin- eation. Water Policy & Supply Council members are: Kenneth H. Murray, Califon, Wm. Haines, Chatsworth, August C. Shultes, Woodbury, Lillian M. Schwartz, Highland Park, Wm. G. Bank, Colts Neck, I. Ralph Fox, Rumson, Thomas J. Mullen, White- house, David I. Stepacoff, Pearth Amboy and Herman Klenner, Rah- way. This matter of water supply is very important to the cranberry growers of South Jersey. Since the founding of this group the Jersey cranberrymen have been represent- ed, first by Joseph Palmer of New Gretna and then by the late Vinton N. Thompson of Vincentown. "Bill" Haines succeeds the latter. Cape Co-op Elects 1963 Officers Paid '62 Pool of $11.33 a Barrel Screened on 88% of Members' Crop. At the annual meeting of the Qape Cod Cranberry Cooperative, Inc. in South Duzbury, Mass., May 21, 1963 the following directors were elected: R. Bruce Arthur and Harold A. C. Bumpus of Plymouth, Orrin G. Col- ley of Duxbury, Jacob W. Laurila and Charles E. Pratt of Carver. Officers elected were: R. Bruce Arthur' President, Harold A. C. Bumpus, Vice President and Orim G. CoUey, Treasurer-Clerk. A report was made of the market- ing of the 1962 crop operating under the Cranberry Marketing Agreement and Order. C|losing of the 1962 crop pool and payment in full to mem- bers has been made at $11.33 per barrel screened basis or $10.73 per barrel unscreened on 88 % of the member's crop. The present inventory of the cran- berry industry as recently released by the Cranberry Ma^rketing Com- mittee was reviewed. Prosipects for the 1963 crop and future years were discussed. The meeting was told that additional cranberry tonnage could be handled to advantage by the Cooperative and new grower- members would be solicited. CRANBERRIES IN MEDICINE AGAIN U.S. Rep. Carlton Sickles (D-Md.) is perhaps the only Congressman who brings his lunch to work every day and eats alone. But that is understandable, Mr. Sickles is trying to tract down a food allergy. His doctor has him on a diet of only these foods. Pigeon, quail, coconut milk, fig jijuce, cran- berry juice, dates and currents. (News Item) Some men try so hard to make the most of everything they find it necessary to lead a double life. , , . , , Seventeen CLARENCE A. SEARLES of WiscoKsin Rapids has been named a direc- tor of Cranberry Institute. This was in accordance with a vote at the annual Institute meeting in January that an additional director from Wisconsin should be chosen. Mr. Searles, is a prominent grower, a member of Ocean Spray and is not a handier or distributor. At one time he was a director of the former American Cranberry Exchange, laier Eatmor Cranberries, Inc. and he is the Wisconsin alternate on the Cranberry Marketing Com- mittee. Photo was taken on his marsh near the Rapids a few years ago. Other directors are; Orrin G. CoUey, Massachusetts; Leon April, New Jersey; Marcus M. Urann, Massachusetts; George C. P. Olsson, Massa- chusetts; Behrend G. Pannkuk, Wisconsin. (CRANBERRIES Phota^ First Year Results With Simazine In Massachusetts A year ago, the cranberry gorwers of Cape Cod used Simazine for the first time on a large scale. What, in general, were the results of this first season's use? Have recom- mendations for use been changed? Will growers continue the use of Simazine or has their attitude chang- ed? Such questions are normal with the introduction of new compounds, and answers can prove both inter- esting and helpful. For most growers the treatments made in 1962 were the first Simazine appliciations ever made by them and some treated over half their acreage. The recommendations of the Cran- berry Experiment Station called for Eighteen . ,, use of 1% lbs. of Simazine SOW in 100 gals, of water to be sprayed \?.t the rate of 300 gals, per acre. The same station had warned growers that overdoses could cause injury on cranberry bogs that were newly planted or on portions of bogs where the stand of vines was thin or weak. Partly because of understandable timidity in first-use treatments, and partly because of cautionary advice against overdoses, growers rather generally "sprayed light." Volumes of Simazine spray which should have been spread over t!hree acres were stretched to four acres. Thus, in many cases the applications were lighter than recommended. The weather also played a part year work with Simazine on Cape Cod. From May to October last year rain- fall was consistently light averaging about 2 inches per month instead of 3.5. In wet seasons, Simazine works quickly and effectively on certain weed species, in dry seasons its effectiveness is delayed a matter of weeks and its action is more selec- tive. Following the widespread use of Simazine in April and early May, 1962, growers brought complaints to the station that they could see little effect from their sprays. We urged them against premature judgeonents, and asked for a "wait and see" attitude. Before the season was over, opinions had undergone an about- face. In every instance to come to our attention, Simazine had given complete control of the perennial summer grass (Agrostis scabra), and it bad done what we claimed it would in control of the widespread rice cutgrass (Leersia oryzoides), With this fearsome weed, Simazine (applied pre-emergence) stunts the green shoots of a heigbt of a few inches as they develop from the perennial rhizomes. The stunting h accompanied by color changes in the [ grass — it often takes on a sickb yellow color, and many of these yel low shoots fail to recover to maki subsequent growth. Late in July an( in August new green shoots of thi cutgrass come up from the rhizomes but the stand or poulation of gras stems in treated areas remaine small and thin in comparison wit untreated areas. At harvest time in September th significance of these events becam generally apparent. By stunting th new early season growth of cul grass the cranberry flowers blocme above the level of the grass, bee could and did service these flowen ,, and good crops were set. Untreate|! areas of thick cutgrass bore so fe^ cranberries it was uneconomical 1 harvest them. The only areas not conforming t the above description were lov poorly-drained patches where tl water tatole remained a few inche below the surface. Simazine did n< provide commercial control of cu grass under such conditions, and is doubtful if anything else wou function under these conditions. Surely one of the reasons for tl large crop in Massachusetts in 10^' (the second largest of record (Continued on Page 20) MALATHION COMBINES SAFETY-IN-USE WITH PROVEN INSECT CONTROL Malathion kills major m^anherry insects without hazard to you or your ivorkers; without drift problems in populated areas; without leaving harr^iful crop residues. ^"-Vl^-^T PROVEN INSECT CONTROL 'ears of experience in bogs cross the country have demon- trated malathion's superior ontrol of fireworms, leafhop- ers, fruit worms and other de- tructive cranberry insects. SAFETY IN USE Malathion is one of the safest insecticides to handle. Its wide safety margin makes it ideal for air applications . . . even around populated areas. AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY YANAMID SERVES THE MAN WHO MAKES A BUSINESS OF AGRICULTURE NO RESIDUE HAZARDS Malathion's fast disappearing residues allow application on cranberries up to 72 hours before harvest. No hazards for har- vesting crews ... or consumers. C VA IV A ivr X JO MALATHION INSECTICIDES Nineteen SIMAZINE (Continued from Page 18) 775,000 hundredweight) and for the generally good keeping quality of that crop was the widespread use of Simazine, the resultant cropping of cutgrass areas, and the fact the berries were matured in air and sunshine rather than buried in weedy grasses. Simazine has given growers num- erous frmge benefits, for treat- ments made to control cutgrass and summergrass have also curtailed the growth of several annual grasses. Timely, uniform applications have demonstrated the value of Simazine in cranberry weed control. The label recommendation is 2% lbs. of Simazine SOW iper acre as a broadcast spray in spring prior to weed emergence. In Massachusetts, up to 5 lbs. of Simazine 80W per acre prior to weed emergence broad- cast in the spring prior to cranberry new growth or in the fall after narvest. It is thought by the Cranberry Station thafe second-year applica- tions of Simazine will bring about a further thinning of cutgrass stands. The general absence of cranberry vine uijury in 1962 has led the sta- tion to recommend 1% lbs. of Sima- zine in 100 gals, of water, for the 1963 season. This rate is still below the authorized dosage*, and especi- ally when used with improved drain- age, should give improved grass control, larger better quality crops, and without injurious effect to the crop plant. Ocean Spray Onset (Mass.), Museum Has 2 Early Separators Only Institution Of Its Kind Again Open For Cape Sum- iTjer Tourists. Memorial Day weekend marked the summer opening of Ocean ;Spray's CrarJberry Museum and movie theatre, at the processing plant on Cranberry Highway, Onset, Mass. The tlheatre is open week- ends from 9 to 5:30, during the month of June, and daily 9:30 to 6 during July and August. The museum will be open from Memorial Day through Labor Day from 9:30 to 5:30. There is no admission charge for the Twenty museum or theatre. Robert Rich, curator of the muse- um, announces that several pieces of antique equipment have been acquired for the museum since alst summer. Of special interest is a hand-operated separator, or bounce machine, dating back to 1900 or be- fore. This is the gift of Berton Ben- jamin, trustee of the Estate of W .W. Benjamin. The separator is of wooden con- struiotion, about the size of an up- right piano, and is hand- driven by means of a crank. According to Mr. Benjamin's records, this equipment was used on the premises of W. W. Benjamin Company, fruit and pro- duce merchants, at their businesG address on Mercantile Street in Bos- ton. Cranberries in chaff were truck- ed to Boston and put through this separator before ready for sale. Similar to the power-driven sepa- rators used today, it operated on the same principle that a good firm berry will bounce and a soft one will not. Thus, back in 1900 as now, cran- berries had to prove they had bounce before they could go to mar- ket. A second machine, one of the first Bailey separators, was acquired from Rudy Nummi of Hanson and this also dates back to the early 1900's. The Onset Museum is the only one of its kind devoted to the cause of preserving for posterity the uni- que equipment used on cranberry bogs. Scoops, special stilt shoes, cran- berry barrels, screening tables, are all on display, some of them one of a kind, designed and built by cran- berry growers with an eye to pro- ducing cranberry crops more effi- ciently. Playing continuously at the Cran- berry Theatre is the half-hour cran- berry movie, HERITAGE OF FLA- VOR. The story of how cranberries grow, are harvested, packaged and processed is told in natural color for visitors to Cranberryland. This film is also available to clulbs and schools upon request at no charge. SOME CONFIRMATION Not long ago, we editorially ven- tured our own thought that tariff walls in Europe might not be raised againsfe American cranberry im-' ports, since cranberries are not) grown there. Now we read some confirmation of this thought in "The Morgan Guaraiity Survey" a monthly publication. It says the "common agricultural policy which the Euro- pean Economic Community, which is the proper name for which we have given the name of the Common Market is working out threatening rules which make it more difficult for farmers of the U. S. to increase sales of their products there. But, "not all U. S. agricultural exports to EEC are threatened, in fac'; more than half of the $700 million of the annual total consist of goods which the Common Market j | does not produce, or only in simaM i volume . . . these include "some I fruits and vegetables, which look j fairly safe.'* Vulnerable products are those such as Wheat of whic^T France is a large produicer. Com- modities affected already include poultry, but we ventured the asser- tion cranberries would taste just as good with European poultry as with American. rrom in (Cpntinued from Page 6) In some areas, oak and sassafras leaves 20 ft. high were "burnt." Seme fields have so few surviving berries of early varieties that it maj net be practical to get them harvest- ed. In general, mid-season berries are considerably less severely dam- aged and late ones only moderatelj hurt. The over-all loss is estimated to be considerably more than 50% of the potential in Burlington County. Ccean County is even more seriouslj hurt but Atlantic County got by with very light damage. However, in the latter County, prospects on earlj varieties are poor because of ex- tremely severe winter killing of canes and the very poor pollenating wea- ther. For blueberry growers this is the third year in succession of destruc- tive weather conditions. In 1961 it was winter kill, in 1962 on May iC frost was ruinous. Many of the blue- berry growers are also cranberry producers and they now are counting' on the cranberries to tide them ovei hard times. During the days of the, "cranberry depression" it was ofter: e blueberries which "carried" the anberries. Some blueberry growers ho do not have cranberries recog- ze the need for diversity and are jginning to try small acreages of rawberries. Good Bud Set The cranberry potential is still con- dered good. There was a very good id set on most bogs; 1962 tipworm image was light on most of the rger properties and oxygen defi- ency was not a problem during the inter. Most growers who usually •aw early (in April) were hesitant to do so this year because of ex- tremely dry conditions, the forest fires which caused great losses in New Jersey and the extremely bad frost conditions. During the winter a good deal of cranberry acreage was prepared for water harvesting. The majority of the acreage in New Jersey will employ this method in 1963. Col^r Than Normal May averaged 58.65°F., which is 4.15° colder than normal. It was the coldest May in the 34-year weather recording history at the Cranberry MANZATE Cranberry Pesticides and Fertilizers Farm Supplies LAWRENCE WARD SUMMER STREET PLYMOUTH TeL PI 6-0970 HARRY T. FISHER JR. PURCHASE STREET MIDDLEBORO MIDDLEBORO 947-2133 Eastern States Fanners Exchans* and Blueberry Laboratory. It was only very slightly colder than May 1956, which averaged 58.7 and which also had a very destructive blueberry frost, on May 26. The spring drought continued as there was only 1.90 inches of rain, or only about half jf normal. R. F. MORSE & SON, INC. Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 Suppliers of (Maneb Fungicide) Special^repoft to|cranberryf^ growers on' [Du Pont IMANZATE" MANEB FUNGICIDE for effective rot?control Fruit rots can cause serious damaige in cranberry bogs, reducing growers' yields and profits, too. These diseases cannot be cured, but they can be prevented— with Du Pont "Manzate" mianeb fungi- cide. In the January 1962 issues of Cranberries, Dr. Bert M. Zuckerman (Massachusetts Cranberry Experi- ment Station) states that on the basis of six years of fungicide trials, "maneb is the best fungicide among those currently recommended" for cran- berries. In addition, maneb "gave superiw disease control," while berries from untreated plots sihowed an average of 27.3 % rot after six weeks of storage. Du Pont "Manzate" maneb is a wettable powder that's safe and easy to use. It won't clog nozzles or corrode equipment. Tough on diseases but mild on plants, "Manzate" won't stunt growth or cause foliage yellowing. 'Ri'is year, for more effective control of cranberry diseases, spray "Manzate" at regular intervals. Get better spray coverage by adding Du Pont Spreader-Sticker to the mixture. For full informa- tion on "Manzate" for powerful disease protection, write: E. 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I I Consult us for further information. PRENTICE HYDRAULICS, Inc. Prentice, Wisconsin Phone 7, Phone 8 Manufacturers of PRENTICE Hydraulic Loaders Tweaty-twa i;dJt>s4al5 ISSUE OF JUNE 1963 VOL. 28 - NO. 2 OUR PACIFIC COAST NEIGHBORS We have just returned from our third ranberry trip" to the cranberry areas the West Coast. As previously we found r distant colleagues, warm-hearted, endly, progressive. This was our first it, however, to Vancouver, British Co- nbia, where the "Three Yanks from Car- r," Norm Holmes, Fritz Shaw and Jimmy lomas have made good in cranberry owing at Lulu Island. We found many things different in cran- rry growing, yet many the same — grow- ! were worrying about frosts, weeds, in- its and how to get top crops. We learned much and hope to impart ne of this information to growers in the ler areas, as we believe this becoming tter acquainted is one of the better ways better understanding and cohesion with- our industry, which after all is flung im "Shining Sea to Shining Sea," as Dr. andler entitled an account of his after lojourn there. We of the East have seashore, but they the Coast have both seashore and migh- mountains. The Long Beach Peninsula Washington is a miniature Cape Cod, the gest beach in the world, but the Cape 5 no such towering heights in the back- )und. Washington has been aptly de- ibed as having more variety than any |ier place on earth. Where else than in ii Olympic Peninsula, the last U.S. moun- in. wilderness, between the bogs of Gray- ed and that at Challam Bay on the Strait [Juan DeFuca can you find glaciers and iost tropical rain forest side by side? ere are the towering forests of Douglas in southern Oregon, the magnificant dwood Empire, a few miles south of :nberry bogs at Bandon, Cape Blanco, )named by the Spaniards hundreds of :,rs ago with its most western most bog d this being the most western point of 1 U.S. except for Cape Alava in Wash- iton, the fantastic rock formations, with ^! lions playing and down along route , one of the most spectacular drives in world, to the thrill of a ride on the le cars and the Golden Gate of San ijncisco. A visit to the Pacific northwest is one ^he most inspiring of trips to be made. CLARENCE J. HALL Editor and Publisher EDITH S. HALL — Associate Editor Wareham, Massachusetts SUBSCRIPTIONS, $3.50 Per Year, FOREIGN, $4.50 CORRESPONDENTS— ADVISORS Wisconsin LEO A. SORENSON Cranberry Consultant Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Washington Dr. CHARLES C. DOUGHTY Cranberry Specialist Long Beach, Wash. Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, Ore. Massachusetts Dr. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Mass. New Jersey P. E. MARUCCI New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station Pemberton, New Jersey IS SANDING A WASTE? Dr. F. B. Chandler in an article in this issue has raised an issue, which will undoubtedly startle most cranberry grow- ers, certainly the older ones. The use of sand dates from the very first cultivated bog on Cape Cod. Dr. Chandler for years has been working on the theory that sand- ing is mostly beneficial in that it is a prun- ing method, and that pruning can be done in better and cheaper ways than by sand- ing. He has stressed this theory before. In this day when cost cutting is vital, it would seem if this startling theory is correct it might be given serious study by growers. 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This all-day meeting, one of the ijst important of growers' get- to- others will be later than usual, 'lursday, August 29. There will not be the usual high- Iht of the USDA preliminary fore- C3t of the coming crop, which is ciinarially released in Washington zi a: ohis meeting simaltaneously, a this will be given out to the press alveek before. i feature speaker will be Edward Glsihorpe, new executive and gen- eil manager of Ocean Spray, which wil give most growers their chance tU. meet him. Cranberry Institute wl also be featured, with a report 01 the possibilities of a European rr.rket for cranberries which is now iibng developed ^by the Institute in ctperation with Foreign Agricul- tuil Service of the USDA. This re- ipc: will be made by Gilbert T. Bi^ton, fresh sales and export de- 3£sment of Ocean Spray. He re- i|u'ied last month after spending a yiljiiith in Western Europe and the Jited Kingdom. s usual there will be a display I ►! cranberry equipment by various njiufacturers and agents, and there \vi\ be short technical reports on riberry growing by the research ^fnbers of the Station staff. iSo Tony Briggs, manager of the '"'.riberry Marketing Committee is OHx^cted to make a report of the re- 1 ul; of the vital pre-harvest meet- u'lgjof the seven principals and 7 ,y jit 'nates, which is to be held at "^ilonsin Rapids, Wisconsin, August 7;' It is anticipated that at that leiting the matter of the percent of id"set-aside" of the crop will be l^'ecJed, these restricted berries not s released on the open market. "J year the restricted pool con- t'd of 12 percent of the total crop. Oregon Soil Tests Show That Standardized Method May Be Needed To Be Established 0\ Bogs May Need Several Split Fertilizer Applications Data collected from soil tests on 25 cranberry bogs in the Southwest Oregon production area provided much significant information for an industry-wide Soils Workshop held in Bandon recently. County Extension Agent Fred Ha- gelstein and Oregon State University Soils Specialist Arthur S. King re- viewed with growers the status of soil fertility levels on bogs as re- vealed by a "Testing Tells" mass soil testing program held last fall. Because of little previous soil ferti- lity work on local cranberry soils this session was particularly fruitful in providing leads to better soil fertility management practices. Need Standard Method Discovered as a result of the in- tensive soil testing, and of major significance, is the technique of taking the soil test sample. It was found that the normal method of sampling to a 5 to 6 inch depth yield soil test information with as much as 100 % difference compared to limiting the soil sample depth just to the crop residue layer of de- caying cranberry vines. The reason for the extreme difference of test results stems from the practice of periodic sanding of Southwest Ore- gon bogs and the extreme low plant nutrient levels found in this sand layer. A standardized method of sam- pling will be developed for taking samples from this specialized crop. Since the bulk of the cranberry roots in these local bogs is found in the top organic layer, future soil test (Continued on Page 16) STODDARD SOLVENT (Available Year Round) WATER WHITE KEROSENE BOTTLED GAS Water Heating Cooking Carburetion UK 6-4545 m^. Heating CARVER, MASS. TAKE ADVANTAGE of the BETTER things of life. The efficient USE OF ELECTRICITY is one of these better things — efficient use in power for cran- berry bog operations, and in the home. 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Since late .ne bogs in general have needed iigation waters. Those with sprink- I's have been appyling V2 to % ijh of water once a week, others ie keeping ditches filled and still ciers have been using small pumps £d fire hose or plastic tubing to mr 20 to 50 gallons a minute onto Ml edges and the centers of sec- t^ns with "open ended" tubes. A iv growers, esipecially away from t; coast, found the cranberry new rgjwth wilted and were forced to 'ash flood" their bogs while in bom. This rather drastic procedure \i recommended toy the Cranberry Sition only as a last resort and SRen it is necessary to protect the ember ry vines from death. In the 'pjit, such flash flooding has usually njulted in a market decline in the ^kiiiping quality of the berries. < i small amount of sun-burning of pjssoms occurred during the heat mves of late June and early July. ^h\ these oases, bog temperatures pjbably exceeded 100 F., the air 'Iw5 very dry and winds moderate ars. AH kinds of bees were itremely abundant and were "work- U like mad." However, the heat had begun to do mage on some bogs on high spots d with thin vines. Growers were eping water high in the ditches d those who had any sort of CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Shocks, or Nailed Uet me repair your broken oxes — or repair them yourself. Stock Always on Hand F. H. COLE Tel. Union 6-33S0 North Carver, Mass. sprinkler systems were using these. Damage wa3 done, extensive on some properties. Slight Rain On the 28th clouds gathered and there was a little rain, which con- tinued through the 29th. This was only enough to bring the month's total to the 1.85 figure. Insects had not been bad, but there had been some girdler activity and there was a higher-than-desired fruitworm count. Bloom Forced Cto July first bogs were practically in full bloom and the bloom was developing as very heavy. On that same day Cjtoss declared the drought and heat condition had ibecome "critical." On that day the tempera- ture in the State Bog shelter reach- ed 89 and there was extremely high humidity. One more possible advantage of the dry June, in the opinion of Cross was that it might tend to im- prove the rather poor keeping quality outlook. This heat wave was general to the entire East. Water supplies for bogs and for towns and cities in Massachusetts were becoming short. Wareham ordered the sprinkling of lawns only during limited hours, starting July 1. Relief Comes Relief came on July 3, after temperatures of 90 on the first and 83 on the second, in shelter at State Bog, with a 97 being recorded in Boston on the second, breaking a 95 year record. Dr. Cross said the best estimate of damage was that it was not extensive, as the cool- ing came almost exactly at the moment the situation really became critical. Fruitworm infestation at that time AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS BOG SERVICE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS HAND SPRAYERS - TOOLS - POWER EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BRIGGS AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTER R. F. MORSE & SON, INC. Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 Five was causing some concern, the warm nights were not helping mat- ters, also there were girdler millers. Woods Fires Again July Fourth was at least 20 de- grees cooler, with high winds, al- most early fall like in atmosphere. The long dryness for the second time this year, brought critical woodland conditions and there were more than 1000 wood fires in the state on the holiday. July Starts Dry Weather continued extremely cool for a week or ten days, rainfall for the first half of July was light, only .39 to the 11, normal for July, 3.21. Despite the torrid first week of July by the Uth temperatures to that date were a minus 4. Heavy Set Despite these factors reports from all sources seem to indicate the set was to be heavy. NEW JERSEY June Not Hot Although there was blistering hot and dry weather the last week in June, average temperature for the month was still below normal. The average was 69 for June, which is 2.2 below normal. The four 97 days in the last week of June failed to bring the average up as we had several nights in the thirties and forties on the upland and as low as 28 on cranberry bogs. Severe Drought There has been a very severe drought in the cranberry area in New Jersey. Rainfall in June was only 2 inches, or 1.85 below normal. For the spring months of April, May and June the total rainfall was only 4.57 inches, only about one-third of normal. WISCONSIN Wisconsin Meetings The summer meeting of Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Associa- tion is to be held August 7th at the marsh of the Cutler Cranberry Com- pany, Camp Douglas. Area meetings have been held on herbicides at the Badger Cranberry Company, Spooner, June 25, and at Manitowisih Waters, June 27. Speak- ers were Dr. M. N. Dana and Dr. Klingbeil of the University. A simi- liar herbicide meeting was to toe held for southern growers at a later date. Unfavorable Pollination The heat and the extremely drv conditions, which came at the time that cranberries began to blossom, have created conditions which are C. & L. EQUIPMENT CO. 191 LEONARD STREET ACUSHNET, MASS. Cranberry Bog Service PRUNING RAKING FERTILIZING WEED TRIMMING Machinery Sales PRUNERS POWER WHEELBARROWS RAKES WEED TRIMMERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS - Large & Small For Further Information Call . . . F. P. CRANDON i^. C. LEONARD Rockwell 3-5526 Wyman 5-3521 C. J. TRIPP Wyman 5-2013 apparently unfavorable to the pol, lenating insects. Several grower are much concerned about the lacJ of activity of bees in the cranberr: blossoms, Apparently the necta flow is too poor to attract the pollen ators. Recent thunderstorms ma improve this siituatton on som properties. Blossom is very prolifi on most bogs. Tipworm is consider ably less abundant than normal bi sparganothis populations appear t be extremely heavy. Excessive June Frosts June was another month of shar contrasts in temperature and precip ' ' tation throughout the state. Season; lows along with a scattering of vei j high readings, brought an avera^ ' of about 3.5 degrees above normal f( I the month. Six readings in excess ■ 90 degrees were recorded or mo; than all combined for the entire sun mer period last year. The recoi breaking lows occurred the end of tl third week in June with successi' ■ frost on the 19 thru the 22nd. Th | broke all records for consecuti frost nites this late in the month a; resulted in much damage to agi j culture crops in the state. The nig , cf the 20th was the most severe wi readings as low as 24 degrees. Good Growing Month Rainfall was about normal in t central part of the state to abo normal in the north and way bel< in the south. At months end irrij ticn was needed on new plantinj mowed vines and solvented bet Reservoirs were droping but suppl: appeared adequate in most areas, all the month could be classed as good growing June for cranberries The outlook for July is for above n< mal temperatures and below norn precipitation. Frost Loss 3-5% Frost loss to cranberries in t state the end of the 3rd week of Ju are estimated at between 3-5 % rougly 15-20,000 bbls. Losses m, great in certain marshes the nij of the 20th when temperatures dr( ped as much as 12 degrees in hour. Unless water was brought d the surface of the beds loss was qut high, with the new growth burnt d Loss was also greatest on the la (Continued on Page 17) Wass. Woman Successfully Accepted The Challenge*' To Be A Cranberry Grower When Illness Struck Her Husband he is Mrs. Myrtle Vose, Widow of Chester A. Vose, promi- ent Grower — She operates 30 Acres, Does own Frosting, hd Harvesting — Is Most Appreciative of Help and Ad- ice Received. by Clarence J. Hall Mrs. Myrtle Vose of County Road, Marion, Massachusetts didn't intend |-er to be a cranberry grower. But she is, and is now recognized as a j>od one. Her husband, the late Chester A. Vose, who had long been promi- nt in the Massachusetts industry became fatally stricken in May of 1945. She was forced to take over operation of the Vose bogs. Mr. Vose had en a president of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association, long a airman of the important frost committee of that organization and interest- in getting frost warnings to growers on a "business-like" basis. He had JO been otherwise active in the industry. He passed away in June of 1%0 ;er the long illness had inoapacitated him. Mr. Perry. The bogs date back as 30 Acres Of Bog ie owned a total property of 150 'es located near his home which situated at a point where the b/^ns of Marion, Rochester and reham intersect. The bogs, 30 ares in all, are located in Rochester, Viilh the exception of one small piece iirMarion. I he bogs had been owned by his i:£ier, Benjamin F. Vose, before 1 and some had been built by a far as the 1880's. The elder Mr. Vose had developed nine acres, and was also engaged in general farming, and at first he and "Chet" sold pro- duce, kept cows and horses. The father in his day was known as a successful strawberry grower, as well as grower of cranberries. All but the cranberry business had been given up before Mrs. Vose took over. It was the late "Chet" Vose who built the bogs to their present acre- age. "Taking Over" Difficult for a Woman Taking over the operation of 30 acres of cranberry bog, including everything, even the frost supervi- sion was an undertaking of consider- able difficulty for a woman, who did not ever expect to assume the man- agement. But she tackled the job and the bogs continued to produce. Mrs. Vose had shown an interest in the business. She had spent many a night going around with her hus- band while he had put on and taken off a frost flow. She had thought at the time she had been half asleep and had not absorbed much know- ledge. However, when it came to the test, she found that she hadn't been as much asleep as she thought she had and found she understood the process. Since his illness she has had com- plete charge of the decisions as to frost flowing and has put in planks and taken them out as required. There was gravity flow for about 24 acres and six had to be pumped. She had an employe who worked for the Voses most of the year around and ^ ■£!■ t^ The attractive century and a quarter old home of Mrs. Vose. Seven :i£-^«; V 'v\K'^^; ?i;st ■% 13*' , 'f-' f' oA,1^!i5f '7' i'^H^ .^^'- :. -o.'^fM' <,•:■ i???j ,"5!;* '^ ,m,;-i '-^ ^^i ' -^" Eight 8 motor while she handled the avity work. i He Had Kept Records Mr. Vose had been interested with 5 father since 1907 and had always pt meticulous records of his bog vrk. These records proved invalu- ;;'jle as a guide in telling her what :l!do when she took over. Also, she As, she found much assistance from t; research staff at the Massachu- ,s:ts Cranberry Station. One of their :ji)s is to help out growers with sound a vice and she says they always rifwnded and were of tremendous hip to her. 'roduction on the Vose bogs has gierally been better than most Ikissachusetts bogs, both before Mr. Vse became ill and after, Mrs. Vose hk over. There had been crops as k' as 1100 barrels, with many aiund 1900 and the top crop was 212 in 1951. "We find it is hard to imuch better than 60 barrels to the aSe," she says, but that is above ;I general Massachusetts average, he Voses are independent in sell- t the. crop, formerly selling through ;h J. J. Beaton Distributing Agency, Wareham, which became inactive last fall. At one time the Vose crop was sold through the now defunct New England Cranberry Sales Com- pany. For several years a portion of the crop was sold through Ocean Spray. Fruit is now sold through PALS Peter A. LeSage and Roberi T. Hiller. Did Own Screening Until the illness cf Mr. Vose, screening was done on the property, there being a large screenhouse, which was one of the "prides" of the Voses. Now screening is done by a friendly and neighboring grower, Howard and Robert Hiller of Ro- chester. The bogs are flowed from Mary's Pond in Rochester. This is a state- owned pond with cottages around it and a bathing beach. Usually there is ample water, but this is a spring- fed pond and occasionally the water gets uncomfortably low. The Vcees have a permit to take water from this public source. Bogs are built on a muck and peat bottom. Chief varieties are Late Howes and Early Blacks, but there are some odd varieties. These in- clude "Carver Reds," "Perry Reds," and a variety called "Vose's Pride." It is pear shaped, medium early and a rather heavy producer. One thing stood Mrs. Vose in good stead when she took over, and that was that she had been familiar with cranberries all her life. Mrs. Vose was bom in Fairhaven, Mass., not far from Marion, as Florence Myrtle Henderson, but has been known most of her life by her middle name Myrtle. She was brought to Marion when she was three and lived in the Rocky Nook or "Sparrows Mills" section. She attended public school and is a grad- uate of Tabor Academy. There is a big bog in that section of Marion and she picked cranberries there as a child. Those were the days when the bog was lined off by white string into rows; each picker being care- fully watched by the foreman to see that not one berry was left behind. She learned the value cf picking clean. She had been brought to Marion by her step-father David H. Bowman, a retired whaling captain. When older she screened cranber- ries. For a time she did office work )ae of the many well-kept Vose bogs in Rochester. (CRANBERRIES Pko.;©) 'M Nine- for I. E. Hiller Company in Marion and also was secretary at Marion Town Hall, when three boards con- ducted town affairs. Her early fa- miharity with cranberries came in handy when she was forced to take over her husband's operations. Of great assistance and value to her was help and advice from Howard Hiller, and later his son, "Bob," now engaged in the distributing end of the industry as well as being a grower. As a matter of fact the Hiller bogs all but "surround" the Vose bogs, and the Hillers were and still are, on hand to give her assistance when needed. On frost nights she does not find it lonely. "Bob" Hiller and the late "Lew" Hiller, who was also in- terested in the Hiller bogs were taking care of things on their pro- perty and the three often got to- gether to discuss the weather out- look and to decide what to do with flowing. Kenny Beaton of Wareham was hired to do the netting for insect control. Mrs. Vose hires the Wiggins Airways, Inc. for application of in- sect controls. Sanding is also done by Beaton with a cub tractcr and trailer trucks. Her Own Foreman She has one man who has worked for the Voses for 30 years and in season she has two or three others to help out. They help weed and other hard work. There is no fore- man. Mrs. Vose is her own. Until 1961 she, like her neighbors, the Hillers did a lot of scooping. The Early Blacks were scooped and also the Howes. Ray H. Morse of West Wareham did the machine harvest- ing, at first using a Western Picker, as he believed this trained the vines more than did a Darlington. Lately Darlingtons have been used. The "Vose's Prides," of which there is quite a bit of acreage have very long runners. This past season of 1962, Mrs. Vose decided to try it "on her own," picking entirely by Westerns. She claims she was literally "launched" on a new career having picked in so much water, it being remembered that the fall of 1962 was one of the rainest ever with much flooding for frost. The bogs are not as free from HELICOPTER PEST CONTROL qqins ^iru/aus I m NORWOOD, MASS. ' DUSTING and SPRAYING RAY MORSE, Agent TEL. CY 5-3928 weeds as she would like them to b^ but in general they are well kept ui! She has access roads around all th| pieces and tries to keep the upland well trimmed. She considers liii important. Ancient House on Property Incidentaly and rather interestin: is the fact that on the Vose bog pn perty there is a very ancient woode 1 frame house. This bears the da' over the door of 1699, which is ; near the building time as researc j can place it. It is one of the olde houses in Rochester, which is a vei j early-settled town. This structure is known as the "O Haskell House," and at one time i location was on the main stagecoa* road which wove around the shor of Mary's Pond, going from Acus net to Plymouth. Now, this is a woo ed, isolated spot, with only the i mains of the sandy, narrow pc road. Mrs. Vose makes her home in big house which was the birthpla of her husband. This house may d£ back to about 1825. Mr. and M Vose were fond of antiques and tht are many valuable pieces in f house. Mrs. Vose is especially fond of \ old and she knows the "history" each piece, which she says mal the ownership of antiques much m< interesting. Many of the pieces wi in the Vose family, and she knc the "story" of each as well as few others she has acquired. Hobby — Restoring Antiques As a matter of fact her pres hobby is the restoring of these ; tique pieces and this she does w laving care and skill whenever ; is able to find the time. \ At one time she was much inl ested in the growing of the high-bi cultivated blueberries and made considerable business of this. Th were some 900 bushes. However, did not find this business profita enough for the time and effort c sumed and she now has only a ; bushes, growing enough fruit for own use and that of friends, wh she permits to come in and pick themselves. Mrs. Vose is an ardent mem' and attendant of both the Southe ■ ern Cranberry Club which meets' (Continued on Page 20) Ten Dyrene Foliage fungicide Clear For Wisconsin Announcement Made By :hemagro, The Manufactur- Wisconsin cranberry growers can 'OW use Dyrene foliage fungicide to ontrol iberry spot, the black rot, nd rot and Phomopsis rot to within 8V0 weeks of harvest. In making this announcement, the manufacturer, Chemagro Corpora- on of Kansas City, Missouri, also tated that the Food & Drug Admin- ;traition has established a tolerance f 10.0 ppm for Dyrene residues on ranberries. Dyrene applications should begin, 18 company states, before the iseases appear and continued irougihout the growing season. They lould be applied as needed, usually ^en to 10 days, except in cold, /et weather, when four to five ay schedules are advisable. OOK MAGAZINE, ND CRANBERRIES Cranberries got a puff in the July issue of "LOOK magaziae, witn a >lor shot of two berries among Lnes, one red and one y allow. This as in a color photo story of Cape od with the title, "A V/alk with horeau . . . Cape Cpd revisited." enrj' David Thoreau walked the ape in 1849, and his book "Cape od" remains one of the classics. The caption beside cranberry photo -ads, "Fruit of the sunken bogs," iiatever that may mean, and goes 1 to say, "wild and unattended hen Thoreau got Cape Cod sand i his shoes . . ." I Now, cranberries have been culti- lated on the Cape since 1816 or bssibly 1812, so although the berry rew wild on the Cape at that time I was not "unattended," and yellow not the color of a desirable Ameri- an cranberry of comm;erce. But lis photo story is at least cranberry publicity." READ j CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE Charles Laramie, Director Wisconsin State Association Part Owner Copper River Marsh Property at Merrill, Efficently Operated and an Excellent Producer — Markets through Indian Trail, Inc. Charles Laramie, a native of Wis- consin Rapids, and part owner of the Copper River Development Com- pany, Merrill, Wisconsin, is a direc- tor of the Wisconsin State Cran- berry Growers' Association and has been associated with the cranberry industry for the past 14 years. Cop- per River is one of the finest pro- ducing properties in Wisconsin. It consists of 65 acres. Copper River Development Com- pany marsh is comparitively new and is laid out and engineered in such a manner that it lends itself to efficient operations. There is an ample water supply from the Cop- per River and the property is equipped with two large pumps so that, if necessary, the water after use can be pumped back in the water reserve. Most of the beds are set to Jumbo Searles; however, this past season 10 acres have been added, planted to the new Stevens hybrid. Foreman at Cppper River is, Jere Westfal), a capable young man, w:lh a good background in managing cranberry operations. He has been tnere since September, 1962. In 1956 Laramie and his associates built a new cement block, two-level v/arehouse and added on a 60 foot, two-story addition in 1962. Packing operations were enlarged and a great amount of new equipment purchased. All packing is now done on the lower level. This makes it verj' convenient, as the berries are fed in from the top level floor into the hoppers, which makes an effec- tive and modem packing operation, IVlr. Laramie is very much inter- ested in the cranberry industry. He is always looking for new ond better methods of producing quaUty fruit, and takes great pride in putting out a quality pack, both for the fresh market and for processing. He is married and has a son and a daughter, the son being Dr. James Laramie of Whitewater, Wisconsin and Ms daughter is Mrs. Joan John- son, who makes her home in New York. His wife, Gladys is also extremely concerned with the cranberry indus- try and keeps up to date by attend- ing all the meetings held. She is interested in new growing methods and vitally interested in any new marketing ideas. She is a real booster for all cranberry products and is a good judge of quality. The cranberry industry is very fortunate in having a woman, as attractive as she, out "boosting" for more use of cranberries by the general consumer. Laramie is an independent grow- er, marketing his crop te-ougth Indian Trail, Inc., of Wisconsin Raoids. Eleven Wisconsin Is Divided Into Frost Areas Wisconsin cranberry area has been divided into three districts for frost warning service, Warren Wal- lis, the forecaster announced accord- ing to a letter sent to growers from the Department of Horticulture, Uni- versity of Wisconsin, the changes becoming effective June 3. Northern bogs are north of a line from Wau- sau to Eau Claire; southwestern bogs, only the marshes in Black River valley, southwestern ibogs, all marshes south of the Eau Claire- Wausau line, (except Black River area). Growers near the dividing line have been cautioned to use the top of the low forecast temperature range and tihe ibottom of the high forecast temperature range. "Ex- ample; The forecast bog minimum are '26-30 north and 30-34 south." A grower near the northwest dividing line should use 28-32 as his fore- iast minimum temperature. It is explained that the term "Caution Advised" is used in fore- casts when there is a definite possi- bility that bog temperatures may fall well below the forecast range, and example being: "the center of the cold air mass has passed to the east of Wisconsin, but there is a possibility that the air mass will back up during the night." Letter was signed by Dr. G. K. Klingbiel. Pannkuk Urges Growers' Funds: Wis, Research As previously reported at the January meeting of the Wisconsin State Cranlberry Growers Associa- tion a committee of 4 to investigate the possibility of initiating a State Marketing Order for the purp>ose of collecting funds to support research on cranberries was appointed. It was stated the cranberry industry represents a 4 to 5 million dollar gross income to the growers who spend very little as a group toward support of research in weed control, Twelve quality and keeping quality, insect control; long-range research studies for improvement in cranberry cul- ture and product development. At that meeting WSCGA members favored such an action on a volun- tary assessment basis. A resolution was voted that "The cranlberry growers through the Wis- consin State Ciranberry Growers Association provide $4,000 annually for research at the Agricultural Ex- periment Station. The 1%3 fund to be raised by a voulntary assessment of one and one-third cents per barrel of the 1962 crop. If the fund is not raised by July 1, 1%3, the com- mittee is to take the necessary action to establish a state marketing order for the purpose of collecting such money." Directors of the association met at Wisconsin Rapids, May 13, and in anticipation of wide acceptance and support of this endeavor appointed a committee of four to plan wi-th Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station a program for the most effective use of the funds collected and to keep in touch with the staff of the college in the develop'ment of this program. Members of the committee are Charles Lewis, Jr., Donald Duckart, Richard Indermuehle, Richard Bra- ze a u and Leo Sorenson. Association President Behrend G; Pannkuk has recently urged mem-j bers to "put your best foot forward and send in your remittance early* in order to get the program off to a good start." FOR BETTER PEST CONTROL Use these reliable GENERAmHEMICAL products: DDT Maiathion Parathion Ferbam Zineb GENERAL CHEMICAL DIVISION 40 Rector Street, New York 6, N. Y. i;;i'iiiHiiiniiiiBiiiHii I I Aerial Spraying and Dusting also Fertilizing I We Specialize I In Parathion Applications I both ^ Sprays and Dusts I AERIAL SPRAYERS, Inc. I (FORMERLY MARSHFIELD AIRWAYS, INC.) p Marshfield, Mass. I I Thos. S. Weitbrecht (Whitey) Temple 4-7818 | -i«IIIIHIIHIIIIHIIIIHIIIIHIIIIHIIi:HIIIMII|lHIIIIBIIIIBIIIIWIIIHIIIHIIIHIII*IIIIHIIIIHIIIIHIIIHIIIIHUiH Institute Continuing European Market Development Program, Plus Other Activities Hope for Another Year of School Lunch. G. T. Beaton Reports on Visit to Continent and United Kingdom. Cranberry Institute is continuing a lumber of activities desigened to aid he industry, one being the recent sending to Europe of another dele- gate to continue the project, in con- junction with Foreign Agricultural service of the USDA, to build up a narket for American cranberry pro- lucts. He is Gilbert T. Beaton, fresh ;ales and export representative of )cean Spray Cranberries, Inc. who pent about a month on the Continent ind in the United Kingdom, returning n June. He filed a 27-page progress eport with the Institute and this will le taken up later in this issue. Perhaps the Institute project of nost immediate vital interest is that epresentatives have been in Wash- iigton, striving to obtain another 'ederal school lunch program for iranberries. Last year the school inch program utilized approximately 30,000 barrels or approximately ten ercent of the total crop, this single sale" to the Government returning le industry about $1,300,000. All andlers in the industry were invited ) bid on the entire amount or any art of it, but only bid, or at least ir any appreciable amount came om Ocean Spray. If this government purchase for this jrpose is not forthcoming in future sars, the Institute is also at work tempting, through the Master Aool Lunch program of the USDA ) include cranberries for school inches at the State or local level, rrin Colley, Institute president rally believes now, that since cran- Jrries have been served to school lildren for the past two years or lore these students, are familiar ith cranberries and where they 1 come adult may become consumers ' cranberry products in their homes. To ship cranberries abroad in some indensed form especially dehydrat- 4, the Institute is continuing its re- ■ arch into this field. One research •m in New Jersey is now working 'I an order which it is expected will oduce 200 pounds of dehydrates, lich can be sent as samples to Europe or other foreign markets and there private processors can, it is hoped, develop various cranberry products and eventually build up the foreign cranberry market. Cranber- ries in this form, obviously are less bulky and expense of shipment is less, and also there are no tariffs on sugar as in a canned product. Also working, through the efforts of the Institute on various drying techniques for cranberries are the Eastern Utilization and Research De- velopment Laboratories, at Philadel- phia and its counterpart, the Western laboratory at Albany, California. These are government research in- stitutions. Such research is necessary to establish costs of these cranberry products, their practicability and their acceptance to foreign manu- facturers and consumers, also flavor "stability," color "stability." Institute is working on other forms of dehydration of cranberries, such as a "vacuum" pack (for juice). Mr. Colley has also been in contact with the radiation of products project now being carried on by the U.S. Quarter- masters Department at Natick, Mass. This project has created great inter- est, as through the use of radium active materials it has been found that a number of foods can be kept perfectly fresh and with retained flavor for years, without refrigera- tion. A key figure in this is Dr. Dale Selling, former Dean of Massachu- setts Agricultural College, UMass., who, of course, is familiar with cran- berries. (A comprehensive article on this project appeared in "The New Englander," publication of the New England Council in the May, 1963 issue. The Institute, in another project is also continuing its association with the Poultry Institute, as it is felt the affinity which has now been develop- ed between poultry and cranberries will be of benefit in foreign markets. Members of the Institute have at- tended the annual meeting of the National Fruit Export Council, of which the Institute is a member; institute members also attended a session at the White House with Trade Information Committee, Christian Herter of Massachusetts being chairman of this committee devoted to building up American exports in Europe. Private meetings have also been held with members of Congress, particularly Senators who are on agricultural or foreign trade committees and are inter- ested in promoting such matters. BEATON REPORT Beaton's first stop was England, where he contacted J. 0. Sims, Ltd., importer of fresh cranberries since 1950 and also, since 1962, Institute representative. The handling and shipping of fresh fruit cranberries for this coming season was dis- cussed. Also contacted was Dr. Paul J. Findlen, assistant Agri- cultural Attache at United States Trade Center, and also Malcolm Sheriff, trade promotion specialist, who is planning a trip to the U.S. in August and arrangements were made for him to visit cranberry plants, bogs and growers. Mr. Sheriff was of the opinion that a considerable period of time be spent by Mrs. Janet Taylor, Ocean Spray home economist, in England, contacting home economists there and introducing the uses of fresh and processed cranberries, and it was felt she should be the next Institute delegate to England. Arrangements were also made to have the Turkey Federation in Eng- land contacted for sales this fall. This is to be through "Jim" Pollard who operates public relations in Eiig- land for the Institute. G. Street & Co., Ltd. who perform advertising and publicity matters for the Institute was also contacted. Mr. Sims reported that shipments this fall will be 50 percent window boxss and 50 percent bulk. Sims would like to sell fresh fruit at 2 shillings, 2 pence per pound which would equal U.S. 30 cents a pound at retail. It was suggested that a half-pound window box should be developed as this small package seems to be in greatest demand by English housewives. At another point Mr. Beaton dis- cussed ways and means of promoting cranberries in Great Britain. Safe- way stores were also contacted as this organization has purchased a controlling interest in Garden Stores (Continued on Page 17) Thirteen Quality Cranberries For The Consumer Dr. by George L. Peltier Wisconsin Cranberry Consultant For the past decade the writer has been interested in the production of a quality pack that would appeal to the ultimate consumer. An assist in this program was the USDA Stan- dard for fresh cranberries made ef- fective August 7, 1956. Through an intensive educational program and with the cooperation of associated growers, almost 95% of the fresh fruit shipments are now meeting the minimum standard of USDA Grade A. To produce a good quality of cran- berries,, one must have efficient management of the togs during the growing season, primarily in the correct usage of water in all of its aspects, the growing of high yield- ing varieties, the effective control of disease and insect pests, a continual warefare agains!: weeds and the judi- cial use of fertilizers. All are imror- tant factors needed to produce mod- erate size, proper color, and per- fectly sound berries, with good keep- ing qualities for the storage period and subsequent shipment to various parts of the country. It is really astounding how cran- berries can stand the abuse they receive from harvesK xmtil they reach the ultimate consumer. If one examines 100 berries under a magni- fier, at least 95 of them will show mechanical bruises of one sort or another. True, many cannot be de- tected with the naked eye, yet they are present and, in many instances, they serve as .portals of entrance for fungal invaders. Such bruises are incurred during raking and hauling from the bogs to the mechanical driers, during the filling of the crates, stacking for storage, hauling and dumping of the berries into the hoppers, over the graders to the mills, where in order for a sound berry to pass over the jumps they must have sufficient bounce to clear these hurdles, on conveyors to the sorting table, on cionvej'ors to the packaging machines and finally into the shipping oases! I know of no commercial fruit thai involves as much handling during the harvest, storage, and packaging as cranberries. Really it is marveloa' when one reflects on the many anc diverse ways cranberries can b( bruised and still remain sound. Yet, this is only the beginning since up to 1200 oases can be store(: , into a large van, and transportet for hundreds, even thousands c ! miles, under variable weather condi , tions, over highways far f r o r I smooth. After the berries are unloaded a , a terminal warehouse in a distar center, the cases are exposed t great extremes of temperature an humidity. Many times the cases ar j bandied and trucked ad least half-dozen times, before they ar finally picked up by the consumei Without question, the proper handlin of cranberries from harvest to cor sumer would materially reduce th incidence of unsound berries. Th situation can be improved only b the good management of the boj during the growing season, and i\ CARLSON MFC. CO. KINGSTON, MASS. TEL, JU 5-2409 PRICE $399.00 1500 lb. Capacity • 35 Picking Bags • 30 Picking Boxes • Platform Area: 48 x 78 inches. Portable, 16 ft. long, 6 ft. wide ramp, one-man operation. $100.00 Engine — 3 h.p. Briggs & Stratton with Reduction Unit. Tires — 800-6-1000 lbs. capacity each tire. 8 inches wide - 18 inches diameter. Frame — 214" square tubing Vs" wall thickness. Axles — 1" round cold roll. Tiller — operated tricycle arrangement for ease of reversing and to minimize scuffing. This unit has been used for 5 yrs. on our bogs. Ideal for wheeling off berries, cleaning inside ditches, carry- ing fertilizer and sanding. We carry IVa yds. p:r load which is double our rated capacity. See Our Exhibit at C.C.C.G.A. Meeting, State Bog, August 29 ;-oper handling of the berries from 'irvest to shipment. As has been .)inted out, this part of the program iis been met in good measure by e grower, who strives to maintain high quality pack, well beyon- e minimum standards set up by e USDA. The big problem now facing us is e proper methods of shipping and \e treatment of the berries until . ley find their outlet to the trade. 'lis period can be called "second- ly- storage." Greater losses do (, hae can remain dormant for her long periods, without pro- :ing any visible signs of rot until berries are stored. The six most irx)rtant types of rots are com- trnly known as black, bitter, early, frit and end rot, each caused by a >icific fungus. In general, they can be classified as early rots. Per- s the greatest loss in storage is rot to which the Searles variety especially susceptible. urinig the process of grading, ling, and sorting, all unsound «ries present are removed. When ked according to U. S. Grade A, s hi maximum tolerance of unsound )e:ies is 3% (3 berries per 100) v|ch includes not only rots, but >ci, bruised, and other defects, si^hh may mark their appearance I ^r quality. Thus, when packed and hjped very few unsound berries hild be present. editions during the "secondary storage" period, have the greatest effect on the keeping quality of cranberries, yet, to date, this is the most neglected phase of holding and merchandising. During this holding period, temperatures are the most important factor involved, in the rate and degree of fungal spoilage of cranberries. In general, the fungi causing rots in storage make very little progress below 40° F., while with progressively high tempera- tures, they develop more rapidly with each 5 degree rise. The ideal storage temperature for cranberries is 35-36° F. Alt this temperature, fungal activity is slower down to a minimum and at the same time, color retention and appearance of the fruit is at its maximum. Storage temperatures near 32° F. cause what is known in the trade, as "low tem- perature breakdown." Ventilation (air exchange) also is an important factor in the keeping quality of cranberries, since it pre- vents the pile-up of carbon dioxide and other toxic gases released by the respiring fruit. On the other hand, relative humidity is not too important, except when it becomes high enough to produce condensa- tion on the surface of the berries. An ideal relative humidity for stor- age is about 65 to 70 percent. By holding cranberries during the sec- ondary storage period, fungal rots can be inhibited by proper tempera- tures, good ventilation and ideal re- lative humidities. The second most important cause of storage spoilage is known as sterile breakdown. This is simply the self-destruction of the fruit, through its own living processes, which involves comple>g chemical reactions within the berry, with an exchange of casses and other by- products, resulting from respiration. The elimination of these by-products, is essential to any stored fruit. If allowed to build up within the fruit, they would eventauUy curtail res- piration to such a degree that the fruit would ultimately die. This is just one of the involved factors that result in a decrease of the storage and shelf life of a fruit through what is called "sterile breakdown." With proper temperatures and good venti- lation, the rate and degree of self breakdown can be held down to a minmum, as in the case of the rots. While other causes contribute to the spoilage in transit and secondary storage, the two most important have been discussed. At any rate, when growers put in extra efforts to pack a high class product, the dealer should also be obligart;ed to take the proper steps to maintain quality,, until the berries reach the consumer. FROST CONTROL A MAJOR ADVANTAGE OF SPRINKLER SYSTEMS BUT MASSACHUSETTS GROWERS WHO HAVE SYSTEMS NOW are finding them of tremendous value in irrigating and reducing bog temperatures in tfie extreme drought and high temperature existing since late June. SOLID SET BOG IRRIGATION SYSTEMC — ALL ALUMINUM Our Sock Is Complete — IMMEDIATE DELIVERY LARCHMONT ENGINEERING LEXINGTON, MASS. VO 2-2550 Fifteen Atwood (Continued from Page 4) Fungicides. Fungicides have be- come more important and more wide- ly used by the Massachusetts grow- ers in recent years. This year the "State Bog" is recommending two materials on the chart. Tests show that Manzate is the best material for controlling cranberry fruit rots, but may tend to slow the coloring of the fruit. Manzate treated berries will color in storage (early blacks good, Howes not so good) and usual- ly make an excellent product for the Thanksgiving fresh fruit market. Fermate is a cheaper product but does not alway{3 give as good control as Manzate. However it does produce a glossy well colored berry. Therefore the grower has a choice of materials to fit his own particular needs. A bog with an extremely poor record or in years when the Keeping Quality Forcast is poor might justify the use of Manzate and the opposite condi- tions might indicate that Fermate would do the job. In 1%2 the costs of these materials applied twice by helicopter were $27.30 per acre for Fermate and $35.10 per acre for Manzate or about an $8.00 spread. The second application can usually be combined with the first fruitworm spray on early water and thus re- duce this cost factor. It has been our experience that the repeated use of fungicides on the same piece of bag, increases the quality of the fruit produced. In 1958 and 1959 a study was conducted to determine the effect on yield and rot when both fertili- zers and fungicides were used. The following table summarizes the find- ings. In this experiment the fertilizer used was 300 lbs per acre of 10-10-10 and the fungicide was Zineb. In most cases a grower does not fully realize how much rot he really has. He checks the fruit in the box after harvest but does not consider the p>oor berries which Treatment Untreated Fertilizer Fungicide Fert & Fung were left on the bog. Most growers do not screen their own berries and therefore they do not know how they stand up in storage. Plans Progressing For Bandon Berry Festival Plans are progressing for the Ban- don Cranberry Festival, Sept. 20, 21 and 22, and it is hoped this will be one of the best with the coopera- tion of the Bandon community. The Festivail Court has been com- pleted; the princesses being: Diane Clhaig, Mary Hargrove, Donna Tuc- ker, Laurie Made and Dixie Van Leuven. Festival theme will be "Do You Remember?" The program will include as usual, parade, ball, coronation, sporting events and a barbeque. Bandon is the only cranberry area which continues to hold an annual cranberry harvest festival. WISCONSIN MEETINGS The summer meeting of Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Associa- tion is to be held August 7th at the marsh of the Cutler Cranberry Cpm- pany, Camp Douglas. Area meetings have been held on herbicides at the Badger Cranberry Company, Spooner, June 25, and at Manitowish Water, June 27. Speak- ers were Dr. M. N. Dana and Dr. Klingtoeil of the University. A simi- liar herbicide meeting was ao be held for southern growers at a later date. NEW VARIETIES IN WISCONSIN Vernon Ck)ldsworthy of Eagle River, Wisconsin this spring is plant- ing two acres the new variety, Beckwith, which he thinks has a lot of possibilities for Wisconsin. Considerable of the new Stevens are also being planted and some Ben Lears, even though most of the new Total Yield Marketable Yield bbls/acre bbls/acre 70 62 96 47 70 66 95 77 planting is going into Searls Jumb Many Wisconsin growers are all: using a large amount of fertilize this spring to increase crop outpii Oregon Tests (Continued from Page 1) samples will probably be limited this depth. Phosphate levels of the samplii ran much higher than expected these very acid soils ranging pH from 4.5 to 5.0. It was felt thJ past heavy annual applications phosphorus were resulting in thei higher-than-expected levels. Poti sium levels in most cases indicatll continued needed attention to ma: taining adequate potash supplies Might Need More Potassium '?li Most growers in the area are usi: I '; complete fertiliers with a 1 to phosphorus - potassium ratio. E cause of these lower potassium le els it was suggested that growe might wish to focus closer attenti on the feasibility of increasing pot£ sium applications. A suggested ma ner of accomplishing this would to continue with present spring a plications of fertilizers such as 10 20 or 6-20-20 and then later foll< up with an additional early summ apiplicaiton of potassium. It is felt that growers could eas check any benefits obtained fr< additional potassium by fertilizil an entire bog with an annual apj ' cation of a complete fertilizer a ' limit the additional application i potassium to only a portion of life bog for a comparison. if I?; Because of the local practice I establishing new bogs on a sa layer that has been spread over t native peat soils, it was suggest that several split applications fertilizers on these new bogs mij materially aid in stimulating fasi growth of new vines. The low pl£ nutrient retention of this sand laj necessitates more frequent applic tion of fertilizers, especialljy more of the plant roots are fou in this sand layer. Weed Control County Extension Agent Hag= stein also reported on the progr(| in establishing several replicai screening trials for evaluating si'yl a ... Sixteen al chemical herbicides used on ,^nberries. The extensive trial '"- irk in progress involves making .sidue determinations and com- - jiring the effectiveness on various 4ed species of IPC, Chloro IPC, I'anular, 2, 4-D, Simizine and r seron. Included in these trials i:' e combination treatments of tloro IPO and granular 2,4 - D ^ tsed on favorable reports from 'I. Charles C. Doughty, Superin- "^ tident of the Coastal Washington '' Iperiment Station at Long Beach, '•• 'V^shington. i e,'ies normally account for about '•rcent of total cash received from a.keting of farm products. CRANBERRY 'N CHEESE MOLD 1 cup chive or pineapple cottage cheese 1 large (9 oz.) package of cream cheese 2 unflavored gelatin % cup cold water V2 cup boiling water 1 lb. can jellied cranberry sauce Let cheese soften to room tempera- ture. Beat together until fairly smooth. Soften gelatin in cold water. Add boiling water and stir until dis- solved. Gradually beat into cheese. Pour into slightly oiled salad molds. Chill until firm. At serving time place a slice of jellied cranberry sauce in lettuce cup. Top vath cot- tage cheese mold and serve. Fresh From The Fields (Continued from Page 6) developing varieties which were more tender. This loss approximates the loss to the state last June. Outlook Bright First blossoms were quite notice- able the end of the first week of the month. As the warm weather pro- gress more and more blooms were forced ahead so that by the end of the month, the early varieties had a good cover of bloom and small berries were developing. Weather conditions duriiig the daytime were most advantageous to set as there was strong winds and considerable sunshine. If this condition prevails during the balance of bloom an above average set could be expected. This season has all the earmarks of 1961 when the state produced its largest total crop and yield average per acre. €AD CRANBERRIES Institute (Continued from Page 13) in England. "It is my considered opinion that the 7 ounce whole cran- berry sauce will be the leading idea for process sales and there is a very strong possibility that we will have to come up with a % lb. window box in the near future for sales in England," Mr. Beaton wrote. He visited Belgium and Luxem- burg; have been selling where fresh cranberries in Brussels since 1956, and he found that a Mr. Jonck- heere, originally came from Bil- lerica, Mass. and has a knowledge of American cranberries. He had im- ported from the Beaton Distributing Agency at Wareham, before this went out of the distributing business. Bea- ton purchased sample jars and tins of various Dutch manufacturers of the Preisselbeeren and the Lingon- berry, and found sauce made from these European varieties of the cran- berry have a stronger cranberry taste. However he found these were high priced products and he felt U.S. berries can be sold at a lower price. Cranberry sauce is used during the hunting season with game and at Christmas. He suggested a program of "Chicken with Cranberries." In summing up Mr. Beaton said he felt the Benelux countries, Belgium, Luxemburg and Holland should be the second area of importance for development next to England. In Germany Mr. Beaton visited a package manufacturer at Stuttgart, as he was acquainted with his sen who lives m Wareham, Mass. Beaton was interested in the possibility of manufacturing window boxes for Ger- man sales at less cost than these could be made in the U.S. He found there would be no saving. In Switzer- land he found a researcher in cran- berries had discovered a new type of pectin in the berry. As poultry is one of the highest priced meats in Swit- zerland so he found, he felt there was no use in trying to promote cran- berries with chicken in that country. After a visit to Paris he stated that he considered France as the least likely prospect for American cran- berries and cranberry products. A visit to Ireland led him to classify Ireland in the same good category for prospective American business as England, Belgium and Holland. In summary he suggested as future programs, to bring the retail price on cranberry products out of the special- ty class by; shipping raw product for manufacturing in Europe and Great Britain, consider the possibili- ty of a two-price system, one for the U.S. and Canada and one for export markets, selling raw or dehydrated cranberries to European processors. He felt a market could be built with- in four years. Seventee'n .' ^ ■* ' ***** ^ "PRENTICE" Loader operating on Cranberry Lake Development Co. Marsh, Phillips, Wisconsin. EFFICIENCY In Every Part of Your Cranberry Operations Means Sav- ings in the Cost of Producing a Barrel of Cranberries for Market, A "PRENTICE" Loader is speedy and efficient in getting your berries from the marsh and onto the truck in water harvesting. Loader shown is our Model FOBC-RM. The hydraulically operated dump- ing arrangement allows speedy handling of the boats and eliminates tedious hand operations. Satisfied Users Of The ''Prentice'' Know This. We have a complete line of Hydraulically operated loading equipment, or we can design your special material handling equipment. Consult us for further information. PRENTICE HYDRAULICS, Inc. Prentice, Wisconsin Phone 7, Phone 8 Manufacturers of PRENTICE Hydraulic Loaders Eighteen fodlt>sJal.s ISSUE OF JULY 1963 VOL. 28 — NO. 3 O^^'^^'^'^W^ j It is rather incomprehensible to us, iat there is not more support, from inde- sndent handlers and growers of the Cran- prry Institute in its work for the industry. e hope all will read of its activities on lother page of this issue and let the facts nk in. Take the school lunch program of st year, alone. The Institute, speaking j[r the industry in Washington got appro- ■A\ of this program which brought about a oney return of about $1,300,000. The ngle program amounted to about 10 per- !nt in barrels of the 1962 crop sales. It should be acknowledged that of inde- ;ndent handlers, the growers of the fol- wing are participating; Indian Trail, Inc., isconsin; Morris April, New Jersey and (^pe Cod Cranberry Cooperative, Inc. of assachusetts. The Institute budget for all purposes for e 1963 year is $35,000, through the hand- \t members of the Institute. Thus, for an investment" of $35,000 through the school ibch program (plus the other Institute tivities) the industry received a return of •proximately $1,300,000. For the pro- am mentioned above and for other activi- 'S the Institute is engaged in, the ''invest- rient" of 3 cents a barrel, seems like an bignificant amount and that all growers 3;0uld be willing to participate. To be sure, it was Ocean Spray which applied the fruit for the school lunch pro- gam (although all handlers had the op- prtunity to bid on it in whole or part) ; the 5jle removed the approximately 10 percent bm the fresh fruit market, improving iirket stability. Many of the Institute plans, are, frankly, 'mg-range," such as foreign trade, but na,t alert industry today is not forward loking? Not a few growers on our recent idlest Coast visit, expressed a hope a mar- it for cranberries might be built up in Fpan or other parts of the Orient — these -ast growers are more alert, as they are 5' much closer than Wisconsin or the east, [pidentally, the Institute has already ?'^en tentative study to a Japanese market ■c cranberries. Remember too! That in the 1959 crisis, iing into the win- ter of '62- '63, the budding was small but numerous and in general the '63 prospects were excellent. Winterkill Winter came early and tempera- tures remained subnormal and with- out snowcover in southeastern Mass- achusetts. The last few days of 1962 brought gale winds and tempera- tures near 0°F. Many bogs exposed SUBSCRIPTIONS U.S. $4.00 per year Foreign $5.00 per year ADVERTISING RATES on Request Address C. J. Hall CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE P. O. Box 71 Wareham, Mass. — (02571) Tels. 295-0027 (Res.) 295-9533 at this time suffered winterkilling, and none of them hurt in this way are producing a really good crop, though many have shown remarkable recovery and some are producing crops of 50 bbls. per acre. Then in May came troublesome frosts on the nights of May 12, 23, 24 and 25. All these took some toll of our coming crop and many later showed the partial injury called "umbrellas." Drought Damage Since April, the rainfall in south- eastern Massachusetts has tended to come in heavy downpours at very infrequent intervals. For example, near the end of July the Cranberry Station measured 2.01 inches in one storm, but recorded only 2.70 inches for the month as a whole. Drying was severe in June and July because of above normal temperatures and damage is readily found on many bogs. Those with new sprinkler sys- tems now feel the great advantage of these devices in a summer like this one. On a few days in June and early July, bog temperatures went well over 100°F. Where this happened in full bloom, and especially on the "umbrella bloom" mentioned above, some blossoms were summarily blasted and of course could not pro- duce berries. 660,000? If one adds the damage caused by winterkilling, by frost and by drought, it is not hard to find 157^ losses. If this is deducted from last year's crop of 778,000 barrels, one gets a figure of 660,000 bbls. which is a good approximation of grower thinking about the '63 crop prior to the government estimate. Furthermore, it is apparent that all three major drawbacks are the direct result of faulty or inadequate control of water on our bogs. I have indicated this defect with my best effort since early 1961. Those who have installed sprinklers since then are happy they did so. Mors growers muse soon decide on this invest- ment, for without it crops will not be good enough to show profits. Sprinklers Effective This summer sprinklers were used effectively in midday (shut off in early aftemcon) without damage to flowers or berries. They were used to relieve drought conditions and even the low-gallonage systems did this effectively. There is a notice- able increase in the size of berries on sprinkler bogs, and there are as many or more berries on such bogs by count. The growth of cranberry vines in such a summer of excessive sun- shine tends to be excessive on sprinkler bogs. It seems at present that fertilizer use should be sharply curtailed on such bogs since both the fertilizer and the supplemental water appear to produce increased vine-growth. Those with spruiklers report using their systems one to five or more times during the sum- mer. Drought conditions have varied widely in the cranberry area itself, but until we have better information, it would seem to be good judgment to use the sprinklers no oftener than once a week, but apply a minimum of Vz to % inch each time it is run. SEEK CHINK IN INSECT'S ARMOR Almost everybody has heard about insect resistance to a succession of man-made chemicals intended to con- trol them. It's no-less famiUar story, but an ever-changing one, to the men and women dedicated to protecting men and animals from insect-borne di- seases and safeguarding crops and stored food from insect contamina- tion. The frustrating problems of resis- tance has started a whole new chain of investigation among entomologists such as those at Rutgers' College of Agriculture, New Brunswick, New Jersey. One group and supported financially by the Federal govern- ment is delving into the complex body chemistry of the house fly. The goal is to find out the me- chanism the fly used to transform its new chemical foes, such as DDT and others into harmless substances. Once they have unlocked the secret of fly resistance it could be on the way toward applying the findings to other insects as well. (Report from Rut- gers) Three' Sugar Price Eased A Little While the price of sugar used in cranberry processing, as in a 1 1 pro ducts using sugar, remains high, the Northeast price has eased some- v/hat, according to George C. P. OLsson, president of Ocean Spray Cprrently the figure was about $12.20 a hundredweight. In May it was up to about $16. The normal range in recent years, Mr. Olsson says has been around. $9. Processed cranberries have been raised a little in price, as was re- ported last month. Whether the high sugar prices will influence the housewife in buying fresh this fall, of course, remains to be determined. Brewer & Lord INSURANCE 40 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. CONVERSE HILL HORACE H. SOULE WILLIAM B. PLUMER CHARLES M. CUTLER EDWARD H. LEARNARD VINCENT M. WILSON JOHN B. CECIL JR. Serving the People of New England Since 1859 SHAWMUT GLASS CONTAINERS, Inc. REPRESENTING KNOX GLASS, Inc. 25 EAST STREET CAMBRIDGE 41, MASS. Three Major Meetings In Wisconsin Ocean Spray Directors, Cranberry Institute and Mar- keting Committee Gather This Month. Three important meetings are scheduled to be held at Wisconsin Rapids this month. Ocean Spray directors meet for a general session, following committee meetings, Aug. 23; Cranberry Institute directors meet Aug. 24 and finally the Cran- berry Marketing committee, princi- pals and alternates hold a session expected to take up Aug. 26 and 27. As a considerable number of the persons attending the three meet- ings are members and officers of more than one of the committees meeting, the sessions are being held at approximately the same time and at the Rapids to reduce travel ex" , pense as there will be attendance \ from every cranberry area. ^ The Marketing Committee mem- bers will (have the preliminary USDA | forecast of the 1963 cranberry crop, (released Aug. 20) and thus will b5 in position to determine the amount of the set-aside if any, for the crop I* of this fall. Last year this was 12 % . ' Although the Massachusetts crop is estimated to have been cut by about 50,000 barrds, due to the c^ extreme drought and heat conditions of July, the Wisconsin production is ' expected to ibe large. New Jersey ; ' crop has also been burt by similiar drought conditions. The USDA preliminary had not been received as this issue was closed (Aug. 16), but informed "guessimates," were tbait, with carry-over, the number of barrels to be sold will be sufficient to tax the best abilities of distributors. SUBSCRIBE TO CRANBERRIES ■waHynfHiuHiiiHiiiiBiBiiiifliiiii d« Four Issue of August 1963 — Vol. 28 No. 4 Published monthly at The Courier Print Shop, Main St., Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscriptions $4.00, Foreign, $5.00 per year Second Class Postage Paid at WareTiam, Massachusetts Post O ffice. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C J. H MASSACHUSETTS July Tough Month July, and especially late July, was a hard month for growers, with drought and intense, humid, heat prevailing. All month long growers sought to overcome the lack of rain, as the last precipitation of conse- quence had been June 21. Until the 29th of July, precipitation was only .69 inch. Precipitation, since the first of the year. Dr. C. E. Cross of the Experiment Station estimated, had been only about one-quarter of nor- mal. Early, and mid-July, although dry had not been too high in tempera- tures on the whole, but from the 24th to the 29th, there were six solid days with temperatures in the open in the 90 's and approaching the 100 mark. These were temperatures with extremely high humidity. Caused by a Bermuda High over New England, which refused to budge, the weather was extremely uncomfortable, and was described by some weather men as "Texas weather," hot all night and hotter all day." Dewpoints were as much as 20 points higher than normal. Extreme Temperatures Maximum temperatures in the CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Shooks. or Nailed Let me repair your broken boxes — or repair tHem yourself. Stock Always on Hand F.H. COLE North Carver, Mass. Tel. Union 6-3330 shelter at State Bog were: July 24th, 83; July 25th, 87; July 26th, 84; July 27th, 94; July 28th, 91; July 29th, 85. Temperatures en bogs in the open were at or approaching ICO. Critical Drought The drought really began the last week in June and from that time on growers were raising water in ditch- es, using "open-end" hose or pipe, dangerously flashflooding, and of course, the increasing number of sprinkler systems were kept in use. Considerable amounts of water were used. Water Gave Out By the 27th, however, water in reservoirs, ponds and streams was becoming non-existant, and even sprinkler systems were in danger of being without a water source. 10,000 BBLS. A Day Loss On the 29th, Dr. Cross estimated the crop less was running at 10,000 barrels a day and had been for the preceding four or five days. This news and the critical drought situa- tion of the cranberry growers was broadcast, with bog pictures, by a Boston TV station, Massachusetts Assistant Secretary Charles F. Spe- mut, being interviewed. Sudden Heavy Rain On the 29th weathermen forecast a break in the torrid weather and likely rain. This rain came over the cranberry area early on the morning of the 30th, and the rain continued until about noon. It came in slanting torrents resembling a hurricane, and indeed it was a sort of tropical storm with the torrid weather. A total precipitation of 2.01 inches was measured at State Bog, with more falling in other areas and less in £ome others. This brought the total for July to 2.70, average is 3.24. AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS BOG SERVICE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS HAND SPRAYERS - TOOLS - POWER EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BRIGGS AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTER R. F. MORSE & SON, INC. Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 .Five Berries To Be Smaller last fall, where the berries "cooked On the last day of July, Cross esti- on the vine." He said he expected mated the loss as probably about berries will be smaller in size than 50,000 barrels, heaviest damage be- hoped for, especially on early drawn ing on bojs which iiad been sanded water bogs; but there will be excep- HELICOPTER PEST CONTROL "J/-7 \\.!^ \ >*?* iqqtns 4^irwaus m m NORWOOD, MASS. I DUSTING and SPRAYING RAY MORSE, Agent TEL. CY 5-3928 C. & L. EQUIPMENT CO. 191 LEONARD STREET ACUSHNET, MASS. Cranberry Bog Service PRUNING FERTILIZING RAKING WEED TRIMMING Machinery Sales PRUNERS POWER WHEELBARROWS RAKES WEED TRIMMERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS - Large & Small For Furtlier Information Call . . . F. P. CRANDON H. C. LEONARD Rockwell 3-5526 Wyman 5-3521 C. J. TRIPP Wyman 5-2013 tions particularly, on areas which had been adequately sprinkled. Also late-water bogs may be less adverse- ly affected. The heat had forced de- velopment and the fruit was a little ahead of normal in reaching ma- turity. Feared Another 1952 The rain of the 29th gave a respite of a week or ten days and until that time Massachusetts seemed headed for another "1952 drought," when prospects of a 700,000 barrel crop were reduced to a harvested 445,000 with heavy financial loss to the Mass. growers. As it was, individual grow- ers lost 50 percent or more on some bogs or entire holdings. Dryness Quality Help The dry weather had, it is hoped, one beneficial aspect, that is, it should have improved the keeping quality, which had not had many points in its favor. Insects As to insects this season, the fruit- worm miller was just ceasing to fly at end of July, and altough egg counts had been high on many bogs, there had, in general, been good con- trol of this pest. Fireworm was very much of a problem on some bogs this year, but in general its activi- ties were considered about normal. Also, there has apparently been a lot of girdler damage done, which will show up in August, perhaps more than is realized. Concerning, fungicides. Dr. Cross said he felt more had been used this season than at any time in the past and he expected this would add to the quality of the crop. NEW JERSEY July Month of Extremes July was a month of extremes in the cranberry area of New Jersey, with alternately very hot and quite cool days. There were 13 days 90° or above and 13 days below 60°. The temperature averaged 73.4°, which is 2.2° cooler than normal. The maxi- mum temperature was 97 and the minimum 48. These are shelter tem- peratures. Readings well above 100" could have been obtained on cran- berry bogs on several occasions. Drought Continues The drought continued through Continued ta page 20 Six j rMi Wisconsin Grower Is Trying Out *' Windmills*' To Scatter Frost EE IS MARVIN HEWITT OF CITY POINT, A MEMBER OF INDIAN TRAIL, INC. A most interesting experiment in frost control is being tried out by Marvin W. Hewitt, who operates the Q. & H. Cranberry Company, Inc., marsh at City Point, Wisconsin which is in the Town of Hiles. Mr. Hewitt has installed two powerful wind machines. The purpose of these so-called "Windmills," is to break up layers of inverted air, and thus prevent loss from any damaging frosts which may occur. These machines were first tried out in Florida citrus groves. The miaoMnes are mounted on 15 to 20 feet iconcrete bases and eaoh is expected to protect 10 acres of marsh from "freezing." Mr. He- witt is depending on the experience of the orange growers, who have been "beating frosts," with wind machines since 1958. Mr. Hewitt is quoted in Mil- waukee Sentinal as saying, "I got interested in them, when I saw one in use in a peach grove in Georgia four years ago. The temperature fell to 23 degrees that night, but the machines which had been set up saved the crop. Neighbors lost theirs." On each of the two machines 15- fbot fans are powered by 340 horse- power gasoline engines. The columns store 600 gallons of fuel for the engines. The entire motor and fan unit rotate slowly, making a com- plete turn in 4% minutes. The motor can be operated by a thermostate or from controls at the base of the column. Leo Sorenson of Wisconsin Rapids, cranberry consultant has the fran- chise for the machines and worked with Mr. Hewitt on the installation. Emmit McPhaiil, field engineer for the Food Machinery land Chemical Conporation of Lakeland, Florida did the actual work of installing the machines. The big fans are mounted at a slight angle. Fans draws down warm air iand distributes it over the marsh. It is claimed marsh temperature can be raised eight degrees in five minutes with the fans. ; The machines, according to the iSentinal cost Hewitt $5250 each. But, Windmill "Scatter Frost," machines on the C. & H. Cranberry Company in Wisconsin. (PHOTO: Milwaukee Sentinal) it is understood they were bought with the understanding that if the machines do not raise the miarsh temperature, the manufacturer will take them back. Wisconsin State agricultural ex- perimenters are interested in the project, and have set up a long pole with recording thermomenters at 10-foot intervals to measure the air action of the fans. Theoretically, it was felt the fans should be more effective in a cranberry marsh than in citrus groves, because there are no trees on a marsh to deflect the breeze created by the fans. Mr. Hewitt is hopeful there are other advantages. The wind ma- Seven chines may help cranberry pollina- tion, should eliminate water scald- ing from flood mg on hot days and should eliminate high temperatures on hot days which are damaging to blossoms. K has been stated *hat even though the cost of the madhines is hieh, that the installation may not be any more costly or as high as sprinkler systems. One advantage over sprinklers might be from the standpoint that a grower would not have to use a lot of manpower hours moving pipes on and off the beds. Before offering the wind machines to Wisconsin Sorenson did an ex- tensive job of checking the merits of the systems and worked closely with the manufacturers. Mr. Hewitt has been a grower since about 1947 and has about 20 acres, harvesting approximately 3000 barrels a year. His total land holding is 640 acres. He is a member of the Indian Trail, Inc., unit of Wisconsin Rapids, of which "Ben" Pannkuk is president. Mr. Hewitt was quoted as saying that if the mactiines do work out, he has earned a personal bonus — -his arthritis won't bother him as he has had to work around his marshes in frost nights to open and close flood- gates. The machines can be operated to turn on and off automatically. This seems to be an experiment which will be watched by other Wisco'.isin growers and if it proves successful may be of considerable importance to the cranberry indus- try, as a whole. It may be recalled that this is not the first time that wind machines have been used in cranberries, al- though former experiments were on a much smaller scale and were more or less personally devised. One experimenter in this field was the late Leslie Kranick of Bandon, Ore- gon, who had airplane propellers operated by small gasoline engines, hack in the 1940's. CHEMICAL RESIDUES Dominic A. M a r i n i, Plymouth (Mass.) County Extension Agent in Agriculture has sent a "warning" notice to fruit and vegetable growers concerning the use of chemicals and their residues. He urged that illegal residues be avoided by following di- rections on labels and in pest con- trol charts; and to prevent drift to other crops. "You cannot cover up an illegal residue, so chemists can't find it." He tells growers, "know what you are using; keep labels with the list of active ingredients (trade names are not enough.)" Also, importantly, to keep records. i^lVf Aerial Spraying and Dusting also Fertilizing | We Specialize I ~ • I In Parathion Applications i both f Sprays and Dusts | AERIAL SPRAYERS, Inc. I (FORMERLY MARSHFIELD AIRWAYS, INC.) i Marshfield, Mass. I Thos. S. Weitbrecht (Whitey) Temple 4-7818 I Records will show FDA inspectors that you are reliable, cooperative and know what you are doing." Massachusetts, he wrote, "has a good record to date. Let's apply chemical pesticides as they should be used and continue to produce safe, wholesome product. Stay alive, pro- tect yourself and your health." Plant Diseases Found By A Pigment A red organic pigment — used in paints and printing inks — has pro- vided a technological breakthrough in tracing wilt disease in banana and other plants at the University of Rhode Island's College of Agricul- ture and United Fruit Company lab- oratories, according to Harmon Col- ors of Allied Chemical's National Aniline Division. When taken up with infectious plant spores, the "wonder" pigment — in effect a radar system for plant disease research — pinpoints sites of primary infection, reports Carl H. Beckman, associate professor of plant pathology at the college. "Unlike other tracing materials," he says, "Electra Red Vinyl disper- sion R-6252 as the Harmon pigment is called, does not fragment and, owing to its bright luminescence un- der ordinary hght, the distribution of vinyl particles and the fusarium spores, wilt microorganisms, are easily detected." Harmon prepared a finely divided dispersion of its pig- ment in vinyl via one of its patented processes to effectuate the neces- sary pigmented vinyl particles found useful by Dr. Beckman. Individual thread-like disease ele- ments in the stained roots can be measured readily after innoculation and the extent to which the spores and disease have penetrated the various plant roots may be observed at any time. READ CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE Eight 1 Our West Coast Cranberry Growers This Article, General In Nature, Begins A Series Concerning Growers, Bog Properties, Developments, Plans Of Those At Lulu Island, B. C, Washington, Oregon — Series Is The Result Of Visit Of Your Editors This article is to be the first of a series concerning cranberry growing and cranberry growers on the West Coast. It will be an account of my second visit, accompanied by your associate editor, Mrs. Edith S. Hall. On the Pacific, nearly 3,000 miles from the bogs of Massachusetts and New Jersey, where cranberry cultivation originated, the American cranberry of com- merce, is being grown with increasing success. These articles will not strive to be too technical, but will concern more with general impressions; of these growers, their bogs and of the world in which they live and work, and it majestic county. If I make errors, I hope seme kind West Coast reader, will correct me. My previous visits were in 1944 and again in 1949. Then what might be called the "Battle of the Co-ops" was in full swing; that is the struggle be- tween Aimerioan Cranberry Exchange, Inc. (later Eatmor Cirariberries, Inc.) and National Cranberry Association, (earlier Cranberry Canners, Inc.) now Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. The struggle was to obtain Coast member- ship and barrelage, by the two "big co-ops," both of eastern origin. Today, nearly all growers are members of Ocean Spray. by Clarence J. Hall Many Changes There have been many changes since the earlier visits, as is only to be expected. However, one thing remained unchanged. That is, the friendliness and hospitality of these far western growers. In fact, their hospitality all b u t overwhelmed. They invited us into their homes — to see their cranberry holdings. AU-Time High, So Far We were whirled froms area to area, from Luilu Island, Vancouver, British Columbia to Bandon Oregon. These growers are proud of their 'bogs, as well they may be. The West Cpast did become consistently higher in production per laicre than the average U. S. bog; even as far back as 1924. The Coast was usually the leader in this respect, until Wisconsin jumped into the lead a few years back. Generally speaking, in recent times, production per acre is led by Wisconsin, with Washing- ton second and Oregon third. The Washington high of 1961 with 125.5 barrels per acre, so far is the all- : time high for any state. Oregon's i peak was in 1940 with 87.9, and 86.1 ;in 1956; 81.1 in 1961. The statistics should be accurate, , imipressions may not. Cranberry growing on the Wcst Coast is a thin, red line, stretching along the edge of I the Pacific from Lulu Island, which is in the municipality of Richmond, a suburb of Greater Vancouver, to a few miles south of Bandon in south- western Oregon, perhaps 900 miles as the crow or airplane would fly, much more by road. This is a lot of territory to cover in the short time we al'loted for the visit. Information Sources Sources of information for this series include, two surveys made by Dr. F. B. Chandler of the Massa- chusetts Cranberry Experiment Sta- tion. One is his "Cranberries in Washington," published in 1956, following a visit and the other "A Survey of Oregon's Cranberry In- dustry," published in 1957, after a second visit; USD A statistics, ex- periment station publications, back files of Cranberry Magazine, aiid more freshly, interviews on the trip, and assistance from a number of growers ajnd others with know- ledge of West (3oast cranberry grow- ing. There has never been a survey of Lulu Island cranberry growing that I aim aware of, and I am not at- tempting a real survey of this unique area, which was our first point of call. Coast Very Different The whole Coast is different than other cranberry -growing areas. Fo^' instances, you cannot stand on a cranberry bog in Massachusetts or New Jersey or Wisconsin and look up at snow-clad mountains, as you can at Lulu on a clear day, seeing the peaks of the high Canadian mountains. You see these when you look to the north and also the moun- tains of vast Vancouver Island 30 miles out in the Pacific. In no other bog can you see the high towers of a huge city, Vancouver. I know of no other place where you walk upon bog dikes topped with sawdust and sawmill leavings, as here lumber is still king. The "Alpine" peaks or the Oym- pics are not far from the bogs of Grayland, Washington. At Grayland, nearly the entire cranberry produc- tion is from a single vast peat bog, in a swale between the coastal sand dunes, and there each grower has his own piece of bog, divided from his neighbor by a ditch only. Long Beach area, Washington, is the most home-like to eastern eyes. In fact, the Long Beach Peninsula, 28 miles of continuous beach, is called the "longest beach in the world," and the sand is so hard- packed that automoibiles run up and down it; there are dunes of sand, and it has been called "The Cape Cod of the West." Lulu Island is approximately at the 50th parallel of north latitude and is north of the bogs of Nova Scotia. At Bandon, Oregon, which is at about the same latitude as Cape May in New Jersey, you see palm and bamboo (imported) growing, thousands of wild rhododendrons, very beautiful. Snow is an extreme rarity. All of the Pacific Northwest is warmed by the Japanese Current, which cuts in sharply. Much of the vegetation is extremely lush, and may be described as all but sub- tropical. Winters in the Pacific Northwest are extremely rainy, the greatest rainfall in the U. S. being in the Olympic Mountains, not very far from Grayland. Summers are dry and often almost cool at times. Flowers Bloom At Christmas The flowers are still in bloom at Christmas, spring flowers (and weeds) appear much earlier than in other cranberry areas; the bloom- ing period for craniberries is much longer; the crop is picked later, extending generally into November. In the Pacific Northwest the trees tower mightily into the sky, Douglas fir and spruce, even though much Nina A spray rig in operation at Discher Bog at Grayland, Washington. land has been timbered off. Lod- ging, however, continues at a great clip; log booms are to be seen in nearly every estuary, great tree bctts, more than a yard in diameter roll along the highways in huge lumber conveyors, sawmills belch smoke. This is still, in some re- spects, primitive, pionnering coun- try. Yet, while cranberry growers of the Coast as a general run, are not much richer than cranberry growers elsewhere, it is amazing how many have thoroughly modern homes, many of these at bogside. Usually single-storied, flat or shed-roofed, these homes contain many beautiful woods in exterior and interior finish. Private dwellings, I was told, are cheaper to build out there. They are nearer the source of supply of these woods. Also electric power rates are much lower, so that about every house is completely electrified, from electric coffee pot, to electric heating. They also do not have cellars. Much glass is used and unusual woods from the Te'n Orient— also a nearer supply source, than on the East Coast. Again, many of the cranberry men build their homes with their own ingenuity and laibor. I was told by one such cran- berryman. "We get an idea of what we want, the kind of house and the kind of arrangement of everything in it. We do not hire an architect, "we just go along, working out of our heads." Likely, the most impressive of these is the magnifioant, modern home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank O. Glenn of amazing Cranguyma Farms at Long Beach. Cranguyma will be taken up in a later article. Bogs On Hills To get back more specifically to cranberry growing, some bogs in the Bandon area are built on hills and on hillsides, not on flats. One bog, about three miles from the Pacific is on a hill top about 300 feet high. A number of the Bandon area growers "terrace" their bogs, that is each section is lower than the next one. Water is scarce in the summer. This terracing enables the (CRANBERRIES PHOTO) grower to drop water down from level to level for re-use, in the water-reel harvesting, whiich is the principal harvest method. Incident- ally, some Oregon growers think it is ridiculous for East Coast growers to harvest "dry," and to lose 20 percent or more of the crop. Of course, as has been published in previous issues of Cranberries Magazine, New Jersey has gone in largely for water-reel harvest the past year or two. In Massachusetts last year (notably Iby David Mann, Head-of-Bay Road, Buzzards Bay) extensively tried out water raking, but in the Wisconsin method (by "mechanical scoops," Dana - Get- singer picking machines). Dr. C|hes- ter E. Cross, director of Massa- chusetts Cranberry Experiment Sta- tion has harvested, experimentally at the State Bog, by both the Wis- consin picker and the water-reel method, and has urged such wet harvest methods be attempted by more Mass. growers. The program and much of the pioneering work in these wet methods has been done i; through the mechanical ability of Prof. John "Stan" Norton, station researcher in engineering. The foregoing should not give the false impression that all West Coast crops iare harvested entirely by wet methods. The Gray land area which has the larger Washington acreage and more production, picks entirely by dry raking, with either the Western Picker, Darlington or the Furford Picker, a Grayland-develop- ed machine. There is only one smaill exception to this to in the Grayland area. Lulu Island also harvests dry. Dikes Of Aluminum Bandon, also seems to be pioneer- ing in a new type of enclosures for the harvest sections. These are dikes made of aluminum, and not of earth or wood. After use in each section, water is released to another through small gates, as, of course, is done to different beds of sections in other cranberry areas. These dikes can be in straight lines or curved. Many ibogs on the Coast do not have margin ditches, again different from in the east. Ditches often have boarded sides and sometimes also bearded tops, in both margin and cross ditches. In marginal ditches these boards retain earth material and also help prevent bogside weeds from spreading onto the bogs. Also, in the other areas not many bog railways are used, Grayland is a notable example of the use of rail- ways. More details on all these West Coast practices, including the use of aluminum dikes will appear in fol- lowing articles. All along the cranberry areas there flares the brilliant yellow of the Scotch Broom and the Irish Furz, the latter a distiniot fire men- ance. This gorse contributed to the almost total destruction by a great forest fire in 1938 of the City of Bandon, with some loss cf life. (Only last month a wind-whipped gorse fire badly damaged a Ban- don home, a fire in which the owner was injured.) However, this gorse in its prolificness and its striking color 'along the highways and in the fields, is a feature of the Pacific Northwest. Also if there are not mountains, such as the low Coastal Range through Oregon, there are hills to be seen from the bogs, or near the bogs. 51* 5* . \- 1 ^ RAILWAY Track stradling top and side-boarded ditch on bog of John R. O'Hagan (formerly John Rogers) at Grayland, Washington. (CRANBERRIES Photo) Scenery Powerful This is not the familiar landscape of the east, nor of Wisconsin. To me the scenery is so powerful, that it is a ibit distracting, m^aking it difficult to keep the mind on the details of cranberry growing. Every- t'^ing is different and interesting. There is no bog, that I know of, where a hundred or more peacocks strut and scream about the shores except at Cranguyma. These birds serve no practical purpose. Ait the Big Red Cfranberry Company, Ltd. at Lulu there are employed gangs of Chinese women hand weeders. When cranberry bogs were first built at the Long Beach, Washing- ton, Chinese labor was employed. The Chinese women weeders at Big Red are said to be most industrious and do clean up the weedy areas. To "get down to cases," in 1961, Washington produced 139,000 bar- rels, the high production of the "Evergreen State." Oregon in 1961 produced 45,400 barrels, last year 34,000; Washington 55,000 but 1962 was an "off year," as far as the Coast was concerned. Growing condi- tions simply were not right. And, then on Ckjlumbus Day came "Fre- da," which was possibly a typhoon with winds exceeding 150 miles an hour, similiar in destruction to the hurricanes which have swept the cranberry areas of Massachusetts and New Jersey. Berries, boomed by the water reel method, were blown right out of the bogs and the vines were piled with the debris of fallen shrubs and trees. Millions of board feet of timber were blown down, and today Eleven Sump at bog of Newkirk & Chabot on Long Beach Peninsula, Washington. (CRANBERRIES Photo) i traces of "Freda" are still in evi- dence. Of the 1961 production, Washing- ton sold 115,800 barrels as processed fruit 'and fresh, 23,200; Oregon, 20,- 200 processed and fresh 6,100 (USDA figures). All berries sold of the Washington crop were produced in the Grayland area. I do not yet have figures as to processed and fresh Oregon sales for the 1962 crop, but expect to have in subse- quent articles. More Sold Fresh Right here, it should be said that West Coast growers are striving to increase quality and want to have a larger propotion of production go fresh. It might seem this could be accomplished this fall with the new cooler storage room at the Ocean Spray plant at Markham, Washing- ton, where all West Cpast berries eventually wind up. To get bacb to the growth of cranberry growing on the Pacific Coast; in 1924 West Coast acreage (USDA figure) iboth Washington rmd Oregon was 570 and produotion was Twelve 14,000 barrels; even then barrels per acre were 24.6, with the US average 22.2. By 1940 acreage had increased to 840 with production to 27,000 barrels per acre that year were 44.6, below the US average of 48.4. By 1950 the acreage was 1,090, production 47,700; average produc- tion on the Coast per acre, 42.2. In the decade of the 50's, Washington production average was 62,400 and that of Oregon 32,490. La\test figures (1962) for har- vested acreage shows Washington has 1,100 acres and Oregon 560. Of this Washington acreage the Long Beach area has about 400 acres; Grayland about 600, while the so- called and relativey newer "North Beach" has something less than 100. (These figures were provided by the Coastal Washington Experi- ment Station at Long Beach.) Of production the Long Beach area produced 35 to 40 percent, while the balance is grown in Grayland and tne "North Beach" district. As to acreage, or production there s seem to be no official figures for Lulu Island. However, the Big Red, operated by the "Three Yanks from Catrver, Mass., "Norm" Holmes "Fritz" Shaw and "Jimmy" Thom- as, who migrated to Canada in 1954 (and about whom and their holding \ j more will appear later) has IW acres in vines. North American Peal Company, Ltd. has about 18 acre^ , of new bog; Bell Farms, Ltd. has! 67 in vines; Shaw has 3 of his own, Thomas Yardley, a veteran growei -J of Lulu has about 4. Several others have what they call "home" oi "back yard" bogs of a few rods Total at Lulu is therefore figured a1 about 175 acres. Production has noi yet exceeded 5,000 barrels. Most of these Lulu growers, anc < all the larger ones sell through Ocean Spray Cranberries, Ltd. o:' Qanada, a subsiduary of Oceai , Spray, and they are therefore noi' [ direct stockholders of the big U. Si ' co-op. I Some additional acreage is goinj * in, and there is very abundan I icranberry la^d potentia/1. Oonse 'asl I "^Jvijfxy'^ ''in- ALUMINUM dike at Rudell's bog, Bandon, Oregon, designed to flood three sections for water-reel harvest. (CRANBERRIES Photo) quently, production could be sub- stantial. So far, there have been frosts or other adverse weather conditions, but, I was told "this could be the year," which, of course, is the hope of all who grow a crop of any kind. Most Coast Growers Small These West Coast growers with a few exceptions are growers with smiall holdings; the exceptions being f the two big ibogs at Lulu, Oranguy- ma, at Long Bearh and the Dellinger bog in Clatsop County, Oregon. Figures compiled by Mrs. L*ene Hollikjlgsworth, serretary at the j Markham pliant, assisted by Super- intendent Wilho Ross and Mrs. Maude O'Brien, show that present production iper bog is aipproximately 350 barrels at Grayland and 714 at Long Beach. This discrepency is explained by the fact that Chandler in his Washington survey found that "the relative size of holdings, (in Washington) may be expressed m the statement that Long Beacn has 17 percent of the growers and 39 percent of the planted cranberry land, Grayland has 83 percent of the growers and 61 percent of the land," which means that Long Beach holdings are generally larger. Situation has not changed too much since then. While this may be disputed, it seems probable that Grayland growers on the average, produce more to the acre than do those of Long Beach district. In regard to Oregon, Chandler found that 59 percent of the growers had 3 acres or less and 77 pescent had 4 or less and only 17 percent had more than five acres. Growers Have Other Incomes A large majority of tihe growers of bith Washington and Oregon need other sources of income than cran- berry growing. Some work at log- ging, some work in sawmills, a number go salmon fishing in sea- son, many cater to the thriving summer tourist trade at Grayland, Long Beach and Bandon. Others work as garagemen, electricians, and various orcupations. Ambition It is my impression and strong belief that it is the ambit'on of many to berome full-time cran- berrymen. I was told this many times. With the high acreage production it is felt that 15 or maybe even 12 acres would make bog holdings, wholely self sustaining for a grower. With the few exceptions already noted, only a handful own as mhch as 18 acres today. In all areas there is now a de- finite movement among the more progressive to consolidate holdings, especially at Grayland, to acqhire more pieces of ibog, even though they do not adjourn on the single, vast peat swale. This is going on also at Long Beach and at Bandon, where some new bog is being put iai. Actually, a little new acreage is being put in, in at all areas — more than is being abandoned. Fewer Growers In most cranberry areas, as is Thirteen true in adl farming, the number of growers is tending to be fewer, but each grower with larger holdings. On the first visit in 1944 the best estimate obtainable as to the num- ber of growers was about 250 on the entire C/oast. Chandler in his 1956-57 surveys received replies to question- aires from 227 growers in Washing- ton and in Oregon contacted 142, for a total of 379. The Cranberry Insti- tute in 1962 for the referendum on the marketing order had a total of 340, in Washington 205 and 135 in Oregon. Thus it would seem growers in- creased in numbers from the 40's to mid 50's, but have slightly de- creased since. More exact figures may be expected as this series goes along. Little Air Control There is very little application of chemicals from the air on the Coast, but some, which is unlike the east Coast. Wisconsin uses ground appli- cations. Unlike the East and Wiscon- sin, with mild winters, there is no appreciable ice forming on bogs, and not much winter flooding al- though there is some. The West Cpast is relatively new to cranberry culture, and this be- ginning requires only mention here, Interested in BUYING EARLY BLACKS At the time of harvest this GOLDSWORTHY EAGLE RIVER' WISCONSIN as most of it has been published in this magazine before and 'a^H be reviewed later in the regional arti- cles. The first planting west of the Rockies was in Oregon in 1885 by Charles Dexter McFarnn of Car- ver, Mass. The second was a little later on the Long Beach Peninsuia by a French gardner, Anthony Cba- bot. These first plantings were estab- lished, as is apparent, long after cranberry growing had become an industry of some import in Massa- chusetts and New Jersey, and the first known cultivated cranbertry planting in Wisconsin was in the 1850's. Notable Coast Contributions Yet, the West Coast had made several notable contributions to cranberry growing. One was the development of the first mechanical \piicker, near Bandon, principally by the late Joe Stankovich. This mechanical harvester was developed into the Western Picker and Rudy Hillstrom came East to introduce it; it came into wide use, and changed the harvesting of cran- berries from the mianual scoop to mechanical harvest, as revolutionary as had been the earlier scoop over the snap machine and hand harvest. It was in the Bandon area, by Summer Fish and others, that the water reel was devised, and its ase is spreading today. First use of sprinkler systems for cranberries, appears to have been a Long Beach, Washington develop- ment. Their use was pioneered in the 1920's by D. J. Crowley, then director of the Washington Cran- berry and Blueberry Station. Since then use of sprinklers in cranberry growing has been steadily increas- ing. It might be surmised that the use of the aluminum dikes, developed in the Bandon area, as a means of dividing bogs for water-harvest, may spread, if the wet harvesting method continues to increase as is now the trend. McFarlins Predominate Nearly all of the entire West Cpast plantings are McFarlins, although there are a few eastern Howes, Early Blacks and some Searls from Wisconsin. It was interesting to be informed several times that Cali- fornia people when buyingt fresh cranberries prefer what they call "the big, red cranberries." Each cranberry area has its own growers' association, even to Lulu Island, a Gray land Cranberry x\sso- elation. Long Beach Cranberry Club and Southwestern Oregon Cranberry Club. V/est Coast Advisory Board This might be a good place to irsert mention of the West Cx>asc Advisory Board. Each area on the Coast (but not in Canada) has its own elected group with membership on the board. This unit was formed back in the 1940's when Ocean Spray "went West." The Board in actuality acts as a "go-between" of West Coast Ocean Spray directors and the cranberry growers. Growers may suggest their own ideas to the two directors, David Pryde of Grayland and Jim- my Olson of Bandon. These present the ideas, presumably if they are deemed worthy, at the several yearly meetings of Ocean Spray directors at Hanson. There they may be discussed. Upon returning the directors dis- seminate what information they have ascertained at the meetings, not only in regard to West Coast suggestions, but what has taken place in general at the meeting of the directors. In other words, West Coast growers have a direct "pipe Ihie" to the entire board of directors and as to what the plans of the board are. Cecil Richards, vice president of the Grayland board firmly believes and suggests that this would be a good idea for Ocean Spray members in other cranberry areas to adopt. Last month Howard "Pete" Hull of the Bandon area was elected president of the West Coast Board, at the semi-annual meeting, held this time at Bandon. Mr. Richards WILL DO COMMERCIAL PICKING Have Two New Pickers and motorized Carry-Off BOB DEANS 412 Main St., Wareliam, Mass. Tel, CY 5 - 1106 Fourteen was named vice president of the board. Growers Not Discouraged One factor of tiie visit seemed impressive. Tiiis was tliat none, or few of the grawers, talked with reallfy seemed discouraged with the future of cranberry growing. Were they satisfied with the returns they are receiving: Of course not! Yet the talk was mostly of how they planned to improve their bogs, in- crease production per acre, and of getting a little more acreage, either through building, or by acquiring acreage already built, as pix)perty became available to buy. No West Coast "Boom" in Sight Need the other cranberry areas "worry" because of a sudden big spurt in West Coast production? It would seem not, immediately. There may come a year when all condi- tions are favorable and production will zoom as in 1961. Otherwise, it would seem there may be a little increase in pro- duction per acre, a little increase each year in total production. No big amounts of acreage are likely to be put in, as in all cranberry areas, until cranberry returns to growers become 'better, this seems true with the exception of Wisconsin where there is an almost steady increase of a hundred or so acres every year. A word of appreciation to thone who especially helped us most on the Coast; Wilho Ross, and Mrs. Irene HoUingsworth of Markham plant "Norm" Holmes at Van- couver; David Pryde at Grayland, also Cecil Richards and John R. O'Hagan; to D. J. Crowley at Long Beach and Dr. Cpiarles C. Doughty and Mrs. Aloha Gustafson of the Experiment Station, to Mr. Glerm. and in the Bandon area to Ray Bates, Jimmy Olson and Jack Dean. Tried To Be Craaberry Missionaries I Finally, on this trip we tried to ;be good cranberry missionaries. In casual talk with people at railroad, bus and air termmals, on trains, etc., we would fall into casual conversa- ;ion as people do. When we men- ;ioned cranberries there seemed to 3e only a little remembering of the I 'cranberry scare" of 1959, but still jomething vaguely "connected witih lancer. ' ' We . asked for a cranberry product at eating places, we got cranberries only once, on a Santa Fe railway diner, and this was sauce, served with— you guessed it, poultry, in this case roast turkey. Also, at the mention of cranbemes to many it rang a bell— "Ocean Spray, oh, I've heard of that," when we had only mentioned cran- berries. If this article sounds "too much Ocean Spray," it is not so intended, but the fact remains about 83 per- cent of the industry is Ocean Spray and among West Coast growers the percentage is not more tlian a hair elow 100 percent. And, as regards the rame Ocean Spray being well known Ocean Spray does do a lot of National Advertising. Future articles, as stated, will t:-iice up area by area and individual growers and properties and others with West Coast cranberry inter- ests. There may be a little repetition of fact but only enough to maintain the continuity of each article. Cranberries Edit In Congressional Record Cranberries Magazine editorial of June, "Our West Coast Neighbors," was printed in entirety in the Senate Congressional Record of July 18. This was done through the courtesy of Oregon's senator, Wayne Morse, who made a speech and said as an Oregon senator he was completely in agreement with the editorial except for the fact that "far too little of it (Cranberries) is devoted to Oregon. However, I am sure that other West Coast Sena- tors will also be pleased to learn his (Mr. Hall's) reaction to our part of the world." Senator Morse has been thanked for his interest in West Coast cran- berry growing. — BULLETIN — USD A, August 20 — ^Preliminary forecast of the Cranberry crop. (Estimated) Mass. — 630,000 barrels Wisconsin — 428,000 barrels N. J. — 76,000 barrels Washington— 138,000 barrels Oregon ^ — 45,600 barrels U.S.A. Total 1,317,600 1962 Crop Total 1,335,000 Isaac Harrison Isaac Harrison, one of the better known and older New Jersey grow- ers passed away August 3, after an illness of two weeks. He was in his 81st year. Mr. Harrison was one of the organizers of Ocean Spray and served on the board of directors for a number of years. He was the general manager and executive offi- cer of the Penn Producing Company, one of the larger cranberry opera- tions in New Jersey, consisting of 2,000 acres of land with 200 acres in bog. Mr. Harrison was a most inter- esting person and pioneered in the development of many useful labor- saving cranberry machines. He developed the Harrison Pruner and was working on a harvester at the time of his death. He was the first grower in New Jersey to lay out his bogs with carefully-measured roads to facilitate the use of special spray outfits for rot control. He was a member of the Mount Morris Lodge No. 28 A.F. and A.M. and the Scottish Rite, and Crescent Temple of Trenton, New Jersey. He was also a director of the New Jersey Fire Insurance Association. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Sarah E. Kester Harrison, three daughters, Mrs. William E. Snell, Jr., Mrs. William P. Morse and Mrs. Richard S. Newes; and a sister, Mrs. Willet Satterthwaite. Services were held August 5 at the Peglar Funeral Home in Allentown, New Jersey. Interment was at the Jacobstown, New Jersey cemetery. For Sale Five acres of Cranberry- Bog, with the crop, 12 acres of upland, gravity flow from river; one Western Picker. $8,000 Tel. 428 - 6664 Fifteen DURING THIS SUMMER'S EXTREME DROUGHT IN MASSACHUSETTS, growers with sprinkler systems used these with great success. Photo shows a 14-acre installation at the Atwood Bog of the Beaton Company, "Shoe- string" Road, Carver. The layout was engineered chiefly by "Bill" Stearns of the Beaton Company, Installation was by the Larchmont Engineering Company of Lexington, and is a solid-set alumimmi system. Sprinkler heads are Buckners, set 80 feet by 80. This is a low gallonage systems. Marketing Order Opens New Markets For Ancient Crop California date growers are earn- ing more money these days by finding new uses and new markets for one of the world's oldest crops — dates, so reports the June issue of "Agricultural Marketing," publica" tion of the USDA agricultural and agricultural marketing service. "As the result of a research and development program sponsored by the date growers under a Federal marketing order a whole new family of date products is on the market, and export markets for California dates have been developed where none existed before. "The new date products have in- creased in annual sale to mar.u- faioturers from about 700,000 poutids in the 1954-56 season to nearly 8 million pounds in the 1961-62 season. New export markets took more than 400,000 pounds of dates last year, and the research program is turn- ing up even more new products and important improvements in pro- cessing the dates themselves. "Date growers' returns had fallen below costs of production back in 1954, when the industry decided a marketing order offered them a Sixteen way to work together on their mar- keting problems." Article goes to siay "restricted" portion of the crop could not be profitably sold as packaged dates in the U. S. market and were diver- ted to processing outlets, which would not compete with packaged dates. "What outlets might there be? "The growers, asked, article con- tinued. It goes on, the Date Admin- istration Committee, which adminis- ters the marketing order, decided the answer lay in developing new markets for their dates. Tlie order includen provision for research fas does the cranberry order). The big breakthrough came in developing date granules. This was a new product, suitable for use in a date bar mix. Other date products were soon on the market, including date muffins, date bread, date-nut cake, date-nut ice cream, and a frozen date cake batter. The date administration has also permitted handlers to use some of the "restricted" dates to develop export markets, which had not pre- viously been importing significant amounts of California dates. Mexico was one market selectd, and more than 100,000 pounds of dates were sold there. Working with the USDA Utilization Research and Development labora- ( CRANBERRIES Photo) tcry at Pasadena, a method was found for keeping dates from grow- ing hard when exposed to air for long periods^this was through an enzyme procuss. It was found this process could also change dry dates into softer, smoother, high-quality dates. From this, it is thought this process may artificially ripen dates, and thus eventually allow grower;3 to harvest all of the dates at once, instead of having to climb the date trees for harvest several times. Article concluded, "the date story is a graphic example of the value of a program tailored to the indus- try's needs by the industry itself— and the average price per ton in 1961-62 was more than 50 percent higher than in 1954, the last season before the order was adopted." Institute To Sponsor Berries At Cologne Fair Cranberry Institute will sponsor an; industry display of cranberries and' cranberry products at the Anuga Food Fair, known as the "World's Largest International Food Fair,": at Cologne, Germany. The dates willij be September 21-29. One of the features of this fair; will be a modem supermarket at' which U. S. agricultural products- I will actually be sold to those attend- ing and who desire to buy. The fair offers opportunity to: test sales potential of cranberry pro- ducts in Europe; to get products into European homes; to introduce cranbeory products to European wholesalers; to measure European tastes for cranberries ; to tailor merchandising practices to the European need; to meet food trade dealers from 15 Western European countries. "Casoron Tour'^ In Wisconsin Interesting results have been ob- tained following sprmg application of I the herbicide, Casoron, according to Dr. George C. Klingbell, extension specialist, fruit production, Wisconsin Extension Service. He arranged a tour of bogs for growers in the cen- tral and southern Wisconsin cran- berry areas last month. One stop was at the Thiele Cranberry Marsh, east of Biron; another at the Biron Cranberry Company Marsh (Jean i\Iash) at Biron, another at the Whit- tlesey Cranberry Company Marsh j (Newell Jasperson) Cranmoor. Tbur was conducted by Dr. M. H. i Dana, U. of Wisconsin, Dr. C. Allan Shadbolt of the Thompson-Hayward j Chemical Company, manufacturers of Casoron. The group lunched and held discussion at Robinson Park. A LITTLE BIT OF CAPE CRANBERRIES IN FLORIDA Ocean Spray has found a new booster in Rennie Hinkley, formerly of Centerville, Mass. He is at pre- sent manager of the Colonial Lounge on North Federal Highway in Ft. I Lauderdale, where every Sunday is "Cape Cod Day" with drinks to ' Cape Codders at a reduced price. Mr. Hinkley has his own drink mixture whicih he promoted with the Florida Rumm Clompany and it is called "Cranberry Rum-Cran." , The formula is: 2 ounces of cran- iberry juice, juice of V2 lime, l^^ ounce of Florida rum. Shake well and serve unstrained in 8 ounce highball glass. The Florida Rumm Company is following through with a promotion program. "Everybody finds the drink is great," Mr. Hinkley is quoted as saying. This item was sent in by Bert Leasure of Lauder- dale and Wisconsin. BLUEBERRIES IN NEW JERSEY New Jersey in 1962 harvested 6,900 acres of cultivated blueberries, of this figure 350 was in Burlington County; Ocean had 350 and Atlantic, 250. Production per acre was re- spectively, state, 237 12-pint trays; Burlington 237, Ocean 240, Atlantic 245, state average was 240 trays per acre. Other counties than the three named harvested 250 acres, aver- age per acre, 240. Total produc- tion in trays was 1,650,000. 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West Wareham, Massachusetts CY 5-1553 Se7eBt '■*/ YOU ARE READING THIS AD OTHERS WILL READ YOURS IN CRANBERRIES Magazine K\3Gm \ This is anofher round in our continuing campaign to teach all America that IF IT SMELLS GOOD, LOOKS GOOD, TASTES GOOD, PUT CRANBERRY SAUCE ON IT. our appetizing four-cohr pages are appearing in American Home, McCaWs, Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal. As we say in the ads, HEIGHTEN THE FLAVOR, BRIGHTEN THE PLATE WITH OCEAN SPRAY. APE COD lEW JERSEY WISCONSIN OREGON WASHINGTON CANADA ARTHUR GODFREY, Flying into Cape Cranberryland, Looks a Trifle dubious invited to drink "A Yard of Cranberry Cocktail" by Miss Betty Buchan of Spray. (CRANBERRIES 1 40 Cents SEPTEMBER, 1963 DIRECTORY For CRANBERRY GROWERS 'i Worcester Paper Box Corporation MEDFORD, MASS. Tel. MYstic 8-5305 Manufacturers of Fo ding Cartons and Displays READ CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE 1 The 1 ICHARLESW. 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ESTABLISHED 1866 SHARON, MASSACHUSETTS We Will Buy Your White Pine Logs, Either Standing or Cut • Highest Prices Paid • Sawmill located at North Carver, Mass. Office Phones: Sharon, SU 4-2011 Carver. UN 6-2234 If You Want A Good Flume At A Low Cost Use All Heart Redwood 60,000 Ft. on hand for Prompt Delivery 6x8 — 6x6 — 4x6 — 4x4 Planking - Square Edged or Matched 2x4 — 2x6 — 2x8 — 2x10 SEND FOR YOUR FREE FOLDER ON THE "DURABILITY OF REDWOOD" Tel. RO 3-8811 E. W. Goodhue Lumber Co., Inc. MIDDI.BB0R0 ROAD EAST FREETOWN, MASS Marketing Committee Votes 5% "Set-Aside" Of This Year's Crop DECISION MADE AT WISCONSIN MEETING Cranberry Marketing Order Com- imittee meetdng at the Courliiouse, Wisiconsin Rapdids, August 26-27 voted for a "set-aside" or restricted pool aad then set the percentage at 5% instead of 12% as last year. This was biased on tihe U. S. Prelimjinary Fcrecast that the total crop will be 1,317,600 bairrels, or the third largest on record. Total last year (USDA figure's) was 1,335,000. Assessmeot against growers to cover cost of administration of the rmarketing order last year was set Western Pickers Parts and Repairs Agent for 1963 Model ORDER NOW J. E. BRALEY & SON MACHINE SHOP 78 Gibbs Ave Wareham, Mass. HAVE YOUR REPAIRS DONE NOW FOR EXPERT SERVICE ON YOUR Briggs & Stratton ENGINES We use only factory-approved methods and original parts. Per- sonnel are trained under factoiy supervision. See us for a chedc-up or complete overhaul — prices are right. ^^^ [BRICCSfcSTRAnON] MAIN STREET GARAGE Carrer, Mass. Tel. UNUw 64SW Oe« at 4V2 cents a barrel, this year the assessment was set at 4 cents, by unanimouse vote. Anthony BriggB was renapipoinited manager. There was considerable discussion as to the differences in figxires be- 'tween those of -Uhe USDA and the Cranberry Marketing Oommittee as to total production last year. It was brought out that government figures are the actual quantity after shrink- age last year wa^ "abnormally high." The amount of cranberries on hianid was estimated as 1,482,851 barrels, whioh includes a carry-over of 165,251 barrels. WMih the five percent! "set - aside" plus 125,000 barrels to fill the "pile lines," leaves an estimated total of 1,252,443 bar- rels on the market. Using 1,100,000 barrels as the amount of cranben-ies sold in the selling year just past that left a balance of 152,443 barrels for which there might be no miaricet. Anthociiy R. DeMarco moved there be a "set-iaiside" program this year, second by Raymond Hebelman, Mr. DeMaroo moved the set-aside by 11 percent, seconded by Frank O. Glenn. The vote taken lacked the neces- sary five affirmiatives. Mr. Decias suggested that a sub- committee be appointed and report back with a reoammendation on the "set-aside." Mr. DeMarco later TAKE ADVANTAGE of the BETTER things of life. The efficient USE OF ELECTRICITY is one of these better things — efficient use in power for cran- berry bog operations, and in the home. - ' , / i , , Plymouth County Electric Co WAREHAM CYpress 5-0200 PLYMOUTH Pilgrim 6-1300 Retain natural flavor without over-sweetness <3' ® JkHO CORN SYRUPS CORN PRODgCTS COMPANY Manufacturers of fine produHs for the food industry I . . and popular Best Foods Division grocery pranfis fox the^Qnsumer, moved the percentage ibe set at 9. Clhairman George C. P. Olsson named as the sub-committee, Mr. Decas, Behrend P'annkuk, 'Mr. DeMarco and ' himself with Mr. Dever, Mr. Powers and Mr. Healy of the USDA, sitting in. The five percent figure on motion of Mr. Pannkuk, was voted and allso that the standards for the "seit-aside" be the same as last year. There was much discussdon as to* the figure of tihe "buy-hack" betrries from the "set-aside." No price was set at the meeting. A letter was read from Peter LeSage, mdependenit of Massacfhu- setts, expressing his hope "the marketing order will be abandoned," but suggested it woxild be a better policy,: with the prognam continued that the crop estimate be made later, at the October meeting oj the committee. Theire was somt^ discussion, from 'Mr. Halbelman anc Walter Case of Wisconsin concerning alleged dumpdog of some good ber ries, and why "shouldn't any mar keting agency be willing to sdl t< any other marketing agency an; "i berries it had in surplus at a priici 'I equal to what they paid to thei j growers?" Chairman Olsson replied that th. "set-aside" was' supposed to pu the business- ( Gr-aniberry) in balano- as far as supply and demand ar concerned. He said, at another poind •'I think the craniberry industry ha been trying to get a good fresh pao ; that will stand -up. I agree that i ] in the first piace you take th soundest berries iit will help th whole industry and this is the gO£ and one of the things We have tall ed about." AM 7 principalis of the order wer , present, also alternates, Mauric!!| Makepeace y Massachusetts, Fred(? rick B. Barber and Clarence f\ Searles, Wisconsin, the three USD.; representatives and about 20 growei ij and processors from various crai j berry areas. ;i| Next meeting is set for Septembel 17 for a sub-ommittee onsdsting f Mr. 0'lsson,jMr. Decas, Mr. Panniku and Maurice irllalcepeace at tl O'Hare Ipn, Ohimigo^-^tihej ., f ull con mittee to meet September 18 at tib Tj© Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Notes by CHESTER E. CROSS Director Personal Dr. Satendra Khera will be termin- ating his studies at the Cranberry 'Experiment Station on September 27 and with his wife, Dr. Krishna Khera. and their two young daughters will fly from Logan Airport on September 28. Dr. Khera came here from In- dia nearly two years ago, has done some careful and helpful work on the relation of pectin to the keeping qual- ity of ripening and storage cranber- ries, and has done considerable or- iginal research on parasitic nema- todes of cranberry bogs. He has well-earned the friendship and es- teem of his co-workers and we wish him every success as he assumes new duties as associate professor of nematology at the University of Jod- hpur in India. Harvest Massachusetts cranberries ripened SUBSCRIPTIONS U. S. $4.00 per year Foreign $5.00 per year ADVERTISING Rates on Request Note: New rates effective with October issue. CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE Reaches EVERY known Cran- berry Grower in all U.S. grow- ing areas, plus individual sub- scribers in this country and foreign, mostly Canadian growers. Address: C. J. Hall Cranberries Magazine, P. O. Box 71, Wareham, Mass. 02571, Tels: 295-0027 Res. 295-9533 earlier this fall than in any recent season. Picking began in earnest about September 7. The berries seem of unusually good color for so early in the season, not many are marked with sun scald spots, but berry size appears only average at best, reflecting the warm dry sum- mer. Probably 25 to 30 percent of the crop has now (Sept. 18) been harvested and the quality of the Ear- ly Blacks appears as exceptional as their color. This is in part due to the very extensive use made this year of fungicides, but is also apparently re- lated to the very dry weather of the blooming period which apparently made fungus infection of the flowers difficult. There is, at any rate, very little field rot, and the fruit looks firm, crisp and glossy, promising to keep well in storage. Harvest Suggestions Growers should do all in their pow- er to keep these berries at their best. Pick them only after the vines and berries have become dry. Do not con- tinue picking after the coming of af- ternoon damp — this will increase bruising and hurt the vines that will produce next year's crop. Regulate the speed of the picking machine to a deliberate pace — ^fast operation throws the berries around and in- creases bruising by the elevators. The crop is ripening nicely and ber- ries will resist considerable frost- there is no need for over-hasty pick- ing! Market prospects are improv- ing, and if that market receives fruit of good quality with minimum bruising that in itself will increase the market for cranberries. Girdlers Bogs trouibled with girdlers should be harvested before September 25 and flooded immediately for a week. Do not neglect trash floods after picking generally— it may help pre- vent future girdler infestation. More attention should be given to pruning bogs with heavy runner growth and raking up vines and weeds broken off in picking. The better trained and combed the vines are, the less bruis- ing and the cleaner the bog will be picked next year. The University mole plow has ar- rived at the Station and will be a- vailable to growers wishing to put in drainage tubing during the next sev- eral weeks. WSCGA Summer Meeting Very Informative Group Will Seek to Obtain State Marketing Order to Raise Funds for More Re- search. Wisconsin State Cpranberry Grow- ers' Associatior summer meeting was held at the Cutler Cran^berry Marsh, Camp Douglas last month with more than 150 attending. As first speaker, A. R. Kurtz, chief, division of Plant Industry, USDA, having bad a meeting with the grow- ers who do some shipping of vines, gave a talk and the meeting resolved that the State Growers' Association suggest that legislation of plants be withdrawn, as this inspection is do longer needed within the state. How- ever, tihis would not apply if the vines sent to other states when these states have regulations re- quiring inspection, in which case inspection would be continued. Mr. Martin of the Rural Mutual Hail Insurance Company gave a talk on hail insurance. This is the first year for this ^company in the Wisconsin cranberry hail business, and iit was reported well over a half- million in coverage was written, and this covered a iitLile more than 1,000 acres. It was reported a program was being worked on which will give the growers of Wisconsin a more beneficial rate, providing all of thn growers would apply for coverage. Mr. Martin is also the adjuster in the ioase of claims and intends to do quite a bit of research in this lafter imore experience has been obtained with cranberries. Nicholas Oailaforessae, ASC(A, dis- cussed the benefits available from ASCA, particularly in the lairea of water conservation, using the over- head sprinklers, and ailso mentioned the new "windmill" concept being tried out by Marvin Hewitt on the C. & H. Ciranberry Company marsh (reported in the last issue). Warren Wallis, Wisconsin frost forecaster gave a fine talk and also a demonstration on how to use a radiometer. A separate story ap- pears in this same issue on the radiometer. Leo Sorenson Cranberry Consultant, explained the operation Thr«e of the new "windmill" method of frost control and how it is operating to date. Mr. Sorenson and Mr. Hew- itt are keeping complete data on its operation. "The Marketing Picture," was a most interesting talk by Don Wilk- inson, chief. Market Division, Wis- consin State Department of Agricul- ture. There was a Round Table dis- cussion, moderated by Miss Jean Nasli. She was assisted as chief speakers by Dr. Don Boone, Dr. Malcolm M. Danai and Professor Klingbeil of the University of Wis- consin. A. C. Bark, gave a story of the association financial picture, which was not too encouraiging as the association has only about 60 percent of tibe growers who are supportmg the frost warning service, and the program of raising a sufficient fund t^hrougb dues was not completed. Only about half the required amount of a proposed fund for increased research was raised and the meet- ing decided that if the sum could not be raised on a voluntary basis, tlhat the wheels should be pu in motion to have a State Marketing Order which will make an assess- ment for Cranberry Research De- velopment compulsory, aiKi also for frost warning service. The $2,0fl0 that was sent in to the Association for these uses will be returned to the individuals. A sum was voted for Dr. Geor.errie£ are reported heavily booked bj schools, clubs and TV for use during the harvest season. Available to stores are tie-ii promotions pieces and advertising mats, displayed with (related foods Ocean Spray products are expectec to build up sales for the tihree craii berry products. Four Issue of September 1963 — Vol. 28 No. 5 Published monthly at The Courier Print Shop, Main St., Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscriptions $4.00, Foreign. $6.00 per year Second Class Postage Paid at Wareliam, Massachusetts Post Office. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C. J. H. MASSACHUSETTS August Start Rainy There was some rain lon the night of the first and on August 2nd came a brief deluge. The first week was about normal in temperature, although many of jthe days and nights were humid and Ithere were extremely heaivy morn- ing dews, but the bogs dried off early in the day and did not seem in general to be developing much if any fungus diseases. Heavy Rain Again By the 13th the temperature for [I jthe month was 13 degrees below the )■ javerage (Boston). The 12th also iDTOUght the heaviest rainfall in a 1 long while, a decided relief after !'; he arid July and the latter piart of tune. A toital of 2.29 inches of rain eU, as recorded at State Bog, Ea.st Vareham. The precipitaition was in he form of squalls, with heaivy rain nd ihiowling winds, with th^under and jharp lighting. Weatherman des- iribed the storm as tropical and jlmost hurricane-like. This brought jrecipitation for August to 3.31 liohes, with average for August i.60 inches. Cool Montli Polar air followed this stomi and Si CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Shocks, or Nailed e- Let me repair your broken ifi boxes — or repair them yourself. Stock Always on Hand F. H. COLE North Carver, Mast. Tel. Union 6-3330 nights and days were cool, fall-like in August. Daytime highs were only in the 50 's in Southeastern Mass. Month to that date was a minus 37 in temperature. Another very helpful rain fell on the 20th, .73 inch of rain being recorded at Bastt Wareham. Ideal Weather For Cranberries This rainfall was most welcome and also the cool nights, the rains tending to size berries and the cool nights to hasten color. Weather was almost ideal for the period of the growing season. /" August Rain A total of 4.45 inches of rain was recorded at Cranberry Station for the month of August, although there was more at other points and less at ot- hers. Average for the month is 3.60. Despite this amount of rain, con- ditions were getting somewhat dry again in the cranberry area as Sep- tember came in. August Rainy The month was about 40 degrees minus for the 31 days, or slightly above a degree a day. At Boston, the month's temperature had averaged 70.4 degrees. The coohiess of the month broke a chain of warmer than normal months, stretching from March through July. It was pointed out by the weather bureau that New England has been hit hard by tropical storms five times in September-m 1938, 1944, 1954, 1960 and 1961. September Starts Cool September started off cool, about a degree a day below average. Harvesting Begins Picking began in a scattered way, scooping of high spots on high places on Labor Day and increased some- ACENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS BOG SERVICE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS HAND SPRAYERS - TOOLS - POWER EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BRICCS AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTER R. F. MORSE & SON, INC. Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 Five what during the first week of Septem- ber. Picking was interrupted by a heavy rain on the 6th. First General Frosts There was heavy rain, .75 inch on September 13 and this was followed by the first general frost warnings of the fall. Forecasts from the State Bog were for about 25-26. These temperatures and also 27 were reach- ed on a number of bogs. Fruit, however, was well colored and well advanced and flooding and sprinkling water was available and used. It was estimated there was no frost loss. The month continued cold, the deficiency being figured (Boston) at 49 degrees. Estimate Seems Holding Up By the 16th the crop was estimated to be nearly 30 percent harvested and it seemed to be holding up to the es- timate in most instances, although a few bogs were under-running. A few were also over-running. WISCONSIN Hail In Wiscon^iin AugiKit was a rather dull iVionth compared to the two previous grow- ing months in that there was little variation in the weather. Statisti- cally the miooith averaged almost a perfect normal for temperature and belov/ normal in precipitation in the north, about normal in the south, and above normal in the west. Frost warnings were issued three times during the period on the 11th, 14th and 25th. Coldest was 25 on the 14th. Very few ^bove ninety degree lays were recorded, but many above normal mininum temperatures kept the average up. Heaviest rain fell in the west marshes on the 6th and 7th when up to four inches was recorded. Rain fell almost weekly on most areas which aided the irrigation problem. The most outstanding feature of the weather was the damaging hail in the west on two occassions during the period. The extended forecast for September calls for temperature to be sliglhbly below normal iin tem- perature and about normal in pre- cipitation. No Bumper Crop Two damaging bail storms oocured in eastern Jarkson Qounty and western Monroe County on August 1 and 16th. Some properties were hit Six by both storms. The first one oc- cured about 3 a.m. and the second about 7 p.m. The first storm hail was small and round, wihile the sec- ond was large and jagged. The second storm hit more marshes and knocked off more berries and bruised more fruit. Counts showed as high as 25% berries knocked off and 35-40 % bruised on the vines. Damage from berries knocked off and tihose expected to decay on the vines where the skins were ruptured extensively is estimated at least 25,000 barrels. These storms along witlh the one in the City Point area Eliminated the chance of a bumper 'crop in the state. Very few u'prights wer:- cut by the hail and very little if Eny fruit bud damage ia expected. Quality, Size Good Berries igrsw well during the month and younger plantings along with the Ben Lear variety v/ere showing good color at the end of the month. Except where there was hail damare Or a shortage of water, most growers were planning to start harvesting the last week m rJie month. The other marshes men*^^ioned beforehand were planning on start- ing on the 16th. Berries were maturing rapidly and cup counts indicated above normal size. Quality was expected to be above average due to lack of flooding during the immature berry stages a«bove normal amounts of fungicide applications. Some Water Shortage Some growers were reporting a ; shortage of water supply which is not a good situation for the frost season. WASHINGTON August Drought August was a very dry month, rain fell only on 7 days and total precipi- tation for the month was only .65 of an inch. A year ago August precipi- tation was 3.18 inches. Month Cool Temperatures ranged from a high of 78 degrees on August 8 to a low of 43 on the 14th. Summer really ar- rived on Labor Day and the mercury soared into the 80's. OREGON Weather Ideal Late summer weather was ideal for cranberry growing in South- western Oregon. Temperatures were neither very hot nor very cold. There had been very little frost damage. Fireworm Injury At Minimum Groiwers, in the majority have kept fireworm damage to a mini- mum. It is estimated that more fungicides were used this seasor than ever before. This indicates thil , growers continue to be interested ir ! a^fequality fruit minded. j SHAWMUT GLASS CONTAINERS, Inc. REPRESENTING KNOX GLASS, Inc. 25 EAST STREET CAMBRIDGE 41, MASS. The Story Of Lulu Island, Vancouver, British Columbia Some 13 Growers Now Cultivating the American Cranberry of Commerce, Amid this Spectacular Metropolitan Area, with Spectacular Mountain Scenery All About — Large Bogs on "Mined" Peat Properties — Being the Second of a Series of West Coast Cranberry Articles. by Clarence J. Hall Lulu Island, a part of Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is the newest cranberry producing area— of which I had heard much, but had never visited before. It began to come into the cranberry marketing picture in the late '40's. It was reputed as an area, where cranberry ibogs could be built inexpensively, relatively, because large tracts of land had already been cleared and "mined" of a few feet of top peat, these peat beds extendmg down to as much as 30 feet. These tracts, thus, made an ideal cranberry bed, on peat, which grows cranberries so well. The companies which mine this sphagnum peat sell it far and wide as peat moss for use in horticulture, such as on lawns, golf courses, shrubs, flowers, in greenhouses. It is, as is commonly known, a great soil builder. This clearing and mining of the top layer of peat left cleared beds of peat, and the beds were without utilization. So the growing of cranberries was the answer to the use of this waste land, just as the Cape Codders of more than a century ago utilized otherwise waste land on the Cape and began our cranberry industry. Lulu is Delta Land This island, perhaps 12 miles long by about five wide, thus comprising ' about 50-60 square miles is delta I land. That is, it is "made" land, fbuilt up over the centuries by the I washing down of soil from the mighty Fraser river, which runs far into the interior of enormous British Columbia. Just a word about this river, along which we were taken for 50 miles or so— much is fertile valley, where farming is in progress, but there are gorges and spectacular mountain views, particularly snow- clad Mt. Cheam. Lulu Island is below sea level at high tide, and it has 'been diked. It is kept drained by canals, with auto- matic pumps. Lulu is in the munici- pality of Richmond, and from it the great mountains of Canada, most snow-topped may be seen from the bogs on a clear day. Also the spires and towers of the City of Vancouver are visible. Lulu, like much of the Pacific Northwest is spectacular, in scenery. Vancouver is Beautiful City Vancouver is Canada's third largest city, with a "metropolitan population of 650,003, and is Canada's gateway to the Orient, a port city of com- merce and industry. Around it tower the snowy mountains, north and east r^nd behind these stands a great wilderness, rich in gold, silver, ura- nium, aluminum; timber and "scene- ry". Vancouver, itself, is one of the most beautiful cities I have ever visited. There are extremely modem buildings, with much use of glass, and as a port has great ships bound for the Orient and elsewhere in the world gliding in and out. It is a city of many, many parks; there was one, * ' -^. . "'^''^>'*''< f* " *wss^; ■^ y^ '*» 'k' 'K-'ii^^^ ^'. ' "" j# -* ' ■* * ' «. ^ ^ A v..H^,,^ ■ ^ .■■^■■■-.■■■•oj This shows one of the broad dike roadways at Lulu Is land, with the sawdust, wood chip topping. The peat is so eep and spongy some sort of topping is necessary and the yielding peat sometimes make bog operations difficult. CRANBERRIES Photo) Seven JACK BELL (right) second largest grower at Lulu Island and Heinz Knoedler are shown here. (CRANBERRIES Photo) Queen Elizabeth Park most well- kept on an elevation, which we visit- ed just at dusk; it offered a breath- taking view of the millions of lights of the great city below. British Columbia is still rather "English." Late one afternoon, Mrs. Hall and I took a cab. As we reached our destination the taxi driver turned to us and said; "Folks, do you know what I would like most of all right now? A good cup of tea and some crumpets." That from a taxi driver! This was at New Westminster, an- other beautiful area of Greater Van- :ouver. Has A Native Cranberry A wild cranberry grows in British Columbia. To the north of Vancouver is an island named Cranberry Island. Iliis, native fruit formerly was utiliz- ed, but no: tof.ay, at least to any extent. Gnce, however, this native cranberry was shipped out in con- siderable quantity from North Van- couver. Varieties grown today are of East- em or Wisconsin origin. There are a few Wisconsin Searles, a few Early Blacks, a few Howes but the almost universal planting is of the variety so favored on all the Coast, the McFarlin. There will be shortly a fairly large planting of the hybrids, Bergman. I understand the first planting at Lulu was as long ago, as 1932 on a very small scale by an Englishman named Smith. One of the earlier growers, by name George Yardley, has a planting of about 4 acres. E. E. Camcross of the Western Peat Company, Ltd. was a main pioneer in about 1946-47. I was unable to see Mr. Carncross, although I had hoped to. Mr. Carncross had gone east about that time and visited the Cran- berry Experiment Station at East Wareham, Mass. There he talked with Dr. F. B. Chandler. As the re-i suit of this talk he set out a piece i of bog, nine acres, I was told. Later ' ' Dr. Chandler made a visit to Lulu. ' At about the same time Jack Bell, made a sizeable planting at the present Bell Farms, Ltd. which iS; another peat operation. The Three Yanks The "Three Yanks" from Carverl Mass. Norman V. Holmes, F r e dl "Fritz" Shaw and Jimmy Thomas, all cranberry growers and with other interests in the cranberry industry |*tel pulled up stakes in the east, arriving August 1, 1955. This was after a pre- liminary survey visit by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas. Bell Farms began cranberry growing about 1946. With three sizeable operations started cranberry growing was on its way in the Vancouver region. Advice was furnished them by D. J. Crowley, director of the Washington Cran- berry-Blueberry Station at Long Beach, Washington; helpful informa- tion came from the Canadian Agri- cultural Council, and from Prof. Hans Fischer, horticulturalist at U. B. C. near Vancouver. The three Massachusetts men op- erated as the Big 'Red Cranberry Company, Ltd. ibuilding this to 1C& acres, the largest holding to date. The story of the Big Red and the "Three Yanks," (as fchey are known on the Coiast) will be taken up in n separate lairtidle. The remainder of this will concern Vancouver area cranberry growing in general and the facts concerning Bell Farms,, which is second in acreage and. North Amerioan Peat, Ltd. an enter- prise about two years old, and third, largest growing organization. Total acreage is about 175. with the highest production to date esti- mated at laibout 5000 barrels. Adverse weather conditions have so far taken a toll each year. Vancouver is about on the 50th parallel of latitude, aibout even with Quebec and north of the cranberry bogs of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton on the Canadian east coast. Yet, Vancouver, warmed by the Japanese current, which cuts in sharply is not generally cold; snow and ice skating are rarities, j Roses are picked at Christmas time. Ocean Spray of Canada British Columbia cranberries, are all, or nearly all processed and sold 'through Ocean Spray of Canada, Ltd., a wholely owned subsidiary of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. Head- quarters are at St. John, Quebec. Marcus M. Urann of Massachusetts is president, "Norm" Holmes, vice president. Fruit comes for this Canadian sub- Jsidiary from all over Canada. Brit- ish Columbia, Quebec, and Nova iScotia. These berries axe sold in jCanada, about 20,000 barrels a year ithe British Columbia market, accord- ing to Mr. Urann is for about 5,000 barrels. When fruit for the Cana- Mr. and Mrs. Svd Freer obligingly stood for this "shot" in front of their office at North American Peat, Ltd. (CRANBERRIES Photo) dian market is needed in addition to the Ocean Spray plant at St. John; for British Coluiribia and western Canada to Cascades Foods, Ltd. in the Vancouver area, Hector Carslake, general manager. There is about a 10 percent duty on the import and there are higher freight charges for the distances in- volved. Ocean Spray of Canada last year returned to $15.37 to its mem- bers and fihe same amount was re- tumed to Ocean Spray ait Han- son for the U.S. berries which goes into the pool of the year. Prices to consumers are somewhat higher than in the states to compensate for customs and freight. I visited Cascades Foods and found it a modern plant, not packing cran- berries at the time. It also prooesses products of the region. Directors of Ocean Spray of Cana- da, of .wthich Hoknes is one, meet regularly at Hanson, when Ocean Spray directors gather, this meeting preceeding that of committee and the final general session. Bell Farms I have referred to Bell Farms, the actual title of which is Bell Farms Ltd. This is headed by Jack Bell, Nine MOOSE, a huge black doe owned by Mr. Kncedler accompanied us on tJie tour of the Bell Farms bog. A cross between a German Shepherd and Collie (with a suspicion of some Irish Wolf), Moose, of his own accord, took this DOse by the side of the well-kept Bell bog. (CRANBERRIES Photo) who also operates the Nortneim Peat Company, Ltd. the entire holding being about 450 acres. This cran- berry operation is the second largest at Luln, having 67 acres in vines. Twenty more are ready to go in this year. All plantings are McFarlins. Bell started in cranberries in the spring ol 1946 when he planted three acres. He sanded with about an inch in building, using river sand. Harvesting has been by dry picking macihines, but Heinz Knoedler, who is agricultural advisor there, is anx- ious to try water reel harvest. Top production at Bell Farms has been about 2,000 barrels. However on some half acre plots, 300 barrels to the acre have been grown and harvested. Mr. Bell said it was really rather a "toss up," whether he or Mr. Carncross was the first to plant at Lulu on a large scale. Bell Farms also grows cultivated 'high-'bush blueberries, the stock hav- Te^.■ ing come from Michigan. Also at Bell are such items as Christmas trees, juniper, Scotch pine and other trees. The story of how Bell got into cranberry growing is most intrigu- ing. He was in the peat business and could only remove 3 ft. of peat (be- cause of a local law). He wondered what he could do with beds to make use of them. Late Guy C. Myers Helpful He tells the account of how he was on a plane from Winnipeg bound to Chicago. Seme four seats behind him he heard someone talking about cranberries. Although this was pretty late at night, he went back to the gentleman he had overheard, to talk with him. He found out this was the late Guy C. Myers, prominent finan- cier of New York and Seattle and the builder of Cranguyma at Long Beach, Washington. Bell says Mr. Myers was genial and very kind to him, telling him about cranberry growing and invited him to Cranguyma to see a cranberry bog and the operation of growing cranberries for himself. This he did and there met Dr. Harold Clarke, who was then, supervisor of Cran- guyma. Dr. Clarke arranged for him to buy cranberry vine cuttings. In 1946 the vines arrived and he started to build the bog. In 1955 he engaged two agricultural graduates to help with technical advice. He also received advice from Mr. Crowley and the bog has been visited and advice given by Dr. Charles C. Doughty, superintendent of (Coastal Washington Experiment Station (formerly Cranberry and Blueberry Experiment Station.) Jack Bell Mr. Bell was born in Montreal. He was educated at McGill University there, where he majored in mathe- matics and physics. He continued these studies at British Columbia University. He has BS degrees. At the time I interviewed Mr. Bell, he was busy getting ready, to go to Russia, with Mrs. Bell, to attend the Second International Peat Confer- Beli Farms is one of the bogs at Lulu which have the sawdust-wood shaving roadways atop the dikes. This is really refuge from the saw- mills which anyone may obtain for the carting away. Heinz Knoedler Mr. Knoedler came to Bell Farms in 1956. He was born in Germany. He received his masters degree in general agriculture at Stuttgart. He did outstanding experimental work in horticulture at the University of British Columbia later, where he re- j ceived a B.S.A. degree. He is mar- ried. The couple has four cihiildrein and live in Richmond. i Mr. Bell, besides being in the peat/ and cranberry business has other 1 enterprises. For one he is building an 18-hole golf course at Richmond. He \f is a tremendous golf enthusiast. Mr. and Mrs. Syd Freer The third largest grower of Cran- jpijt berries in the Vancouver area, next'y Se to Big Red and BeU Farms, is North & American Peat Ltd., Syd N. Freer, !|j president. i 'i^nij' This operation is on the mainland ;*t)ii at Bumaby. The bog is all new, two *sa years old, 18 acres, all McFarlins. ji^/ Dave Pryde of Grayland, Washing- 1 ton, "rounded up" the vines from Washington for North American Peat. "I have to spray once a year for black-headed fire worm." Mr. Freer said. "We used Parathion and DDT The spraying was done by Skyways Air Service, straight wing, which op- erates all over B. C. We are one hundred percent Ocean Spray." he added. It was here I saw my first Peat Company in the operation of mining peat. The holding is all in one piece, with ditches. There is a grass prob- lem in some parts, and there is a possibility that sprinklers might be put in. No sanding is done, and dry harvesting methods are used. Mr. Freer was raised on a farm in Manitoba, which produced cattle and wheat. He and Mrs. Freer have three daughters, and are active in various community organizations. All the other bogs at Lulu Island are very small, really in a number of instances "back-yard" enterprises. On most of these small pieces, har- vest is by hand scoop which has now nearly gone out of use. in the U.S. with a few exceptions. The growing season at Lulu is very short. No Frost Warning Service There is no frost warning service for these Greater Vancouver grow- ers, but they watch the Canadian weather bureau reports. Actually they as a whole can do little to pre- vent frost injury and the only sprink- ler system (so far) is at Big Red. As stated in the first article en this West Coast series, there are about 13 growers. They have formed the British Columbia Cranberry growers Association. President is Jimmy Thomas, Mr. Kneodler, secretary and ] treasurer. This group meets from i time to time, usually at the Big Red : office at Lulu Island and discusses •i all kinds of cranberry growing prob- lems, from cultural to marketing. There is a complete weather station at the home of Shaw on the bog at Big Red, as he is an official govern- ment weather observer, so there is this help in regard to weather. Insects and Weeds at Lulu * The most troublesome insect is the ! blackheaded fireworm, and mater- ; ials for its control used are Para- thion, Malathion and DDT, applied by airplane at Bell Farms, i Mane^b is used for the control of Cottonball disease as this is a fun- ; gus trouble. . There have been a variety of fer- tilizer programs and this varies from year to year, depending on vine con- dition. Mr. Knoedler has tried out liquid fertilizer (Nachura, 10-5-5) in , combination with fireworm spray. jHe says excellent results followed ' land it was repeated this season in July. Sanding Most newly-planted bog is sanded with half an inch of sand at planting time and resanded in six or seven years. The sand is applied with a specially designed sander, the sand- er bemg equipped with airplane tires. (There is never enough ice for ice sanding as is done in the East and especially in Wisconsin.) As has been noted previously, Big Red in its weeding program makes use €f Chinese women hand workers at times; others use spot sprays with solvent up until the beginning of May, when hand weeding becomes necessary. Weeding costs per acre are estimated at as high as $50.00 at times. Shell Sol is the solvent most widely used, and according to Mr. Knoedler this has an aromatic con- tent higher than the regui-^r agricul- tural weed-killer No. ) Chloro IPC and Simazine, among the newest of herbicides have been used as pre- planting treatment on new bogs and also applied by portable mist spray- ers. Lulu Island with spectacular Vancover and spectacular coastal British Columbia proved to be most interesting to visit to an Easterner interested in cranberry cultivation. What of Lulu Island's future in cranberfry cultivation? General pro- duction per acre to date has not been high, but there is new acre- age going in, there is much potent' al rranberry land and the growers are gaining experienre and learning the natural rranberry ronditions. "Any year.'" they say, "can be the year when big production may be achie- ved." Cranberry Institute Votes Assessment Of SV2 Cents May Have Associate Mem- bers — Vote Subscription of Cranberries Magazine Be Continued Cranberry Institute Directors meet- ing at Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsm, August 24th voted that the assess- ment of member growers of the handlers comprising this over-all cranberry body be set this year at 31/2 cents a barrel. Last yeiar the as- sessment was 3 cents. This assess- mnt is for the operating costs of the Institute. Orrin G. Colley, president, has pointed out this assessment is not against all growers in the industry but only those whose distributors are members. There was discussion as to a plan to set up a new associate, non-voting membership, with these associate members making a contri- bution of $200.00 to the operating costs in lieu of the barrel assessment. Directors also voted that the In- stitute, as one of its services to the industry subscribe for another twelve months, beginning in November, to Cranberries Magazine to every known grower in every cranberry area in the United States. This policy has been in effect for the past eleven months. As there are often two or more partners of a bog one co::y of Cranberries has been and will be sent to each cranberry property on record with the Institute. One of the major activities of the Institute is to develop a foreign mar- ket for American cranberries, es- pecially in the United Kingdom and Western Europe, working in conjunc- tion with the Foreign Service Agency of the United Stateh Depcrcmeit of Agriculture. Beginning September first the proj- ct provides for an additional govern- ment contribution of about $80,000 in foreign funds, bringing the total con- tribution of the Government to ap- proximately $110,0'CO. Industry con- tribution will total approximately $55,000 in dollars, foreign currency, personnel, goods, facilities, services or a combination thereof, the Insti- tute reports. In addition a four-year funding arrangement calling for a $400,000 contribution by FAS and about half of that by industry is be- ing negotiated. It has been pointed out that fruit used in foreign trade build-up can come from the "setjaside" under the Markting Order, and thus these berries are utilized rather than merely not marketed. USD A Again To Buy Fresh Fruit Cranberry Institute has been noti- fied that the U. S. Department of Agriculture will buy fresh cranber- ries again this fall. Amount is not known as this goes to press. USDA purchases for fresh cranberries for school lunches in the last two years, have each been around 100,000 bar- rels. Bleven Outgoing and incoming presidents of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association exchange mutual congratulations. Philip Gibbs, left, of Carver, has completed his term in office, and now Raymond Morse assumes the post. Picture was taken at association's annual meeting. (CRANBERRIES Photo) Optimism Prevails At Annual Meeting Of Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Assn. Speakers Hope For New Uses, Markets Some 200 cranberry growers and their guests attending the 75th annual meeting of Cape Cod Cranberry Grower's Association at State Bos, East Warf^^im, Aug. 29, heard the most .^bimistic report concerning the cranberry industry in a long while. Rain threatened all day, but mostly held off for tlhe out-door session, and for the exhibits of •cranberry equipment and bog tours. Edward Getthorpe, recently-ap- pointed executive vice-president and chief administration officer of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., in his iirst general Massachusetts appearance said he felt certain that not only could cranberry sales in sauoe, cocktail and fresh fruit be increased with more profitable returns to the growers, but that new fieids could be opened up for use of cranberries, possibly in plastics. He said he had "plans in his liip pocket," Which he felt would assure this. He also stated he was closing the purchase of two cranberry pro- perties for himself. He said he had two reasons for this, one bemg a "selfish" one, that he believed the growing of cranberries would be a good thing to be in; and secondly. because he felt as executive head of Ocean Spray, he himself should thorougihly understand the cultural problems of growers. George C. P. Olsson, chairman of the Marketing Committee, said he felt that "at last the industry was getting out of the woods." Orrin G. CoUey, president of Cranberry Insti- tute, reported on progress being made in developing a European market for American cranberries, and possibly elsewhere in the world, in cooperation with Foreign Agridil- tural Service of tlhe USD A, and foresaw a foreign market for cran- berries whidh would increase sales and returns to growers if grower support is given. He also said that USDA purchases of fresh cranberries for school lunches in the past two years had returned to the grov/ers $2.6 million and he was hopeful such a program might again be forth- coming for the 1963 crop. Gilbert T. Beaton, export manager of Ocean Spray, who last spring made a visit to United Kingdom and Western Europe as institute dele- gate, gave a report and said he could see a market there for 20,'100 biarrels, in a few years after the necessary market research had been made and contacts developed, and this considered only the European markets. Mario P. Alfieri, associate director of N. E. C(rop Reportinig Service said "speaking strictly off the cuff," with the ideal weather conditions of late August, he would not be surprised if the preliminary USDA estimate for Massachusetts, of 630,000 barrels -might not prove to be somewhat too low. Another important developoneint of the day was that it became known that five resear*chers of the USDA will be in Massachusetts this fall testing a new storage process which might prolong ithe shelf life of fresh cranberries, and improve quality. If this experiment proves to be suic- cessful, it could more or less re- miove cranberries from the immedi- ately "iperishabie" list of fruits, and thus be of tremendous unportance to the industry. The process had al- ready been used successfully with peaches, and sweet peppers (more conceminig this will be igiven in a separate story). Meeting was presided over by Philip H. Gibbs, whose term as president was expiring and the , meeting, on nomination of Louis Sherman, chairman nominating com- mittee, elected: president, Raymond F. Morse; first vice president, Alfred L. Pappi, second vice president, Robert Hiller; re-elected secretary, Wiliiam M. Atwood; treasurer, Mrs. Ruth E. Beaton; directors, Lauds Sherman, Williaan B. Steams, Jr. Twelve Dr. Ohesber E. Crass, Paul R. Morse, Amthony R. Briggs, Oscar L. Norton, Gilbert T. Beaton, Philip H. Gibbs, Raymond F. Morse, Alfred L. Pappi, William M. Atwood, Ruth E. Beaton, Robert Hiller and cranberry club presidents, Robert Meharg, William M. Atwood, Francis Kendrick; honorary directors. Dr. Herbert F. Bergman and Joseiph L. Kelley. Dr. C. E. Cross, director of Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station, said he would omit the usual reports of staff members and make his twn remiarks brief in view of the threat- ening weather, as did, in fact, all speakers. He confined himself mainly to references to water improvements for Massachusetts bogs, chiefly through the installation of overhead sprinkler systems. He referred to the fact that "those rascals" out in Wisconsin had come within 9,000 barrels, in a recent year in equalling the production of Massachusetts. He gave as one reason the better and more improved handling of water for flooding. He told of one marsh of 80 acres which could get the water on and off in 80 minutes and there was nothing in Massadhusetts to compare with thiis. He said there is also much new installation of sprink- lers in the Biadger Staite, as well as in Massachusetts. He told of the very good results which bad been obtained this past summer by growers who used sprinklers during the drought and he felt the timt had come when better water facilities must be m- stalled on Massachusetts bogs, if Massachusetts is to maintain its lead in production and to produce good crops. He said sprinklers do call for an investment, but the in- vestment paid off. Dr. Cross has been for several years an ardent advocate of imipoxtved water facili- I ties. I Dr. Ernest A. Walker, chief officer i biology section of pesticides, regula- tions branicih of the USDA said the reguHaibion of what chemicals might be used in crop protection is a most difficult task, and he depended upon such people as Dr. Cax)ss of the Mass. Station to give him reports; he added that nearly all manufac- turers of agricultural chemicals were responsible people and cooperated , fully. He said the USDA in "clear- ing" a materiail, must be sure it would be acceptable to Food & Drug Administration, with no harmful re- sults or more residue than is the tolerance . He then said he wished to miake a tour of some cranberry bogs, ! that he might be more familiai' with the growing of cranberries. Mr. Gelsthorpe in elaborating on , his subpeict said he was inexperienced in cramberry growing, "probably knowing less than anyone here." He said his experience had been in packaged goods (toiletries), tooth- paste and deodorants. He told how the deodorant industry decided to build its sales and did so Dr. Ernest Walker{ Pesticides, USDA addressed the Cape meeting, retiring President Gibbs is at right. (CRANBERRIES Photo) threefold, from about a $30,000,000 industry to more than $90,000,000; by careful research into every possible aspect of the potential market and through competent promotion. He told of how George WasMngton Carver determinted to find more uses for peanuts and found many new ones, includinp plastics. He said this must be done with cranberries — there might be a use for cranberries in plastics. He said no part of the cranberry should be wasted, but that by-products must be developed as well as increasing sales of fresh cranberries, sauce and cocktail. He said more people must be induced to eat more cranberries, more often— that too many people thought of cranberries as only a traditional dish at Thanksgiving and C!(hristmas. He said cranberries have a distinct asset in their distinctive flavor and that people like the cran- berry flavor. Mr. Gelsthorpe also touched on the faict that such a large part of the advertising-publicity burden of the industry is carried by Ociin Spray, but said that fact was ac cepted by Ocean Spray. He also said that if Ocean Spray advertising- publicity or its other marketing plans succeed in selling more cran- berries and increasing returns to growers, that not only Ocean Spray growers would benefit, but also the growers of independent distiibutors. He concluded by saying he felt sure he had plans to solve these problems and would not say so un- less he was sure. He began by explaining how he came to accept the Ocean Spray job, and a big reason was because he had a summer home on the Cape, and wished to live in this area and "by a miracle I was offered the opportunity." "Gibby" Beaton in his European report said the U.S. population is approximately 173,000,000 while that of the United Kingdom and Western Europe is approxim^ately 167,000,000. "It might be figured therefore that a Exiropean market of about a mil- Uon barrels of cranberries might be build up as in the U.S. But studies do not show that, I would expect that in four year's time we could be selling about 20,000 barrels to this market." He told how West Germany im- ports about 7,000 barrels of a native Swedish cranberry and that these were a hig'h-priced. specialty item. He said the price for a one pound can ran from 55 to 85 cents in American money. He said m Europe Eatmor canned sauce brought from 50 to 69 cents and Ocean Spray 7- ounce can 34 cents. Thirteen Edward Gelsthorpe, new executive head of Ocean Spray, was a guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Asso- ciation. Seated at left is Mrs. Ruth Beaton, treasurer of the Association. (Coiu'ier Photo) He said the problem would be to obtain a mass market for American cranberries, at a lower price , to get them out of the luxury class and into ordinary markets for ordinary people to buy. He said it would have to be determined what would be the best form in which to ship cran- berries overseas, as fresh, processed or in a dehydrated form perhaps (the idea of having cranberries procesed in Europe is being re- searched). He said the European housewife— the man almost never is doing the food shopping — ^buys in small quan- ties every day, not mass buying as in America, where there is much more home refrigeration. He said one answer might be in a can or jar of something like 7 ounces, irstepd ot r:h? pound which is now established here. He S3.i:l he felt certain countries should be concentrated upon and a "shot - run" advertising - publioity caim-aign shojild not be used. He said he felt the United Kingdom and possibly Belgium offered the best Fourteen immediate potential. He said he would not advise efforts in France at the present time. He said he felt sure a valuable market could be built up. and Eu- rope is only a part of a possible world market for surplus cr.inber- ries. Pres. CoUey of the Cranberry Institute told of the assessment of 3V2 cents per barrel to be levied against members for operating costs of the Institute this coming year. and pointed out that this cost, was not borne by all growers, but only those whose distributors were mem- bers of the over-all body although all growers were benefited by the Institute work. He told of the finan- cial and other assistance being given to the cranberry industry by the USDA, particularly its Foreign A; riculiural Service, in helping to dfvelop markets for cranberries in the United Kingdom and Western Europe, eventually perhaps to be expanded to other foreign countries. He said tibese 'berries could come from the "restricted," or "set-asiide" berry p:ol, and these berries could thus be utilized in a worthwhile project rather than being merely unmarketed. He told how, for the past ti'.n months, every United States grower had been receiving Cranberries Magazine, through a subscription provided by the Institute and he hoped articles, pertaining to the foreign market being developed were being read. He said he hoped more growers would wish to take a more active part in the Institute and would want m some way to contribute to the costs involved. Beaton further said that the "Continental Breakfast" is nothing like ours here, where we ofttn have a more-or-le&s harty meal. In Eu- rope it is merely coffee, rolls and a jam for the rolls. He said if this jam could be made American cran- berries, the market might be large. Olsson in his talk said he felt the cranberry order, the school lunch, if it is forthcoming this year, and a new executive head for Ocean Spray will make a big im,provement in the cranberry marketing this coming season. "Dick" Beattie, for a long time one of the Cranberry Station staff and now filling a top executive posi- tion at the University of Massachu- setts in extension service, expressed his pleasure at being able to attend the meeting and brought official greetings from Dean Sip'eilman. Those introduced, but not speaking included: Dr. Charles C. Doughty, head of Coastal Waslhington Experi- ment Station; Lou Webster, head of marketing division, Mass. Dept. of Agriculture; his associate Nathaniel Tilden; Barnstable County Agricul- tural director, Oscar Johnson, Don Marini. Plymouth County agricul- uiral agent. A chicken and cranberry barbecue was served at noon to 173. Cranberry equipment included a Furford harvester from Washimgton State: a new granular spreader; a Dana-Getzinger water harvester from Dana Machine & Supiply Co., Wis- consin Rapids, Wisconsin; a Samson claimshell shovel from Turgeon Equipment Company, North Dart- mouth; a Oiva Hannula sand rig, Carlson Mfg. Co. wheeling-off rig; International loader; Darlington dry harvester; carry-off wagon, chain saw and irrigation equipment; Hay- den Separator, harvesting bags, a helicopter from Aerial Sprayers, Inc., Marshfield; a Darlington picker, dry picker, with a special vaouum fan, designed to raise vines and result in less bruising of berries; a water reel made in (Massachusetts, a ditch cleaner, an all-around bog vehicle, the latter five being de- signed as experimenital equipment by Prof. John S. Norton of the engineering department of the Cr=(n- berry Dtation. FRESH CRANBERRIES surround Arthur Godfrey at Ocean Soray Onset Screening Plant; left io right, Wil- liam B. Stilwell, Ocean Spray Advertising Manager, "The Old Redhead," General Manager Edward Gelsthorpe and export division manager. (CRANBERRIES Photo) Arthur Godfrey, To Promote Ocean Spray Fresh Cranberries Flies To Cape Cranberry Land And Finds "It's The Berries/' Famed Entertainment Figure Sees Fresh and Processed Cranberry Packing, Visits Bog, Picks Cran- berries, Enjoys Cranberry Products Makes Quips and ''Has a Ball" Arthur Godfrey, longtime radio, TV and entertainment personality, flew into the cranberry picture Sept. 9, when he was guest of honor at a cranberry bog in Hyannis and later inspected the packing of fresh and processed cranberries at the Onset plant of Ocean Spray. Godfrey, an amateur pilot of renown, flew his : own twin-engine high-powered Con- vair from New York to Barnstable Airport, was then taken to the Bay View bog of the A. D. Makepeace Company and then two helicopters flew Godfrey and group to Onset. At the conclusion Godfrey with his man- ager, C. Leo De'Orsey, flew back to Teterboro, New York. Starting next month, Godfrey will promote the sale of fresh cranberries for the big advertising-publicity cam- paign of Ocen Spray for 13 weeks on the program, "Arthur Godfrey Time" on 209 CBS stations. At Hyannis, shortly before 3 p.m., Godfrey was taken from the Barn- stable Airport to the Bay View bog, 'in both Yarmouth and Hyannis, and owned by A. D. Makepeace Com- pany), a property of 32 acres and recognized as one of the finest Cape cra^iberry bogs. Although now more than ICO years old. He was welcomed at Hyannis by Victor F. Adams, chairman of the Barnstable Board of Selectmen, cranberry grower and a director of Ocean Spray. Howard Marchant, Yarmouth selectman, Ed- ward Gelsthorpe, executive general manager of Ocean Spray, Miss Betty Euchan, publicity director; and Gil- bert T. Beaton, manager fresh fruit and export division of Ocean Spray. Onset arrangements were handled by William B. Stiilwell, advertising manager of the co-op., Mrs. Janet Taylor, head of home economics de- partment and Mario Lince, process- ing plant manager, who had been at Ocean Spray for 35 years or since the Onset plant was opened. Host at the Bay View bog was Ray- mond Syrejala, who has been mana- ger of the bog for many years and began work there when he was nine years old, his father before him be- ing the owner and selling the bog to Makepeace. Also at the bog was Walter Chase, more than 80, who was hand picking cranberries there in 1895 and demonstrated how this, now all but extinct procedure was carried on in the old days. There was both hand scooping and mechanical harvesting underway at the bog, and Godfrey tried his hand out at both methods. A very sizeable crowd had gathered at Hyannis to meet him. Two hehcopters, one from Wiggins Airways, Norwood, piloted by Jack Connelly and one from Copters, Un- limited, Warwick, R. I., piloted by Bill Barolet, then flew Godfrey, his manager, Gelsthorpe and Beaton to the Onset plant. Godfrey was first shown the cran- berry separators and women screen- Fiftee"!! GODFREY is fasinated by the screening of fresh berries. ers at work, his guide being "Gibby" Beaton. Gk)dfrey, reddish of hair, freckled, perhaps a trifle shorter than might be guessed, but stocky and extremely active, seemed to take in all the process with much interest. He asked many questions, joked and posed for pictures with screeners and others. His manager said, "Arthur is get- ting a real kick out of things like this. He is having a ball. He is a remarkable man, always maintains a fast pace, is never ruffled. Today he has not only given his show, but flown from New York and tonight will fly home to Teterboro and give his show again tomorrow." Sixteen (CRANBERRIES Photo) Godfrey at one point ate a fresih cranberry and then, in the manner of "kidding" the product which he is sponsoring and which first brought him into national fame, said some- thing like, "Good, good, not bitter at all. Eat 'em but don't swallow 'em, they are raw." Other quick quips attributed to Godfrey during tihe day were, look- ing at a piece of loan-filling mia^ chineiry; "a most amazing machine. Automation is a blessing in a way, but in other ways its a pain in the neck, espeoially when you aire wait- ing for an elevator on the top of a 25-story building." Also he added "Rube Goldberg (the cartoonist) would have had a ball in here." A youngster later asked him who Goldberg was and he repUed "He invented automation." After the tour of the fresh fruit de- partment and a portion of the pro- cessing department, Godfrey oblig- ingly posed for the general public, signed autographs and even on re- quest, kissed a number of the girls and women. He shook hands with the men. Most of the plant had been closed down for an hour to give em- ployees a chance to see Ck)dfrey. In the "Welcome Shop", Godfrey was hosted by Mrs. Taylor and others and ate heartily of a number of cran- berry dishes. His repast included cranberry juice cocktail, this being served him in a reproduction of an old English "Yard Glass". That meant there was actually a yard of cranberry juice. The "Yard Glass" was developed in England in the 17th century and was often used by the barmaid at an inn, who handed the coachman a "yard of beer" so that he could remain on his seat and tend to his horses while he was refreshed. It was also used in various national and local celebrations. This particu- lar glass was the gift of the Sheraton Hotel in Providence, where it is said a patron may actually buy a yard or a half yard of beer if he wishes. Other craniberry dishes specially prepared were cranberry or ange marmalade, cranberry fruit bread, cranberry kitchen cookies. In addition to the (^lodfrey and ex- tensive magazine and newspaper promotion by Ocean Spray, Don Mc- Neil on his "Breakfast Club" pro- gram over 317 ABC stations will "plug'' cranberry products and Mc- Neil is expected to be flown into the Wisconsin cranberry area from Chi- cago, to gain first-hand knowledge of the cranberry business. Both men will concentrate on a $10,000 fresh cranberry recipe con- test, first prize to be $2,500 with 115 other cash awards. A sign "Cape Cod and Ocsian Spray Weioome Arthur CJodfrey" was displayed at Hyannis. GenC'ral Manager (ielsthorpe presented God- frey with a cranberry scoop filled with cranberry products, to take heme with hian. Serious remarks by Godfrey were, "I feel your cranberry enterprise down here is gitantic, enterprising and loaded with flavor," and on departing, declared, "I feel thiorouighr ly imbued with the cranlberry back- ground, now I'll know what I am talking about." I Wisconsin Concern Sued For Alleged Order Violations 12 Criminal Counts, Civil Damages of $32,292 South in U.S. District Court Against Cranberry Products, Inc. Defendant Goldsworthy To Fight Case Cranberry Products, Inc., of Eagle River, Wisconsin, has been accused of violating the federal cranberry marketing order, and charges were filed in U.S. District Court at Madi- son, Wisconsin. A criniinal compl^aint alleges 12 counts and a civil suit seeks an injunction to prevent fur- ther violations and asked damages of $32,292.00, is the report. The suit was filed by the U.S. Attorney Nathan Hefeman of Madi- son, and served on company officials at Eaigle River. Suit alleges that Cranberry Products marketed 3,075 barrels of cranberries over the 1962 quota and at that time the market price was $10.53, per barrel, thus bringing the suit total to the sum named. The suit was served on Vernon Goildsworthy, president, Victor Rad- daot, vice president, Ralph Samp- son, treasurer and Howard Querry, secretary. Charles Goldworthy, sales repre- sentative of the Cranberry products Company and son of Vernon Golds- worthy is quoted as saying the mar- keting order, which ordered them to "confiscate," or set-aside 12 percent of their harvested and graded ber- ries was improperly handled. He claimed that one large corporation controls close to 80 percent of the growers in the nation and that it wanted this restrictive marketing order, because it had a surplus of berries. \\ A 66% majority of cranberry growers was required to make the marketing order effective on the industry. The national vote of the cranberry growers was taken and on August 3 of last year, the USDA announced that the growers had approved such a cranberry marJcet- ing order and company marketing agreements had been signed by handlers and oanners. The report further said that the growers had voted by more than 70. percent both by number and volume in favor, the actual vote coxint being 700 for and 279 aigainst. Chariles Goldsworthy was further quoted as saying, "We hope to get the marketing order thrown out and once again permit growers to market whatever berries they produice." Vernon Goldsworthy as a defendant has further stated his attorney "feds we have -an excellent chance m a court of having the Marketing Order thrown out because of its 'monopolistic position, as one organ- ization controls approximately 90 percent of the cranberries grown in the United States. "Actually from the governm?'it report, as I see it. Ocean S'pray did not dump anything in Washington, Oregon, and practically none in New Jersey and Wisconsin, but did dump in Massachusetts," Goldsworthy says. "We being an organization in Wisconsin did not have an Eastern supply of cranberries available to us because we (Cranberry Products) are not national, which certainly puts us to a decided disadvantage, and then we tried to buy cranberries from our competitor but they claimed they did not have any for sale." He added, "We are hoping the govern- ment marketing order on cranber- ries will be thrown out, as it is il- legal. Defending attorney is Calvin Bur- ton of Eagle River. Preliminary USDA Forecast Third largest cranberrv crop in history seems to be in the making aiocording to the August 20 annual preliminary forecast of the USDA. Estimate is for a U. S. production of 1,317,600 barrels, which is 9 per- cent above the five year 0957-61) average. The current crop prospects were exceeded in production in 7960 and 1962. Massachusetts is estimated as having 630,000 barrels, producticn last year being 779,000 so tbe fore- cast is down 20 percent for this state, but still above averasre. Esti- mate for Wisconsin is 428,000 which is up 19 percent over last year, v/hen Wisconsin and a relatively low pro- duction of 380,000. New Jersey is estimated at 76,000: Washington State, 138,000 barrels, this state pro- doiction only having exceeded this by its record of 1961 of 139,000 barrels. Oregon is given 43,000 also up, last year 28,000. New Jersey is down 25 percent compared with last year, 102.000 and 18 percent below average. Ore- gon is 55 percent over last year. New Jersey suffered from drought conditions as also did Massachu- setts, where an estimated 50,000 barrels were lost. The total crop last year was 1,335,000 barrels. The report said of Massachusetts that spring frosts damage was light, but winterkill affected some bogs. Hot, dry weather during July dam- aged the crop but hastened maturity From August first, cooler weather and rains helped the crop. In New Jersey, tiiere was win- terkill, spring frost damage and a •poor set of berries. Dry summer weather limited sizing. Insect and disease were light. This is Wiscon- sin's third largest crop; the set and development of berries were good; there was little disease or weather damage. Second largest crops were in prospect in both Washington and Oregon. In Washington vines had a heavy bloom and favorable weatiier during that period resulted in a good set. In Oregon growing condi- tions were excellent; the crop there being 55 percent larger than last year. Study Process For Longer Fruit Life The new heat process for fresh cranberries, as revealed at the meet- ing of the Cape Cod Cranberry Grow- ers Association may offer a tremen- dous potential of aid to the fresh fruit cranberry market, it has been pointed out. It is hoped fresh cran- berries in poly bags or window box- es can be given additional "shelf- life", to last during the entire fresh fruit selling season, in quality, or, that is, cranberries being taken off the "highly perishable" list of fruits. A team of five researchers from the USDA, headed by Dr. Anderson and including Dr. Wilson Smith, de- veloper of the process is to be in Massachusetts this fall, working in cooperation with the Cranberry Ex- periment Station, the University of Massachusetts and Ocean Spray. The latter wUl permit experiments to be carried on at its Onset plant. This is a new process to help con- trol certain fungus rots, which break down fruit in storage and shelf -life. It has already been proven success- ful with peaches, sweet potatoes and sweet peppers. It is described as a hot water process in which cranber- ries will be dipped in water about 110-120 degrees then dried and cool- ed. Whether it can be adapted to cranberries, remains to be seen, and is the objective of the experiment. HORTICULTURISTS VISIT MASS. STATION— BOGS Officials of Mass. Cranberry Sta- tion in August were hosts to more than 50 visitors from throughout the United States and Canada on first day of a three day horticultural trip. The visitors were students, pro- fessors, and members of their family; the trip being sponsored by Department of Agriculture, in co- operation with the American Society operation with the University of Massachusetts and the American Society for Hortieultui^ Science. Seventeeit "BaB" GOTTOCHAI^K is show, watchins as a load .t cranberries is ^hjPg^^d ™^ k"aplds'"S,''TribJil "^M Large Shipping Boxes Cut Cranberry Costs In Wisconsin For the second season, the Gotts- ohalk Cranberry Company of Route 3, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, is us- ing flatbed trucks, hauling harvested cranberries in large boxes contain- ing 800 pounds of fruit. Robert (Bob) A. Gottschalk has said that the use of these ^boxes, 42x48 inches, has cut the size of the crew needed to harvest and haul the crop away. Where he used to have three men, filling, ty- ing and piling bags he now has the berries running frc-m the sorter di- rectly into the boxes. Gottschalk is one of the Ocean Spray growers using this method. "Bob" Gottschalk, a progressive grower has been experimenting with the use of large boxes for several years. He has attempted sxiring ber- ries from the dryer hi large boxes be- fore sorting but found they wouldn't keep the berries dry. However, he has not had that problem with the berries after they have been sorted. He has held berries in storage three Eighteen,; days v/ithout having them "wet up." Shipping in the large boxes elimin- ates the backbreaking work of filling huge trailers with bags of cranber- ries. Loading the 45,000 pounds of berries on the truck is a simple pro- cedure with one man operating a fork lift truck. Ocean Spray also believes that the boxes also make the freezing process more economical for berries which are frozen. The flatbed truck with 48 boxes is unloaded in about half the time at the North Chicago plant. Berries, it is reported, were froz- en in the boxes in about two days, compared to a normal freezing time cf 5 in bags. Ocean Spray last year purchased 6,000 of the collapsible boxes for use in shipping. The fold- ing boxes eliminate the problem of shipping trucks filled with empty boxes to Chicago back to the Wiscon- sin growers. Another feature of the boxes is that they are interlocking, making it eas- ier to stack them. This is a big ad- vantage in shipping on flatbed trucks, because the berries can't be stacked three high in sem-trailers. These collapsible boxes were bought from Bigelow-Garvey Comp- any in Chicago and were made in the company plant at Shawano, Wis. Gottschalk Company harvest is wet with three Dana^Getsinger pickers and the berries are dried in a Dana revolving belt dryer. Gottschalk picks for both the fresh and procsssed market. "Bob" Gottschalk purchased the Tim Foley marsh of 10 acres in 1939. It has now been rebuilt and expanded to 25 acres of Searls Jumbo with an average production of 20O barrels per acre. In 1957 Bob purchased the ad- joining property of Ward Bros, which consisted of 23 acres, which is now in the process of being rebuilt and expanded with the Searls Jumbo var- iety and Ben Lear vmes. When coan- pleted the bog will all 'be on one level. Bob's grandfather, Rufus McFar- land had a marsh on the north of the town of Cranmor which was destroy- ed hy fire in 1893 and he then later established a marsh south of Nee- koosa on the 14 mile creek, which was later abandoned because of the flooding of the Wisconsin river and also because it was too far fram his other interests at Wisconsin Rapids. Bob's father, A. F. Gottschalk, was a grocer in the Rapids for 47 years before retiring in 1955. Bob believes it was probably his delivering of groceries to different cranberry marshes that got him interested in oraniberry growing. Through the el- der Mr. Gottschalk has had no finan- cial interest in the marshes, he does, along with Bob's mother, take an ac- tive interest in the growing and har- vesting of each year's crop. 'His two sons are also interested in cranberry growing. Jon will be a freshman at Oshkosh State College this fall, majoring in business. Greg will be a freshman at John Edwards High School this fall. Both are work- ing with their father in developing the marshes. Bob was graduated from North- western University School of Com- merce at Evanston, Illinois in 193€. He worked for a short time for Com- mercial Credit Company in Chicago , and for two years was field represen- I tative for General Motors Acceptance ! Corporation, working out of Green j Bay, Wisconsin and for one year was payroll auditor for Paperboard Prod- ucts Division of Consolidated Papers, Inc. ! 1962 CROP I STATISTICS The national average of cranberry production per acre shows almost steady increase. In 1962, barrels per acre, according to USDA Crop Re- porting Service; New Jersey, 34.3; Massachusetts, 62.2; Wisconsin, }>3.7; Washington (an off year), 49.1; Ore- gon, 52.7; United States, 61.7. Acres harvested were 21,460; of the 1962 production, utilization was 520,999 barrels fresh sales; 660,800 j processed. Climatological Summary Mass. Cranberry Station 30 YEAR RECORD KEPT AT STATION IN EAST WAREHAM An extremely interesting climato- logical summary of East Wareham has just been completed by Robt. E. Lautzembelser, Mass. State Clima- tologist, Weather Bureau, Boston, in cooperation with the Cape Cod Cran- berry Growers' Association. East Wareham was selected as accurate weather records are kept at the Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station there. The summary covering two pages of small, closely set type, is presumably applicable to all this immediate area, at least in general. The data is based primarily upon the 30 year's record, 1931-1960 kept at the cranberry station. "Moderately warm summers, mod- erately cold winters and ample rain- fall characterize the climate. Buz- zards Bay and the Atlantic Ocean to the south frequently affect the weath- er. In summer the immediate coast line is most effectively and enjoyably moderated, while heat waves prevail further inland." Summary says much day by day variation also occurs because this area is near favored paths of weath- er systems which bring in alternate- ly warm and cold air. "Bog soil", especially with low heat conductiv- ity, is prone to very low minima as it has little capacity to warm up cold air. "Favorable summer temperatures are indicated by the relatively low extreme maxima. The highest tem- perature of record is only 100 de- grees. The 95 degree mark occurs less than one year in three." "About one winter in six has no zero weather, while one in ten has more than 10 days with minima of zero or lower. The most was 14 oc- curring in the winter of 1933-34. Normal winter average, based upon the three months, December-Febru- ary is 30.0 degrees. Normal sum- mer June-August is 68.3 degrees." It reports the growing season for tender crops averages 160 days. The extreme dates for the last freeze in the spring are April 13 and May 30. The fall extremes are September 19 and October 24. There is an 185 day season between the average dates. "There is no dry season, though the monthly, normal precipitation shows a moderate decrease in mid- stunmer. Normal totals for the four 3-month seasons are remarkably even. Seldom does a month receive less than 1.0 inches precipitation. Months with 10 inches are also rare." Mean or average rainfall is 46.85 inches. (The driest one year in tMi will still have about 37.2 inches, or more than the normal for many ag- ricultural areas elsewhere in the United States.) Mean snowfall is 27.0 inches. The principal snowfall season is December through March. Days with one inch or more of snow have varied from as few as 2 to 5 in a season, with an average of 3. Only about one season in ten has as much as 10 inches in one day. (March 3-5 1960 snowstorm brought a total of 18.9 inches). "Snow cover does not remain on the ground all winter in this area. The average depth of the longest continuous snow cover of one inch or more is only 13 days. The average season maximum snow depth is 9 inches, occuring at an average date of February 8. The ground is bare much of the time in an average win- Glaze (ice) storms resulting from freezing precipitation occur on an average of once or twice a year, but reach important proportions only rarely. Hail may fall about once a year. Prevailing winds are from the southwest in the warrrier part of the year and from the northwest in the colder part. "In summary East Wareham's cli- mate offers very comfortable sum- mer temperature levels. Winters are not sever ly cold. Though free from harsh levels of heat or cold, this climate provides the frequent variation in day to day conditions which is thought to be stimulating to physical activities." $17 Berry Opening Price Same As 1962 FIRST BERRIES ARE SHIPPED Oicean Spray, Sept. 9, shipped out Massachusetts Early Black cran- berries this week at $4.25 a quarter barrel or $17.00 a barrel FOB ship- ping point. This is the same figure as last season for the early fruit. Clolor, quality and size for the early-picked fruit is described as ex- cellent, both by Ocean Spray and Independent shippers, the rains of August and the cool night of the lat- ter part of the siammer addling much to a crop which previously had not looked too good in quality. Fruit is said to have been faster-ripening and of better quality than in several seasons. Among the very first shipments made were loads from Decas Bros. Wareham, these starting to go out September 6 to Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City and other mid-western points. "TT '"'' ' " Nineteen For the Best Grub Control Use the Best Combination— Niagara Dieldrin With Fertilizer From International Minerals and Chemical Corp. Make Your Fall Application With fhe Insecticide-FerHlizer Combination Proven In Actual Field Use Niagara Dieldrin — IMC Fertilizer, Plus a Complete Line of High Quality Niagara Pesticides Are Available At R. F. MORSE & SON Inc. 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Stop in soon and meet the Rainbow family in person. Distributed by R. F. MORSE & SON Inc. CRANBERRY HIGHWAY West Wareham, Massachusetts CY 5-1553 Twenty-One Chloro IPC, a time-tested herbicide made by the Chemical Division of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Com- pany, can now be used on dormant cranberries. This is good news to growers who need an econom- ical way to control annual grasses (bent grass, an- nual blue grass, turkeyfoot grass) as well as such weeds as rushes, horsetail, velvet grass, loosestrife, tearthumb and certain others. Chloro IPC is ap- plied while the plants are dormant. It is completely dissipated before the fruit ever appears, so there's no residue problem. Chloro IPC is among the least toxic of all commercial herbicides. Thorough field testing of Chloro IPC on cran- berry bogs in Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Wash- ington has developed local experience and recom- mendations suited to each area. PPG Chloro IPC is easy to apply in the form of 20% granules, 100 lb. to the acre during November or December after harvest. A repeat application in early spring before cranberry growth begins will give further control of annual weeds. Ask your experiment station per- sonnel at the state university for local recommenda- tions on use of PPG Chloro IPC. Write for more details and your local distributor's name to: Pitts- burgh Plate Glass Company, Chemical Division, One Gateway Center, Pittsburgh 22, Pa. chemicals (jjdJt^giais ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 1963 VOL. 28 — NO. 5 ■•"■«-■■■ - HI NOT A DULL YEAR As this issue goes to press, the harvesting of the 1963 crop is underway, and it does appear beyond any doubt it will be one of the "big" ones, now, possibly a little bigger in Massachusetts than anticipated, perhaps a little smaller in Wisconsin. The market- ing of this crop seems to be being ap- proached with more confidence than in most recent years, and a spirit of better feeling was evidenced at, for instance, the annual meeting of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association. Edward Gelsthorpe, new executive man- ager of Ocean Spray, in making his first general public appearance, impressed the cranberry growers with his conviction that more cranberries can be sold in the pres- ent, fresh, juice and sauce forms with in- creasingly better returns to growers, and that cranberry products, not now existing will be found. This, benefitting, as he pointed out, not only Ocean Spray mem- bery-growers, but all cranberry growers. Ocean Spray, in cooperation with the progressive McCann-Erickson advertising agency has worked out what would appear to be a hard-hitting advertising promotion campaign, through the intensive use of ra- dio, television, magazine, newspapers, and other channels which would bring the cran- berry story home effectively to the mass consumer. One large independent handler told us his organization could sell, he was sure, all the fruit its members provided. We feel sure that the plan of Cranberry Institute, providing it can obtain support of more cranberry growers, for a worthwhile export market is not a dream, but can be made an actuality, and this could utilize berries from the "set-aside" popl. Unlike American poultry in Western Europe cran- berries would not be a competitive product with the European product. Frost and drought damage to growing crops can probably never be entirely elim- inated, but the present movement, particu- larly in Massachusetts and also Wisconsin |;oward the installation of sprinkiler systems will tend to lessen this hazard.: (We are also watching that "windmill frost pro- tection experiment out in Wisconsin, with interest.) r: , - ^ . I ] Th6 Wi^Qrisiii!State Cranberi^y Growers' Association is apparently aboiit_.tn^^Jj:.,a- CLARENCE J. HALL Editor and Publisher . EDITH S. HALL— Associate Editor Wareham, Massachusetts SUBSCRIPTIONS, $4.00 Per* Year, FOREIGN, $5.00 CORRESPONDENTS— ADVISORS Wisconsin LEO A. SORENSON Cranberry Consultant . -, Wisconsin Rapids . ■ Wisconsin Washington ^ Dr. CHARLES C. DOUGHTY Cranberry Specialist . Long Beach, Wash. Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIl^ Coquille, Ore. v Massachusetts Dr. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Mass. New Jersey cV>: -vi P. E. MARUCCI ;- "■ New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station Pemberton, New Jersey State Marketing Order to obtain funds for more Wisconsin research arrd improved frost warning service. It is also working fow-ard a mass hail damage insurance plan, and this protection can be either through a private company or Federal Crop Insur- ance. A prominent and large Wisconsin grow- er, head of a distributing and processing concern, has been indicted for alleged vio- lations of the cranberry marketing order. In his d e f e n s e, it is understood, he will challenge the validity of the order, and this is his right in a free society. ,. A U.S. court will decide 1;he merits of the defense. This is not a dull year in the cranberry; SERVING WISCONSIN Ocean Spray Names Executive Assistant Ocean Spray ^Cranberries, inc. has aimoimced the .appoimtment on July 15 of John Calderwood Weld as Assistant to the Exeicutive Vice President. Mr. Weld will foe in charge of the ladiministirlaition of labor relations H>j A $4U,UUU,UUU A TtAK IINUUilKY E COD fj W JERSEY WISCONSIN )REGON MTASHINGTON CANADA "CRANBERRY RED" is the Big Fall Fashion color, shown in Magazines and Fi stores everywhere as in this display (see story on page 4). 40 Cents OCTOBER, 196 DIRECTORY For CRANBERRY GROWERS Worcester Paper Box Corporation MEDFORD, MASS. Tel. MYstic 8-5305 Manufacturers of Folding Cartons and Displays READ CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE WATER WHITE KEROSENE Far use on Cranberry Bogs Also STODDARD SOLVENT Fr*mpt Delivery Service Franconia CmI Co. — tac. — Wareham, Mass. Tel. CY 5-0039 SANDERS BuUt from $750. WHEEL-OFF RIGS FLUMES Built to Order Welder and Power Shovel Available Will do Custom Sanding Oiva Hanmila Carver, Mass. UN 6-4419 Wareham Savings Bank WAREHAM and FALMOUTH Savings Accounts Loans on Real Estate Safe Deposit Boxes to Rent Phone CYpress 5-3800 Kimball 8 3000 The CHARLES W. HARRIS Company 451 Old Somerset Ave. North Dighton, Mass. AMES Irrigation Systems Sprinklers Weed killers Insecticides Funjncides Kiekens - Duster and Sprayers The National Bank of Wareham Conveniently located for Cranberry Men EQUIPMENT HAYDEN - SEPARATOR - WAREHAM, MASS. Irrigation Systems PUMPS SEPARATORS - iLOWIKS SCREENHOUSE EQUIPMENT DARLINGTON PICKING MACHINES Funds always available for sound loans Complete Banking Service Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Extensive Experience in ELECTRICAL WORK ALFRED PAPPI At Screenhouses, Bogs and Pumps Means Satisfaction WAREHAM, MASS. Tel. CY 5-2000 SUBSCRIBE TO CRANBERRIES Cranberry Growers DRIVE RobL W. Savary, Inc. CHRYSLER ■ PLYMOUTH VAUANT Onset Ave. East Wareham CY 5-3530 Cranberries On USDA ''Plentiful Foods'' List Cran'berry Institute has notified handlers of cranberries that cran- berries are included in the USDA Octdber plentiful foods list. The USDA distributes this material to the public media— newspapers, mag- azines, radio and television, to dis- tribution trade, institutional trade, etc. This service is of real value. Cranberries are listed for all three meals on the "Menu of the Month;" breakfast, as apple, grape, cranberry medley; lunch, cranberry juice; din- ner, fresh cranberry pie and with extra emphasis for week beginning Cctober 27, broiler-fryers, cranber- ries. USDA notes the foods listed are expected to be in plentiful supply, throughout the United States. Cran- SHARON BOX COMPANY, INC. ESTABLISHED 1856 SHARON. MASSACHUSETTS We Will Buy Your White Pine Logs, Either Standing or Cut • Highest Prices Paid • Sawmill located at North Carver, Mass. Office Phones: Sharon, SU 4-2011 Carver. UN 6-2234 H You Want A Good Flume At A Low Cost Use All Heait Redwood 60,000 Ft. on hand for Prompt Delivery 6x8 6x6 4x6 4x4 Planking - Square Edged or Matched 2x4 — 2x6 — 2x8 — 2x10 SEND FOR YOUR FREE FOLDER ON THE "DURABILITY OF REDWOOD" Tel. BO 3-8811 E. W. Goodhue Lumber Co., Inc. MII>DI.BBORO ROAD EAST FREETOWN, MASS berries will also be on the list of plentiful foods for November. The list includes suggestions to merchants to offer a preview in October to establish their stores as "cranberry headquarters" for the holiday meals ahead, to spot fresh cranlberries in the poultry depart- ment to go with turkeys, broiler- fryers, in bakery departments to in- spire cranberry muffins and other cranberry-based baked items. Proclaims ''National School Lunch Week" FRESH CRANBERRIES TO BE INCLUDED AGAIN A proclaimiation by President Kennedy to observe the week be- ginning October 13 as "National Sobool LuniOh Week," has teen made. For the past two years freslh cran- Western Pickers Paris and Repairs Agent for 1963 Model ORDER NOW J. E. BRALEY & SON MACHINE SHOP 78 Gibbs Ave Wareham, Mass. HAVE YOUR REPAIRS DONE NOW FOR EXPERT SERVICE ON YOUR Briggs & Stratton ENGINES We use only factory-approved methods and original parts. Per- sonnel are trained under factory supervision. See us for a che«k-up or complete overhaul — prices are right. -^^^ [Briqcs&Stratton] MAIN STREET GARAGE Carver, Mass. Tel. UNion 6-4582 | One berries, to the value of approxi- mateily $2.6 million have been pur- chased by the United Spates De- partment of Agriculture for use in schocl lunches. This year, the USDA has informed Cranberry Institute, it will purdhase an, as yet, another undetermined quanity of fresh cran- berries from the 1953 crop. A White House press release an- nounces nutritious lunches will be served to some 16 million children daily under this program, whicih was introduced through Congressional act in 1946. The program serves one out of every three children in the United States. Cumulatively, it is described as a $1.25 billion food industry, serving 2.7 billion lunches a year. It has become the largest single food serv- ice in the nation, and is essentially a community effort, and is fiirther described as an effective use of agricultural abundance and giving expanded markets for farmers, food industries and local businessmen. The Federal Government contri- butes some cash and food to schools participating in the program, the Federal contribution amounting to about 20 percent of the total oast, the release states. Children's pay- ments, which average about 27 cents a lunch, take care of about 60 per- cent of the cost. State and other local sources pay the remainder. It is estimated four-fifths of this food TAKE ADVANTAGE of the BETTER things of life. The efficient USE OF ELECTRICITY is one of these better things — efficient use in power for cran- berry bog operations, and in the home. Plymouth County Electric Co. WAREHAM CYpress 5-0200 PLYMOUTH Pilgrim 6-1300 '^s Hold full flavor in your cranberry pack PRODUCTS COMPANY Manufacturers of fine products for the food industry . . . and p0'inilar Best Foods Division grocery brands for the consumer. is bought by the schools in tJieir own local markets. Lunchrooms are required to be operated on a non-jprofit basis, and that free or reduced^priice lunches be provided for children determined by local school officials to be un- able to pay the full price. Schools taking part follow a menu pattern set up by the USDA, based on nutrition research, and using this pattern, local school program mana- gers plan their menus to include the proper quantities of protein - rich foods, fruits, and vegetables, bread, butter or margarine and milk. USDA Buys 70,000 Bbls. Fresh Berries The United States Departonent of Agricultiu-e has decided to buy 70,000 barrels of fresh cranberries for the national school lunch program. All handlers were invited to bid on the amount, in whoile or pairt. Bid has been awarded to Ocean Spray Cranberries for the 70,000 ait a price of $13.80 a barrel. Last yeair the purahase was for nearly 100,000 barrels at a barrel price of $13.20. Berries are to be screened and packed in 25 pound cartons, and it is understood they will be berries from Massachusetts and Wisconsin. It is also understood there were one or two bids besides that of Ocean Spray. This is a sale lapiproaching a mil- lion dollars and reduces the fresh crop from the general market in the amount of 70,000 barrells. Statement required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as amended by the acts o< March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 208) showing the ownership management, and circulatior of CRANBERRIES, The National Cran. berry Magazine published monthly a1 Wareham, Massachusetts for October 1963. 1. The names and addresses of th< publisher, editor, managing editor, ant business managers are: Publisher — ^Clarence J. F. Hall, Ware^ ham, Mass. Editor — ^ClareVice J. F. Hall Wareham Mass. Managing editor — Clar | ence J. F. Hall, Wareham, Mass. 2. The owner is: Clarence J. F. Hall, Wareham, Mass 3. The known bondholders, mortga gee's, and other security holders ownint or holding 1 percent or more of tota i amount of bonds, mortgages, or othe' securities are: None. Total No. Copies Printed (Net Presi Run), average no. copies each issui during preceding 12 months, 2100; Singl Issue nearest to filing date, 2200; paii circulation, average, by mail, carrier de livery or by other means, 1730; ne'ares issue, 1730; Sales through agents, new dealers or otherwise, average, 25, ne'ares, issue, 25 ; Free distribution, by carriei delivery or other me'ans, 35, neares issue 36. Commonwealth of Massachusetts -i Plymouth, S.S. September 18. 196< Personally appeared, Clarence' J. Fj ^ Hall, and made oath that the statementi sub.'icribed him arc true, before me'. BARTLETT E. GUSHING Notary Public i My commission expires April 4, 197' ■ I i Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Notes by CHESTER E. CROSS Director Crop In Early The Massachusetts cranberry har- vest is nearly completed as this is being written (Oct. 16). This is a remarkably early date to speak in such fashion, for it was just a year ago that because there were still so many growers with unpicked bogs, the frost warning service was con- tinued until Nov. 7 and several grow- ers were turning to water-harvesting as a last resort to get the crop in. How is this accounted for? A warm, sunny early summer gave us a fairly short, dry blooming period in which bee activity proceed- ed at top level day after day. Au- ' guest brought more than normal 'rainfall, and this was rather well ! distributed throughout the month. iCoupled with this is an important i point— on 22 days in August the temperature was subnormal, on 3 SUBSCRIPTIONS U. S. $4.03 per year Foreign $5.00 per year ADVERTISING Rates on Request Note: New rates effective with October issue. CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE Reaches EVERY knovm Cran- berry Grower in all U.S. grow- ing areas, plus individual sub- scribers in this country and foreign, mostly Canadian growers. Address: C. J. Hall Cranberries Magazine, P. O. Box 71, Wareham, Mass. 02571, Tels: 295-0027 Res. 295-9533 more it was normal, and on only 6 davs did temperatures rise above normal. Both temperature and rain- fall combined to ripen our crop early and well. By the 7th the harvest was under way. As so often happens, picking was halted by rain on the morning of September 13 and could not be generally resumed until September 24! Measurable rain fell at the Cran- berry Station on 15 days in Sept. and traces were noted on two others. All this only adds to the astonishing speed of harvest. There were only 9 or 10 picking days in Sept. October, Warm, Dry Again October is different again, with a return to dry summer weather. Only one-fifth of an inch of rain has fallen in the first 16 days and none is in sight. While every effort should be made to conserve our dwindling v/ater supplies, it is my opinion bogs should not be allowed to get too dry right after harvest. Where water is plentiful, get the trash flood on and off; where you have them use your sprinkler systems to wet down the vines which have been mauled in harvesting. Tooled To Harvest Fast Finally, it appears that Massachu- setts growers are "tooled up" to harvest their crop in 20-25 days. Current estimates indicate we have picked our fourth-largest crop in history and it is my opinion it was picked in fewer days than in any previous harvest. Bandon Holds 17th Cranberry Festival The queen of the 17th annual Ban- don (Oregon) Cranberry Festival is Donna Tucker. Blonde Donna was sponsored by the Lion's Club, and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Tucker. She succeeds Carole Camer- on, queen of the 1962 festival. Winners in the Festival parade were: school division, first, second and third grade Ocean Crest School float, "Shipping on the Coquille;" commercial division, Woodland Heights Shopping Center, first; civic division. Gamma Lamba Chapter, Myrtle Point, first; "kiddie" section first costume, Timpthy Pruett, dress- ed as "Bandon Lighthouse;" vehicle division, first Stanley Albertson, rid- ing his "Stanley Steamer;" pets di- vision, Gary Ellis as Davy Crockett and his pet racoon. There was a tie for the title of "Queen of the kitchen" between Mrs. Gene (Mary) Strain and Mrs. Ken- neth (Beverly) Ingram. Ribbon win- To kill weed trees around cranberry bogs use the lightweight easy to use This tree injector is micro-metered for prescribed dosages. For information and prices write : CRANCO CO. 7 Clermont Ave., Trenton, N.J. 08618 Three ners in the Cranberry Fair included, Mrs. Mary Belle Shortridge, mixed fruit; canning, Mrs. Beverly Ingram, whole berries, served sauce, Mrs. Mary Strain; Jam, Mrs. Ingram, juice, Mrs. Nellie Anderson, decora- tion, Mary Strain; pie contest, Mrs. Jackie Wilson; junior, mixed fruit relish, Tamsin Hanna. Fresh berries were exhibited by William Panter and Jackie Wilson. Madge Hickam of Riverton receiv- ed the high point over all trophy with a total of 204 points at the show of the Bandon Broncs, local 4-H horse club. The Bandon High School Tigers defeated the Toledo Boomers in the Cranberry Bowl game as part of the Festival by a score of 60-0. The Festival theme was "Do You Remember," and first graders dress- ed as little Indians in a float won second place in the school division of the parade as "Little Wild Indians Ate Little Wild Cranberries." The Mystery King of the Festival proved to be the Rev. Tim Dalrym- ple, pastor of the First Pre^yterian Church. Mrs. Don Dodrill received the prize for having been the first to guess the identity of the "Mystery King," before he was unveiled. "Cranberry Red" Sweeps The Nation This Fall Cranberries and cranberry products are receiving unique promotion from the fashion world this season as de- partment stores "hi-style" Cranberry Red for women, children and even men. Stores from Coast to Coast have lavish display windows, (17 in May Company, Hollywood, California.) The displays feature women's ap- parell of all kinds in "Cranberry Red," and include accessories, such as handbags, in red, shoes, scarves, umbrellas, jewelry. To encourage the fashion-food affinity. Ocean Spray has provided display posters and products (as shown in the cover picture) to department stores and speciality shops, and has offered prizes to the most creative display, window and in-store. As a special bonus. Ocean Spray will serve Cranberry Juice Cocktail free for a day to patrons of the prize winning stores. According to Miss Betty Buchan, publicity director of the cooperative, the deadline for photographs of the displays is No- vember first. Prices will be awarded and the juice served during the holi- day season. C. & L. EQUIPMENT CO. 191 LEONARD STREET ACUSHMfT, MASS. Cranberry Bog Service PRUNING RAKING FERTILIZING WEED TRIMMING Machinery Sales PRUNERS POWER WHEELBARROWS RAKES WEED TRIMMERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS - Large & Small For Further Information Call . . . F. P. CRANDON N. C. LEONARD Rockwell 3-5526 Wyman 5-3521 C. J. TRIPP Wyman 5-2013 This use of the color "Cranberry Red" goes way back to the days of the Indians, who colored rugs with the berry. Incidentally, any red seems to be called "Cranberry Red," even to that color in old glassware. We can only say this is "all grist to the cranberry mill." Oregon Studies Rot In Storage The Oregon State University De- partment of Botany and Plant Path- ology is currently making tests to de- termine the effectiveness of certain chemical treatments for the preven- tion of rots in cranberries during storage. Coos County extension agent Fred Hagelstein reports that the work being done by Dr. Edward K. Vaughan should help determine whether various fungicides can aid in cutting down storage losses of dry picked and water harvested fruit ■ grown under Oregon conditions. Various dip and spray treatments including Harven, Verdan and sev- eral experimental materials are be- ing included in the tests. These ma- terials showed promise in Vaughan's preliminary trials conducted a year ago. Besides determining the effec- tiveness of these materials to con- trol storage rot breakdoiwn, the trials will determine whether there are objectionable residues and also give indications concerning the economics ' of the various chemical treatments. Vaughan's trials will also incorporate I laboratory tests to determine the ' influence of the chemicals on the j rate of respiration of the fruit, a : contributing factor to storage rot^y breakdown. A grower advisory group in the Bandon area is assisting with cer- tain phases of the trail and has expressed need for longer storage life of cranberries. Vaughan's pre- liminary data last year showed as high as 39% loss from storage rots after a two months storage period. Plots for Vaughan's present trials were located on the Jack Dean andJi Jim Olsen bogs at Bandon. Each of the chemical treatments is being (Continued on Page 20) I Issue of October 1963 - Vol. 28 No. 6 Published monthly at The Courier Print Shop, Main St., Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscriptions $4.00, Foreign, $5.00 p^r year Second Class Postase Paid at War«fluim, Mtmrnmehmmetttm Poflt Office. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C. J. H. MASSACHUSETTS Late Sept., Rainy September weather, from about the 16th on, was anything except favor- able towards getting the cranberry crop off the vines. The weather was mostly rain, about a dozen days of this, plus a couple of other mornings when bogs were wet from having been sprinkled or flooded the night previous for frost. Month Sees 40% Off However progress was made and where on the 16th it was estimated at least 25 percent of berries were harvested and the picking was pro- gressing a little ahead of normal schedule, on the last day of the month the estimate of crop picked was 40-50 percent. These were most- ly all Blacks or other early varieties, as Howes seldom have sufficient j color to pick before October. j Crop Holding Up ' Crop at that time was estimated as about holding up to estimate, with "previous little," if any over-run. Quality continued the best in several years. Sept. Frost Loss, 2500 Bbls. The first really heavy frosts took place the nights of the 23rd and 24th, CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Shocks, or Nailed Stock Always on Hand Let me repair your broken boxes — or repair them yourself. F. H. COLE North Carver, Mast. Tel. Union 6-3330 with the latter much more severe. This frost whitened uplands and turn- ed foliage black, but neither frost was really a "killer." Forecasts were out for about 21.22.23 on those dates and on the first night only about 25 was generally reached. There was some cloud and some wind, particu- larly on the Cape. An estimate of the frost loss was made at State Bog of perhaps 2500 barrels, some of which can be salvaged as the berries touched were all Blacks. A Very Cold September September was a very cold month as a whole. It ended with a minus of 128 degrees (Boston) or more than four degrees a day for the 30-day period. There was practically none of the proverbial, beautiful "Indian Summer" weather. Month was put down in books of the Boston Wea- ther Bureau as the coldest September in 46 years. It was noted that for the past 15 months, the persistent trend has been towards colder weather, but, of course, with some months not following the pattern. Rainfall Up September was also a wetter than normal month, with precipitation, as measured at the State Bog, being 4.40 inches, average for September is 3.56. A good deal of this rain came in slashing, vicious storms, more remi- niscent of winter storms than of fall. Frost Oct. 1 First frost of the fall characterized as "rather dangerous," went out for the morning of October first the pre- diction being 21-22. Lows of at least 21 were reached, but the State Bog estimated there was no injury as most growers by that time had high spots and "cold holes," harvested. However, this was a long and very AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS BOG SERVICE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS HAND SPRAYERS - TOOLS - POWER EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BRICCS AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTER R. F. MORSE & SON, INC. Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 Five general frost, not spotty as had been the previous ones. Weather then turned milder and more seasonable for the first part of October. There was the warning for the first frost described as dangerous on the morning of October 5, with lows of 20-21 forecast. There were lows, as low as 17 at some locations, but there was often some wind and it was felt there was no real frost loss. For one thing, as the crop continued to be harvest, berries remaining could be flooded or sprinkled more easily. Falling Off? On about that same weekend came first indications that the Massachu- setts crop might be fading a little. Some of the larger growers were run ning 10 percent over, while others were running the same under; with a number cf smaller growers re- porting a falling off. Indian Summer The second week in October brought real "Indian Summer," or more accurately a heat wave for three or four days, culminating in record-breaking temperatures of 80's and even to the 90's. Mostly Picked By Oct. 15 Up to October 15th there had been very httle rain — .2 inches as as re- corded at the State Bog to hamper harvest. As the result many grow- ers, including most of the smaller ones had completed picking by the Columbus Day, October 12th holiday. Several of the larger operators, however still had some berries to get in. Small Frost Loss The month had been nearly nor- mal in temperatures, (12 plus, Bos- ton, Oct. 15) and frost loss was still being estimated by the cranberry Station at about only 2500 barrels this fall. WISCONSIN September About Normal Temperatures were slightly above normal for September and rainfall continucu oeioNV normal. The first half of the month was above normal and the last half below normal, in both precipitation and temperature. Frost warnings were issued the nights of the 4th, 13th, 20th, 21st and 22nd. Coldest was the 13th when readings in the teens were recorded in the north. A light hail storm hit northern Juneau County and west Monroe County on the 28th. The stones were small and round and in some areas were several inches deep. The Valley Corporation was hit by this hail storm marking the fourth time it was hurt by hail storms this year. Soil moisture is lew throughout the state and ground water tables are very low in some areas, with no area up to normal. The out look for October calls for temperatures to average 1 to 2 de- grees above normal and precipitation to be near the seasonal average of 2 inches. Crop Falling Off Harvest begun in earnest the last week of September. Prior to that date a few marshes with short water supplies or severe hail damage had started. Early raking appeared to indicate the crop was going to be below estimate and this was borne out when raking was completed at months end on a number of smaller marshes. Small berry size and poor set in the center of sections was in evidence. Only the young early plant- ings or sand marshes were produc- ing above average size berries, as a result of higher nighttime minimum temperatures and earlier start. Poor crops in the center of the beds indi- cated severe chilling of the hooks and blossoms the night of June 19th and the cool minimum temperatures during bloom in early July. Beds which were surface flooded during those periods appeared to have bet- ter set and larger berries. 350 - 375,000 Bbls. Quality appears to be excellent due to rather dry conditions during bloom and immature berry develop- ment and lack of flooding during August. More marshes also used more fungicides this year, following last years very poor keeping quality year. At months end it appeared the Wisconsin crop would probably run between 350 to 375,000 barrels. Would Have Been Second Biggest The preliminary USDA forecast of 428,000 barrels would have been the second largest in Wisconsin. After blossoming in July, the berries "swelled up like baloons", and there were plenty of blooms which could have meant plenty of berries. No "Com Weather" Two reasons for the non-filing of early hopes are given by Dr. "Mac" Dana of the University of Wisconsin. First - there is a saying that "com weather" is also cranberry weather, and Northern Wisconsin got little of this during August and September: and the berries didn't size, and sec- ond a lot of the blossoms simply did not set. Some "Egg Beaters" This fall several of the growers have adopted the so-called "Egg Beater" picking machine developed on the West Coast, just as New Jer- sey is now doing on a large scale. WASHINGTON Heavy Yield Harvest got underway on the Peninsula bogs about October first j and John Sacks, manager of the ! Long Beach Receiving Station esti- ; mated bogs were yielding heavilly. Some bogs were yielding almost 250 barrels to the acre, Sachs reported, i Last year was one of the poorest of recent years and the Long Beach district yielded only about 12,000 barrels. a The Ocean Spray plant at Mark- ai ham was sending a considerable por- j tion of the early-picked berries to m fresh market. s( Some Water Lack He September had been very moder- foi ate in precipitation, there being only fl 2.28 for the entire month and some ll| growers were being handicapped in |» the wet harvest by lack of water. ' i Weather Improves "^ The current season started out as t "'" if it would be poor for berry groAvth; j'^'i June had 19 days with some measur- 'M able precipitation; July had 14, Aiu-:,r"i gust 11 days and September 12. " "" Starting in July, the weather, ac- ^^^ cording to Dr. Charles C. Doughty director of the Coastal Washingtor Station, Long Beach, became morf favorable. Good Fall September and October were gooc for growth and development of th( berries. Maximum temperature foij August was 75 degrees on Aug. {' with a minimum of 40 on the 2nd Minimum in the low forties were (Continued on Page 17) . It ill Six Washington Has Achieved Highest Pro- duction Per Acre To Date - Often Now Third In Total Cranherry Production Most Fruit Processed, But Growers Hope to Increase Fresh Fruit — Sprinklers for Cranberry Bogs Apparently Develop- ed There — Being the Third in a Series of West Coast Articles. by Clarence J. Hall Ciranberry growing in the State of Washington, "The Evergeen State," is confined mainly to two areas, both on tihe very coast of tihe Pacific. These are what are known as the Grayland and the Long Beach districts. There is a relativeily new and small but growing development in North Beaoh, or Copalis, wMdi is to tihe north of Grays Harbor and Grayland. This is often "lumped" as a pa^rt of the Grayland area. Unfortunately, I did not get to this ddstriot. The other main area is, of course, at Long Beach not far from the mouth of Columbia River, whieih separates Washington and Oregon. The Long Beach Peninsula, as I have stated in previous articles, is often called "The Cape Cod of the West," and there cranberry growing and the region are most simillar to Massachusetts or New Jersey. There is also one small bog, far away from all other areas, on the northern rim of the Olympic Peninsula, north of the mighty Alpine peaks of the Olympic National Park. This bog is near Clallam Bay on the Juan De Fuca Strait, across from the Canadian island of Vancouver. All other Washington bogs are on the Pacific This Clallam Bay bog, I believe is the northern most bog in the U.S., north of the northern bogs of Wisconsin, such as those at Hayward, or Eagle River. Clallam Bay is nearly 49 north latitude and Eagle River is 46. A Varied State Washington State has been de- scribed as having more variety than any other place on earth. It has glaciers and many snow-capped mountains, sandy beaches and rocky seashore, strung along 1700 miles of deep indentations. It has mighty forests, plains. The Olympics with 6,000-7,000 feet Alpine peaks, the Alpine meadows with Alpine flowers, swamps and almost tropical growth in the dark and dank rain forests, to deserts and irrigated sections to wheatlands It has the beautiful Cas- cades, 100 miles in width, with Mt. Ranier, near Tacoma, comparable to Fuju in Japan, in lonely spectacu- jlarness about 14,003 feet into the 1 clouds. Yearly Rain Heavy Average rainfall in the U.S. is abO'Ut 29 inches, the rainiest state is Louisiana, with about 55 inches, but the greatest local average rain- fall is at Wynoochee, Oxbon in the Olympics, just to the north of Gray- land, with 150.75 inches. The Wash- ington cranberry growers get much jrain during the fall, winter and jspring months, about nine months of She year, yet during the summers ';hey are plagued by dryness, and droughts. Growers who have the sprinkler systems, sprinkle frequent- ly for irrigation and also during the "heats" of the summer months. Nearly 8 feet of rain fell at Long Beach in 1961 as measured at Cran- guyma cranberry bog, the total mea- suring 91.23 inches. However, many who live there have called this re- gion, where the cranberries are grown, "God's own Country." I did not meet a grower who wished he lived elsewhere. Washington is relatively new as a state; on November 11 1889 the area was formally granted statehood. The pioneers who settled Washington, were (obviously) of sturdy stock, many who came to the Pacific Northwest being Scandinavian; they came principally for sea-faring, fish- ing, mining, lumbering, and Scan- dinavian names are prominent today among the cranberry growers, espe- cially at Grayland. These West Coast growers are still of sturdy spirit and willingness to engage in the hardest physical labor. Still "Pioneer" Country Washington is still "pioneer" coun- try, despite the moderness of the great cities, and of the extremely modem homes of many of the grow- ers, usually at bogside, and countless ocher modern structures. A Bit of History There seems to be an interesting link between two of the early ex- plorers of Washington and the N. E. cranberry area. In 1787 Captain John Kendrick, a native of Harwich, Mass. born in 1740, left Boston in command of the ship "Columbia Rediva" and the sloop "Lady Washington," with Capt. Robert Gray, born in Tiverton, Rhode Island in command of the latter. The ships, owned by Boston merchants were to procure by trade otter skins and invest these in China goods. Captain Kendrick was a mem- ber of the Cape Cod Kendrick family later engaging in cranberry growing up to the present and for a time he lived in Wareham, and his ancient house there is historically marked. Kendrick was an American naviga- tor and trader, one of the Cape skippers who went to sea as a youth and during the Revolution he sailed as a privateer. Making the voyage with the two ships around the Horn, the voyage took him first to Nootka Sound, where he transferred the Columbia to his assistant Gray, then where he engaged in trade and to China, via the Hawaian Islands (Sandwich Islands), returning to North America in 1791 he visited Japan on the way, being one of the first Americans to do so. He again crossed the Pacific in 1793 and re- visiting the Sandwich Islands was killed. (The Encyclopedia Ameri- cana, 1962). Captain Gray sailed with sea otter skins to Canton, China the only port open, changed the fur for tea and returned to Boston in 1790 and was the first American to carry the new U.S. flag around the World. He sailed south entered the C^Dlumbia river and sailed some miles upstream, and is said to have been the first navi- gator to cross the breakers guarding the river mouth. (Same Source.) The Columbia River, formerly call- ed the Oregon and next to the Yukon, the longest stream in the Western Hemisphere, 1,270 miles in length. Gray named the river, The Columbia, in honor of his ship, the "Columbia." Grays Harbor, with the cities of Aberdeen and Hoquiam at its head, Grays Harbor County, where cran- berries are grown and Grayland, Seven itself seem to be named in honor of Captain Gray. (As this portion has no great bear- ing on cranberry growing in Wash- ington, although some interesting as- pects, it will be concluded here, but an interpretation of the Kendrick- Gray explorations appears at the con- clusion of this article, this being compiled by Mrs. Aloha Gustafson, secretary at the Long Beach experi- ment station.) State Second in Barrels Per Acre Washington, as has been stated m previous articles has become often in recent years, the second state in production of barrels of cranberries per acre. Here are some average productions: 1956, 68.1; 1957, 88.4; 1958, 63.7; 1959, 105.0; 1960, only, 40.7. But in 1961, Washington achiev- ed the highest production ever of any state to date, 126.4; a figure which it seems at present writing will be almost equalled this year. Nearly Third in Production Washington is now fourth in total production, but only by a very slight margin next to New Jersey, and sometimes in most recent years, third. Acreage Increased Slowly Of growers in the state today the numlber is compiled by Dr. Charles C. Doughty, director of the Coastal Washington Experiment Station at Long Beach, as 186; 22 of these are in the Long Beach area; 134 at Gray- land and 20 at North Beach. Practic- ally every grower is today a grower- member of Ocean Spray. Most pro- cessing is done at the Ocean Spray plant at Markham, most of the grow- cia uo Lneir own screening, largely unhke those of Massachusetts and New Jersey. The average acreage harvested in the decade 1951-60 (USDA figure) was 870. In 1962 there were 1.100 acres harvested, showing that state acreage has been increased in the past dozen years. Figures from the Long Beach Station show that Pacific County, which takes in the Long Beach and also about half of Gray- land has 820 acres while Grays Har- bor county which takes in the rest of Grayland and North Beach has 280 acres. Actually the area known as the "Long Beach district" alone has perhaps about 400 acres. Eight 35-40% Long Beach Dr. Doughty estimates that about 35 to 40 percent of the Washington crop is grown in the so-called Long Beach region, and this would not in- clude the part of Grayland which is in Grays Harbor county. An esti- mate is also made for the year 1961, the "big" Washington production per acre yield, that the Long Beach region produced about 175 barrels per acre and in the poor year of 1962 about 75 barrels to the acre. Dr. Chandler (1956) found that in the years 1954 and 1955, Long Beach pro- duced 46.5 and 33, while Grayland produced 66.7 and 54.5. No fresh berries are now shipped from the Long Beach district, al- though it is said some of this fruit could be held for fresh market if the handling facilities were present. Several of the Long Beach district growers have dry mechanical pick- ers. Ocean Spray rents a small freezer at Long Beach which is managed by John Sachs, a grower. However, this is not designed to hold all the Long Beach crop, and is mainly a receiv- ing station. 45% Of Grayland Crop Fresh An estimate from Ocean Spray at Markham, is that approximately 45 percent of the Grayland berries go on the fresh market, none from Long Beach. The approximate average produc- tion per bog is also given at Ocean Spray by Mrs. Irene Holluigsworth, secretary, as 350 barrels at Gray- land and 714 at Long Beach, indicat- ing that Long Beach holdings are generally larger than those at Gray- land. The average size of holdings in the Long Beach area is about three times greater at Long Beach than in Gray- land (F. B. Chandler Survey, 1956) and this seems to be about true today although many Grayland growers in particular are now consolidating acreage and a number have larger holdmgs than in 1956. There is a similiar trend at Long Beach. I was told there is not much stor- age rot as berries are taken to the cooler at Markham as soon as they are screened. But this is one of the problems being worked upon at the present time. It is reported that fresh berries in storage have lost between 15 to 25 percent fcr the Christmas market. Dr. Doughty says that tests during the past two years indicate this is not due to rot caused by fungi, but due mainly to a physioloci- cal breakdown of the berries them- selves. Washington, and in fact all West C:;oast growers have been very conscientious in using fungicides. Controls For disease, insect control and for weeds growers use ground rigs, some on track, some more conventional such as Hardie Sprayers, or insecti- cide is applied through the sprinkler systems. Twig blight is perhaps the most troublesome, but this has been greatly overcome through research and control methods developed by Drs. Doughty and Johnson of the University of Washington. Maneb, Zineb, Captan and Fert>am are used, all wettable pwwder. After harvest 'Bordeaux mixture is used for Red Leaf and Rose Bloom. For fire worm, fruitworm and Le- canium scale materials include Sev- in, Parathion, Malathion, Slugs are something of a problem in Washing- ton. Fcr a control mataldehyde bait is used. Field mice are partially con- trolled by a border application of endrin. Toxaphene is applied to bogs as a spray following harvest to aid in mouse control. In root weevil and grub control dieldrin is used before planting; for established plantings aldrin is ap- plied. Material cleared for weed control on commercial bogs include, accord- ing to Doughty, 2, 4-D granular, '' Chloro-EPC granular, Simazine gran- 1 ules or wettable powder, IPC wet- 1 table powder or granules, Dalapon, i iron sulfate, copper sulfate and petro- leum paint thinner or white kerosene. I These materials are all, except for ^ iron sulfate, copper sulfate and paint I thinner, applied as sprays pre-emer- gence to the weed growth while the cranberry vines are still dormant. Newer materials, such as Casoron , and several others are under test, | but not cleared for general use as ) yet. Washington Developed Cranberry | Sprinkler j Washington, with the "pioneering'' i spirit of the researchers and the growers has made at least one verj ! valuation contribution to the whole ^' cranberry industry. This is in the use of overhead sprinkler systems on cranberry bogs. Sprinklers may have been used elsewhere first in the in- dustry, but it was in Washington that the idea really first took hold, apparently. "Spring frosts were knocking me out," I heard from growers on our 1944 visit to the Coast. "Fall frosts are not generally damaging." Sprink- lers then provided a badly- needed method of controlling frost, mostly spring, and also to provide irrigation when needed and to reduce "heats" on bogs. This sprinkler investigation was be- gun as far back as 1925 when D. J. Crowley was director of the Long Beach Station. Bulletins of years about then, tell of this and excerps have been printed in Cranberries Magazine in the September issue of 1944. It may surfice to say here that from this apparent small beginning at Long Beach that the use of sprink- lers has spread to other Washington areas, to Oregon and now in increas- ing consequence to all other cran- berry growing areas. But sprinklers have not yet developed in magnitude of important anywhere else as on the West Coast. Some of these systems are auto- matic; in some instances they ring a bell in the home of the grower when the danger point is approaching. There is no frost warning system for the state of Washington as far as cranberry growing is concerned but growers watch the weather reports and in a few instances have their own weather stations and many know from the reports they receive and jfrom their own experience and ther- mometer readings what they may anticipate. In his survey of 1956 Dr. Chandler estimated that sprinkler systems cov- ered 68.8 percent of all bearing acre- age in Washington with 86.6 percent ■or Long Beach and 57.4 for Gray- and. Fewer Growers? Chandler in 1956 interviewed 237 growers, which would indicate that he number of growers in the state las declined slightly as has the num- ber in about all cranberry areas, and !he number of workers in all agri- culture in the U. S. He ascertained that all berries in Washington are grown on peat bogs and that nearly all of the berries are McFarlins, as in general on the whole coast, although there are some other varieties and some which are class- ified as McFarlins are not entirely true McFarlins. Commercial cranberry growing did not begin in Washington State until the early 1880's, Washington today has roughly one-twentieth of total acreage, yet in 1961 with a crop, its highest record produced about one- tenth of the total cranberry crop, and has approached that figure several times in recent years. Washington has about one-eighth of the total number of growers. In the year of the big 1961 crop, 115,000 barrels were sold as processed and 2300 as fresh. All Washington growers seem to want to increase the proportion in the fresh market. Grayland area picks almost entire- ly with dry mechanical harvesters. Long Beach district almost entirely by water reel. Further installments of the "West Coast Cranberry Story" will continue in future issues. Kendrick-Gray Explorations Two vessels left Boston Sept. 30, 1787. Their object was to procure by trade, sea otter skins and invest these in China goods. They were heavily armed carried special papers issued by the Continental congress and a cargo of goods ill-fitted for Northwest Trade. The command of the 220 ton "Columbia Rediviva" was Capt. John Kendrick who had spent 47 years at sea. "The paltry two-penny objects of his expedition were swallowed up in the magnitude of his Gulliverian views. N.E. Ameri- ca was on the Lilliputian but he designed N.W. America to be on the Brodignagian Scale" (quotations here are from log kept by his clerk John Howell). It would appear that he was intemperate in habit and disposition, a poor trader, and a man not to be trusted with other people's prop>erty. His activities in the Nootka Sound area were composed mostly of double dealings. He was befriended by Mar- tinez who provisioned their ships (Kendrick's and Gray's) as he wrote later to get them away from the area. These provisions were from stocks of captured English ships. Kendrick in turn promised to carry the captured English crews to China where he was supposed to sell some otter skins for the Spaniard. A rup- ture occurred at the time between Kendrick & Gray and they exchanged ships. Kendrick taking the "Lady Washington." Thereafter he used it for his own personal concerns. He did not contemplate ever returning it to it's rightful owners. The two cap- tains met two years later in the Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands) but as rival traders. Gray returned to Boston Aug. 10, 1790 to a hero's welcome. He had sold his furs in Macao and at Canton he took a car- go of tea. According to the reports circulated at that time the financial failure of the expedition was charged to Captain Kendrick whose reputa- tion was one of Knavery and incredi- ble stupidity. Captain Kendrick was killed by the natives of the Sandwich Islands because of his deliberate re- lease of his crews to assault the people of the Islands. (History of the Hawaiian Islands). Nootka was founded 1774-75 by the Spaniards. 1792 there were 200 people and 5 priests there. Vancouver Island was discovered to be an island by Lts. Francisco Eliza and Salvador Fidalgo in 1791. A thorough job of exploration was done jointly by the Spanish and the British in 1792. On the fourth day of June 1792, at the site of the present city of Everett, Wn. Vancouver took possession of the whole region, and called it New Georgia, in honor of George II, whose birthday it was. Vancouver then pro- ceeded through the inland passage east of Vancouver island around the island's northern tip and down to Nootka and his meeting with Quadra. The Island was named Quadra Van- couver by the Spaniard and the Eng- lishman, thus ended a threat of war between the two countries and the Nootka incident was over. References : Johansen, Dorothy O. and Chas. M. Gates, 1957, Empire of the Columbia Speck, Gordon, Northwest Discover- ies; Meares, John, Voyages made in the years 1788-1789 Bancroft, History of the Northwest Coast. CRANBERRIES PROVIDES A NEEDED MEDIUM OF INFORMATION FOR ALL GROWERS Nine Above is shown a water-reel harvest at the Washington State Bog at Long Beach. Type of harvester is one of earUer ones, no longer in general use, but one of the first so-called "egg-beaters," which are now in use on the West Coast, to a large extent in New Jersey the pa st couple of years and being used in a few cases in Wis- consin, and have also been used experimentally in Massachusetts. (Photo courtesy of Washington State University, T Coastal Washington Experiment Station.) Ten SPRINKLER FROST PROTECTION John by 'Stan" Norton Associate Processor of Agricultural Engineering Cranberry Station, University of Massachusetts (Editor's Note: The following is a talk given by Prof. Norton at the Massachusetts Cranberry Club meetings upon cranberry sprinkler systems in which growers are now much interested.) With the growing interest in sprinkler frost protection it seems appropri- ate to discuss the subject before this group. Experiment Station Bulletin No. 532, "Design of Minimum G^llonage Sprinkler Systems for Cranberry Bogs," presents the story in somewhat general terms. I will elaborate on some specific items that should be emphasized. First, we'll discuss the use of the system, then we will concentrate on some of the design problems. Uses These systems are designed primar- ily for frost protection. Sprinkler spacings are based on operation dur- ing periods of calm only. Coverage would not be adequate when oper- ating under windy conditions. How- ever, it is this very feature of using a minimum of equipment to provide protection that has made the large scale installations of irrigation sys- tems feasible. To get proper coverage when irrigating or applying spray materials it is advisable to operate the system when the air is calm. In order to realize the greatest benefit from your irrigation sys- tem it is necessary to use it pro- perly. Naturally, the first bogs on which to install irrigation systems are the dry ones. A two-fold bene- jfit that should pay for the system Iquickly can be experienced here. First, frost protection that had never been available would be provided. And secondly, production should be increased by the application of water during periods of drought. When using a sprinkler system for frost protection there seems to be a tendency to risk loss to frost by waiting too long before starting the system. This is especially true when the approach of a strong cold Front is accompanied by fairly high winds, as was the case on May 30, 1061. Under these conditions it is not unreasonable to expect tem- peratures to be 10 or 15 degrees lower on well sheltered areas of a »og than they are on more exposed areas. Therefore, if the thermometer 5 not located on the most sheltered area, that area may be frosted long oefore the thermometer reaches the ianger point. So, when severe frosts. preceded by strong winds, are fore- cast it would seem advisable to put the thermometer on the area of the bog most sheltered from the wind, at least for that particular night. To be further assured of timely protection, it would be advisable to start sprinkling when the tempera- ture is still a couple degrees above the danger point. Wetting the bog for two or three hours in the afternoon or evening before an imminent frost will provide a measure of protection, in case there are naturally colder areas that may accidentally reach the danger level when the remainder of the bog does not. Designing A System There has been considerable in- terest among the people currently planning new systems, in getting a little background information on the main factors that control the design of an irrigation system. The basic design that we have been using is a 55' x 65' spacing with a triangular arrangement of the heads. The triangular arrange- ment gives more complete and uni- form coverage than a square or rectangular arrangement. The stan- dard head is a rather small, single nozzle one, with about four gallons per minute capacity at 30-35 psi (pounds per square inch) pressure when using a 5/32" nozzle. The 55' x 65' spacing is based on maximum recommendations by sprinkler manufacturers. With the equilateral triangular arrangement they allow, under no-wind operation, a spacing of 75% of the diameter the heads can cover. Spacings greater than the one given above may be used for heads with a coverage of over 90' diameter. Some growers have elected to use larger heads to cut down on the number required. And, although they may require more water per head, the requirement per acre may be less than for smaller heads. An average water application rate of 50 gallons per minute per acre or 1/10-inch an hour is presently rec- ommended for frost protection. Using this water requirement and the num- ber of acres to be covered, it is simple to get an estimate of the pump requirements. However, in order to get the exact water require- ment it is necessary to carefully lay out the plan on an accurate map of the bog. This is the only way to determine the amount of pipe, fit- tings and heads required for the job. The number of heads required, times the gallons per minute per head will give the actual water re- quirements. Determining The Pipe Sizes After the lay-out has been com- pleted it is necessary to determine the pipe sizes. This is a fairly simple but time consuming process. If all the laterals are the same length, only one calculation needs to be made for the lateral size. As you probably know, part of the pressure at the pump is wasted as friction as the water flows along the length of the pipe before it is discharged into open air. This pressure loss varies approximately as the square of the velocity of the water. In other words, if the amount of water being pumped through a given size pipe is doubled, the friction loss increases four times. The maximum friction loss ordinar- ily allowed in the laterals is 20% of the average operating pressure of the heads. If the average operating pressure on a lateral is 33 psi, then the allowable loss from one end of the lateral to the other is 6.6 psi. This allowable loss determines the lateral size. To determine the lateral loss it is necessary to estimate the size lateral that will be needed. Then find on a chart or table the loss be- tween successive heads for the amount of water flowing through that section. The combined total of those losses gives the lateral loss. If this figure is greater than the allowable loss the process should be repeated for the next size larger Eleven pipe, etc. If it is considerably small- er may be possible to use a smaller size pipe. Although large mains cost more than smaller ones, some figure must be established for permissible fric- tion loss in the main between the first and last laterals. A figure that seems reasonable to me is 6 psi or less. The friction loss in the main is found in the same manner as it is in the laterals. Here, too, a trial pipe size is assumed; although the main often consists of two or more differ- ent sizes of pipe. It is permissible to start at either end of the main to make your determinations. I prefer to start at the last lateral and work toward the pump. Here we determine the amount of water flowing between the next to the last lateral and the last one by the number of heads be- ing supplied. The friction loss is given in the table or chart in either feet of head or psi per 100 feet of pipe. Therefore we have the loss per 100 feet times the distance divided by 100, which equals the loss in that section of main. The next section will be figured for the volume flow- ing to supply the last lateral and the next to last one. If both laterals have the same numbers of heads the volume in the second section will be double that in the first section, and the friction loss will be abodt four times as great. The process is con- tinued for each section of main until the pump is reached. If the loss in the main exceeds 6 psi or 13.8 feet. a larger size pipe must be used for part or all of the main and the friction loss re-figured. If it is less than 6 psi, a smaller size pipe might be satisfactory. In order to realize the economic advantages of the low gallonage system on large areas it is neces- sary to compromise some of the standard recommendations of irriga- tion designers. It is obvious that the pressure at the sprinkler nearest the pump will not be the same as in those near • the main line but 1000 feet from the pump. Theoretically this difference should be compensated for in order to get uniform distri- bution. Part of the difference can be compensated for by limiting the Twelve lateral loss to less than 20 % . How- ever, this would result in larger more costly laterals. The difference could also be kept down by using large mains. This also increases costs. A third method of compen- sating is to use smaller nozzles on the heads near the pump. This should only be done when the pressure dif- ference between the head to receive the smaller nozzle and the most re- mote head exceeds 10 psi. The 6.6 psi lateral loss in our hy- pothetical case and the 6 psi loss in the main produce a 12.6 psi friction loss in the system between the be- ginning of the lateral nearest the pump and the end of the one farthest from the pump. The 12.6 psi is added to the pressure desired at the most remote head, say 28 psi, making a total of 40.6 psi. To the 40.6 psi must be added any friction loss or eleva- tion difference occurring between the pump and the first lateral, plus the suction lift from the water source to the pump. Since we have two different mea- surements involved in determining the pump pressure requirements, that is psi and feet of lift or eleva- tion, they must be converted to a common term. This term may be either psi or feet of head. Pump per- formance curves are oftbn given in feet of head. This means, the height to which a pump could force a given volume of water under the specified conditions. If the height were in- creased the volume would be de- creased. There are 2.31 feet of head to one psi. That is, a column of water one- inch square and 2.31 feet high would weigh one pound. So the pressure at the bottom of the column would be one pound per square inch. There- fore, any time it is necessary to con- vert psi to feet or head you multiply by 2.31. Or if you want to convert feet of head to psi you divide by 2.31. To continue the example, let's as- sume that the pump is located 300 feet from the bog at a point 10 feet below the level of the heads. We shall further assume a 10-foot lift from the reservoir to the pump. If we are irr- igating a four-acre bog the water re- quirement will be about 200 gallons per minute. The friction loss in a 4- inch aluminum pipe would be 2.78 feet per 100 feet of pipe, or 8.34 feet in 300 feet. This loss would not be excessive. Furthermore, it would not contribute to any difference in pres- sure between the heads because it occurs ahead of the first lateral. We have now considered all of the important factors effecting the pump pressure requirement. They are: 1, minimum operating pressure of the heads of 28 psi; 2, allowable friction loss in the lateral of 6.6 psi; 3, allow- able frictionloss in the main of 6 psi; 4, friction loss in main from pump to first lateral of 8.34 feet; 5, elevation head between pump and bog of 10 feet; and 6, suction lift at the pump of 10 feet. These various require- ments must now be converted to a common term to establish the pump specifications. Combining the figures given in psi we have 40.2 psi, which when multiplied by 2.31 is 93 feet of head. To this we add the 8.34', 10.0' and 10.0' that occur between the pond and the first lateral and we get a total dynamic head of 121.34 feet. This would also convert to 121.34' & 2.31 = 52.6 psi. These figures mean that the pump must be able to deliver 200 gallons of water a minute against 121.34 feet of head or 52.6 psi pressure. I hope that this presentation has cleared up some of your questions and that you better understand why I say each layout on a cranberry bog is a custom job that must be figured ^ individually. Courses Offered On Pesticide Use Notices have been sent lOut from Massachusetts County Extension Offices concerning courses on gen- eral mosquito control, advanced S'^^ mosquito control and the safe use iT'oi of pesticides, at the University of [.iji: Massachusetts, Amherst, October 21, j,. 22 and 23 and at the Waltbam Field J '' Station, Waltham, October 28, 29, 30 : and 31. Co-sponsors of the course : are the United States Puiblic Health , I Service, U. of Mass., 'and the Mass- l\ achusetts Department of Public i Health. |i8H An announcement states that the licensing of all pesticide users will i j be required in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the near future. The courses are designed to aid in preparing those engaged in the use of pesticides for examination lead' ing to licensing. V'o il Killing Weed Trees Around Cranberry Bogs (Talk Given by Carl B. Cranmer, Asst. Chief, Forest Management Sec- tion, N. J. Bureau of Forestry, at the Annual Summer Meeting of the A.C.G.A.) New Jersey cranberry and blue- berry growers are often plagued with volunteer red maple trees along dams, ditches and even in producing areas. Periodic mowing provides temporary relief but does not elimi- nate the problem as Hydra-headed sparouts igrow vigorously from the well established root systems. (Table 1.) Larger nearby trees produce seed to increase the infestation. In recent years foresters have been recommending the use of tree in- jectors to control cull and weed trees in woodlands. This tool consists of a cutting bit attached to a cylindrical I tu!be which serves as a handle and a I reservoir for the herbicides. A valve j arrangement permits the application ' of the chemical solution directly into 1 each out. In mid-April, just as the maple buds were beginning to show color, Stephen V. Lee of Lee Brothers Inc., near Chatsworth, Burlington County, New Jersey, again tested "The Hot Iron of Hercules," a light-weight easy tree injector, on red maple and other tree species in the vicinity of their cranberry and blueberry operations at Speedwell. Using Trinoxol, a non-toxic hor- mone type herbicide containing 245-T, mixed in No. 2 fuel oil in the propor- tion of 1.9 for 40 lbs. of active per hundred gallons, nearly P/^ miles of dams and ditches were gone over to kill stems, sprouts, and roots of tree species. A smaller test was made using the same material but at twice the concentration or 80 lbs. abg. Less than 3 gallons of solution was used. This was applied by one man in about two days. Results soon became apparent. (Table 2.) The leaves on stems rang- ing from less than l^" at breast height to those with a diameter of about 3" withered and died. Larger trees, up to 10" DBH, while they did leaf out, showed signs of leaf deformation, but complete top kill may require a year or two longer. By late August sprouting was neg- ligible. Maple flowers wilted and none of the treated trees bore seeds at the end of seven weeks. The 40 lb. con- centration in this test appeared as effective as the 80 lb. Few signs of new sprouts were observed and there was nearly a 100% kill of all stems less than 3 inches. All willow, black gum, sassafras and grey birch, near- all less than 2" DBH, were dead. No new sprouts were observed onthese species. The application consisted of a single cran-jector stroke for stems one inch or less in diameter at point of application. Two strokes on op- posite sides for stems from one to two inches. Stems larger than 3" were completely girdled. Cuts were kept conveniently close to the ground. Table 1 Hydra-headed Red Maple Number of Stems per Clump Number 1 2-5 6-9 percent 10* in Sample 9 42 20 29* 66 31 50 6 13* 16 DBH 1" or less J2-10" * Two of these clumps had 28 or more individual stems. Table 2. Injector Results on Red Maple 7 Weeks after April Treatment Stems Crown New Number Killed Reduction Sprouts in Sample DBH percent %" or less 98 99 1 305 1 98 99 0 40 2 100 100 0 3 3 69(1) 95 0 13 4-10" 30 58 0 10 (1) Most of these were completely dead w'hen observed in late August. About \V2 milliliters of solution were used per cut. Mr. Lee's first use of the injector began in October of 1960 to deaden large, up to 14" DBH, seed producing maples near his cultivated areas. In April of 1%2 he used it again to kill maples from areas later cleared for cultivation. This spring's application eliminated many sapLLng sized trees from dams and ditches. In August of this year he continued to use the in- jector to rogue maples from blue- berry rows. Previously these maples were cut back during pruning opera- tions, only to sprout with increased vigor. Figuring that an ounce of prevent- ion is worth a pound of ciu-e, Mr. Lee's cran-jector program has prac- tically eliminated his weed tree prob- lem. This program is planned to in- clude young stands of southern white-cedar. Jersey Growers Discuss Land Assessment That and Farm Labor Main Topics at Annual Meeting The annual summer meeting of the American Cranberry Growers' Asso- ciation, held at the Sweetwater Ca- sino at Batsto, was well attended. The main topics of discussion were the farm problem and the farm labor situation. These are both increasing problems for New Jersey cranberry growers. The farm tax situation will be somewhat eased for growers if the proposed Farm Land Assessment Amendment, which would have farm land taxed on the basis of production rather than real estate values, is put through. Edwin A. Gauntt, secretary- treasurer of the Citizens Committee to Save Open Space in New Jersey, spoke on the efforts of this group to educate city people on the necessity for putting this referendum through on the next election date. The Asso- ciation voted unanimously to raise $200 through individual solicitation to help the Citizens Committee in this work, Fred Watts, Chief of Farm Place- ment, New Jersey Department of Labor and Industry, spoke of the Thirteen efforts of his department, during the last four or five years, to recruit and better utilize local labor. He describ- ed courses given to train workers for jobs and estimated that in the past two years the quality of the worker had increased 15 to 20%. In surveying the cranberry situation he said he had been assured that foreign work- ers would not be needed. "Tiny" Cranmer, well-known for- ester, spoke on killing weed trees around cranberry bogs. He described and demonstrated a tool which he has invented (Cran-Jector) for kill- ing weed trees. Assistant To Betty Buchan Miss Margaret G. Clark of 177 Indian Head Street, Hanson, has joined the staff of Ocean Spray Cran- berries, Inc., Hanson, as assistant to Miss Betty Buchan, publicity man- ager. Miss Clark has been assistant to the society editor of the Brockton Enterprise for the past three years. She was publicity director of the Children's Museum, Boston, for six years and for Wheaton College, Nor- ton, for five years. Her previous newspaper positions were with the Boston Evening Transcript and in the women's department of the Boston Herald-Traveler. She has also been publicity assistant at the New Eng- land Council, Boston, and Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. She is a graduate of the College of Liberal Arts, Boston University and is a member of the New England Press Women's Association, the Anti- quarian Society, Plymouth, the Mu- seum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Congregational Church of Hanson. Miss Clark is the daughter of Mrs. George E. Clark of Hanson and the late Mr. Clark who was manager of the Sea Cliff Inn, Nantucket, the Bryant Hotel, Brockton, the Taunton Inn, Taunton, and the Hotel Lenox and the former Westminster Hotel, of Boston. READ CRANBERRIES THE CRANBERRY The cranberry is a part of Vacciniaceae family, And the Oxycoccus genus according to taxonomy. The macrocarpus specie comes from the U.S.A., And also known to come from Canada across the way. Long known to the Indians as a fruit so good to eat. The Pilgrims too considered it a palatable treat. Its cultivation started on the shores of Old Cape Cod, Then New Jersey, Wisconsin, Oregon, and Washington gave the nod. From the native habitat men carried it far and near. And gave it names hke Beaver, Bell, Berlin, and even Ben Lear. From the sunny Pacific Shores to the rocky New England Coast, And even in cold Canadian Lands 'tis considered "just the most." To Early Black and Howes, "The Cape" and Jersey are prone, Searles in Wisconsin, McFarlin in Pacific States are grown. False blossom, field and storage rots plague the industry. So breeders seek varieties low in susceptibility. Cranberries prepared as sauce, jelly, juice are favored generally. And varieties of the future may be sweet and tasty, naturally. These could be delightful, eaten fresh "right out of hand," Someday like popcorn, cranberries may be eaten in theatres across the land. by Joyce C. Torio (Editor's Note: This poem is the work of Mrs. Torio, a research assist- ant. She is a native of New England, having been bom and raised in Saco, Maine. After receiving her B. S. degree in Botany from Douglass Col- lege, she assumed a full-time position in the Soil Testing Laboratory at the New Jersey Experiment Station, Rut- gers University, New Brunswick. During this time she became a part-time graduate student at Rut- gers, receiving her M.S. from Rut- gers, and obtained a Research As- sistanceship in Cranberry Culture in Rutgers University Horticulture Department under the advisorship of ' Dr. Paul Eck. ' At the present time as a Ph., E thesis problem she is involved with a study of the interrelationship ol nutrition and incidence of rots ir. cranberries. It is interesting to note that Dr. F. B. Chandler of the Mass. Cranberry E'xperiment Station has j: been interested in the possibility ol t'i producing a cranberry which could \\ be sweet enough to be "eaten out od ji hand," like cherries.) i ADDITIONAL CASORON MADE AVAILABLE The USDA has approved the re- lease of a small additional amount of Casoron for use on cranberry bogs this fall. This release of additional herbicide is governed by the experi- mental or preliminary label granted last spring, but it dees no: mean that Casoron has been granted full approval. This is pointed out by Robert B. Ewing, Plymouth (Mass.) Agent-manager. Because of the limited amount of material available the formulating company, Thompson-Hayward is re- questing that growers be restrictec as to the amount that can be pur chased, and that sales be limited t( those growers who did not receivf, the herbicide last spring. ' In Massachusetts Casoron is re- commended at a rate of 125 to 15( pounds per acre after h a r v e s j through October. It is recommendeC; that the bog should be allowed i week to recover from the harvestin|; operation before application. \: Fourteen Marketing Group Decides Cranberry "Set-Aside" Not Necessary This Year COMMITTEE MAKES OWN SUR- VEY INDICATING LESSER PRO- DUCTION, AND TAKES SCHOOL LUNCH FRUIT INTO CONSIDERA- TION Cranberry Marketing Order Com- mittee meeting at Logan Interna- tonial Motel in Boston, Oct. 14 vot- ed unanimously to reduce the pre- viously voted "set-aside" of the U.S. cranberry crop from five percent to zero "set-aside." This means that no handler this year must have re- stricted berries, and in effect the cranberry crop is all "free" berries, exactly as if there was no market- ing order. Last year, with a crop of 1,324,500 barrels the restricted pool was 12 percent and these berries could not be sold on the ordinary market, but were held for charity, experimental purposes, or to be "dumped". This fall, with a crop estimated by the Committee as 1,197,593 barrels the members believed this crop can be sold in the ordinary channels of ; commerce. This is a smaller figure than the October USDA estimate of 1,327,600, smaller by 129,007 barrels. At the time of voting the five per- cent, the USDA had not made its decision to buy 70,000 barrels of fresh fruit for the school lunch pro- gram. It was decided that zero "set- aside" could still provide for the school lunch for the so-called "pipe- line" of supply for processors and market demand. The marketing order regulations went into effect last fall for the first time, and although there will be no restricted pool this fall, it was held that the order is proving a useful tool, when need arises. If there is no anticipated surplus, this "tool" need not be applied in any current year. However, Anthony R. Briggs, man- ager of the order says the order will still be in effect. "Next fall," he said there could be a crop of a mil- lion, 500 barrels (who knows now), and the restrictions might have to be applied again. The order is there if we need it." All seven principals, including George C. P. Olsson chairman, and John C. Decas clerk, were present, with Massachusetts alternates, Mau- rice Makepeace and John N. Decas. Motion to vote zero "set-aside" was made by Behrend Pannkuk, presi- dent of Indian Trail, Inc. of Wiscon- sin Rapids and seconded by Anthony DeMarco of New Jersey, an "Ocean Spray" representative. Meeting open- ed at 9:30 and was concluded by noon. It was pointed out the USDA esti- mates were started to be prepared a number of days prior and the situa- tion had changed then as picking had largely progressed and the size of the crop was better known. This information was obtained by tele- phone and other means, and was felt to be accurate. Biggest discrepancies were found in the two largest states. Massachu- reduced to 590,000 and Wisconsin to only 378,300. New Jersey estimate was actually upped a little from 73,000 to 74,293. Washington State was dropped from 121,000 to 110,000 and Oregon wa.s left the same at 45.000 barrels. Only a very few berries had al- ready been disposed of from the cur- rent crop under the five percent "set-aside," and of course with no restricted berries the previously "buy back" figures will not be in effect. Next meeting of the Committee is to be at Boston December 12. At that time there will be a review of the situation and any further amend- ments considered which it is believed will lead to a "smoother" better- functioning marketing order. USDA October Estimate October 14 USDA estimate of the cranberry crop of this fall is mw given 3s a total of 1.327,600, ud from the preliminary forecast cf 1,324,500. This production is about the same as last year and ten percent above average. Massachusetts is row given 660,030 barrels as against 778,000 last year. This is up 5 percent more than the August estimate, but 15 percent be- low 1962. Report is that soil moisture was adequate for good berry size and cool temperatures resulted in good color and keeping quality. Wisconsin is accorded 428,000 bar- rels, the same as the August fore- cast. Production last year was 360,- 000. Preliminary forecast for New Jersey was for 76,000 barrels, now lowered to 73,000, but down from the 103,000 barrels of last year. Yields were called variable. The current estimate is 29 percent less than last year and the smallest since 1956. Frost on September 24, 25 did some damage to unprotected bogs. Some of this loss is also attributed to spring frost damage, poor poUenation and drought which retarded size de- velopment on many bogs. Quality is called very good, but size is smaller than normal. Washington State is down to 121,000 barrels from the August forecast of 138,000 with some spring frost re- duction, but is expected to be the second largest of record, exceeded only by the record 139,000 of 1961. Oregon is up from the 29,500 of last year to an estimated 45,600, the same as the August forecast. U.S. average for the past five years is 1,208,880. Berry "Buy-Back'' Was Set At $10,00 (Editor's Note: The committee action reported in the following is now redun- dent for this year in vieHv of the zero set-aside. However, it is carried to show what the action was.) Among the main matters acted upon at the second meeting this year of the Cranberry Marketing Order Committee at the C'Hara Hotel, Chicago, September 18 was the set- ting of the purchase release from withheld berries price, or more commonly known as the "buy-back" price. The figure was set at $10 a barrel until November 15, from that date until December 1, $10.50 and after December first $11, with the provision made that a review of the price be made from time to time. McCuUoch Chain Saws and Brush Cutters Queen-B Portable Heaters Mite-Lite Portable Alternators 1500 Watts to 5000 Watts Sandvik Scythes and Aluminum Snathes CARVER SUPPLY CO. Center Carver, Mass. Tel. 866-4480 Quality and Service Since 1956 Fifteen ^^.., Sixte^ Red Sox Players Receive Their Berry "Awards" Boston Red Sox star, "Chuck" Schilling and Mrs. Schiling shared in the harvest of a Cape cranberry bog Sept. 29, when they received la ciheck for their cranberries bar- [vested on tlhe White Pine bog, Cen- jterville, the iproperty of Victor F. [Adams, Ocean Spray director and bhairman of the Barnstable Board bf Selectmen, as well as grower. I The berries were the prize for the first home run, or runs, made on i"Cape Cod Day" ait Fenway Park, JBoston, lasit May 12 when the Sox played the Washington Senators. There was no homer in the first game, and the award fell to the scorer of the first run, Schilling, and Carl Yastrzemski, who knocked him in. I A total of 88.85 barrels was gath- ered at the White Pine bog, a better than average— Mass. produc- tion and delivered to Ocean Spray ffor marketing. Based on Ocean • Spray estimated net return to the I grower on this numlber of berries, bhe amount split between the two ; Was $888.50. Checks for $444.25 were \ presented at bogiside by Executive : ^iice President and General Manager . of Ocaan Spray Edward Gelsthorpe. i pohilling accepted for both players, i phe Schillings first trying their hand . Jt scooping and meohanioal picking. Research Boosts Cranberry Juice f Cocktail ■ The cranberry cocktail — a bever- : age made from cranberries, water ' and sugar with ascorbic acid added to provide vitamin C— is on its way to becoming tastier than ever. '^' Agricultural Experiment Station ;■ research at the University of Massa- I; bhusetts has made it possible to con- ;: jtrol the choice of raw berries to pro- ;.' duce a cocktail more uniform in :■ bolor and flavor. '■ I Since the color of the juice can i- jalso be measured, it is possible to = : ipredict the color of the cocktail from •; bhe color of the raw berries. A ''] jX)lor measuring machine known as a i ;x>lorimeter is used. J The study to determine the rela- ,: pion between color of cranberries and X)lor and stability of juice was head- bd up by Dr. F. J. Francis in the department of food science and tech- aology. Another part of the research vas to develop methods of following deterioration in quality of the juice during storage. Dr. Francis and a co-worker found that the first noticeable change in quality for cocktail stored at room temperatures or above is a darkening in color. This color change is caused by a breakdown of red pigments and development of brown pigments. They followed this change by meas- uring the light absorbed at 415 and 515 millimicrons wavelength. The former value (415) increases as the brown pigments develop and the lat- ter (515) decreases as the red pig- ments disappear. This makes the 415/515 ratio a good index of juice quality. An even better index of quality can be derived by combining this ratio with an index of overall redness as measured with a color- imeter. They found that the best way to minimize the color change during storage is to store the product at cool temperatures. ("Science News," University of Massachusetts.) Fresh From The Fields (Continued from Page 6) recorded on five occasions in Au- gust, with total precipitation of 0.65 inches. There was the warmest wea- ther during September, maximums of 88, 87 and 82 degrees being re- corded. Fruit Good Size, Color Berries at both Long Beach and Grayland are reported as of fairly good color, good size and quality. There was, however, Dr. Doughty found, considerable field rot showing up in some areas, where vines were heavy or weeds and grass caused poor light and aeration. It is difficult to get enough fungicide sprays into the vines under such conditions. Some Rot Several fungicides provided good control of most ret organisms, these being, maneb, ferbam, captan and phaltan. The main problem Doughty finds is timing, i. e, making the application just prior to the time fungus infection occurs. This is sometimes difficult since not all of the rot organizations infect the ber- ries at the same time. Experiments and observations have shown that one of the principal periods of fun- gus infection is during blossoming or shortly thereafter. There is some evidence now that infection of rot organisms also takes place later in the growing season. Fall Treatments Dr. Doughty believes that success- ful control of storage rots by maneb dips at harvest also indicates some rot organizations do not enter the berries until after they are harvest- ed. Additional treatments during this season may partially answer some of these questions, he feels. In short it seems conditions were very favorable for a large Washing- ton crop this fall, as was the case in 1961. NEW JERSEY September Coolest Month The month of September was the coolest September in the thirty-five- year history of this weather station. The maximum temperature was 86 and there were 4 days when the shelter minimum temperatures were in the 30s, actually reaching down to 30° on the 25th, a new low for so early in the month. The average temperature for the month was 61.9°, 5.6° less than normal. Heavy On Rain Rainfall during the month was 6.04 inches, which was 2.42 inches more than the normal of 3.62 inches. Despite the fact that the rainfall has been ample for the latter part of August and the month of September, the drought was so severe during the summer months that the water in cranberry reservoirs is still much below normal. Severe Frost Loss The severest frost spell so early in the season was experienced by cran- berry growers on the nights of Sep- tember 23rd, 24th and 25th. Tempera- tures as low as 14° (North Branch) were recorded. A few growers re- ported temperatures below 20° and several reported readings in the low 20s. There was widespread damage resulting from this frost, particularly in areas where there was a lack of water. No grower was caught un- awares but not all had a sufficiency of water to protect their berries. There was complete destruction of cranberries on at least one small bog in the Sheep Pen Hill area. Crop Outlook Very Poor As of October 1st, the New Jersey (Cpntinued on page 20) Seventeen ■tgaiuAiiiii^AjvvAj^ Eighteen" (jidJt]^|jial5 ISSUE OF OCTOBER 1963 VOL 28 - NO. 6 0^^ A BETTER YEAR? The big "news" of this month seems to be that the decision by the Cranberry Marketing Order Committee, meeting at Boston, October 14th, that there need be no berry "set-aside" this fall. This vote came about, after voting five percent re- striction earlier, when it seemed the 1963 total U.S. crop would be considerably larger than it later appeared. j This, apparently, means that the cran- ! berry industry in its crop marketing this fall, is just about as it used to be, that is all berries produced are "free" fruit, to jbe sold by the various distributors, exactly Jas if there was no marketing order in ef- Ifect. It would seem that the committee jacted wisely in removing this restriction ]as soon as it became apparent in view of lactual conditions that restriction was not necessary. We do not see, at the moment, how there can be any quarrel with this decision, certainly not on the part of those who were strongly opposed to such an order in the first place. It may be recalled that during the marketing order hearings, George C. P. .Olsson, president of Ocean Spray and later ichairman of the marketing committee, fre- jquently refered to the order as a "bridge," to better marketing, which could be used when deemed necessary. Others have referred to the order as an industry "tool," a tool which is there » to be used, when and if needed. It might be likened to a spare tire on an automobile. When a spare is needed "on the road," it is really needed — and if not needed it is not used. Last year this "tool" was neces- sary in the opinion of the majority of the marketing order committee members. This year, it has been decided it is not. Next year, who knows at the present time, what the production will be, and if a restriction is necessary? The 1964 crop could turn out to be a million and a half barrels instead of the now estimated 1,197,000 or some- where thereabouts. Come another year, there may, or may not be a substantial purchase by the USDA of fresh cranberries for the school lunch program. CLARENCE J. HALL Editor and Publisher EDITH S. HALI^-Associate Editor Wareham, Massachusetts SUBSCRIPTIONS, $4.00 Per Year, FOREIGN, $5.00 CORRESPONDENTS— ADVISORS Wisconsin LEO A. SORENSON Cranberry Consultant Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Washington Dr. CHARLES C. DOUGHTY Cranberry Specialist Long Beach, Wash. Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, Ore. Massachusetts Dr. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Mass. New Jersey P. E. If ARUCCI New J«*sey Cranberry and Blueberry Station Pemberton, New Jersey One thing is certain, however, as is the case every year the weather cannot be predicted. One area may be hit by bad weather and other areas not, as seems to be the case in Wisconsin this past season. On the West Coast the weather was gen- erally favorable and the crop is up. But better controls, say, in frost protec- tion, through sprinklers or other improved water resources, improved chemicals, con- stantly increasing "cranberry know-how" may steadilly help reduce the weather hazards. Nineteen SERVING WISCONSIN Fresh From The Fields (Continued from page 17) cranberry crop looks very poor. Some veteran cranberry growers are re- porting the worst crop in many years. Growing conditions have been ex- tremely bad all year. Many spring frosts, adverse weather during the pollination period, severe drought and early autumn frosts have been the main factors which have caused the poor crop. Half Crop Wet Harvest An estimate is made that this fall, that more than half of the New Jer- sey crop will be harvested wet, with "water wheels." It is reported that all of Haines and Haines, Lee Broth- ers and Arptn Cranlberry Company will all be picked by this method; imost lof the property of Clarence Worth, Jeffrey's Branch Cranberry Company, Jac's Cranberry Company and Anthony R. DeMarco, some of Ocean Berry, Joseph J. White, Theo- dore H. Budd, most of these being among the larger and more import- ant growers. Growers do not use aluminum dikes to divide bogs as is being done in Oregon, but where bogs are divid- ed the owners are building new earth and turf dams. The Bordentown plant of Ocean Spray, upon which extensive improve- ments have been made is function- ally "beautifully," according to Ed Lipman, area manager. OREGON Bandon Expects 50,000 Harvest got underway in the Ban- don area the first of October, and William T. Dufort, Oregon Ocean Spray manager said he anticipated a production of about 50,'(M)0 barrels INDIAN TRAIL, inc. WORKING— MERCHANDIZING— SELLING WISCONSIN-GROWN CRANBERRIES 12 Months of the Year Moving FRESH — FROZEN— — CANNED & JUICE — Striving always to move TOP-QUAL- ITY products at TOP PRICES for bet- ter returns to WISCONSIN Growers. P. 0. BOX 710, WIS. RAPIDS, WIS. this fall, contrasted to 28,000 last year. There are about 130 grower members of Ocean Spray. Packaging of fresh fruit began at that time ; an average of 600 cases of the fresh product is packaged daily by about 30 employees. The fresh fruit is sold primarily on the Coast, in Oregon and California. OREGON STUDIES (Continued from Page 4) evaluated under dry picked and water harvest conditions. Both re- | frigerated and non-refrigerated stor- j ages will also be compared. The in- cidents of storage rots will be deter- mined for each treatment at the conclusion of the storage period. CORRUGATED CULVERT PIPE and FLOW GATES Felker Bros. Mfg. Co. 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Fresh Cranberries will have network radio and a $10,000 Cash Prize Recipe Contest. Cranberry Sauce will have full page, full-color national magazine ads, and Cranberry Juice Cocktail will have network and spot television. Where to Stop^ Look and Listen for Ocean Spray Advertising STOP and be tempted by the serving ideas for Cranberry Sauce in these magazines. October issues of American Home and Good Housekeeping, and No- vember and December issues of McCalVs, Ladies' Home Journal, Good Housekeep- ing, and American Home. LOOK for Cranberry Juice Cocktail commercials along with these TV shows : on NBC Stations, Loretta Young, Truth or Consequences, Merv Griffin's Shop- ping Spree, You Don't Say, and Matcli Game. More later on. AND LISTEN for the details of the Big Priza-Winning Fresh Cranberry Recipe Contest on Arthur Godfrey Time and the Don McNeill Breakfast Club. Both programs have a long record of effective selling ! Arthur Godfrey is on 209 CBS Stations, and Don McNeill, 317 NBC Stations. GODFREY TIME ON CAPE COD was September 9, when the popular radio and TV star flew into Hyannis airport with his business manager to find out what cranberries are all about. Arthur likes to know about the products he advertises, and what better way than to get down on his hands and knees in Bay View Bog in Hyannis and scoop a few cranberries. He found the mechani- cal picking much easier after receiving instruction from Ray Syrjala, bog manager. He later helicoptered to Onset to view the screening, packaging and processing, and to sup some cranberry treats made by Janet Taylor. As he said, "They're loaded with flavor" and he carted off a cranberry jewel salad. tKVIINLj A CI>4U,UUU,UUU A YtAK IINUU:MKY ^^t\ONAL CRANBERRY M4647,y^^ fes/TK APE COD >EW JERSEY WISCONSIN lOREGON CANADA WISCONSIN'S 1963 "Alice in Dairyland," swings an old fashioned Wet Rake ( Wisconsin marsh. 40 Cents NOVEMBER, 19^ DIRECTORY For CRANBERRY GROWERS fercester Paper MEDFORD, MASS. Tel. MYstk 8-5305 Manufacturers of Folding Cartons and Displays WATER WHITE KEROSENE For use on Cranberry Bogs Also STODDARD SOLVEN i j i*rorapt Delivery Service Franconia Coal Co. Wareham, Mass. Tel. CY 5-0039 READ CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE SANDERS Built from $750. WHEEL-OFF RIGS FLUMES Built to Order Welder and Power Shovel Available Will do Custom Sanding Carver, Mass. 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We believe our mailing list does include every "cranberry grower" or "property" at the present time. If any grower is not receiving a copy and feels he should be entitled to one, we hope we may be notified. Any grower, or other person uiter- est»d iK the cranberry industry may, of course, subscribe individu- ally, at our regular rate, as many now do, in this and a few foreign countries, particularly Canada. With this approximately 100 per- cent coverage of the cranberry growers, we hope, as we trust we have been in the past year, to be the greatest possible value to all growers and others interested in the industry as a whole. We, on our part, will assuredly continue to do our best to provide the most informative, interesting and worth- while cranberry publication we can produce. ERTISE IN CRANBERRIES TAKE ADVANTAGE of the BETTER things of life. The efficient USE OF ELECTRICITY is one of these better things — efficient use in power for cran- berry bog operations, and in the home. Plymouth County Electric Co. WAREHAM CYpress 5-0200 PLYMOUTH Pilgrim 6-1300 i^^ %f^ &:^ (£^M^ '^^^ ^#'.;';.' "^^k^'i'i Retain natural flavor without over-sweetness ® AND REX ® CORN SYRUPS *•■♦* ^! CORN PRODUCTS COMPANY '•■•' Manufacturers of fine products for the food industry . . . and popular Best Foods Division grocery brands for the consumer. New Parasite Specie Named After Zuckerman Researcher At Cranberry Station, East Wareham Re- ceives Honor Soil samples from around the roots of cultivated cranberries on Cape God sent to a scientist in Poland have resulted in the honoring of a Universitiy of Massachusetts profes- sor at the Cranberry Field Station, East Wareham. The soil samples, sent by Dr. Bert M. Zuckerman to Dr. M. Brzeski, \ head, nematology section. Vegetable ' Research Institute, Skierniewice, con- | tained many micrcscopic plant para- sites called nematodes. The samples also contained— as Brzeski discover- ed—a new species of sheath nema- tode, a group known to scientists as Hemicycliophora de Man. Result: Brzeski named the new> species H. Zuckerman sp.n. to honor Dr. Zuckerman. Dr. Brzeski officially named and classified the new species of nema- tode in an article appearing in the Bulletin of the Polish Academy oi Sciences earlier this year. He sent a copy to Dr. Zuckerman, thanking him for his assistance. Dr. Zuckerman, a noted nematolo gist, joined the College of Agricul- ture staff at East Wareham, in 1955 In addition to his work as a plant pathologist and nematologist ai Wareham, he is a technical repre- sentative to NE-34, Northeastern Re- gional Research Committee in Ne- matology, and served as chairmar in 1961; was associate director ol the advanced course in plant nema- tology sponsored by the National Science Foundation last summer at (Continued on Page 3) MIDDLEBOROUGH MIDDLEBORO MASS Member of The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Two < 1 B'T. Anderson, left and Laboratory Assislr,::'. Tp u 'A a/'.* s'.z'jvm f ' fresh cranberri|2s in warm water test. ?i Cranberry Station, East ' I Wareham (Courier Plioto) iH i& ?9 Fresh Fruit Dip Tests Being Oondyoted - A series of tests, which if tihey itring successful results, could prove I If great benefit to the fresh fruit ' Tamberry market were begun at the /lassachusetts Experiment Station, Cast Wareham, and are continuing t the USDA station at Beltsville, '/laryland. This is an experiment to ' determine if dipping cranberries in /■arm water for certain periods of ime will help control certain fungi ots, which break down fresh fruit 1 storage and in "shelf-life." If the tests prove this new pnocess an be applied to fresh cranberries nd freshness in storage can be pro- lOTged for a considerable period, lis could be of great importance in resh cranlberry sales. The process '^as developed by Dr. Wilson Simith f the United States Department of .griculture, who with others was at last Wareham in August. This pro- ess has been tried out with success on sweet potatoes, sweet peppers and especially peaches. Some preliminary tests were made last fall and results indicated the process might be applied to cran- berries with good results. Dr. Ray- mond E. Anderson of Beltsville, with Ronald Bassett, were at the East Wareham Cranberry Station last imonth and made a few tests. Dr. Anderson explained that this is a "time and temperature" experiment. Good-quality, freshly screened Late Howes were available and some tests were made on the spot. The bulk of the experiment will be at Belts- ville. About 500 pounds of cranber- ries were made available, enough according to Dr. C. E. Cross director of the East Wareham Station, for aibout SCO repletive tests. In one test, berries were dipped in water heated to a temperature of 115 degrees for a period of ten minutes. In another, water was heat- ed t: i^S degrees and the berries dipped for a period of 2% minutes. TLiis is not hot water, which at sea level is "boiling" at 212 degrees. Aftei' the dipping the berries are immeijiptely dried and placed in reirigerate'd storage v/here they will be held for periods varying from three to five months. Some are in temperature-controlled storage at East Wareham and others will be held at Beltsville. at a temperature of 33 degrees. It is understood that a sufficient niiimner of varying tests will be run to determine whether or not this process can, or cannot be used with cranberries. For the time being the activity is strictly experimental. Pro- lerjged good keeping of fresh cran- berries in storage and on the ,3helves CI markets could greatly assist the sales of fresh cranberries, even though not perhaps removing cran- berries from the "perishable"' list of fruits. (Continued from 'Page 2) Cornell University; and a guest re- search scientist in the department ol plant nematobgy, 'National and Uni- versity Institute of Agriculture, Belt Dagon, Israel, from Oct. cf 1962 to April of 19S3. Dr. Zuckerman also gave a paper at the Fjfbh International Nematelcgy Symposium, Ghent, Belgium, in July of 1931, and spent six weeks visiting nematolcgy laooratories in England, jioiiand and Poland. Dr. arzeski is to spend a year in the United States, and will .spend ten months of that time at the Cran- berry Station, working with Dr. Zuckerrnan. He is expecced to arrive Dec. 5. After that he v/ill spend two months in Florida before gomg back to Poland. Eain At Peninsula October, at the Long Beach Penin- sula was very liberal with rain, there being a total of 12.01 inches Oir a foot of precipdtation as meas- ured alt Cranguyma Farms. How- ever, the total rainfall for the area this year has been very light in compiarison to most years as it has reached only to la total of 49.09 inches — average rainfall falls within the 65-70 inch figujres. High temperatures for October reached 70 degrees on two occasions with a minimum of 30 on the 19th. Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Notes by CHESTER E. CROSS Director This will be my last effort in this department, at least for several months, for I leave Noveimber 30 for a 5^2 months visit in the British Isles. Your publisher has asked that I write a- bit ahout this. Siabbatic) leave is a term used chiefly by colleges and universities to describe a rather special change in the work of its faculty members. After seven or more years of satis- factory service as a teacher or re- sarcher, a faculty member is eli- gible for a leave-of-absence to pur- sue some particular study or work, whidh is in essence a form of pro- fessional improvement. The Univer- sity of Massachtisetts, when it grants sabbatic leave to one of its members, pays his full salary for five months or half-salary for ten months. In practice, those return- ing frcim sabbatic leave appear to have new entihusiasm, new ideas, new techniques for solving prob- leims— much of this from personal contact with other scholars in a dif- ferent enviroment — ^and the refresh- ed faculty man becomes more valu- able to his institution. I go to Great Britain to visit a dozen or more of its agricultural research stations, to confer with re- se:srch scientists and administrator^ to see how they do their work, un- der what policies, and to compare these with operations here in Mass- achusets and U.S.A. In particular, of course, I want to know about their pesticide work, how they con- trol and police the use of agricul- tural chemiicals. I will visit some of the aigricultural engineering cen- ters like that at Silsoe, Hertoford- S'hire. The above is general, but I will go to East Mailing in Kent where the famous dwarf apple rootstocks were developed, Cambridge Uni- versity where they have some cran- berry cuttings I sent them, Rotham- Eted where on some plots the same crop has been raised each year for over a century. I will visit tihe weed research laboratories at Oxford Uni- versity. Probably in March, 1964, I will spend three weeks at the Ministry of Agriculture in Southern C. I( L. E 191 LEONARD STREET ACUSHNET, MASS. ce PRUNING FERTILIZING RAKING WEED TRIMMING Machinery Sales PRUNERS POWEK WHEELBARkOWS RAKES WEED TRIMMERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS - Large & Small For Further Information Call . . F. P. Rockwell 3<5526 C. J. TR2 Wyman 5-2013 i^. C. LEONARD Wyman 5-3521 Ireland. This agency has, I believe, seventeen small field stations about half of which aire doing hortioul- and points of historic interest. I will visit research centers in Northern Ireland and in Scotland. The last two weeks of my leave will be spent visiting Kew Gardens and points of hstoric interest. I will fly home to cranberries about May 15th. The Wind Machines In Wisconsin The wind machines at the Marvin Hewitt marsih yielded some valuable information. Warren Fallis of the Frost Warning Service! was com- puting the data from the tlhermo- couiple machine located on the in- version tower and from the ther- mograph machines. Ois report will be available as soon as he has re- turned to Florida and finishes com- piling the data. From all indications the machines worked very favorably and have a definite place in cran- berry cultural. A detailed report on the maohnes work will appear in Cranberries Magazine later in the year. SUBSCRIPTIONS U. S. $4.0» per year Foreign $5.00 per year ADVERTISING Rates on Request Note: New rates effective with October issue. CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE Reaches EVERY known Cran- berry Grower in all U.S. grow- ing areas, plus individual sub- scribers in this country and foreign, mostly Canadian growers. Address: C J. Hall Cranberries Magazine, P. O. Box 71, Wareham, Mass. 02571, Tels: 295-0027 Res. 295-9533 Four I Issue of November 1963 -Vol. 28 No. 7 Published monthly at The Ck)urier Print Shop, Main St., Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscriptions $4.00 Foreign $5 00 p^r year Second Class Postage Paid at Ware/ham. Maasachtisetts Post Office. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C. J. H. MASSACHUSETTS October Drought I October icontinued a remarkable nonth for temiperatures into the middle Of the month, and extreme- y dry. To the 18th there had been pnly .2 inches of rain as recorded |it State Bog. Temperaibure ranged nto the 80's and it was real "In- ian summer". A few donned bath- ng suits on the Cape and went to he beaches. The dryness by the 1 6th was causing concern among ocal land state fire officialls, with he burning index of the woodlands nore than 100. Woodlands Closed On October .17 the Massachusetts governor ordered the woodlands of he state closed as on the previous lay there were reported nearly 150 j/oods fires burning in various lireas. Temperature departure to hat date was a plus 40. Summer Upat The explosive conditions of t h e I'oodlands continued unabated as here was absolutely no rain and here were numerous fires through- ut Massachusetts and New Eng- and. By the 24th the departure rom normal had reached a plus of 9 in one of ithe most beautiful, if CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Shocks, or Nailed Stock Always on Hand Let me repair your broken boxes — or repair them yourself. F. H. COLE North Carver, Mass. Tel. Union 6-3330 drought dangerous "Indian Sum- mers" on record. Hurricane Watch Weather turned abruptly colder on the 22nd as a cold front moved in and the area watched with con- siderable anxiety the progress of "Ginny" the 7th hurricane of the season as it churneed off the North Carolina coast. This storm, the most New England threatening one of the season, brought gale warnings as far north as Prcvincetown at the tip cf the Cape. Real Hot Cpld front was short lived and brought no rain, woodland condi- tions continued "explosive" and by the 25th the plus temperature i(iBoston) was 104 and on the 28 th, 164. All-time heat records for those late October dates were broken with highs in the upper 70's and low 80's. Motorists trooped out of the cities as in summer and Cape roads were filled. Motel business pros- pered, fall huntting supply shops suf- fered, buying of fall clothing fell cff. Pussy willows swelled. Ginny Skirts Cape On the 28th the plus for the month had reached 175 degrees (Boston) or more than six degrees above nor- mal. On that night "Gyrating Gin- ny", the erratic, late, late hurri- cane, in its ninth day, passed dan- gerously close to Cape Cod, about 160 miles southeast of Nantucket Island. She brought winds in gusts up to 80 miles an hour at Cape Cod Canal, some rising of tides ahove normal and varying amounts of drenching rain. This varied from one inch to three inches at points near Boston and some iponneiction with the largest food 1 ade fair ever developed by the s nited States Department of Agri- o; ilture, held from November 7 S rough the 24th. MiSec. Freeman wrote: "During ; e past year or so, miany of us on - |)ch sides of the Atlantic have been i, riving to bring about a better S 'iderstanding between European s; id American people on issues af- :cting international trade. Wihile If '"Minuous negotiations are oarried a;n between the Uniited States and •oropeian sections on agricultural B? i|ade, issues of common concern, ;is lese negotiations are conducted on ];:! formal basis by government offi- !t'',als. Leaders in Europe and Amer- :s!2| have increiasinigily recognized £' need for supporting these f wernment discussion with infor- li'jal, constructive, non-official dis- : ■ 'ssion which helip to claify the !ues for the public." He continued, this is the l^eason why the USDA is taking part in this Eurcpean-American symposium and has invited recognized American and Eiuroipeian leaders, representing industry, labor, consumers, science, education, economics government and agriculture to take part. In conclusuon the letter stated the Secretary was hopeful of Mr. Col- ley's and other Institute key mem- bers attendance at the Symposium, even though the writer was aware that Ncivember is an especially busy month for "you here at home." Pleld in conjunction with the Fair was a supermarket set up under the sponsorship of the Grovery Mianufacturing Association of Amer- ica. Cranberries, both fresh and processed on exhibit and for sale. This display is put on in conjunc- tion with the USDA. Mr. CoUey was unalble to attend, but Joseph O. Parker of Washington, counsel for the Institute represented the cranberry industry at the event. BELIEF WISCONSIN HIGH TEMPS HAVEN'T HARMED There has been some apprehension expressed by Vernon Goldworthy of Eagle River, Wisconsin and some ethers that high temperatures in Wda consin may have started bud swell- ing and that this might result in severe winterkill. Prof. George C\. Klinigbiel, Extension specialist in fruit production has made a trip through Western Vilas, parts of Jackson, Wood and Monroe oo^unities, and has icibecked a number of miarsh- es where he observed budding and bud development. He is of the opinion that generaiiily the buds i£ire only in limited loca- tions swelled to the point where they might be disposed to some winter damage. He reported that budding would appear to be not extremely high, and counts indicate they could be higher. He reported the accumlative hours below 40 degrees have not been greatly less than in many other years, even though average temiper years, even though average temper- His conclusion, "I am seriously questioning whetlher we will see a great deal of v/inter damage that could be directly the result of warm fall temperaturs." Long Beach Notes While the East Cpast cranberry area and the mid-west were bask- ing in summer-like temperatures (and before Hurricane Gdnny's fringe battered Cape Cod) the West Coast icranberry area was hit by two 'bad storms. In one, winds of 74 milles an hour were recorded at Cape Disappointment, near Long Beach, Washington and in the sec- ond 80 miles an hour winds were leported at the Cape. There were heavy rains with Cran- guyma Farms reporting 4.71 uidhes of precipitation in five days. Cran- berry harvest had been held up for a time because of lack of water for wet reel raking, but after the storm of thel4th and the 16th harvesting was resumed. Ilwaco reported wind gusts of 92 miles per hour. By the week of the 21st Long Beach Peninsula harvest was re- ported about 75 percent completed, about 20 tons of berries a day leaving the Long Beach Warehouse for the Ocean Sipray plant at Mark- ham. Peninsula bogs were reported as yielding from 100 to 250 barrels an acre, an average of about twice that of 1962, even though the Wash- ington IState crop is now estimated at about 110,000 barrels. Fresh From The Fields (Continued from Page 6) 19th in the bookj stage, followed with chilLing weather during bloom along with two record breakng cold nights in August and -September all helped to reduce th crop and also the size of the berrise. It is doubt- ful las reported in the last months news if the state will go 350,000 barrels. In other words what start- ed out as a most promising season in May and June ended in poor growing season, but wonderful bar- vesting weather. Keeping Quality The extreme heat was having an adverse effect on the keeping quaU- ty as temperatures soared in the warehouses. (Storage rots were ac- tivated with considerable end rot and black rot showng up in late October or about two weeks early. With Thanksgiving late this year it was doubtful if there would be any Searles left for fresh in the state after Thanksgiving, with only small (Continue ^i 'Page 20) Seventee'n • Cuts weeds, saplings, thick brush - clears land. • Cuts flush with ground, operates full power any angle. • Comfortable carrying harness for easy use- relieves operator fatigue, adds safety. • Available as complete unit or as attachment for MAC 35A, ONE/42 or ONE/52 chain saws. • Power unit converts fast to chain saw use. 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IMPORTANT EXPERIMENT The experiment by t h e United States Department of Agriculture to prolong the shelf and storage life of fresh cranberries, through dipping in warm water at varying temperatures and for a varying period is something which may be watched by the industry with considerable interest. The purpose is to h e 1 p control certain fungus rots. First, however, it must be borne in mind that this is only an "experiment." And an experiment may or may not bring about the hoped-for results. Nothing can be promised until the tests turn out success- fully. However this "time and temperature" iiip in warm water has proven successful in Deaches, sweet potatoes and sweet peppers, and some preliminary tests last fall gave ndication the process might be of value in :' r e s h cranberries. A stronger and larger Tesh market would be of great aid to cran- berry growers and there has been much in- ;erest in recent years in all areas in improv- ng the quality of fresh fruit. If a better luality pack of fresh cranberries could be jlaced on the market, and then kept there onger without much spoilage this could go I long way toward increasing sales and re- Deat sales — and possibly at a better price. We cannot but help feel flattered and lonored by t h e fact that for the second ^ear the directors of the Cranberry Insti- tute have voted a group subscription to " 'ivery known cranberry grower, or more ac- CLARENCE J. HALL Editor and Publisher EDITH S. HALL^Associate Editor Wareham, Massachusetts SUBSCRIPTIONS, $4.00 Per Year, FOREIGN, $5.00 CORRESPONDENTS— ADVISORS Wisconsin LEO A. SORENSON Crantoerry Consultant Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Dr. Washington CHARLES C. DOUGHTY Cranberry Specialist Long Beach, Wash. Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, Ore. Massachusetts Dr. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Mass. New Jersey P. E. MARUCCI New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station Pemberton, New Jersey curately every known cranberry property in the United States. If the directors had not felt that our publication was of value to you as a grower they would not have done this again. This action can only put us on our met- tle to merit this confidence and help us to provide for you the very best publication for cranberry growers the country - over that we can. If you have any suggestions as to how we may improve CRANBERRIES we would be pleased to receive them. Nineteen SERVING WISCONSIN Fresh From The Fields (Continue from Page 17) amounts of McFarlins and Howes. Here again except for the hailed berries, the crop going into storage appeared to be of excellent quaality, but the hot weather took its tool. Some mechanical damage was also noted ion the berries, which should call for some needed changes in harvesting and drying. NEW JERSEY Extreme Variation The month of October was one 0? extreme temperatures. It was the fourth warmest October in the 35- ye'Hr history of this weather station, the maximum average being 72.4 degrees, exieeded only by 75.5 de- grees in 1947, 72.6 degrees in 1946, and 73.6 degrees in 1941. There was a prolonged Indian Summer with balmy temperatures, but cold snaps were also frequent. The maximum temperature was 83 degrees' and there were 6 days with temperatures of 80 degrees or over during the month. Cranberry growers were issued frost calls on 13 separate nights and in some instances, because of the lack of water, there was frost dam- age to fruit. Cranberry bog tempera- tures as low as 18 degrees were re- ported and several times in the low 20s. On the upland there were 13 nights when the minimum temp- eratures were in the 30s. The aver- age minimum temperature was 42.4 degrees, making it the ninth coldest month. The mean average tempsra- ture for the month was 57.4 degrees, 0.8 degrees above normal. Driest October Precipitation during the month was INDIAN TRAIL, Inc. WORKING— MERCHANDIZING— SELLING WISCONSIN -GROWN CRANBERRIES 12 Months of the Year Moving FRESH — FROZEN— — CANNED & JUICE — Striving always to move TOP-QUAL- ITY products at TOP PPJCES for bet- ter returns to WISCONSIN Growers. P. 0. BOX 710, WIS. RAPIDS, WIS. only .26 of an inch, almost 3 inches below the normal for October, mak- , ing it the driest October in this wea- ther station's 35-year history, and the fourth driest month of all. The three drier months were .14 of an inch in June, 1949; .18 in July, 1955; and .21 in September, 1941: Total rainfall from January through Oc- tober was 26.51 inches, about 10 inches shy of the normal. DIGEST CRANBERRY COVER Reader's Digest, with its high cir- culation for its November cover had a Pilgrim picture, an hour glass, fall produce and an old- fashioned cranberry scoop spilling over with red berries. CORRUGATED CULVERT PIPE and FLOW GATES Felker Bros. Mfg. Co. 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From this research, the cooperative aims to have a minimum of one new prod- uct on the national market in 1964. Ocean Spray Cranberries take the Spotlight OVERSEAS, cranberries are catching on. In Saudi Arabia, they are served at feasts put on by the U. S. oil companies to entertain Near East princes. Ocean Spray has also shipped cran- berries and cranberry products to Bel- gium, Holland, England, Ireland, Scot- land and Bermuda. AT HOME, impressive results from the UMI Fresh Cranberry Campaign are showing up in important publications, many of them in color. Baking Industry featured cranberries in color on the September cover with 8 full pages inside of cranberry recipes. Other institutional magazines carrying cran- berry recipes are School & College Feed- ing, Hospital & Nursing Home Feeding, Drive-In Management. The New York Times Magazine did cranberries up in color, and features are scheduled in Washington Post, Milwau- kee Journal, Spokane Review, Phila- delphia Inquirer, to name a few, and in LOOK Magazine soon. Cranberry Relish Grand Marnier. IN DEPARTMENT STORES,cran- berry sauce, cranberry iuice and fresh cranberries, along with Ocean Spray posters, have been prominently linked with Cranberry Red Fashions. Over 200 stores have featured Ocean Spray in window displays and many have served Cranberry Juice to Cranberry Red shop- pers. jS, Ocean Spray's new Fresh Cranberry Recipe Book is very much in demand. In the month of October, alone, the Cranberry Kitchen sent out 40,000 cookbooks in answer to requests. Many came from the coupon on the bags and others from announcements by Good Housekeeping, utility companies and TV. Also reaching homemakers with new ways to serve cranberries are 78 differ- ent food demonstrations on TV or in utility company classes. 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AMES irrigalion Systems Sprinklers Weed killers Insecticides Fungicides Kiekens - Duster and Sprayers The National Bank of Wareham Conveniently located for Cranberry Men Funds always available for sound loans Complete Banking Service Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. EQUIPMENT HAYDEN - SEPARATOR - WAREHAM, MASS. Irrigation Systems PUMPS SEPARATORS - BLOWERS SCREENHOUSE EQUIPMENT DARLINGTON PICKING MACHINES Extensive Experience in ELECTRICAL WORK ALFRED PAPPI At Screenhouses, Bogs and Pumps Means Satisfaction WAREHAM, MASS. Tel. CY 5-2000 SUBSCRIBE TO CRANBERRIES f i<*< i Growers VE CHRYSLER - PLYMOUTH VAUANT Onset Ave. East Wareham CY 5-3530 Good Fresh Fruit C lean-Up There seems little question but there will be a good fresh fruit clean- up with the ending of the Christmas market. "Gibby" Beaton, fresh fruit sales of Ocean Spray says shipments were slow in October (extremely warm weather) but brisk through November and December and latter sales were all at $4.65 FOB. From independents and Ocean Spray comes the word all fresh fruit will be cleaned up by the first of the year. Yet barrels shipped from Massa- chusetts in fresh form have been down from last year, the figure for December first was 212,885 in 1962 and 116,675 this year. Beaton said that or these shipments Ocean Spray had sent about the same volume as last year. A very considerable amount of quality fresh has been set aside by Ocean Spray for cock- tail, demand and sales for which are reported "zooming," reflecting for one thing, Ocean Spray's national distribution and advertising of t h is papular product. The outlook at the present time, Beaton said, is that fruit in the freezers will be considerable less than last year by next August. New highs were reached in Octo- ber sales for Ocean Spray sales of processed goods as represented by cases actually sold and invoiced. Ocean Spray Closes at $9.41 .•■TirrTiiwifliimiBifMiWiri g£ii/j ESTABLISHED 1866 SHARON, MASSACHUSETTS We Will Buy Your White Pine Logs, Either Standing or Cut • Highest Prices Paid • Sawmill located at North Carver, Mass. Office Phones: Sharon, SU 4-2011 Carver. UN 6-2234 if You Want A Good Flume At A Low Cost Use All Heart Redwood 60,000 Ft. on hand for Prompt Delivery 6x8 — 6x6 — 4x6 — 4x4 Planking - Square Edged or Matched 2x4 2x6 2x8 — 2x10 SEND FOR YOUR FREE FOLDER ON THE "DURABILITY OF REDWOOD" Tel. RO 3-8811 . W. Goodhue Lumber Co., inc. MIDDLEBORO ROAD EAST FREETOWN, MASS Ocean Spray directors have re- ported the final payment on the 1962 pool of $9.41, cash, plus a retain of 25 cents in stock. This is based on Parts and Repairs Agent for 1963 Model ORDER NOW J. E. BRALEY & SON MACHINE SHOP 78 Gibbs Ave Wareham, Mass. HAVE YOUR REPAIRS DONE NOW FOR EXPERT SERVICE ON YOUR Briggs & Stratton ENGINES We use only factory-approved methods and original parts. Per- sonnel are trained under factory supervision. See us for a check-up or complete overhaul — prices are right. ^y*^ [Bricgs&Stratton] MAIN STREET GARAGE Carver, Mass. Tel. UNion 6-4582 One the entire crop, which that year had the 12 percent "set-aside;" actual payment on the 88 percent sold would be $10.69 per barrel. The 1961 pool was closed at $8.14 in cash with a stock retain of 23 cents. The Board of Directors also voted to make a second payment of $1.50 per barrel on the 1963 pool and this will be made by the end of January. J • AN IDEAL ^ Ocean Spray Notes NEW DIRECTOR of research and development at Ocean Spray, Stan- ley I. Skelskie, has an excellent background of more than ten years experience with another cooperative, the Welch Company, which has made tremendous progress in new products in the past decade. Most recently Mr. Skelskie has been with the Lob- law food chain in charge of research and quality control in their private label products. FOR DAD.... '^ Here's a "honey" of a gift for the man of the house . . . right when he can really put it to good use! This portable, quality-guaranteed Queen B Heater gives warm, comfort- able heat immediately — just plug it in. No dials, no switches, no fuses, no dirt, no venting. Low cost — economical to operate. FREE On- The-Farm demonstration. Ireds ©V • Farrowing House • Machine Shed • Thaw frozasi pipes and equipment . Pre-hQst engines • Thaw silage troughs and tanks • Prevent freezing of stored crops • P^elt ice, snow, etc. ^SK ABQU7 OUSi LAY-AV/AY PLAN Carver Supply Co. Carver, Mass TeL 866-4480 Distributors For Sandvick Sickles, Aluminum Snaths Quality and Service Since 1956 NEW COOKBOOK of 22 F r e s h Cranberry Recipes is a hot contender for the top spot on book popularity polls. As of November 22, the Cran- berry Kitchen had sent out over 70,- 000 of these Ocean Spray recipe books and some 10,000 requests were in the process of being filled. Re- quests are coming in from the berry bags, TV and utility companies and the October Good Housekeeping. An additional 10,000 has been sent out by the Publicity Department bring- ing present total above 90,000. NEW RECORD is reached for per- centage of cranberries in Ocean Spray freezers as compared to ber- ries in outside freezers. Increased freezer capacity in the Bordentown, N.J. plant. North Chicago and Han- sen plants ups the percentage of ber- ries in Ocean Spray freezers as com- pared with those in outside freezers to the highest figure in the coopera- tive's history. This means a sub- stantial saving to Ocean Spray as the cost of outside freezers is larger than the cost of the cooperative's own freezers. Cranberries And ^'Cranberry Glass'' A full-page color spread concern- ing cranberries appeared recently in the Wisconsin Capital Times, Mad- ison, prepared by Mrs. Mary B. Hopkins, wife of James D. Hopkins, of the Hopkins Argicultural Chemical company of Madison, a formulator and distribotors of agricultural chemicals to Wisconsin cranberry growers. Mrs. Hopkins, among her other activities, is food editor for the Times. Mrs. Hopkins writes of two sym- bols of elegance on the American dinner table cranberries and cran- berry glass "both take our thoughts imediately to wind-swept, wave- washed Cape Cod. "Cranberries, because they've been growing them for unkonw centuries, long before the coming of European settlers, Cranberry glass, because the beautiful light-ruby glass was blown in Sandwich, Massachusetts on the Cape, not far from the cran- berry bogs, from 1830 to 1888. In the mid-19 Century, both of these products were on the costly side. Of cranberries it was said in 1859 "... there are those who are willing to pay an almost fabulous price for the berry. . . it is the rage among the rich." Mrs. Hopkins continues that cran- Lerry glass was probably the most expensive glass made in 19th Cen- tury America, one reason being that a full ounce of gold had to be added to the vat of "cooking" glass in a very complex process; that on one century-old price list a cranberry glass epergne was offered at eigh- teen dollars, a great deal of money in those days. Today authentic cran- berry glass has become even more precious as an antique. She adds that while cranberries although still "elegant" are now fare for any budget. She then tells how cranberries today are available the year-round and concludes with three cranberry recipes. Two Lulu Island Crop Double Crop 1962 The total cranberry crop of the Lulu Island and Vancouver, British Columbia area this fall has now been established at 800,269 pounds which is about double any previous produc- tion by British Columbia growers. Of this production it is reported Big Red Cranberry Company, Ltd. has close to 6000 barrels. Northern Peat Moss Company, Ltd. second largest producer is arranging to obtain additional varieties of cran- berries, including some of the hy- brids and early varieties to spread the harvest season, and to provide berries for the fresh fruit market. One variety requested from Vernor Goldsworthy of Eagle River, Wiscon- sin was for Ben Lears. Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Notes by Prof. William E. Tomlinson Dr. Cross's Journey A letter from Dr. Cross mailed from Edinburgh, Scotland on Decem- ber 2 was received by the Cranberry Station "gang" on December 6 re- porting on the trip over and his safe arrival in the British Isles. Dr. and Mrs. Cross and Tim Cross set out from Boston to New York by plane on the murning of November 30 and if you remember how the wind howl- ed that morning you can imagine that it was far from a smooth flight. They left New York at 6 p.m. Sat- urday with better flying conditions than earlier in the day. Refueled at Gander, Newfoundland and then on to Iceland where they stopped for a day. They flew over the new volca- nic island that recently formed just off the coast of Iceland on their trip to Scotland from Reykjavik. ■ Water Still Scarce Getting back to Cape Cod and . cranberry growing it is time to con- sider winter flooding. In spite of ade- quate rainfall in recent weeks, the precipitation deficiency of the sum- mor and early fall has not been over- come. The water table is still lower than normal so that water for winter flooding is still a problem in some in- stances. Because of this, advantage should be taken of all precipitation from now on to insure protection from winterkilling conditions that may soon be with us. Get the planks in and collect all the rain that comes. It will reduce the amount of pump- ing required later. Committee Meeting The Cranberry Extension Advisory Committee will meet at the Cran- berry Station on December 23 tc formulate plans for the winter cran berry club meetings. Polisli Scientist For the next 10 months Dr. Michal Brzeski of Poland will be at the Cranberry Station working with Dr. Zuckerman on nematode projects. Dr. Brzeski received his doctorate at the University of Warsaw. Hs is married and the father of one son. C. I L. EQUiPMENT CO. 191 immm street acushnet, mass. Cranberry Bog Service PRUNING FERTILIZING RAKING . WEED TRIMMING Machinery Sales PRUNERS POWEK WHEELBARKOWS RAKES WEED TRIMMERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS - Large & Small For Further Information Call . . . F. P. Rockwell 3-5526 C. J. TRIPP Wyman 5-2013 N. C. LEONARD Wyman 5-3521 Cranberries Are Again On Plenty Foods List For the third consecutive month cranberries are on the Plentiful Food list of the USDA. Cranberry Juice is on the breakfast menu of the month and cranberry sauce is on the dinner menu. "Cranberries," reads the USDA monthly bulletin, "bright, red cran- berries are in tune with Christmas fare. Use this captivating fruit as a relish, in salads, desserts, cranber- ries bouillion, spicy fruit shrubs. Make a cranberry parfait by stirring whole cranberry sauce into vanilla ice cream, or add some of the whole berries to tossed salads for crunchy goodness." There is a recipe for Cranberry Fruit Bread — "To prepare 8 loves, 91/2X5X31/2 inches; sift together four pounds all-purpose flour, four pounds sugar, 1/1 cup baking powder, four teaspoons baking soda and eight teaspoons salt. Grate eight medium oranges, and add to dry ingredients. Squeese juice from oranges, and add to d r y ingredients, Squeesse juice from orangers, pour into large measure. SUBSCRIPTIONS U. S. $4.oa per year Foreign $5.00 per year ADVERTISING Rates on Request Note: New rates effective with October issue. CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE Reaches EVERY known Cran- berry Grower in all U.S. grow- ing areas, plus individual sub- scribers in this country and foreign, mostly Canadian growers. Address: C. J. Hall Cranberries Magazine, P. O. Box 71, Wareham, Mass. 02571, Tels: 295-0027 Res. 295-9533 Three add one cup psanu'c oil and enough boiling water to bring liquid mea- sure to 5 1/2 cups. P-.Takc a "well" C3n!:er of dry ing- redients and pour in liquid. Add eight eggs, well beaten, Stir only until dry ingredients are dampened. Fold in one quart chopped walnuts and three quarts coarsely chopped fresh cranberries. Divide batter be- tween eight greased and wax paper lined loaf pans. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees F. ) one hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and bread is gold- en brown. Remove bread from pans and cool. For easy slicing Vv'rap and store overnight in refrigerateor." Hints to cranberry merchandisers include; a small display of cran- berries at every I'kely tie-in item point; such as in the poultry, meat, seafood and baking ingredients de- partments; central cranberry dis- plays; hanging "Cranberry Chains" at fresh display points, and/oi trim store windows with chains; give shoppers a big stock to choose from; also remember frozen cranberry products will also be on the move — give these a prominent spot. TAKE ADVANTAGE of the BETTER things of life. The efficient USE OF ELECTRICITY is one of these better things — efficient use in power for cran- berry bog operations, and in the home. Plymouth County Electric Co. WAREHAM CYpress 5-0200 PLYMOUTH Pilgrim 6-1300 Cranberry Dainties las pictu.-ed in Ocean Spray Christ- mas Greeting on Back Cover) Festive and diiicrent for holiday time, Cranberry Dainties are easy to make. Just follow the simple recipe from Ocean Spray's Cranberry Kit- chen. 1 one-pound can jellied cran- berry sauce 2 packages orange flavored or red flavored gelatin 1 cup granulated sugar % cup chopped nuts Beat cranberry sauce until smooth and then heat. Dissolve gelatin in hot cranberry sauce. Add 1 cup su- gar and stir over low heat until dis- solved. Add nuts. Pour into a greas- ed 9x5x3 loaf pan. Refrigerate un- til firm. Cut into 1 inch squares; roll in granulated sugar. After 24 hours, sugar again. Makes approximately 3 dozen 1-inch jelly squares. For a larger amount use 3 cans of jellied sauce, 6 packages gelatin, 3 cups sugar and 2 cups chopped nuts. Pour into 3 loaf pans and proceed as above directions. For other cranberry serving ideas, write Ocean Spray, Hanson, Mass. Hold full flavor in your cranberry pack PRODUCTS COMPANY Manufacturers of fine products for the food industry . . . and popular Best Foods Division grocery brands for the consumer. Ocean Spray Meets January 8th Annual meeting of stockholders of Ocean Spray is to be January 8th at Iiaason, Mass., from 2 to 5 p.m. This \/ill be the first winter meeting of the cooperative, it previously having I een held in August. The by-laws to permit this were changed. This will be the first such meeting for Ed- v/ard Gelsthorpe, executive general manager appointed last spring. There will be. among other matters Ihe report of the fiscal year which ended August 31, 1963. At the meeting of the directors, all v/ere renominated with the excep- tion of veteran director David Pryde, f f Grayland, who declined to stand for renomination from the West Coast. Cecil Richards, also of Gray- land is the new nominee, the board to be elected at the annual meeting in January. Four Issue of December 1963 - Vol. 28 No. 8 Published monthly at The Courier Print Shop, Main St., Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscriptions $4.00, Foreign, $5.00 psr year Second Class PostsKe Paid at Warefham. MassachaBctta Post Office. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C. J. H MASSAC SETTS Month Was Warm The montn of Novemoer was on the warm side, but not the beautiful Indian Summer weather of October. By the 21 the plus degrees totalled 57. The 22nd, the day of the assassi- nation of President Kennedy was an extremely beautiful early winter day but this was followed by a blustery southeaster the following day which added much to the rainfall on the period. On the 25th the weather turned sharply colder. End, Wild "Hurricane" November ended on a wild note when a violent southwest gale blew in raising tides and causing exten- sive flooding over many parts of iPlymouth and Barnstable Counties, jihe morning tide, high at 8:03 a.m. t'ose to a point of 9.5 feet, which is 5.5 feet above normal, although a weather bureau warning to Army Engineers had indicated a rise of 1.7 above normal. From four a.m. until 10, the wind velocity average was 70 miles an hour (75 is hurri- cane force) and there were frequent and steady bursts of 80 miles an liour. CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Shocks, or Nailed Stock Always on Hand Let me repair your broken boxes — or repair them yourself. F. H. COLE North Carver, Ma?" Tel. Union 6-333i Wareham Low Places Flooded Wareham's lower Main Street was flooded, water sweeping entirely over a state highway bridge, t h e flood rising in a number of the business establishment (including the Wareham Courier, where CRAN- BERRIES Magazine is printed) causing considerable damage. Boats swept ashore, some low-located in- dustrial business suffered loss, high- ways washed out, cottages on water- fronts wrecked or moved. Although the rain seemed heavy in its violence, only .97 inch fell as recorded at Cranberry Station, East Wareham, although there was up to three at various points. The storm was alarming in i t s sudden unexpected violence, just as many people were arising, and it had all the effects of a minor hurricane, and was the worst storm since Hurri- cane Carol, nine years ago. Area loss from Connecticut to Maine was esti- mated at a half million dollars. This storm brought t h e rainfall total to the month to 5.63, with the average being 3.89 inches, the month was unusual in a number of ways. The monthly temperature excess reached a total of 103 degrees or more than 3 degrees a day. The ground had not been frozen at all during November. November was unusually cloudy and rainy; this fol- lowing an October which had the record number of sunshine hours with 82 percent of the possible hours. December Starts Cold December began with bitter cold, 18 being reached at the Cranberry Station, Dec. 2 the lowest reading of the season to that date. AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS BOG SERVICE AGRICULTUR CHEMICALS HAND SPRAYERS - TOOLS - POWER EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BRICCS AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTER R. F. MORSE & SON, ML Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5--1553 Five' December Starts Cold The first five days of December were definitely winterish— with a few snow flurries in the cranberry areas, considerable snow to the north in New England. Temperatures at the end of that period were 31 plus. Some Bogs Winter-flooded By the 13th the minus was still 31, the ground was beginning to freeze up slightly even though there was no ice, or at least very little. Some bogs were flowing up for winter, al- though in some instances this was slow as water supplies have not yet recovered to normal. First Real Snow The 12th brought the fu-st real snow of the winter, although official winter was nine days away. This brought from three to six inches and more of snow in parts of New Eng- land, but only one inch was mea- sured at the State Bog, East Ware- h a m . Temperature the following morning was down to 22. Rainfall, to that date, not counting the snow was only 1.44 inches, with the normal for December 3.90. WISCONSIN Precipitation Low For the second consecutive month, November was above normal in lemperature and below normal in precipitation. Temperatures aver- aged from four to seven degrees above normal, with the west central part of the state being the warmest. Precipitation totalled near the nor- mal in the central and north, but be- low in the east and south. Normal for the month being about 2 inches. In the far north a freak snowstorm on the 12th and 13th, dumped over a lOot of wet snow in a belt 40 miles deep and 100 miles across. This was caused by cold north winds blowing over a rather warm Lake Superior Soil moisture remained low through- out the state, water tables were the lowest in years and lake and river levels were the lowest since the drought years, especially so in the northwest. There was little hope for any appreciable amount of precipi- tation in December as the extended forecast called for temperatures to be above normal and precipitation below normal. Nov. Bad for Storage Rots The second month of above normal temperatures was poor for berry storage. Storage rots were prevelant in all areas and more mechanical brusing than normal w a s in evi- dence, caused by berries being in deep vines and bruised as they were forced through the heavy leaves and stems. For the second consectutive year it appeared as if shrinkage will average between 15 to 20 per cent. Could Have Sold More Only a few thousand barrels of ber- ries remained in the state after the end of t h e month. Fresh berries moved well for Thanksgiving and all handlers reported they could have sold substantially more fruit. There will not be any fresh berries in the state for the Xmas season, a condi- tion which is not good for the mid western housewife who likes Wiscon- sin berries. Much Work Growers were able to do consider- able extra marsh work due to the good outdoor weather. Some bed r en- novation work was underway and considerable bulkhead and dyke work was done. NEW JERSEY Equalization Nature's equalization process was in evidence in November as an ex- c e s s of precipitation occurred to make up for the extreme dryness of the previous month. A total of 6.3o inches of rain, about 3 inches more than normal and the second wetteso November on record, followed t h e driest October on record, only 0.2''. of an inch. Rain occurred on 10 o' the 30 days in November. From th*j 6th to the 8th of the month a total or 3.14 inches of rain occurred. Thin was the largest single rainfall ever in November and one of the largest for so late in the year. Total Rainfall The total rainfall for the first 11 months of 1963 is only 32.89, or about 7 inches less than normal. The total annual rainfall averages 43.16 inches at the New Lisbon Weather Station so it is almost certain that this year the total will be below normal. The driest years recorded were 33.24 in 1930 and 34.04 in 1955, so it does not appear that 1963 will be a record dry i, year. \ Weather "Balmy" In regard to temperature, the ( month was almost balmy. There were 12 days in the 60s and one summer-like day of 73°. The average temperature for the month was 48.7°, or 2.5° warmer than normal. The abundant rain and warm weather forced an unusual amount of freak- ish blossoming of various plants. Some bluberry growers reported not only blossoming but actual setting oi fruit and even some ripening. Straw- berries also were tricked into bloom- ing and fruiting. At Hammonton sev- eral thousand pints of strawberries were picked and sold. WASHINGTON 1963 Crop 110,000 The Washington cranberry crop turned out to be the second highest on record, the berries turned into Ocean Spray totalling 110,000 bar- rels. This accounts for about 98 to 93 percent of the crop. In the first part of the season berries were of good quality and nice size. However, 33 the season advanced the fruit whici was left on the vines showed a very rapid and very high percentage ol rot. Vapor Rot Dr. Doughty reports that the plan': Pathologist, Dr. Folke Johnson of the Western Washington Experimerr Station has been checking into the causes of the rapid breakdown. li: appeared that this is due primarilty to the volatile gassss given off by the berries themselves. Indication; were that the longer the berries stay on the vines after they reach their peck of maturity, the greater is tho amount of these gasses that are pro- duced after the berries are harvest- ed. After harvest when the berrie:; were placed in containers where the gasses are confined with the berrie^ they apparently cause them to break down very quickly. Problem Being Studied This problem is being studied and several promising leads are being discovered, D r . Doughty believes, and it is hoped to have information by next harvest so that the problem can be prevented from occuring (Continued on Page 20) Techniques That Sell United States Products Aboard Editor's Note: The following is a partial reprint of an article in the November 18 issue of "Foreign Mar- kets, a USDA publication. It tells how agricultural crops of this coun- try, including cranberries, even though not mentioned by name, are introduced into over-seas sales, and this field is one of the important directions in which the Cranberry Institute, in the interest of all the industry is directing its efforts.) By JAMES 0. HOWARD, Director Trade Propects Division, FAS The joint industry-government pro- gram to promote the sale of U.S. farm products in foreign markets has been a new venture for Ameri- can agriculture, but some of the basic principles and techniques had already been established through years of experience by business and promotional concerns in the United States. The trade and government personnel cooperating in market de- velopment have benefited from this experience and have been able to borrow and adapt a number of time- tested techniques for market promo- tion overseas, as well as develop new techniques. Like promotion in the United States, foreign market development starts with an analysis of the prob- lem and the markets it wants to reach. The first step has ofen been made by study teams staffed by the cooperating trade associations and the Foreign Agricultural Service These teams visit the countries, con- fer with the agricultural attaches, and talk with government officials, and various agricultural and indus- try groups to get all available in- formation on the problems and op- portunities in each area. When more detailed information is needed, pri- vate research firms are often em- ployed. Careful pre-planing Before specific plans are decided on, target groups are selected and the amount of promotional money to be made available is determined. The market development expendi- tures of government and industry add up to several millions of dollars, but the amount available for any one commodity shrinks perceptibly when the total has to be divided and subdivided for many commodity pro- grams in a dozen principal markets and many lesser markets. It thus becomes essential to target the ef- forts and to select techniques where maximum results can be expected with a minimum of expenditure of market development funds. Achiev- ing a multiplier effect has to be em- phasized. A successful and relatively inex- pensive technique, particularly for new programs, has been bringing teams of key leaders of foreign gov- ernments, trade associations, and business firms to this country to show them how our commodities are produced and marketed. They return home with a much better understand- ing of what to buy and where. Trade team visits The reverse of this technique has been visits to foreign countries by U.S. industry groups. Our poultry in- dustry has found it quite useful. An important phase of the market development program is in serving the overseas trade. Technicians of the cooperating associations and FAS visit foreign users and through group meetings and visits to indivi- dual plants help solve technical problems in the use of U.S. products. Informing and servicing the trade takes many forms. The feed grains industry has frequently teamed up with the soybean meal and tallow promoters in educational programs to inform feed users and manufac- turers about the science of feeding and how the ingridients should be mixed and used for optimum produc- tion of live-stock. There are also baker training schools, and instruc- tion in the manufacture of noodles, milk products, soybean products, and other food products making use of U.S. agricultural commodities. One of the most effective means of introducing and publicizing U.S. agricultural products has been through exhibits at international trade fairs and other special events attended by an estimated 50 million persons. A large number of business contacts are made at these exhibits, and the agricultural trade exhibitions make news that is widely featured by informational media overseas. The cooperating U.S. trade asso- ciations have their own exhibits and demonstrations of agricultural prod- ucts, sometimes in conjunction with international trade fairs. Others are held at trade meetings and promo- tional programs in key distribution and consuming centers. Newsmaking activities The technique for producing news- worthy events for promotion of agri- cultural products has been used with great effectiveness by several of our cooper ators. Introducing new products to for- eign consumers has been one of the most interesting phases of market development. A wheat team from Japan took time out to v/atch an American baseball game. They liked the hot dogs that were sold there, and upon returning to Japan helped introduce this American custom into the Nipponese ball parks. American doughnuts are being introduced to Africa and Asia, and "American" pizza in Japan. Consumer information Educating consumers is an essen- tial part of the market development job in many countries. In Japan, the U.S. Wheat Associates designed kit- chen busses to demonstrate the uses and advantages of wheat products. The program worked out so success- fully that the busses have been taken over by the Japanese Government to teach nutritional education. Movies, film strips, slides, radio, television, leaflets, and newspaper releases have also been used with telling effect by several of the co- operating associations. These usually bring out points of information and interest that will help condition the minds of foreign consumers to ex- panded purchases of U.S. agricul- tural products Direct advertising plays an impor- tant role in the promotion of U.S. to- bacco. The U.S. tobacco associations work with foreisn cigarette manu- facturers and contribute part of the advertising cost for brands using a high percentage of U.S. tobacco. These campaigns have been success- ful in Japan and several other coun- tries. A good start has been made in de- veloping techniques for the promo- tion of agricultural products, but more ingenuity and hard work are (Continued on Page 20) Seven The Wisconsin Cranberry Season 1963 by Dr. George L. Peltier, Cranberry Consultant Wisco3?sin Rapids, Wise. The winter was one of the coldest in years, with temperatures below zero for weeks on end. Winter floods were put on in mid-December when temperatures dropped to -15° F. The lowest temperatures recorded on the bogs was an official -38°. Below zero temperature persisted off and on un- til March. Since March of 1962 a cycle of dry weather has been in the making and so the winter was characterized by a lack of snow cover, which favored sanding, altho it was a mighty cold task. Frost reached depths of four feet or more. By mid-April frost was gone and with milder temperatures the winter floods were removed mostly by the third week in t h e month. Generally the vines came through the frigid winter in good shape and with a good fall budding the vines made a good start in May when temperatures ranged from the mid-eighties to a low of 18° in the Cranmoor area. Temperatures of 28° or below was recorded on 15 days in the month so at times the vines were under water. Only two showers of an inch or more occurred during the month, and as a consequence 24 clear days prevailed. June Starts Off Well June started off with a bang, with temperatures in t h e high eighties and low temperatures in the sixties for a period of nine days which push- ed the growth of the vines. However, by the third week bog temperatures for four nights ranged from 28° to 24° F, which may have been respon- sible in part for injury to the devel- opping hooks and early blossoms. The injury apparently was not so much the freezing temperatures, as it was the height of the flood (over the vines), which in some instances stayed on for two or more days. It was immediately followed by a week of temperatures in the high eighties and with minimum temperatures in the sixties, enhancing flowering. Full bloom for most varieties in the cen- tral area occured the first week in Eight July. Again only two showers of an inch or more occurred in June, with 24 clear days. Poor Setting Thus while condtions for pollina- tion prevailed the crux of the subse- quent poor setting may have been due to height and length of the flood- ing from June 20th through the 24th. Another factor which may have con- tributed to the poor set was the prevailing hot dry weather which seems to have had an effect on nec- tar production and in turn on t h e activities of the bees. Both July and August were fairly ideal temperature-wise, with temper- atures in the eighties altho in t h e main minimum temperatures were rather low, altho not at any time be- low freezing in July and on only two night in August. Rainfall, however, was deficient as again only two showers were recorded in July, and only one in August of one inch or more, while sunny days prevailed. Water Low In some areas as reservoirs were gradually depleted from lack of rain and excessively high evaporation during the summer, there appeared to be a tendency to neglect proper irrigation of the beds and this may have contributed in part to the final yields. In the Cranmoor area consi- derably more water was pumped from the Wisconsin River to the cranberry ditch than for many pre- vious years. By the end of August the top berries were beginning to take on some color. Flooding was necessary during three periods with minimums rang- ing from 23° to 29° F. The month was sunny and only one inch shower fell. Berries colored up well and harvest started a week early due to dwindling amounts of water. Grow- ers, much to their surprise, found yields on some bogs were down as much as 25%. Thus, all estimates made previous to the harvest were on the high side. October Too Warm October was too warm and broke all previous records. No rain occurr- ed during the first three weeks so that ideal conditions for harvest pre- vailed, which was completed for the most part by the 15th. Altho yields were disappointing to many growers the berries as they went into stor- age were of superior quality. However, the continued high day and night temperatures during Octo- ber were extremely unfavorable for storage and as a consequence in spite of t h e good quality berries, shrinkage in some warehouses was terrific, which added to the task of packing a Grade A fruit. To summarize temperature - wise, maximums were near normal, while minimum, mean, and bog tempera- tures were below normal for the en- tire growing season in the Cranmoor area. Likewise the total degree days (50° F) were below normal. The growing season was characterized by the fewest rainy days on record, with periods of 14 to 40 days without any appreciable rainfall, the latter per- iod running from August 3 to Sep- tember 12. Temperatures above normal and lack of precipitation is becoming more serious with the approach of winter. Unless the drought is broken before it freezes up, the future looks rather dismal with water tables receding rapidly and many reser- voirs at a low ebb. Let's hope that a dray cycle similar to the one in the thirties will not materialize. Hail Damage Hail in varying amounts occurred ■ | 10 times in some of the cranberry areas of the state with slight to sev- ere damage, beginning in May ar\(^ continuing into early October. Son"' growers especially in the area truir : Millston to Valley Junction were hit two or more times, vidth consider-' able loss of berries knocked off or i bruised in August and September. Insects j Black headed fireworms appeared j about one week late, generally ir small numbers on well managec bogs. The second hatch app>eared ir mid- June in light amounts. Very few third hatch worms were observed Millers of the second brood were ac tive early in July and shortly there after the worms appeared locally or some bogs in numbers sufficient t( cause areas of "brown out." Miller; ' were active in mid-August in num;|, bers depending on the control on th"i! ; ^ first and second brood of fireworms; j Generally fireworms did less dam ^ age than usual, Fruitworms. too appeared in small- er numbers in mid-July. This was also true of the second flight, while little or no third flight showed up in August. When a complete dusting program was currently used, tip- worms, leafhoppers and other insects were reduced to a minimum. The overall losses from insect pests were below 1%. Again where three applications of fungicides were used (prebloom, post bloom and the first week in August) the incidence of field and storage rots, plus the two fungal spots were greatly reduced. It was again observed that the application the first week m August appeared to be of some value in holding down the amount of end rot in storage. End rot, due to unfavorable storage conditions was more evident this fall in the warehouses. Due to unfavorable conditions dur- ing May the total volume of solvents employed was much less than in 1962. Some growers had moderate success with Weed-Rhap, especially with sticktights, altho other annuals and some perennials were partially controlled. Too it was also effective vs. dil.ch weeds, when applied in dry ditches. Some Dalapon was employ- ed vs. wideleaf and other stooling sedge,s primarily by the swabbing technique. Very little Simazine was used since it was found that the chemical persists in the soil thru the second season with some injury to the young vines. With the release of Casoron for experimental purposes in April on a prorated basis, a number of growers applied this material with moderate success so far as weed control was concerned. There is no doubt that Casoron is an effective herbicide vs. a large number of bog weeds includ- ing annuals like ragweed and stick- tights, perennials such as horsetail, marsh smartweeds, buck bean, five finger, arrowheads, plus a large spectrum of grasses, sedges, and rushes. Several species of ferns, however, seem to be resistant. Based on my observations over the past three years fall applications seem to be more effective vs. stooling grasses !and sedges than when used in the spring. The following disadvantages in the use of Casoron were noted during the present season. Improper dosages due primarily to the mechanical de- fects of the spreader. Injury to the vines was noted when the herbicide continued to flow when the spreader was stopped, overlapping, and in the turns at the ends of the beds. Initi- ally excessive amounts ol Casoron and uneven distribution of the ma- terial over the beds. No instances were observed where the vines were completely killed, al- tho enough injury occurred to inhi- bit new growth for a season or more. Too many instances were noted where vine growth was inhibited foi- several weeks. Flower formation, pollination and subsequent setting was also affected. In July it was observed that the tips of the new growth became brit- tle and they were easily snapped off. This same effect was noted also on hardback and leather leaf as well as on some of the long stemmed sed- ges. By the end of August this brit- leness seemed to have disappeared and budding proceeded normally. Perhaps with the continued use of Casoron other side effects on the vines may appear. So far it looks very promising but correct amounts and precise distribution is impera- tive to avoid injury or grovith inhi- bition of the vines. Bulk handling of the berries in pallets is taking hold rapidly since much less labor is involved and the berries are subject to less bruising than formerly with sugar sacks. It is decidedly a step forward in the improvement of the quality of the berries for processing. Additional research is necessary before the bulk storage of berries proves successful and likewise more data over several complete seasons must be accumulated to determine if the "wind mills" for frost protection will be practical. May I add that for the first time in the 13 years I have served as a consultant to the growers in Wiscon- sin, the surplus problem will not hang over the industry this coming seasMi. THE TREND In spite of much talk to the con- trary, fruit consumption in the U.S. has increased during the last 50 years. On the per capita basis the increase has been from 158.8 pounds in 1910 to 198.2 in 1959. Ever since World War II consumption has been in the neighborhood of 200 pounds of farm fresh-weight equivalent. And when one considers the in- crease in population that has occur- ed during the last 50 year period, he can readily see that Americans still like fruit. On the other hand, the shifts in the various commodities are large. Citrus compared to the apple is the striking example. In 1910 citrus consumption was 17.8 pounds per capita; in 1959 it was 82.8. Conver- sely the per capita use of apples was 62.2 pounds in 1910, and 29.3 pounds in 1959. Fruit consumption other than citrus and apple has also increased. In 1910 the figure was 78.8 pounds; in 1959 it was 86.1 pounds. The help from the processor is shown in the tremendous increase in per capita consumption of pro- cessed fruits. Practically no citrus was processed in 1910 whereas in 1959 only 33.9 pjounds were con- sumed fresh, and 48.9 were used in processed fruit. The apple has shown no such in- crease in processing. In 1910 2.8 pounds were processed, whereas in 1959 7.4 were processed and 27.9 pounds were used fresh. For fruits other than citrus and apple the amount processed has also increased. The amount was 18.8 in 1910 and 41.4 pounds in 1959. Cranberry Growers THANKS for making my bee business so successful. May 19 64 bring you health and happiness John Van de Poele 800 Hancock Street Abington, Mass. Tel. 878-5756 Nine Long Beach Peninsula Was Site Of Original Washington Bog Experiment Station also Located There — Bogs Larger than Grayland — All Fruit Goes Processed — Region has been called "Cape Cod of the West" by : Clarence J. Hall „, L^.^f Beach. Washington h^s often been called the "Cape Cod of the West. It IS in this district that a'-e located about 400 of the 1100 cramberrv acres of the State of Washington. This is according to one estimate, and another .gives the estimate as onlv 250 acres. But here is grown from 30 to 40 percent of the Washington production. The growers number about .35 It IS at Lono Beach that the Coastel Washington Experiment Station (formerly the Washington Cranberry Blueberry Station) was established as fqr back as 1924, and it was on th- Long Beach Peninsula that cranberry ciiltivation in the "Evergreen State," was first begun on a permanent basis This was at Seaviev/. a community just to the north of Long Beach, in the early im's when Anthony Chabot. a French Gardner planted a sizable bog to McFarlins, Jersevs and a few Cape Cod varieties all of eastern orgin and a member of the Chabot family is still a grower although not at the original location. Hp is Elwell Chabot, one of the larger growers of the Long Beach ar^a and he was visited on our recent West Coast trip "The history of the first bog was fully published in CRANBERRIES issue of March, 1945. A Native Cranberry There According to Dr. F. B. Chandler's "Cranberries in Washington," 1956, Lewis & Clarke, the explorers found the Indians gathering a native cran- berry, and Dr. Chandler refers to an un-named editor in Seaview, who said a John Peter Paul tried to de- velop this wild berry in 1869. Strange to eastern cranberry growers is the fact that Chinese labor was used extensively to build the first bogs and then and later native Indians helped to harvest the crops. Long Beach about 35 miles south of the Gravland ^req which we dis- cussed last month its gateway is the fishing town of Tlwaco with its magnificant North Head nearby and this forms the northern land barriers of the estuary of the mighty Colum- bia River. The peninsula is 28 miles long; is sa'd to be the longest con- tinous beach in the world, and like Cape Cod Grayland and Bandon in Oregon has now come to be, is a nrospering summer resort area. There is swimming, deep-sea fishing for fighting Chinook salmon, the dig- ging of razor clamc, collecting the fanstastically-shaped driftwood, gathering rocks. The whole Penin- sula has a relatively small year- round population. Long Beach itself about 600-700 people and the region "quiets down" in the winter season as is true of Wareham, Mass. "heart' of the cranberry industry and other resort areas. The cranberry indus- try gives the region a "boost" ^n ecomony the year around and part- icularly at harvest time. Famed Cranguyma Farms ((which will be taken up in a separate article) is by far the largest cranberry oper- ation West of the Cascades is at Long Beach, now operated by Frank O. Glenn. Appreciation Here, we would like to express our appreciation to D. J. Crowley, retired director of the Long Beach Station for transporting us from Grayland to Long Beach, for the hospitality of room and food at the home of he and Mrs. Ruth Crowley, for introducing us to a number of growers and finally, at departure, driving us to Megler where we took the ferry across the Columbia, to Astoria, Orgon to visit later the bogs of the Bandon area. Mr. Crowley and Dr. "Chuck" Doughty present director of the Stat'on were our chief mentors in the region. Dr. Doughhy gives the current in- dividual average production per acre of some bogs at Long Beach as varying from 75 to 175 and that at Grayland from 100 to 200. Produc- tion in 1962 a bad "off-year" at Long Beach was about 75 and in 1961. 130 barrels to some acres and at Gray- land in 1962 90 and in 1961 150. The highest state average ever achieved as stated previously, and the highest state average of any so far was 126.4 barrels achieved in the record year of 1961. Bogs at Long Beach are gener- ally larger in acreage than those at Grayland. The district has about 20 percent of Washington growers and about 40 of planted cranberry prop- erty. Largest West Coast property is that of famed Cranguyma Farms, at Long Beach with a total holding of 129 acres, which includes the former Parrish bogs, next largest is the El- well Cahbot bog, about three miles north of the town of Long Beach. Dr. Doughty says the acreage is growing slowly, as there is a little bit of new bog going in all the time. There is some talk of getting more berries by planting larger bogs, so that growers can affard to go into more mechanical equipment. How- ever, as in all areas, no real in- crease in acreage may be expected until there is better rturn to theji grower. Most harvest at Long Beach is by the water reel method. As in other 1 West Coast areas, nearly all screer j ries for fresh go to the 0 c e a r I Spray plant at Markham, first goin^ Spray plant at Markham, firsa goin^ to the receiving station at Long Beach. Mechanical driers are no used as in Wisconsin; there are bull handling methods. There is quite a bit of damage t( the Long Beach bogs from dee. "playing" on the bogs. Beaver dam: interfere with good drainage. The water supply is generally ad equate to meet the needs, the im mediate source being the sump which the growers dig beside thei bogs. 'teri Pollination A Problem Pollination is a real problem a Long Beach, perhaps the main rea son being that temperatures are of ten too low for honeybees to work These will just not fly when th weather is too cold and too damp The honeybee has to have the warn sun to work at h's full capacity. The bumble bee will not work ii damp, rainy weather. Efforts have been started througj the Long Beach Station to develo^ artificial nests for the native bumbl bees to encourage their presence £ M the bogs. A number of boxes wef ^ set out in 1962 and there was faijijaii success in getting the bees to us I il «( *isi r«v Ten 711 Showing two track-running bog vehicles at Long Beach. them. Dr. Carl Johanson of the De- partment of Entomology at Pullman, WSU has been trying a number of different sites, different size of nests, Istc, Several early-spring blooming ihrubs has been planted to aid these immbles in getting established early |n the season. ] There is a little wind pollination. Air Insect Control Difficult For the application ot chemicals or insect control there is a helicop- er service which comes all the way Tom Salem, Oregon, or from near- iiy Centralia, Washington. It has i)een found to be extremely difficult ^0 get in a straight-wing craft be- cause of the tallness of the trees, owering around the bogs. On the ji'indswept Peninsuala, extending as t does north into the Pacific, it is ilso hard to find a time when the vind is sufficiently calm for air op- rations. When the helicopter serv- ce is used this is between five and ight in the morning. Fireworms seems to be the worst isect pest, control for that and tip- /orm being DDT, Sevin, DDT plus )iazinion, and DDD, plus malahion, 11 wettables. Horsetail and loose- strife are the worst weeds. Twig blight, now found to be a fungus, is being overcome, based on research made by Dr. Doughty and others at the station, but it was very trouble- some. This is controlled by Captan Ferbam or Maneb, also all wetta- bles. Long Beach growers are very much encouraged that the new her- bicide Caseron, now used on an ex- perimental asis, may prove of great value and a good deal of Chloro IPC is also used with good results for weed congrol. Parathion is another material used for fireworm, fruit- worm and Lecanium scale. Maneb, zineb, Captan, Ferbam are used for field rot. Application of chemicals are mostly by ground rigs of various sorts. Little Winter Flooding Some Long Beach bogs have been flooded in the past by winter rains, but this is not practiced much now. I was told "We don't have to win- ter flood, but we don't have enough water, and actually we do not often need to anyhow." There have been recent experiments with sprink- ler systems turned on for very low winter temperatures, and I have the (CRANBERRIES Photo) impression it is felt this practice holds promise, but did not work out well at nearby Grayland. Sand is usually pumped by scow to a stockpile and then "sprinkled" on by a stream of water through a hose; some growers have transport- ed sand by bog railroad, trucks and wheelbarrows. Dr. Chandler in his report said he believed the sand generally to be rather fine, which tends to poor drainage and a shal- low root structure. The sand used is beach sand. This he felt might be responsible for part of the hot weather injury to Long Beach bogs, but more important. Dr. Doughty believes is the sudden drop in rel- ative humidity when off-shore winds blow across the bogs from the in- terior. These drops can be 80-90 per- cent humidity to 15-20 in a period of a single hour. He concurs that this beach sand does choke off the deeper roots if it is spread too often and becomes too deep. Harvest is now at Long Beach by the water reel method and none of the crop goes to the fresh fruit mar- ket As far as I can ascertain Long Ele'ven Beach deserved the credit for being the pioneer in the use of overhead sprinkler systems for cranberry growing. As has previously been re- ported, this experimental work be- gan as far back as 1924 by Mr. Crowley and others and found to be effective and from its original home at Long Beach the practice of Cran- berry bog sprinkling for frost, jr- rigufon, heat control and for the application of insecticides i.s now spreading rather rapidly through- cut the entire cranberry industry. Long Beach is the home of Ocean Spray director Norman L Brateng, and he is in a posit-on to bring back information from the meetings of the board of directors at Hanson. Mr. Glenn of Cranguyma is also one of the seven principals of the Marketing Order Committee. Cranberry History A word obout the development of the cranberry industry at the Long Beach area; from the survey by Dr. Chandler and our own past files it appears there was a fairly steady increase so far th=s century, except in the decade of the 1920's. This slump followed a real estate boom in the previous decade when many growers, a large number of them ab- sentee growers who came in to make a "a fast buck" as we would say today, suffered heavy financial loss. The rise in the number of bogs began again in the 1930's and iuTr."- ed ahead with the good prices o: some of the 1940 years, and also with the coming of Ocean Spray to the West Coast proved a further incentive. All, or practically all the growers are members of the big cooperative. As is the case with the rest of the West Coast, the bogs are mostly planted to the McFarlin varietly. Short Growing Season There is a relatively short season in the Long Beach area. There have been frosts up to and including July. Harvest is from the last of Sep- tember and through October as a rule, but occasionally harvest, esp- ecially at big Crayguyma Farms, runs into early November. A record of sprinkler use at the experiment station at Long Beach chowes that sprinklers have been used in the months of March, April, May, June, September, October and IVIr. and Mrs. Funle in the beautiful jrarden of their home. j ( CRANBERRIES Photi^W Fiiiike Is a Pioneer Grower Among the earlier growers was Guido Fun':e who became a L o n g Beach District grower in 1932. To- day Mr. Funke, whose bog and house is on Fugh Road has 14 acres of bearing bog. These are old bogs some of the acreage having been put in 1912, these including some Late Howes and a lot of it ran out. Mr. Funke tore out a lot of the old, odd varieties and has been putting in McFarlins since 1959. Productit varies. "The bogs and cranberry growii and this whole area has changed lot since 1932," Mr. Funke said. C the day we visited, Mrs. Funke w; tending her flowers, and amoi others had some handsome iri There was a luxurious holly hedg and the Funkes place is most i tractive. even November, either for frost con- trol, to reduce "heats" or for ir- rigation. For instance in 1956 the system was turned on IG t'mes; in 1959, 19 times. Eleven of they were for low temperatures and se en were for "heats". The Long Beach area gets veK Twelve heavy precipitation in the course of the year, most of this the months of January, February, March, April, November and December, even as much as 22.11 inches in February of 1961. Precipitation of 13.60; 15.21, 17.18 in a month has occurred. Very little of this is in the form of snow as snow is said to be a rarity and does not remain on the ground for =iny length of time as a rule. Rainfall record for the past seven y^ears is available as was record- I sd at Cranguyma Farms, this being ! hrough the courtesy of Mr. Glenn; ^'or 1962 total precipitation was 69.87 nches; 1961, 94.78; 1960, 77.50; 1959, 53.17; 1958, 82.56; 1957, 72.40; 1956, )1.23. This compares with an aver- age mean precipitation at Middle- 3oro - Plymouth - Hyannis, Massa- chusetts of 44.31 inches; precipit- ation at Pemberton, South Jersey ; cranberry area, is 43.16". j Temperatuers Usually Moderate Temperatures of 32 occured on 49 lays in 1962; 32 days in 1961; 56 days in 1960; 37 days in 1959; 21 flays in 1958; 41 in 1957 and 43 in '1956. Yet on the other hand there [|A^ere higher temperatures than 70 to only 13 days in 1962; 17 days in 961; 12 days in 1960; 11 in 1959; 23 n 1958; 5 in 1957 and 21 in 1956. ^owest recordings were 11, 12, 13, 7 above zero in the eight years vith most of the winter lows in the \ lO's a few in the high teens. j There are few summer days with I ecordings in the 80's and even few- !r in the 90's. Highest in this record vas 100.5 in July of 1962. In fact 10 was reached only twice in the ilj)ast 8 years with the exception of ihe 100.5 regree record. There are ji few flowers blooming in Febru- ary, particularly some early bloom- ' n^. rhododendrons and camillias, ind the crocus comes out in Febur- ^ kry. Bamboo can be and is grown at ^ long Beach. Tempered by Japanese Current ( I The weather at Long Beach, as in fjiU the West Coast cranberry areas j;j3 tempered by the fact it is on the leasoast but more importantly by he fact the Japenese current cuts .. n so close to the shore. However, he Long Beach Peninsula, again in Jommon with other Coast cranberry ' ireas can seem very chilly and un- omfortable many times d U e to so much moisture and to frequent drizzles and light rains and fogs, which those living in the area seem to mostly ignore. But the region is beautiful in its lush greeness, in its tall, tall trees and the flaming yellows of the Scotch broom and Irish furze, even though these are serious fire haz- ards and regarded as definitely a nuisance. Ilwaco, as said, is a fishiing vill- age by the rocky headlands of the Columbia River mouth, its sports fishing; Ocean Park is a quiet resort village; Seaview with summer homes and motel and hotel accom- modations: Chinook, a river vill- age home for many crab and sal- mon fishermen, oldest communities are Oysterville and Nachotta and these are the home port of Willipa Bay oystermen and Klipsan Beach, site of an eaarly coast guard sta- tion and now* resort community. These with Long Beach make up the Peninsula area. Ilwaco has individ- ual moorings for more than 700 boats, there a wrecks of ships along the area and fantastic driftwood. Group Officers Current officers of the Long Beach Ocean Spray Cranberry Ad- visory Board are: Norman Brateng, Elwell Chabot and Mr. Glenn. The Long Beach Cranberry Club officers are: president, Lee Crowley, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Crowley: vice- president, Paul Clarke; secretary, Mr. Glenn and treasurer. Will Mort- on. Future articles concerning Long Beach will include the story of "Charlie" Nelson of Nahcotta, vet- eran grower and pioneer, who last year received an award as "Farm- er of the Year", the Cranberry Sta- tion and its present personnel, Bra- teng, Ralph Tidrick, former county agent turned cranberry grower, Mr. Glenn and unique Cranguyma Farms. A9a Crop Ocean Spray plant, office at Mark- ham reports that the Washington cranberry crop this fall has been about 110,000 barrels, or more than twice that of last year's 53,713 bar- rels. About 25,000 barrels of this came from the Long Beach, and the rest from the general so-called Gray- land district. It was stated that berries selected for the fresh fruit market were especially good quality. All the fresh fruit has been sold, and the opera- tions of the cannery were slated to wind up the first of December. More than one million cases have been processed during the current year. Marketing Committee Passes Amendments MTIST IBE VOTED ON BY REFERENDUMS A referendum will be held on amendments passed at the special meeting of the Cranberry Marketing Order Committee meeting, Logan International Airport Motel. Boston, December 12th, and a referendum will also be held on the entire mar- kting order sometime next spring, probably in May, "Tony" Briggs, Committee Manager. announces. Provisions of a marketing order such as this are that a referendum as to ^-.'hether growers wish the order to he continued or Pot may be held every tv/o years. Two years of the order have now passed. All principals were present at the meetings, plus alternate Fred Bar- ber of Wisconsin: Leon April. New Jersey independent; Orrin G. Colley. president of Cranberry Institute : and two representatives of the USDA, these he\m George Dever and Rich- ard Beeman. G. T. Beaton, Ocean Spray, was also present. A considerable flurry was occa- sioned by the announcement that there were 668,936 barrels still in "chaff" or in freezers in the indus- try, Dec. 1. This figure was doubted by some particularly Walter Fort of New Jersey, independent. It has developed since the meeting the fig- ure was not accurate, as two distri- butors sent in duplicate reports and the actual number of barrels, ac- cording to Mr. Briggs, is much less. The exact number had not been as- certained as this goes to press. There were about a dozen amend- ments in all considered. Among those accepted were that the committee adopted a witholding resolution that would grant a hand- ler credit toward next year's "set- aside" allowance if, because of a poor market he withheld more than required; any funds received by the Committee from the "set-aside" in excess of cost be distributed on a pro-rated basis to handlers. Com- mitt^*^ turned down a proposal to permit the export of processed hpr- ^'es from the "set-aside" and that there should be a federal inspection (Continued on Page 20) fhirteen / '6 g: St ©t Fourteen Fifteen ELWELL CHABOT, [;in of Long B( grower there. ch Pioneer and tha second largest (CRANBERRIES Photo) Largest Long Beach Grower Is Kin Of Washington Pioneer Bog Man Elwell 0. Chaboi, kin of the pio- neer grower in Washington, Anthony Chabot, who set a bog in the 1880's is a full-time grower and the second largest on the Long Baach Peninsula next to Cranguyma Farms. He has 17 acres producing, and four new ones "down." His property, three miles north of Long Beach and just south of Cranberry Road has pro- duced a little more than 3000 barrels. Crops, of course vary, but he has produced at the rate of 200 an acre for some acreage. There is, in addi- Sixteen , , , , , , , tion to the bearing bog about 100 acres in t h e whole property. He averages about 2000 barrels a year Chabot has one of the larger sumps on the West Coast, this being 259 feat by 80 feet by 12 deep. The water source is seepage. The bog is diked for wet harvest, with wooden planking for dikes. He has a Buck- ner sprinkler system for irrigation, frost control and other purposes. The crop so far has gone entirely to the processed market, Chabot screening on his own property then the fruit be- ing taken to the Long Beach receiv ing house and after that to the Oceai Spray cannery at Markham. Chabot finds the worst insects ar« fireworm and fruitworm, and he con trols these with parathion and DDT in paste form. A good deal of banc weeding is practiced on the Chabo property, but "paint thinner" is alsi used for spot weeding, and s o m < Chloro IPC has been applied witl good results. The Chabot cranberry business i operated as a partnership, Newkiri & Chabot, the partner being Davi( Newkirk, a brother-in-law who live in California. Elwell and his wife Klema hav' just completed one of the extremel; modern bogside homes which are S' striking a feature of many of th' West Coast properties. This is plastered home with cherry pre-fat ricated panelling in the living room two bathrooms, three bedrooms, th large living and dining area com bined, and kitchen and utility roor vidth every new convenience. The living room with windows t the floor is covered with wall t wall carperting and has a Swedis fireplace. House is heated by electri baseboard heat with a thermonstc in every room. The house, with aboi 1500 square feet of floor space is s located as to give a southern expc sure, taking advantage of the su from the east, south and west. Aj pliances include wall oven, counte top range, freezer refrigerator, con bination dish washer, automati washer and dryer. There is a 1 s ample closet space and the garag|i is attached to the dwelling. The Chabots have two childrer James who has a television shop i Long Beach and helps out in t h harvest and a daughter, Patricia. Chabot has moderanized his bo, operations as much as possible ani is one of those who feel that a grow er to be self sufficient has to hav sufficient acreage and crop — "yoi can't make it on five acres," h says. ADVERTISE IN CRANBERRIES roduction In Wisconsin G. C. Klingbeil, Extension Horticulturist University of Wisconsin venty-six years ago (January ,j;887) a group of cranberry grow- i established the Wisconsin State berry Growers' Association. J. eat was elected president, le first article of organization as follows: "To advance the in- !St of all engaged in the cultiva- of cranberries in this state by uning statistics and information ihe condition of the crop in this other states, from time to time; establishing and taking measures insure the confidence of dealers purchasers by this evidence of and honorable dealings; to en- fe the area of the market for fruit through definite and direct on; and generally, by all legiti- me and honorable means to ad- ce the interests of the cranberry ivator." would appear tnat three quar- g; of a century ago the problems ithe industry were little deferent tin the problems of today: produc- iu and marketing. It is obvious h; the industry has progressed. No ihacle has been insurmountable; 1: drought and fires of the thirties, V and ridiculously high prices of fc forties, change to mechanization II "Black Monday" in the fifties III but a few. We know there will Mnew developments in the sixties. 3 George Peltier, association his- oan, is compiling documents that e of the many developments that lie occurred in this industry. My jvpose is to briefly look at the past, 'dew recent developments, and at- i**tHt*** Vernon Goldsworthy B.S. & M.S. University of Wisconsin Cranberry Consultant Fees Reasonable EAGLE RIVER WISCONSIN DANA MACHINE & SUPPLY Co. Wis. Rapids Wis. MF2S. of: SPRAY BOOMS GRxVSS CLIPPERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS Getsinger Retracto tooth pickers Dryers DISTR. of: VEE BELTS & PULLEYS ROLLER CHAINS SPROCKETS & BEARINGS CONVEYOR BELTING STEEL OUR PRODUCTS Strained Cranberry Sauce Whole Cranberry Sauce Cransweets Diced Cransweets Cranberry Apple Sauce Spiced Cranberries Cranberry Chilli Sauce Cranberry Bar-B-Q Sauce Cranberry Orange Relish Cranberry Vinegar Cranberry-Strawberry Preserves Cranberry Juice Cranberry-Cherry Preserves Cran-Beri Cranberry-Pineapple Preserves Cran-Vari Cranberry-Raspberry Preserves Cran-Puri Cranberry-Rhubarb Preserves Cranberry Puree Cranberry-Gooseberry Preserves Cran-Bake Sliced and Whole Maraschino Cranberries Consumer Size & Bulk Fresh Cranberries Cranberry Products, Inc. EAGLE RIVER, WISCONSIN '^.■^^■^•^ ^'^4'^Cv5«^'U^.£i««!»£^l.''et me repair your broker boxes — or repair them yourself F. H. COLE North Carver, Mas- Tel. Union 6-333i^ 7 on December 20, 3 on the 21st, 2 above on the 22nd and two below zero on the 23rd. The 23rd brought a second storm, not as severe as the previous one, but about four inches of snow as recorded at State Bog, before the storm turned to rain. That brought the total to the month to 15 inches whereas in 1962 December brought only 6.6 inches, and it assured of a "White Christ- mas." not of pure pristine now-fal- len snow but rather bedraggeld snow cover. December Bitter December ended as t h e coldest December, according to Boston Weather Bureau since 1947. Total degree deficiency for the 31 - day period as recorded at Boston was an enormous 216. It was the fourth December in a row colder than nor- mal. Below Zero The final day brought the lowest reading of the winter to date a min- us 10 in the shelter at t h e Cran- berry Station with as low as 18 be- ing recorded in the cranbeny area at exposed places. Much Snow Total snDw accumulation was measured at the Cranberry Station as 17 inches, as compared to 6.6 last December. There had been a constant snow cover since Decem- ber 12th, a much longer period than usual. Total precipitation, however, was low, only 2.90 inches including the snow, with the mean for Decem- ber being 3.90. Water Release The snow acted as good insulation AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS BOG SERVICE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS HAND SPRAYERS - TOOLS - POWER EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BRIGGS AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTER R. F. MORSE & SON, INC. Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 Five on bogs which are normally exposed during the bitter weather, and on the last day of December, County Agents issued a warning card to growers suggesting that wherever water could be replaced that the flood be entirely released from be- neath the ice to prevent oxygen de- ficiency injury. Jan. Starts Warm The first week of January was in sharp contrast to the bitter Decem- ber, Temperatures were generally mild, the snow was melting and by the end of the first week the tem- perature to that date was a plus 35. Stveral days recorded readings in the 40's. Temperature plus on the 10th was 47. Winter Returns Winter returned January 13 with a howling coastal blizzard. This de- posited 10^/4 inches of snow as mea- sured at Cranberry Station, East Wareham, more on the Cape, up to 19 inches at Falmouth. Gale winds reaching near-hurricane force, at times 70 and 75 miles per hour as recorded at Sandwich end of Cape Cod Canal, piled the snow in fantastic drifts at points, at other points leaving the ground all but bare. This was the second major storm for the cranberry area of the current winter and the worst in several years. WISCONSIN DECEMBER COLDEST EVER January came early to Wisconsin this year in December resulting in the coldest December on record. The average temperature was a cold 13 degrees dethroning the 14 degree record set in 1876. There were also 13 days in December when the tem- perature fell to zero or below set- ting a new record., The previous greatest number of days of this type in December were 10 in 1916. The year was also the second driest on record with some areas of the state receiving only two-thirds of the normal in all ai'eas coming in the form of snow during the middle of the month. All sections of the state were snow covered at Christmas averaging from 4 to 6 inches. The outlook for January calls for tem- peratures to be about normal and precipitation continuing below normal. 30 BELOW The first below zero temperatures occured on the 1st with a minus 8 in the northwest. This cold air slow- ly settled over ithe state, but being G'f Canadian origin resulted in only slight frost penetration. On the 13th cold Artie air moved in and for the next 10 days one of the coldest and longest periods of sub-zero readings were recorded during the period in the north. All inland lakes were SHAWMUT GLASS CONTAINERS, Inc. REPRESENTING KNOX GLASS, Inc. 25 EAST STREET CAMBRIDGE 41, MASS. reported frozen over by the 20th marking the earliest date on record. Snow cover preceded the cold Artie air resulting in maximum night time radiation. The snow cover also help- ed to slow frost penetration^ Deep- est frost penetration was in the east and northwest where snow cover was the lightest, being a foot deep com- pared to haK that amount elsewhere. MARSHES FLOODED The type of weather was ideal for the application of the winter flood and subsequent freeze down. With the absence of snow! cover there should be no danger of oxygen de- ficiency. All marshes were reported to have had enough water for win- ter flooding. Marshes with low water supplies were building their winter floods up early in the month. Only a handfull of fresh berries re- mained in the state by mid-Decem- ber and supplies packed during the month both fresh and processed were reported the lowest in many years. While the above normal read- ings in October and November bad detrimental effects on keeping qual- ity it was of concern to many grow- ers that stocks could have not been on hand for the normal Christmas trade. It now appears that the 1963 shipped crop will fall below the 1962 shipped crop of 360,000 bbls. As far as set and size factors are concerned the following minimum night time temperatures appear to have had the greatest effects on this year's Wis- consin cranberry crop. May 1, Juno 19, July 10, Aug. 19 and September 13. NEW JERSEY December Very Cold The month of December at the Cranberry and Blueberry Laboratory was extremely cold. The average temperature for the month was 27.9, about 8° colder than normal, mak- ing it the coldest December in the 35-year history of weather record- ing here. At the middle of the month, from> the 15th thruogh the 2l5t, there were 7 successive days diu-ing whicih the maximum tem- peratures were constantly below freezing, the high during this period being only 29° The minimums were occasionally near zero, and once, on (Continued on Page 18) Birth of a Pesticide-Result of Years of Research and Development by D.H. Moore, Research and Development Dept., Niagara Chemical Division FMC Corp. The field testing this year, of a new fungicide -- Polyram -- on Cape Cod cranberries, for control of fruit rot and storage rot, again spotlights the efforts being made to find materials that will prove more effective in solving pest problems and yet remain safe to man in their use. The work with Polyram was done under the direction of Bill Atwood, bog manager for the A.D. Makepeace Co. (Wareham, Mass.). Results, according to Atwood, look highly promising. Of course, the chemical is not yet registered for this use - the experiment represents only one test, in a long series of trials that might eventually lead to such registration. You see, contrary to popular belief, the evolution of a new* pesticide label is a complex, lengthy and expensive project. The agricultural industry e s t i - mates that over 30 million dollars is spent each year for new and better products, and that 1.5 to 3 million dollars is spent (over a period of several years) in research and de- velopment before a single product is successfully introduced. Constituting this expense are literally thousands of laboratory and field tests aimed at checking the safety and perform- ance of a compound. A Team Effort Development of a new pesticide is a highly complex operation. A co- ordinated team effort of scientist from widely divergent fields-chem- ists, pathologists, botanists, ento- mologists, agronomists and toxi- cologists ( among others) ~ is necessary. Close cooperation of state and federal agencies is a must. For it is from these agencies that regis- trations appropriate to many crop situations will be forthcoming. The discovery of even a single, promising pesticide material is a monumental project. Hundreds of compounds are synthesized. The chemist is guided in his synthesis efforts by patents restrictions, past experience, ease of preparation, probable costs and availability of raw materials. Also, he frequently is searching with a particular pest or crop in mind. The chemist's first step is to formulate a compound in a preliminary way - usually diluted with a clay or solvent ~ prior to submission for biological testing. As favorable evidence from laboratory biological testing and field research accumulates - product formulation research, involving optimum addi- tives, storage stability, quality control and a host of other factors, is accelerated. Biological Screening A typical biological screening operation utilizes a varity of pests selected for their typical responses to known toxicant. Insects, plants (including weeds), bacteria, fungi and nematodes are specially grown at the lab to insure ample popula- tion for proper evaluation. Many millions of agrcultural insects are used each year in these operations. Norms of performance are charted for each species' reaction to a test compound. Probably the most vital step in a pesticides' struggle to be born, is field research. This phase of devel- opment is decisive because in the field, a compound faces a number of variables that cannot be evaluated in the laboratory. Effect of varying weather conditions throughout the country and the delicate balance between pest control and chemical injury to the crop plant are factors that can be evaluated only in the field It is also in this field that close cooperation with state and federal agencies gains importance. State ex- perimenters are extremely helpful in evaluating a compound on crops grown in their respective areas. This evaluation at the practical level usually lasts at least three years and often continues after commer- cial introduction as new use patterns •^re explored. Residue Detection As the development of the synthe- tic chemistry of ^a newf oesticide compourfd progresses, an-^lytic^J chemistry caoable of tracing resi- dues of a compound at any staee of use must be developed. It must be capable of detecting residues from the point of its application to a crop such as cranberries, through the processng of that crop, and eventu- ally In the final canned product as it is sold to the consumer. As each developed compound must ultimately meet rigid government regulations, residues as low as one- tenth part per million must be readily detectable. Data needed to support requests to the Food and Drug Administra- tion for a new chemical's registra- ton may involve tests on as many as 30 crops in 25 states-some 700 crop samples and ten analyses per sample, for a total of 7,000. Measurements of acute oral, der- mal, and inhalation toxicity and sub-acute or chronic oral toxicity must also be made It may take up to three years to compile sufficient toxicological data to satisfy legal requirements. Labeling Labeling instructions on how and when to use the chemical - based on all aforementioned test data - are drafted and submitted to the federal agencies for approval. Appli- cation rates, necessary precautions, method and time of application, and other information must be included to satisfy government requirements and avoid misuse by the grower. The agencies consider the data and establish tolerances for each crop on which the material will be used and upon which a residue might be expected at harvest. The extensive research efforts of the pesticide manufacturer can go for naught, however, if their pro- ducts labels are not read and follow- ed completely carefully. U. S. Department of Agriculture registra- tions and FDA tolerances are based on use of a compound according to the label as it reads. This cannot be overemphasized. It should be noted, however, that most of the steps described are not taken at fixed points in the time table of a materials' development. Chemical analysis and toxicological studies occur at many different stages of development. Formulation work is conducted at different times throughout the entire test life of a material New evidence from tests (Continued on Page 20) Seven A STEP IN PESTICIDE; This capillery melting point wovides raiiid measmements of a compound's meltiii noint. 1 1 is one of the many rapid measurements o f the many modern instnmients required in researchin new pesticide compounds. (Photo Courtesy, Niagara Cheminal Division, FMC Corporation) Eight Nine Simon and Tony Majahad, Brothers of Lebanese Descent, By Own Labors Have Built Beautiful Small Bogs North Carver, Massachusetts Men Have Now Achieved Small Acreage, But With Success and Excellent Production by Clarence J. Hall Two brothers of North Carver, Massachusetts, starting from scratch and "back-breaking" work in building and maintaining their bogs themselves have become successful and top producing cranberry growers. Simon and Anthony Majahad, American born, but of Lebanese descent do not hesitate to say they have been engaged as laborers all their lives, and as such built their bogs. That they are only small growers is true, having only 8 acres in all, in two locations, one in North Carver and one in Kingston, but on seven acres ie crops by its members to meet the aualitv now demanded and to comply with more rigid pesticide application now required by Federal and State laws. "Whait are the reasonsi for my rritimi=m" asked Prpsidpnt Olsison. "After rn-^nv ye^rs of surplus nools and keepint? poolS' open for more than 17-month penods, we are now in a cun-ent position. The last two pools have 'been closed in less than 12 months. Th° 1963 pool should be no exception. This means less carry- 11 a) IS over each year, which results in savings in manufacturing costs an* reduced freezer and storage costs. Marketing Order Referring to the Cranberry Mai keting Order in effect for the firj time with the crop of 1962. With 12 percent set-aside amounting t approximately 130,000 barrels h said it had been possible to retur $9.41 a barrel plus 25 cents in stocl "This, of course, is not as much £ we would like, but considering tl set-aside and the shrinkage whic was considerable, it is a substanti. improvement." He said the Order has a stabili ing effect on the market and help* increase returns. He pointed out th there had been a 5-percent set-asi( proposed in the 1963 crop but become apparent the crop was n as large as anticipated and the m£ keting committee voted unanimous to eliminate even this. He asserted the Order had prov' its effectiveness and is a tool whi need not be invoked unless need and he urged growers to again vc *'' for the order when it comes up i referendum in April. He said the goal of increasing ] turns to the grower should never Ic'st right of. He explained how through \ Cranberry Institute, there had bei a Federal School Lunch progrj with cranberries and the total val to the industry of the three yes had been approximately $3,500,000 returns. 'This has been a great hi to us during our recovery years, a I hope that, as conditions impro' we will not have to seek this he but that we can paddle our o canoe as we did prior to 1959." He told how he had maintair contact with members of Congre b the United States Department Agriculture, the Food and Drug i ministration and the national serv organizations, such as the Natio: Council of Farmer Cooperatives, National Canner.s' Association, Grange and Farm Bureau. He told how Ocean Spray is stituting a plan which will put cooperative ownership more cc tely in the hands of its current mbers. 'The change in our management of the first of 1963 season appears me to be the biggest step forward Ihave taken in years. Mr. Gels- rpe came to us with a real busi- 5s background of experience and inagement In the short time of nonths he" has made remarkable )gress in the tightening up of our janization, streamlining produc- n, pulling the organization togeth- and getting its members to work a team. We have talked about w products. He has done some- it ng about it, we have two new ipducts and more on the fire." Concluding, he said, "Our inven- y picture as of the first of the ar is good and we are in the best sition we have been in many ars. Our financial picture i& the St I have ever seen it. I feel cer- n that you will agree with me as inberry growers we have much to bullish about in the years ahead." ie said he hoped as many mem- rs as possible would attend a din- r January 15th at the Red Coach (Gille in Middleboro the affair being iifd in honor of three long-time em- pyees now resigned. These are Bss Sue Pitman, Middleboro; Mrs. Icy Morse and Simon Kendrick of i rwich. iPhe attendance listened closely to t; report of Gelsthorpe. He stressed tit there were two important fac- ts in the success of any business, .c|d particularly a grower coopera- ptjo such as Ocean Spray. One was ,t; responsibility of management to jt> growers and the other the same ,aase on the part of the grower (,i ambers He said he regretted to jSy there* was some distrust on the fljrt of a minority ,to say a few of tj growers. ji'A grower should not feel he is tbter off if he can cheat Ocean .J ray in regard to his berries. He i.|Only cheating himself. He is being j,tj;asonous". ii 'What is management's respon- siiHty to you? What is our common gal? It is to increase your returns f" your crops, to market more (sJal3 ISSUE OF JANUARY, 1964 VOL 28 - NO. 9 \J ^;^HAiau«e«nr^^^^ PERSERVERANCE Member-growers attending the an- ual meeting of Ocean Spr^^y, held in Jan- uary this year seemed to j be told some straight-from the shoulder facts by Execu- tive Vic6 President Ed G^lsthorpe. He said the future of the cooperative (and incidentally of the cranberry industry) , lies (in "new products." There is nothing new in this thought, as he frankly said. Het said success in bfiilding up in- creased markets lies in "perserverance," f'stick-to-it" plugging. And also in ob- taining" the best possible in Ocean Spray management and staff — and in efficiency in all production methods. He admitted new products, increased sales in all pro- ' ducts could be d'one only, really on a "trial and error" basis. No one knows what will "click" with the public, as con- sumers until a thing is tried. i New label design will be more literal, he said. "The more modern design d,id not seem effective with cranberry pro- ducts. The buying public seems to be intrigued by anything "new." You have only to pick up a magazine or newspaper or look at TV to realze this. We claim to be no authority on advertising, but we have wondered, if cranberries haven't a jelling point in the very fact that cran- berries are "traditional;" have a heritage of the past, and ifc:;this fact should not be put forward at least to some extent in promotion. j George Olsson, president, is not an Dyer-ex_ub6rant person in thinking, and when he says he and other growers have a right to feel "bullish" as to the future, his words should bear weight. With Ocean Spray about 85 percent 3f the cranberry industry, increased pros- pects for the co-op is increased prospects for the industry. :■: We like the article provided by Ni- agara Chemical Division concerning the amount of effort and money necessarilly Involved in the development of new insec- iticides, herbicides and any agricultural phemical. New chemicals, as in new Ocean Spray products do not just happen. They :ome about by the same "trial and error" system and by "perserverance." CLARENCE J. HALL Editor and Publisher EDITH S. HALL— Associate Editor Wareham, Massachusetts SUBSCRIPTIONS, $4.00 Per Year, FOREIGN, $5.00 CORRESPONDENTS— ADVISORS Wisconsin LEO A. SORENSON Cranberry Consultant Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Washington Dr. CHARLES C. DOUGHTY Cranberry Specialist Long Beach, Wash. Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, Ore. Massachusetts Dr. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Mass. New Jersey P. E. MARUCCI New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station Pemberton, New Jersey We like, alsQ tenor of the article about the Majahad Brothers of North Car- ver, Mass. This shows, once again, that the same perservance does bring success, even though it is not spectacular success. The American "dream" is still true. We are sorry that "Dave" Pryde has seen fit not to "stand" longer as an Ocean Spray director from Washington. We do like the choice of his successor, Cecil Richards. Nineteen SERVING WISCONSIN Marketing Order Committee Sets Three Metings Three public hearings on proposed amendents to the Cranberry Market- ing Order are scheduled by the Cranberry Order Marketing Commit- tee next month. These are: Massachusetts, February 10 at 9:30 a.m. Memorial Town Hall, cafe- teria room, Wareham: New Jersey, February 12, 9:30 a.m. at the Holi- day Motel, exit 4, New Jersey Turn- pike, Moorestown, Mt. Laui'el room: Wisconsin, February 14, 9:30 a.m. Wood County Courthouse, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, Court House audi- torium. Birth Of A Pesticide-Result (Continued from Page 7) frequently indicates the need for alterations before the final formula is set. Even after a product has reached the market, further studies combatted, by judicious application compound are considered. The benefits of and need for pesti- cides are not generally questioned within thej agricultural industry. Cranberries, for example, have thier color enhanced, while fruit rots are combatted, by judcious application of fungicides. When used strictly according to the directions on the label, pesticides remain an essential element in main- taining and improving the country's food supply without posing hazards to the health of our people. INDIAN TRAIL, inc. WORKING— MERCHANDIZING— SELLING WISCONSIN-GROWN CRANBERRIES 12 Months of the Year Moving FRESH — FROZEN— — CANNED & JUICE — Striving always to move TOP-QUAL- ITY products at TOP PRICES for bet- ter returns to WISCONSIN Growers. P. 0. BOX 710, WIS. RAPIDS, WIS. Wisconsin's Successful Cranberry Growers DEPEND ON Swift's Specialized Service for all their Plant Food and Chemicals Why Not YOU? Swift & Company Acrichem Division Phone 244-3515 P. 0. Box 152 Madison, Wis. CORRUGATED CULVERT PIPE and FLOW GATES Feiker Bros. Mfg. Co. MARSHnELO WISCONSIN Phone 230 - 23t SPRINKLER SYSTEMS PUMPS HIGH CAPACITY WELLS ROBERTS IRRIGATION SERVICE STEVENS POINT WISCONSIN Twenty SERVING THE WISCONSIN GROWERS FOR SALE SEARLES JUMBO HOWES, McFARLIN Vines for delivery in 1964 $125.00 Ton F.O.B. INTERESTED IN PURCHASING WISCONSIN CRANBERRY PROPERTIES *«««******* Vernon Goldsworthy B.S. & M.S. University of Wisconsin Cranberry Consultant Fees Reasonable EAGLE RIVER WISCONSIN WM^^m^mmmmmmmm^^mr^mmmsmi DANA /IAACHINE& SUPPLY Co. Wis. Rapids Wis. MFGS. of: SPRAY BOOMS GRASS CLIPPERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS Getsinger Retracto tooth pifkerti Dryers DISTR. of: VEE BELTS & PULLEYS ROLLER CHAINS SPROCKETS & BEARINGS CONVEYOR BELTING STEEL OUR PRODUCTS Strained Cranberry Sauce Whole Cranberry Sauce Cransweets Diced Cransweets Cranberry Apple Sauce Cranberry-Strawberry Preserves Cranberry-Cherry Preserves Cranberry-Pineapple Preserves Cranberry-Raspberry Preserves Cranberry-Rhubarb Preserves Cranberry-Gooseberry Preserves Sliced and Whole Ma Consumer Size & Bu Spiced Cranberries Cranberry Chilli Sauce Cranberry Bar-B-Q Sauce Cranberry Orange Relish Cranberry Vinegar Cranberry Juice Cran-Beri Cran-Vari Cran-Puri Cranberry Puree Cran-Bake raschino Cranberries k Fresh Cranberries Cranberry Products, Inc. EAGLE RIVER, WISCONSIN WISCONSIN HEADQUARTERS FOR INSECTICIDES — FUNGICIDES HERBICIDES DUSTS — WETTABLE POWDERS — EMULSIONS PARATHION — MALATHION FERBAM — SIMAZINE DITHANE M - 22 (Maneb) WEED RHAP 20 SEVIN Hopkins AgricuEtural Chemical Co. p. O. BOX 584 MADISON, WISCONSIN, 537C1 Phone: Area Code 608 257-1019 YOU Are Reading This Ad— Others Will Read Yours In CRANBERRIES iiiDpapy, univ. or ssass. AmKerst . Mass- O^ceatt Bptu^ N^uia PUBLISHED MONTHLY Optimism keynotes Ocean Spray's 33rd meeting of stockholders Ocean Spray's revitalized management team is most important reclson for grower- members to feel optimistic about the future, President Olsson said in his Annual Meeting Report, January 8th in Hanson. "Mr. Gelsthorpe has made remarkable progress in tightening up our operations, streamlining production, pulling the organi- zation together and doing something about new products." "The future of our business is new products',' *-'\Sclid , Executive Vice President Edward Gelsthorpe. These, in addition to our bread and butter products of Fresh Cranberries, Cranberry Sauce and Cranberry Juice Cocktail, will expand the usage of cranberries. He introduced new members (see below) of the management team and complimented veteran members for their dedicated efforts.' Higher earnings in view. Treasurer Robbins said, "I am looking ahead and up. In November, 1963, we paid off the final $200,000 on the old Term Loan." He said that improvements and reduced costs point to higher earnings for growers. "The next advance, on the 1963 pool, $1.50 per barrel, will be paid on January 30, and I think we can all look forward to further advances in May and August." Stockholders' vote. The Board of Directors were re-elected with one new member, Cecil G. Richards, taking the place of David E. Pryde, retired. Dates of payment of Preferred Stock Divi- dends were changed to June 15 and December 15, beginning June 15, 1964. Location of next Stockholders Meeting, Jan- uary 1965, will be in the Town of Wareham. 'Cranberries are Dig Business, Edward Gelsthorpe New to O. S. team: L. to R., Robert C. Lucas, Dir. of Operations; Edwin F. Lewis, Dir. of Marketing; Stanley L Skelskie, Dir. of Research and Development, and John C. Weld, Asst. to the Executive Vice President. |j|l\yilNO M ^H\J^yj\J\J,\J\J\J AA I L/-VI\ IINL/\^OII\ ^PE COD fEW JERSEY WISCONSIN OREGON WASHINGTON CANADA CECIL G. RICHARDS, New V^est Coast Ocean Spray Diiector at his Grayland (CRANBERRIES 40 Cents FEBRUARY. 1 IRECTORY For CRANBERRY GROWERS Company, Inc. Medford, Mass. 970 Fellsway Tel. EXport 5-5305 Manufacturers of Folding Cartons and Displays PUMPS PLASTIC PIPE SPRINKLERS A complete line of WATER DISTRIBUTING EQUIPMENT AETNA ENGINEERING CO. Hanover, Mass. TAylor 6-2341 READ CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE SANDERS Built from $750. WHEEL-OFF RIGS FLUMES Built to Order Welder and Power Shovel Available AGENT: FURFORD Picker and Pruner Carver, Mass. 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CHRYSLER - PLYMOUTH VAUANT Onset Ave. East Wareham CY 5-3530 Wisconsin Growers Elect Bruce Potter President Wisconsin State Cranberry Grow- ers' Association meeting at the YMCA, Wisconsin Rapids, elected Bruce Potter of Camp Douglas, president for the coming year. Pot- ter is associated with the Cutler Cranberry Company, and served as vice president in 1963. He succeeds Ben G. Pannkuk. Others named! are Richard In- dermuhle, Manitowish Waters vice- president; Leo A. Sorenson, Wiscon- sin Rapids, secretary- treasurer; William Barber and Keith Bennet, of Warrens and Leonard Rodeghier, Wisconsin Rapids as directors. Members discussed a proposed state marketing order for cranber- ries, a representative of the Wis- consm State Department of Agri- culture, Marlon L. S c h w i e r of ESTABLISHED 1866 SHARON, MASSACHUSETTS We Will Buy Your White Pine Logs, Either Standing or Cut • Highest Prices Paid • Sawmill located at North Carver, Mass. Office Phones: Sharon, SU 4-2011 Carver. UN 6-2234 If You Want A Good Flume At A Low Cost Use All HearG Redwood 60,000 Ft. on hand for Prompt Delivery 6x8 — 6x6 — 4x6 — 4x4 Planking - Square Edged or Matched 2x4 — 2x6 — 2x8 — 2x10 SEND FOR YOUR FREE FOLDER ON THE "DURABILITY OF REDWOOD" Tel. RO 3-8811 W. Goodhue Lumber Co., Inc. MIDDLEBORO ROAD EAST FREETOWN, MASS Madison explaining the plan. As en- visioned the marketing order would serve basically to provide equitable assessment of all state growers to iinance research and the f r o s t warning service. Although some ob- jection was raised it appeared that most of the argument for and against was being held back for a hearing to be held later in the year. Dr. Dana gave an address on weed (a resume of which will be published in the March issue of Cranberries Magazine.) Dr. Donald Boone, also of the U. of Wisconsin gave a reseai'ch report on fungi- cides, Prof. George L. Klingbeil, also of the U. of Wisconsin showed pietui'es highlighting the cranberry industry during the past year. Retiring President Pannkuk in his annual report praised the effective- ness of the Cranberry Institute, re- ported on the new ASCS practices available to growers and closed with a review of the activities of the Wisconsin association. Dr. George L. Peltier asked that old cranberry equipment be pre- served for a cranberry museum in prospect. Approximately 125 attended and guests included Prof. Earl Wade and Prof. John Libby of the U. of Wisconsin and Robert Thayer, Al Stange and Larry Rens of the Wis- consin Department of Agriculture. FOR SXPERT SERVICE ON YOUR Briggs & Stratton ENGINES We use only factory-approved methods and original parts. Per- sonnel are trained under factory supervision. See us for a check-up or complete overhaul — prices are right. ^X^ (BRICCSteSTRATTON) MAIN STREET GARAGE Carver, Mass. Tel. UNion 6-4582 One Born in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania and educated in the public schools there, Mr. Lewis received his B.A. degree from Western Maryland where he was a letterman in foot- ball, boxing and track. His sports interests now canter on golf and skiing with woodworking one of his hobbbies. The Lewises and their daughter, Rebecca, lived in Scarsdale, New York before moving to Cape Cod. They now make their home in Cen- terville. OAA'kn OnE«iii nItmiAo ucasa afiiajf iiaiiscd New Market Director Edwin F. Lewis has been named Director of Marketing at Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., according to an announcement from Edward Gelsthorpe, Executive Vice Presi- dent and General Manager. The former New York advertising ex- ecutive directs all phases of t h e Ocean Spray Marketing operation. He makes his headquarters at the cooperatives' executive offices in Hanson, Massachusetts. With Young & Rubicam, Inc., since 1953, Mr. Lewis moved up from Account Executive to Account Supervisior and Vice President. He was previously Vice President and Account Executive for Grant Adver- tising in the Detroit and Washing- ton, D.C. offices, Earlier advertis- ing and sales experience was with Gardner advertising. During World War II, he was a Major in the Army General Staff Corps. He holds the Silver Star and Purple Heart and is a graduate of Two the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, and the General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kan- sas. MIDDLEBOROUCH TRUST COMPANY MIDDLEBORO MASS. Memiber of The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation s w^ ^^^ FROST CONTROL And IRRIGATION SOLID SET BOG IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ALL ALUMINUM Long Life Low Cost 11/2" Aluminum Tubing Call and compare prices with all c'.her materials. LARCHMONT ENGINEERING LEXINGTON, MASS. VO 2-2550 '^ ^S^^Vvi% ^^,*Tf*'>> i Mass. Cranberry station and Field Notes by Prof. William E. Tomlinson Scum ^ This is the season that growers hould be on the watch for the iievelopment of green or algai 5cum. This will appear first in and near the shore ditches. It can be ;ont"olled by applying evenly four ;)ounds of copper sulfate crystals per acre foot of flood on the ice or :n the bog flowage in late February )r March, as directed in the Weed Dontrol Chart. Withdrawal of t h e locd in mild weather, on bogs with jlenty of wa*^er for reflows, will al- jio discourage scum development Chart I On February 6, there was a meet- ng of growers, county agents, and >anberry Station staff to discuss he revision of the Insect and Di- ease Control Chart, in t h e Weed 'ontrol Chart, and the first revision if the Fertilizer Chart since 1958. ^hese will soon go to the printers nd should be distributed toward the end of March. The revisions will be discussed in this column next month. It hasn't been a winter that fav- ored sanding on the ice to any ex- tent. Except for a short period in December, temperatures have been too high to make ice that would support heavy sanding equipment. No Winter Damage The feeling prevails that there has been no detrimental effect on t h e coming crop prospects caused by the winter weather so far (Febru- ary 13). The frequent freezing and thawing weather, mild tempera- tures after the first of the year, and frequent rain have prevented the development of oxygen deficiencies. Though it has been windy, the tem- peratures have not been low enough to cause winter injury (physiolo- gical drought) to vines that were exposed after withdrawal of the flood from under the ice. Dr. Cross News from Dr. Cross has been infrequent. He is no doubt having too busy and too enjoyable a time to take time out and write frequent- ly. The last letter, and the third re- ceived by t h e Cranberry Station, was written at Oxford. 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Address: C J. Hall Cranberries Magazine, P. O. Box 71, Wareham, Mass. 02571, Tels: 295-0027 Res. 295-9533 Three USD A Hearing Held On Amendments To Marketing Order In Massachusetts New Jersey and Wisconsin Undercurrents of Tensions in Occassional Clashes in Testimony First public hearing on the pro- posed amendments to the Cranberry Marketing Order at the Wareham Memorial Town Hall, Feb. 10 be- gan at 9:30 a.m. and did not ad- journ until well into the evening with no supper break. Much testi- mony pro and con was taken, but scarcely more than a handful of growers were present as spectators. Much of the testimony heard was of a technical nature, with the pro- posals having the apparent intent of "smoothing out" the functioning of t h e Cranberry Marketing Order Committee of 7. However, there was a note of tenseness as concern- ed the testimony of some of the "in- dependent" handlers as against the "big cooperative", Ocean Spray. A frequent and sharp questioner was Blair Perry of the Boston law firm, Hale & Dorr, who represented the Decas Bros, interests at the ori- ginal hearing two years ago and at TAKE ADVANTAGE of the BETTER things of life. The efficient USE OF ELECTRICITY is one of these better things — efficient use in power for cran- berry bog operations, and in the home. Plymouth County Electric Co. WAREHAM CYpress 5-0200 PLYMOUTH Pilgrim 6-1300 Hold full flavor in your cranberry pack ...., ^„., PRODUCTS COMPANY Manufacturers of fine products for the food industry . . . and ■popular Best Foods Division grocery brands for the consumer. Four this hearing appeared for the Decas group, Indian Trail, Inc., of Wiscon- sin Rapids, Winnebago Cranberry Company of Wisconsin and Peter A. LeSage, of Massachusetts. Attorney for Ocean Spray was George "Ted" Finnigan of the firm of Ropes & Gray of Boston. The hearing master assigned by the USDA was Will Rogers, a for- mer congressman from Oklahoma; representing the USDA were George A. Dever, Norman Healy and Harry Platnicl^, the latter an attorney. The marketing committee was repre- sented by Chairman George C. P. O 1 s s 0 n ; Plymouth, president of Ocean Spray; vice-chairman Beh- rend G. Pannkuk, Wisconsin Rapids president of Indian Trail, Inc., pro- cessors and distributors and an owner in the Winnebago Company; secretary - treasurer John Charles Decas of Wareham, representing the Decas interests; principal Frank Oliver Glenn, Jr. of Long Beach, Washington, representing the West Coast; Maurice Make- peace, Marion, alternate of the A. D. Makepeace Company. From Wareham the nearing was continued to the Mt. Laurel Room, Holiday Motel, Exit 4, Moorestown, New Jersey on February 12 and from there to Wisconsin Rapids, February 14. All testimony of wit- nesses on the record was taken un- der oath, and it was reported the transcript of the Wareham hearing alone will run to 300 typed sheets. No decision is given at the con- clusion of the hearing as the matter of the amendments goes to Secre- tary of Agriculture Freeman for ac- ceptance or rejection. The longest testimony of the day and raising one of t h e most dis- puted points was that of Gilbert T. Beaton, manager fresh fruit sales and export manager of Ocean Spray. This came on his amend- ment to change the word "acquire" where it appears in Paragraph 929.52 to the word "handled". He said "acquire" might mean differ- ent things to diiferent distributors and he wanted everyone to be work- ing on the same interpretation and that he thought "handled" was the P"oper way to designate this. It developed this changing of the words could mean a difference in the barrelage of any withholding, as the amount handled, that is handled for marketing in either fresh or pro- cessed form would reduce the amount handled "acquired" be- cause of prior "shrinking" (spoilage in storage and through screening) to a smaller amount of berries than designating the withholding amount from the number of berries "ac- quired" by a distributor. The point was made this would, ! apparently, work out in practice to (Continued on Page 16) 11 Issue of January, 1964 - Vol. 29, No. 10 Published monthly at The Ck)urier Print Shop, Main St., Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscriptions $4.00, Foreign, $5.00 per year Second Class Postage Paid at Wareliam, MassachuBetts Post O ffice. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C. J. H MASSACHUSETTS Following a return of winter, Jan. 14 with heavy snow and cold, the weather turned much milder and the traditional "January Thaw" set in just about on time. The second "blizzard" of the win- ter and one of the worst storms of years struck the Cape area on the 13th and 14th, depositing depths of snow ranging from 10^/4" as record- ed at Cranberry Experiment Station up to 19 inches at Falmouth on the Cape; Nantucket Island, where heavy snow is something of a rarity getting 12 inches. Gale winds of hurricane force at times, 70 to 75 miles per hour at Cape Cod Canal, hurled the snow in huge drifts at many points, at others, leaving the ground all but bare. There were two lighter falls later in the month, but January's 31 days ending with a total precipitation of 3.72" for the month (with the aver- age being 4.12") of which 11.75 inch- e swas snow. But it was not a bad month mostly either in heavy snow- fall or in temperatures. In fact the month ended about two degrees a day warmer than average. Coldest temperature reached at State Bog CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Sheoks, or Nailed Stock Always on Hand Let me repair your broken boxes — or repair them yourself F. H. COLE North Carver. Ma?" Tel. Union 6-3331 was zero on the first day of the month. Prof. "Bill" Tomlinson, acting di- rector of the Cranberry Experiment Station during the Sabbatical of Dr. Cross said January as far as cran- berries go was about an "even month." There had been, snow, freezings, rains, meltings. He was of the opinion there had been little or no winterkill and little oxygen deficiency. Also, the weather had been such to e n d of January that little ice sanding had been accomplished. There had been a little gotten in December, but certainly not much if any in January. February began rainy, a little snow but relatively mild. The first week ended slightly warmer than normal. WASHINGTON Winter "Wet and Mild" The best way to describe the cur- rent winter in the cranberry areas is "wet and warm." The month of December brought a total fall of 10.90 inches of rain. Temperatures at Long Beach ranged from a low of 23 to a high of 59 degrees, bog temperatures were high, low 20 and high 57 degrees, time did these temepratures stay low for more total rainfall otf 19.79 inches and than a day or two. January had a temperatures ranged from a low of 30 to a high of 53; bog temperatures were high 46 and low 27 degrees. Little Snow There was a little snow, just enough to cover the ground but the fall only remained a short time. AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS BOG SERVICE AGRICULTURA CHEMICALS HAND SPRAYERS - TOOLS - POWER EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BRIGGS AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTER R. F. MORSE Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 Five 1 .a I J .J 1 -.1^^ . February started warm and sunny and the ground was soon expected to be 6xy enough to get out onto the bogs. Dr. Charles C. Doughty said indications were for an early spring, if new growth is any sign. Camelias and early rhododendrons were in bloom and spring bulbs were starting to bloom. Some Bog Work There has been some pruning work done, dikes were repaired but not much else until rains stopped. WISCONSIN Year of Surprises Wcatherwise 1934 ccnlinues to be a year of surprises with the usual bitter cold month of January aver- aging a whopping seven degrees above normal and less than one inch of precipitation. This was the warmest January since 1944 and the least snow since back in early 190O's. It was very difficult for the skiers, to say the least. The month started very cold, warmed up for a week, d;opped again but then start- ed breaking high temperature rec- cords for over a week. Lowest was -30 in the northwest on the 1st and highest was 55 in the southeast on the 22nd. Average temperatures ranged from 25-30 degrees in the south to 15-20 degrees in the north. The Southern half of the state had lit- tle snow cover at months end, with the north having from 6-8 inches. Frost depths were the deepest in the central areas, with as much as 36 inches reported in the Wausau area. The extended forecast for February calls for continued above normal temperatures and below precipitation. Dryness Concern The continued lack of precipita- tion is causing concern among the large water users in the state, in- cluding cranberry growers. The r • th wests n area continues to be (ne most defecient in precipitation and some water levels are reported as the lowest ever recorded. Unless substantial precipitation occurs in the next six weeks, water tables will continue to drop. Ideal Sanding Needless to say the weather pat- tern was most ideal for sanding. With the early freeze down in De- rember and the lack of snow in both cf our coldest months, sanding got cff to an early start and many growers had completed their entire sanding operaion by mid-January. Dyke and road hauling will continu:; until the frost starts out. Practically every marsh in the state was doing some type of sanding work. Brewer & Lord INSURANCE 40 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. CONVERSE HILL HORACE H. SOULE WILLIAM B. PLUMER CHARLES M CUTLER EDWARD H. LEARNARD VINCENT IVI. WILSON JOHN B. CECIL JR. Serving the People of New England Since 1859 Ocean Spray Honor 3 Retiring Employes Ihree long lime employees of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. were honored by 100 of their fellow work- ers, January 15, at a testimonial dinner at Red Coach Grill in Mid- dleboro upon the occasion of their letirement. Those honored we.e riiss Sue Pitman of Middleboro, LIrs. ivierton Morse of Hanson and Simon E. Kendrick of Dennisport. Miss Pitman has bc^n associated \vith the cranberry industry since 1912 when she went to work for New England Cranberry Sales Com- pany, headquartered in Middleboro. She moved up to Assistant Treas- urer and was with the Sales Com- pany until it liquidated in 1954. She began at Ocean Spray the same year, at first in charge of fresh eranberiy shipments, and later as Office Manager and Personnel Dir- ector. In this position she won the affection and respect of both cran- berry growers and employees throughout the national cooperative. She is a graduate of the Middle- boro schools and of Bristol County business School where she was a secretary of her class. She also took courses in Psychology. An ac- tive member of the Central Congre- gational Church throughout the years, she has also served as Presi- dent of the Quota Club, Secretary 01 the Central Cemetery Associa- tion, and Secretary of the Assa- wompsttt Pocxsha Pond Associa- tion. Duiing World War II, she was Director of the Rtport Center in Middleboro. Miss Pitman residrs at 72 South Street wi:h he: sister, Mrs. Made- line Baker. Mrs. Mcrse, born Lu:y DeMeulo in CuBbec, Canada, has been a resi- dent of Hanson for more than 40 years. She has been associated wit?" Ocean Spray since 1932 as Chief Shipper. Previously she was em- ployed at the National Fireworks. She is a member of the Saint Joseph The Worker Church in Hanson and presently resides on Indian Head Street. Simon E. Kendrick of Upper (Continued on Page 17) Six studies of the Effect of Zinophos on Cranberry Yield Bert M. Zuckerman Cranberry Experiment Station University of Massachusetts East Wareham, Massachusetts In 1961, the results of experiments on the control of nematodes in cran- berry soils by Zinophos (0, 0-diethyl 0-2-pyrozinyl phosphor othiate) were reported (2). In these experunents control was best when 32 lbs. actual toxicant/acre of 10% granular Zino- phos was applied, but 8 or 16 Ibs.- acre also reduced nematode popula- tion levels significantly for more than 3 months. Recently, Bird and Jenkins (1) reported that cranberry vines which were treated with 32 lbs. /acre of 10% granular Zmophos had 38% more uprights and 44% more fruit buds than did untreated vines. No injury to the vines was observed in their tests. In this paper, the results of a 3-year pro- gram on the effect of Zinophos on cranberry yields are given. METHODS Two blocks of 25 plots each were established in Early Black cran- berry plantings in 1961. Each plot was 5 feet square within which an area of 9 square feet was harvested and the berries weighed in each of the 3 test years. Each treatment within a block was replicated five times and called a series. The rates and formulations of Zinophos evaluated are given in Table 1. The emulsifiable concen- trate was diluted in water, applied as a drench with a pressure spray- er, and then washed in by applying water as a spray at the rate of 2000 gallons water/acre. The granular material was dUuted with 2 parts sand to one part granular by vol- ume to ensure even distribution. Nematocides were applied in late April, 1-2 weeks following with- drawal of the winter flood, with the exception of Block 1, Series D, which was treated after harvest in late October. Soil temperatures at t h e time of the spring applications were between 52° and 56° F. RESULTS The 32 lb. rate caused reddening of the vines in about 50% of t h e treated plots, though damage from the granular formulation was less prevalent than that from the emulsi- fiable concentrate. Significant yield reductions occurred in the year of treatment hi 1961 in Block 1, Series C and D, and in Block 2, Series D, in 1962 Block 1, Series C. The other series treated with the 32 lb. rate yielded smaller crops, but these dif- ferences were not statistically signi- ficant (Table D. These plots were not treated in 1963 and that year yields were significantly larger. Franklm 1 observed that in the year following reduced yields (due to such causes as frost injury or oxy- gen deficiency), yield was generally much increased. The explanation given for this occurrence was that cranberries which bear a small crop one year secure a needed rest, and the crop-bearing potential the follow- ing year is thereby increased. In the current experiments, yields fre- quently were significantly reduced in the year of treatment, and signifi- FROST CONTROL TEMPERATURE CONTROL SPRINKLER IRRIGATION SHUR-RANE SOLID SET SYSTEMS These minimum gallonage systems are ideally suited to meet the needs of the Cranberry grower. The special PA" and 2" solid set couplers are designed for use with light weight, low cost aluminum tubing. Wide, flat foot pad keeps sprinklers upright- easy twist-of-the wrist coupling action. Con- ventional portable and automatice Sequa-Matic Shur-Rane systems also available. .Write For Complete Information — Free Literature, JOHN BEAN DIVISION FCM CORPORATION, LANSING 9, MICHIGAN Seven cantly increased the year following treatment. The 3-year total of yields from plots treated with the 32 lb. rate approximated those of untreat- ed. The 8 and 16 lb. rate caused no apparent phytotoxic effects. The trend towards higher yields was associated more consistently with the 16 lb. rate. This trend is most apparent in the Block No. 1, Series B tests, but was also noted in t h e Block No. 2, Series B and C tests. On the basis of these data, it was estimated that increased yield re- sponses in cranberries would he stimulated by application between the 8 lb. and 32 lb. rate. DISCUSSION OF RESULTS Based on o n e year's treatment. Bird and Jenkins d) observed bet- ter growth and an increase in the number of uprights and fruit buds in plots treated with the 32 lb. rate of 10% granular when compared with untreated plots. They observed no phytotoxicity in these tests. In the current experiments, red- dening of the vines and a signifi- cant yield reduction freauently oc- curred following application of the emulsifiable concentrate at this rate. In one experiment, the 32 lb. rate of the 10% granular formation caused vine reddening on a few plots, and a significant yield reduction. While it is difficult to draw a valid conclu- sion pertaining to the phytotoxicity of the 32 lb. rate of granular Zmo- phos from the current tests, it Is evident that use of this rate should be tested further. The reason why significant yield increases occurred in the year fol- lowing treatment can be explained by analysis of the facts knovm about the action of Zinoohos on cranber- ries, however current knowledge does not permit interpretation of these deductions as being experi- mental proof. Bird and Jenkins' (V findings of increased fruit bud for- mation on vines treated with Zino- phos, gave oromise of increased yield potential for the following year. The significant reduction of yields from vines treated with the 32 lb. /acre rate indicated that in the second of successive years of treat- ment, a low level of yield suppres- sion may be experienced at the 8 and 16 lb. rates, which partially counterbalances the increased fruit potential resultant from the first years treatment. This deduction re- ceived support from the fact that significant yield increases did not occur in the second consecutive year of treatment, but did occur in 3 of 5 Series treated at the lower rates in the year following treatment. From the above, it was concluded that Zinophos should not be applied in consecutive years. CONCLUSION Significant yield increases occur- red in the year following treatment with 8 or 16 lbs. actual Zinophos/ acre. Yield increases generally were greater when the 16 lb. rate was used. Yields were reduced by 32 lbs. /acre, and frequently vines red- dened, but the emulsifiable concen- trate was more phytotoxic than was the granular formulation. The re- sults indicate that a rate of 16 lbs. actual/acre of 10% granular Zino- phos applied in the spring every other year would increase the yield potential of cranbei:'ry vines. Zino- phos is not currently registered for use on cranberries. This article is a report on progress in our experi- mental program, and should not be construed as a recommendation for use of this chemical. LITERATURE CITED 1. Bird, G.W. and W.R. Jenkins. 1963. Nematode control in cran- berry. ^Abs.) Phyto. 53: 347. 2. Zuckerman, B.M. 1961. Disease control experiments in 1964. Cranberries 25: 7-9. CRANBERRY MEN HONORED President Charles C. Doughty, director of the Coastal Washington Experiment Station at Lons Beach, Washington was recognized as a 100 percent attendance member for 1963 at a recent meeting of the Ilwaco-Long Beach Kiwanis Club. Leonard Morris, cranberry grower received recoffnition for 18 years with r^erfect attendance record and also Dr. J. Harold Clarke, formerly with cranberry interests for 16 years. "H, or Scammell , Harold D. Scammell, prominent for many years in the blueberry and cranberry matters, particularly in New Jersey, passed away recently. He was 79 and had been active, in his Blueberry Nursery business in Toms River, N. J., until his sud- den passing. In 1913 "H. D.," as- he was familiarly known, was named entomologist assistant of the USDA. He then began to investigate cranberry insects with headquarters at Pemberton, N. J. He spent one year in residence at famed Whites- bog, N. J. He was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., on October 7, 1885, attended two New Jersey schools, the High School at Hanckensack and Stevens Pre- paratory School in Hoboken. In 1910 he was graduated with a Degree ir B. S. in Horticulture and Entomol ogy from Colorado Agricultural anc Mechanical College at Ft. Colins Subsequently he was employed ai assistant to the State Entomogist foG Mesa County at Delta, Colorado. He worked with the late Freder ick Coville and Miss Elizabeth C White at Whitesbog in the develop ment of the cultivated blueberry He served in prominent capacitie in both the cranberry and blueberr industries. He had been appointei to the New Jersey State Board o Affricultura and also to the Board o managers of the New Jersey Agri cultural Experiment Station. "MISS CRANBERRY HIGHWAY" CORONATION Cranberry Highway Association composed of businessmen along tb Cranbery Highway which runs 6 miles from Middleboro (Mass.) Roi tary Circle to the rotary circle aj Orleans on the Caoe made plan this month for its 5th anniversary The crowning of "Miss Cranberr; Highway", this year is to be as sociated with the big 50th anniver| sary celebration of the completio: of the Cape Cod Canal this summer FRUIT-0-SCOPE Cranberry growers have somt thing to crow about. Thev'e the bi ; baby foods market for the first timi with introduction of Gerber's ne\| strained and junior apple juice anj cranberries. (American Fruit Grov er, January.) 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Hall "I am going to keep on full-time work on my cranberry property from now on," says CecU G. Richarcs of Grayland, Washington. Formerly en- gaged in electrical work, Richards has now achieved the ambition of many a small West Coast grower— that is, to make cranberry growing his onl^ occupation. Richards is one of the better known and respected growers of the Coast, active in cranberry affairs of the Coast, which he knows well as far as cran'-erry gi-owing, goes from Lulu island in British Columbia down to the Bandon area in Oregon. In August he was named vice chairman of the West Coast Advisory Board of Ocean Spray, membership on this body being of great importance in the general over-all West Coast cranberry picture. For several years, until 1963 he was president of Grayland Cranberry Grower's Association. He is now vice president, which also means he is vice president of the Grayland division of the Coast Advisory Board as the officers of both are one and the same. Last month he was elected Washington State director of Ocean Spray, succeeding "Dave" Pryde. Grower Since 1938 Cecil has been a cranberry grower since 1938 and has now achieved holdings totaling 10 acres of produc- ing bog. His average per acre he places at from 125 to 150 barrels. His top production has been 1250 barrels, when he did not have as much acreage as he now has. Richards has made one previous trip to Massachusetts, going there as an alternate to a West Coast di- rector of Ocean Spray. This was in 1957. He now, presumably will be- come more familiar with eastern cranberry growing; as he attends the directors' meetings at Hanson. He was born in 1906; his folks being farmers at Granite Falls, Washington, near Everett. He at- tended schools at Granite Falls and after graduation from high school he went into construction and electrical work. Bogs In Small Pieces When he came to Grayland to go Are Weed Trees a Nuisance In Your Cranberry Operations ? 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He had been active in in stalling sprinkler systems for other; and when seen at Grayland ha(< just finished putting in 15 systems. He utilizes the railroad tracks oi» his bog, using standard gauge. Som*- of Grayland growers use this width i some smaller. In the "old days", th( \ carts were pushed over the track b: man power, today he says mon than half are motorized. Of Grayland production he be lieves this is going up in general but that acreage may be tendiin down as some growers go out c the cranberry business. Automatic sprinkler systems ar increasing rapidly in the Graylan' district. Automatic Sprinklers "Almost all of us now have sprin1< ler systems, with warning: bells, he adds. Mr. Richards is amon ^ those who recognize a problem i pvollination at Grayland area. H feels the climate is too cold for th best working of honeybees, "so mos i of the pollination is by bumblebees However the honey bees seem to b doing better each year." ' "Two years ago a few grower i tried air pollination, that is they ha' ' helicopters come in and hover ove^ I bogs at the critical time to stir u enough air to spread the pollen. Bui I he added, "there happened th? year to be such good natural po . lination factors present that the e? ' periment proved to be inconclusive, i Conserning sand, Richards say that "in buildiing a new property w Ten I Showing a sump in the center of the Richards Bog at Graylend. (CRANBERRIES Photo) Mll^;. Richards pushes out his spray rig on his tracked bog at Grayland. (CRANBERRIES Photo) Eleven All of Grayland growers do their own screening (It is only the fruit for the fresh market which is screened at Markham. ) Ocean Spray screens the fresh berries as they are needed, keeping them now in its temperature-controlled rooms. "As we get our new facilities at Markham," says Richards, "I can see no reason why we cannot put out more fresh berries. We are now running about 20,000 fresh — this could go easily to 30,000. We get no shrinkage from our processed ber- ires, "because they are put into the freezer immediately. His bogs are planted to McFarlins. His home place bog is on Smith Anderson Road, this piece consisting of three and a half acres. Next to this he has a holding of two and a third aicres. On this home place bog he has gotten up to 300 barrels to the acre. Richards is a believer in adequate fertilization, using a 3-10-10 or a 10- 20-20, putting on the materials about every year where he feels it is need- ed. He adds, "If we didn't sand, the weeds would take us off. There are dozens of different kinds of weeds. Horsetail is the worse. "Our main insect is fireworm, and I run my sprayer down the track spraying three times for firewo'-m and fruitworm. Parathin and DDT is used for the ground spray. How- ever we put Parathin through the sprinkling system." Your editors spent a plesant after- noon with Cecil Richards "^.t t^'<^ ■ our West Coast trip. He took us to Tokeland, a crab fishing cen- ter. It was also once, apo^reni Iv popular resort on Willipa Bay, and there is still a huge hotel, built back in the days when large resort hotels were constructed and which had been visited by many notables of the time. Through Richards we met the owners and were shown interesting old photographs, records, etc. Richards like most Grayland grow- ers has his own cranberry equip- ment. He has a suction picker, two Wester Pickers, a warehouse and separator on each bog; dryer, track sprayer and in all four sprinkler systems. Richards is busy most of the time, but his hobbies are fishing, camping and bowling. Twelve REDUCE LABOR COSTS AND IMPROVE FRUIT QUALITY WITH FROST PROTECTION BY| FMC TROPIC BREEZE WIND MACHINES Tropic Breeze Wind Machines have been widely used in citrus groves and orchards. They are a thoroughly proven piece of equipment. And now they have been shown to be highly effec- tive in cranberry marsh frost protection. One man can efficiently operate one or several wind machines, saving the labor costs of a whole crew required for flooding. Pro- tection is fast too— bginning in 3 to 5 mj'nutes after the machine i^. started. In addition, an authoritative re- port recently released indicates that Wind Machines substanti- pi]^y reduced the number of fbrds. This b'^ou^ht improved rii^l'ty pnd yi-M over marshes v/he-e Wird P-la chines were n:t U3ed. Wnd l^fachines have also been found ideal for p-ctection of Mueberries and other bush fruits. FMC Tropic Breeze Wind Ma- chines are available in a variety of models to meet your require- ments. Get all the facts— fill in the coupon and mail it today. FMC CORPORATION, FLORIDA DIVISION FAIRWAY AVENUE, LAKELAND, FLORIDA □ Please send me sales literature on Tropic Breeze Wind Machine □ Please have sales engineer contact me NAME_ ADDRESS (RFD). CITY 'i The Effectiveness Of Wind Machines For Cold Protection In A Wisconsin ' ^ _.:^': "iMCranberry Marsh' By W. R. Wallis, Meteorologist U.S. Weather Bureau Cold Protection is a necessary part yt Wisconsin cranberry production and for years the protection has been accomplished by flooding cranberry Deds with water from surface reser- i^oirs. Flooding provides complete told protection, but it is not without problems. In some areas several lours are required to provide an adequate flood and during cool dry periods, water becomes an expensive ;omm,odity. Weed and fungus in- jestation, scalds, and plant retarda- ion are also problems related to looding and they are particularly acute during the critical bloom and young berry stage of the season. It is generally agreed that each flood during this portion of the season substantially reduces both volume and quality of the crop. During the summer months of June, July and August critically cold temperatures are, with very few exceptions, limited to clear still nights and lowest temperatures are generally above 25°. Experience has shown that wind machines are ef- fective as a method of cold protec- tion under these conditions and in 50' 40' 30' 20' 10' Sfc. 25 50 75 100 % of Total Inversion June, 1983 two wind machines were installed in the C & H Cranberry marsh near City Point, Wisconsin. The machines were not intended to C & H CRANBERRY MARSH 9/13/63 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 1 1 j_x_^ ^ L ._._:__ ...i , ;■■-■] j : ; 1 ^ . - - . i *-i — 1- ^ - - --[■ ! - - ^-L i 1 — ■Ml — . — 1 ; H ._j \ — , — l_l.^._...-J \ \ \ : . 1 j 1 ^_| t-H~- ^■-^- i rit;^-:- 'i^[FEprj- f — y- i- r^-±r ^ ' '^M± ^ r— : — h— — — ■ S ,I]Rp!\':F .-I- :..--. ■ -^... . (:lD^■;^Ol. i-.^- , : . 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The limit of protection whizh cail !:e expected is dependent upon the magnitude of the inversion, but a reasonable es- timate Cii the maximum projection would be 8°, and this with an in- version of 20°. As .stated earlier, it was felt that reducing the number of floods dur- ing the critcal portion of the season would improve quality and yield and the results confirmed this feeling. Keeping quality of the berries har- vested was excellent and yield per acre was well above that of neiih- EDITOR'S NOTE Warren Wallis, suthor of the arti- cle on the "wind machines," is a n-e:erologist employed by the U.S. Weather Bureau and duung the winter months is stationed at t h e Weather Station at Lakeland, Flori- da, and during the summer at Madi- sc:i, Wisconsin, forecasting for the )W! 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Wallis assisted him in sub- sequent years. It was Mr. Georg with whom Leo A. Sorenson, Wis- consin Rapids cranberry consultant first discussed t h e possibility of testing this type of machine for cranberries. It was planned to ori- ginate the tests in 1960, but these never developed due to the amino- triazole scare. Upon recovery from this crisis in the industry Mr. Soren- son discussed again with Wallis and after studying all the "angles" in conjunction with his superior at Madison the test was approved. Sorenson felt this was the only way the machines could be satis- factorilly tested in an unbiased manner and with the proper equip- ment. The experiments according to Sorenson and others proved them- selves, and now there is consider- able interest in the machines in Wisconsin and several machines have been sold and delivered in New Jersey, and several are being considered for Massachusetts. The first article on the two "wind machines" at the C & H marsh in Wisconsin appeared in CRANBER- RIES Magazine in the August issue. USDA Hearing (Continued from Page 4) the advantage of Ocean Spray and Attorney Perry questioned the wit- ness at great length, and in doing so, the report of Ocean Spray to its stockholders and to t h e marketing committee differed in barrelage for the crop of 1962, in regard to screening and shrinkage, he inferr- ed. Mr. Blair was cautioned several times by the hearing master that the questions he was asking were irrelevant and that he could not "put figures in the mouth of the witness' in the matter in which he was asking the questions that the question should be approached through a different line of method. Mr. Perry pursued the point by calling Anthony R. Briggs, manager of t h e Marketing Committee who said the total industry shrink for that year was reported as 92,236 Sixteen barrels, and then calling President Olsson to the stand who testified the report to stockholders had showed an Ocean Spray shrink of slightly more than 100,000 barrels or a dif- ference of about 14.000 barrels. Mr. Olsson under questioning by Attorney Finnigan and from the floor said the annual stockholders' report was prepared by a recog- nized and competent outside firm of audi'iors, and the figures used in the preparation were those of the audi- tors. He said he felt the report was fully justified from the standpoint of good auditing. Beaton had testi- fied earlier he did not believe the changing of the word "acquired" to "handle" would materially change the set-aside figure. To a question, Mr. Olsson replied that if Mr. Perry was a stockholder he could find the information on the figures at the main office at Hanson. Another change in the by - laws was one proposed by Decas Bros. this being presented by John C. Decas on the stand. As marketing orders now stand, to be placed in effect upon an industry, more than two thirds of the growers or produ- cers, either by number or volume must vote in favor in an industry- wide referendum. This the cran- berry growers did two years ago. In essense the Decas proposal was that the "secretary shall terminate" an order when he finds that the o"- dsr is not favored by either a ma- pority of growers affiliated with any "cooperative marketing organiza- tion", in this instance Ocean Spray, or by a majority of growers not af- filiated with this organization; in this case the growers or the so-call- ed "independents." The plea of Mr. Decas was that as Ocean Spray has a majority of about 85 percent of growers, by numbers and volume that this Ocean Spray majority had forced its will upon the minority indepen- dents with only two or three excep- tions. Even though recognizing that only a majority of total number of grow- ers as independents might vote for termination, it was onlv fair this minority should have this "protec- tion." He sa'd he was not advocat- ing such a vote necessarily at this time but he would like to have that provision in the order so that if it became advisable from an inde- pendent point of view, this could be done. Before he testified he was cau- tioned by Hearing Master Rogers that the amendment might not be considered as constitutional in that a minority of total growers might be making a decision against the will of the total majority, but he would permit the testimony to go in. Attorney Platnick of the USDA said he also doubted if such a vote would be effective that the secre tary "shall" do something as it wa the intent of Congress in passing legislation on marketing orders tha a majority rule. He suggester thi word "shall" be changed to "may" but Mr. Dcas said that w a s no his desire. At the start of the hearing Rober Hiller, Rochester, asked if he migh read into the record a letter fron his employer Peter LeSage, distri butor, who is in Florida. Mr. Roger said he would permit this, as . courtesy, even though the content i] would have no bearing on the evi dence as it was not given unde oath. He said if the letter had been ac dressed to him and not to Mr. Hi] ler it would have been admissabl and that Mr. Hiller could testify i his own words if he wished. The lei ter referred to a belief the markei ing order favors Ocean Spray to th disadvantage of independents, th£ the order might not be consitutiom and that Vernon Goldsworthy, Wisconsin independent grower an handler is testing this constitutior ality in the Wisconsin U.S. Distric Court. Goldsworthy has bee charged by the Department of Ju; tice with a violation of the acts < the order. The whole question of a termin; tion of the order comes up for a re rendum this year, probably in Maj with another nationwide vote t cranberrymen. Growers must also vote on t h amendments it approved by t h secretary. There are 12 in all. M Briggs had testified that a numb of these were merely for "strear lining" the committee operations One concerns a proposal, put fc ward by Mr. Beaton for adopting withholding resolution that wou. grant a handler credit toward ne: year's set aside. A proposal put fo ward by Mr. Olsson which would r quire handlers to pay the commo tee a specified amount to obtai berry release from the set-aside proposal by Manager Briggs wou, require the committee to determh the price per barrel a handler mu deposit for release of withheld be ries. Another concerns the chan' ing of the word "date" to "dates for the filing of a report at end season. Report Issued By IVIarket Committee Anthony R. Briggs, manager Cranberry Marketing Committi has released the latest compilatit of inventory and handling repor as given by handlers which shov that as of January 1, 1964 thei was a total of 424,638 barrels i hand in the industry as compan k U [ty a total on hand, January 1, 1963 416,771. The total crop acquired 1963 as given by the distributors 1.201,966 barrels, and it is inter- ;ting to note that at the Cranberry ariveting Committee's 0 c to b e r eeting, when the set-aside was re- iced to zero the Committee esti- ate at that time was 1,197,593, or deviation of only 4373 barrels. Broken down by states the 1983 op was: Massachusetts 632,341; jvv Jersey, 65,271; Wisconsin, 353,- «9; Washington, 112,431; Oregon, ,846 barrels. Of this production 394,969 barrels •ire sold on the fresh market; and I processors, 729,524. The balance of the crop reported ( hand is given as 144,689 barrels ]Ocessed ready for shipment and, i freezers, 279,949 barrels. On hand, September 30, or t h e art of the 1963 selling season were (1,866 in freezers; processed ready Ir shipment, 85,872 barrels. Disposi- tn as the processors reports show \^s 152,738 sold processed of the :52 crop and of the 1963 crop 52,678 barrels. The new figure of barrels on hand irrects ihat of 668,938 given at the .anberry Marketing Order hearing I Boston December 12. The differ- ^ce is due to the fact, it is ex- ained that at that time there were :plication of figures on the part of toe distributors. inor 3 Retiring Employees (Continued from Page 6) unty Road in Dennisport has been Ocean Spray's Harwich Plant Bce 1940. He has been a Receiver Eji Mechanic in Maintenance. His lit position was Machine Operator. porn in Harwich, he is a graduate J Harwich High School where he vjs Captain of the Baseball Team. and his wife, Grace Kendrick, re a son, Donald, of Dennisport 7 grandchildren, [endrick's father, Benjamin jfedrick, was sea captain of a fish- fi| boat and also raised cranber- 'ds. He owned the Bells Neck cran- "Nxy bog in Harwich. After several •nerships since his death, the pro- > ty is now being cleared for hous- tj. Still vdll retain its name of lis Neck. iimon went fishing with his Uer at the early age of 12 and ID helped on the cranberry bogs. [jj^jA^ever, he followed neither pro- )i«^ion. Instead went into the pack- D'ljng end of the cranberry business Nh Ocean Spray. jljtanley Benson of Middleboro was Toastmaster of the affair and pre- sented gifts from the employees present. Mr. Benson was associated with Miss Pitman at the Sales Com- pany and is now Assistant Sales and Traffic Manager, Fresh Cran- berries, at Ocean Spray. Edward Gelsthorpe, Executive Vice President and General Mana- ger of Ocean Spray, presented gifts and certificates from the coopera- t '::•, e"2'aved watches to Mrs. ; ~c-sa and Mr. Kendrick, and an amethyst and pearl bracelet to Miss Pitman. Chester W. Robbins, Treasurer of the cooperative, and representing Massachusetts cranberry growers spoke of the contribution made to the cooperative by these dedicated people over the years. Serving on the arrangements Committee, Mrs. Vaino Korpinen of Middleboro, Mrs. J. E. Taylor of Plymouth, Miss Margaret Clark of Hanson and Miss Betty Buchan of Duxbury. New FDA Booklet: Fscts For Cofssismer, Pesticide Residues WASHINGTON, D.C. — How a Federal agency enforces the safety rules established by Congress to control pesticide residues in food crops is detailed in a booklet en- titled "Facts for Consumers— PEST- ICIDE RESIDUES" recently issued by the Food and Drug Administra- tion, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The booklet points out that pesti- cides are a powerful weapon in the battle tc guard American foodstuffs against insects and other pests, but that their use poses the problem of ensuring that no harmful residue remains in the food that reaches the consumer's table. It spells out in ncntechnical terms how the Federal Food. Drug, and Cosmetic Act op- erates to occomplish this objective. Details of the booklet explain the system for setting safe tolerances, areas of Government authority, the farmer's responsibility, safety clearance requirements, and testing procedures. Before 1940, t h e booklet points out, there were only a handful of basic chemicals available for use as pesticides. With these products^ farmers were able to control only a few of the primary pests such as the coddling moth, boll weevil, po- tato beetle, and some scale insects. Today there are almost 500 basic chemicals used in more than 54,000 registered pesticide products. Of these, about 250 chemicals are wide- ly used in about 38,500 agricultu "■ formulas. In one recent year over t ■ Hon growers of fruits, veg t and other crops in the Uni'ed St used 175,826,000 pounds of insecti- cides, plus an even larger amoun; of weed killers, fungicides, and other pesticides. Many of these can and do result in chemical residues on harvested crops. It is, therefore, important that there be adequate controls to protect consumers from injury. "Facts for Consurriers — PESTI- CIDE RESIDUES" summarizes the t w 0 major laws under which the Federal Government works to con- trol the safety of pesticides. One is t h e Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide (IF&R) Act of 1947, which is administered Yy the Department of Agriculture (Pesticides Regulation Division, Agricultural Research Service). The ether is the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FDC) Act of 1938 as amended by t h e Miller Pesticide Chemical Amendment of 1954. | This is enforced by the Food and Dru? Administration of t h e Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The IF&R Act is a label registra- tion law. The FDC Act provides for the setting of safe limits on t h e amount of residue that may remain on the crop at harvest. The FDA procedure begins to operate after the manufacturer has registered or applied for registration of his pro- duct with the Department of Agri- culture. The manufacturer then submits to FDA a petition f o r a "tolerance" or an exemption for his pesticide. The petition must contain results of tests made to show how much residue will remain on the crop if directions on the label are follow- ed, tests made on animals to show that this amount of residue will not be harmful, and methods of analy- ( Continued on Page 20) Seventeen ChlorolPC ? the new answer to dormant weed control in Cranberriei Chloro IPC, a time-tested herbicide made by the Chemical Division of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Com- pany, can now be used on dormant cranberries. This is good news to growers who need an econom- ical way to control annual grasses (bent grass, an- nual blue grass, turkeyfoot grass) as well as such weeds as rushes, horsetail, velvet grass, loosestrife, tearthumb and certain others. Chloro IPC is ap- plied while the plants are dormant. It is completely dissipated before the fruit ever appears, so there's no residue problem. Chloro IPC is among the least toxic of all commercial herbicides. Thorough field testing of Chloro IPC on cran- berry bogs in Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Wash- ington has developed local experience and recom- Eighteen , '] mendations suited to each area. PPG Chloro IPC is easy to apply in the form of 20% granules, 100 lb. to the acre during November or December after' harvest. A repeat application in early spring before' cranberry growth begins will give further control of annual weeds. Ask your experiment station per-; sonnel at the state university for local recommenda- tions on use of PPG Chloro IPC. Write for more details and your local distributor's name to: Pitts-: burgh Plate Glass Company, Chemical Division, One Gateway Center, Pittsburgh 22, Pa. chemicals fidJt'^al.s ISSUE OF FEBRUARY, 1964 VOL, 28 - NO. 10 THE ORDER AGAIN Once again the Cranberry Marketing [Order is in the forefront of the minds of ranberry growers, proposed amendments to the order having been heard at the three hearings by the USDA in Massachu- setts, New Jersey and Wisconsin. As this igoes to press the results of the hearings are not known. But the evidence has been taken. Amendments concerned ; handler with- holding, shall have the excess ciuantity credited to his withholding obligations of the next fiscal period in which free and res/tricted percentages are fixed ; the com- mittee shall determine the amount per barrel each handler must deposit with the icommittee for berries bought back. Also lany funds received by the committee shall be distributed proportionately to all hand- ler on the basis of the volume of cran- jberries handled. These are amendments designed, it is understood to smooth out the functioning of the order. Ocean Spray proposed that the free and restricted percentage and withhold- ng obligations be based on the volume of cranberries handled. Decas Bros, inde- Dendent, proposed to amend the order to 'equire a referendum or termination^ each /ear. Such a referendum now comes up n May, the second year. Whether or not we like in theory the ■ )rder, it's effectiveness will be brought up md discussed at that time and each grow- er may again make his decision. THE FROST "WINDMACHINES" We are far from being enough of an 'engineer" to comprehend much of the A^orkings of the so-called '*wind-maphine" ■or cranberry frost protection as referred ;o in the interesting article in this issue. ;3ut, we do know the innovation sounds ;nost interesting and is arousing interest in ■iVisconsin, Massachusetts and New Jer- sey, _ (particularly among blueberry grow- lers in the latter) and for all we know on phe West Coast, but the machine or ma- phines would not seem to be adaptable to rery small holdings. The interest does indicate that growers ire becoming ever more conscious of the CLARENCE J. HALL Editor and Publisher EDITH S. HALL— Associate Editor Wareham, Massachusetts SUBSCRIPTIONS, $4.00 Per Year, FOREIGN, $5.00 CORRESPONDENTS— ADVISORY Wisconsin LEO A. SOliENSUN Cranbeiry Consultant Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Washington Dr. CHARLES C. DOUGHTY Cranberry Specialist Long Beach, Wash. Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, Ore. Massachusetts Dr. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Mass. New Jersey P. E. MARUCCI New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station Pemberton, New Jersey frost losses inherent in cranberry growing and of the fact that flooding does nothing to improve berry quality. This and the rapidly increasing interest in sprinklers for frost control are all to the good. Such control is not cheap, but it appears to pay off. "Wind-machines" in cranberry frost control, as we pointed out sometime ago are not new, but this seems the first really scientific approach to the problem with engineered methods. Nineteen SERVING WISCONSIN New FDA Booklet (Continued from Page 17) sis that can be used to detect and measure this residue. How these laws operate for con- sumer protection is of special in- terest to farmers, since they are both producers who must use pesti- cides safely and consumers who en- joy the benefits of safe use for their own families. The booklet is available from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Wash- ington, D.C. 20402. The price is 15 cents. BOG SALE AT LONG BEACH Mr. and Mrs. Guido Funke, who have operated a cranberry bog for 32 years at Long Beach, Washing- ton have sold their holding, it is re- ported to Mr. and Mrs. Erling Bra- teng of Longview. The sale includ- ed 14 acres of bog, a large ware- house and other buildings. The Funkes retained the dwelling and a portion of land. IRRADIATION What's the future for irradiation of fresh fruits? Bright! The Atomic Energy Commission is working on plans to install an irradiation pro- cessing plant in California by early 1965 to research irradiation of fresh fruits. FDA reportedly has already approved use of irradiation for both bacon and wheat and has applica- tions for use on citrus and potatoes. (American Fruit Grower.) Editor's Note, Cranberry Institute has been looking into the use of cranberies in irradiation field. INDIAN TRAIL, inc. 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Rapids Wis. MF^S. of: SPRAY BOOMS GRASS CLIPPERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS Getsinger Retracto, tooth pickers Dryers DiSTR. of: VEE BELTS & PULLEYS ROLLER CHAINS SPROCKETS & BEARINGS CONVEYOR BELTING STEEL A complete line of Sprinkler Irriga- ion (New & Used) for FROST AND BROUGHT PROTECTION. Can or (vill help finance. FRANKES IRRI- .&ATION, 2523 Post Road (Whiting) litevens Point, Wisconsin. OUR PRODUCTS Strained Cranberry Sauce Whole Cranberry Sance Cransweets Diced Cransweets Cranberry Apple Sance Cranberry-Strawberry Preserves Cranberry-Cherry Preserves Cranberry-Pineapple Preserves Cranberry-Raspberry Preserves Cranberry-Rhubarb Preserves Cranberry-Gooseberry Preserves Spiced Cranberries Cranberry Chilli Sauce Cranberry Bar-B-Q Sauce Cranberry Orange Relish Cranberry Vinegar Cranberry Juice Cran-Beri Cran-Vari Cran-Puri Cranberry Puree Cran-Bake Sliced and Whole Maraschino Cranberries Consumer Size & Bulk F'resh Cranberries Cranberry Products, Inc. EAGLE RIVER, WISCONSIN .^^.SCK' WiSGONStN HEADQUARTERS FOR INSECTICIDES — FUNGICIDES HERBICIDES DUSTS — WETTABLE POWDERS — EMULSIONS PARATHION — MALATHION FERBAM — SIMAZINE DITHANE M - 22 (Maneb) p ,. WEED RHAP 20 SEVIN Hopkins Agricultural Chemical Co. p. O. BOX 584 Phone: MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53701 Area Code 608 257-1019 YOU Are Reading This Ad— Others Will Read Yours In CRANBERRIES uni^ • ^'*- Library Aiaherst, Mass Wttm ^prag Nrma PUBLISHED MONTHLY Ocean Spray schedules advertising on top daytime Network Shows Ocean Spray's Go Creative Cranberry Juice Cocktail TV commercials are continuing to reach homes all over the nation, week-in, week-out. Aimed at Mrs. Homemaker, the Cranberry Juice Cocktail spots are carried on ten of her top-preferred daytime shows on the NBC and ABC networks. The commercials boost Cranberry Juice Cock- tail sales by showing sparkling new serving ideas for home and party menus. A continuing schedule of Go Creative commercials is planned on 330 stations of the t^vo networks through September 1964. Tune in on these TV shows for Go Creative serving ideas ABC-TV-Price Is Right, Seven Keys, Queen for a Day, The Object Is. NBC-TV-Word for Word, Truth or Consequences, Loretta Young Show, You Don't Say, Let's Make a Deal, Missing Links. Giving another big push to Cranberry Juice Cocktail sales is the promotion continuing through March on Arthur Godfrey's show over 200 CBS radio network stations. Judging's begun on the Fresh Cranberry Recipe Contest promoted by Ocean Spray on Arthur Godfrey Time over CBS radio network and on Don McNeill's Breakfast Club over the ABC network. Over 9500 original recipes for using Ocean Spray Fresh Cranberries were entered by the closing date, January 31. Winning "Cranberry Dish of the Year" will be announced in March. RVINC A $40,000,000 A YEAR INDUSTRY iPE COD EW JERSEY VISCONSiN OREGON WASHINGTON CANADA ;'^'* "Dave" Pryde. Retiring Ocean Spray Dii-ector on one of his bogs at Grayland. (CRANBERRIES Phot 40 Cents MARCH, \9i I IRECTORY For CRANBERRY GROWERS .JLH Company, Inc. Medford, Mass. < ;^ 970 Fellsway Tel. EXport 5-5305 Manufacturers of Folding Cartons and Displays Wareham, Mass. Tel. CY 5-0039 WATER WHITE KEROSENE For use on Cranberry Bogs Also STODDARD SOLVEN S t'rompt Delivery Service Franconia Coal Ca. READ CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE SANDERS Built from $750. WHEEL-OFF RIGS FLUMES Built to Order Welder and Power Shovel Available AGENT: FURFORD Picker and Pruner Carver, Mass. UN 6-4419 Wareham Savings WAREHAM and FALMOUTH , Savings Accounts I Loans on Real Estate Safe Deposit Boxes to Rent i i t^hone CYpress 5-3800 1 Kimball 83000 The National Bank of Wareham Conveniently located for Cranberry Men Funds always available for sound loans Complete Banking Service Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The I CHARLES W. HARRIS! 451 Old Somerset Ave. North Dighton, Mass. AMES Irrigation Systems Sprinklers Weed killers Insecticides Fungicides Kiekens - Duster and Sprayers 1 EQUIPMENT - SEPARATOR - WAREHAM, MASS. Imgatioii Systems SEPARATORS - BLOWERS SCREENHOUSE EQUIPMENT PICKING MACHINES Extensive Experience in ELECTRICAL WORK ALFRED PAPPI At Screenhouses, Bogs and Pumps Means Satisfaction WAREHAM, MASS. Tel. CY 5-2000 i SUBSCRIBE TO CRANBERRIES ■i ^etter To rhe Editor (Pres. GoldKvorthy Discusses new 'ooling Plan of paying for cran- eries by Cranberry Products, Inc.) Editor's Note.) Here at Cranberry Products, Inc., ^e believe, the only honestj fair I ^ay to pay for cranberries is on a uality basis and we have taken the sad in developing a pooling system n 1963 to make this a reality. Vhile the rest of the cranberry in- ustry may be oppO'Sed to such a luality program now, we are sure Jiey will eventually follow such a [rogram before too long, as the rower with the quality fruit will emand it. He will want more for is high quality fruit than his neigh- bor is receiving for floaters that re not even good canning sitock. This year at the time of harvest we paid $10.00/bbl. f. o. b. for cranberries packed in sugar bags, which we furnished. In most cases the growers shipped us the cran- beries as they harvetesd them, thus saving at least 10%-15% shrinkage by shipping at the time of harvest, or $1.00 to $1.50 per barrel. All our growers were paid in full in 1963 for their 1983 production shipped us. On cranberries sold on the fresh fruit market we paid the grower what was received for them less $.5$ a barrel to cover our operating cost. Thus, a grower with Searles, Howes, or McFarlins sold on the fresh fruit market and bringing $17.00 to $20.00 a barrel, received this for his cranberries less the packaging supplies and $.50 a bar- rel. The fresh berries are not pool- ed with the canning berries as we blieve it is not fair to pay the same price for pies and seconds as t h e finest Howes sold in retail stores. 'perate. We (Mrs. Hall and I) had express- ed a desire to visit the Olympics jwhich have been called the last JU.S. unspoiled wilderness and so Mr. Pryde kindly planned a two day trip for us. This, even though he had been up the night before until four o'clock as he feared a [rost that night. Promply at 8 in |Lhe morning he and Mrs. Pryde picked us up, the Prydes taking :urns in driving. The twin cites, just a little to the aorth of the Grayland area are he western entrance to the "loop" around the Olympic Peninsula, and in fact there is one bog on the ex- treme northern part of the Penin- |sula near Ozette Lake on the Pacific. I There were a number of high lights on this trip. First there was a visit to a hotel in the Olympics, where the Prydes knew of a remark- able private collection of Indian ob- jects and artifacts. The woman who conducts this, as a hobby, is Swiss and she told us a Strang tale of the Quinalt and Queets Indians, who have reservations in the region. There, there were genuine totem poles from Alaska, dug-out canoes and hiindreds of fascinating objects. But the story she told was how the Indians believed in the "Little People." The Indians could not say whether they were male or female or whether or not they wore cloth- mg. All they knew, she said, was that they continually "see" them in trees, behind rocks, almost any- where. And they can be evil, they can climb in your bedroom window at night and do you harm. This Indian authority would not go so far as to say she believes the Indians actually see the "Little People," but they believe they do, and she sounded as if she might be a little in doubt herself. We visited an almost tropical "rain forest," with its extremely lush vegetation, its vines and flowers, all a dark eerie green which was in sharp contrast to snow-clad peaks about us. We visited a sulphur hot spring, where people come from all over to "take the waters." Not far from Port Angeles on the Strait, we stopped to look at the butt of a mighty Fir tree. The in- scription said this tre6, experts had decided, by studymg its rings, was 11 years old when Columbus dicsovered America. But the extreme highlight was the 14-mile drive along Hurricane Ridge at an altitude of more than 5,000 feet. There, at an observatory we, early in the morning, were pro- foundly effected by the vast, blue shadows of the mountains with then* snowy peaks, the valleys, the high- est peak of all being Mt. Olympus, towering 7945 feet. These are Alpine peaks with Gacliers, Alpine meadows and Al- pine flowers were in bloom at the time we saw them. Mrs. Pryde and Mrs. Hall admired these and the tall trees while Mr. Pryde was much more interested in rock formation, about which he knew a great deal. He told us that at one time he had Pryde, beside a Douglas Fir, adjusts his camera for a shot in th)e Olympic rain forest. (CRANBERRIES Photo) Eleven gone prospecting for manganese in the Olympics, with a partner, pack- ing in all their supplies on their backs. They had found the mangan- ese, but the venture did not, for some reason, prove profitable. Mr. Pryde also knew a great deal about placer mining, which is pan- ning streams for gold, and can still be done at or not far form the cran- berry areas of Washington and Ore- gon. He said a meager day's pay could be earned, "if yor are lucky." He pointed out places where he believed manganese could still be found, and I got the impression he would like to do more prospecting in the Olympics. Mrs. Pryde had packed box lunch- es and these we ate at National and State parks in the Olympics in the cool and silent shade of the towering tree.s All, in all, a trip for which Mrs. Hall and I feel deep>- ly indebted to the Prydes. Incidentally, Mr. Pryde had not forgotten his early photograpihic training and took a number of care- fully-timed and carefully composed color shots with a .35 mm camera. New Fungicide For Cranberries A new improved fungicide, Dit- hane M-22 Special, was recently in- troduced by Rohm & Haas Com- pany, Philadelphia chemicals manu- facturer, The Company announces this new formulation is a combina- tion of maneb with zinc and pos- sesses outstanding fungicidal effec- tiveness, improved retention proper- ties, and extremely low phytotoxi- city. It is effective against a wide variety of fungous diseases of many fruit and vegetable crops. Dithane M-22 Special clearance for commercial use on tomatoes, carrots, celery, cole crops, lettuce, lima beans, onions, spinach, sweet corn, sugar beets, p>eanuts, cotton, tobacco, peaches, apricots, grapes, almonds, and cranberries. Because of its low phytotoxicity, Dithane M- 22 Special is also recommended for use on apples and certain cucurbits which are sensitive to ordinary maneb formulations. Another Rohm & Haas fungicide, Dithane M-45, a reacted coordina- tion product of zinc iron and maneb was introduced in 1963. It has been widely used on potatoes, ornamen- tals and turf, and will continue to te recjmmended for use on these c i.p3 and others as label clear- ^iues are obtained. Dithane M-22 Special is supplied in handy 3-pound bags in case lots G.' 13, and in 50-pound fiber drums. Dithane is a trademark of Robm t: Haas Company, Reg. U.S. Pat Off. New ''Sofr Pack For Cranberry Products CANNER-PACKER Magazine in a recent issue featured the packgaing of processed foods into multi-ply la- minated pouches, which is being done experimentally by Cranberry Products, Inc. of Eagle River, Wis- consin. Cranberry Products with its pjujh supplier has worked out a process, the article says, which per- iiiits full retorting of low ac'd foods such as corn and green beans in ; dJition to the acid products such as cranberries. Pouches or "flexible cans" offer shipping weight savings and the container, when emptied can be more easily disposed of, it is said. President Vernon Goldsworthy says that apparently Cranberry Pro- ducts is the only concern dn t h e United States doing this type of work. Cranberry Products so far has packed cranberries, applesauce, crushed pineapple, green beans, corn, beans with tomato sauce, bread rolls and pound cake for the U.S. Army There has been set up at the Eagle River plant a baking department to do the actual baking. Goldsworthy says the Army thinks in a few years the biggest part of its food will be packed in this man- ner as it keeps much better than in tin and is lighter as far as trans- portation goes. The first pouch work undertaken by Cranberry Products was a sup- ply contract for experimental packs of cranberry sauce. The CANNER- PACKER article says extensive tests by Food and Container Institute have shown the pouched foods to be equal or superior to products pro- cessed and packaged in convention- al rigid containers. The pouches measured* approximately ZV2 by 6 inches between seals and contain approximately 4i/^ ounces. According to Charles Goldsworthy, sales manager, "Cranberry sauce packed in the pouch and held for two years was actually superior in color to a canned sauce, and doesn't have dark streak associated with the can seam." As soon as passable the whole sauce and jellied sauce lines at Cranberry Products will be moved into a newly-constructed area, plan- ned originally as warehouse space, but already required for added pro- duction. The Goldisworthys anticipate add- several specialities, such as shrimp Creole, vegetables in sauce and others as interest builds in the pouched foods. Latest new product in a conven- tional pack is a new table service glass jar. Both Goldisworthys be- lieve the glass-packed cranberry • sauce without a label attracts sales and reports indicates public recep- tions have been excellent. Break-Through In UK. Cranberry Market Achieved EASTER PROMOTION IN PROGRESS An Easter promotion program for American cranberries in the United Kingdom is going forward, announ- ces President Orrin G. CoUey of the Cranberry Institute. There is a simr ilar but smaller program in Bel- gium. There is also to be a summer campaign in the United Kingdom in connection with a British i c e cream manufacturer, which will promote ice cream and cranberries as a topping or use otherwise. Also in the Institute plans in as- sociation with Foreign Agricultural Service of the USDA, is promotion in the Benelux countries and possi- bly a continued effort in West Ger- many, where the patential market seems favorable. Plans are being made now for the next market year which starts Sept- ember first, this in continued con- junction with FAS. Mr. Colley is convinced now that Continued on Page 24 Tw£uve: Enoch F. Bills (left), retiring as Plant Manager of Ocesn Spray plant in Bordentown, New Jersey, £ind Ed- ■ard V. Lipman, New Jersey Area Manager, now in ch arjc of processing. (Photo Courtesy Ocean Spray) M Lipman Succeeds Bills As Head Of Bordentown, N. J. Plant \ Edward V. Lipman, New Jersey jrea Manager of Ocean Spray Cran- Isrries, Inc., is in charge of pro- ijssing at the Bordentown, New brsey plant according to an an- Duncement from Robert C. Lucas, jroduction Manager for the national Iranberry cooperative. Mr. Lipman acceeds Enoch F. Bills, who retired ti December 31. Lipman has been with Ocean ipray for 18 years, serving as field nan and director of grower rela- ons. In 1956 he served on the oard of Directors. He has worked losely with Mr. Bills during h i s ijr»ure and will continue to have the lenefit of h i s knowledge and long jxperience as consultant. ' Mr. Bils' association with the co- Iperabive , goes back to the time of s incorporation in 1930, and even {efore that he w a s a "cranberry Tan". His father built cranberry ogs, encompassing more than 75 cres in the area, and these passed on to Mr. Bill's management. H i s Aunt, Elizabeth Lee, was the first to think of making cranberry sauce from the native New Jersey berry and putting it in cans. She organ- ized a canning company called The Enoch F. Bills jCompany with her nephew as president. The manufact- uring plant was in New Egypt, and Miss Lee managed it herself until 1925 Vv^hen her nephew answered her call for help and became superin- tendent of processing. Mr. Bills is much too spritely to give away the date of his birth which took place in Bordentown. He attended Bordentown Military Insti- tute and graduated from Drexel In- stitute, a civil engineer. His first job was with The American Bridge Company of New York and when- ever he travels to New York today, he likes to look up at the network of steel holding up t h e roof of Grand Central Station and remember when he had that project on the drawing board. He went to the N. K. Busby Company of Trenton in 1915 and it was there, ten years later, he re- ceived the call from Miss Lee which changed the professional course of ;his life. From then on, cranberries became his dominant interest, be- ginning with the quality of the berry on the vine and carrying through to the sauce in the can. The brand name of the cranberry sauce produced by the Enoch F. Bills Company was Bog Sweet. With the need for more berries for Cran- berry Sauce, the company expand- ed to take in more cranberry grow- ers, and the name was changed to Cranberry Products, Inc. In 1930, the New Jersey company merged with two Massachusetts companies, the Ocean Spray Preserving Com- pany and the Makepeace Preserving Company, to form a cranberry growers' cooperative. It was called Cranberry Canners, Inc. and adopt- ed the brand name Ocean Spray, Thirteen 'which was already well-established in New England. In 1945, the cooperative again ex- panded to t a li e in growers in a 1 1 cranberry producing areas, and the market was extended to encompass the entire United States. The name was changed first to National Cran- berry Association and later to Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. to be more closely associated with the brand name of the products. The New Jersey canning opera- tions remained in New Egypt until 1943 when the cooperative pur- chased a worsted mill in Borden- town on land once owned by Joseph Bonaparte. Mr. Bills, with engineer- ing skill, converted the miU to cran- berry procestsang and continued as its plant manager until h i s retire- ment this past Decemiber. Bills, last major Ocean Sipray project was the current imiprovement and ex- pansion of the plant. A freezer with a capacity of 20,000 barrels was built and storage space for finished goods added. There are new receiv- ing and screendng facilities for packagmg of fresh cranberries. The Bordentown Plant currently produces about 1,250,000 cases of cranberry products annually and, besides New Jersey markets, ships to Baltimore, Washington, Eastern Pennsylvania and Metro New York. A bronze plaque, commending Mr. Bills, contribution to the cranberry industry, is ready to be put up at the Bordentown Plant as soon as current improvements are complet- ed. It reads: "In grateful apprecia- tion to Enoch F. Bills for his dedi- cation to the cause of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. since its inception. Descendant of the national coopera- tive's founder, Elizabeth Lee; char- ter member and du^ector of Ocean Spray; plant manager of New Egypt, 1930-1943; plant manager of Bordentown, 1943-1963. His wise counsel and service have earned him a place as leader and friend to cranberry growers in N e w Jersey NOW JARI WHIPS WEEDS ON LAND AND UNDER WATER Pesky weeds have marred the beauty of lakeshore homes and spoiled the swimming and boating. With the new Underwater Mower, Jari can beat the weeds wherever they are. This Underwater model mows 'em from the sur- face to a depth of 42". Now, any beach can be fun. And on land, the heavy duty Monarch Sickle Bar Mower knocks weeds down even on rough, rocky ground or steep slopes. New Underwater Weed Mower •k Clears a 42" wide swath ir Easy to mount on standard rowboats ■k Adjustable cutting depth Monarch Sickle Bar Mower • Self propelled, 3 H.P. Model ic 36" or 44" sickle bars •k Won't throw stones, glass For more information write: jari PRODUCTS, INC. 2978 Pillsbury Avenue Minneapolis 8, Minnesota and throughout the nation". Mr. Bills is a member of the New Jersey Society of Professional Engi-J neers and the National Society of '[ Professional Engineers, a Charter and Life Member of the Trenton Engineers Club, the Masons and the Kiwanis. In 1958, he received a cita- tion from the Board of Agriculture of Burlington County. His successor has cranberry plan- tations in Jackson County and Toms River. A graduate of Rutgers Uni- versity, he received his B.S. in 1933 and his M.S. in 1938. He w a s with the Department of Bacteriology at the University of California as a Laboratory Instructor in 1935-1936. During his years with the U.S. De- partment of Agriculture, he worked with the Crop Reporting Service in: Trenton and New Brunswick. As Administrator of War Services, he set up county war boards through- out World War II. Lipman is a member of the Union Club of New Brunswick, the Ameri- can Cranberry Growers Association the Farm Bureau, Rutgers Faculty Alumni Club and is Vice Presidenir of the Board of Education of Ncm bl Brunswick, where he resides or | Edgebrook Road with his wife anc children. Herbert C. Leonard)! Herbert C. Leonard, a partner ii the C & L Equipment Company o: Acushnet, manufacturers of ma chinery for cranberry grower; passed away recently in his SOtl year. Mr. Leonard was the son o Charles F. Leonard and Susan Ho well Leonard. His wife died a f e v years ago. The couple had tw( daughters who survive. Leonard worked as a machinist and draftsman for Brown & Sharpt of Providence for a numjber o) years, later for the Atlas Tack Fac tory, Fairhaven, and after thai taught in the welding department oJ the New Bedford Vocational High School. I After his retirement from that he and Frank P. Crandon, well knowr cranberry grower for many years a n d a former president of Ocean Spray formed the C. & L. company and manufactured cranberry equip ment. Fourteen be U t^ 5 z •a ^ a 13 S 6 U3 a .73 p ^ 71 u C8 3 u rt ^ 5 i ^ 9J 0H C5 c8 n -3 Fifteen OCEAN SPRAY TO BUILD NEW PLANT AT LONG BEACH Ocean Spray has purchased a sitei at Long Beach Washington which is conveniently located to growers of that area and contracts have been let for a new building. Also con- tracts for new equipment. The total mvestment in this new receiving station will be approxi- mately $60,000 according to Robert Lucas, director of operations. The finished operation will be a modern and efficient facility for the grow- ers of that area. Long Beach cran- berries go almost entirely into pro- cessing, and therefore attention is being given to bulk handling as a means of reducing costs. FOR SALE CRANBERRY BOG 31/2 ACRES IN VINES Some Blueberries WRITE FOR DETAILS W. H. MORTON Long Beach, R.I., Washington 1964 DEMAND FOE -- ^ CRANBERRIES SEEN EQUAL TO LAST YEAR Demand for fresh and processed during 1964 is expected to equal that in 1963. Massachusetts continues to be the leading producing state with its 660,000 barrels making up 51% of the nation's total production for 1963. ^ This production is down 15% from 1962 when the Bay State's second largest crop accounted for 59% of the U.S. total. New Jersey produc- tion also was down— 37%. As part of t h e 1964 demand for fresh and processed cranberries, competitive fruits, especially citrus, are expected to be much below the large volume of preceding years. Carryover stocks of berries are down considerably from a year ago, and supplies are expected to con- tinue relativly small with higher prices. The demand for cranberries is expected to be hdped further by a developing foreign demand for I deciduosu fruits. Professor Be says. Nationally, the biggest increase 1963 cranberry production w a s r( ported in the Washing and Orego; crops— up 87% over 1%2 when heav storms a n d a cold season reduce production. (Extension News, Univ. of Mass. IMPROVEMENTS CRANBERRY PRODUCTS Cranberry Products, Inc., of Eaj le River, Wisconsin, next year : handling its entire production wit pallet boxes, thus expecting to ma'l* savings 0 growers. Currently Craoi berry Products is instalilng two ne; spin coolers and some addiitionji equipment, with the intention of ner year nearly doubling its capacity icf^j cranberry sauce. Improvements are also being mac in the glass line, as President Ve nan Goldsworthy states the corpor tion has been unable to meet the d^ mand for both whole and strains sauce in glass with its present faciJ ties. EASTERN STATES NOW OFFERS PROVEN PESTICIDES FOR APPLICATION BY HELICOPTER !if, eli Harry T. Fisher, Jr., Purchase Street, P. 0. Box 243, Middleboro, Massachusetts, Tel. 947-2133, will forward requests for prompt heli- copter service to Fred "Slim" Seoule. Eastern States is your best source of cranberry pesti- cide control materials . . . order now. East- ern States is close to you and your needs-4here is an outlet near you. T. C. ASHLEY East Freetown Tel. Rockwell 3-5713 HARRY T. FISHER, JR. Middleboro Tel. Middleboro 947-2133 JAMES P. GAVONE Forestdale Tel. Osterville GA 8-4393 LAWRENCE H. WARD Plymouth Tel. Pilgrim 6-0970 E. S. SERVICE CENTER Brockton Tel. Juniper 6-4055 E. S. SERVICE CENTER New Bedford Tel. Wyman 6-5202 E. S. SERVICE CENTER Taunton Tel. Van Dyke 4-6331 EASTERN STATES FARMERS' EXCHANGE Sixteen yiassachusetts Cranberry Club Meeting discuss Sprinkler Irrigation Systems rof Waiiam Tomlinson Jr. Gives idvise on pesticide safety Overhead irrigation, a matter of luch interest to cranberry growers nd especially those in Massachu- setts at the present time was the rincipal topic at the February leetings of the cranberry clubs, 'ebruary 18, South Shore; Kingston, 'eb. 20; Cape Cod Club at Barn- table and Southeastern Massachu- kts Feb. 26 at Rochester, the lat- er positponed a week because of a lizzard on Feb. 19. This was a pan- jl discussion ably moderated by rof. John "Stan" Norton, engineer- g department at the Mass. Cran- ■erry Station. The "Safe Use Of Pesticides" was he other timely topic presented by , *rof. William "Bill" Tomlinson, en- pmologist of the Station and acting ead during the Great Britain Sab- ,'l>atical of Dr. C. E. Cross. It was pointed out that it has now een two years since Dr. Cross ade a "dramatic" plea for im- )roved water management of Mass- ichusetts bogs, particularly in rpinkler irrigation, pointing out the rost lessees and how these might ►e lessened and systems made to >ay for themselves in a relatively hort time. Prof. Norton estimated here are now about 700 Mass. acres inder such irrigation, a big increase ►ver a few years ago and that cost of installations had ben lessened, saying that systems could be install- ed in many instances at a cost of $400 -$500 an acre. Norton said the best place to be- gin the discussion was at the begin- ning and this came with the maps for the layouts of individual systems. This phase was presented by Richr ard Pratt, Soil Conservation Serv- ice. He said much irrigation used took only about 20 percent of the water used in the old method of frost flooding. One advantage is the mul- tiple use of such systems, not only for frost protection, but irrigation and the application of many agri- cultural chemicals. He said one "disadvantage" is the initial cost and that it is best to give the sys- trans constant attention during a frost night since something, perhaps pumps, or a sprinkler head might fail to function. He explained' how Soil Conserva- tion was able to help in the plan- ning and laying out of systems ev- en to drawing up maps for the act- ual systems. He said in Plymouth Coirnty alone the Soil Service now has about 50 requests for assistance in such layouts for 1964, and the amount of funds available was lim- ited. He stressed it would be heJp- ful if growers could dcide one type of sprinkler head (regardless of make) and this would make for faster and easier planning of the map. He discussed triangular and staggered head layouts. He said service does make such layouts and that in his experience most had been for five-acre coverages with the largest 26 and down to less than an acre. He said also, of course, private industrial layouts could be obtained if preferred. George Arguimbau, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Serv- ice told how fmancial assistance could come from the A.S.C. He said the service could assist in and share in the cost of reservoirs, wells, probably sumps but could not share in the cost of a pump or other part of the equipment. He said the Serv- ice now had 104 requests for as- sistance in water problems. Charles Starr of FHA told how this government service can make loans for such systems, and in fact had loaned considerable money for such purposes. He said up to $2500 could be loaned over a period of from one to ten years. He said there were certain requirements to be met, of course, and that loans must be secured by sufficient col- lateral. He said, incidentally, that cranberry growers in such Farm Home Administration loans were among the very best in the entire country in making prompt payments and he did not recall a single one had detfaulted. He spoke of other sources of credit, commercial AMES IRRIGATION SYSTEMS Plan now for longtime profitable bog returns with one initial investment in a metal pipe Ames ABC irrigation sys- tem. Ames irrigation pipe consists of a galvanized ball bell spring-looked coupler pressed into Alcoa Class 150 aluminum tubing. Ames irrigation pipe is long lasting. There is over fifty years of irrigation knowledge and service behind each Ames irrigation system. Ames also has a hook steel coupler calledi "Utility" adaptable to most hook type systems. Ask us quote you on your irrigation plans to include engine, pump, pipe, suction line, main line, lateral lines and sprinklers as a whole or as individual items. We stock all parts and give 24 hour service. THE CHARLES W. HARRIS CO. 451 Old Somerset Ave. North Dighton, Mass. Northeast Distributor for W. R. Ames Co. of Florida Seventeen banks, production and loan associa- tions, Cranberry Credit and that it was not the purpose of FHA to take away business from banks or any- one else. "Grower's xperience With Irriga- tion" was discussed by Kenneth "Kenney" Beaton, Wareham at Kingston and at Barnstable and by William "Bill" Stearns at Roches- ter. This was designed to give an idea of how such irrigation worked out in actual practice from a grow- ers' view point, as both men have much experience. "Bill" Stearns "Bill" Stearns has about 60 acres in all under sprinkler irrigation. He said in part: "I became interested in irrigation in the early 1950's strictly for siu-- vival purposes. All of my bogs at that time were short of water and they still are quite out of grade. "My first outfit of any conse- quence was an O.C.D. fire pump with 200 feet of 4 inch and 3 inch aluminum pipe with a Buckner giant head and maybe 3 or 4 number 70 or 80 Rain Bird heads. This set-up depending on the shape of the bog would cover about 2 to 3 acres and use about 400 gallons of water per minute. During drought conditions a two-hour set-up would give an inch of water to the area covered. "Three or four set-ups .a day would be made. Contrary to the opinion of the time, the sprinklers were, out of necessity, set up during the heat of the day with no ap- parent rot or scald problems. I do strongly feel, however, that a sprink- ler system should not be turned on during the day unless it is to be of at ealst 30 minutes. I have seen bolssoms or berries cooked when the systems was turned on for a few minutes for demonstration purposes. "A sprinkler system such as I have mentioned has to be used successfully for frost protection, but has disadvantages. Number one point against it would be the cost per acre. A large pump was re- quired, 3 and 4 inch aluminiun pipe, and a 400 to 450 gallon per minute water supply. This again will only ta'-e care of 2 to 3 acres. "Since we have started using low "^]Iona?e systems 50 to 60 gallons per acre the number of acres pro- tected by the same amount of wi and the same pump mcreased at 4 times. At present my systems ' entirely of aluminum pipe. I can no objection to plastic on pern: ent set-ups and apparently they ( less per acre. For my own syste> however, I feel that I wouid be 1 ter off to have the portability t aluminum affords. By so doini can cover more of my bogs c ing drought periods. The syste can also be moved in the fall frost protection after certain pie have been picked. "On practically all of the systt that I have for frost protection, heads are spaced 80 feet by 80 : using number 8601 Buckner or ni ber 30W aRin Birds with 5-32" i zels, this is perhaps stretching approved setting but it seems give satisfactory coverage. By us 80x80 spacings one can buy alu num pipe in 40 ft. lengths fa reasonably. It must be emphas that these jobsl must be so e neered that no head in the sysi has less than 40 pounds pressi This, of course, is determined the pressure at the pump and CARLSON MFC. CO. KINGSTON, MASS. TEL. JU 5-2409 '399 ,00 $100 Dowsi- Balance Due October 31 1500 lb. Capacity O 35 Picking Boxes Platform Area: 48 x 78 inches. • 35 Picking Bags Engine — 3 h]pl Briggs & Stratton with Reduction Unit. Tires — 800-6-1000 lbs. capacity each tire. 8 inches wide - 18 inches diameter. Frame — 2^1" square tubing Vs" wall thickness. Axles — 1" round cold roll. Tiller — operated tricycle arrangement for ease of reversing and to minimize scuffing. This unit has been used for 6 yrs. on our bogs. Ideal for wheeling off berries, cleaning inside ditches, carrying fertilizer and sanding. We carry iy2 yds. per load which is double our rated capacity. Eighteen GRUB PROBLEMS? For Sure Kill Use ^ NIAGARA ALDRIN GRANULAR ^ NIAGARA DIELDRIN GRANULAR 1. Grower Proved 2. Uniform Particle Size 3 Dust-Free 4. Can Be Applied By Ground Or Air 5. Also Available Combined With IMC Fertilizer R. F. MORSE & SON Inc. CRANBERRY HIGHWAY WAREHAM, MASSACHUSETTS NlNeXEEN capacity of the pipe carrying the heads. "I could not recommend the 80x80 low gallonage set-ups on permanent systems for I feel that we will soon be able to inject more insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, fertilizers, etc. through the sprinklers. A com- plete coverage of these materials could not be obtained. "Up until last year I have been using 2" aluminum laterals. This past year there has been developed an 1% inch quick coupled pipe with a capacity for 4 to 5 heads. The cost is about 25 percent less than the 2" and suits most purposes. "For summer irrigation on the bogs that do not have the frost set-ups we are back to the systems of 10 years ago. We take the main line and possibly the pump from a frost system, use larger heads and' keep moving. "There is a very important point I learned during the prolonged drought of the last summer. I ob- viously was attempting to sprinkler at least once, as many acres as possible. I know feel that it is es- sential not to let a sprinkeld bog go more than 10-12 days! before sprinkling again. It appears that the initial application of water tends to make the vine tdry to produce more of its potential and this in forcing the vine to work harder than a vine carrying a normal load. "On my own bogs, at least, I am convinced thali I must have sprinkler systems to insure a series of good crops and quality crops. The frost and drought problems are pretty much under control with sprinklers. Other factors are being able to drain wet bogs early in the spring and keep them drained all year, thusr promoting better ber- ries, being able to pick a bog at the proper stage of ripeness and conserving our limited reservoir supplies for the best possible use." In summing up Moderator Norton said aluminum portable can be taken in the fall and wit proper use will last a life-time. Plastic is low- er in cost— it can be buried, but the biggest problem in that is grass clippers snip off the heads and picking machines have to pick He concluded with some sugges- diermometer on a frost night. If should have the bulb exactly at t tip of the vines. "I have seen a d ference of ten degrees in ten inch vertical." The following is a summary the talks given by Prof. Tomlinsoj Pesticide Safety William E. Tomlinson, Jr. Pesticide safety means diffen things to different people, depenid on their point of view, but basica they are all the same but looked from differing interests and points view. The consiuner is thinking foods that are free of harmful : sidues; the sportsman thinks of t effect on fish and game; the b' keeper thinks of the effects on ! hives of bees, and the grower a selling agent wants a product tl will not be subject to seizure 1 cause of ileglal residues. I think it is pretty well agr©' that pesticides are a necessity modfern agriculture and public b 1th. However, following the pubii ation of "Silent Sprmg" and otl adverse publicity, as well as c tions as to the proper placing of a ii^gressional hearing and pre.siden1 FROST CONTROL TEMPERATURE CONTROL SPRINKLER IRRIGATION shur-rane; solid set SYSTEMS )!S( k ift These minimum gallonage systems p-'^ =H-q^^7 suited to meet the needs of the Cranberry grower. The special 1%" and 2" solid set couplers are designed for use with light weight, low cost aluminum tubing. Wide, flat foot pad keeps sprinklers upright- easy twist-of-the wrist coupling action. Con- ventional portable and automatic Sequa-Matic Shur-Rane systems also available. .Write For Complete Information — Free Literature. JOHN BEAN DIVISION FMC CORPORATION, LANSING 9, MICHIGAN Twenty ■act finding commititee reports, there has been a soul searching by indus- try and governmental agencies pro- lucing and recommending pesiticides to see if they have been derelict in stressing their proper use and safe landling. As far as I can determine, no one nas ever been made ill from pest- cide residue on foods, let alone dlled. However, nobody knows better ;han the cranberry grower what government seizure and condemna- ;ion of a crop with all of the at- endant publicity and scare stories 2an mean financially if you don't 'ollow the label, or if you use a Desticide before it is registered for ise on that crop. There are, ,however, very defin- te hazards associated with the use >f pesticides to persons engaged in nixing and spraying operations. ITiere are many well documented cases of dssth from exposure of kpraymen, or mixers that could have oeen avoided' if proper safety rules kad been observed. Pesticides don't jdll many more people than aspirin cablets do, and only a few more die pach year of pesticiide poisomng than rom bee stings. The sad part about |>esticide mortality figures it that veil over half of the deaths are among children under 10 years old. rhese cases are not deaths by pest- cide poisoning as much as man- ;laughter by careless adults who lave carelessly discarded used con- ainers, or left pesticides witMn ac- cess of prying fingers of normal, nquistive children. Your responsihilty when you use Jesticides is summarized in Mass- ichusetts Special Circular #279, vhih you have already or will re- ceive from your County Extension ►ffice. Don't toss it aside, but read t, digest the contents and take them 0 heart. The life you save may be 'our own. A few of the points that I think hat need stressing are: (11 Don't give unlabelled samples ►f pesticides to friends. If you wish 0 be helpful and neighborly, lend t in the original container with the abel intact. (2) Never store or measure pest- cides in food or drink containers, ind never store food or water m an ■mpty pesticide container. (3) li you spill a pesticide concen- ^jrate on your body, wash it off im- mediately with soap and water. If it splashes in the eyes, bathe im- mediately with copious amouts of water. If it spiHs on your clothing, remove clothing imlediteiy unless your dignity is more important than your life — and remember that a poison can be abosorbed through the feet from soaked shoes just as readily as any other part of the body. (4) Don't smoke while you spray and don't eat or smoke after spray- ing until you wash, and don't carry smokes in your pocket while spray- ing or cancer may not be the cause of your demise. (5) Dispose of empty containers promptly in an approved manner. Don't just cast them aside. They are not only unsightly, they can be ex- tremely dangerous. (6) Follow label directions. Much time and effort, as well as money in research and development, went Continued on Page 24 NOW! Expert Service In the Carwer Urea McCulloch BRUSHCUTTER \A/EEDCUTTER* • Cuts weeds, saplings, thick brush -clears land. • Cuts flush with ground, operates full power any angle. • Comfortable carrying harness for easy use- relieves operator fatigue, adds safety. • Available as complete unit or as attachment for IVIAC 35A, ONE/42 or ONE/52 chain saws. • Power unit converts fast to chain saw use. Versatile farm and construction tool. Weedcutter head available for ONE/42, ONE/52 models. Makes short work of any weed problem. EASY TERMS We're pleased to announce that we've been recently appointed as an authorized Sales and Service Dealer for McCulloch Products in the Carver Area CARVER SUPPLY COMPANY Carver, Mass. UNion 6-4480 Twenty One ChlorolPC the new answer to dormant weed control in Cranberries Chloro IPC, a time-tested herbicide made by the Chemical Division of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Com- pany, can now be used on dormant cranberries. This is good news to growers who need an econom- ical way to control annual grasses (bent grass, an- nual blue grass, turkeyfoot grass) as well as such weeds as rushes, horsetail, velvet grass, loosestrife, tearthumb and certain others. Chloro IPC is ap- plied while the plants are dormant. It is completely dissipated before the fruit ever appears, so there's no residue problem. Chloro IPC is among the least toxic of all commercial herbicides. Thorough field testing of Chloro IPC on cran- berry bogs in Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Wash- ington has developed local experience and recom- TWENTY Two mendations suited to each area. PPG Chloro IPC is easy to apply in the form of 20% granules, IOC lb. to the acre during November or December aftei harvest. A repeat application in early spring before cranberry growth begins will give further control of annual weeds. Ask your experiment station per- sonnel at the state university for local recommenda- tions on use of PPG Chloro IPC. Write for more details and your local distributor's name to: Pitts- burgh Plate Glass Company, Chemical Division. One Gateway Center, Pittsburgh 22, Pa. chemicals I 'til W "tee ■fe ^dJtt^al^ ISSUE OF MARCH, 1964 VOL 28- NO. 11 ^^^^TlOHAlCMMOWnr^^ fziiif ^<2 UK "BREAKTHROUGH"? It should be encougaging news to the ndustry that President Colley of the Cran- berry Institute is convinced that after sev- eral years of preliminary promotion in as- ociation with the Foreign Agricultural Service of the USDA that a ''break- through" for an American cranberry mar- ket in the United Kingdom has been achi- ^ed. Also with continuing prospcts of such a happening in some of the other Western j]uropean Markets. Large sales, that is in proportion to he entire cranberry production should not oe expected at once. Developing and pro- moting a new product in a new product in a new market is slow and expensive. But it can be done. The development and pro- imotion of cranberry cocktail we all know about, and that it was not done over-night, but now we understand the cocktail mar- ket is "snow-ballir\r." This is one example we know about. A European cranberry market, need not be achieved at the expense of continued domestic expansion. Th effort should be companion actions, that is Europe and other parts of the world as the time comes. This is another example of not having all our eggs in one basket, but spreading over fresh, processed (included frozen or irri- dated cranberries and broadening mar- kets. USE PESTICIDES SAFELY I Prof. "Bill" Tomlinson of the Massa- \ chusetts Cranberry Experiment Station gave a timely talk last month to Massa- chusetts growers (as reported in this issue) which can be read by all growers with benefit. From other sources there is also information on the safe use of pesticides. This advise, from those who know, should be headed, for the sake of those who ap- ply pesticides for th growers themselves rcjand for the general consuming public. What is a Pesticide? It is defined in Massachusetts law as: (1) Any substance or mixture of substances intended for pre- venting, destroying, repelling or mitigat- ing any insects, rodents, nematodes, fungi, weeds and other forms of plant or animal life or virus, except a virus on living man or other animal, which the commissioner CLARENCE J. HALL Editor and Publisher -^vj EDITH S. HALL— Associate^ Editor Wareham, Massachusetts SUBSCRIPTIONS, $4.00 Per Year, FOREIGN, $5.00 CORRESPONDENTS— ADVISORS Wisconsin LEO A. SORENSON Cranberry Consultant Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Washington Dr. CHARLES C. DOUGHTY Cranberry Specialist Long Beach, Wash. Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, Ore. Massachusetts Dr. CHUSTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Mass. New Jersey P. E. MARUCCI New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station Pemberton, New Jersey shall decaler to be a pest, and (2) any substance or mixture of substances intend- ed for use as a plant regulator, defoliant or desicant." The proper use of pesticides is an in- dividual responsibility. Cranberry grow- ers, we believe, with perhaps few excep- tions as in 1959, been careful in the use of these materials to keep the record good, the advise given by Prof. Tomlinson and the other authorities should be followed — to the letter. Twenty Three SERVING WISCONSIN Break-Through In UK Continued from Page 12 a real break-through for an Ameri- can cranberry market has been ac- hieved in the United Kingdom, and is on the point of being achieved in some of the othern western Euro- pean countries. He points out that sales in Europe could not be expect- ed to be large in point of view of the million-and more barrel crops now being achieved. Massachusetts Cranberry Club Continued from Page 21 into the label that is there because of State and Federal Law for your protection and information. Don't take it lightly, but read it and fol- low it every time you use the con- tents. To sum it all up, follow the 5 rights: Use the right pesticide On the right crop In the right amount At the right time. In the right way. Fresh From The Fields Continued from Page 6 desired. The bogs in general look fairly good. The bud set, in the opionion of Dr. Doughty appears adequate. More Sprinklers Activities on the bogs have mostly consisted of installing additional sprinkler lines on some bogs, com- plete new systems on others; prun- ing, getting new ground ready to plant. Visitor Charles Lewis, of Shell Lake, Wis- consin, a large grower was a recent visitor in the Long Beach area. INDIAN TRAIL, inc. WORKING— MERCHANDIZING— SELLING WISCONSIN-GROWN CRANBERRIES 12 Months of the Year Moving FRESH — FROZEN— — CANNED & JUICE — Striving always to move TOP-QUAL- ITY products at TOP PRICES for bet- ter returns to WISCONSIN Growers. P. 0. BOX 710, WIS. RAPBDS, WIS. Wisconsin's Successful Cranberry Growers DEPEND ON Swift's Specialized Service for all their Plant Food and Chemicals Why Not YOU? Swift & Company Agrichem Division Phone 244-3515 P. 0. Box 152 Madison, Wis. CORRUGATED and FLOW GATES Felker Bros. Mfg. Co. MARSHFIELD WISCONSIN Phone 230 - 231 SPRINKLER SYSTEMS HIGH CAPACITY e BERTS SERVICE STEVENS POINT WISCONSIN Twenty Four SERVING THE WISCONSIN GROWERS FOR SALE SEARLES JUMBO HOWES, McFARLIN Vines for delivery in 1964 $125.00 Too F.O.B. INTERESTED IN PURCHASING WISCONSIN CRANBERRY PROPERTIES B.S. & M.S. University of Wisconsin Cranberry Consultant Fees Reasonable EAGLE RIVER WISCONSIN "' ^'^'im^y^' "' ? -f ",;;*:': DANA MACHINE & SUPPLY Co. Wis. Rapids Wis. MFGS. of: SPRAY BOOMS GRASS CLIPPERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS Getsinirer Retracto tooth pickers Dryers DISTR. of: VEE BELTS & PULLEYS ROLLER CHAINS SPROCKETS & BEARINGS CONVEYOR BELTING STEEL L complete line of Sprinkler Irriga- on (New & Used) for FROST AND ;«ROUGHT PROTECTION. Can or i'ill help finance. FRANKES IRRI- JATION, 2523 Post Road (Whiting) 'tevens Point, Wisconsin. LET'S CONSIDER Providing you pack your quality cranberries as fresh fruit and the sales agency gets a premium for them of several dollars a barrel over can- ning berries, do yo:u think you are en- titled to this premium because you went to extra expense and trouble to produce quality fruit? Cranlierry Products, Inc. EAGLE RIVER, WISCONSIN '"SE^*^^2^^^^^=3I!!Es;=S.:;.-tiESCa2<®B3S?!CEBs^^Ka!G22^^ 4 — FUNGICIDES HERBICIDES DUSTS — WETTABLE POWDERS — EMULSIONS PARATHION — MALATHION FERBAM — SIMAZINE DITHANE M -22 (Maneb) WEED RHAP 20 SEVIN igrioyl p. O. BOX 584 MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53701 Phone: Area Code 608 257-1019 - -■^'^'T'TT:;^£^^^;;p'~?;fg^^^^''Trnf^*''^^ YOU Are Reading This Ad- Others Will Read Yours In CRANBERRIES Aisher St , J^ss^,^ pray N^tuB PUBLISHED MONTHLY Ocean Spray's "Little Red Berry" Kit Is Hit with Nation's Clubwomen / THOUSANDS OF REQUESTS are coming into Ocean Spray for the new colorful "Little Red Berry" cranberry program packaged in a handy kit for woman's clubs. Though just off the press, 3,800 of the kits have already been mailed with over 122,000 copies of the kit's recipes for distribution. Cooperating with Ocean Spray in this cranberry promotion is the Woman's Service Club Bureau, Inc., whose enrollment includes more than 30,000 Woman's clubs across the nation. BASIC AIM of the "Little Red Berry" is to interest homemakers in exciting new ways to serve cranberries all the year 'round. DRAMATIC. UNIQUE, the program is a hit with the clubs because it offers all the materials needed for a lively, informative meeting. MOST TALKED ABOUT IS : "Favorite Cranberry Recipes of Famous American Hostesses and Gourmets of Other Lands," a new collection tested by Ocean Spray's Cranberry Kitchens. Contributors are Wisconsin's glamorous singer, Hildegarde; Oregon's distin- guished U. S. Senator, Maurine Neu- berger; the first woman candidate for the Presidency, Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine; the President of the General Federation of Woman's Clubs, Mrs. Dexter Otis Arnold, and Belgian, Danish and Dutch gourmets. CO-FEATURED ARE: Talks on the picturesque past and flour- ishing present of Ocean Spray cranber- ries. Directions for a cranberry quiz, refresh- ments, decor and for fund-raising cran- berry festivities. Full color Ocean Spray ads for exhibits and sample news stories for publicity. Cards inviting local food stores to exhibit Ocean Spray products at the "Little Red Berry" club meeting. iRVINC A $40,000,000 A YEAR INDUSTRY PE COD kw JERSEY VISCONSIN JOREGON WASHINGTON CANADA POLISH SCIENTIST, Michal Brzeski, at Mass, Cranberry Statioi (see Page 1) CRANBERRIES Phot 40 Cents APRIU 1 DIRECTORY For CRANBERRY GROWERS Federal Paper Board Company, Inc. 970 Fellsway Medford, Mass. Tel. EXport 5-5305 Manufacturers of Folding Cartons and DisDiavs WATER WHITE KEROSENE For use on Cranberry Bogs Also STODDARD SOLVENT Prompt Delivery Service Franconia Coal Co. — Inc. — Wareham, Mass. Tel. CY 5-0039 READ CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE SANDERS Built from $750. WHEEL-OFF RIGS FLUMES Built to Order Welder and Power Shovel Ayail£^>le AGENT: FUKFORD Picker and Pruner Oiva Hannula Carver, Mass. UN 6-4419 Wareham Savings WAREHAM and FALMOUTH Savings Accounts Loans on Real Estate Safe Deposit Boxes to Rent Phone CYpress 5-3800 Kimball 83000 The National Bank of Wareham ConvenicBtly loe«t«4 for CrmBbemr Men Funds always available for sound loans Complete Banking Service Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The CHARLES W. HARRIS I Company 451 Old Somerset Ave. North Dighton, Mass. AMES Irrigation Systems Sprinklers Weed killers Insecticides Fungicides Kiekens - Duster and Sprayers In'L EQUIPMENT HAYDEN - SEPARATOR - WAREHAM, MASS. Irrigation Systems PUMPS SEPARATORS - BLOW£RS SCREENHOUSE EQUIPMENT DARLINGTON PICKING MACHINES in Extensive Experience in ELECTRICAL WORK ALFRED PAPPl At Screenhouses, Bogs and Pumps Means Satisfaction WAREHAM, MASS. Tel. CY S-200U SUBSCRIBE TO CRANBERRIES i fa Polish Scientist at Mass. Station )r. Brzeski Gives Talk at Cranberry Club Meetings „ Dr. Michal Brzeski, a polish ; lematology expert who is engaged jn experimental work at the ! vlassachusetts Cranberry Experi- Poland, and while at the Massa- chusetts station he is working with Dr. Bert M. Zuckerman of the Station staff who has become an authority in nematology. lent Station, East Wareham was uest speaker at three meetings March of the Massachusetts' ranberry clubs, these being the outh Shore at Kingston, South- astern at Rochester and the ape Cod Cranberry Club at lyannis. He also spoke at a leeting of agricultural leaders of 5ristol and Plymouth counties at Sridgewater, April 7th. Dr. Brzeski's topic was "Agri- ulture in Poland." He is on a ten-month leave of bsence from his duties with the ematology section. Vegetable esearch Institute, Skieraiewice, PUMPS PLASTIC PIPE SPRINKLERS A complete line of WATER DISTRIBUTING EQUIPMENT AETNA ENGINEERING CO. Hanover, Mass. TAylor 6-2341 STODDARD SOLVENT (Available Yeaur Round) WATER WHITE KEROSENE BOTTLED GAS Water Heating Cooking Carburetion m 6-4545 m'^. Central CARVER, MASS. TAKE ADVANTAGE of the BETTER things of life. The efficient USE OF ELECTRICITY is one of these better things — efficient use in power for cran- berry bog operations, and in the home. Plymouth County Electric Co. WAREHAM CYpress 5-0200 PLYMOUTH Pilgrim 6-1300 Attention Growers ! ! for your Spring weed control we offer water white kerosene "GRADE A" metered trucks STODDARD SOLVENT SUPERIOR FUEL COMPANY Wareham, Mass. Tel. CY 5-0093 J. W. Hurley Co. • COAL • NEW ENGLAND COKE • FUEL OIL Water White - KEROSENE - For BOGS (METERED TRUCKS) 24-hour Fuel Oil Service Telephone CY 5-0024 341 Main St. WAREHAM VOLTA OIL CO. Distributor of the Famous TEXACO WATER WHITE KEROSENE For your Bog STODDORD SOLVENT Tel. 746-1340 Plymouth, Mass. Rte. 44 Samoset St SHARON BOX COMPANY, INC. ESTABLISHED 1856 SHARON, MASSACHUSETTS We Will Buy Your White Pine Logs, Eithkidded later in the month with if ;he result that we ended up only Of ibout a degree above normal for yifhe whole month. This cool 1 Iveather early in the season is felt : 0 be beneficial because it holds J pack bud development on exposed ntbogs until later on in the spring i"'pd thus shortens the frost season. Water Supplies Back March precipitation fell below xormal by about an inch. Some ; vater supplies could use more, mt most streams and reservoirs lave come back quite well from he low levels of last summer md fall so that they are going nto the spring frost season quite well supplied. Spring sanding, ditch clean- ing, weed control, grub control, and activity in general started early this year on many bogs be- cause they have been exposed since late February and early March. The optimism in the marketing outlook is no doubt also stimulating renewed interest in bog care that should show up in improved production in the years ahead. Personals Our old friend and writer of this column for many ye£irs, J. Richard (Dick) Beattie, is recov- ering at home from a recent disc operation. I am sure that his convalescence would be cheered by any of his old grower friends and acquaintances that care to drop him a line or a card at 36 Hartman Road, Amherst, Mass. Following a month's silence, we' were beginning to get woirriedl about our representative on sab- batical leave in the British Isles until we saw his' picture in the March issue of this magazine. We could see that he w"as in good hands and that the tea has been agreeing with him. It will probably be morning and after- C. & L. EQUIPMENT CO. 1209 MAIN STREET ACUSHNET, MASS. Cranberry Bog Service PRUNING FERTILIZING RAKING WEED TRIMMING Machinery Sales PRUNERS POWER WHEELBARROWS RAKES WEED TRIMMERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS - Large & Small For Further Information Call . . . F. P. CRANDON Rockwell 3-5526 C. J. TRIPP Wyman 5-2013 noon tea now instead of coffee at the Station. Ferbam An additional note to add. to the comments on the Insect and Disease Chart of last month in this column is the fact that this: year there are several commercial formulations of ferbam being manufactured in a finer grind. Preliminary testing at the Cran- berry Station indicates that these finer grind formulations will not clog the screens and nozzles of concentrate spray applicators as the coarse grinds previously a- vailable did in seasons past. SUBSCRIPTIONS U. S. $4.00 per year Foreign $5.00 per year ADVERTISING Rates on Request CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE Reaches EVERY known Cran- berry Grower in all U.S. grow- ing areas, plus individual sub- scribers in this country and foreign, mostly Canadian growers. Address: C. J. Hall Cranberries Magazine, P. O. Box 32, Wareham, Mass. 02571, Tel. 295-9533 FARMERS PRODUaiON CREDIT ASSOCIATION FEDERAL LAND BANK ASSOCIATION TAUNTON, MASS Box 7 Office Rt. 44 Raynham WARREN R. ARNOLD Manager BREZESKI Continued from Page 2 try is under the joint sponsorship of the College of Agriculture, Uni- versity of Massachusetts, the Church of the Brethren and the Polish Department of Agriculture, and it is brought about by the Polish Agricultural Exchange pro- gram for 1964-55. The purpose of the exchange, which brought 11 Polish s'cientists to America this year is to place visiting agricul- turalists in a university depart- ment at an expiremental station or on a farm to share agricultural techniques in theory and practice. Dr. Brzeski is married and has one child, his family remaining in Poland. He is living at Mat- tapoisett while engaged in work at the East Wareham Station. Aiter concluding his work at the Cranberry Station it is' ex- pected he will be assigned to time spent with working with Dr. A. Before you buy any chain s^! 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Tar j an at the Citrus Experi^ ment Station at Lake Alfred Florida. , GUIDO FUNKE Guido Funke, 78 of Cranmorr north of Ilwaco, Washington passed away last month. Mb Funke was' one of the earlier an( better known cranberry grower of the Long Beach Peninsule area. He was born July 2, 1885 ii Germany and came to the Unite States in 1910. He settled i: Ilwaco in the early 1930's an entered the cranberry business. He is survived by a widow Hedy, a son Albert, a brothe Edwin, and two sisters, Mr; Martha Goepel and Mrs'. Flor Pceschel, all in Germany, an; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were at th Ilwaco Presbyterian Church, an cremation followed in Tacom; Among the pall-bearers wa D. J. Crowley, former director c the Long Beach Cranberry Experi ment Station. Mr. and Mrs. Funke had ai. plans completed to leave shortl for a trip back to Germany, sine they recently sold their cranberr property. ttb lit FOR EXPERT SERVICE ON YOUR Briggs & Stratton |: ENGINES We us« only faotory-approved methods and original parts. Per- sonnel are trained under factory supervision. See us for a ched(-up or complete overhaul — prices are right. .^^r* [BRICCS&STRAnON] MAIN STREET GARAGE Carver, Mass. Tel. UNion 6-4582 Issue or April 1964 -Vol. 28 No. 12 Second Class Postage Paid at War«!ham, Maasachnsette Post Office. Published monthly at Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscriptiona $4.00, Foreign, JB.08 par jreat FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C. J. H ^SS^Q\\{}SlllS Middle of Month More Like March Although March came in like a iamb, towards the middle of the taonth, the lion began to prevail [ tnore, and there were high winds, snow flurries, and some rain. On ihe 18th there was a sudden, un- f expected minor "blizzard," with J blinding snow over Southeastern ijiVlassachusetts for a couple of jiours. Although this brought on ( jome of the most hazardous driv- ng of winter, the slight fall A^as gone within a few hours. March a Dry Month March was a drier than normal nonth with precipitation being ecorded at the State Bog as 2.45 nches. Ay_erage is 4.39. Of this' jrecipitation snow was recorded it' 2.85 inches. A drier than nor- nal March could be a favorable actor in keeping quality of the oming crop. March Was Warmer Even though temperatures urned miuch colder towards the e ;nd of the month, March ended vith a plus from the normal. The ast day of March was bitterly CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Shocks, or Nailed Stock Always on Hand Let me repair your broken boxes — or repair them yourself. F. H. COLE North Carver, Mass. Tel. Union 6,-3330 cold, with a biting wind, but the plus was nearly two degrees a day. The plus since January first was about 70 degrees. Vines Dormant The month started alarmingly warm, and might have forced the vines, tut the colder weather after the first prevented this and at the end of March the vines were still dormant. Much Bog Work Work on the bogs, however, started in March with a "bang," work of all kinds being done, indicating a better feeling on the part of most growers. April Comes In Cold April came in anything except springlike. There were bitter winds, frosts and even a few snow flakes over the cranberry area. Temperatures for the first five days totalled a minus' 22 degrees. Precipitation Heavy Rainfall for the first nine days of April was heavy, about three inches, as well as the weather being cold. This chill was holding back vine development, and was on the favorable side. By the 9th the temperature for the month was again a minus 22. Frost Warning: Service From the 15th on the State Bog was watching the nightly temperatures and ready to give out warnings to inland bogs if necessary. The regular frost warning service was to start April 20th, with George Rounds- ville "at the controls," as he so efficiently has' been for the past AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS BOG SERVICE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS HAND SPRAYERS - TOOLS - POWER EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BRIGGS AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTPR R. F. MORSE & SON, INC. Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 FIVE several years. An ans'wering service, with a tape recording of the forecast will again be ready for growers, the number being 295-2696 as it has been. NEW JERSEY Continues Dry March was dry and slightly warmer than normal. Only 1.41 inches of precipitation occurred. This is more than two inches below normal. So far this year rainfall has totaled 9.13 or about 0.60 shy of normal. However, in the first week of April over 21/2 inches of rain fell. This has allayed the fears of growers concerning forest fires. Last year under almost similar March conditions very destruc- tive forest fires occurred in South Jers'ey. The temperature during March averaged 42.9° F. or about 1° warmer than normal. Blue- berries appeared to be heading for an early season at the end of March but unseasonably cold weather the first 9 days of the month has set them back. As of ADVERTISE IN CRANBERRIES This is the rear view of the SHOWROOM PLYMOUTH that beat 10 out of 10 test of "things you buy a car for." SEE IT — DRIVE IT — BUY IT at Robt. W. Savary, Inc. CHRYSLER - PLYMOUTH VALIANT Onset Ave. East Wareham CY S-3530 April 9 we know of no cranberry bogs which have been drawn yet. Several were to be drawn around April 15. WASHINGTON March Wet and Cold The weather for March was rather wet and cold. There were few days without measurable rain, nine to be exact. Total pre- cipitation for the month was 7.72 inches, even though there were very few days without some sun in between the rain. The maximum temperature for the month was 70 degrees on the 28th and 29th. The minimum was 25 degrees on the 23rd and 30 on the 27th. The mean maximum for the month was 49.5 and the mean minimum was' 36 degrees. Sprinklers Used Growers were sprinkling for frost, and were going on three occasions during the first week in April. Work on the installation of sprinkler systems is continuing, and applications of granular herbicides' were made during the brief dry spells, and also the ap- plication of sprays, particularly for fungus control. New Plantings It is the intention to plant IVz acres of new bog at the Experi- ment Station, and also there are a number of new small plots throughout the Long Beach area OREGON About 20 acres of new bog is going in in the Bandon area, this spring, according to Jimmy Olson Included in this is about six pu' in by Mrs. Pearl Tucker, giving her a total of about ten. Mos of the work was lone by Mrs Tucker despite a recent illness. It is reported the buds for th< coming crop look good and so d( the vines. WISCONSIN Above Normal Rain Weather continues to be th' main news maker in the state March came in like a lamb ani went out like a lion. The mildes readings of the year occurred th first two days of the month, witl below zero readings the latte part. Surprisingly and welcom was the slightly above norms precipitation, which marked th Continued on Page 20 FROST CONTROL And IRRIGATION SOLID SET BOC IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ALL ALUMINUM Long Life Low Cost iy2" Aluminum Tubing CaU and compare prices with all other materials. LARCHMONT ENGINEERING LEXINGTON, MASS VO 2-2550 West Coast Bogs Not Damaged in Quake Tidal Wave The 'tremendous earthquake which originated in Alaska and caused much of the West Coast to be swept by a giant tidal wave or waves, as far as CRANBER- JRIES magazine has ascertained, caused no damage to any cran- berry property, even though many of the bogs lie very close to the shore. In fact, many of the growers, in Washington and Oregon, along with the other residents, did not , know there had been a quake and tidal wave until the next morning. Nearest damage to cranberry property was at Copalis Beach in Washington, where there is a growing development in cran- berries. But there, two or three '^bridges were badly damaged or ^^toppled. One occupied house was "smashed by logs hurled ashore by 'the tide, and several cars' were ''[trapped and one car and driver fell through the Copalis Bridge, but the operator escaped. How- ever, hundreds of beach residents were surprised at about midnight by the tidal wave, according to the Aberdeen Daily World, which carried photos of the damage. There was no damage at near- by Grayland, but people at near- by Westport, where one or two cranberry growers live, were "scared to death and took to the hills," reports David Pryde of Grayland, prominent cranberry grower, who himself did not awaken. Westport, being on the south side of Grays Harbor had considerable protection from two je'tties which jut into the Pacific. The great wave, according to the Chinook Observer, a news- paper of Long Beach, fortunately did not cause damage at Long Beach. The Cape Disappoint- ment Coast Guard was partly evacuated and some members went to higher ground at Ilwaco. Dr. Charles C. Doughty, director Coastal Washington Ex- periment Station, reported a tidal wave of three feet. "We appear to be in a rather fortunate location here at Long Beach," Dr. Doughty said. Whether or not this results from the continental shelf that is just off-shore and to the effect of the Columbia is rather difficult to say. During the past few years several tidal waves have hit to the north of us and to the south of US', but have not struck in this immediate area." The area oyster industry, which is an important industrial factor, suffered loss close to $400,000, the Observer declares. Oystermen who were at work in Willapa Bay were forced to retreat to their boats by a secondary wave the following morning. Ray Bates, cranberry grower at Bandon, in southwestern Ore- gon said there was no damage to cranberry bogs in that area. Bandon is not too far to the north of Crescent City, California, where a number of lives were taken and tremendous damage was done. The First Street area of Ban- don which is near the mouth of EASTERN STATES NOW OFFERS PROVEN PESTICIDES FOR APPLICATION BY HELICOPTER Harry T. Fisher, Jr., Purchase Street, P. 0. Box 243, Middleboro, Massachusetts, Tel. 947-2133, will forward requ^ts for prompt heli- copter service to Fred "Slim" Soule. Eastern States is your best source of cranberry pesti- cide control materials . . . order now. East- ern States is dose to you and your needs^here is an outlet near you. PLACE PESTICIDE ORDERS WITH . . T. C. ASHLEY East Freetown Tel. Rockwell 3-3713 HARRY T. FISHER, JR. Middleboro Tel. Middleboro 947-2133 JAMES P. GOVONE Forestdale Tel. Osterville GA 8-4393 LAWRENCE H. WARD Plymouth Tel. Pilgrim 6-0970 E. S. SERVICE CENTER Brockton Tel. Juniper 6-4055 E. S. SERVICE CENTER New Bedford Tel. Wyman 6-5202 E. S. SERVICE CENTER Taunton Tel. Van Dyke 4-6331 EASTERN STATES FARMERS' EXCHANGE SEVEN the Coquille river was swept for a short distance and debris left behind. Greatest damage at Bandon told by the Western World was at the Moore Mill Lumber Company where a boom was broken up and about 100 of the enormous and very valuable logs were washed away. It was reported the next morning that the seashore seemed to be strewn with these logs. Im- mediate recovery with a big-tired front loader recovered much of the timber. A worker at the boom at the time the wave struck nearly lost his life. There was considerable damage at Seaside, on the Oregon side of the Columbia River, where, in Clatsop County, there are sev- eral bogs. As an incident of the great storm, "ham" radio operators did great service to Washington coastal area residents, many of whom have relatives and friends in Alaska. There were no other means of communication for a time. Dr. F. B. Chandler of the Massachusetts Cranberry Experi- ment Station, who made a study of the injurious effects of salt water on bogs in the hurricanes which have occured in the East was of the opinion, before receiv- ing word from the Coast, that there was probably little damage to bogs. He said the newer West Coast bogs are generally more nearly level than the older Mas- sachusetts and New Jersey bogs, and that a quick surge and re- treat of salt water would not have caused any vine damage. It was where the water remained for hours on eastern bogs' in "pot" holes" and low spots that the injury was done in the hurricanes. Of the tidal wave, Jimmy Olson, large grower and Ocean Hubbard INSECTICIDES FUNGICIDES HERBICIDES AVAILABLE ON THE CAPE FROM R. C. Mossman Horticultural Sales West Bridgewater, Mass. The HUBBARD-HALL CHEMICAL CO. Waterbury, Conn. Spray director said, "This was , very fast high and low tide-i the tide was fairly low and withii in about a minute lo and behold it was a high tide, then it wen out creating a terrific currenli and presto, it was low again. W are just naturally fast people ou here, although a high and lev tide interval in three or foui minutes is a little quick even fo us." Norman Holmes, cranberr; grower of Lulu Island, Vancouver British Columbia ass'erts ther were effects from the earthquak: at low-lying Lulu Island and a Vancouver. He says at the tim of the quake and tidal wave, hi was' on a cruise in British Colum bia waters and knew nothing c the disaster until he heard of : on radio. : American Cranherri Growers Meeting The 94th annual Winter Meetin of the A.C.G.A. was conducted i the American Legion Hall Pembertc N. J. recently with president C. I Budd presiding. About 40 growei were in attendance. The group paid its respects to foi members of the organization wl: died in 1963. These were Vintc Thompson, Isaac Harrison, Hard B. Scammell and Walter Shinn. resolution recording the great los to the cranberry and blueberry ii dustries was read into the minute and an expression of sympathy froi the group was sent to the relative: These growers made important co) tributions to the New Jersey crai berry industry, were warm and si] cere friends of all growers in th state and are missed very much. Dr. Allan Stretch, Rutgers pat! ologist, reported on rot control tes' i j; using a mist sprayer from dam,P' Control dropped off sharply froi" 60 to 80 ft. from the dam and w£ very poor beyond 80 ft. Adjustment in volume may make this methc practical and further tests are coi templated in 1964. Dr. Paul Eck, Rutgers horticul- turist, reported on phosphorous nu- trition of cranberries. In 1963 tests berry size and production per unit area were not significantly better- ed by use of phosphorous in the year of its application. However avail- iable phosphorous in the soil and phosphorous content of cranberry tissue were significantly increased by phosphorus fertilization and this may bring about higher production in 1964. The source of phosphorus which yielded the highest increase in phosphorus content of plants was superphosifliate, followed by mono- ammonium phosphate and rock phos- phate. In a paper co-authored by Philip E. Marucci and Robert S. Filmer results of cross pollenation tests in cranberries were described. In cages in which pollen of several var- ieties were made available in sect- ions of turf and in which a colony of bees was placed, the percentage pollenation of Early Blacks, Howes and Champions was notably higher than in check areas surrounding the Icage. This may have been the re- jsult of extremely high concentra- tions of bees in the cage. However Champion vines set berries much more heavily than average at a lo- cation on a bog where Shaws Suc- icess and MacFarlins surrounded the Champions on three sides. Phil Marucci reported excellent control of cranberry tipworm by comimercial applications of a com- bination of parathion plus D.D.T. This mixture greatly reduced dam- ! age by this serious pest from sever- lal properties which usually had sev- i:ere infestations. Sparganothis fruit- tworm was well controlled commer- * daily with sevin. In experimental I plots guthion, parathion and sevin [have given very good control for six [Successive years. ' Milton Strieker, a prominent New Jersey beekeeper, gave a very in- (teresting talk on bees. He used an , actual hive for purposes of illustra- !tion. Mr. Strieker pointed out that bees can normally barely make a .surplus of honey on the nectar .which they can manage to gather from cranberry blossoms in New Jersey. Most any blossoming plant around a cranberry bog will be pre- ferred to cranberries. Normally there is very little activity on bogs until about the 4th of July. In a drought year, such as 1963, nectar secretion is low and bees will no-t work cranberries as well as in a normal year. In a business session Edward Lip- man reported on the 1964 State Ag- ricultural Convention. He and Ste- phen Lee ably represented the or- ganization. Through their efforts a resolution was passed urging the state to resist in acquiring cranber- ry properties for the "Green Acres Program." Rogers Brick described the futile efforts to prevent the state from seizing the old Clayberger property by right of eminent domain in a court procedure. It is obvious that the state is determined to acquire a few more cranberry bogs. Mr. Brick avers that the court will not accept cranberry growers' apprais- al of land since they are not profes- sional appraisers. Real estate peo- ple only can qualify as expert wit- nesses. These people start from the assumption that cranberry land is rather worthless property, the in- dustry having been ruined by t h e amino-triazole debacle. The election of new officers re- sulted in the following: President, John W. Haines, Med- ford Lakes, N.J. 1st Vice-President, Clinton Mac- auley, Tucker ton, N. J. 2nd Vice-President, Walter Z. Fort, New Lisbon, N. J. Secretary, Philip E. M a r u c,c i, Pemberton, N. J. Treasurer, Paul Eck, New Bruns- wick, N. J. The Association's Frost Commit- tee was given permission to install a teletyps tie-up with the Weather Bureau at the Cranberry and Blue- berry Lab. The growers voted unanimously to underwrite the cost of this installation by agreeing to triple the frost warning fee. READ CRANBERRIES ^fciS=a3&3Wir9rQrss=aa£=a=S£3!rs<^ Mass. Cranberry Clubs Elect Hear Informative Talks at Final Winter Meetings Final meetings of the Massa- chusetts Cranberry Clubs elected officers for the coming year, and a fair attendance of growers lis- tened to a number of timely talk. The South Shore elected R. Stan wood (Stan) Briggs of Dux- bury as president, Larry Cole cf North Carver as vice president and re-elected "Bob" Alberghini as secretary-treasurer. Chaiienge to overy oconomy carF mmwi^o Onset Ave. East Wareham Tel. 295-3530 Sfuth Shore group re-3lectcd William M'. Atwood, president; Robert St. Jacques, vice president and Paul Morse secretary- treasurer. The Cape Cod Club re-elected Francis Kendrick, president; Carlton H. Collins, vice president; secretary, Mrs. Mary Hollidge; treasurer, Victor Adams. Dr. Bert M. Zuckerman of the Cranberry Station spoke on "Cranberry Disease' and Nematode Investigations." Irving Demoran- ville discussed the new weed control chart and Prof. William Tomlins'on spoke on "Insect Con- trol" for the coming season. Dr. Chandler on Fertilizer There are no great changes in the fertilizer chart. It is substan- tially the same as it was in 1949, with only changes in grades of fertilizer to bring it more up to date. Dr. Chandler suggested reading the Cranberries Magazine article by W. G. Colby in th? October 1945 issue, pagei.' 6-^. This article gave the amount cf nitrogen, phosphorus and potash removed by 100 bbls. cranberry crop and a ton of vines. It also pointed out that some of the soil samples from Wisconsin are high in potassium. Many crops' use more potash when high nitrogen fertilizers are applied. The cran- berry crop removes more potash than any other element, so cran- berry growers should use a com- plete fertilizer. Split applications are better than a single one but may not produce enough more crop to justify the added cost. Airplane applications are good (general applications but cannot spread the fertilizer in relation to the amount of crop or the needs' of the bog as hand applications may. Applications through the sprinkler system are in proportion to the distribution of water. New Varieties All of the named varieties have come from the first 2000 U.S.D.A. seedlings from which Mr. H. F. Bain selected 40 for further test- ing. As soon as a selection is named, the vines belong to the grower who has helped to test them; before they are named, the TEN vines belong to the U.S.D.A. There are three more selections which should be tested further. AJ, a midseason selection; CN, also a midseason selection; and 35, a late selection, ripen on the vines October 10 (approximate date). Ihe members of the Cape Cod Cranberry Grovv'ers Association committee controlling the distri- bution of vines are: Arthur David Mann, Buzzards Bay; and Clark Griffith, Carver. There are few or no vines available of AJ and CN for 1964 planting. DR. ZUCKERMAN ON ISRAELI AGRICULTURE This past year I spent 6 months in Israel while on sabbatical leave from the University of Massachusetts. My work was sponsored by our University, the National Institute and University of Agriculture, Israel, and the American Institute of Biological Sciences. The purpose of my visit was to teach research methods in Plant nematology, and simulta- neously learn about the nema- todes' which attack crops in a subtropical area. Israel is approximately the size of the state of New Jersey and has a population of 2,300,000 people. About 1/5 of these work in agriculture and related indus- tries. The southern 60% of the country is desert (the Negeb), and the northern portions uplands or mountainous'. Rainfall varies from 1 inch in the south to 40 inches in the north. All of the rain falls during the winter. Temperatures range from tem- perate in the mountains to ex- tremely warm in the desert. In the Dead Sea area temperatures of 100°F for several months run- ning are common. Israel's agricultural economy has developed rapidly during the 16 years of the state's existence. The mos't important fruit crop is citrus, but large acreages are de- vote to bananas, olives, other tree crops, and grapes. The agricul- tural unit in Israel takes one of three forms, all of which are communal in nature, and vary principally in the degree to which property is considered as being private or belonging to the group., In addition to crops, dairy and cattle, poultry and egg produc- tion, and raising of fish are in-! eluded. In the past 5 years' small' industries have been added in an. attempt to diversify the income of the unit. Capitalization of farms is extremely high. About 50% oft all acreage is under irrigation and the amount of equipment in- use is in excess to that found under comparable conditions in the U. S. As a result of these efforts, many products' were in surplus this past year and the trend towards surplus proluc- tion probably will accelerate witb,- in the next few years. Agricultural chemicals are mostly imported and formulated in Israel. Two exceptions arc phosphate fertilizers and bromim compounds (principally nema- tocides') which are produced hj the Dead Sea Works. Applica- tion of agricultural chemicals i;; on the same technical level as ir the U. S. Agricultural research in thi past has been mainly directed t< bettering crop production. As thi need in this area has decreased greater emphasis is being place( on basic res'earch and improvei food processing. The developmen of export markets is progressing but is hampered by complex po litical factors. From my viewpoint as a: American, the most compellin, aspect of Israel's agricultural sue jiji cess' is derived from its relatio: with the newly formed Afric States and certain neutral coun tries in Asia. Suspicious of bot the Russian and Armericai spheres, these nations have turne to Israel for help in trainin technical personnel and ass'istanc with technical problems. Sine Israel is the only nation in th Mid-Bast which is firmly com mitted politically to the Wester sphere, the United States ap parently is providing the func for this extensive program. As restilt, Israel, though only small country, currently has moi African students and delegatior than any other country of th world. lit k Did Prehistoric Elephants Roam Crangupmct Farms? Cranguyma Farms, Long Beach, Washington, has grown or produced a number of other products bhan Pleistoccene-Quartemary Cettac- cean. It was while dregdmg on Dear Lake, one of several lakes on the property in order to install a pump for a sprinkler system for 12 acres, that the find was discovered. These bones, taken to the Univer- sity of Washington by Frank Glenn son of Frank Glenn Jr., who owns and operates the property, were identified as being either from a Mammoth or a Mastodon. They may be the bones of a prehistoric elephant and if so might be those of a large extinct species which resembled the present Indian ele- phant. Presumably the elephant had a hairy coat and long curved tusks, or they may be bones of a Mastodon. On the Long Beach Peninsula, where Cranguyma is located about half way, there is no rock, merely sand and peat. But there have been a lot of sticks, pieces of old stumps and such material that has clogged sump pumps. "Since we do not have a cutter head on the end of our suction pump" says Mr. Glenn, "the suct- ion is usually stepped up; then the engine is slowed down and the end of the suction line is raised just be- low the surface of the water and a man goes out and pulls the sticks off the end of the suction." "Now in doing this, they started to pick up some bones and brought ;hem to the shop at Cranguyma. We thought they were just old whale bones and didn't think much more about them. However, our foreman, Ed Bostrom, wanted to know more about it and he enlisted the aid of my son, Frank, to take them to the University of Washington." i The University seemed much fmterested and has tentatively iden- tified them. Mr. Glenn says that if ithe university can get a sample of the peat the bones were dug in, by ;he use of activated carbon, the ex- SIX GEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS: Pleistocene-Quartemary Cetaccean (Prehistoric Bones, to You) at Cranguyma. Photo Courtesy Chinook Obser- ver, Long Beach, Washington. act age and a more positive identi- fication can be made. Mr. Glenn says this will probably be done and that when spring comes Frank m.ay try to recover more of the skeleton which is apparently buried in the peat. If the prehistoric, hairy elephants or Mastodons once roamed the land where cranberries are now being grown at Cranguyma, in southwest Washington that seems one more for the book for Cranguyma and for the "cranberry book" of history. Cranberries Were At The London Catering Show Sponsored by Cranberry Institute and Cranberry Kitchen, Berkeley Street, London In London, especially for the Hotel and Catering Exhibition, held at Olympia, recently, Orrin G. Colley, president of the American Cran- berry Institute, sampled the many delightful dishes prepared with cranberries, when he visited the In- stitute's stand. No. 195. Introducing cranberries to the United Kingdom, the Cranberry Kit- chen prepared a catering recipe leaflet, especially designed to assist Hotel Groups, Industrial Canteens, Catering Departments, Hospitals, School Canteens, Restaurants and other catering establishments, to obtain maximum enjoyment from this fruit. A member of the Cranberry Kit- chen is in daily attendance at t h e Stand, both to answer questions and discuss the many tempting and economical ways in which cranber- ries c a n be used throughout the year. On the 24th of January, the Cran- berry Kitchen held a reception for catering buyers and general press. This included cranberry tasting leaflets and general information were available at both functions. Throughout the exhibition, top Executive Chefs from New York, demonstrated the latest cranberry recipes. ELEVEN Supervisor of Hanson Juice Cocktail Plant Lemoin McArthur has been ap- pointed Supervisor of the Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice Cocktail Plant at Hanson, Mass'achusetts, according to an announcement from Maynard Holmes, Eastern Production Manager of the na- tional cranberry cooperative. Mr. McArthur has been em- ployed with Ocean Spray for tv^^o years, coming to Hanson from the M'arkham, Washington Plant where he was Supervisor of Fresh Fruit. He was previously associated with the 125-acre Cranguyma Cranberry Farms in Long Beach, Washington, and be- fore that held executive and sales positions in the oil business. A former resident of Lovell, Wyoming, he attended high school there. He continued his studies at Centralia Junior College, Centralia, Washington. Mr. and Mrs. McArthur and their two children, Joann and Linda, are now making their home in Monponsett, Massachu- setts. They attend the Church of the Latter Day Saints in South Weymouth, Massachusetts. Cranberry Juice, was made available to consumers in 50 States when Ocean Spray put Cranberry Juice Cocktail in na- tional distribution last year. To meet increasing national demand for the juice, Ocean Spray now produces it in three locations, Hanson, North Chicago, and M'arkham. Cranberry Juice Cock- tail is currently packed in pints' and quarts, featured for family use, and in gallons. Ocean Spray Has Quality Control Director Clifford J. Walton has been named quality control director for all plants of Ocean Spray Cran- berries, Inc., according to an an- nouncement from Stanley I. Skelskie, director of research and development. Mr. Walton is headquartered at the executive offices of the national cranberry cooperative in Hanson, Massa- chusetts. With Kraft Foods Company for 10 years, Mr. Walton has been plant quality control manager for the past three years at the jelly and preserve plant in Dunkirk, New York. Starting in research and development he became plant quality control director and after six years in Palmyra, Penn- sylvania, moved from the confec- tions to the jelly plant in Dunkirk in 196,0. Born in Harrisburg, Pennsyl- vania, he holds a B. S. degree from North Carolina State Col- lege, Raleigh, North Carolina. He is a Mason and was a mem- ber of the Palmyra Junior Cham- ber of Commerce. -'■'t'-. Institute Included In Fruit Tariff ] European Trade ] The so-called "Kennedy round" of tariff negotiation for fruit exports to Europe is to take place at Gene- va, Switzerland in May. A brief has been prepared by the U.S. National Fruit Council. This is a six page manuscript, which discusses, among other things the removal of "unjusti- fiable non - tarrifi berries," which would make possible increased sales of Ameicran fruits and fruit pro ducts in the so-called "Europear Common Market Countries." The Cranberry Institute is one ol the firms represented. It is statec that more than 80,000 growers art engaged in the fruit and fruit pro ducts industry, the acreage involvec in the production is approximately 3 million, with an aggregate annua P"oduction averaging nearly 17 mil lien tons of fruit. The farm value o these crops, which of course includ es cranberries is estimated at $1.' billion with a retail value after har vesting, packing, storing, processin transportation and distribution o nearly $4 billion. CRANBERRY PRODUCTS IMPROVEMENTS Cranberry Products, Inc., c Eagle River, Wisconsin, next yea is handling its entire productio with pallet boxes, thus expectin to make savings' to growers. Cui rently, Cranberry Products is ir stalling two new spin coolers an some additional equipment, wit the intention of next year near! doubling its capacity for crar berry sauce. Improvements are also bein made in the glass line, as Pres: dent Vernon Golds^worthy stat( the corporation has been unab^j to meet the demand for boi' whole and strained sauce in gla; with its present facilities. J BREAKFAST TASTES A nation-wide survey shows that I consumer research has reveal* that New Englanders drink mo; fruit juice at breakfast time tha other areas, folks in the Rod Mountain States drink less coffe people in t h e South Atlantic Stat eat more eggs and Westerners es more pancakes and waffles. u , V ;^* J ^r^. ' ' ^.''SisS ^r^ I'V - "Vt*] ' , ■! -ii. * % , ^ ^ *- ■ = •'** -• *• . ■ 'a^l Tall "BiW Dufort is fhe Right-Hand Man for Ocean Spray Bandon Oregon Area Operations About 130 Growers Depend on Him for Advice in Growing and Berry Handling Tall genial, but determined William T. (Bill) Dufort is man- iio'iager of theOcean Spray enter- laiprise at Bandon and serves the oc'-iBandon area growers with cul- ;[fe|tural advice, suggestions at to the jjti growing of quality berries' for the ei 'co-op. He is a "determined" type of man, although perhaps "firm" would be a better word to use, in seeing that berries which do not meet Ocean Spray requirements are not accepted at the Bandon plant for processing or for the fresh fruit market. Operating the plant at harvest time and visiting and giving sug- gestions at all times keeps him busy the year around. Dufort is not a cranberry grower, but he knows the cran- berry business "from the ground up," as he and his father, Henry, have, in all, built about 25 acres of bog. He is married to the former Martha Felsheim, daughter of Dou D. Felsheim, editor of the Bandon weekly, "The Western World," the two having been married in 1937. There is a son, Henry, and four daughters, Mary, Margaret, Molly and Melinda. Bill's father, who isf more familiarly known as "Hank," than Henry, is still in- terested in cranberries, and was one of the earlier Bandon area growers. The Bandon Ocean Spray Plant About 30 work in the plant during harvest time, and there is a peak capacity of 600 cases a day — cellophane and window box pack. Fruit not so utilized is shipped in bags to the freezer at Centralia, Washington. Ocean Spray screens' all fresh fruit for its members, but all processing berries are screened by the growers, themselves or com- mercially so screened by others. Growers in the Bandon area under the supervision of Dufort number about 130 and the area extends' from Port Orford south of Bandon to Florence to the north, a distance of about 120 miles. During the "off season," that is after the harvest rush, Dufort visits and talks with growers. During the busy season he has the assistance in office work of a temporary girl clerk. The Ocean Spray plant has about 8,000 square feet of usable space. As high as 4,000 barrels a day have been received during the height of the fall rush. Ocean Spray has purchas'ed land for a new building program. It is hoped to build, in the near future, this being a modern plant of around 25,000 square feet. Modern New Home The Duforts have only recently completed a most modern single- story home; "Bill" planning it and building it himself. He says he, "thought is out item by item, and now we have everything just about where we want it." The structure is at Dew Valley, south of Bandon. THIRTEEN The house has', four bedrooms, opening off a corridor, two baths, the most moern and best equip- ped kitchen imaginable, and hand- some Hving room with fireplace and three large picture windows. The house interior is finished in wood paneling. So, it may be added, the Duforts, live in the tradition of so many of the West Coast growers in that still comparatively "pioneer" country, that is, having the "mostest" in modern home construction. This fund concerns ten West European countries, including the United Kingdom, where a "break through" in sales has been reached and also West Ger- rriany. In West Germany, Mr. Colley s'ays there may be pos- sible a "tie-in" with the Poultry Institute, which has its own FSA funds for increased development of an American poultry market in Europe. ADDITIONAL ALLOTMENT FOR CRANBERRY MARKET IN EUROPE An additional $75,000 or the equivalent in counter-part funds has been alloted by the Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA to be spent in developing a cranberry market in Europe, Orrin G. Colley, president of the Institute an- nounces. This brings the total amount alloted tb'v this purpose to $185,000. WISCONSIN FROST WARNING SERVICE The frost warning service for Wisconsin cranberry growers is to start May 1, and continue until October 15. Warren Wallis will again be the meteorologist in charge. A letter sent to members of the Wisconsin Cranberry Growers Association by Bruce Potter, president, declared he hoped it might be pos'sible to have 100 percent participation in the pro- gram and that the cost is 60 cents per acre, to be paid with membership dues of $5.00 a year. USDA Mokes \ Recommendation To Order Amendments The USDA has sent out the following recommended amend- ment, dated April 10, to the present marketing order, for a hearing,, this to be separate from the hearing on the retention oft|ie« the marketing order as a whole: USDA RECOMMENDS The U. S. Department of Agri- culture today recommended an amendment to the marketing a- the handling of cranberries growr greement and order regulating on Long Island, N. Y., and in thf States of Massachusetts, Rhodt Island, Connecticut, New Jersey Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota Oregon, and Washington. USDA's Agricultural Marketinj. Service said the amendment ii based upon evidence received ai a public hearing held in Ware ham, Mass., February 10, 1964- and continued at Moorestowc' N. J., Feb. 12 and at Wisconsii Rapids, Wis., on Feb. 14. CARLSON MFC. CO. KINGSTON, MASS. TEL. JU 5-2409 •399 .00 $100 Down -Balance Due October 31 1500 lb. Capacity # 35 Picking Boxes Platform Area: 48 x 78 inches. • 35 Picking Bags Engine — 3 h|p| Briggs & Stratton with Reduction U nit. Tires — 800-6-1000 lbs. capacity each tire. 8 Inches wide - 18 inches diameter. Frame — 2^/1" square tulbing Vs" wall thickness. Axles — 1" round cold roll. Tiller — operabed tricycle arrangement for ease of reversing and to miinimize scuffing. This unit has been used for 6 yrs. on cur bogs. Ideal for wheeling off berries, cleaning inside ditches, carrying fertilizer and sanding. We carry IVz yds. per load which is double our rated capacity. FOURTEEN The amendment wruld (1) prc- i/ide wider authority to specify the time and manner for handlers to meet withholding obligation; (2) allow handlers to be credited -iuring the next fiscal year with any excess withholding resulting from a modifiction of the free and restricted percentages; (3) '•equire the committee to fix and announce the price, per bar- 's!, at which handlers may ob- -ies and require handlers reques- ;ain release of withheld cranber- ;ing such release to accompany ;he request with full payment for he berries for which release is •equested; (4) provide for the dis- jcsition of monies acquired in :cnnection with the release of vithheld cranberries; and (5) imend the withholding provisions o establish and maintain, among landlers, uniformity of applica- ion of the restricted percentage. Persons desiring to file written exceptions to the recommended iecisicn may do so with the ksaring Clerk, U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture, Washington, 3. C, 20250, not later than April 1. Copies of the recommended lecision are available from the Director, Fruit and Vegetable )ivision. Agricultural Marketing, T. S. Department of Agriculture, Vashington, D. C, 20250. /\/isconsin Growers To Have Hearing Dn State Order Would Provide Funds For Research Wisconsin cranberry growers nil attend a public hearing May 3 at the auditorium. Courthouse, Vis'consin Rapids, Wisconsin on proposed state marketing order or cranberries. This is the first tate order for cranberries and ame about as the result of a ote by the Wisconsin State Cran- •erry Growers' Association for uch an order. Monies' collected rom the growers on a per barrel lasis will be used for applied re- search on cranberry growing and n educational program on cli- matic conditions as they effect cranberry production. The proposal is to assess each grower (producer) two cents per barrel for all berries sold or de- livered to his respective sales agency or processor. An advise ry board is to be established con- sisting of five members who shall assist the director of the Wiscon- sin State Department of Agricul- ture in the administration of the order. These five members are to be active producers, nominated and elected by active cranberry growers. The five receiving the highest number of votes shall constitute the board and the next highest five shall become alter- nate members Oregon Growers To Have Frost Warning Service At a spring meeting of the Southwestern Oregon Cranberry club at Bandon, with about 60 growers present, a frost warning service for the growers was dis- cussed. A plan for stich a system has been worked out. The U. S. Government has weather stations scattered over different altitudes in the Bandon area, one being at the bog of Ray Bates. These observers are to telephone to the Portland Weather Bureau twice a day, giving the temperatures, humidity, wind velocity and cloud cover, also the highs and lows of the previous' night. Bates makes his final call promptly at 4 p. m. daily. At Portland a meteorologist is to correlate all the reports, and then teletype. |;he city of Eugene and the report comes from there over local television at 6:15 p.m. There is also a teletype from Portland to nearby Coquille, the seat of Coos County, and from there it is broadcast on radio. Jimmy Olson intends to put in a telephone p, answering service (similiar to that at M'assachusetts Cranberry Station) the message to be on tape so that any grower can dial his business number after 6:15 and get the report. "So, all in all, we should have a fairly complete system, with TV, radio and phone," Olson declares. AERIAL SPRAYING and FERTILIZING Helicopters and Airplanes Fast, Reliable Service AS ALWAYS 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ON NEW ENGLAND BOGS PLYMOUTH COPTERS, Inc. (Formerly Aerial Sprayers, Inc.) THOMAS S. WEITBRECH (Whitey) TEmple 4-7818 NOTES FROM THE INSTITUTE This month the Cranberry In- stitute in cooperation with the Foreign Agricultural Service of the U. S. Department of Agri- culture is participating in Scot- land's annual food exhibition in Glascow. This is the third of a series of promotional campaigns scheduled for U. S. cranberries and other U. S. agricultural products. The first was held in London in Jan- uary and the second in Cardiff, Wales in March and constitutes the most intensive effort yet made to promote cranberries in the United Kingdom. The cities selected present the best immediate potential sales expansion on surrounding areas. In addition wholesalers, importers and other contacts have indicated the desire to participate in a sponsored food campaign. The promotions include a cran- berry exhibit and demonstrations. Coverage of each city's food out- lets, distributing banners', posters, recipe leaflets and other mer- chandising aids to participating retailers. Also publicity releases, advertisements and special sup- plements to be carried in local newspapers plus other features using the theme "Enjoy American Foods." In addition to the interest be- ing created in Europe for cran- berries inquiries are being re- ceived from other countries of the world as well. Recently an inquiry was received from a food processor in Australia seeking raw cranberries in barrels. HELICOPTER PEST CONTROL qqins ^irwaus I M NORWOOD, MASS. ' DUSTING and SPRAYING RAY MORSE 8c SON, AGENTS TEL. 295-1553 Several British cookery editors have informed the Cranberry In- stitute that they will be featuring cranberries in prominent maga- zines and books in the months to come. Word from cranberry processors indicates that the U. S. Armed Forces are purchasing cranberry products in sizable quantities. It is apparent that these pur- chases are in excess of any pre- vious year at this season. A large percentage of the supplies is des- tined for overseas bases. New Glass Pack For Whole Cranberry Sauce This serving package for cranberry sauce was featured, in color, on th«i cover of "Glass Packaging," a pub lication of the glass industry, recentu ly. Inside caption was: "Cranberrj Sauce, Cranberry Products, Inc.' Eagle River, Wisconsin is distributini its new sauce throughout the middle west in this squat 13 ounce glas table jar. The manufacturer is rely ing on an attractive closure for bran and product identity, and is not usin,: a body label on the container. Hee has thunk-print decorations. "Glass containers supplied b Owens-Illinois Glass Company, Tc ledo, Ohio; closure by White Ca Co., Chicago." — See Photo on Page 24 — "SPACE AGRICULTURE" There seems to be a new type < agriculture. This of growing foe aboard space ships and on othf planets. This was an assertion of tl general manager of American Cyai amid Company, in a recent addres Plymouth County (Mass.) hi placed 65th in US counties in ag] culture, according to U.S. Census Agriculture, just announced. It wi one of 7 Massachusett's counties the top 100. Rating was for fru: which would be largely composed cranberries. Figures released we for the year 1959. Spare That Bee A recent talk by Dr. Johansen of the Washington State University, tells us that honeybees and buimible- bees are very important in the polli- nation of your cranberry bogs. This, of course, we already know. He tells us a little bit about our bumblebees, whiich I think will prove interesting to you. I will relate this to you. Th;e bumblebee is very important to our cranberry industry. He will work Qt much cooler temperatures than honeybees will. This is im- portant, especially during the cool end of May and June weather. This is the life cycle: The queen bumblebee goes to hibernation ap- parently fertile in nature. She will house in mice nests, or material where she can stay dry and warm in the winter. In early spring she breaks her hibernation and comes out to find a nesting place so sihe can lay her eggs in the early spring of the year. She seeks such areas as the edge of your bog, where old vines or mouse nests or grass has accumulated, and provides her a suitable house for her young. Here she will form her nest and lay her eggs. She has to accumulate either a substance known as honey, or the pollen which she will feed her young when they hatch out. When hey hatch out, they are of three Jharacteristics, either queen, drone, 5r worker. Then the proceeding itarts up where the drone fertilizes the new queen eggs while the worker provides food for the hatching or hatched bumblebee. While these workers are seeking food they will visit your cranberry bogs and other areas around and doing a job for you of pollinizing your cranberries and also providing food for young workers, drones, and queens that are hatching out. About the first or mid- dle part of August, the fertile queen again seeks her hibernating area for the winter. Here she stays until the following spring. Recently Dr. Johansen, in copera- tion with Dr. Dou^y, the experi- ment station and Mr. Bud Bailey, two sets of nesting boxes have been provided for bumblebees as a nest- ing experiment. We are not recom- mending this practice yet, as this is purely in the experimental stage. We feel that anything we can do to encourage the increase in popula- tion of bumblebees and honeybees, will be important to our cranberry grower. Remember, in working your cran- berry bogs, give the bumblebees and honeybees every possible chance that you can. Use your sprays late in the evening and this will save a number of bees and bumblebees as the product is not as potent as in the morning. Also, be sure to use the same precautions of spraying the edges of your bogs as the bum- blebee is probably nesting in this area. Brewer & Lord 40 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. INSURANCE CONVERSE HILL HORACE H. SOULE WILLIAM B. PLUMBER CHARLES M. CUTLER EDWARD H. LEARNARD VINCENT M. WILSON JOHN B. CECIL, Jr. Serving the People of New England Since 1859 IN OUR FIELD THERE'S ONLY ONE LEADER BUT IN YOUR FIELD IT'S ALL YOU NEED FOR MORE EFFICIENT IRRIGATION Buckner Sprinklers bring you the benefits of more than 50 years research and develop- ment in sprinkler irrigation. You get the best effective cover- age, with deep soil penetration and minimum water waste. And years of trouble-free service that means great savings in time and money. Get free esti- mates and planning help from your local dealer — write for free catalog and name of your nearest dealer. 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But, since mealworms are con- sidered a tasty morsel by many fish, the researchers began getting inquiries— not only on how to con- trol the insects— but also on how fishing enthusiasts could raise them. When the researchers issued a leaflet describing how to control the mealworm they also included information on how to raise a colony large enough to supply an average fisherman's needs whenever he gets the urge to take off for the old fishing hole. Easy-to-follow instructions tell how worms. And it's as simple as casting a line; all it takes are scraps of lumber, a few nails, and a thin sheet of aluminium from the hard- ware store. The leaflet "Mealworms" tells where to find the insects needed to "pioneer" the colony. Some wheat bran, a little graham flour, and commerciail dried meat scraps— an i occasional piece of carrot, potato, or lettuce— plus a couple of handfuls of mealworms, are all that's needed to get started. The results: inexpensive, instant fishbait, conveniently available when- ever the lure of fishing brightens the day. Single free copies of the revised mealworm leaflet. No. 195, may be obtained from the Office of Information, United States Depart- ment of Agriculture, Wasihington 25, D. C. READ CRANBERRIES wm FROST CONTROL TEMPERATURE CONTROL SPRINKLER IRRJCATION SHUB-RANE SOLID SET SYSTEMS These minimum gallonage systems are ideally suited to meet the needs of the Cranberry grower. The special IW and 2" solid set couplers are designed for use with light weight, low cost aluminum tubing. Wide, flat foot pad keeps sprinklers upright- easy twist-of-the wrist coupling action. Con- ventional portable and automatic Sequa-Matic Shur-Rane systems also available. .Write For Complete Information — Free Literature. JOHN BEAN DIVISION FMC CORPORATION, LANSING 9, MICHIGAN NINETEEN REDUCE LABOR COSTS AND IMPROVE FRUIT QUALITY WITH FROST PROTECTION BY FMC TROPIC BREEZE WIND MACHINES Tropic Breeze Wind Machines have been widely used in citrus groves and orchards. They are a thoroughly proven piece of equipment. Ana now they have been shown to be highly effec- tive m cranberry marsh frost protection. ae man can efficiently operate one or several wind machines, saving the labor costs of a whole crew required for flooding. Pro- tection is fast too— bginning in 3 to 5 minutes after the machine is started. In addition, an authoritative re- port recently released indicates that Wind Machines substanti- ally r-^uced the number of floods. This brought improved quality and yield over marshes where Wind Maictiines were not used. Wind Machines hiave also been found ideal for protection of blueberries and other bush fruits. , [^MC Tropic Breeze Wind Ma- hines are available in a variety of models to meet your require- ments. Get all the facts— fill in the coupon and mail it today. NAME. ADDRESS (RFD). CITY. FMC CORPORATION, FLORIDA division FAIRWAY AVENUE, LAKELAND, FLORIDA □ Please send me sales literature on Tropic Breeze Wind Machines □ Please have sales engineer contact me FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Continued fiom Page 6 first above normal readings in this' department since April 1943. I Most areas had from one half to three quarters inch above normal. The heaviest amounts over the largest area occurred in a eight inch snowfall on the 25th. For the year however the deficient in precipitation is about one inch. Temperatures averaged about two degrees above the normal mark- ing the third straight month that temperatures were above normal. The outlook for April calls foi the continuation of above norma! temperatures and normal pre- cipitation. But Water Supplies Still Low At months end the entire statt was covered with snow, ranginj from two inches in the extremi south to twenty inches in the fa north. Frost depths were startinj to surface thaw during the montl and several inches were reportei out of the open fields and ver, little in the woods. It was quit a contrast to a year ago when th stiow melted rapidly the latte part of March, but frost depth were deep. Fortunately most c the precipitation that occurre soaked in the soil and there w3 no flooding. Sub soil moistur deficiences remain low and groun water supplies several feet belo'^ normal. Storage reservoirs alon the Wisconsin River are reporte at an all time low and river fio'' at this time is only half of norma x Probably No Serious Winter Kili| Considerable vine exposure oc curred during March, but mo: marshes reflowed the exposed tip^li Shallow frost in the beds therr selves will probably prevent an serious winter killing of vine The heavy snow prior to tt s'evere cold of the 29th covere all exposed vines. Growers wei expected to be careful in pullir, their winter floods until suffice!, frost was out of the vines. it Sevin is a registered trade mark o£ Union Carbide Corporation. Cranberry insects? [IWDK] SOCK 'EM with ® INSECTICIDE New, effective and safer-to-use SEVIN insecticide is ideal for control of major insect pests that attack cranberries. Use SEVIN in the late blossom period and again whenever insects attack. SEVIN destroys cutworms, fire- worms, fruitworms, Japanese beetles and leaf- hoppers, including the leafhoppers that spread i false blossom disease. ! The long-lasting residue of SEVIN assures continuing kill of insects between applications. Even in the hottest weather, provide long-lasting results. SEVIN residues Safer-to-use than many insecticides, SEVIN is low in toxicity to humans, livestock and fish. Spray or dust operators, using SEVIN, do not require special protective clothing. They only need to observe simple precautions. Workers can return to the bogs soon after application. SEVIN is effective in concentrate or dilute sprays and dusts. It will pay you to use SEVIN this year. Ask your supplier for SEVIN now. Or write Union Carbide \Corporation, Chemicals Division, 270 Park Avenue, ■New York, N. Y. 10017 UNION CARBIDE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS TWENTY-ONE Chloro IPC the new answer to dormant weed control in Cranberries Chloro IPC, a time- tested herbicide made by the Chemical Division of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Com- pany, can now be used on dormant cranberries. This is good news to growers who need an econom- ical way to control annual grasses (bent grass, an- nual blue grass, turkeyfoot grass) as well as such weeds as rushes, horsetail, velvet grass, loosestrife, tearthumb and certain others. Chloro IPC is ap- plied while the plants are dormant. It is completely dissipated before the fruit ever appears, so there's no residue problem. Chloro IPC is among the least toxic of all commercial herbicides. Thorough field testing of Chloro IPC on cran- berry bogs in Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Wash- ington has developed local experience and recom- mendations suited to each area. PPG Chloro IPC is easy to apply in the form of 20% granules, 100 lb. to the acre during November or December after harvest. A repeat application in early spring before cranberry growth begins will give further control of annual weeds. Ask your experiment station per- sonnel at the state university for local recommenda- tions on use of PPG Chloro IPC. Write for more details and your local distributor's name to: Pitts- burgh Plate Glass Company, Chemical Division, One Gateway Center, Pittsburgh 22, Pa. chemicals TWENTY-TWO fidJt>SJal5 ISSUE OF APRIL, 1964 VOL. 28 -NO. 12 .— — i. — - — ■■ •' ■-■■-■■-■» AN ALARMING PROSPECT A situation, alarming, not only to the New Jersey cranberry industry, but possibly to jother growers lies in the proposed acquiring by the State of cranberry property. The acquis- jition would be for the so-called "Green Acres," or providing of open spaces for the public. ! This is being fought by the American Cran- berry Growers' Association and by the New Jersey Farm Bureau. Active in the fight are such staunch members of the industry as Edward V. Lipman, Walter Z. Fort, and Phillip E. Marucci, the latter not a grower but secre- |tary of the ACGA and operating the New Ijersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station. Also the veteran grower J. Rogers Brick. It is estimated the state may lose one- third of its present 2600, and in terms of poten- tial lose more than one-half. There are seven processing plants utilizing cranberries in New [Jersey. The above is not intended to imply that Jersey growers are opposed to "Green Acres," and open spaces. In fact, they favor this, and think this is being achieved in South Jersey, by maintaining cranberry bogs and reservoirs. Moreover the growers are optimistic and are anxious to expand bog acreage and not to retrench. A FOREIGN MARKET - INSURANCE There seems to be a rather general feeling within the cranberry industry that the surplus problem in the cranbeny market is being "licked." And, if this is true, it is cause for rejoicing. But, it is now not anticipated there will be any cranberry school lunch this coming fall as there has been for the past two or three years if cranberries are taken off the surplus products list of the United States Department of Agri- [culture, as they probably will. Yet, it may be anticipated that there could be a cranberry crop of perhaps 1,400,000 bar- rels this fall to be disposed of. Just suppose the domestic market can take care of no more than 1,100,000 barrels. This, even though we may expect a constantly-growing market for cranberry juice cocktail. CLARENCE J. HALL Editor and Publisher EDITH S. HALL — Associate Editor Wareham, Massachusetts' SUBSCRIPTIONS, $4.00 Per Year FOREIGN, $5.00 CORRESPONDENTS - ADVISORS Wisconsin LEO A. SORENSON Cranberry Consultant Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Washington Dr. CHARLES C. DOUGHTY Cranberry Specialist Long Beach, Wash. Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, Ore. Massachusetts Dr. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Mass. New Jersey P. E. MARUCCI New Jers'ey Cranberry and Blueberry Station Pemberton, New Jersey Where is the remainder of the crop going? If, there should not be a market for quite all the berries we can grow, it would be reassuring to have a foreign, and particularly European market for some of this fruit. That is what the Cranberry Institute is trying to develop, for now and future years. We beheve this effort merits the interest and support of cranberry growers. TWENTY-THREE INDIAN TRAIL, inc. WORKING— MERCHANDIZING— SELLING WISCONSIN-GROWN CRANBERRIES 12 Months of the Year Moving FRESH — FROZEN— — CANNED & JUICE — Striving always to move TOP-QUAL- ITY products at TOP PRICES for bet- ter returns to WISCONSIN Growers. P. 0. BOX 710, WIS. RAPIDS, WIS. Wisconsin's Successful Cranberry Growers DEPEND ON Swift's Specialized Service for all their Plant Food and Chemicals Why Not YOU? Swift & Company Agricbem Division Phone 244-3515 P. O. Box 152 Madison, Wis. CORRUGATED CULVERT PIPE and FLOW GATES Felker Bros. Mfg. 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DO YOU GET A PREMIUM FOR YOUR QUALITY FRUIT, OR ARE YOUR RETURNS PAID STRICTLY ON A TONNAGE BASIS? Cranberry Products, Inc. EAGLE RIVER, WISCONSIN WISCONSIN HEADQUARTERS FOR INSECTICIDES — FUNGICIDES HERBICIDES DUSTS — WETTABLE POWDERS — EMULSIONS PARATHION — MALATHION FERBAM — SIMAZINE DITHANE M - 22 (Maneb) WEED RHAP 20 SEVIN Hopkins Agricultural Chemical Co. p. O. BOX 584 Phone; MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53701 Area Code 608 257-1019 YOU Are Reading This Ad— Others Will Read Yours In CRANBERRIES iix=^x:, :tx- ^ s J,J .^ V ■» V3 J- WiKi* a.1 w> 'A i\3^e>^st, Ifess O^cean ^pray N^ms PUBLISHED MONTHLY BEST CRANBERRY DISH OF THE YEAR CREATED BY PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA COOK Although cranberries do not flourish in the Sonoma Valley of California, good cranberry cooks do, according to the results of a nationwide contest to find the Best Cranberry Dish of the Year. Mrs, Elmer J. Starke won the Grand Prize of $2,500 for her recipe of Ham Loaf with Cranberry Meringue Frosting. It topped more than 10,000 recipes entered in the contest from all parts of the United States and Canada. The contest was first announced last October, as soon as newly harvested cranberries were in the stores, and each contest entry was accompanied by the Ocean Spray trade mark from a bag or box of cranberries. The Arthur Godfrey Sliow carried the contest on 209 CBS stations and the Don McNeill Breakfast Club on 317 ABC stations. Contest judges have been cooking and baking ever since the close of the contest, Januarv 31st, and have just narrowed down their selections to 126 v/inners, divided among 40 states, including Hawaii and Alaska, with one winner in Canada. CRANBERRY MERCHANT PRESENT PRIZE Ocean Spray Fresh Cranberry broker, James Hunt of Grant J. Hunt in Oak- land, California, travelled to the egg capital to present the top prize to Mrs. Starke at her home on April 20. Each of the five cranberry growing states had winners. Wisconsin did the best with 8 winners, New Jersey had one, Oregon and Washington had two apiece and Massachusetts had three. The State of California had the Grand Prize winner and 13 others' and Texas was in second place with 11 winners. There are 4 men among the winners. They came from Tennessee, New York, Kentucky and Georgia. WISCONSIN IS TEST STATE For FRESH FROZEN BERRIES Because consumers often ask, "Why can't we get frozen cranberries on the market," Ocean Spray is currently testing a 1 pound package of Quick Fresh Frozen Cranberries and chose the state of Wisconsin for the test area. The first shipment of 30,960 pounds of frozen cranberries were sent from Massachusetts at Easter time, concur- rent with a barrage of information and serving suggestions for the press, radio, TV, teachers, home economists and women's clubs. IVINC A $40,000,000 A YEAR INDUSTRY PE COD W JERSEY WISCONSIN >REGON MTASHINGTOM CANADA .As* J ■■i. .iiWt „ W 1 , •*^' JACK DEAN, A Leading grower in the Bandon, Oregon Area. (CRANBERRIES Photo.) 40 Cents MAY, 1964 DIRECTORY For CRANBERRY GROWERS Federal Paper Board Company, Inc. 970 Fellsway Medford, Mass. Tel. Export 5-5305 Manufacturers of Folding Cartons and Displays READ CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE MIDDLEBOROUGH TRUST COMPANY MIDDLEBORO MASS. Member of The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation SANDERS Built from $750. WHEEL-OFF RIGS FLUMES Built to Order Welder and Power Shovel Available AGENT: FURFORD Picker and Pruner Oiva Hannula Carver, Mass. UN 64419 Wareham Savings WAREHAM and FALMOUTH Savings Accounts Loans on Real Estate Safe Deposit Boxes to Rent Phone CYpress 5-3800 Kimball 8 3000 The National Bank of Wareham CoDTeniently located for Cranberry Men Funds always available for sound loans Complete Banking Service Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The CHARLES W. HARRIS Company 451 Old Somerset Ave. North Dighton, Mass. AMES Irrigation Systems Sprinklers Weed killers Insecticides Fungicides Kiekens - Duster and Sprayers EQUIPMENT HAYDEN - SEPARATOR - WAREHAM, MASS. Irrigation Systems PUMPS SEPARATORS - BLOW£R! SCREENHOUSE EQUIPMENT DARLINGTON PICKING MACHINES Extensive Experience in ELECTRICAL WORK ALFRED PAPPI At Screenhouses, Bogs and Pumps Means Satisfaction WAREHAM. MASS. Tel. CY 5-200 SUBSCRIBE TO CRANBERRIES SHAWMUT GLASS CONTAINERS, INC. Representing KNOX GLASS, INC. 25 EAST STREET CAMBRIDGE 41, MASS. STODDARD SOLVENT (Available Year Round) WATER WHITE KEROSENE BOTTLED GAS Water Heating Cooking Carburetion m 6-4545 Central Heating CARVER, MASS. TAKE ADVANTAGE of the BETTER things of life. The efficient USE OF ELECTRICITY is one of these better things — efficient use in power for cran- berry bog operations, and in the home. Plymouth County Electric Co. 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UN 6-2234 If You Want A Good Flume At A Low Cost Use All Heart Redwood 60,000 Ft. on hand for Prompt Delivery 6x8 — 6x6 — 4x6 — 4x4 Planking- - Square Edged or Matched 2x4 — 2x6 — 2x8 — 2x10 SEND FOR YOUR FREE FOLDER ON THE "DURABILITY OF REDWOOD" Tel. RO 3-8811 E. W. Goodhue Lumber Co., Inc. MIDDl^BORO ROAD EAST FREETOWN, MASS Hold full flavor in your cranberry pack Southern Oregon's "Black" Beaches Rich Minerally Coos and Curry counties, when Oregon growers are "mining rec gold," as cranberries have some- times been called, now seem; about to mine the black coasta soils, which may have a sort o golden lining. This is according to the Western World, Bandon' newspaper, the basis of a minini report. Some of this' mining o the dark sand of the bsaches wa done during the last war, givin, a basis of experience. The future in mining the beac sands was called "very bright. It is the beach sands of Souther Oregon that are rich in industry type materials, and not those i northern Oregon, or Clatso County, where cranberries' ar also produced. The "black" sands contai chromite, zircon, garnet, rutili magnetite, ilmenite and manaziti to name the major ones, and als even precious metals such c gold and platinum. These mir erals come from the wearin down of the Klamath Mountain whereas the Clatsop sands ai mostly iron ore from Columb: river gorge erosion. The report said that one minir expert when questioned as ' how soon this mining of the blac sand might start, said; "We ai right on the edge of when th can be done economically, think within five years." READ CRANBERRIES 1( "•■*' ;♦ CORN PRODUCTS COMPANY Manufacturers of fine products for the food industry . . . and popular Best Foods Division grocery brands for the consumer. Western Pickers Paris and ReptAn Agent for 1964 Model ORDER NOW J. E. iRALEY & SON MACHINE SHOP 78 Glbbs Are Wareham, Mass. HAVE YOUR REPAIRS DONE NOW Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Notes by Prof. William E. Tomlinson April in the Cranberry growing irea of Massachusetts was a dis- agreeable month with cool :loudy, showery or rainy weather >revailing most of the month, 'recipitation shut off on the 24th, lowever, and at the time of vriting (May 12) serious forest ire danger prevailed because of Iry conditions. Bogs have not, lowever, suffered from lack of noisture. There was no frost injury dur- ng April, in fact it was one of -•ery few Aprils when no frost v^arnings were sent out. George lounsville started watching and aking readings on the 15th, and he answering service went into peration on the 20th. Do You Have Gall Enoug:h ? Incidentally, it is still not too ite to contribute toward the Ixpense of the ans'wering service, l/hich amounts to about $100 for le frost months. This' expense is ow borne by the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association and the subscribers to the frost warning service. If you have the gall to use it and not con- tribute, examine your conscience, get out your check book, and send your contribution to Mrs. Ruth Beaton, Treasurer, Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association, Jefferson Shores, Buzzards Bay, Mass. Pesticide Rules Cranberry Growers should real- ize that the Rules and Regulations of the Massachusetts Pesticide went into effect on March 13, 1964. All of the provisions, ex- cept 8 on licensing and 9 on rec- ord keeping, apply to farmers as well as' commercial applicators, A copy of the Rules and Regulations can be obtained from the Massa- chusetts Pesticide Board, Depart- ment of Public Health, State House, Boston, Mass. It would be worth your while to obtain a copy and familiarize yourself with it because you could be sub- ject to up to a $100 fine for the first violation, and up to $500 for any subsequent ones. Pesticides, according to the Rules and Regulations, are any C. & L EQUIPMENT CO. 1209 MAIN STREET ACUSHNET, MASS. 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New Underwater Weed Mower ■jfc- Clears a 42" wide swath •k Easy to mount on standard rowboats •k Adjustable cutting depth Monarch Sickle Bar Mower • Self propelled, 3 H.P. Modsl ir 36" or 44" sickle bars ir Won't throw stones, glass For more information write: ■ ■ J&lTl PRODUCTS, INC. 2978 Pillsbury Avenue Minneapolis 8, Minnesota Your Foreman Deserves A Subscription to Cranberries; too This is the rear view of the SHOWROOM PLYMOUTH that beat 10 out of 10 test of "things: you buy a car for." SEE IT — DRIVE IT — BUY IT at Robt. W. Savary, Inc. CHRYSLER - PLYMOUTH VALIANT Onset Ave. East Warehani CY 5-3530 k r FOR EXPERT SERVICE ON YOUR Briggs & Stratton ENGINES W« use only factory-approved methods and original parts. Per- 8<»uiel are trained under factory supervision. See us for a ohedc>up or complete overhaul — prices are right. -^^ [Bric^cs&StraitonI MAIN STREET GARAGE Carver, Mass. Tel. UNion 6-45M FOUR : Issue of May 1964 — Vol. 29 No. 1 Second Class Postage Paid at Wareliam. Massachaaetts Post O ffice- Published monthly at Wareb am, Massachusetts. Subscriptions $4.00, Foreign, $5.00 p«r yeai ■RESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C J. H ^EW JERSEY April Was a Wet Month Precipitation during the month E April was 2.80 inches above ormal, as' compared with .67 iches last year. Total rainfall irough April was 15.34 inches 3ove the average as compared ith last year of only 9.55 inches. Also Was Cold The average temperature was ).2, 2.7 less than normal. The ^ghest temperature was' on April 5 (as' in Massachusetts), the only ly of the month of more than ) degrees. On April 2nd the inimum temperature was 18 agrees, the coldest in April in e 35 year's history of the Cran- irry-Blueberry Station at Pem- ;rton, with the exception of 15 -grees on April 8, 1956. ^\/ ASH I NGTON Growth Well Started Cranberry growth was' well arted by the first of May. A w tips were in the rough-neck age. It was the critical frost ijriod. Past experience has own that this state often gets' "iluch more injury from frost Imperatures than when the buds CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Shocks, or Nailed Stock Always on Hand Let me repair your broken joxes — or repair them yourself. F. H. COLE 4 North Carver, Mass. Tel. Union 6-3330 are on the "pop-corn" stage later on than when they are in hook. Our sprinkler systems had been on ten times during frost nights' in April. 6 to 9 Hours of Sprinklingr On the colder nights the systems were on for 6 to 9 hours. Most are started at 34 degrees and continue in operation during the period until the temperature of air returns to this level. Most of the cold nights followed clear, warm days when no cloud was present. The maximum temperature for the month was 61°F. on the 19th. Temperatures were only above 55 on five dates. The mean max- imum was 51.4, and the minimum mean was 35.3 degrees. Month Dry Measurable rain was" recorded on 21 days. Much Bog Work There is a lot of bog work going on . . . much of the busi- ness was planting new acreage and applying herbicides, fertilizer, and so forth. Most of the budding looked fairly good, so a good crop was being looked for. New Ocean Spray Warehouse Ocean Spray's new warehouse at Long Beach was completed, except for the installation of the grading and cleaning equipment. All the berries from the Long Beach area will be bulk handled this year and cleaned at the plant. MASSACHUSETTS April a Cool Month At the middle of April the weather turned somewhat warmer, but it remained a cool month. AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS BOG SERVICE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS HAND SPRAYERS - TOOLS - POWER EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BRIGGS AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTER R. F. MORSE & SON, INC. Cranberry Highway West Warefaani, Mass. CY 5-1553 There were two or three slashing rain storms, not at all in the usual Cape Cod tradition that "April Showers Bring Forth May- flowers." The month ended with a minus temperature of 10 for the 30-day period. April of 1964 went down as the coolest April in three years. according to the Boston Weather Bureau. This' despite summer heat on the 18th, with temperatures into tthe high 70's and low 80's. April a Very Wet Month The month ended with a total rainfall of 5.87, as recorded at Masssachusetts State Bog. The FROST CONTROL And IRRIGATION SOLID SET BOG IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ALL Long Life Low Cost 11/2" Aluminum Tubing Call and compare prices with all olher materials. LARCHMONT ENGINEERING LEXINGTON, MASS VO 2-2550 4«&;S&:^;S£:ie^Jrie=[5=i&=a=lS=ft=ffi=se=ffi^^ Bog Building Ditch Cleaning EQUIPMENT FOR HIRE Rubber Tire and Track Loaders Dike Repairing Bulldozers and Trucks Backhoe Good Bog Sand Available P & L CO. LOUIS LECONTE CARVER, MASS. 866-4402 SIX normal is 3.85 inches. ( May Started Cold May also began cold, but with vines still behind normal devel- opment no general frost warnings were sent out by George Rouns- ville of the Station for the firsi week. This, despite the fact there were white frosts. Alsoi although early mornings wer< foggy, the woodlands were get- ting rather too dry. The dry conditions which hac caused several woods fires, weri alleviated on the night of May V. when there was some rain. How^ ever, precipitation, as measuret at the Cranberry Station, wai only .14 of an inch. WISCONSIN Highest Winds Weather was again the bi newsmaker in Wisconsin. Thi time it was two consecutive day of the strongest winds ever re corded in weather bureau history They occured on April 6th an 7th with winds clocked up to 8 miles per hour in the wester marshes. Exposed vines wit root systems frozen in wer prime targets of the dessicatin [ winds causing considerable daix age in some isolated instances. Th month as a whole was slightl above normal in temperature an also in precipitation, which wi all in the form of rain. Tt weather outlook for May cai: for temperatures to be about noi mal and precipitation to excee normal. Winter Floods The winter floods were pulle in the south about April 10th an in the north on the week of th 19th. With the exception of the: marshes who were unable to re flow exposed vines, most of tb vines appeared to have come thr the winter in good shape. Thei was a pronounced lack of dee frost in the beds, as was expects due to the mild winter Wisconsi experienced. Spring Work Growers were busy fertilizinj combing and pruning at month (fit! Continued on page 26 lam Iiss itie *ii IcFi %;%; OREGON is the only state which still has a "Cranberry Harvect Festival." Here is a scent from a recent event, a girls' riding contest. This is tag race with the baton being passed from rider to rider. (PHOTO, Courtesy of Western World, Bandon.) Bandon-by-the-Sea is Center of the Growng Cranberry Industry in the State oi Oregon The Region Is the Home of Many Firsts — Generally-Approved Picking Machine, Now the Water Reel Picker, Aluminum Dikes and Terraced Bogs. by Clarence J. Hall Oregon and the Bandon area in Coos' County, down near the 5outheastern corner of that state, which has an ever-changing coast .ine of about 400 miles, was the last place visited on our West Coast ;rip, but by no naeans the least interesting. Leaving Astoria, that jTiost attractive city at the Oregon mouth of the Columbia, the city vhere commercial enterprise, — fur trading — was begun in 1811 by John Jacob Astor, Mrs. Hall and I flew to Portland and from that 'City of Roses," across and down the wide and extraordinarily-fertile /alley of the Williamette, between the High Cascades and the low I^oastal Range to the North Bend-Coos Bay airport where we were net by Jimmy Olson, Ray Bates and Jack Dean and taken to 'Bandon-by-the-Sea." ctef It was near North Bend, at a )lace called Hauser, that the first jlanting of the American cran- )erry of commerce, west of the lockies was' made in about 1885 )y Charles Dexter McFarlin, a iranberry grower of Carver klassachusetts. He shipped out ome of the vines from his native own, a vine which bore the "'VIcFarlin name as a variety and s today the berry so widely )lanted along the Pacific Coast. zinirhis bog at Hauser, now operated ith'oy Mr. and Mrs. Frank O. Zorn s' still bearing, but was not asited on this trip as stories of the bogs and the Zorns have pre- viously been published in Cran- berries. The water reel method of har- vest, growing in use on the Coast, now used very extensively in New Jersey the past two years', by a few marshes' in Wisconsin and experimentally in Massachu- setts, was developed in Oregon t Bandon. This, although Oregon did not even become a state until 1859, long after cran- berry growing was well under way in Massachusetts' and New Jersey and just about to start in Wisconsin in a small way. The First Water Reel The first reel was made by Sumner Fish from an idea devel- oped by the late "Joe" Stanka- vich. The next one was made by Jimmy Olson, who has made several others' since, these being improved as more experience indicated they should be. Inci- dentally, today Olson says there is another picking machine in the embryo stage, a new type of water picker and also a dry picker. Also there are experi- ments with two types of pruners and a different method of screening. Now several Bandon and Ban- don area growers are "terracing" their bogs on a slope of land, so that scanty water may be used more than once on a lower level for harvest. These growers also find that is is cheaper to leave an area out of level by dividing it in small sections, permitting one small area to remain much higher than others at a lower level on the same area it is planned to develop into bog. The water is dropped through small gates. Aluminum Dikes A few years ago some of the growers started to experiment with making dikes of aluminum. It was believed that dikes of earth took up too much space., for one thing. These growers re- gard dirt as fine for outside ditches but not for cross. Only perhaps about a foot of space is sacrificed when aluminum is used. This can also be put in a straight line or curved when de- sired. As to dikes of wood, they Icng-lasting partitions of growers lot, aluminum alloy does not. The relatively inexpensive and using the aluminum enable them to water pick areas which they otherwise could not flood. As to the terracing it is said that if the ground is say 10 feet out of level in 500-600 feet lot of earth would have to be moved to obtain a single level. So, the theory of these growers is to make the bog in three or four sections, and by so doing move less dirt and to build the bogs more economically. This article will not concern the four or five growers of Clat- sop county on the Oregon side of the Columbia; one the Bellinger property of considerable size having been discussed in previous articles'. Again these Clatsop growers are more closely allied with those of Pacific County in Washington and in a list of Wash- ington growers compiled by Ocean Spray, they are listed in one section with the Washington growers. Clatsop is the Oregon scene of the end of the explora- tions of Lewis and Clarke who wintered their expedition at Sea- side, not far from the bogs' of Clatsop. First Picking: Machine It was Oregon which gave the cranberry industry the first pick- ing machine which came into general use, as it developed into the Western Picker; this invention changing harvest from human to mechanical picking. The first machine was developed in the Bandon area by the late Joe Stankavitch; then improved by Rudy Hillstrom and brought t< the East in the 1940's. Cranberry History After the McFarlin bog wa built in 1885, according to "1 Survey cf Oregon's Cranberr; Industry," 1957, Dr. F. B. Chand ler) no more bogs were bull until 1905 as far as Chandle could ascertain. From 1906 t 1925, 8 bogs were started. Fror 1926 to 1945, Chandler reporte about 179 acres were started b 43 growers. The greatest numbe of acres were star'ted after 194 and after Ocean Spray had begu operation on the West Coas During the decade, of that tim^ 87 growers started bogs totalin slightly over 277 acres. "Sixtj one percent of the presei growers." he wrote, became ir terested in cranberries during tl last ten years and have bui nearly 53 percent of the acr now growing cranberries. E 1962 Oregon (USDA) had 4! harvested acres. Its productic was 28,000 barrels and the stas yield per acre was' 81.1 barre". EASTERN STATES NOW OFFERS PROVEN PESTICIDES FOR APPLICATION BY HELICOPTER Harry T. Fisher, Jr., Purchase Street, P. O. Box 243, Middleboro, Massachusetts, Tel. 947-2133, will forward requests for prompt heli- copter service to Fred "Slim" Soule. Eastern States is your best source of cranberry pesti- cide control materials . . . order now. East- ern States is close to you and your needs— there is an outlet near you. PLACE PESTICIDE ORDERS WITH . . T. C. ASHLEY East Freetown Tel. Rockwell 3-S713 HARRY T. FISHER, JR. Middleboro Tel. Middleboro 947-2133 JAMES P. GOVONE Forestdale Tel. Ostervillo GA 8-4393 LAWRENCE H. WARD Plymouth Tel. Pilgrim 6-0970 E. S. SERVICE CENTER Brockton Tel. Juniper 6-4055 E. S. SERVICE CENTER New Bedford Tel. Wyman 6-5202 E. S. SERVICE CENTER Taunton Tel. Van Dyke 4-6331 IS EASTERN STATES FARMERS' EXCHANGE Production per acre reached 89, although many growers on indi- v^idual bogs and portions of bogs Car exceeded that. Today, using Cranberry Insti- tute figures Oregon growers total 135. When I made my first trip to Oregon I found only 250 growers on the entire Coast with the big majority in Washington, 30 the number increased in the 1950's and since then thera has Deen decline in numbers', as is ;rue in every cranberry area. There are no "big" bogs or fbig" growers in the "Bandon \rea," which is mostly Coos :ounty, although bogs extend south into Curry. The largest loldings are not more than about .8 acres. Some growers have ichisved the status of being full- ime cranberry men; most have lot, but must s'till work at other ccupations. To become "full-time" s the goal towards which many ire working, as well as to in- :l:rease production per acre and 0 grow better quality for the resh fruit market. The larger growers of the Bandon area with about the sanie creage and production would in- lude (not in order) the Kranicks, 'harles St. Sure, Curt Simpson, ack Dean, Jack Windhurst, "rank Ison, Carl Incram, Jimmy )lson and Ray Bates. The total acreage of the "Ban- on area," as' listed by "Bill" )ufort of Ocean Spray as 552.92. )f this 527.42 is in McFarlins, - .50 in Howes, l&.OO in Stanka- ich; 1.00 in Centennial and 3.00 1 Searles. About 75 percent of the crop is ^ arvested by the water-reel. j\.bout 5,000 barrels of the crop jas been shipped as fresh fruit; le rest going to Markham in Washington to the Ocean Spray lant for processing. The high resh pack has been actually i,400 barrels. We believe we found a strong esire among some gro^wers to row better quality and to in- crease the fresh pack — this is jsrtainly being encouraged by 'cean Spray, , . Harvest in the area of Oregon ERWIN L. SICHERT, Sr. CRANBERRIES Photo generally starts around Septem- ber 25th and ends about Novem- ber 25th, a long harvest s'eason. Of Bandon area acreage about 70 acres are new plantings. The average holding in acres is about 4% and perhaps the average production per bog is 360 barrels, that is over a period of years. Average Production Average production (1951-1960) has been 32,490. Production per acre for the same period has been 66.5 and the high production per acre was reached in 1961 which was 81.1 barrels. Bandon Itself Something about Bandon, itself, the heart of the Southwest Ore- gon cranberry growing. Bandon is not large, a little more than 1600 in population, but it is an incorporated city. The first time we visited Bandon was only a few years after the gigantic forest fire which all but destroyed the place, with considerable loss of life in 1938. Bandon had been more re- built during our second visit in 1949 and today the city has pro- gressed much farther. Bandon beach is' a fine one, in- triguing in beauty with the fan- NINE tastic rock formations, surf at Bandon Harbor, the harbor being the mouth of the Coquille River; in the harbor thsre being lumber ships, off-shore trawlers unloading catches of salmon. Bandon pro- duces butter and cheese; it is the home of the famous Croft lily; also the more famed myrtle wood is on display for sale there; "Agate hunting," on the s^hore is one of the prime "rock hound" attractions, and there is an inex- austible supply of driftwood in all shapes and sizes. Bandon is the one cranberry region which still has its "cran- berry harvest festival," a big event there each fall. A visitor to Bandon will be taken to the oceanside to see "Inspiration Point," es"pically when the sun is setting into the Pacific; he will be taken a short ways up "over the loop," where Bandon has a number of most modern and beautiful homes; its modern hospital, its modern school, past the Ocean Spray plant, supermarkets, a s'aw mill and back into town. There is no cranberry experi- ment station in Oregon, but Fred Hagelstein, County Agent of Coos, located at nearby county-seat Coquille is working with the grow- ers and research is also being provided by the Oregon State College at Corvalis. Cranberry Club Active The growers have organized a sound Southwestern Oregon Cran- berry Club of which, as this' is written. Jack Dean is president, the other officers being, Mrs. Fern Peterson, vice president, Mrs. Evelyn Bowman, secretary-treas- urer; with Floyd Shortridge, (chairman) H. H. (Pete) Hull, Irwin (Butch) Richert, Carol Hull, who acts as secretary making up the board of directors. These same officers and direc- tors make up the local member- ship of the West Coast Advisory Board of Ocean Spray, the func- tions of which body has been explained in previous instalments. Jimmy Olson has been a direc- tor of Ocean Spray for the past 15 years', and is the oldest direc- tor of the co-op in point of years of service and can keep Bandon area growers informed of the do- ings of the company. Dean has been a director and Ray Bates was a director of Eatmor Cran- berries, Inc. when that co-op was functioning. Lanky, hardworking William T. (Bill) Dufort is manager of the Ocean Spray plant at Bandon, where berries are stored and handled, and he is active the year around as an official of Ocean Spray giving growers cultural and other advice and assistance. His daughter, Mary is the "star" reporter and excellent photogra- pher on Bandon's weekly, "The Western World," which prints considerable cranberry news; and the writer might add that all grow^ers receive copies of Cran- berries Magazine through the rurrent Cranberry Institute Group subscription, and in many homes visited it was found that scrap books of Cranberries Magazine clippings were kept. Bandon may be far from the main cranberry stream but growers are well in- formed of all cranberry matters, Route 101, the U. S. portion of Which runs down the entire ex- treme edge of the Pacific Coast from Canada to Mexico passes through Bandon as it does' through Grayland. Bandon, being a resort seacoast to^vn, it is needless to say does a thriving summer and tourist business, just as do Gray- land and Long Beach in Washing- ton. This' summer business ac- counts in part for the year-round income of some of the cranberry growers and the other year-round residents. Busses run through Bandon and the Coos-Bay airport of the West Coast Airlines is not far. Growers Hard- Working There is no question but that these Oregon growers' have been and for the most part are, ex- tremely hard-working in their cranberry growing; they work at all hours, and is is not rare for a wife or other member of the fam- ily to do much of the weeding, especially, and other work, al- though perhaps not quite as much as was the case a few years ago. There are several women, who / are growers in their own right... One is Mrs. Pearl Tucker, a courageous woman who was' left I a widow to continue cranberry growing. We visited her just be- fore dusk one evening at her holding on Rosa Road, being taken there by Olscn and Bates. She has a small bog enclosed by a high "deer" fence and is put- ting in two new pieces, each of 21/2 acres, clearing the new sec tions and installing sprinklers' on part of her property. In 1962 she had 352 barrels on 31/2 acres, in 1961, 489. We found Mrs. Tucker, hard at work, putting on a fungicide. She was grimy and would not shake hands as she said her hands were dirty. She was extremely friendly but complained, as cranberry growers often do that "this' waj one of those days when every- thing goes wrong." She wa; having trouble with the spraj pump, nozzles clogged, and s< forth. (Jimmy Olson fixed th< pump while we talked. She ther said she could use a mechanic o] a foreman and someone askec her why she didn't re-marry. She replied "I've got enough troubl< now, without having a mai around." And since we three wert all married there wasn t much wi could reply to her, but s'omehov Mrs. Hall seemed to find it rathe: amusing. As we drove off, a almost full dark she went back t( her spraying. Such determinatioi as hers obviously will grow cran- berries, or accomplish othe: things in other walks of life. Not Much Winter Flooding Although some Bandon arej bogs ran be flooded, the wate: being held in by narrow, lov dikes of wood or earth, not man: are winter-flooded. For s'prinklei use some growers lift waterman: feet, a number as much as 40, 1 few 100 feet and one as much a 200, Dr. Chandler reported in hi Oregon survey. He found thei that 70 percent of all grower used sprinkler irrigation and thi covered 73 percent of all bearing) acreage. This percentage has in creased since then and is stil increasing. During the "heats' of stimmer many Southwesten c« V ;> ^ -ta» Dj -S s c3 'O o o »3 1 u I/} est may well be coming to an md. The use of black lights to con- rol fruitworm was given an ini- iial trial this past summer. Results vere inconclusive. The company hat supplied them wants to give t another trial with an earlier tart and more traps. If I don't )reak my leg again this siunmer I tan give this test more attention ban I was able to do in 1963 md perhaps get a better idea ibout just what they will do. Insect and Disease Chart The Insect and Disease Chart las a few changes worth noting, n all early Season spray applica- tions carbaryl is recommended in preference to parathion. It does all that parathion will do in that period and a substantial price reduction makes is competitive in price. Its low mammalian tox- icity makes it doubly attractive with parathion under scrutiny. The substitution of carbaryl for Diazinon in the fruitworm period I feel is fully as effective a treat- ment and s'afer and cheaper. I realize that there have been some disappointing results where carb- aryl was used as a concentrate for fruitworm control. However, we have had good results apply- ing it with the ground concentrate rig, if we don't let the fruitworm get a head start. Parathion con- centrate is still number one for fruitworm because it kills' all stages and thus timing is less critical. For those of you who do your own spraying I feel that carbaryl is preferable to Diazinon. The summer weevil control recommendation using aldrin or dieldrin has been deleted. This' is not the time to subdue weevil anyway, and with aldrin and dieldrin also under scrutiny I feel that their use is better con- fined to early spring when weevil is most effectively dealt with. The parathion or carbaryl ap- plied for fruitworm should let you live with weevil until the following spring when it can be better controlled. There has been some confu- sion in growers' minds about the figuring required for mixing pesticides to give the pounds of actual toxicant per acre asked for on the spray chart. English Visitors From Plymouth Visit Plymouth, Mass. Cranberry Punch a Feature of Entertaining Pilgrim Society members, living away from Plymouth, England, last month to the number of thirty visited Pljrmouth Massachusetts, and among other things drank cranberry punch, provided by Mrs. Marion Sampson and her refreshment committee. The cran- berry punch proved to be a real "conversation piece." Most of the visitors had heard of cranberries, but knew little about how they are grown. Another special treat was a basket of Mayflowers. They visited the Harlow Old Fort, and Pilgrim Hall. The above information was forwarded to this magazine through the kindness of Orrin G. Colley, president of the Cran- berry Institute. READ CRANBERRIES SEVENTEEN JACK DEAN IS A LEADING GROWER OF BANDON -STRONGLY BELIEVES IN ALUMINUM DIKES -HIS BOGS ENGINEERED-TERRACED Jack Started Out To Be A Pharmacist, But Found The Work Too Confining — Became A Grower In 1946 Growers in the Bandcn area are now using aluminum dikes to divide their bogs' into small sections for water-reel harvest, and prominent in the use of them is Jack Dean. With water supplies generally not too plentiful, relatively small amounts of water are thus ade- quate. After the first section is released of water on these alum- inum-diked areas, the water is dropped down through a small gate for harvesting the next one. This water flow is by gravity as bogs are engineered in such a manner, as at the Dean property, and a number of others on these "stepped down" or "terraced bogs'," the sections are only about 8 inches lower than the one above. In making these bogs, after the raw land is scalped, the grading is done by the use of a spirit level. This makes each section as truly fiat as it is possible to get it. The aluminum dikes may be in straight lines, or they may be curved to suit the individual bog. The dikes are about 18 inches above bog level. Dean used corrugated roofing, 26 by 12 feet wide. Where the 12 foot legnth is' used, one could divide up to 48 feet. Dean believes. The dikes are made of regular aluminum roofiing, 26 gauge. Thes'e dikes are cheaper to in- stall than dikes made of earth and do not take up much of the bog areas, as would dikes of earth such as are generally used in most other areas. Whether these dikes are more permanant than wooden dikes, stich as are common in the Ore- gon area, or not, has not been definitely determined, but again, Dean believes they may be. Any aluminum of manufacture is used and the supply is any roofing house. The construction consists of 4 by 4 treated cedar posts. These are set 30 inches deep and 47 feet apart, giving a three foot lap on the 12 foot aluminum sheets. Plastic roof cement is used at j the top. For stiffening, Dean used ; 2 by 6 treated cedar posts at ground level. „ It is considered necessary to place the posts about 2 inches between the stiffening to provide a fiat surface for nailing the aluminum roofiing to post and for stiffness. Dean advises the uSe of aluminum nails and nailed in valleys instead of on ridges. Some of these dikes have been FROST CONTROL TEMPERATURE CONTROL SPRINKLER IRRIGATION SHUR-RANE SOLID SET SYSTEMS These minimum gallonage systems are ideally suited to meet the needs of the Cranberry grower. The special 1%" and 2" solid set couplers are designed for use with light weight, low cost aluminum tubing. Wide, flat foot pad keeps sprinklers upright- easy twist-of-the wrist coupling action. Con- ventional portable and automatic Sequa-Matic Shur-Rane systems also available. ■Write For Complete Information — Free Literature; JOHN BEAN DIVISION FMC CORPORATION, LANSING 9, MICHIGAN EIGHTEEN in use for 7 or 8 years now. One of the first to install these was Frank Ison. About ten growers have them now and more are planned. Jack Dean is one of the larger growers of the Southwestern Oregon area, with 14 acres, and he operates on a partnership basis. His bog is about a mile from "down-town" Bandon. He was' a director of Ocean Spray in 1956-1957. He was a member of the West Coast Advisory Board of Ocean Spray from 1957 to 1959. He is currently president of the Southwestern Oregon Cranberry club, which has 80 to 90 members. He was born in nearby Co- quille, which is the county seat, on February 5, 1911, so he is a true native son of Oregon. His father is W. R. Dean, who was with Standard Oil, but now re- tired. He attended school in Ban- idon and was graduated from JBandon High in 1928. He then went to Oregon State College, as he had decided he wanted to be a pharmacist and took a course in that but found the work too con- fining. During the depression of the 30's he worked in a paper mill at St. Helen's' in Oregon. He then became a radio repair man, working in electronics in Portland. His employer was the Manchester Chandler Com- pany, which was a pioneer firm in school sound systems — that is inter-communication. He found this work more to his liking. With the Second World War he went into service in 1945, be- ing assigned to Navy Electronics School at Chicago and also Trea- sure Island. At the end of the service he was at rather "loose ends," but in 1946 he decided to become a cranbsrry grower. He had met the former Margaret Slagle while attending Bandon High and the two were married in 1932. Mrs. Dean's' father had some good land on Rosa Road which Dean felt was suitable for cran- berries. So he began to put in bog. He did much of the work himself, using heavy equipment. He made two stamps in what is called on the Coast "borrow pits," by which is' meant, the sand and water are "borrowed" from neighbors. One sump is 30 feet deep, be- cause it is necessary to go down at least 18 feet to get to the water table. His bogs are built on a Slope and in building them he had to cut down three and a half feet in some places and in others to four. This was in order to engineer and level the sections as he had planned. Each bog is built in a three- acre section. He was one month in the fall getting this work done. Each of his' bogs is cut in two with the aluminum dikes for the i ty4-i~..^llg^0.f4>:K A.'.ti^.;,; -'.^^^.^m^' ■•>•»**'■ V ^ v*»*. iJff^^ift^'tHtmK *'*** ***■> *** jfts &b ^ f* ; *^^- ..^,^ f -'^r ■•■" s • A' <^ '-'/ .V-. ' ■^ '" "■'''^1^^ .. . ^ '• ,^ *::,! ,^»- ' , =- '?^^ ' ■«■ * r- " Showing the aluminum dikes on the Jack Dean Bogs. (CRANBERRIES Photo.) NINETEEN harvest, by water reel. His entire bog is sprinkled and the system is placed under ground. Roads around the bog are built up with sub-soil and provide easy access. Only one pump is necessary, because the bogs are terraced. This single pump enables him to get on sufficient water for harvest. All the flooding, with the excep- tion of the single pump is by gravity flow. He has two water reels, one of which he made himself and he, with one helper, is able to get his whole crop in, this tak- ing about two weeks. On some acres he has produced 200 barrels. His' variety is all McFarlins. His average produc- tion is 130-140 barrels per acre. Dean, as do so many Oregon growers, has a lot of trouble from deer. Around his property is a seven-foot deer fence. He als'o has difflculty with gorse, not in bogs but on dikes and roadways and fence rows. The Bandon bogs, including thoss of Dean are rather odd to Eastern eyes because the margins are not ditched. The bogs are not ditched until a ground cover of vines is obtained. Ditches are then dug 8 to 10 inches' deep. Dean, as all growers in Bandon does his own screening. The major insect problems are away Plymouth, England, last fireworm, fruit grub and girdler, which he controls by two Mala- thion and DDT sprays. There are practically all the weeds which growers have to contend with in M'assachusetts and they are con- trolled by much the same methods. He fertilizes once in the spring with approximately 300 pounds per acre, using 6-20-20, and his ap- plications have a light concentra- tion of nitrogen, in August to set the buds for the following year. He applies two applications' of fungicide in June and again about the last of July, or the flrst of August. Dean is a past master of the Bandon Masonic Lodge. His hobbies are sail boating, fishing or salmon and steel head in tthe winter. BEYOND THE FARM GATE Grower interest in his product does not stop at the farm gate. It continues right until the satis- fied consumer is reached. There was a time when interest and research were almost exclu- sively devoted to growing the crop. To these had been added storage, This Issue of Cranberries and handling, mechanical harvest- ing, and bulk handling. Unfor-i tunately, the economics in grow- ing and in handling which have been passed on largely to others in the chain from the farm gate to the consumer - and the grower has gotten precious little. But growers are now becoming '[ increasingly aware of their inter- | est in their products after they \. leave the farm. They realize that if they have a stake in the mannei i and form in which their products t, are processed and sold. r. They are beginning to inquire into whether the processing in- dustry, for example, is putting ujJI the type pack that will help thcjT fruit industry in the long run They are demanding research ii areas beyond the farm gate anc j they wish to be a part of it. | Some say that this is none o: I the farmer's ibusiness, but thej | are wrong. It is no longe enough that growers co-operat( with growers. Everyone is in thi same boat together, although som( fail to see it so. The new deman( is for ever closer co-operation greater confidence and improve* working relations between grower handler, processor and retaile alike. It may take a little time but it will come. (American Fruit Grower j I Begins our 29th Year of Publishing A Monthly Magazine for the Cranberry Growers. If it was not for loyal subscribers and loyal advertisers, the publication of this magazine, would not, of coursfe be possible. To those who have an advertizing message of any kind to the cranberry growers of the United States and Canada, CRANBERRIES Magazine is, and has been the only publication of- fering this opportunity, from May 1935 to the present. CRANBERRIES offers this specialized coverage of this particular market. To subscribers, each month we offer a "round-up" of cranberry news and information from every cranberry-growing area. The editors of CRANBERRIES have visited every cran- berry-growing area from Lulu Island at Vancouveer, British Columbia to Bandon and Curry County in Oregon on the West Coast; from Nova Scotia to Cape May in New Jersey, and in the mid-west Wisconsin. We have written many articles concerning cranberry growing and cranberry growers from all these areas over the years. We hope these articles and photographs have helped for better kinship among all growers. We have published many articles by researchers in cranberry cul- ture. We have reported many new developments in cranberry-growing techniques and in cran- berry marketing, including markets overseas. We hope you have enjoyed and benefited from all this "cranberry news." We intend to continue this, and hope w: will have your continued support. TWENTY IN OUR FIELD THERE'S ONL^ ONE LEADER BUT IN YOUR FIELD IT'S ALL YOU NEED FOR MORE EFFICIENT IRRIGATION Buckner Sprinklers bring you the benefits of more than 50 years research and develop- ment in sprinkler irrigation. You get the best effective cover- age, with deep soil penetration and minimum water waste. And years of trouble-free service that means great savings in time and money. Get free esti- mates and planning help from your local dealer — write for free catalog and name of your nearest dealer. INDUSTRIES, INC. P. O. Box 232 • Fresno 8, Calif. LEADING NAME IN SPRINKLERS FOR OVER 50 YEARS Brewer & Lord 40 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. INSURANCE CONVERSE HILL CHARLES M. CUTLER WILLIAM B. PLUMBER VINCENT M. WILSON EDWARD H. LEARNARD JOHN B. CECIL, Jr. HORACE H. SOULE ROBERT C. BIELASKI Serving the People of New England Since 1859 HELICOPTER PEST CONTROL qqins ^irnvaus M I NORWOOD, MASS. * DUSTING and SPRAYING RAY MORSE & SON, AGENTS TEL. 295-1553 TWENTY-ONE Sevix is a registered trade mark of Union Carbide Cornoiafmn Cranberry insects? SOCK 'EM with INSECTICIDE New, effective and safer-to-use SEVIN insecticide is ideal for control of major insect pests that attack cranberries. Use SEVIN in the late blossom period and again whenever insects attack. SEVIN destroys cutworms, fire- worms, fruitworms, Japanese beetles and leaf- hoppers, including the leafhoppers that spread false blossom disease. The long-lasting residue of SEVIN assures continuing kill of insects between applications. Even in the hottest weather, SEVIN residues * provide long-lasting results. Safer-to-use than many insecticides, SEVIN is low in toxicity to humans, livestock and fish. Spray or dust operators, using SEVIN, do not require special protective clothing. They only need to observe simple precautions. Workers can return to the bogs soon after application. SEVIN is effective in concentrate or dilute sprays and dusts. It will pay you to use SEVIN this year. Ask your supplier for SEVIN now. Or write Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals Division, 270 Park Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10017 UNION CARBIDE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS TWENTY-TWO .ESS WORK BUYS [ORE FOOD NOW The 20th century is sometimes ypoken of as "The Century of Pro- jress," observes Hill Flitcraft, food narketing specialist at Raitgers Uni- versity. "This is certainly true in this coun- ry when it comes to food," he con- inues. "We have new foods, new brms of older foods, foods that are jetter nutritionally, foods that ape nore convenient land, in terms of ihe time it takes to earn our food, ve have cheaper food." In 1959, one hour's factory labor vould buy 2.1 pounds of round steak IS compared to 1.8 pounds in 1939 md only 1.2 pounds in 1929, aocord- ng to Mr. Flitcraft. The hour's labor would buy 17.6 )ints of milk compared with 10.4 )ints in 1939 and 7.8 pints in 1929. :t could buy 3.3 dozen oranges as igainst 2.2 dozen in 1939 and 1.3 in 929. Almost any food you name costs ess today in terms of the time you lave to work to pay for it than at iny other time in our history, Mr. ''litcraft notes. THE PUBLIC IMAGE National Apple Institute is the „ atest to retain a public relations irm "to create within the American > u b 1 i c an appreciation of good I lealth, good eating and good value L Vhich are incorporated in the Ameri- , !an apple." h This is excellent progress along J,; he line we have been editoral izing jor several years. We hope that the j)rograim will include the creation of jhe proper image of the fruit grower jis a human being — who he is, and ^iiow he operates, some of his prob- jems, and his contribution to society. Promoting the product is import- int, but we have too long neglected he techniques of big business in ireatijig a good name and a good feputation and a proper public image. i^The American Fruit Grower) REDUCE LABOR COSTS AND IMPROVE FRUIT QUALITY WITH FROST PROTECTION BY FMC TROPIC BREEZE WIND MACHINES Tropic Breeze Wind Machines have been viddely used in citrus groves and orchards. They are a thoroughly proven piece of equipment. Ana now they have been shown to be highly effec- tive in cranberry marsh frost protection. ne man can efficiently operate one or several vsdnd machines, saving the labor costs of a whole crew required for flooding. Pro- tection is fast too— bginning in 3 to 5 minutes after the machine is started. In addition, an authoritative re- port recently released indicates, that Wind Machines substanti- ally r^xluced the number of floods. This brought improved quality and yield over marshes where Wind Machines were not used. Wind Machines have also been found ideal for protection of blueberries and other bush fruits. ^'MC Tropic Breeze Wind Ma- hines are available in a variety of models to meet your require- ments. Get all the facts— fill in the coupon and mail it today. FMC CORPORATION, FLORIDA DIVISION FAIRWAY AVENUE, LAKELAND, FLORIDA □ Please send me sales literature on Tropic Breeze Wind Machines □ Please have sales engineer contact me NAME_ ADDRESS (RFD). CITY TWENTY-THREE Hail Insurance For Wisconsin Cranberries By Francis Martin Crop Hails Claim Supervisor Rural Mutual Insurance Company In 1963, the Rural Mutual In- surance Company of Wisconsin offered Wisconsin Cranberry Growers' a Crop Hail Policy which would protect the cranberry grower against all direct loss or damage to his cranberry crop as a result of hail. The Crop Hail policy is based on the percentage plan. The crop is insured for a specific amount per acre, which is chosen by the grower. If a total loss occurred, due to hail, the instired would receive the total amount for crop was insured. In event of a partial loss, the insured would receive a percent of the total mount of insurance, depending on the degree of loss incurred. The cranberry grower can in- sure his crop up to $600 per acre which will protect his cost of production, but not his profit. Low amounts of coverage per acre should be avoided and the minimum coverage offered is $100 per acre. The Wisconsin cranberry grower has a choice of purchasing a policy affording either Full Coverage or as Excess over 20% — Increasing Payment coverage. The Full Coverage pays for the full percent of loss as deter- mined in the loss adju^ment from 1% through 100%. The Excess over 20%; Loss-In- creasing Payment policy protects the cranberry grower for all hail damage in excess of 20%. If hail damage occurs causing a loss in the amount of 20 %o or less, ac- INDIAN TRAIL, inc. WORKING— MERCHANDIZING— SELLING WISCONSIN -GROWN CRANBERRIES 12 Months of the Year Moving FRESH — FROZEN— — CANNED & JUICE — Striving always to move TOP-QUAL^ ITY products at TOP PRICES for bet- ter returns to WISCONSIN Growers. P. 0. BOX 710, WIS. RAPIDS, WIS. cording to the policy, the insured has no claim. If the amount oJ loss exceeds 20%, the adjustei will take the total percent oJ loss, subtract 20%, and multiply the result by 1.25 to get the per- cent of loss to be paid to the in- sured. Under these terms anc conditions the grower will col- lect the total coverage aflfordec by the policy for a total loss. The effective date of the policy is 12:00 noon, (Standard Time] on the date the application i, written and signed by the appli' cant provided: (1) the premiun is submitted in accordance witl one of the payment plans and (2 that no hail damage has occurrec to these crops prior to the tim^ of writing the application. Coverage under this polic; ceases when the crop has beei harvested, or for any reason ai bandoned by the insured, but ii no event later than 12:00 noor (Standard Time) November Is of the current year. The polic, allows time for all normal har vest operations of the cranberr grower to be concluded . When an application for Cro Hail insurance is submitted, ar rangements must be made fo payment. On the "cash plan, the premimum must be submitte with the application for insurance If the applicant chooses the "de ferred payment plan," he sha! sign a deferred check for the fu". amount of premium indicated o the application jfor insurance Payment on the deferred chec! will become due November 1st o the policy year. The "cash plan" represents ap proximately a 10% s'avisgs to th grower, over the "deferred pay ment plan. The rates for th "Excess over 20% LoSs-Increas ing Payment" policy represents 33% savings over the Full Cover age plan to the grower, if h wishes this t3rpe of coverage. This policy provides that whe an insured shall sustain a lo£ due to hail he must notify th Rural Mutual Insurance Compan at its Home Office in Madisoi Wisconsin, by registered mail c Continued on page 26 i (1 TWENTY-FOUR If io, 6sJal5 ISSUE OF MAY, 1964 VOL 29 -NO. 1 .■■■■■■■■-» — ■ ■ - ■ i^ !•— "" ANOTHER YEAR STARTS FOR US This month marks the beginning of the J9th year of pubhshing a cranberry magazine or the cranberry growers. We start the year vith anticipation. For one reason your editor has ceased [mostly) work in the weekly newspaper field, rhere will now be more time to devote to RANBERRIES, Magazine. Your editor has been associated with the Vareham Courier, the weekly of Wareham, s4ass. since 1927 in a full capacity job, and ince 1946 has been managing editor. Now the )ubhshers, of whom he was one have sold the lewspaper. Since the first issue in 1936, with a few xceptions due to hurricanes or other troubles, he magazine has been at the Courier Print hop. Now we have obtained a new printer, ut it will still be the "same old CRANBER- RIES, Magazine," we hope with a few improve- nents such as a few new type faces. And, ist, maybe, with more time we can make some lore progress. And, we are beginning to feel quite vener« ble, starting our 30th year. ON HAIL INSURANCE Hail, as every cranberry grower knows is le of the hazards of growing the crop. Seme- mes hail loss can be 100 percent on a bog or arsh. Although mostly much less. This would sem to be a problem every grower in any area lould take more seriously than perhaps he )es. In this issue we are pubhshing an account )ncerning hail insurance for the Wisconsin owers. It may interest growers in other areas, !; well as in the Badger State. CLARENCE J. HALi. Editor and Publisher EDITH S. HALL — Associate Editor Wareham, Massachusetts SUBSCRIPTIONS, $4.00 Per Year FOREIGN, $5.00 CORRESPONDENTS - ADVISORS Wisconsin LEO A. SORENSON Cranberry Consultant Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Washington Dr. CHARLES C. DOUGHTY Cranberry Specialist Long Beach, Wash. Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, Ore. Massachusetts Dr. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Mass. New Jersey P. E. MARUCCI New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station Pem;berton, New Jersey REFERENDUMS The growers have now voted on the refer- endum on the Marketing Order amendments. As this goes to press, the results are not known, nor the number of growers voting. Next will come the referendum on the order as an entirity, to see if the industry wants it continued for another two years. TWENTY-FIVE SERVING WISCONSIN HAIL INSURANCE Continued from page 24 certified mail within 5 days of loss. The Company shall not be liable for a loss not reported within this s'pecified time limit. Experienced and qualified hail adjusters are available to adjust all hail losses. Adjusters are as- signed to losses and adjustments are made as promptly as possible after policyholders have reported their losses. All losses are paid in the field by the adjuster with a draft im- mediately after the claim has been adjusted and an Agreement of Settlement has been signed by the insured. The Rural Mutual Insurance Company provided crop hail pro- tection on cranberries in all sec- tions of Wisconsin the past year. Crop hail policies were issued to growers in Wood, Juneau, Portage, Monroe, Jackson, Vilas, Oneida, Barron, Sawyer and Washburn Counties. Hail damage was re- ported in all sections of Wiscon- sin during the 1963 growing sea- son with the damage ranging from very minor to fairly severe. The cranberry grower in Wis- consin holds the control over everything which tends to influ- ence his yield. Insects, diseases, moisture and frost are well under control but the falling of hail is not controlled. The Crop Hail policy offered by the Rural Mutual Insurance Company fills a definite gap in the growers program year after year. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Continued from page 6 end. Excellent weather conditions the week of the 19th in the south enabled most properties to get this early spring work done in record time. Fog, rain and high humidity the last week of April hindered much of the marsh work such as applying fertilizer or herbicide granules. HAIL INSURANCE on CRANBERRIES for WISCONSIN GROWERS FULL COVERAGE Ask about our Deferred Premium Plan LOW COST and PROMPT SERVICE INSURE YOUR 1964 INCOME NOW Call our LOCAL AGENT or write R RURAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 801 W. Badger Road, Madison, Wis. Wisconsin's Successful Cranberry Growers DEPEND ON Swift's Specialized Service for all their Plant Food and Chemicals Why Not YOU? Swift & Company Agrichem Division Phone 244-3515 P. O. Box 152 Madison, Wis. CORRUGATED CULVERT PIPE and FLOW GATES Felker Bros. Mfg. Co. I WISCONSIN 230 - 231 Phone SPRINKLER SYSTEMS PUMPS HIGH CAPACITY WELLS ROBERTS IRRIGATION SERVICE STEVENS POINT WISCONSIN "WENTY-SIX SERVING THE WISCONSIN GROWERS FOR SALE SEARLES JUMBO HOWES, McFARLIN Vines for delivery in 1964 $150 Ton F.O.B. Ben Lears $750 Ton Stevens $1000 Ton INTERESTED IN PURCHASING WISCONSIN CRANBERRY PROPERTIES Vernon ioldsworthy B.S. & M.S. University of Wisconsin Cranberry Conpultant Fees Reasonable EAGLE RIVER WISCONSIN DANA MACHINE & SUPPLY Co. Wis. Rapids Wis. MFGS. of: SPRAY BOOMS GRASS CLIPPERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS (Jetsinsrer Retracto tooth pickery Dryers DISTR. of: VEE BELTS & PULLEYS ROLLER CHAINS SPROCKETS & BEARINGS CONVEYOR BELTING STEEL A complete line of Sprinkler Irriga- tion'(New & Used) for FROST AND DROUGHT PROTECTION. Can or will help finance. FRANKES IRRI- GATION, 2523 Post Road (Whiting) Stevens Point, Wisconsin. IS THIS FAIR? SHOULD THE GROWER WHO SHIPS HIS FRUIT AS FAST AS IT IS HARVESTED BE PAID THE SAME AS THE GROWER WHO HOLDS HIS FRUIT IN HIS WAREHOUSE AND TAKES EXCESSIVE SHRINKAGE OVER AND ABOVE WHAT HE IS REIM- BURSED ? IS THIS FAIR? WHO GAINS? Cranberry Products, Inc. EAGLE RIVER, WISCONSIN ^^^*<^a^ WISCONSIN HEADQUARTERS FOR INSECTICIDES — FUNGICIDES HERBICIDES DUSTS — WETTABLE POWDERS — EMULSIONS PARATHION — MALATHION FERBAM — SIMAZINE DITHANE M - 22 (Maneb) WEED RHAP 20 SEVIN Hopkins Agricultural Chemical Co. p. O. BOX 584 MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53701 Phone: Area Code 608 257-1019 YOU Are Reading This Ad- Others Will Read Yours In CRANBERRIES (§ttm Bpm^ mmB PUBLISHED MONTHLY Introducing Cranbcny Juice Cocktail Cone c iAi«i FMC CORPORATION, Florida division PAIRWAY AVENUE, LAKELAND. FLORIDA n Please send me sales literature on Tropic Breeze Wind Machines □ Please have sales engineer contact me NAME- ADDRESS (RFD). CITY. Additional information and name of nearest dealer is avail- able from Buckner Industries, Inc., Box 232, Fresno, California, 93708. Maine is test market for new Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice Cocktail Concentrate. Lingonberries Grow In Wisconsin Lingonberries in Wis'consin ! That is the current aim of Vernon Goldsworthy of Eagl'e River, Wisconsin. Although even "Goldy" is doubtful if any commercial use will result las he says they would be hard to harvest and the yield would not approach cranberries. Two years ago he received some Lingonberries from Professor Malcoln of the University of Wisconsin and planted them at his Thunder Lake marsh. They were in flower pots and had been grown in a greenhouse. One batch he planted where- they would be flooded in the winter, similiar to cranberries. These died out. The other vines he planted on the higher ground and did not flood, but the vines were covered with snow during the winter. These came through in excellent shape. He says it looks like they will have a few berries this fall, unless frost gets them. U. S. ARMY BID FOR CRANBERRY SAUCE The U. S. Army in late May sent out bids for 90,000 cases oi canned cranberry sauice. It ap- pears the Army likes cranberry sauce as it uses a lot of it. FOURTEEN Pesticide Board iass. Regulations The Pesticide Board, acting mder the authority of Section '21c Of Chapter 94B of the Gen- eral Laws as established by Sec- tion 7 of Chapter 521 of the Acts of 1962, sets forth the following rules and regulations relating to the application and use of pes- ticides and to the licensing of certain persons who apply pes- ticides. These rules and regula- tions shall remain in force until further order, except that from jtime to time may be amended or added to by the Pesticide Board jas provided for in said Section pic of Chapter 94B of the Gen- eral Daws. 1.0 Definitions: The following words as us'ed in these rules and regulations, unless the context otherwise requires shall have the following meanings: "Board" — The Pesticide Board as establis'hed by Section 1 of Chapter 521 of the Acts of 1962 jwhich amends Chapter 17 of the General Laws by insertion. "Disposal" — Discarding, open burning or incineration of excess or unusable pesticides materials and the discarding of pesticide containers or the sale or transfer of ownership of pesticide con- tainers for use other than in con- nection with pesticides. "Land of another" — All land not owned or controlled by the individual or corporate entity making or supervising any pes- ticide application to said land in- cluding land of the Common- wealth and its political subdivi- sions' in such cases as persons in public employ use and iap::ly pesticides in performance of their duties for the Commonwealth or political subdivisions thereof, ex- cept that land of the Cornmon- wealth set aside for experimental purposes shall not be considered in this catagory. "Operational Licens'e" — License issued to persons who actively use and or apply pesticides by hand or mechanical methods, or who are present and in direct command of such persons. "Pesticide" — ( 1 ) Any substance initend'ed for preventing, destroy- ing, repelling or mitigating any insects, rodents, nematodes, fungi, weeds or other forms of plant or animal life or virus, except a virus on or in living man or other animals which the Commis- sioner of Public Health shall de- clare to be a pest, and (2) any substance or mixture of sub- stances intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant. (Section 11, Chapter 94B of the General Laws.) "Supervisory License" — License issued to persons who are respon- sible for deciding whether or not pesticides are to be employed, how they are to be mixed, where they are to be employed, what pesticides are to be used, the dosiages and timing involved in such pesticide use, and the methods of application and pre- cautions to be taken in the use of such pesticides. "Surface waters or their tribu- taries used for public water sup- EASTERN STATES NOW OFFERS PROVEN PESTICIDES FOR APPLICATION BY HELICOPTER Harry T. Fisher, Jr., Purchase Street, P. 0. Box 243, Middleboro, Massachusetts, Tel. 947-2133, will forward requests for prompt heli- copter service to Fred "Slim" Soule. Eastern States is your best source of cranberry pesti- cide control materials . . . order now. East- ern States is dose to you and your needs— there is an outlet near ymi. PLACE PESTICroE ORDERS WITH . . T. C. ASHLEY East Freetown Tel. Rockwell 3-5713 HARRY T. FISHER, JR. Middleboro Tel. Middleboro 947-2133 JAMES P. GOVONE Fores tdale Tel. Osterville GA 8-4393 LAWRENCE H. WARD Plymouth Tel. Pil^im 6-0970 E. S. SERVICE CENTER Brockton Tel. Juniper 6-4055 E. S. SERVICE CENTER New Bedford Tel. Wyman 6-5202 E. S. SERVICE CENTER Taunton Tel. Van Dyke 4-6331 EASTERN STATES FARMERS' EXCHANGE FIFTEEN MALATHION COMBINES SAFETY- IN -USE WITH PROVEN INSECT CONTROL Malathion kills major cranberry insects without hazard to you or your workers; without drift problems in populated areas; without leaving harmful crop residues. PROVEN INSECT CONTROL Years of experience in bogs across the country have demon-, strated malathion's superior control of fireworms, leafhop- pers, fruit worms and other de- structive cranberry insects. SAFETY IN USE Malathion is one of the safest insecticides to handle. Its wide safety margin makes it ideal for air applications . . . even around populated areas. AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY CYANAMID SERVES THE MAN WHO MAKES A BUSINESS OF AGRICULTURE SIXTEEN NO RESIDUE HAZARDS Malathion's fast disappearing residues allow application on cranberries up to 72 hours before harvest. No hazards for har- vesting crews ... or consumers. LiJ ply" — Those ponds, lakes and streams or other open waters as designated and delimited by the Division of Sanitary Engineering, Department of Public Health, which are used as sources of Public Water Supply. "Watershed of Public Water Supply" — That area which con- icributes surface water runoff either directly to a surface source ]of public water supply or to any [reservoir, lake, pond, stream, {ditch, water course or other bpen waters, the water of which flows' directly or ultimately into said source of public water pupply. 2.0 Greneral Rules and Regrulations: 2.1 All pesticides or formulations thereof used or applied in Massachusetts except as pro- vided for in Section 2.3 below must be registered with the Division of Food and Drugs, Massachusetts Department of Public Health as provided for in Sections 11 through 21 of Chapter 94B of the General LaAvs. 1.2 Registered pesticides shall not be employed for other than registered uses, or applied at greater than registered dos'- ages, or applied at more fre- quent than registered inter- vals except for experimental work conducted with the prior Approval of the Board. 3 The use of unregistered pesti- cides for experimental pur- poses in Massachusetts must be in conformity with Section 16 (3) of Chapter 94B of the General Laws. .0 Restrictions on the Application of Pesticides: .1 No pesticide application shall be made intentionally to any surface waters or their tribu- taries used for public water supply except by legally estab- lished water supply agencies' as authorized by the Depart- Iment of Public Health. ,2 No pesticide application shall be made within 400 feet of gravel packed wells used for public water supply or within 250 feet of tubular wells so used, unless the materials and methods' to be employed h^ve been approved by the Board upon the recommendation cf the Department of Public Health. 3.3 No pesticide application shall be made on the water^ed of a public water supply un- le^ such applications have been approved by the Board upon the recommendation of the Departmient of Public Health. Where such approval has been granted, all neces- sary precautions' shall be ex- ercised to prevent hazardous concentrations of the pesti- cide in surface waters or their tributaries used for public water supply. 3.4 Pesticide applications made to areas adjacent to crops or pasture land shall be so made that direct application to crops or pasturage does not occur. 3.5 Direct application for non-ag- riculture purposes to pasture and forage crops shall be made with such materials and in accordance with such methods las may be approved by the Board. 3.6 Pesticide applications made for agricultural purposes shall be conducted in sUch a manner that hazardous concentrations on adjacent lands and in ad- jacent waters is avoided. Disposal of Pesticides and Pesticide Containers: 4.1 No pesticide shall be dis- posed of in any other place other than a refuse disposal area assigned (by the local board of health) and operated in accordance with Section 150- A of Chapter 111 of the Gen- eral Laws, in a municipal in- cinerator, or in such other device asf may be approved by the Department of Public Health. 4.2 Any person disposing of pes- ticides shall do so in such a manner and at such a loca- tion within the disposal area that contamination of ground or surface water is minimized and that the material will not be uncovered or otherwise disturbed during stibsequent operations in the area. If a pesticide is disposed of by burial in accordance with this section or 4.1 above it Carver, Mass. 866-4545 ROBY'S PROPANE GAS, INC. West Wareham, Mass. 295-3737 CONVERT YOUR IRRIGATION PUMPS TO LP. GAS 1 . Saves on Oil 2. No Pilferage 3. Saves on Spark plugs 4. Up to Three Times the Engine-life 5. Saves on Fuel Pumps and Carburetors FOR A DEMONSTRATION CALL US TODAY SEVENTEEN shall be covered with at least eighteen (18) inches of com- pacted cover nlaterial. 4.3 Lots of five gallons or less of dilute s'olutions of pesti- cides in combustible carriers, other than organophosphate and hormone-type, (2,4D; 2, 4,5T etc.) pesticide may be disposed of by burning in the open as provided below. Any residue from such open burn- - ing shall be disposed of in accordance with 4.2 above. Such open burning shall be ' conducted in such a manner as' to prevent any hazard to t.':e health of the general public and of those conduc- ting the burning and to pre- vent the creation of nusiance conditions. Except as may otherwise be required by competent authority, no more than one (1) gallon of such material shall be disposed of by open burning at any One time, and such burning shall be done in a shallow pan • having adequate depth to pre- vent spillage. Such burning shall be restricted to week days' between 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P. M'. and to conditions of good atmospheric dilution (periods of fog, mist, drizzle, low wind speed, haze or at- mospheric stagnation are ex- cluded.) The local fire de- partment shall be contacted and compliance with the pro- visions of Section 13 of Chap- ter 48 of the General Laws or of Chapter 355 of the Acts of 1943, and with the appropriate regulations of local boards of health or the Metropolition Air Pollution Control District s'hall be ensured. 4.4 Dilute solutions of pesticides in a combustible carrier not disposed of as in 4.3 shall be disposed of by burial in ac- cordance with 4.1 and 4.2. 4.5 Dilujte solutions, emulsions, suspensions or other dilute spray material in a non-com- bustible carrier shall be dis- posed of by burial in accor- dance with 4.1 and 4.2. 4.6 Concentrated pesticides in a liquid formulation and liquid technical grade pesticides shall be disposed of by burial in accordance with 4.1 and 4.2. 4.7 Dusts, water dispersible powders, granules, or solid technical grade pesticides shall be disposed of by burial, in accordance with 4.1 and 4.2. DECAS BROS. CRANBERRY CO. FASTEST GROWING INDEPENDENT HANDLER OF CRANBERRIES Main Street Wareham, Mass. Tel. 295-0147 4.8 Disposal of pesticides con- tainers shall be in conformity with rules and regulations' established by the Depart-' ment of Public Health as pro^ vided for in Section 8A, Chapter 111 of the General Laws' as amended by Chapter 759 of the Acts of 1960. Re-use of Pesticide Containers: 5.1 No pesticide container shall be used for the storage of human or animal food or water nor shall such con- tainers be used for the storage of cooking utensils', dishes or clothing. 5.2 No pesticide containers shall be used for purposes other than those noted in 5.1 un- less such containers have been treated in conformity with rules' and regulations estab- lished by the Department oft F>ublic Health as provided' for in Section 8A, Chapter 111 of the General Laws as amended by Chapter 759 of the Acts of 1960. Protection of Persons Applying or Otherwise Handling Pesticides: 6.1 It shall be the responsibility^ of any person licensed by the Board to apply pesticides tc acquaint those working undei him with the hazards invol- ved in the handling of the pesticides to be employed a; set forth in the pesticide label and to instruct the employee as to the proper steps to be taken to avoid such haziards Individual users of pesticides ; muist become familiar witl" these hazards and precautions before using pesticides. 6.2 It shall be the responsibilitj of the employer to provide for the protection of the em- ployees' the necessary safety equipment as set forth or the label of the pesticide tc be used. Individual users musi take this responsibility. Licensing of Persons Applying Pesticides to Land of Another: 7.1 There shall be present a per- son licensed by the Board tc apply pesticides whenevei and wherever such applica- tions are made to land o: another. EIGHTEEN .2 Such licenses shall be granted by the Board to those who achieve a satisfactory mark on an examination conducted under the direction of the Board and without exlamina- tion to non-residents who are licensed in another state un- der a law which provides substantially similar qualifi- cations for licensure and which grants similar privi- Iges of licensure without ex- amination to residents of this' state licensed under these ruk'S land regulations. 7.3 Such licenses shall remain in force for a period of two years except in such cases as' the Board shall deem it in the public interest to issue a temporary license of limited duration. .4 There shall be two classes of licenses for those who apply pesticides by means of air- craft: Supervis'ory and Oper- ational. ,5 At least one principal officer or the proprietor of each business entity engaged in the application of pesticides by application of pesticides by means of aircraft shall hold a supervisory license. .6 Each aircraft pilot shall hold an operational license except in such cases as he shall hold a supervisory license in con- formity with 7.5 above. ,7 There shall be two classes to licens'es for those who ap- ply pesticides to the land of another by means other than aircraft: Supervis'ory and Op- erational. ,8 Supervisory licenses shall be required under 7.7 of at least one employee of any depart- ment, state or local; or of any division, section. Board, or commis^on of the Common- wealth or of any political subdivisions thereof which shall apply pesticides to the land of another by other than aerial means or shall provide supervision to licensed persons making stich appli- cation. ,9 Supervisory licenses shall also be required of one or more employees of each business entity which shall apply pes- ticides to land of another by other than aerial means'. 7.10 Operational licenses shall be required to be held by suf- ficient personnel working under those holding super- visory licenses under 7.8 and 7.9 above to insure that there will be a licensed psrs n present whenever and wher- ever pesticide lapplicaticns' are made. 7.11 The Board may suspend or revoke any license granted under 7.4 to 7.10 above fol- lowing a hearing held by the Board if the information pro- duced at such a hearing demonstrates that the licensed has failed to observe any provisions of the rules and regulations promulgated by the Board or any laws rela- ting to pesticides. NOW! Expert Service In the Carver Area... McCulloch BRUSHCUTTER ^VEEDCUTTER^ • Cuts weeds, saplings, thick brusli- clears land. • Cuts flush with ground, operates full power any angle. • Comfortable carrying harness for easy use- relieves operator fatigue, adds safety. • Available as complete unit or as attachment for MAC 35A. ONE/42 or ONE/52 chain saws. • Power unit converts fast to chain saw us0. Versatile farm and construction tool. Weedcutter head available for ONE/42. ONE/52 models. Makes short work of any weed problem. EASY TERMS We're pleased to announce that we've been recently- appointed as an authorized Sales and Service Dealer for McCulloch Products in the Carver Area CARVER SUPPLY COMPANY Carver, Mass. UNion 6-4480 NINETEEN 7.12 There may be a license fee of five dollars ($5.00) in the case of supervisory licenses, and of three dollars ($3.00), in the case of operational licenses made payable to the Commonwealth of Mas'sa- chusetts in the form of a check or money order at the time of application and pay- able at each renewal there- after. 7.13 All persons subject to licen- sing under these rules and regulations shall be licensed on or before February 1, 1965. Reporting: and Recording of Pesticide Use: 8.1 All aerial applications of pesticides shall be reported within seven (7) days to the Board in the form and man- ner prescribed by the Board by a person holding a super- visory license and who is responsible for the conduct of such appliclation. 8.2 All application of pesticides made by licensed persons: to the land of another by means other than aircraft shall be recorded by a person holding a supervisory license and who is responsible for such appli- cations. Such records shall be kept in s"uch detail that the following information is avtailable to the Board on request: (1) Area treated (2) Pesticide and formulation employed (3) Dosage applied (4) Method of application (5) Date or dates of application (6,) Target organisms (7) The persons licensed by the Beard who participated in the planning and execution of the application (8) Difficulties encountered Avhich might have produced hazards (equipment troubles, nozzle drips, s'pillage, unpredictable weather conditions, accidents, etc.) Such information shall be kept on record for a period of at least five years. 8.3 The Board shall be notified of all experimental applica- tions of pesticides made to land of another. Such notifi- TWENTY cations shall contain the fol- lowing information: (1) Area treated (2) Pesticide and formulation to be employed (3) Dosage to be applied (4) Method of application to be employed (5) Date or dates on which ap- plication is' anticipated (6) Person or persons who will supervise such applications (7) Target organisms The Board shall issue a permit for such application and may include in this permit restric- tions deemed necessary by the Board to protect the pub- lic interests in the soils, waters, forests, wet lands, wildlife, agriculture, and other natural resources of the Commonwealth. In case of an emergency the Chairman may waive the above pro- visions. Penalties: The penalty for violation of the foregoing rules and regula- tions shall be a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) for the first offense and not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for the second or subsequent offenses. Severance Clause: If any article, regulation, para- graph, sentence, clause, phrase or words of these rules' and regu- lations shall be declared invalid for any reason whatsoever, that decision shall not affect any other portion of these rules and regu- lations, which shall remain in full force and effect; and to this end the provisions of thes'e rules and regulations are hereby de- clared s'everable. Adoption: The foregoing rules land regu- lations were adopted by the Board on March 13, 1964. CUTTING BACK ON RESEARCH MEANS LOSS OF EFFICIENCY "When we start cutting back en our research, we will als'o start losing an agricultural effi- ciency that has helped us to be- come the leading nation on earth," says Dr. Richard A Damon, Jr., associate director of, the Experiment Station in the College of Agriculture at the University of Massachusetts. Stressing the importance of con- tinued basic research, Damon ex- plained that it is also necessary because "we are in the midst of a population explosion in this country such that it is predicted by the year 2010 there will be 425 million people in the United States." He said that he feels it is the task of the Experiment Station to solve many problems which have arisen. He emphazied that this can only be done through continued basic research. "Because the needs of the country have changed," said Dr. Damon, "our research programs must also change." Writing in a recent issue of TURF BULLETIN, publication of the Massachusetts Turf and Lawn Grass Council, Inc., Dr. Damon touched on the difficulties ex- perienced by Experiment Stations in meeting research needs of today. One of the difficulties with wthich the Experiment Station has been faced is "the dissipation of funds by all research agencies in attempting to cover too wide an area and in many cases dupli- cating dach other's work," Damon stated. A team approach to research — three or four men working on one project — has recently been initiated at the Experiment Sta- tion at the University of Massa- chusetts' to help solve this prob- lem, he explained. In the past: there was one man working on three or four projects. "The development of regional research," noted Damon, "has enabled several Experiment Sta- tions to develop coordinated at- tacks on problems of regional iinportance. A recent change in the method of financing regional research has made it possible to cut down on the number of j^-ojccts in which la station par- ticipates, and allows more sup- port for the fewer number of projects." A PICTURE FULL OF PITCHERS Cranberry spokesman at Cape Cod Day, Fenway Park, last nonth were two Little League pitchers from Hanson, Massachusetts, eft to right, Carl Ruxton and Richard Jack. They presented an en- graved silver pitcher and Cranberry Juice to fill it to their favorite ntcher Dick Radatz. 15 members' of the Ocean Spray sponsored earn and their managers attended the Red Sox double header against Kansas City which gave the Boston team two wins, 6-2 and i-1. The televised presentation was made between the two games with ditcher Radatz following the advise of pitcher Jack that evey pitcher should be full of Cranberry Juice. Wisconson Berry Marketing Order A public hearing having been i- leld as required by section 96.04, • Vis. Stats., and evidence relating 1 o a proposed agricultural mar- : meting order for cranberries pro- ii iuced in the State of Wisconsin (i Having been presented at such li learing, I, D. N. McDowell, as • Director of the State Department )f Agriculture, do hereby make he following findings of fact and ssue the following decision in said manner: Findings of Fact 1. A petition signed by 13 cranberry producers was received by the Director of the Depart- ment, requesting that a marketing order for cranberries be estab- lisTied and further requesting that such order provide for a research program and a frost warning service to be financed by an assessment on cranberry producers. 2. Cranberries are grown in 17 of Wisconsin's seventy-two counties, principally in the cen- tral, north central and north- western parts of the state. 3. The production of cran- berries' is an important factor in the agricultural economy of the state, representing four to five million dollars gross income to growers of this crop. 4. Wisconsin is the second largest producer of cranberries in the United States, producing in excess of 400,000 barrels an- nually, which represents about 33 per cent of the nation's supply. 5. Production has been increas- ing over the years, primarily be- cause of added acreage. 6. The complexity of cranberry growing is increasing each year. Cultm-al practices are changing. Weed, ins'ect and fungus controls are of vital importance to each and every cranberry grower. 7. Limited assistance has been given on several of these prob- lems by the University of Wis- consin Horticulture and Plant Pathology staffs. Financial as- sistance by the Wisconsin cran- berry industry would help to add continuity to present programs as well as expand research in these fields. 8. Increased investigations by the Federal Food and Drug Ad- ministration on use of chemicals on agricultural crops necessitates greater vigilance on the part of the cranberry grower. Additional financial support could provide more information to prevent catastrophes which could occur through improper use of pesticidal chemicals. 9. Success or failure of an entire cranberry crop might well rest on receiving latest weather forecasts. Below freezing tem- peratures without proper pro- tection of the cranberry bogs could ruin an entire crop. Timely frost warning permits the grower to take the necessary action to prevent this disaster. 10. A frost warning service has been in operation for the past number of years. The program has been supported through vol- untary contributions from growers. Continued' on Page 24 TWENTY-ONE ^^f^^a^^ ^ * *? .'. ^ POLICE CHIEF JOHN O. SOARES OF SOMERSET GETS TICKET. It was all in the spirit of fun during a visit to Cran- berry Museum and Cranberry House on Cranberry Highway, Wareham. Presenting ticket is Edward Gelsthorpe, left, Executive Vice President of cranberry cooperative, acting as host to over 100 members of the Southeastern Massachusetts Police Chiefs Association in Wareham, Wednesday, May 13, to attend meeting arranged by town officials. Chief Soares is president of the Association. Cranberry Museum and Theater Open at Route 28 Just an easy 20-minute drive from Pilgrim Plymouith is the world center of the 30-million dollar cranberry industry, the Cape Cod Canal Town of Ware- ham and its picturesque inland neighbor, Carver. This is' the heart of Cranberry- land, focus of almost 12,500 acres of bogs on the Cape and in Plym- TWENTY-TWO ing. Collectors' items on view include antique scoops, handmade stencils for cranberry barrels, screening tables and other rare objects. School groups and bus tourists are among the numerous visitors to this historic and edu- cational exhibit. Part of the museum is a Cran- berry Theater, als'o fre3, where the fascinating story of "Cran- berryin' " from Pilgrim Days to automated harvesting and pro- cessing is told in a 25-minute color film, "Heritage of Flavor." The museum and theater are open daily 9.00 to 5:00 and Fri- day, Saturday and Sunday, 9:00 to 9:00, through Labor Day. Cranberry House includes a gift shop and restaurant where a var- iety of cranberry specialties, gifts and souvenirs' are featured. outh County. Here travelers along Cranberry Highway, Routes 6 and 28, get an exciting pano- ramic view of the cranberry in- dustry a few minutes of driving. First stop for thousands every year is the Cranberry Museum in Cranberry House, Onset. Admis- sion is free. The museum was established by cranberry growers through their cooperative. Ocean Spray, to preserve equipment used in the early days of cranberry farm- ARTHUR GODFREY IS BUYING INTC THE BERRY "BIZ' One piece is the Russell A. Trufant Bog af North Carver. It now appears that Arthu Godfrey, the radio and TV per sonalty will be in he cranberr: business. This rumor has beei confirmed by Gilbert (Gibby Beaton of Ocean Spr3y Cran berries, Inc. "Gibby" said that the "OI Red-head," is purchasing the bo of Russell A. Trufant of Nort Carver and other property. Th sums of $75,000 for the Trufair property and also one millio) dollars have been mentioned il the deal. Mr. Trufant confirms that binder has' been paid. Fins papers have not been passec however, as this issue goes t press, but no "snags" war anticipated. With Godfrey definitely in th cranberry business this Shoul give an additional boost tc th industry. Since Godfrey an "others" are willing to invest i cranberry bogs it would seem th future of the industry is brightfi than it has been for some year "Gibby" Beaton said the com- pany will probably be known as' the Godfrey Cranberry Company, jlnc. The Trufant bog is one of about 25 acres. The rumor of the sale was ear- ned over Mass. radio stations land in the press, but was later ,denied. { But now comes Beaton's confirmation. Godfrey Cocktail Juice Program Is Continued Ocean Spray has extended lational radio advertising of Zranherry Juice Cocktail on the \rthur Godfrey Hour through September 24, 1964. The Godfrey promotion of the popular family drink is broadcast weekly over he CBS network. Cranberry Juice Cocktail, a xaditional New England drink fince Pilgrim times, has been ipiralling into national favor ;ince last year when Ocean Spray nade it available in the 50 States. To meet the increasing demand, )cean Spray is now processing >anberry Juice Cocktail in three ocations, Hanson, Massachusetts 'forth Chicago, Illinois, and /larkham, Washington. Cranberry "uice Cocktail is packed in pints, luarts and gallons and a new l8-ounce size is currently in vTew England markets to test :onsumer reactions. INDUSTRY VOTES IN ORDER FOR TWO YEARS MORE Handlers also vote in Marketing Agreements, both by large Majorities. The United States Department of Agriculture announced June 9 that a majority of growers had voted in favor of continuing the Federal Cranberry Marketing Order for another two years. More than 85 percent of the growers voted in favor, and 84 percent of production in favor of continuing the Marketing Agreements. The total number of growers voting in favor was 697 and 82, in the negative against the continuation. This favoravble ballot was again opposed by some of the independent agencies and growers as in the case of the marketing order amendments. These included Decas Brothers of Wareham, Mass. John C. Decas having is- sued a negative statement to local press. Rolfand G. Poller The Wisconsin cranberry in- dustry was' saddened by the death last month of Holland G. Potter of Tomah. He entered the hos- pital at Madison, and underwent surgery for a kidney ailment. He was 51. He was the son of Guy N. Potter. He was a member of the board of directors of Wood County National Bank, Wisconsin Rapids and manager of the Cutler Cranberry Company in Juneau County. He was also a member of the board of Thiele-Kaolin Co., a clay plant in Sandersville. He was previously a director of Ocean Spray, and was president in 1955 of the Wisconsin Cran- berry Growers' Association. He was born in Cranmoore June 26, 1912. After high school he took flying lessons and had a private pilot's license and at the outbreak of World War 2 he joined the Air Force. On November 26, 1931 he was married to Bernadine Pietz at Tomah. His wife, a sfon Bruce, and four grandchildren and his father and stepmother survive. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Tomah, the Consistory of Eau Clair, Zor Shrine of Madison and the Tomah Rotary Club. WISCONSIN WEATHER NOTES Wisconsin had some very cold nights in late May, but it is doubted if there has been much damage, if any from frost, but all the water used for flooding did not help the crop any. There were several nights when the temperature went down to 20 degrees, and for a week or ten days the temp, was down to 25 or colder. The vines at the end of May were a week or ten days late as the cold weather natutrally slowed things down. Growers at June first were dusting for flreworm, although this pest has not been too much of a problem in Wisconsin in late years, but a few years back it was very serious. (Editor's Note: the above in- formation was sent in by Vernon Goldsworthy.) READ CRANBERRIES TWENTY-THREE Thi3 prcgrsm is in danger of being abandoned because of ris- ing costs and the lack of financial support from a minority of growers. 11. Reliance upon a voluntary grower contribution program does' not give sufficient assurance of financial support to meet bud- getary needs for the long-range projects essential to the industry. 12. The proposed assessment of twc cents per barrel of cranber- ries produced is very modest, amcunting to only approximately two-tenths of one per cent on the gross dollar return. The method cf collection, based on annual production, is fair and equitable to £ll growers and would provide adequate funds for projects pres- ently contemplated. 13. The proposed marketing order is reasonably calculated to attain the objectives of such order and the declared purposes' and policies of the Wisconsin Agricultural Marketing Act, and would be in the interest of the the producers, processors and consumers of cranberries. Decision - The proposed marketing order would tend to provide adequate financing for a much needed long- range research program applied to the production, proces'sing and distribution of cranberries. The proposed order would also pro- vide funds for an educational program on climatic conditions as they affect cranberry production, and specifically to provide a spe- cial service forecasting tempera- ture, weather and other pertinent climatic conditions, and dissemin- ating such information to cran- berry growers. Voluntary programs' in the past have failed to get universal par- ticipation on the part of produ- cers, with the result that the fi- nancing of such programs was often inadequate and insecure. This has prevented the develop- ment of long-range research and educational programs. The pro- posed marketing order would eliminate this problem and would permit the development of a pro- gram to fill a definite need in the cranberry industry. TWENTY-FOUR It is my decision that the pro- posed marketing order, a copy cf which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, should be submitted to the cranberry pro- ducers of this state to determine by referendum whether they as- sent thereto. Such referendum shall be conducted by mail bal- let within 45 days of the date hereof. A call is hereby made for nom- inations for membership on the 5-member advisory board to be elected at large at the time of the referendum. Such nomina- tions, subs'cribed by five persons eligible to vote, shall be open until June 15, 1964. June 1, 1964. D. N. Mcdowell Director, State Department of Agriculture WHY ALL THE SHOOTING? Because, less than five percent cf the acreage of the continental 48 U. S. states have insecticides applied to them in an average year. That only 41 -hundredths of one percent of the total area generally considered favorable to wildlife, s'uch as forests, grass- lands, pastures, wildlands, etc, have insecticides applied in an average year; that 85 percent of the average acreage planted by U. S. farmers and ranches' to crops each year is not treated with insecticides. (Figures Bul- letin of the Entomologist Society of America) A FEW PESTICIDE SAFETY DONTS — Don't save or re-use empty pesticide containers. — Don't leave mothballs where children can find them. — Don't use a pesticide in the home if a gas mask is' required when using it. — Don't use your mouth to blow out clogged sprayer lines or nozzle tips, or siphon a pesti- cide from a container. • — Don't smoke while handling pesticides. — Don't spray or dust outdoors when the wind is' high. — Don't apply pesticides near wells where they might con- taminate the drinking water. THE LINGONBERRY AGAIN Interest in this country, a^» least in New England seems tc; be developing in the Europear;^ Lingonberry, or native cranberry it At least two N. E. women hav; sent letters to the NEW ENG- LAND HOMESTEAD, as' tc where some of these vines oi buehes may be obtainable. WISCONSIN ¥/EATHEE WARNINGS S. J. Rigney, meteorologist ii charge of the Airport Statior Iviadison, Wisconsin has providei Prof. George C. Klingbeil exten sion specialist, U, of Wise, wit: the schedule of radio and T' stations that carry weather fore casts of interest to cranberr; growers. Dr. Klingbeil has com piled a list of 19 stations and thj; has been sent to the growers. Klingbeil notes there have bse some problems with revised an weekend forecasts. Warren Walli in charge of the Wisconsin Fro Warning Service, informs that i case of doubt or question on tl forecast, growers can call hir The data is usually prepared I 11 a.m. daily and during critic periods he will be in his offi< from 8 to 10 p.m. Dr. Klingbeil believes that system could be worked out whe: growers in one area could noti; one another of critical change once such information had be; obtained. Cape Cod Co-op Elects Officers Unit Pays Members $11.14 Per Barrel At the Annual Meeting of tl Cape Cod Cranberry Cooperati-v Inc., held in Duxbury, Mass chusetts the following Directo were elected: R. Bruce Arthv Plymouth; Harold A. C. Bumpi Plymouth; Orrin G Colley, Du bury; Charles E. Pratt, Oarver. Officers elected were: R. Bru Arthur, President; Harold A. Bumpus, Vice-President; Orrin Colley, Treasurer and Clerk. A report was' made on t marketing of the 1963 Crop ai announcement that the 19 jeason Pool earned $11,144 per )arrel. Final payments have )een made to members less ;as- essments to the Cranberry Insti- ute cf 31/2 cents per barrel and 0 the Cranberry Marketing Com- nittee of 2 cents per barrel. SPRINKLER ITEM I Decas Brothers of Wareham, argest independent growers', this /ear have added about 30 acres mder sprinklers, solid set. Their ranberry holdings comprise about 540 acres of bog. Says "Bill" Decas, senior part- ler of the Decas Bros, unit, "We vill continue to add sprinkler systems uritil every acre possible Is under sprinkler protection, rhese systems not only provide trost protection, buit irrigation Ivhen needed and I find are use- ful in reducing bog temperature Dn summer 'Heats.' " FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Continued from Page 6 ;he State Bog was only .66, average is 3.14. Some Frost and Water Damage in May On June first Dr. Cross Di- ■ector of the Experiment Station 5aid, there had been "some frost iamage, but we have not yet letermined how much. There Aras' also some damage to vines -Tom the fact so many growers leld over for the four frost nights ;he last of the month. "May could have been a much better month for the coming prop," he concltided. 1 May Good and Dry June Starts Cold, Dry The first two days of June were cold, raw and drizzly days', the two days racking up a minus 21. But there was still no sub- stantial rain. Bad Frosts June third brought a perfect June day, but no rain. Also the Inight of the fourth brought an- jO'ther frost with temper-atuires jdown to 26. It was so cold that lice formed under the sprinklers. No rain, of course. The night of the fifth brought a warning of 28 with bogs' able to stand 29. On that same day some 80 acres of woodland was burned over on the Cape, and weather officials said there was no substantial rain in sight for at least five days. The night of the fifth of June brought another frost warning, "28-29, rather dangerous frost." Rain and Drizzle Spell June 7 and 8 were rainy and drizzly, with much fog, but it cleared during the day of the 9th. The measurement for the three days, as recorded at the State Bog, was only .43 of an inch. While this did not do much good it at least kept things from get- ting drier for the time being. The first nine days ended with a minus 6 in temperature, buit then came hot, humid weather. WISCONSIN May, Hot, Then Cold The merry month of May brought July and December type weather. The first three weeks brought record breaking warm temperatures, excessive moisture, hail, and tornadoes. The last week brought record breaking continual frost along with no precipitation. The averages for the state for the month were six degrees above normal temperature and from two to four inches' above normal precipitation. Warmest day was 93 degrees on the 20th and coldest was 17 on the 31st. Heat units are well above normal for the year and precipi- tation averages about 1 inch above normal. The outlook for June is for below normal tem- perature and precipitation. Vines Developed Fast Vines got off to a flying start with sand marshes which did not reflow having considerable hook- ing the later part of the month, with an occasional blossom. Had the cold weather not prevailed the last of May, the state would have had one of its earliest starts on record. Old time growers stated they had never seen vines develop as quickly as they did in mid May. Water temperatures had risen quickly in mid May, but cooled off the last week which should have prevented any chance of oxygen damage when vines had to be com- pletely flooded over. First Brood Fireworm With the warm weather came the first brood of fireworms and growers were more busy than usual in controlling light infes- tations so early in the season. Controls appeared effective and infestations light. Many drowned worms were found as a result of the deep frost flooding. Hail Loss Several damaging hail storms accompanied the early hot weather with the most damaging occuring on the 7th, starting in eastern Jackson county and traveling west thru parts of Wood and Juneau counties. Fortunately about three hundred acres of beds were re- flowed at the time preventing s'erious damage. One exposed marsh in the storm reported a 90% loss. A total of 13 confirmed tornadoes were also 'reported during the period with one oc- curing in Wisconsin Rapids. June Frosts The extended frost period the last week of May continued into early June with some marshes reporting frost for ten straight nights. It is estimated the loss from frost was about 5% or 20,000 barrels primarily occuring the night of May 25th when north- east winds subsided after mid- night and temperatures dropped rapidly. Coldest reported was 26 degrees that evening. During the cold period s'ome vines Y^ere continually under water and nu- merous twenty degree readings with some in the teens occuring. Electronic Temperature Systems A number of Wisconsin growers are installing new electronic tem- perature systems which enable the grower to obtain a fast, ac- curate temperature reading from any part of his marsh within a minute. It is expected to be most beneficial in obtaining read- ings from the center of the beds where most damage occurs from either not using enough water or too much. This system represents the first important advancement in taking temperatures on cran- berry marshes. TWENTY-FIVE OREGON Cold and Dry As of June 4th, Ray Bates re- ports the latest "news" from the Bandon area is the weather. There were many cold nights, and below average rainfall. The sort of spring this has been has required many nights of pumping for irrigation and frost flooding for the low tem- peratures. Bandon area growers s'prinkle for any temperature below 32 degrees. Crop Prospects Good However, he reports crop pros- pects were good as of June 4th. Insects and Weeds Cranberry ftreworm was quite active and most growers applied insect sprays. Weed control has improved. For the past two years growers have used granular 2- 4-D and Chloro I. P. C. for some weeds'. Improvements in Sprinklers Because of the promise of better returns for the crop this fall, a great deal of bog improve- ment is being done. New and improved pumping equipment for sprinkler systems is being put in. New Cleaning Process The latest equipment is the flotation cleaning process mads by the Key Equipment Company, an Oregon firm. This process cf cleaning has been used for other crops, such as peas, and is now being used on a trial basis for cranberries, and "great" things are expected of it. Rain, June 4th Rain on the Fourth of June Some rain came on the 4th of June, Bates adds' in closing his notes. INDIAN TRAIL, inc. WORKING— MERCHANDIZING— SELLING WISCONSIN-GROWN CRANBERRIES 12 Months of the Year Moving FRESH — FROZEN— — CANNED & JUICE — Striving always to move TOP-QUAL- ITY products at TOP PRICES for bet- ter returns to WISCONSIN Growers. Po 0. BOX 710, WIS. RAPIDS, WIS. NEW JERSEY Driest May Ever The past month was the driest May in the 3 5 -year history of weather recording at the Cran- berry and Blueberry Laboratory. Only 0.36 inch of rain occurred, about 3V2 inches less than normal. This was considerably less than the previous records — 0.74 inch in 1957 and 1.05 in 1939. It was one of the driest months of sny season. Less rain occurred in June, 1949 — 0.14; July, 1955 — 0.18; September, 1941—0.21; October, 1963 — 0.26; and Decem- ber, 1955 — 0.30. Prolonged Drought More than half of the rain (.21) fell on May 1. Thus only .15 occurred from May 2 through June 1, a period of 31 days. This' is one of the longest dry spells ever recorded at this station. 17 Frost Calls In regard to temperature. May was just about normal. The av- erage temperature was' 62.6 °F., only 0.2° cooler than normal There were some extremely cold nights. Seventeen frost calls were issued to cranberry growers, with the low being 25°. Blueberry growers escaped any ruinous frosts during May. A low of 30° was recorded in blueberries on May 30 but no serious' damage rcrulted. The drought, however, is having a very serious effect on the blueberry crop. The lack of moisture is causing a reduction in ' size of early and midseason vari- eties and is impairing the set of the late season varieties'. t Insects I Early drawn cranberry bogs,'! as of June 1, are showing an oc- casional open blossom. The tip- worm infestation is extremely low but Sparganothis larvae ^^^^'1 moderately abundant. Black- headed fireworms are staging a mild comeback in some areas after having been a negligible factor for over ten years. Very low tipworm populations in 1963 augurs well for the 1964 crop. A very high percent of uprights are bearing blossom dangles. TWENTY-SIX I ^dJt^^jials ISSUE OF JUNE, 1964 Vol. 29 -No. 2 O t^^^'~'**^'*«v^ «•-" INDUSTRY VOTES IN THE MARKET ORDER AGAIN The growers have once again spoken and the cranberry industry is to have a Federal Cranberry Marketing Order for the next two years. This is what the majority of the growers want — a large majority. We think this is just as well. While we continue to be opposed to federal control of the actions of anyone, in the case of the Marketing Order, it does seem to be working out to the advantage of the industry. And to the consuming public in general — as it gives more "orderly marketing," which in rtum stabilizes prices, so there is no wild fluctuation and the buyer of cranberries knows where he or she is at. "ON WISCONSIN" It is indeed interesting to note that the 'growers of Wisconsin seem to be pretty gen- erally in favor of a State Marketing Order. The assessment will probably be $2.00 per :)arrel as the fairest way of making the cost ivven. The fund will be used for frost warning ystem and for additional research. These are •bviously worthy aims, and should, eventually, iicrease state production. Remember the Wisconsin slogan ' 'On Visconsin." PACKAGING This is not to be construed as adverse S ;riticism. But do you realize the true cost of " .11 this fancy packaging ? It adds tremendously 0 the cost of a product, say processed cran- )erries, especially in glass. This is money which might go to the ffower. However, we believe in this modern lay and age that the housewife demands it. 'he likes an attractive package. Many products uch as cheese, for instance, result in a useful umbler which she can keep and use for second best." This packaging is an "evil" which we must ve with. CLABENCE J. HALi, Editor and Publisher EDITH S. HALL — Associate Editor Wareham, Massachusetts SUBSCRIPTIONS, $4.00 Per Year FOREIGN, $5.00 CORRESPONDENTS - ADVISORS Wisconsin LEO A. SORENSON Cranberry Consultant Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Washington Dr. CHARLES C. DOUGHTY Cranberry Specialist Long B€ach, Wash. Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, Ore. Massachusetts Dr. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Mass. New Jersey P. E. MARUCCI New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station Pemberton, New Jersey WOODS FIRES As forecast it looks like this is turning out to be a bad year for woods fires, in the Cape area. Such carelessness seems inexcuseable on the part of whoever causes these fires. It seems a little precaution could be taken so easily Such fires not only damage or endanger bogs, but destroy beautiful and valuable woods. WIND AND DROUGHT Most cranberry areas reported that much of May and June so far has been a month of drought and of high winds which have aggra- vated the dry situation. Yet, most areas also report good crop prospects as of June 10th. TWENTY-SEVEN SERVING WISCONSIN WASHINGTON Late, Ck)ld Spring This was one of the coldest, latest springs for some years past. Only from May 20 for a week was there any warm, spring-like weather. Precipitation Was Down The precipitation for May to the 27th was only 2.07 inches of measurable nainfall, but most days were overcast and windy. The mean maximutm temperature (through the 16th) was 56.75 degrees, and the mean minimum was 41,73 degrees, with an aver- age temperature of 49.25 degrees. Season Two or Three Weeks Late The Extension Agent for Pa- cific County estimates the season to be two or three weeks later than last year. In spite of this, however, the bud growth looked good in most areas. The bogs that were under irrigation for some time were ahead of those bogs that were not irrigated. Chemical Applications The week of May 20 was ex- cellent for applying fertilizers, fungicides and other sprays and treatments. The growers had been urged to check for fungus, fireworm and the strawberry root weevil, which can do serious damage to the root system. So Work Goes on Apace The above paragraph shows that work is going on lapace, even though the weather was not ideal. Experiment Station Sprinkled Sprinklers were on at the Long Beach Station for frost for 8 nights during May for a total of 28 hours. The reason for this was' that the bog temperatures are usually much lower than the official minimum temperatures. State bog minimums were 31 and 32 degrees; and on two occasions 28 degrees, on four occasions 30 degrees. Obviously the colder spring meant cooler bogs. HAIL INSURANCE on CRANBERRIES for WISCONSIN GROWERS FULL COVERAGE Ask about our Deferred Premium Plan LOW COST and PROMPT SERVICE INSURE YOUR 1964 INCOME NOW Gall our LOCAL AGENT or write RURAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY ■ 801 W. Badger Road, Madison, Wis. 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CY 5-2600 SUBSCRIBE TO CRANBERRIES 1 .h inberries Take jt In Foreign luct Sales ;ors note: The following was .buted by Lloyd Williams, ith the USD A, whom many remember as the editor of -atmor Cranberries Publica- the "Cranberry World.") tf)erry Growers Participating nation's' cranberry growers processors, along with 43 agriculture industry groups, looperating with the U. S. •tment of Agriculture in a dam that is getting results Irmers and the entire country Ip form of increased agricul- experts. market development :am was begun in 1955 when i,its of U. S. agricultural odities were only aibout $3.5 1. The exports have climbed steadily since that time and are now running at the rate of about $6 billion a year. More than 15 percent of the annual production Of U. S. farmers is now being sold overseas. The market promotional mech- anism which helped bring this about is a cooperative effort of private industry and govern- ment with each contributing a share of the costs. The Govern- ment's' financial contribution comes primarily from foreign currencies derived frcm the sale of surplus farm products under the Food for Peace program. The Department of Agriculture works out cooperative agreements with the Cranberry Institute and other commodity associations for mar- ket development activities in for- eign countries'. The associations plan and direct the project activ- ities under the general super- STODDARD SOLVENT (Available Year Round) WATER WHITE KEROSENE ITTLED GAS Water Heating Cooking lirburetion M 6-4545 m^. Central Heating CARVER, MASS. lKe advantage of the BETTER things of life. The efficient USE OF ELECTRICITY is one of se better things — efficient use in power for cran- Ty bog operations, and in the home. lymouth County Electric Co. WAREHAM - PLYMOUTH Cfpfst 5-0200 Plltrim 6-1300 vision of the Department. The cooperators p;y all super- visory costs pltis an agreed per- centage of other expenses. They bring into the program the tech- nical knowledge and personnel of the U. S. industry as well as for- eign importers, distributors and processors. The commodity groups, in ad- dition to cranberries, include cot- ton, soybeans and soybean pro- ducts, feed grains, wheat, tobacco, rice, dairy products, livestock and meat products, poultry, citrus fruits', red cherries, prunes, raisins, seeds, and dry beans. Practically all of the U. S. agricultural products with a major stake in foreign trade are represented in the program. The market development activ- ities vary according to the needs and resources of the various com- modity groups. Considerable em- phasis is placed on servicing and informing the foreign buyers of U. S. agricultural products. Tech- nicians are sent overseas to shew the buyers how to use the prod- ucts, and teams of foreign in- dustry leaders 3 re brought to the U. 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Frost Warning Service In Wisconsin Improvet In an attempt to impro dissemination of the Wi; cranberry frost warnings' w inaugurated a new type of f This service consists of a: tronic answering device a cording. It gives the latesi berry frost forecast and w record any message fro: caller following a beep at the end of the forec The forecasts will be put electronic tape at 11 A P.M., and 9:30 P.M., dai eluding Saturdays and Sun All a grower has to do the latest forecast, regard the hour, is to call Madiso consin, Area Code 608, I 249-6911 and he will rece forecast. Naturally, he ' charged for the call. pre tanl Hold full flavor in your cranberry pack ITh, = Power Wheeling- Unit FERTILIZER SPREADI WHEEL BARROWS OSCAR NORTC Rochester, Mass. ..... _., PRODUCTS COMPANY Manufacturers &f fine products for the food industry . . . and popular Best Foods Division grocery brands for the consumer. Western Picke Parts and Repairs Agent for 1964 Mb ORDER NOW J. E. BRALEY & Si MACHINE SHO 78 Gibbs Avenue Wareham, Mass. HAVE YOUR REPA DONE NOW ■r Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Notes by CHESTER E. CROSS Director The weather of June was more ■'important as a continuation of ^he dry and. stmny trend of May ' ;han for its own averages. In ";pite of abnormal amounts of "sunshine it was about 1° a day cooler than normal. A very local "jhower (0.90 in.) at East Ware- "^lam on June 24 brought almost lalf the month's rain (2.15 in.), ''pnd most of the cranberry-grow- ng area had scarcely an in'ch for he month. This was doubly terious because only 0.66 in. was "'neasured in the thirty-seven days receding June 1st. This very erious drought was temporarily nded during July 2-4 by wide- pread and recurrent thunder- howers, which brought a total f 1 to IV2 inches of rain to all ranberry bogs. Water Damage Though there is rather little dry weather damage as" sulch to cranberry vines and their blos- soms, the dry spell brought real damage of another and curiously opposite sort — "water damage." This' first appeared after three consecutive frost nights. May 28- 30, and was increased after the twin frost nights of June 4 and 5. Because of very short water sup- plies, many growers "held-over" the frost floods of the first night to protect their bogs' from frost on subsequent nights. Abnormal numbers of sunny days in late April and May caused a more rapid development of buds and new growth than the tempera- tures indicated. This new growth had a greater need for oxygen than could be supplied from the flood waters which warmed con- siderably in the bright days be- tween frost nights. Most late C. & L. EQUIPMENT CO. 1209 MAIN STREET ACUSHNET, MASS. Cranberry Bog Service PRUNING FERTILIZING RAKING WEED TRIMMING Machinery Sales PRUNERS POWER WHEELBARROWS RAKES WEED TRIMMERS FETILIZER SPREADERS -Large and Small For Further Information Cal F. P. CRANDON RockweU 3-5526 C. J. TRIPP Wyman 5-2013 spring frosts of recent years have been one-night affairs, so there has been little of this "water damage" for many years. It is still too early to appraise the ex- tent of damage, but the figure of 10% should cover both frost and watsr damage. It bears repeating that growers need more modern and more rapid and more com- plete control of water in present day cranberry culture. Quality May Be Sound The June keeping quality fore- cast was issued with a recommen- dation for using fungicides to im- prove the general quality of the crop. Considerable and late frost flooding tends' to weaken the basic quality of the crop. A period of 3-4 days of thunder- showers and high humidity with warm temperatures has just corns in early July during the peak of early-water bloom. This, and the fact that the crop generally ap- pears heavy and a week ahead of normal, suggests the quality forecast may be sound this year. Gypsy Moths Large areas of forest in the upper Cape have been completely defoliated by our old enemy, the gypsy moth caterpillars. It seems such a pity to find this pest spreading devastation over Cape Cod again, destroying our green forest, and destroying the home of our wild life. Because a few misguided people complain of using D.D.T. in small areas, a few years will now suffice to make it necess'ary to treat very large areas with the same chemical. The large attendance at the bog management clinics held June 30 and July 1 at the Cran- berry Station and at North Harwich was gratifying to the staff who gave talks on insect problems and controls, weed con- trol, irrigation and quality con- trol. It also indicated the in- vigoration that is coming to the industry from a return to a profit-making status. Crop pros- pects, despite frost and water dam.age, continue to be very good, bee activity is heavy indicating healthy flowers, and the early- water set appears excellent. Plans are well ah sad for the annual meeting of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association on August 18. Note the time, you will want to be on hand. Expect Average Blueberry Crop In New Jersey Reports from blueberry growers to the New Jersey Crop Report- ing Service this June indicate AERIAL SPRAYING and FERTILIZING Helicopters and Airplanes Fast, Reliable Service AS ALWAYS 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ON NEW ENGLAND BOGS PLYMOUTH COPTERS, Inc. (Formerly Aerial Sprayers, Inc.) THOMAS S. WEITBRECH (Whitey) TEmple 4-7818 HAIL IS ON THE WAY WATCH OUT, MR. GROWER Protect Your Production Costs Our new policy protects the berries and vines against hail and fire from the time the water is off in the Spring until after harvest. Stop worrying — buy Hail Insurance CRANBERRY RATES ARE LOW For further information write or call: ALVIN R. REID INSURANCE AGENCY, INC. Main Street, Hanson, Mass. 293-6336 293-6441 the 1964 blueberry crop is expec- ted to total 1,680,000 trays of 12 pints each. If realized, this will be an increase of 18 percent over the 1963 crop of 1,424,000 trays but 2 percent smaiier than the 1962 total of 1,716,000 trays. The upward trend in acreage continues with a record high 8,400 acres expected to be har- vested in 1964 — an increase oil 9 percent over the 7,700 acres harvested in ^1963. Prospective yield this' season is 200 trays per acre, 15 trays more than the un- usually poor yield realized lasi year but well below the State': potential. The highest yield pei acre was 350 trays in 1960 whild the 5 year average (1957-1961' is 267 trays per acre. Blueberry bushes were in i somewhat "run-down" conditior at the beginning of the 196' growing season reflecting thi cumulative effects of the Seven winter of 1962-63 and the ver; dry summer of 1963. Unusuall; warm weather last Octobe caused buds to soften and b more susceptible to furthe winter damage. Very dry weathe this May and early June reducei neotar flow and discouraged be activity during bloom and cause a portion of the berries that se to wither or drop. Sizing has als been hampered. FOR EXPERT SERVICE ON YOUR Briggs & Stratttn ENGINES We use oaly faotery-approved me^ieds and eri^nal parts. Per- s(Muael are trained under fastoiy nqfiervision. See us for a chedc>up or complete overhaul — prices are MAIN STREET GARAGE Carver, Mass. Tel. UNion 6-458S FOUR L Issue of July 1964 -Vol. 29 No. 3 Second CIm* Postace Paid at Warcham. Maaaaehaaatta Poat Offiee. Published monthlr at Wareh am, Massachusetts. Subscriptions $4.00, Foreiim. $6.00 per yc FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C J. H. Some Very Hot Days in Early June A heat wave struck on the 11th and 12th of Juine, with tempera- tures well into the nineties. But still no rain. The weather con- tinued with summer heat, and although there were a few showers there was no rain of real ^consequence, although the 13th brought a soft rain which contin- ued most of the day. Rainfall Slightly Down Up to and including the 15th of June the rainfall had been 1.04 inches as recorded at the Cran- berry Station. This is' somewhat below normal for the period and took in a sharp heavy thunder- lightning storm on the night of the 15th. Temps Down — Could Aid Quality Fruit The temperature for the first fifteen days was also decidedly below normal, the minus degrees for the period being 53 (Boston). This cool dry weather could, if it continued throughout the month yive several additional points in favor of keeping quality, which in the preliminary report issued by CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Shocks, or Nailed Stock Always on Hand Let me repair your broken boxes-or repair them yourself. F. H. COLE North Carver, Mass. Tel. Union 6-3330 the Cranberry Station was any- thing but favorable. June 16th Frost Warning There was a late frost warning put out on the nigh of the 16th for frost, 28 degrees. However, the wind blew most of the night and the temperature reached only into the low 30's. Warning was sent out as a precaution in ciase the wind should have dropped. Hot and Humid In the fourth week of June the weather turned much hotter and humid. The 21st of June was a terrifically hot day. (Ekiitor's Note: A thermometer placed in his yard on that day hit 122 in hot sun and this was an accurate thermometer.) Helpful Rain 24th The 24th brought intermittent rain and fog which culminated in a hard sharp thunderstorm in the evening. The total precipitation as recorded at the State Bog was 9/10 of an inch, a help, but the Cape area was getting less rain than other areas, this sitorm leaving two inches around Boston. June Cooler Month The month of June ended with a 27 minus in temperature which is on the beneficial side for keep- ing quality. Dr. Cross of the Ex- periment Station stated on July 1. Rainfall Deficient But rainfall was deficient with reading at the State Bog being only 2.15 for the 30 days with the average June rainfall being 3.21 inches. It was reported as being even less on the Oape than in Plymouth County. There brown bog sides' were common. As July came in the critical stage of the drought was being reached. AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS BOG SERVICE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS HAND SPRAYERS - TOOLS - POWER EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BRIGGS AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTER R. F. MORSE & SON, INC. Cranberry Highway West Warebam, Mass. CY 5-1553 Hubbard INSECTICIDES FUNGICIDES HERBICIDES AVAILABLE ON THE CAPE FROM R. C. Mossman Horticultural Sales West Bridgewater, Mass. The HUBBARD-HALL CHEMICAL CO. Waterbury, Conn. Bog Ditch Dike Building Cleaning EQUIPMENT FOR HIRE Track Loaders and Rubber Tire Repairing Trucks and Bulldozers Backhoe Good Bog Sand Available P & L CO. LOUIS LECONTE 866-4402 CARVER, MASS. Wj:53=3J=5M«5=S=3«j::33=55=S=^^ Mass. bogs had a heavy bloom iand on July 1 were about a full week ahead of normal, according to Dr. Cross. The bloom was not only good, but the set was pro- ceeding fine. There was plenty of bee activity, both honey bee and bumble. But the critical need was more moisture and that was the main concern as July came in Sprinklers have been used, flash flooding, etc., but real heavy soaking rain was the demand bj all growers. July Starts Hot— Wet July flrst was a real scorcher with temperatures up to 95 de- grees and more. In the late after- noon and early evening thuinder- storms moved in and there wa.'j considerable rain. Boston go more than 2 inches, and the vio- lent storm did a lot of damagi to buildings and two deaths wert attributed to the storm. Rainfall at one Rochester boj was more than an inch, mor' than an inch at Falmouth on th Cape, but at State Bog .89 of ai inch was recorded. This, in th' opinion of Dr. Cross, did a lot o good at a critical time, but it dii u not really end the long drough f situation. I The long fourth of July perio- ' | was marked by rain and fog, th 1 amount of rain which had bee \i recorded at Mas's. State Bog o the 6th was 1.38 inches. Th , temperatures for the period wer several degrees above normal. Flash ij , The Mass. drought was prett i," well broken by the end of th ,1' second week in July, the weather ' being rainy, drizzly, foggy. Pre, cipitation by the 13th totalled 3.0' inches as measured at the Stat Bog. WISCONSIN Temps Up — Rain Down Overall June was a good monti for cranberry growing in tb state, although locally there wer some damaging effects. Tempeij atures averaged almost four dd im , grees above the normal, whil j, rainfall was below normal b Continued on Page 23 Glenn by the entrance sign to Cranguyma Farms. (Photo Ackeroyd Photography, Inc., Portland, Oregon) :ranguyma in Washington state is fabulous :ranberry place Frank O. Glenn, owner and operator is also a Fabulous Person — Is a member of the Cranberry Marketing Order Committee and Active in the Industry in Other Ways as Well by Clarence J. Hall Much has been written about Cranguyma Farms at Long Beach, 'ashington, by far the largest cranberry property west of the Rockies, lit only in Cranberries Magazine, as for instance in October, 1944 i-ue, the July, 1956 among others, and also in other publications, but ^ It too much about its present operator Frank Oliver Glenn, Jr. The ' deration of about 115 acres of cranberry bog, at Cranguyma proper, ]us that of about 60 acres of the property of the late Rolla Parrish. hw being restored, plus all the other enterprises of Cranguyma is ii mean job. Total acreage of Cranguyma is about 1300. Cranguyma produces about half of the entire Long Beach cran- Irry district — production in 1961 was 17,000 barrels when 100 acres ^5re harvested. Production on the same acres in 1963 was 15,500 bbls., cd some sections of this vast bog have averaged more than 250 to t3 acre. Cranguyma More Than Cranberries Jut Cranguyma is much more In cranberries, it is an experi- atal farm — Certainly no other iberry property that we know of, are there hundreds of pea- cocks, strutting, screaming and dragging their long and brilliant tails over the bog shores, as they roam at will. At one time there were many other exotic, imported birds, such as White Swan, Black Swan, Chinese geese, Guinea hens. Wood East Indian, Pintail, and many other kinds of ducks. These were all obtained from a Connec- ticut breeder. Only Peafowl are left and they have grown to their present numbers from six that were purchased in 1946. Since Cranguyma has' become a game refuge with no hunting allowed the ducks purchased in the east have been replaced with hundreds of wild mallard coming into the lake in front of the house in the early fall and later in the fall thousands of Canadian honkers are seen in the middle cf the farm, particularly in the blueberrj' patch. Noted For Its Nurseries Cranguyma is noted for its nurseries and other plantings of rhododendrons, with varieties from many countries including SEVEN i* f w © 3- some from Eulrope and Asia. There are plantings' of azaleas, holly and various nursery items. There are several large lakes on the property, about five miles of standard-gauge railroad track over the bogs', the largest sprink- ler system in the cranberry in- dustry. There are no less than 1100 sprinkler heads on the home property with more added as new land was puit into production. There are cultivated blueberry plantings about 10 acres. Con- cords, Stanlys', Rubels, Rancocas — Pemberton, Jersey — Frank O. Glenn Mr. Glenn is the son-in-law of the late Guy C. Myers who started to build the Long Beach property in 1940. Mr. Myers was a noted financier who lived in Seattle and had his office at 35 Wall Street, New York City. His picture was once on the cover of TIME magazine. Glenn is a large man, stocky in build, graying, with a ready laugh and a mind filled with much information con- cerning Cranguyma, the cran- berry industry and other matters. (He is sometimes known as "Butch," a nickname — received in college in Virginia.) He was chosen as a principal on the Cranberry Marketing Order Committee of 7, and serves in that capacity. He is a member of the West Coast Advisory Com- mittee for Ocean Spray and Is also Secretary of the Long Beach Cranberry club. Glenn a New Yorker He was born in Brooklyn, New York October 21, 1917 and called this home for 25 years. His father Frank O. Glenn — was in the wholesale dry goods business — in New York. He bad his own Corporation which sold the out- put of some of the Fall River and Providence R. I. textile mills * — He was' graduated from Poly- technic Preparatory Country Day school in Brooklyn and then re- ceived a bachelor of science de- gree in banking and finance at Washington and Lee University in Virginia, being graduated in Cranguyma is about in the Geographic Center of the Long Beach Pennsula. View is looking north, the Pacific on the left and Willipa Bay on the right. (Photo Ackeroyd Photography, Inc., Portland, Oregon) Glenn at peaceful Deer Lake at Cranguyma, with wild life floating on the surface.^ Photo Ackeroyd Photography, Inc., Portland, Oregon) 1939. At college he met his future wife, then Miss Marguerite Myers, who graduated from Sweet Brier College in Virginia with an A. B. degree in 1939. Prior to Sweet Brier Mrs. Glenn attended Mills College in San Francisco. After graduation he went to work for an Investmen Banking and Stock Brokerage member firm of the New York Stock Exchange and attended the New York Stock Exchange Institute. His War Service His' business career was then interrupted by the Second World War. He claims the only contest he ever won was the draft. He served in the U. S. Army in the Signal Corp., beginning in June 1941. He then applied for and was accepted on the Officers' Training School at Fort Mon- mouth, N. J., receiving a 2nd Lt. commission June 3, 1942. The next day he was married at St. Bartholomews' Church in New York and then left for Cambridge, M'asachusetts where the Army sent him to take a course in elec- tronics and radar at Harvard University. Next he was sent to Wright Field at Dayton, Ohio. After the Army he took four years of ad- ditional education at Oregon State College. He received a B. S. degree in horticulture and did all of the graduate work and thesis for a Masters degree in this subject. His first visit to Cranguyma was on leave in 1943. After dis- charge from the Army in Octo- ber 1945 he settled in Long Beach and went to work at Cranguyma. In November of 1955 he pur- chased Cranguyma Farms. The Name "Cranguyma" The name "Cranguyma" by the way, is not Indian as it might sound and are many of the Western place names', but is a coined word by Mr. Myers'. The first syllable is from cranberries, the second is Mr. Myers first name and the third Mrs. Myers first name "Amy" spelled back- wards. The location was' selected, for one thing, because of the temperateness of the Long Beach climate, neither very hot in the summer nor very cold in the winter. Its building, under the direction of the then foreman Joe Alexson, an experienced cranberry grower, involved the use of much heavy equipment. Our first visit there was in 1944, our second in 1949 when Dr. Harold Clarke was s'uperinten- dent. Dr. Clarke now a recognized authority on rhododendrons. There are more than 300 species St Cranguyma. The rhododendron and the blueberry, by the way, belong to the same botanical family. It has been one of the aims of the late Mr. Myers to develop new and different uses for cran- berries. He had donated funds to the Food Technology Department of Oregon State College and later built a cannery at Cranguyma. Up to last year, Cranguyma has put out Cranberry specialty prod- ucts that were developed at Ore- gon State College and also at the Farm. A partial list includes sudh things as Cranberry jelly, (as compared to jelled sauce), cranberry concentrates (up to 4- fold concentrate made with a vacuum pan and used by the Food industry for colorings, flavor, etc.) cranberry sherbet 4^ ' '"^ .cr tit-' 'Jb4#^ '^MtacK . Sanding scow on sump, showing sanding pipe line to a bog. (CRANBERRIES Photo) base and cranberry ribbon ice cream (which were sold to ice cream manufacturers particularly in Southern California); steamed cranberry pudding; cranberry- raspberry jam, cranberry straw- berry preserves and cranberry blueberry preserves. In addition a very high quality whole cranberry sauce (the Greenbrier at White Sulphei Springs has made the statemen" that it is the best food produc they have ever served there) jellied sauce, sweetened cranberrj juice and cranberry juice cocktail Gift boxes of cranberry product were put up. Well-Engineered Water There is an amazing well engineered water system at Cran guyma, there would have to b with 1100 sprinklers'. There ar two five-stage Peerless turbin pumps, each one being driven b. a 671 GMC government surplu Diesel engine of approximate! 200 horsepower; the water goin through transite pipe 18 inche in diameter at first, then down t six inches'. The laterals are gal vinized pipe ranging from inches down to % inch. Th sprinklers are used for frost cor trol, for irrigation to lower hig temperatures and for distributic , of chemicals. Fertilizers', insect cides and even Fungicides ha\ bedn put through it. Mr. Glenn seemed, on this thii visit of your editors to Crai guyma last year to understar most thoroughly the operations this system. We arrived at th' pump house, it so happened afti a "hat-lifting" if not hair-raisir ride in a Volkswagen driven \\ Mr. Glenn. In taking us ("Jin[ D. Crowley and myself) on quick tour of parts of huge Crai one night where we were stayinl or les's ignored roads. He som times merely took the shorte route between two points, aero!; fields and uip and down hill ai dale, regardless of bumps. IV |. Glenn, at times, at least seems like rugged conveyances. ] rattled up to the Crowley houli guyma it seems Mr. Glenn mci in an old truck. really the berries for. /•M solid set bog irrigation systems John Bean Shiir-Rane solid set bog systems are ideally suited to meet the needs of any cranberry grower. Minimum gallonage. Special IW or 2" solid set couplers for use with lightweight, low-cost aluminum tubing. Easy, twist-of-the-wrist coupling action. Wide, flat footpads keep sprinklers upright. Also available: conventional portable systems and Sequa-Matic automatic sequencing systems for crops and lawns. see your authorized shur-rane distributor or write factory for information MASSACHUSETTS Hayden Separator Company Wareham, Massachusetts Roman R. Skibiski Sunderland, Massachusetts NEW JERSEY C. H, Roberson, Inc. Freehold, New Jersey Parkhurst Farm & Garden Supply Hammonton, New Jersey NEW YORK Long Island Produce Riverhead, Long Island, New York NOVA SCOTIA R. W. DeWolfe, Ltd. Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada RHODE ISLAND (CAPE COD) Darbco, Inc. Providence, Rhode Island WISCONSIN Kinamon Saw and Mower Baraboo, Wisconsin David Slinger Randolph, Wisconsin mA AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT JOHN BEAN DIVISION I Lansing, Michigan Shewing Ihe Weather Station at Cranguyma. (Phcto Ackeroyd Photography, Inc., Portland, Oregon) Cranguyma Is Big Cranguyma is big, the bog is largely in one piece. The prop- erty is mostly of peat, heavy from two to 6-7 feet deep. Var- iety planted is entirely McFarlin. Instead of building roadway all around it was considered more economical to put in the stand- ard-gauge track. Over this oper- ate sprayers and other equipment. The "trains" are pulled by "Speeders," engines which were originally built for use in logging. Water comes from the lakes on Cranguyma, the largest of which is Gile Lake. Sand is supplied by a sand dredge operation, although the bog has never been resanded. Through the use of the dredge large areas in the lake have been deepened to 15 feet to increase the capacity. The ground equipment sprayers consist of 2 Hardeies, a Buffalo turbine and smaller equipment. Two parathion sprays have been put on by helicopter over the past several years. The tall, tall evergreens of the Pacific Coast make the use of the straight- winged planes difficult, but Glenn has been trying to develop a method for using the straight- winged craft. During the winter months of January and February when the vines are most dormant pruning is done by using pruning rakes and an attachment to a Gravely tractor. Much less pruning is done than on most bogs. Spring finds' weed control mea- sures put into operation. Chem- icals, paint thinner and hand weeding are all used and still weeds are the biggest problem. Of the chemicals used some excellent results have been obtained from Sazine on young plants and Oasoran used experi- Bcg Spraying at Cranguyma. (Photo Ackeroyd Photography, Inc., Portland, Oregon) mentally last year showed greai promise on such things as horse- tail, loosestrife, "cotton top" ano some other weeds. Also in the spring any neA^ acreage is leveled, sanded anc planted using a homemade large disc made out of an old flat pull^ on the front end of the Gravel;; tractor. Harvesting Harvest starts usually arounc October first. Cranguyma severa years ago did away with fiel( boxes and went to tote bins hold ing approximately 10 barrels eacl: Areas of the bog are flooded ani the water reel method is usee The berries are gathered at th railroad track and a portabl bucket elevator is' used to loai them into the tote bins on a rail road fiat car. This is unloaded £ the plant and the berries are fe onto a cleaning belt and the through the sorting mills an onto the sorting tables in th usual manner. Two picking machines, or from Wisconsin and one f roi | Grayland Washington are al in use. »[ Most of the harvest labor ai former gillnet and troll fisherme from Ilwaco. For the most pa their parents came to this count from Finland and settled Ilwaco where fishing and crai berries seemed to go together. Cranguyma has a machii shop complete with a lathe, dr: press, handsaw, electric welde acetylene welder and other tooJ In this s'hop various cleaning ai screening equipment as well water reel machines and oth- Cranberry equipment is txirn out. It is also the maintenan center of the farm. Last winter after the disastro Columbus Day storm when wind was full gale at better th 100 M.P.H — was spent in loggi: the fallen timber. The big m in Raymond, Washington issu the farm a branding iron, a fal] was hired, a log truck was hirt A donkey which was last used. 1946 in clearing the bog Vi pulled out of the brush start | itliei TWELVE up and used for a loader. Then a "cat" was use for logging and the operation began. Approximately 100,000 board feet of timber was delivered to the log raft and a lot more was' left "cold decked" to work on this winter. There are still some areas not cleaned up from the blow down but it is noped to do more this winter slack season. The farm is operated by a rather small year round crew. Mr. Edward Bostrom is the fore- man in charge and also runs the jmachine s'hop. He is assisted in jfche field by Mr. Edward Nort. The Glenn Family Mr and Mrs. Glenn have four kons, Frank O. 3rd, 20; Guy M'., p; Richard Ross, 14 and Jon- athan 8. I Frank is a Junior at the Uni- v^ersaty of Washington. He is a Tiember of Phi Kappa Sigma. He graduated from Ilwaco High School where he was an all county Football player. Prior to vVashington he went to Washing- [jon and Lee in Virginia where he blayed football. Guy is a Fresh- nan at Washington and Lee and dso a member of Phi Kappa j.igma. He graduated from Ballard ' 'ligh School in Seattle an honor ' itudent. Dick is a Feshman at 'Ilwaco High School and Presi- t^ ' ent of his class. A Most Modern Home ' It has often been said to miake omparisions' is odious, but, it li^lannot helped be remarked that ^'he Bog-side home ot the Glenns " > perhaps the most elaborate and ' ertainly the most modern home s y a bog in the industry. This '5 a single-story building, consist- !t jig of about 3000 square feet of IT' oorspace, utilizing glass. a' ' The house faces east and over- )cks Gile Lake, cranberry bogs w ind in the distance the Willapa UEills and Bay. tt ! One feature of the house are iS'ieat pumps which furnish both 1 le heat and the air conditioning. jsii hese work similar to a refrig- fal :'ator. There are two air to air lil nits one for the bedroom wing i ad one for the main part of the use. The unit consists of a fan ith an air compressor. When the air is compressed the heat in the air is' also compressed and this heat is picked up by a tube of freon which goes through a radiator under the house. This radiator has a fan behind it and is connected to the ductwork so it is a hot air system in the house. There is no fuel as such used, the only electricity used to power the two electric motors on each unit — equivalent to 5HP on the larger and 3 HP on the smaller. The system reverses in- stantly for air conditioning so that the whole house is kept at the same temperature plus or minus two degrees night and day 365 days a year. Other activities are being a member of the Bishop's Commit- tee of St. Peters' Episcopal Church and a Commis'sioner of the Port of Ilwaco. He is a member of the Rainier Clxib and also the Washington Athletic Club in Seattle. Last year a new venture was started when a new charter fish- ing boat "the Tondeleyo" was put into service operating out of the mouth of the Columbia River, It has a licensed skipper and takes sport fishermen out in the ocean fishing for Silvers and Chi- nook Salmon. At the present time a ne'W pro- ject is being started, the development of an experimental jet water pump ski boat. This boat will be approximately 17 feet long and powered by an In- terceptor gas engine. It should be capable of speeds up to 60 mph. It is being built by the Starfire Boat Co. of Seattle whose beats have pulled skiers to 6 international s'ki records here and abroad. Glenn Bullish On Cranberries Glenn says "I believe in the future of the cranberry industry very definitely. I aim very much in favor of the cranberry market- ing order as I am convinced that, when necessary, this is a very useful tool in orderly marketing of our crop. When chaotic mar- keting conditions develop as' they have in the past some of the small handlers are able to get in and out of the market fast and not get hurt but this isn't much help to practically all the growers in the country who will suffer from such conditions. Last years crop was approximately 1,000,000 bbls. Next years' could be 1,500,- 000 or even more at the rate Massachusetts barrels per acre are increasing. The trade cer- tainly knows what is going on in our industry and if there is a sur- plus they are hesitant to buy as they feel they might stock up and then the price would break. Everytime a housewife goes to a store and does not see cran- berry sauce, or asks for it and does not get it we are probably losing these sales forever. How- ever, when in some years we growers' produce more cranberries than can be sold then if we growers withhold the surplus production and use it for research and development of other mar- kjsts such as overseas then in my opinion we have really helped ourselves in two ways." Both Mr. Myers originally and Mr. Glenn have been satisfied with Ocean Spray being their selling agent. Mr. Glenn states the most important thing to him as far as marketing is concerned is how much is he going to get per barrel for his cranberries over the long pull. So far he believes Ocean Spray will return the most. He feels Ocean Spray growers' are fortunate that they have not lost control of manage- ment the way some of the growers in other farm coops apparently have. If manageiment does not produce enough for the growers then management can be replacsd. Two criticisms that he has are that he finds people frequently let personalities interfere with good judgment and attaching un- due importance at times to some relatively unimportant matters. The most important questions to both small and large growers is "Is what we are getting for our crop sufficient to satisfy the effort we put into it?" READ CRANBERRIES THIRTEEN What Public Law 480 Has Accomplished In Ten Years The U. S. Has Moved Millions of Dollars Worth of Food, Built New Export Markets and Helped the World's Needy Nations (Editor's Note: A similiar goal is what the Cranberry Institute is working towards) by ORVILrLE L. FREEMAN Secretary of Agriculture Ten years ago this month, the 83d Congress enacted Public Law 480 — the Agricultural Trade De- velopment and Assistance Act of 1954. Rarely has' any governmental policy or program contributed so much to so many people and to so many diverse interests as this law, on which we have based our Food for Peace program. It has enabled this nation to advance the interests of its own citizens' as they have sought to meet their responsibilities to less favored people. It has contributed to well-being for both our agriculture and com- merce as it helped relieve hunger ■and suffering among men, women and children in underdeveloped parts of the world. It has helped these emerging nations to an accelerated take-off in economic growth that will speed the day when they will be- come partners' with us in world trade. And by promoting higher standards of living for people roing through the revolution of rising exectations, it has pro- moted free institutions among these people, thus contributing materially to American hopes for security and peace. Meets Needs Of Our Age Under Public Law 480, we have developed programs particularly appropriate to meeting needs that arise out of the revolutionary changes that characterize this period in which we are now living. One of these changes, brought about by the scientific and tech- nological revolution ,is such a FOURTEEN vasitly increased potential for production of material goods that we can forsee an age of abun- dance in which we would pro- duce enough food, clothing, and shelter for all. Nowhere is this productive abundance demonstra- ted more dramatically than in American agriculture. Our farms are the most pro- productive in the world, and their productivity continues to increase In the past 10 years, we have reduced our cropland by more than 50 million acres, but we still produce more than out commer- cial markets can absorb. During this same period, P. L. 480 has enabled us to augment our commercial s'ales by moving 120 million tons of American farm products to foreign con- sumers. This has included 3 billion bushels of wheat — which is more than two of our bumper crops. It has included 10 million bales of cottoni — about two-thirds of a year's' production — as well as 100 million bags of rice, 6 billion pounds of vegetable oil, and substantial amounts of feed grains, tobacco, and dairy produiots. Another change that is charac- teristic of the age in which we live is the emergence — from colonialism and from relatively primitive economic development — of scores' of new nations, whose people are reaching desperately for the advantages and higher levels of living that accompany modern economic progress. Hun- ger and malnutrition abound among the people of most of these emerging nations — yet too often they have not reached the stage where they can either produce or purchase enough food to meet their requiremients. WHY SELL, roENTlCAL FRUIT UNDER DIFFERENT LABELS ? Some farmers asked George Mingin, marketing manager for Eastern States Farmers' Exchange West Springfield, Mass. His ex- planation; because you can sell to different stores and chains in the s'ame neighborhood. (from the FARM JOURNAL) "Don" Kent To Be A Featured Speaker At August Meeting Of CCCGA The annual meeting of Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Associ- ation is scheduled for the State Bog, Tuesday August 18. This is the "big" meeting of the growers to consider cranberry growing and to some extent marketing problems'. As speakers two "top- liners," have so far expressed their intention to attend. One is the noted weather forecaster of TV Station number 4 in Boston, "Don" Kent, and the other is Dr. Oscar Tennenvaum, chief of the U. S. Boston Weather Bureau. There may be a third noted speaker on the same subject of weather as affecting cranberries. Meeting will get under way at' 10 A. M'. and conclude about four in the afternoon with a catered: lunch s'erved at noon. This meeting also is the election of officers of the Association. "Don" Kent in a lecture on TV this fail will feature cranberries in relation to weather. This promises to be a big day for the growers this year and it is expected all "cranberry roads,'' will lead to the State Bog. Mass. Cranberry Field Meeting A field meeting was held at the Mass. State Bog June 30 at 3 P. M. with a very large atten- dance Of growers present. This was primarily a meeting to dis- cuss pesticides and Plymouth County Agricultural Agent "Dom" Marini, presided. Abou1 106 growers gathered for the session held under shade trees as it was an excessively hot day In opening, Dr. C. E. CrosJ gave a few of the highlights od his recent Sabbatical to the United Kingdom. He said that ii England every bit of lane possible is under intensive croi cultivation. England now, h* said, is producing 52 percent o: its food and fibre wants, the reS' being imported. Dr. Cross spoke very highly of the weedicide Casoron, now re- leasel for fall and spring uJse by cranberry growers. He said it shoijld provide a very effective control, and the material does a particularly good job on asters in the bog. He also said that Alanap 3 has been released for use by cran- berry growers nexit spring. This is also a comparitively new material. Prof. "Bill" Tomlinson, ento- mologist, spoke on several insect pests. He said there was, as of that time "plenty of fruitworm around," and he told growers how to make an egg count. He also spoke of girdler and said Dieldrin is one control, another being sanding and still another flooding in September. He said there was plenty of false army worm around and also some spagnosis. He said gypsy moth is plentiful especially on the upper Cape. Sr. F. B. Chandler spoke a little on fertilization and had an Irrometer with him to demonstrate the use of this moisture-recording machine. Prof. John "Stan" Norton spoke on irrigation, especially sprinkl-er, saying many new installations are being put in and growers in Massachusetts have plans for more acreage coverage. Dr. B. M. Zuckerman gave timely notes on the use of fun- gicides for quality fruit production. Lightning Bolt : Kills Youth On Wisconsin Marsh 1 The son of a Wisconsin cran- : berry grower, 17 year-old Donald G. Brockman was killed by a 1 bolt of lightning on the Brockman ; marsh at VeSper, Jime 30. He : was the son of Mr. and Mrs. ( Gerald Brockman. :. Felled by the same lightning i bolt was Donald's brother, Craig, 11. However, he quickly recov- ; ered consciousness and suffered t only minor bums and flesh i bruises which temporarily ' affected his vision. The two boys and their father had been installing an irrigation system on the family cranberry marsh. Mr. Brockman told Wood county authorities that the boys went to get a pickup truck which was parked on la dike nearby. Donald stopped to take a drink of water from a container before entering the truck, and it was then that the single flash of lightning struck. Brockman ran to aid his son and found Craig slumped over Donald's body. Unable to revive Donald by mouth-to-mouth resus- citation, the father put the son's body in the truck and drove to Riverview Hospital. The youth was pronounced dead on arrival. A graduate of Assumption High School this year, Donald was chairman of the Young Democrats of South Wood County. 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Saves on Fuel Pumps and Carburetors FOR A DEMONSTRATION CALL US TODAY Nominees Being Chosen For Market Committee The election of a principal and an alternate as independent mem- bers of the Cranberry Marketing Order Committee for Massachu- setts was held in the hearing room at Wareham Memorial Town Hall on the afternoon of June 17th. The meeting began at 1:38 and the balloting was over before 2:45. The result was' that John Charles Decas of Decas Brothers, Wareham was chosen principal and his couisin John N. Decas, also of Decas Brothers was chosen alternate. John C. Decas has been secretary of the committee. Meeting and election was con- ducted by George Dever of the United States Department of Agriculture, while John C. Decas actually handled the voting. Anthony R. Briggs, secretary of the Committee was in attendance and explained s'ome of the aspects of the nomination and election as did Mr. Dever. Mr. Briggs said he was personally, as he had been from the start "right in the mid- dle" and was neutral as far as the Big Coop, Ocean Spray was concerned and the nidependents, trying to serve both equally. There was some objection, rather to the proceeding, from several including George Papageorge, an independent. Nomination was from the floor and nominated were John C. Decas, Peter A. LeSage of the in- dependent agency bearing his name. Mr. LeSage declined to serve if elected. John C. Decas was elected in a written ballot, receiving 17 votes with LeSage getting 4. In the nomination also from the floor for alternate, the nom- inees were Mr. LeSage, John N. Decas, Robert Hiller, associated with the LeSage agency, and Herbert Dustin an independent grower selling through Decas Brothers'. In the balloting John N. Decas received 10 votes, Mr. LeSage 6 and M'r Dustin 3. Mr. Decas was THOMPSON-HAYWARD (^^ chemical company SUBSIDIARY OF PHILIPS ELECTRONICS AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES CORPORATION 5200 SPEAKER ROAD • KANSAS CITY, KANSAS • FINLEY 2-6800 REPLY TO: P.O. BOX 768 • KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64141 To The Cranberry Industry; On June 1, 196!^ the Pesticide Registration Section of the United States Department of Agriculture granted to Thompson- Hayward Chemical Company full clearance on GA.SORON® herbicide as a granular formulation for both Fall and Spring application (only Spring application in the Pacific Northwest). The recommended rate for either Fall or Spring application is 100 pounds of kio granular GASORON per acre. Supplies of De-Pester Casoron G-4 are available for Fall appli- cation from; Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. 321 12th Avenue South Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin R. F. Morse & Sons, Inc. Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Massachusetts Cranberry Products, Inc. Eagle River, Wisconsin Miller Products Co. 7733 N. E. 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SOULE ROBERT C. BIELASKI Serving the People of New England Since 1859 HELICOPTER PEST CONTROL ^ ins NORWO /OOD. MASS. I DUSTING and SPRAYING RAY MORSE & SON. AGENTS TEL. 295 1553 ;i3HTEtM on the committee for the first two years of the marketing order being in effect. Both Mr. Decases were elected for terms of two years. John C Decas presided in the absence of George C. P. Olsson, who IS chairman but is also presi- dent of Ocean Spray. Mr. Dever explained to objections that the Wareham hearing was useless for protests at the procedure of the elections that if any grower ob- jected an amendment could be offered at any future meeting of the Committee. He said the Cranberry Marketing Order is' a "growers' program for the growers." Jersey Elects Fort-Brick New Jersey Independents re- elected Walter Z. Fort, Cranberry Company, Inc. of Pemberton as principal to the Cranberry Order Committee and re-elected J. Rogers Brick of Medford as al- ternate to the committee. Wisconsin Chooses Pannkuk-Barber Wisconsin independents chose Ben G. Pannkuk, president of Indian Trail as principal to the Marketing Order Committee and Fred Barber, alternate. This was the same selection as last year. As this goes to press Ocean Spray had not announced its' nominees FOR BETTER PEST CONTROL Use these reliable WSCGA Meeting August 14th At Three Lakes Affair will be at the Drever Cranberry Company Property The summer meeting of the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers' Association will be held Friday, August 14th at the Drever Cranberry Company, Three Lakes', Wisconsin, President Bruce Potter announces. Growers are urged to spend the weekend in the region, if possible. GENERAL^CHEMICAL products: DDT Malathion Parathion Ferbam Zineb \ hemical GENERAL CHEMICAL DIVISION 40 Rector Street, New York b, H. Y. %eci, MANZATE® D maneb fungicide An improved maneb formulation containing zinc A/ow available to Cranberry Growers for effective disease control Advantages of New "Manzate" D • Long-lasting disease protection • Compatibility with commonly-used pesticides • Safety to crops when apphed as directed • Ease-of-use ... it is a wettable powder that mixes easily. This year, for more eflFective control of cranberry diseases, spray New "MAN- ZATE" D at regular intervals. Get better spray coverage by adding Du Pont Spreader-Sticker To the mix- ture. For fuU information on New "MANZATE" D for dependable disease protection, write: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. (INC.) Industrial and Biochemicals Dept. Room N-2539, Wilmington, Delaware 19898 On aU chemicals, follow labeling instructions and warnings carefully. Better Things for Better Living , . through Chemistry. NINETEEN Ocean Spray Appoints Manager Of Production Earl S. Rose has been ap- pointed Manager of Production Planning for Ocean Spray Cran- berries, Inc., according to an an- nouncement from Robert C. Lucas, Director of Operations. His headquarters are at Hanson, Massachuetts. A graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he has been Food Processing Engineer for Acme Markets, Inc., Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania. He is a professional member of the In- stitute of Food Technologists and holds the rank of First Lieutenant (Inactive), U. S. Army Reserve, Quartermaster Corps. An organist and pianist by avocation, Mr. Rose has been choir director and organist at St. Andrews Church, Warminster, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Rose and their children are making their home in Plymouth, Massachusetts', on Brook Road. Prof. John S Bailey Retires Formerly Stationed at East Wareham Professor John S. Bailey, As- sociate Professor of Research, Department of Horticultural Science, retired on June 30, after 41 years of service to the Uni- versity and the fruit growers. Born in East Aurora, New York, he was raised in Lakewood, Ohio. He received his B. S. in 1922 from Michigan Stats College and an M. S. from Iowa State College in 1923. Prof. Eaile> did further graduate study at Cornell University from 1926-1927. Prof. Bailey joined the staff' of the Massachusetts Agricultural Ccliege at Amherst in 1923 as an Investigator in Pomology. He was advanced to Assistant Professor in 1926 and to Ass'cciate Profes- sor in 1952. Between the years of 1952 and 1958, he was headquartered at tht Cranberry Field Station at Ware- ham, Massachusetts, where he conducted research on strawber- ries, blueberries and beach plums During the summer of 1957 hs took a 6 months' sabbatical anc made a special study of smal fruit growing on the west coas AGWAY NOW OFFERS PROVEN PESTICIDES FOR APPLICATION BY HELICOPTER Harry T. Fisher, Jr., Purchase Street, P.O. Box 243, Middleboro, Massachusetts, Tel. 947-2133, will forward requests fcr prompt helicopter service to Fred "Slim" Soule. Agway is your best source of cranberry pesticide control materials . . . order now. Agway is close to you and your needs — there is an cutlet near you. PLACE PESTICIDE ORDERS WITH . . T. C. ASHLEY East Freetown Tel. Rockwell 3-5713 HARRY T. FISHER, JR. Middleboro Tel. Middleboro 947-2133 JAMES P. GOVONE Forestdale Tel. Osterville GA 8-4393 LAWRENCE H. WARD Plymouth Tel. Pilgrim 6-0970 AGWAY SERVICE CENTER Brockton Tel. Juniper 6-4055 AGWAY SERVICE CENTER New Bedford Tel. Wyman 6-5202 AGWAY SERVICE CENTER Taunton Tel. Van Dyke 4-6331 AGWAY INC. Syracuse, N. Y Created by the united farmer-members of Eastern States Farmers' Exchange and Cooperative GLF Exchange TWENTY Hol :rom Southern California to Brit- sh Columbia, Canada. His intensive study of the in- leritance of certain fruit and 'oliage characters in peach trees :rom 1924 ito 1949 led to the start if a chromosome maip for peaches. Oater he became well known for lis research with small fruit. He las published res'earch on the jropagation, nutrition and pru- ling of cultivated blueberries, and vinter hardiness of raspberries. Ms research results were instru;- nental in obtaining grower ac- ;eptaince of virus-free strawberry jlants, soil fumigation for straw- )erries and chemical weed control n small fruits. Prof. Bailey has jublished over 50 papers in tech- lical journal's and Extension Ser- pce Publications. He holds membership in the *i\merici3n Society for Horticul'- iural Science, Alpha Zeta and Sigma Zi. HOLMES BUILDING 100 ACRE BOG AT VANCOUVER, B. C. He will use the Wisconsin Method Throughout His Operations and Plant Largely to Mc'Farlins Norman V. Holmes, formerly of I^arver, Mass. and now of New A^'estminster ("Vancouver) British I^olumbia, Canada, has severed ill connection with the Big Red >anberry Company of Vancouver md formed a new comi>any of US' own. This spring the new company las been clearing land at the ate of about 3 acres a day, ready or planting 50 acres this coming all, and he hopes to have about 00 acres and to have it all vined )ver in the next two years. The land is just west of Jack Cell's bog and was' part of the Lulu Island Peat Company land. |rhe whole area is perfectly level llmd there is very little growth on t or stumps' to take out. Holmes intends to build the vhole area according to the Wis- pnsin style, that is long narrow beds, and will use Wisconsin nethods pretty much right through, including water picking (water harvesting machines). He says he has to make a more thorough study of the variety problem, but will plant a lot of McFarlins, as these are the only vines available, he says', in the o.uantities he will need. Holmes despite leaving the Big Red Cranberry Company, con- tinues on good terms, he says, with Fritz Shaw and Jimmy Holmes of Big Red and sees them almost every day. The name of the new Holmes company is Coltimhis Cranberry Company, Ltd. OCEAN SPRAY JUICE IN FAMILY DECANTER Ocean Spray is now packing Cranberry Juice Cocktail in a 48-ounce family size decanter type bottle, and it is' currently available in New England and the Middle Atlantic States. The West Coast will have it by mid-July. This convenient and economical size is packed 6 to the case and will have instore point of sale material to attract consumer attention. Cranberry Juice Cocktail, both regular and low calorie, are currently being promoted nation- ally on both network television and radio. Arthur Godfrey Time on CBS will carry commercials throughout the summer on radio, and NBC has TV commercials on "Word for Word," "Truth or Con- sequences," "You Don't Say" and "Let's Make a Deal." ABC car- ries it on "General Hospital." Advertising is backed by a strong publicity program suggesting cre- ative ways to serve Cranberry Juice Cocktail for simimertime enjoyment. WHEN TO BUY EQUIPMENT A machine is a good investment, if it costs no more than five times the labor it saves in one year, say Perm State University re- searchers. If a machine saves an hour a day, it'll save $365 a year, and the farmer can afford to pay up to $1,825. This' allows 10 percent depreciation, 5 percent for interest and five percent of the original cost for all other costs, (from the FARM JOURNAL) Ocean Spray Names StafF Engineer Oscar R. Millman of 49 Morn- ingside Park, Springfield, Massa- chusetts, has been appointed Staff Engineer for Ocean Spray Cranberrie:?, Inc., according to an announcement from Robert C. Lucas, Director of Operations. Mr. Millman is headquartered at the executive offices in Hanson, Massachusetts. He served as Staff Mechanical Engineer (operations). Directorate of Engineering at Hq. 8 AF (SAC). Previously he was Plant Engineer, company wide for Plastic Coating Corporation. He was also Senior Design Engineer in Operations and Training of Portable Nuclear Power Plants (PM'-l and PM-3) now operating at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, for the Martin Company, Balti- more, Maryland, and prior to that was Chief Engineer, Power and Steam Generation, at Bigelow- Sanford Carpet Company, Inc. A graduate of Northeastern University, be received his B. S. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1942 and a Master's degree in Business Administration at West- ern New England College, Spring- field, Massachusetts, this June. He is a Massachusetts Registered Professional Engineer and holds Continued on Page 22 TWENTY-ONE Interesting Experiment in Nematode Control at Mass. Cranberry Station Dr. Bert ^. Zuckerman has new assistant, Miss "Sally" Stanton, who is working on On Biological Theory A most interesting experiment is being carried on at Massaciiu- setts Cranberry Experiment Sta- tion this summer under the di- rection Of Dr. Bert M. Zuckerman, assisted by Miss' Sarah "Sally" F. Stanton of South Dartmouth. This is to see if nematodes which prey on other nematodes can be produced in large quan- tites in the laboratory. Some nematodes, a microscoipic ori- ganism, feed on plants, some on other nematodes. The experiment is designed to produce these nem- atodes under absolutely sterile conditions. cran- crops, Nematodes, harmful to berries and many other are very prevalent in the cran- berry bogs of Massachusetts. If these nematodes can be controlled by this biological method rather than the application of chemicals it is hoped a big forward step will be made in the field of nematology. Miss Stanton, who is 18, is a gradulate of Friends' Academy in Dartmouth, Concord Academy, Concord, Mass. and is' a student at Bradford Junior College, Brad- ford, Mass She became interested in, sci- ence and contacted Dr. Zucker- man for a summer job at the Cranberry Station. She plans to return to Bradford in the fall. Her summer job is volunteer work and willtake her full time until fall. "I am tremendously interested in science and I intend to pursue scientific work after I graduate," Miss Stanton says'. STAFF ENGINEER Continued from Page 21 a Massachusetts Firs't Class En- gineer's License. He is Past Presi- dent and member of the National Association of Power Engineers, a member of the Western Massa- chusetts Engineering Society and American Society of Military Engineers. He is a Shriner (Melha . Temple), a Mason and a member of the Beth-El Men's Club. He | has been active in various com- ■ munity fund-raising projects, : youth activities and the PTA in ' Springfield. M'r. and Mrs. Millman have one daughter, Linda, who is a sopho- ! more at Vassar College, Pough- i keepsie, New York. jj YOU'LL BE BLASTED LESS ABOUT USING CHEMICALS Now that the House agricul- tural appropriations subcommittee has rapped the knuckles of the USDA and Health, Education and Welfare. The committee said, ini effect, "Look, quit putting out stories and talking about pesti- cides that you've approved unless you're convinced that the contin- ued use of the chemical will in- jure public health. Needless talk hurts business and farmers." The- committee gave the two agencies $250,000 to look into any new rules' necessary to protect the public and farmers. The USDA is choosing farm areas to see if they can find any hazards from farm use of pesticides. (from Washington Notes, Tliiiii Farm Journal, issue of July) J)(ii TWENTY-TWO Hired Men Who Take An Interest (Editor's Note: This might well apply to cranberry growing) Hre are three incentive ideas; pay extra cash for extra produc- tion; let the man have some live- stock (out for cranberries); share thle profit. Keep any agreement between you and him simple. Remember incentives' can't substitute for good wages and pleasant relations. (from the FARM JOURNAL) VIOLENT HAIL STORM INJURES Wise. MARSHES A pounding hailstorm riddled field crops' and cranberry vines in the southern and western ! fringes of Wood County, Wiscon- sin June 20, according to the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. Cranberry marshes in the City Point area were battered by the wind and hail. Buildings were also hit in the New Home area of Adams County and west into Juneau County. Lobs' appeared to have been ex- tensive to the cranberry crop. There was heavy damage to the Fritz Panter marsh at City Point, said the Tribune and the 1964 crop might be a total loss. Mr. Panter reported his entire 53 acres under vines were twisted by the wind and slashed by the hail. The roof of a machine shed was torn off by the storm. A crop of 4,000 barrels had been anticipated on the Panter marsh. Also reported hit was the James Schnabel marsh five miles south of City Point. Several other marshes in the area were hit by the storm. More than an inch of rain fell in the city of Wisconsin Rapids in the wild storm, but there was [ittle hail and no wind damage. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Continued from Page 6 about one and a half inches'. 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Tel. 295-0147 TWENTY-THREE last, in suibstantial amounts with intermediate showers and hail on the 20th and 22nd. Coldest weather was early in the period and very cold on the night of the 15th, when temperatures dipped as low as 20 degrees. The last five days of the month brought consecutive above ninety degree daytime temperatures. Highest was 96 on the 25th. Total above ninety days were nine which was well above the normal of five. Precipitation was noticeably lack- ing by the end of the month. The outlook for July calls for normal temperatures and above normal precipitation. Bloom Pushed The ninety degree days early in Ju(ne brought considerable bloom. On new plantings blos- soms were noted in late May. By month's' end many of the sand marshes were in full Jsloom .and peat marshes were expected to be in full bloom before the 4th of July or a week or ten days early. Early set looked good, which is usually the case. Rain was needed to help the set and early sizing. Frost Dainag:e — Hail Lass There were two very damaging effects on the Wisconsin crop the week of the 14th. First and most seriouiS was the damaging frost on the night of the 15th when an estimated 50,000 barrels were lost in the state. Most of the damage occured in the central area of Wood, Monroe and Jackson coun- ties, which produces about two thirds of the state crop. Most serious hit were the peat mars'hes which had not been sanded re- cently, when temperatures dropped as much as 20 degrees in an hour after sundown. Although the water temperature was in the sixties, the air was very dry as with no frost flooding so the beds little fog was produced. The pre- vious week had been very dry themselves were .also very dry. INDIAN TRAIL, inc. WORKING— MERCHANDIZING— SELLING WISCONSIN-GROWN CRANBERRIES 12 Months of the Year Moving FRESH — FROZEN— — CANNED & JUICE — Striving always to move TOP-QUAL- ITY products at TOP PRICES for bet- ter returns to WISCONSIN Growers. P. 0. BOX 710, WIS. RAPIDS, WIS. When the sudden drop in tem- perature came, those growers who had waited to flood were hope- lessly lost in being able to get water over the surface in time to prevent damage. Only the fact that considerable acreage had been sanded last winter kept the loss figure from reaching an all- time figure. The second loss al- though not as great or as exten- sive was the damaging hail the night of the 20th, which struck eastern Jackson county and wes- tern Wood County. .The storm originated in Western Wisconsin and travelled almost two hundred miles from west to east south east and varied in size from five to twenty miles. Altogether there were ten marshes damaged by the hail with the most serious in the vicinity of City Point where one property was almost 100% Total loss was estimated at aboul 10,000 bbls. These two losses sc early in the season definitely rule out any bumper crop in the state wtiich for the past two years hao dropped below average due U cold and dry weather. Ocean Spray Flotation Grader Ocean Spray Cranberries' i; setting up a Key Flotation Grade near its office in Wisconsii Rapids and plans to run consid erable tonnage thru the unil Berries will be trucked in as fa^ as forty miles away. The summer meeting of the WiSi Summer Meeting Augfust 14th consin State Cranberry Growers Association is to be held at th Drever Cranberry Co., Thre Lakes, Wisconsin on Friday Au gust 14. WASHINGTON Cooler Than Normal In the Long Beach -area there i cooler than normal weather fc this time of year, July 6th, thoug there is some improvement ove last month. The mean maximui temperature for the month June was 60.96° and the mea minimum was 48.36°. The tot; rainfall for the month was 3.4 inches. On three nights the be Continued on Page 26 TWENTY-FOUR fidif^^al^ VOL. 29 -No. 3 ISSUE OF JULY, 1964 . - ■ ■ ■-■■■■■ M| AIR CONDITIONING YOUR CROPS THROUGH IRRIGATION The lead article in the American Fruit Grower for June tells of the "air conditioning of crops through sprinkler irrigation." Article says in part: 'In the United States more water is being utilized in air conditioning man's indoor en- vironment than in irrigating out-door crops. Air conditioning the environment for both man and crop reduces the ambient air temperatures and by convection that of the surrounding radiating surfaces, i.e., walls and other objects for men and soil and surrounding plants for crops." Cranberry growers do use overhead sprink- lers for reducing "heats" on bogs and have done so for years. This is only one of the advantages of sprinkler systems, which growers in all areas are installing as rapidly as possible. To return to the article in the Fruit Grower, it says this method o£ irrigation should prove profitable in terms of increased crop value per acre, and if timed properly could very well reduce the water consumption per pound of high-quality produce (in our case cranberries) harvested. We truly have come a long way in crop n control since the earlier hit-or-miss methods. NOT LONG NOW -THE HARVEST It doesn't seem possible but we will be into the harvest of 1964 in a matter of a few I weeks. This is the climax of the year towards which has gone all the striving of the whole year preceding. What will the size of the crop be, and , what will be the price per barrel the growers [ can call their own ? As of mid-July it looks ! as if the crop will be a sizeable one. We would say the crop will be a big one except for one thing. And that is the drought in Massachusetts particularly, and also in New Jersey. Then there has been some hail loss in Wisconsin at or near the heart of the industry. As to the returns, we would almost predict for sure they will be better than in the past few years. The i CLARENCE J. HAU:. Editor and Publisher EDITH S. HALL — Associate Editor Wareham, Massachusetts SUBSCRIPTIONS, $4.00 Per Year FOREIGN, $5.00 CORRESPONDENTS - ADVISORS Wisconsin LEO A. SORENSON Cranberry Consultant Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Washington Dr. CHARLES C. DOUGHTY Cranberry Specialist Long Beach, Wash. Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, Ore. Massachusetts Dr. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Mass. New Jersey P. E. MAHUCCI New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station Pemberton, New Jersey market will be strong, we are convinced. All the promotion by Ocean Spray and a few inde- dependents we are certain will pay oflF. A lot of money has been spent in advertising by Ocean Spray in particular. If there is a short crop, demand should be more intense, and hence better prices to the grower eventually. But we do not like the drought picture as it applies to Massachusetts and its crop limiting capacity. We understand a drought is being predicted for August and that would not be good. But, we shall see what we shall see. TWENTY-FIVE SERVING THE WISCONSIN GROWERS Continued from Page 24 temperature was in the 30's, June 2nd— 38°, June 21st — 36° and on June 27th — 32°. On this last date the sprinklers ran for an hour, 1:15 A.M. to 2:15 A.M. This one occasion is the only time it was necessary to sprinkle for frost in June. Spraying For Fireworm Work continues on the bogs, mainly in spraying for fireworm which Seems to be the most active pest at the present time. About the 20th of the month we sprayed for rosebloom and have sprayed with manzate and mala- thion for the various pests that bother cranberries. This past month there has also been quite a bit of activity in clipping weeds which were not killed by earlier herbicide applications. NEW JERSEY Continued Dry The dry spell of May continued until mid-June, with only .4 of an inch of precipitation through the 15th. The amount of rain- fall for the month totalled 2.70 inches, 1.15 below normal. The total rainfall for the two months of May and June was only 3.06 inches, compared to the normal of 7.62 inches. Thus there has been a keen deficiency of 4.56 inches for these two important growing months. Temperatures Down June averaged 83.5°, just 1° be- The maximum temperatures for low normal. The minimum av- erage, however was 56.3°, 2.4° below normal. The mean temper- ature was' 69.9° or 1.3° below normal. There were some very hot days in June (8 days of 90° or over, the last day of June hit- ting 98°), and some very cool nights (9 nights in the 40s in the uplands, with 6 frost alerts to cranberry growers). Crop Prospects Quite Good As of the 1st of July prospects' for the cranberry crop in New Jers'ey look quite good. There has been a minimum of frost damage and bloom is heavier than normal. Previous to July 1st there was a disturbing lack of activity of honey bees on cran- berry bogs but since then they have become considerably busier. The population of bumble bees is quite a bit higher on cranberries than for the past several years. On a couple of properties they actually outnumber honey bees. There is some evidence of drought damage on a few prop- erties and if the drought condi- tions are not alleviated soon a BARK RIVER CULVERT and EQUIPMENT Co. ESCANABA, MICH.— EAU CLAIRE, WIS. — MADISON, WIS. IRONWOOD, MICH. — GREEN BAY, WIS. — MILWAUKEE, WIS, CORRUGATED METAL CULVERT PIPE DROP INLETS AND GATES Golvonized — Bituminous Coofed — Aluminum high percentage of the blooms are expected to blast. Correction Precipitation during the month of April was 6.21 inches (2.80 inches above normal) as com- pared with .67 inches last year. Total rainfall through April was not 15.34 inches above the average — the total through April was 15.34 inches, 2.17 inches above the average, as compared with the total through April last year of only 9.55 inches. CORRUGATED CULVERT PIPE and FLOW GATES Felker Bros. Mfg. Co. MARSHFtELD WISCONSIN Phone 230 - 231 SPRINKLER SYSTEMS PUMPS HIGH CAPACITY WELLS ROBERTS SERVICE STEVENS POINT WISCONSIN rWRNTY-SIX SERVING THE WISCONSIN GROWERS FOR SALE SEARLES JUMBO HOWES, McFARLIN Vine« for delivery in 1964 $150 Ton F.O.B. Ben Lears $750 Ton Stevens $1000 Ton INTERESTED IN PURCHASING WISCONSIN CRANBERRY PROPERTIES Vernon Goldsworthy B.S. & M.S. University of Wisconsin Cranberry Consultant Fees Reasonable lACLE RIVER WISCONSIN ^ DANA MACHINE & SUPPLY Co. Wis. Rapids Wis. MF€S. oh SPRAY BOOMS GRASS CLIPPERS FERILIZER SPREADERS Getsinger Retracto Tooth Pickers Dryers DISTR. of: VEE BELTS and PULLEYS SPROCKETS and BEARINGS ROLLER CHAINS CONVEYOR BELTING STEEL READ CRANBERRIES LErS CONSIDER QUALITY Providing you pack your quality cran- berries as fresh fruit and the sales agency gets a premium for them of several dollars a barrel over canning berries, do you think you are entitled to this premium because you went to extra expense and trouble to produce quality fruit? Cranberry Products, Inc. EAGLE RIVER, WISCONSIN L WISCONSIN HEADQUARTERS FOR INSECTICIDES — FUNGICIDES HERBICIDES DUSTS — WETTABLE POWDERS — EMULSIONS PARATHION ^ MALATHION FERBAM — SIMAZINE DITHANE M - 22 (Maneb) WEED RHAP 20 SEVIN Hopkins Agricultural Chemical Co. MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53701 Area Code 608 257-1019 P. O. BOX 584 Phone: YOU Are Reading This Ad- Others Will Read Yours In CRANBERRIES LOW CALORIE COCKTAIL GOES NATIONAL NEW PRODUCTS' SCHEDULE MOVES AHEAD Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice Cocktail is now national in distribution. A new, improved foraiula gives calorie and diet watchers a full, rich flavor taste-matched to regular Cranberry Juice Cocktail. The low calorie prod- uct is available in pints, quarts and gallons. National distribution for cocktail is backed by national advertising on Arthur Godfrey Time over 236 CBS radio network stations and on NBC television network shows, "Word for Word," "Truth or Consequences," "Youi Don't Say," "Let's Make a Deal," and on the ABC network TV show, "General Hospital." NEW PRODUCTS IN WEST-EAST TESTS Old Fashioned Cranberry-Orange Relish is now in test market distribution in South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa. Personal calls were made in Omaha recently on topnotch food editors and home economists to bring them samples of the relish, infoiTnation kits on the new product, releases and recipes. Trade and consumer response is enthusiastic. Ocean Spray's new tart-sweet blend of cranberry and apple juice has a strong appeal for children and adults. This fruit drink with the great new taste is being well received during tests in Eastern Pennsylvania, Baltimore, Mary- land, Washington, D. C, markets. Local station TV advertising in the test areas is giving strong introductory support. NEW SIZES MEET CONSUMER DEMAND A new 12-ounce size of Low Calorie Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce with an imprcA'ed formula is in consumer test. The improved sauce is the result of 12 months' testing by the Ocean Spray Research and Development Depart- ment to get tops in flavor, a high content of juicy whole berries and a low calorie count. A '^8-ounce Cranberry Juice Cocktail has been added to the pints, quarts and gallons in answer to consumer demands for a covenient family size. The new size is available in New England, Middle Atlantic States, and, after mid- July, on the West Ccr:St. Initial response is highly favorable. iRVlNC A $40,000,000 A YtAR INUUblKY PE COD pW JERSEY WISCONSIN PREGON WASHINGTON CANADA FRANK LAINE, at 78 Still Going Strong on his small Bog. (CRANBERRIES Photo 40 Cents AUGUST, 1964 DIRECTORY For CRANBERRY GROWERS Federal Paper Board Company, Inc. 970 Fellsway Medford, Mass. Tel. EXport 5-5305 Manufacturer:, of Folding Cartons and Displays MIDDLEBOROUCH TRUST COMPANY MIDDLEBORO MASS Member of The Federal Deposit Insurance Cori:oration READ CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE SANDERS Built from $750. WHEEL-OFF RIGS FLUMES Built to Order Welder and Power Shovel Available AGENT: FURFORD Picker and Pruner Oiva Hannula Carver, Mass. UN 6-4419 Wareham Savings Bank WAREHAM and FALMOUTH Savings Accounts Loans on Real Estate Safe Deposit Boxes to Rent Phone CYpress 5-3800 Kimball 8-3000 The National Bank of Wareham Conveniently locatetl for Cranberry Men Funds always available for sound loans Complete Banking Service Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The CHARLES W. HARRIS 451 Old Somerset Ave. North Dighton, Mass. AMES Irrigation Systems Sprinklers Weed Killers Insecticides Fungicides JKiekens' - Dusters and Sprayers! EQUIPMENT HAYDEN - SEPARATOR - WAREHAM, MASS. Irrigation Systems PUMPS SEPARATORS - BLOWIERS SCREENHOUSE EQUIPMENT DARLINGTON PICKING MACHINES Extensive Experience in ELECTRICAL WORK ALFRED PAPPI At Screenhouses, Bogs and Pumps Means Satisfactian WAREHAM. MASS. Tel. CY 5-2000 SUBSCRIBE TO CRANBERRIES Carver, Mass. 866-4545 ROBY' S PROPANE GAS, INC. West Wareham, Mass. 295-3737 CONVERT YOUR IRRIGATION PUMPS TO LP, GAS 1. Saves on Oil 2. No Pilferage 3. Saves on Spark plugs 4. Up to Three Times the Engine-life 5. Saves on Fuel Pumps and Carburetors FOR A DEMONSTRATION CALL US TODAY CAPE COD CRANBERRY COOPERATIVE, Inc. South Duxbury, Mass. STARTING OUR FIFTEENTH SEASON - MEMBERSHIP OPEN For Informaton Contact: Robert D. Williams — South Carver Bruce Arthur — Plymouth Orrin Colley — Duxbury Tel. 866-4773 Tel. 746-4908 Tel. 439-2547 or 934-5666 Member of Cranberry Institute TAKE ADVANTAGE of the BETTER things of life. The efficient USE OF ELECTRICITY is one of these better things — efficient use in power for cran- berry hog operations, and in the home. Plymouth County Electric Co. WAREHAM CYpress 5-0200 PLYMOUTH Pilgrim 6-1300 Fruit Tarrif (Editor's Note: Prepared for Cranberries Magazine by the Cranberry Institute from an ar- ticle written by Henry Schacht for the San Francisco Chronicle.) Representatives of the Nation's Canned, Dried, Frozen and Fresh Fruit industry met recently in California. The occasion was the twelfth annual meeting of U. S. National Fruit Export Council of which Cranberry Institute is a member. The men and the organizations represented move some very big chips in the game of international trade. Wherever United States fruit sells in the world, they are concerned and usually in some way active. Naturally, they were especially interested in exploring the future of the GATT meetings (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) which are now re- cessed and will pick up again in the fall. How do nations around the free world approach the bargaining table ? "BilF' Stewart, Director of the Fruit and Vegetable Divi- sion of the Foreign Agricultural Service reported that it breaks down generally this" way: Of 122 free world nations, 73 belong to the GATT under whose auspices the "Kennedy Round" of tariff negotiations in Geneva are being carried on. Of these, 69 are actually taking part in the round. Out of the 69, 44 are less' de- veloped countries who, at their own recent conference in Geneva, demanded the "have" nations give them very considerable trade con- cessions in return for which they offered nothing at all. Of the remaining 25, ten want to bargain only on carefully selected 'commodities. Oif the remaining 15, six belong to the European Common Market, which is having great difficulty is get- ting its agricultural policy in good enough shape to allow serious bargaining on farm commodities. They have already said they would like to exempt meat, dairy products and cereal grains ONE SHARON BOX COMPANY, INC. ESTABLISHED 18&fi SHARON. MASSACHUSETTS We Will Buy Your White Pine Lo^s, Either Standing or Cut • Highest Prices Paid • Sawmill located at North Carver, Mass. Office Phones: Sharon. SU 4-2011 Carver UN 6-2234 NOTICE To better serve our customers in the cranberry area, we have moved our complete Redwood Flume Lumber to our Middleboro yard. We have a complete stock of Select All Heart and Construction All Heart Redwood as follows: 6x8 — 6x6 — 4x6 — 4x4 Timbers Planking — Square Edged or (Matched on order) 2x4 2x6 2x8 2 X 10 SEND FOR YOUR FREE FOLDER ON THE "DURABILITY OF REDWOOD" Telephone 947-2300 E. W. Goodhue Lumber Co., Inc. End of Cambride Street (Off Route 44) Middleboro, Mass. so that world marketing agree-i ments could be developed on; these products. On other product? they have suggested that their own system cf variable levies be used to regulate trade, not the system of fixed duties that we wish to negotiate. That leaves nine, of which seven belong to the British-dom- inated European Free Trade As- sociation. (Some of these have previously wanted to get into the Common Market.) And then there are Japan and your Uncle Sam. You now know the names anc numbers of the players, but wha' signals will be flashed from the respective benches' is hard to say ; One heartening thing is tha' our Government continues to in- sist that when bargaining starts agriculture as well as industria commodities must be considered E'ven in our own country ther* is pressure against that principle , but so far it is sticking. Organ ized agriculture considers thi indispensable to its' trade interests , New Indian Trail Labels Retain natural flavor without over-sweetness AND ® CORN SYRUPS ^•■•^ (^5 CORN PRODUCTS COMPANY Manufacturers of fine products for the food industry . . . and popular Best Foods Division grocery brands for the consumer. Indian Trail, Inc. of Wisconsin Rapids has a new Indian Trail Jellied Cranberry Sauce label in a number of colors which arj most attractive. There is also new label coming up for wholi sauce. (Editor's Note: New attractiv labels for any product, we believ* are an addition as' they shouKi help sell more cranberries, whici( is the general aim of the entin industry.) FOR SALE Cranberry Bog, Cultivated Blua berries, House and Outbuildingli For more information visit Far? at Blackmore Pond or write JOHN ERA Box 362 Wareham, Mass. 1 Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Notes by CHESTER E. CROSS Director Very high temperatures the irst two days of July, coming after a long and dry May and Tune, scorched some flowers espe- bially on inland cranberry bogs, pn the morning of July 4th, hail fell on about 100 acres of cran- berry bog in the Duxbury-King- ton area, damaging about half he crops. Despite numerous fogs md some scattered showers, the TLonth averaged cool and dry, md on the last day s'everal bogs lad temperatures in the low 30's. As of this date (Aug. 7), bogs ire generally dry, irrigation is peing applied wherever possible, md growers are turning to crop estimation. Surely the crop is potty. The areas damaged by leld-over frost floods in late May nd early June now s'how con- picuously few berries. Many bogs have heaviest crops on their high low centers. This too is largely a matter of water damage in the spring, or possibly from oxygen lack last winter. As the work on production of the 1964 crop tapers off and the berries' get too large for extensive work on the bog, growers should take some time out to ponder the lessons of this year and lay plans for the more important tasks im- mediately ahead. Harvest Months of hard work, anxiety and struggle have been expended to raise the berries. M'uch de- pends' on the attitude, vigor, care and preliminary planning on how well the harvest comes in and the condition of the berries as they are delivered to the shipper. Let us deliberate, not over-hasty this C. & L EQUIPMENT CO. 1209 MAIN STREET ACUSHNET, MASS. Cranberry Bog Service PRUNING RAKING FERTILIZING WEED TRIMMING Machinery Sales PRUNERS POWER WHEELBARROWS RAKES WEED TRIMMERS FETILIZER SPREADERS -Large and Small For Further Information Call . F. P. CRANDON R«ckweii 3-5526 C. J. TRIPP Wyman 5-2013 time. The crop is likely to ripen early giving us a relatively lon^ time to get it in. The need gen- erally is for red-ripe berries — let us wait until there is a lot of outdoor coloring before starting. Ripe berries s'tand a lot of frost and berries covered by a good vine growth (which we have) stand a lot of frost. By waiting a bit, berries get larger and they become easier to pick, and your picker maintenance will be easier. Make sure now your machines are in top running order. Set them to pick no deeper in the vines than is necessary to get most Of the berries — this will avoid bruising — and run the machines at a modest pace — ra- cing them scatters berries, skips areas and roughs the vines, hur- ting next year's pros'pect. Never pick until the vines and fruit are dry. If you do you hurt your bog, your machine, your berries, youir shipper and finally your pocketbook. Finally, make some maps' and surveys now of where ditches need cleaning, where and what weed-killers should be used this fall, what area needs sanding most, and is it possible to prepare a few rods for a nursery for a new variety or two. You may want to plant s'ome in the next few years and planting stock is skimpy. Your Foreman Deserves A Subscription to too FARMERS PRODUaiON CREDIT ASSOCIATION FEDERAL LAND BANK ASSOCIATION TAUNTON, MASS Box 7 Office Rt. 44 Raynham ARNOLD WARREN R. Manarer Cranberry Institute Pioneering Helps It appears that many others in the field of agriculture may reap some benefits as a result of the pioneering which Cranberry In- stitute and Industry members did in connection with the cranberry incident. The following statements appear in the report of the Committee on Appropriations accompanying the 196,4 Appropriation Bill for the Department of Agriculture. 1. "In recent weeks, however, after materials have been ap- proved and put into use, new means of detection of minute amounts of residue have resul- ted in news releases, press ac- counts', and headlines which needlessly frighten the con- sumer, do financial damage to the manufacturer and the farmer, and lessen the supply of food for the consuming public, thoug-h there is no claim that the public health is en- dangered. Neither the Depart- ment of Health, Education and Welfare, nor the Department of Agriculture would want to needles'sly destroy any Ameri- can business or agricultural FOR EXPERT SERVICE ON YOUR Briggs & Stratton ENGINES W« use only factory-approved methods and original pauis. Per- soanel are trained under factoiy supervision. See us for a chedc-up «r eomplete overhaul — prioea are [BRIQCSfcSTRAnON] MAIN STREET GARAGE Carver, Mass. Tel. UNien 6- states that there is' evidence i that the continued use of such I material would injure the public health. "Further, some provision should be made for payment of J financial losses to any producer, processor, or manufacturei j resulting from statements' oi I'f actions concerning the use oi approved pesticides, insecticides chemicals or other materials where there is no evidence tha" their use endangers the public health. The payment for sue! damages should be m.ade by th( department issuing or negli-. gently permitting the issuanci of such statement or action." ADVERTISE IN CRANBERRIES Bog Ditch Dike Building Cleaning EQUIPMENT FOR HIRE Track Loaders and Rubber Tire Repairing Trucks and Bulldozers m Backhoe Good Bog Sand Available P & L CO LOUIS LECONTE 866-4402 CARVER, AAASS. ( 4 Issue of August, 1964- Vol. 29, No. 4 Second Class Postage Paid at Wareham. Massachusetts Post Office Published monthly at Wareham, Massachussetts. Subscriptions ?4.00, Foreign, $5.00 per year. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C J. H. ' Mid-July Hot and Humid Following the rainy, foggy vveather of early mid-July the fveather turned fair and sunny on Ihe 16th, giving the bogs some peeded sunshine. It was hot for he next few days and tempera- tures reached into the 90's, but he humidity was extreme. The ^.8th was an especially hot and jmcomfortable day. This' same :pnd of weather continued hrough the 26th — wet, miser- ible, not good for cranberries or or the cranberry- vacation land. July Cooler thaai Average July ended with a minus 68 espite the many torrid days, lince January 1 the temperature Boston) was also cooler with minus 37. July About Average in Rainfall July rainfall as measured at the Massachusetts Cranberry Experi- lent Station measured 4.17 inches ith the July average being 4.74 iches. The rainy weather was ot good for the pollination of the oming crop. August Came in Very Cool August started off as' a very CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Shocks, or Nailed Stock Always on Hand Let me repair your broken boxes-or repair them yourself. F. H. COLE North Carver, Mass. Tel. Union 6-3330 cool month. The weather was more like late September or early October than August. The cool weather was giving cranberries a little color, but it was coming too early in the year. NEW JERSEY July Cool The maximum temperatures for July averaged 84.9 degrees, 2.4 degrees below normal; the mini- mum average was 63.5 degrees, 6 degrees below normal; the mean temperature 74.2 degrees, 1.4 degrees below normal. There were 7 days during July of 90 degrees' or over, compared with 13 in July of 1963. However, the high humidity during this past month made many days in the high 80s extremely uncomfortable. Some nights were very cool, 6 of them being in the 50s of which 3 were in the 50 to 52 degree range. Rainfall The total rainfall during July was 4.04 inches, only .29 below the normal for this month. The total for the three growing months of May, June and July, however, was only 7.1 inches, compared with the normal of 11.95 inches, a deficiency of 4.85 inches. Crop Looks Good At present the New Jersey cranberry crop looks quite good. As of August 5 there was some concern over the lack of rain. If berries do not suffer too much from the moisture deficiency the New Jersey crop should run over 100,000 barrels. Annual Meeting The 95th Annual Summer Meeting of the American Cran- AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS BOG SERVICE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS HAND SPRAYERS - TOOLS - POWER EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BRICGS AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTER R. F. MORSE & SON, INC. Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 FIVE IS THERE A BETTER VALUE THAN A m PLYMOUTH? NO! BUT A TOP QUALITY TopQuality '62 OR '63 PLYMOUTH WILL COME CLOSE! USED CARS Ifyour budget can't quite take a new Plymouth this year . . . tWe yourself over with a clean, "Top Quality" used Plymouth. The fantastic success of the '64 Is bringing In lots of top-condition, one-owner trades- cars you'll be proud to own now, cars that will have high trade-in value later. Maybe you can get a new Plymouth then! Rib@rt W. Savaryi Inc. VALIANT - CHRYSLER - PLYMOUTH - SIMCA Onset Avenue, East Wareham 295-3530 Brewer & Lord 40 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. INSURANCE CONVERSE HILL CHARLES M. CUTLER WILLIAM B. PLUMBER VINCENT M. WILSON EDWARD H. LEARN ARD JOHN B. CECIL, Jr. HORACE H. SOULE ROBERT C. BIELASKI Serving the People of New England Since 1859 berry Growers' As'sociation will be held on August 27 at the Sweetwater Casino at Batsto. WISCONSIN July Hot and Humid July was hot and humid, which for the most part was ideal for berry growth in all areas. Rain- fall was slightly above normal in the south and about two inches above normal in the north. Tem- peratures averaged about six de- grees above normal. The warmest period was the week of the 19th when the western counties had 103 degrees on two days, five of the seven days were over 100 de- grees and the weekly average was 101 degrees. Light frost was reported on the 4th and 30th in the far north. Over 7 inches of rain fell in the s'outheast on the 24th. There was some light hail in scattered areas on the 11, 18 and 27th, with small losses. The extended forecast for August calls for temperatures to be well above normal and precipitation to be below normal. Frost Loss.es 75,000 With further frost damage being reported from the night of June 15th, losses are now estima- ted at about 75,000 barrels and this loss coupled with hail losses on the 20th of June will easily reduce Wisconsin crop to less than 400,000 barrels. Some areas in the west central part of the state are experiencing severe surface water depletion, especially where seepage water is the main source of supply. If this condition prevails" there may be a shortage of water for har- vesting. To date most properties | have had enough water for nee- l| essary irrigation. Water was j being held high in the ditches. Weeds and Grass I, Weeds and grass were growing ; I in leaps and bounds with the hot ( humid weather and considerable j Continued on Page 24 \ \ READ CRANBERRIES > SIX The Laine Bog looking from Great Neck Road. The light band in the Center which looks like water is really a streak of sunlight, (CRANBERRIES Photo) FRANK LAINE, 78, OF CARVE R, MASSACHUSETTS STRONG ON HIS AYz ACRE BOG ON GREAT NECK NECK ROAD, EAST WAREHAM Born in Finland, Mr. Laine Has Made a Success Of His Life In This Country by Clarence J. Hall A small but veteran Massachuistts grower is Frank Laine of Carver who was born in Finland July 21, 1886, which now makes him 78. He is still going strong, woi'king on his bog on Great Neck Road, East Wareham, a good part of the year. In the heat of summer he may be seen mowing his' dikes and weed tops on his bog. He does his own ditching and in the fall he sands with a wheel- barrow. Usually he is a solitary worker, and many cars stop on well-travelled Great Neck Road to watch him at work, especially in the summer heat,marveling at his endurance and his perseverance in growing cranberries. He has been in cranberries ever since 1929 when he "grubbed" out his bog which was part hard bottom and part maple swamp. In 1930 he set two acres and gradually built his bog up to its present 41/2 acres. Born in Finland Born in Kustavi, a country sec- tion in the middle or more southerly portion of Finland he came to this country on June 17, 1905. He at first worked for the Boston Ice Company delivering ice in the summer with a horse and wagon. He had gone to sea when he was almost 17, making a voyage in a three-masted bark to Newfoundland, a voyage of five months. From that Canadian province he went to Boston. His IS STILL GOING ROAD, wife Elizabeth (Kaski), whom he married at Worcester, had rela- tives in Carver. The couple came to Carver and they picked by hand on cran- berry bogs in the fall. Laine's present home is at Church Street, South Carver. His daughter and family make their home with him. There he has a vegetable garden, but this is a valley and Carver can be very hot in the summer. So every day when it gets too hot to work in the morning at his' vegetables he rides the ten miles' to East Wareham and spends most of the day at work on his cranberry bog. He had known cranberries, that is the wild European berry in Finland. While he was building his bog he earned some money as a car- penter, until his arthritis became so bad he could no longer climb. He and his growing family sold SEVEN vegetables. He was self-sustain- ing ... by hard work. Not Old-Fashioned But because he does hard physical labor it would net be thought he is' old-fashioned in his thinking about cranberriss. His bog is sprayed or dusted by heli- copter, he using the Wiggins Air- ways service, operating through R. F. Mors'e & Son, Inc., that is Morse makes the arrangements. Only ths past year he had put on 2600 gallons' of kerosene or Stoddars to help his weed prob- lem. He admits "I've got all kinds of weeds, I don't know which gives me the most trouble." He has the most insect trouble with black-head fireworm. Yet on this 41/2 acre bog he has produced 500 barrels in its top year with 65-70 barrels to the acre his average. He s'ays that, contrary to general opinion, his best producing parts of the bog are the parts built on hardpan. In the fall he gets in a harves- ting crew operated by Carl John- son of South Carver, who is also a grower. He has tried the Wes- tern Picker, but now prefers the Darlingtons. Once his bog is picked, his' berries are taken to the Ocean Spray plant at Onset, and he says "good bye to them and then I wait for my money, that is all of it. Sometimes it is a year in coming but I al- ways get it." Loyal Ocean Spray Member Incidentally he is a loyal mem- ber of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. and has always sold through lliem with one or two early ex- ceptions'. He says he tried inde- pendents, but found out from one that it took four field boxes to make a barrel whereas at Ocean Spray it only takes three. He is a satisfide member of the "big co-op." Mr. Laine does not belong to any other cranberry organization than Ocean Spray . . . not even the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association, nor to any of the clubs. He is a self-relient person. Owns 42% Acres In All His property in all on Great Neck Road and Stillman Memorial EIGHT A Close- Lip of Mr. Laine, Drive and Minot Avenue is as- sessed at 42 and Vs acres but he says he does not know just where all this land is. It is pleasant country where he has his' bog and the bog is just across the road from Broad Marsh. Twice he has been dam- aged by hurricanes. One time his bog was six feet underwater, but he says the water drained off quickly and he does not see as the salt did him any permanent damage. Large Family Mr. Laine since coming to this' country has raised a large family. He has three sons and five daughters, 14 grandchildren and "about 40 great grandchildren," with he says more on the way every year. "This country is growing like muskrats." Mr. Laine has never been back to Finland since he sailed away from his native s'hores when he was barely 17. Possibly because of his wife's death in 1957. He has made a success of life in America. Finnish Contribute Much There can be no question but (CRANBERRIES Photo) that the Finnish people have con- tributed much to the cranberry industry in Mass'achusetts and other areas, especially in Gray- land, Washington clear across the country where inlividual exper- iences have been much like that of Mr. Laine — hard work and perseverance in cranberrying. It might be confessed in closing that perhaps the writer and Mrs. "• Hall have more than personal in- terest in Mr. Laine and his bog. it is not two minutes walk from their home, also on Great Neck Road. It was Mr. Laine who sold them a part of the property on which they built their home. Laines son-in-law, Lewis Bartlett and wife. Bertha, is an adjoining neighbor of the Halls in one re- spect. That is he has a plot which he calls his "Dream Acres," where he is starting to grow trees for the Christmas market. Does Own Frost Flooding- Incidentally Frank Laine still does his own frost flowing, put- ting the water on by gravity and taking it off, from an excellent water supply in two reservoirs. ', A f •; \ *, "f f^sfe •* * \ -/w-'k' '.^ bo o Si INDUSTRIES, INC. P. O. Box 232 • Fresno 8. Calif. LEADING NAME IN SPRINKLERS FOR OVER 50 YEARS SEVENTEEN ' rieties in recent years has cost the growers plenty, and is not consistent with those speeches about trying to raise the return to growers, espe- cially in recent years when it was obvious on Nov. 15 or before, that there would be a sell-out by Dec. 25. 6. Manipulation of f.o.b. ship- ping points, delivered vs f.o.b. prices, consignment sales, storing in distant markets' un- sold berries, dumping of weak berries in one market, have in he last decade "sold" a few berries, gotten the op- position sore, fired a desire for revenge; but with 1-1.5 million barrel crop such prac- tices seriously cut the grower's profit, indeed for ten years' each has helped kill his profit and grown grass on his bog. As growers, let u;s ask our mar- keters to do away with the follies of he past; let them forget who did what in the past. As long as the independents think the Co-op deliberately keeps down the price of fresh and bulk berries in order to drive the independents out of business, as long the independent shipper cuts market prices un- reasonably to get an order and he Co-op naturally gets tired of being a sucker by holding an umbrella; just so long will you miss that vital 3 cents a pound profit. What Can We Do About It? We have a golden opporunity. The patrons' of the Co-op raise about 80% of the crop. The other 20% — but nearly half of fresh and bulk sales — are now sold by a handful of "independent ship- pers." As growers we can con- tact our Directors of the Co-op or independent "seller" anl raise our voice for a planned profit of 3 cents a pound on each and every sale; for more harmony and communication between the Co- op and independents within the law — for a day by day conscious'- ness in Sept., Oct., Nov. and Dec. of harmful selling practices of bulk and fresh berries, of the urgency for 3 cents a pound prof- EIGHTEEN it on every fresh and bulk sale, plus all the more they can get for processed. Let us enjoy a healthy, ethical competition between Co- op and Independent shipper, as to v/ho can return the most to the grower. Maybe they both might win ! Am I a voice crying in the wildernes's ? Do you agree or disagree ? You have healthy ideas of your own. I want so much to share them. Write now to Merry, c/o Cranberries, Box 32, Ware- ham, Mass. Please do it now while you are in the mood. Editor's Note: Perley Merry a grower in Massachusetts has been a member of two cranberry Co- ops and an 'independent'; a mer- chandis'er of both manufactured goods and cranberries. WISCONSIN FIELD MEETS Two informal field meetings were scheduled for cranberry growers of the Northern Wis- consin region. One was at the Drever Cranberry Company, Three Lakes, July 13, the other at the marsh of Tony Jonjak, Hayward. Both sessions were scheduled for 6:30 P.M. Specialists on cranberry ins'ects, diseases and weed control were scheduled to be on hand, and to present recent findings in these fields. Jonjak extended an invitation to growers to bring "the wife and kids," as' he has an excellent beach. SOME RANDOM NOTES — NEW VARIETY — CASORON, MARKET OUTLOOK Vernon Goldsworthy of Eagle River, Wisconsin has received a letter from Andrew Kruiswyk, Jr. County Extension Agent for Pacific County, Washington, in which he states that Ralph Tidrick, a grower at Long Bsach, Washington, has requested some Stevens from "Goldy" for plan- ting, enough for about one-third of an acre. The vines' will be sent for either fall or spring planting. Mr. Kruiswyk was also enthu- siastic about the results which have been obtained from Casoroj and also Chlroro IPC. Mr. Kruiswyk is also enthu slastic about the outlook fo marketing this fall, and wrote "i will be our challenge (as an in dustry) to have enough cran berries on the market to keep th consumer acceptance growing" Letter to the Editor Editor, CRANBERRIES Wareham, Mass. Dear Mr. Hall: One of the best methods c promoting the sale of a produc is to keep the name and infor mation about the product befor the public. Recently Mrs Clarenc C. Perry of Marion, Mass'. Garde Club and bog owner, sent a article about raising cranberris to the National Gardener, th National Garden Club magazin Circulation about 37,000 distri buted in 47 of the United State It will probably seem very ele mentary to veteran cranberr growers but it reads as follows: THE CRANBERRY STORY Cranberries will only grow o a particular type of land and i a particulJar climate. They gro' in Mass'achusetts, Wisconsii Orgeon, Canada and New Jerse; This land is low land usually i or near a swamp, stream of wat( or pond. There are what they ca dry bogs. These growers cannc depend on harvesting a cro every year as they do not ha\ any way of flooding their bo^ for protection from frosts durin the frost season. During the la: few years however, sprinkle irrigation systems have been dt veloped and many farmers owr ing dry bogs have installed thes systems to protect the dry bog The bog land must have a pe£ or muck bottom. This bottom at sorbs and holds moisture for crar|;| berry vine roots to feed on. Th bottom will keep the vines noui ished during long droughts. Th; special bottomland must first fc detected in the planning of builc ing a bog. Also, the proper typ of sand must be located withi economical hauling distance. Lan is cleared and 3 to 4 inches c ind is spread on top of the 3at bottorn. Vines are either [anted by hand with a metal ing that pushes' the vine 5 or 6 lohes down into the land, or by achine. There is a machine that ill plant them similarly. How- /er, they can be disc harrowed ito the ground too. These vines take 3 to 4 years to licken or cover the ground they 'e planted on. The cranberries ust be hand harvested until the lird or fourth year as the vines 'e not thick enough or strong lough to stand the wear and tear : a machine picker. The land is sectioned off by tches for water to flow through 1 irrigation system. Flumes are Lstalled at vital points to control Doding. All kinds of grasses and weeds', ' course, try to grow on the bogs, hese are controlled by hand eeding, chemicals (state and na- onal approved) and mowing, ertilizers are used at different ages of crop growth. Bog sand spread on the bogs at different times as it acts as a type of fer- tilizer. Several kinds of insect sprays are used at different stages of the crop growth, too. Many cranberry fanners are of the opinion bees are beneficial during blossom time. They keep bee hives on the banks of the bogs lo pollinate the cranberry blos- soms. The blossoms are little pink flowers shaped something like a lilac floret. The growing season of the cranberry is about five months. Bogs that are flooded for the winter are drained in the early spring and tended all summer. Harvest time starts around Labor Day in September, lasting until the middle or end of October. Many bog owners still harvest their crops by hand. However, more owners harvest by machin- ery today. When the bog vines become trained to the combing pattern of the machines, the harvesting is done more efficiently than by hand. There are old bogs, years old, that are stony and too uneven to use machines on. Of course, these would have to be hand picked as the ma- chine would not work efficientl'y on them. The harvest is a mad rush to beat the freezing weather. Farmers that have ta mechanized system of harvesting proceed methodically on every day that weather per- mits during harvesting season. In the East, berries are not harvested when they are wet. If there is a heavy morning dew, or berries are wet by rain, harves- ting must be postponed until they are dry. In the Northwest, the cranberry farmers harvest their cranberries under water. They have a different type of harvest machine construction to harvest the crop in this manner. They have special machines to dry the wet berries. Cranberries have a good keep- ing quality compared to lots of perishable foods. They can be kept in cold storage, temperature just above freezing, for months. They can be kept frozen and cooked when desired. Many are BOOST FARM PROFITS WITH AGWAY BUILDINGS BUILT FOR THE A, D, MAKEPEACE CO You do the farming. Hire Agway to do your building, that way results are better and less costly . . . through specialization AGWAY is ready to design, engineer, and build almost any kind of dairy, poultiy, live stock or general farm structure. AGWAY buildings are designed for long life, low cost upkeep, labor savings and safety. call the man from WRITE OR ASK FOR FREE FOLDER Turn Key Buildings Inc. formerly Eastern States Farmers' Exchange Area ofTice Box 162B, RUTLAND, Mass. NINETEEN s'old as fresh fruit and due to the expense of storage, the greatest part of the crop is canned in sauce and juice. The distinct, fresh, tart taste of cranberries used in any form make them a great addition to any meal. Mrs. Clarence C. Perry, bog owner, and member Marion Gar- den Club. 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This Mac-Pac includes the world-famous Nygran File N' Joint, McCulloch Bar Guard, Depth Gauge Tool, and 2 McCulloch Files — for precision chain sharpening and protection. CARVER SUPPLY COMPANY CARVER, MASS. Tel. UNion 6-4480 Cranberry Institute Report On Progress In United Kingdom The United Kingdom (England, Scotland and Wales) is a growing market for United States Cran- berries. The preliminary work which we have done and which has been done at the U. S. Trade Centers is beginning to show results. United States sales in 1963, by value, approximated $110,000 as against sales of $25,000 to $30,000 in 1962, and almost nothing in prior years. We £n3 convinced that substantial oportunities exist for further expansion. A British retail outlet which tested the retail sale of cran- berries in 40 retail stores now indicates a willingness to stock the product in their 200 super- markets'. Their tests have indica- ted that British housewives can be interested in United States cranberries and they are con- vinced that they can be merchan- dised profitably and are willing to make the shelf space available. This is essential in the marketing of a specialty end product. Cranberries have also been featured by such outstanding es- tablishments as Fortnum and Masons, Selfridg'es, Harrods, and other shops with encouraging results. Work has been done looking forward to the possibility of tie- ins with the New^ Zealand Lamb Board and British Turkey Fed- eration. A large meat distributor, W. A. Norwood & Sons has in- dicated an interest in the devel- opment of joint merchandising through butcher shops. Cranberries have met with an outstanding success during the American Food Drive in Scotland, particularly at the Scottish Food Fair Exhibit in Glasgow in early April. Nearly 2000 cans were sold to the public in a four day period and immense interest was shown in the cranberry stand. This in turn has created considerable in- terest in the Trade and arrange- ments have been made for pro- motional features with major accounts. TWENTY Much publicity has been given to U. S. Cranberries by the various press media. An impres- sive book of cranberry clippings' and tear sheets is on hand at our office. Cookery editors have in- fornned us they will be featuring cranberries in prominent maga- Dlzines and books in the months to come. U. S. cranberries are prov- ing to be popular together with ice cream, sponges, and creamed rice. We feel that we have now made the break-through and that the product will not only be linked with poultry in the futiure but with other meats and many other items'. We feel that a good start has been made in gaining trade and consunxer acceptance of United States cranberries which were almost unknown in the United Kingdom two years ago. Our largest United States pro- ducer of cranberry products has also made considerable invest- ment and effort in attempting to develop other markets. It has kept i product available in the market j place which is essential to effec- tive promotion of an end product. It is our judgment that we should now concentrate and step- up our efforts in the United Kingdom and capitalize upon the efforts which have already been made. The United Kingdom pro- Igram, therefore, will be enlarged in scope stressing in-store promo- tions, demonstrations point of sales material and specialized ad- vertising in support of the broad- ened distribution Under this enlarged program we have as a goal for the pro- 1 gram year sales of 50,000 to 60,- 000 cases with a United States value of $225,000 to $270,000. A long range potential estimate for the market is in excess of $1,000,- 000 annually. I Our next report will cover ■^market potential of certain other European Markets. Orrin G. CoUey President Cranberry Institute PERSONAL PUFF We were gratified to see a cranberry photograph of ours in "Bay State Brief," published and copyrighted by Lincoln A. Dexter, author and editor of Wilbraham, Mass. We were especially pleased it depicted a cranberry harves- ting scene at the Mass. State Bog, and thus gave a further publicity boost to the cranberry industry. "Bay State Briefs," is a beau- tifully gotten up loose-leaf vol- ume of 134 pages setting forth the current features of Massa- chusetts' which sells for $1.50 plus postage, and a little voluime which is well worth saving for easy reference of facts' and figures such as population by counties and by towns. ITEM Vernon Goldsworthy of Eagle River, Wisconsin has been visited by Oscar Austring Pitt Meadow, British Coliimbia, and is to fur- nish him some planting stock next spring. This' past spring Gol'dy planted three acres of Pilgrims. He reports. Pilgrim being one of the hybrid varieties which looks very promising. Home Buying With the organized pressures' to buy a home bearing down on the family, home purchasing is left as a too-often unequal match be- tween a better-informed real estate industry and a less well- informed buyer. Stressing the importance of spending the housing dollar wisely, Edward K. Knapp, assist- ant professor in the Extension Di- vision of home economics at the University of Massachusetts spoke before the National Housing Workshop recently at the Univer- sity of Nebraska Center for Con- tinuing Education. Knapp pointed out that due to the greatly increased mobility of our industrial society, there is the possibility that each family will employ poor house buying judgment several times during a lifetime. "It is to increasing the abilities of home buyers that we as educa- tors in the field of residential housing should direct our efforts," s'aid Knapp. To do this, he ex- plained, it is neces'sary to dis- cuss individual the many aspects Continued on Page 24 DECAS BROS. CRANBERRY CO. FASTEST GROWING INDEPENDENT HANDLER OF CRANBERRIES Main Street Worehom, Mass. Tel. 295-0147 TWENTY-ONE Western Pickers Parts and Repairs Agent for 1964 Model ORDER NOW J. E. BRALEY & SON MACHINE SHOP 78 Gibbs Avenue Wareham, Mass. HAVE YOUR REPAIRS DONE NOW FOR SALE MODEL "B" FORD Hydraulic Dump All in Running Condition $100.00 Call Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station 295-2212 Ask for "BOB" FOR SALE Power WheelingOff Unit FERTILIZER SPREADER WHEEL BARROWS MODEL A SANDERS CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES OSCAR NORTON Rochester, Mass. SUBSCRIPTIONS U. S. $4.00 per year Foreign $5.00 per year ADVERTISING Rates on Request CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE reaches EVERY known CranbeiTy Grower in all U. S. growing areas, plus indi- vidual subscribers in this country and foreign, mostly Canadian growers. Address: C. J. Hall Cranberries Magazine P. O. Box 32, Wareham, Mass. 02571 Tel. 295-9533 FROST CONTROL AND IRRIGATION COMPLETE SYSTEMS TAILORED TO MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS Famous Moulton Quick Coupler Solid Set Systems We have been designing and manufactiuing irrigation equipment for over one quarter century. COMPLETE SYSTEMS — pumping units, pumps, power units, sprinklers. Aluminum or steel fittings made to order. Write or call for literature and details. Wisconsin representative: STUART PEDERSEN Box 38 Warrens, Wisconsin MOULTON IRRIGATION COMPANY SOMERSET, WISCONSIN (formerly Withrow, Minnesota) TWENTY-TWO ^dJt^yal^ ISSUE OF AUGUST, 1964 VOL. 29 - No. 4 Ci^s^s^ h—" — ■ WAKE UP NEW JERSEY ON CRANBERRIES! We wish New Jersey would get more on the ball in growing cranberries for the expan- ding market which seems to be developing. The 1963 New Jersey Statistics, publication of the New Jersey Crop Reporting Service is as follows: For the year 1962 the acres harvested were 3000, with a yield per acre of 34.2; production in barrels was 103,000 with the season average price per barrel unit $9.90 with a total farm value of $1,020,000 and an average per acre of $348, while cultivated blueberries had a total of 7,300 acres harvested, and a total farm value of $4,710,000. That is not enough cranberries grown for the once second state in cranberries in the nation. WE ARE FOR GOLDWATER This magazine seldom ventures into national politics, but at the present time it would like to declare itself for Republican Nominee Barry Goldwater of Arizona, whom we think will make an excellent president if he can win in the November election. We feel he will do his best to straighten out the present farm "mess," whatever this mess may be, and which the Democrats in the years they have been in power, (with the exception of the Eisenhower administration) have created. SALUTE TO FRANK LAINE This month this publication salutes Frank Laine of Carver, Mass., who at 78 is still going \aliantly at the job by growing cranberries on liis small bog at Great Neck Road, East Ware- liam. Not the hottest days of the summer keep Iriiii from working on his 4y2 acre piece. If there were more like Mr. Laine who keeps at the job of growing cranberries it would be an even more growing industry. CLAiRENCE J. HAUL, Editor and Publisher EDITH S. HAUL, — Associate Editor Wareham, Massachusetts SUBSCRIPTIONS, $4.00 Per Year FOREIGN, $5.00 CORRESPONDENTS -ADVISORS Wisconsin LEO A. SORENSON Cranberry Consultant Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Washington Dr. CHARLES C. DOUGHTY Cranberry Specialist Long Beach, Wash. ^ Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, Ore. Massachusetts Dr. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Mass. New Jersey P. E. MARUCCI New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station Pemberton, New Jersey CASORON ! It seems to be a fact the cranberry nation over, that the USDA release of Casoron for use appears to have given the cranberry industry a new "shot in the arm." This material is ex- pected to accomplish much in weed control in the future. Finally, all the cranberry bogs which are changing hands in Massachusetts seem to in- dicate the cranberry industry is on the move upwards. TWENTY-THREE SERVING THE WISCONSIN GROWERS HOME BUYING Continued from Page 21 of home purchase and then con- sider the situation as a whole. Knapp explained, that he had conducted a "Housing Dollar" series of six meetings throughout the Commonwealth in which the participants, primarily young married couples', studied the de- tailed cost of building a house. "The result was a precise cost picture for a particular residence," he noted, "The student then had detailed material and labor costs and class notes regarding desir- able qualities. This' enabled him to judge the merits of both a new or older home." Stepped-up research regarding residential housing and the as- sembling of this information into teaching materials are necessary to educate the public in spending their housing dollar intelligently, chances are good that the treat- he said. "There is no s'hortage of audi- ence numbers," concluded Knapp, "as we are living in one of the biggest housing booms in history." MASS. KEEPING QUALITY The keeping quality forcast indicates the Mass. weather to June 9th shows only 4 points of a possible 18 points in favor of the keeping quality of the 1964 crop. The month of June, which has been cold to June 9th could add another two points in favor of quality if the temperatures remain below normal. However, there has been considerable frost flooding some of the held-over sort — which tends to damage berry quality in the coming crop. We incline to the use of fun- gicides this year, feeling that the INDIAN TRAIL, inc. WORKING— MERCHANDIZING— SELLING WISCONSIN-GROWN CRANBERRIES 12 Months of the Year Moving FRESH — FROZEN— — CANNED & JUICE — Striving always to move TOP-QUAL- ITY products at TOP PRICES for bet- ter returns to WISCONSIN Growers. P. 0. BOX 710, WIS. RAPrOS, WIS. ments would vay for themselveEr in improved quality of fruit and reduced shrinkage. The report is signed by the county agents. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Continued from Page 6 clipping was being done. Insect damage was light. Fungicides were being applied the latter part of the month. Growers' with short water supplies were busy installing sprinklers on new plan- tings and high beds to conserve water and provide adequate moisture. CORRUGATED CULVERT PIPE and FLOW GATES Felker Bros. Mfg. Co. 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The efficient USE OF ELECTRICITY is one of these better things — efficient use in power for cranberry bog operations, and in the home. Plymouth County Electric Co. WAREHAM CYpress 5-0200 PLYMOUTH Pilgrim 6^1300 Summer Meet of WSCGA Held at Three Lakes The summer meeting of the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers' Ass'n was held at the D r e V e r Cranberrry Company, Three Lakes, Wis. on Friday, Aug. 14. About 150 members and guests were present. Attendance was cut down due to the severe cold the previous night. President Bruce Potter opened the meeting with a welcome and thanks to the host, Mr. Thomas Drever. Speakers on the program included Dr. M. E. Dana, of the University of Wisconsin whose subject was "What We Know About Casoron." He explained the application of Casoron on plots at the Drever Marsh and cautioned growers' not to go overboard with the material this first year. 'He felt tests had shown that fall applications fol- lowing harvest gave the best con- trols with minimum crop and vine damage. A representative of the Noble M'anuf acturing Company, Sac City, Iowa, Mr. Kapaska ex- plained the calibration of the granular spreaders w^hich most growers will use in applying the 4% Casoron granules. He urged them to be sure of the proper calibration and felt that the Chemicaster machine manufac- tured by the Dana Machine Com- pany of Wis. Rapids would do a good job. Mr. Arthur Nelson, Superin- tendent of the Drever Marsh, spoke on the practical use of slprinklers for frost protection on their 40 acre marsh. He urged growers planning to install the sprinklers to gat good material and to handle it carefully. He stated that he felt their crop production had been doubled with the use of sprinklers and that they had been able to protect their vines under all temperature extremes during the growing sea- son. He further stated that they had applied a wide range of pes- ticides successfully through the sprinklers. The rate of fall in temperature governed when they started their sprinklers. OMC SHARON BOX COMPANY, INC. ESTABLISHED 1866 SHARON. MASSACHUSETTS We Will Buy Your White Pine Logs Either Standing or Cut • Highest Prices Paid • Sawmill located at North Carver, Mass. Office Phones: Sharon, SU 4-2011 Carver UN 6-2234 NOTICE To better serve our customers in the cranberry area, we have moved our complete Redwood Flume Lumber to our Middleboro yard. We have a comp'ete stock of Se!ect A!S Heart and Construction ASI Heart Redwood as follows: 6x8 - 6x6 - 4x6 - 4x4 Timbers Planking — Square Edged or (Matched on order) 2x4 - 2x6 - 2x8 - 2x10 SEND FOR YOUR FREE FOLDER ON THE "DURABILITY OF REDWOOD" Telephone 947-2300 E. W. Goodhue Lumber Co., Inc. End of Cambride Street (Off Route 44) Middleboro, Mass. Retain natural flavor without over-sweetness AND CORN SYRUPS J^: CORN PRODUCTS COMPANY '•■•' Manufacturers of fine products for the food industry . . popular Best Foods Division grocery brands for the consumer The cranberry meteorologist Mr. ^ Warren Wallis was unable to at- tend due to the great distance involved and because of the frost the ni^ht before and the pros- pects for frost that night. Various manufacturers of cran- berry equipment had their dis- plays at the meeting. Letters (Editor's Note: Here is a reply to the letter by Perley Merry in last months issue. It is from Ralph Thacher of Marion, M'ass. who operated the bog at Greene, R I., the Colonial Cranberry Company. The article was' in regard to higher prices for fresh fruit. ) Dear Perley: Cranberries article: Good for you. The article except for numbered paragraphs 2 and 3 is good, sound and workable philosophy. You nor anyone else, can ssl^ S2 and 3 to anyone fighting the fever of selling treSh fruit that must he moved. I've tried and hard. RT. FOR SALE Model A Sanding Trucks Fertilizer Spreader MODEL A PARTS AMERICAN SPLIT PULLEYS FLAT BELTS OSCAR NORTON Rochester, Mass. Western Pickers Parts and Repairs Agent for 1964 Model ORDFR NOW J. E. BRALEY & SON MACHINE SHOP 78 Gibbs Avenue Wareham, Mass. HAVE YOUR REPAIRS DONE NOW Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Notes by IRVING E. DEMORANVILLE Extension Cranberry Specialist Personals The Station's new biochemist, Dr. Charles' Wesley Miller, began work August 3rd. He will be working in the old soils labora- V tory at the back of the downstairs , floor. We are hopeful that this 5 Lab will be completely renovated for him soon. "Wes" will be pri- marily concerned with the fate of , pesticides in soils and water, and i will be working very closely : jwith the other members of the Station. We at the Cranberry j jExperiment Station extend a cor- i I Dial dial welcome to Dr. Miller and his family and wis'h him every success in his work. Prof. "Stan" Norton attended the meeting of the North Atlantic Region of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers at Rut- gers University, New Brunswick, N. J., from August 23 to 26. Prof. Norton was chairman of the Power and Machinery Section. Dr. Bert Zuckerman attended the AIBS Meeting, Society of American Nematologists, at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Station Place A.M. F.M. Afternoon Evenii WEEI Boston 590 k. 103.3 mg. 2:00 9:00 WBZ Boston 1030 k. 92.9 mg. 2:30 9:00 WPLM' Plymouth 1390 k. 99.1 mg. 2:30 9:30 WOCB West Yarmouth 1240 k. 94.3 mg. 3:00 9:30 WBSM New Bedford 1420 k. 97.3 mg. 3:30 9:00 C. & L. EQUIPMENT CO. 1209 MAIN STREET ACUSHNET, MASS. Cranberry Bog Service PRUNING RAKING Machinery Sales PRUNERS RAKES FERTILIZING WEED TRIMMING POWER WHEELBARROWS WEED TRIMAAERS FETILIZER SPREADERS -Large and Small For Fyriher Informalion Gall . . . F. P. CRANDON ROckwell 3-5526 C. J. TRIPP WYman 5-2013 Colorado, the week of Auguist 23. Dr. Zuckerman presented a paper on reproduction of nematodes in sterile growth chambers. Dr. Fred Chandler, Station agronomist, officially retired on August 14, 1964, and was honored at the annual meeting of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Associ- ation for his long and faithful service to the industry. The writer would like to take this opportnity to expres's his personal appreciation to Dr. Chandler for his help and advice over the past 12 years. We all wish Fred and Mrs. Chandler the very best in the years ahead. The official crop estimate, re- leased by Mr. Byron S. Peterson of the New England Crop Report- ing Service, shows M'assachusetts with a prospective 1964 crop of 690,000 barrels. This is 8 percent larger than both last year's crop and the S-yaiar average, and wili be the third largest on record if it holds up. For the rest of the country, the Wisconsin estimate is 405,000 barrels, about the same as last year; New Jersey, 99,000 barrels, up sharply from last year; Oregon 37,700 barrels, down about 8 percent from last year; and Washington 67,000 barrels, down sharply from last year. The national crop is estimated at FOR EXPERT SEiVICE ON YOUR Brlggs & StrattOBi ENGINES We use only factory-approved methods and original parts. Per- sonnel are trained under factory supervision. See us for a chedc-up or complete overhaul — prices ere ri^ht. ^X^ [BRICGS&STRAnON] MAIN STREET GARAGE Carver, Mass. Tel. UN 6-4582 NOW JARI WHIPS WEEDS ON LAND AND UNDER WATER Pesky weeds have marred the beauty of lakeshore homes and spoiled the swimming and boating. With the new Underwater Mower, Jari can beat the weeds wherever they are. 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In the cranberry area a few bog temperatures of 28 to 30 degrees were noted for some cold loca- tions on the morning of August 10. The official shelter minimum for this date was 43 degrees, quite cool for summer. The total rain- fall recorded at the Station for the month of August was' 2.45 inches, well below the 30-year average of 4.29 inches. Actually the month had been extremely dry until a heavy downpour oc- curred on the afternoon of Au- gust 26 when 1.65 inches was re- corded. This rain should be help- ful in sizing the berries, but did little toward replenishing water supplies which are generally quite low as a result of the sub- normal amounts of precipitation since late April. The frost warning service, sponsored by the Cape Cod Cran- berry Growers Association, is operating as usual this fall. The telephone ans'wering service con- tinues to increase in popularity and is very useful. Frost infor- mation is recorded daily, and growers interested may telephon Wareham 295-26,96 in the after- noon and evening for the latest reports. If you have not contrib, utcd to this service, it is still not tco late to do so. Any contrib- utions will be gratefully accepted. Send your money to Mrs. Ruth Beaton, Treasurer, Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association, Jefferson Shores, Buzzards Bay, Mass. The radio schedule also supplements the answering and relay servicses. (see page three) Fall Management The following suggestions on fall management are offered for consideration: 1) It is an excel- lent practice, where water is available, to flood bogs immed- iately after harvest. This gives the vines a good drink of water, and allows broken vines and other harmful trash to be col- Continued on Page 20 Issue of September, 1964 -Vol. 29, No. 5 Second Class Postage Paid at Wareham, Massachusetts Post Office Published monthly at Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscriptions ?4.00, Foreign, ?5.00 per year. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C J. H N^ASSACHUSEJJS NEW JERSEY Auffust an Unsettled Month The weather during the middle of August was extremely unset- tled with dark gloomy days, little sun and frequent rains which were not enough to be of much consequence to the cranberry crop. The rains did continue until Ithere was quite a bit of mois- ture accumulated. Minus Temp The temperature departure Tom normal at the end of three weeks' had been a huge minus !l54 degrees. Already the summer of 1964 was being referred to as the "summerless summer" with !a cooler than normal July and such a cold August. But summer weather returned with a vengeance on the 24th of August. Second Coolest August on Record It turned out to be the second coolest August on record with a minus 164 degrees. Minus Rainfall The rainfall however turned out to only 2.45 with the average for the cranberry area 3.56. CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Shooks, or Nailed Stock Always on Hand Let me repair your broken boxes-or repair them yourself F. H. COLE North Carver, Mass. Tel. Union 6-3330 Coldest August on Record The past month was the coldest August on record in the 35-year history of this Station. The mean temperature was 70.1 degrees, which was 3.5 degrees below normal. The average maximum temperature for August was 82.5 degrees, 2.5 degrees below normal; the average minimum was 57.6 degrees, 4.4 degrees below normal. There were only four days of 90 degrees and over but eight nights in the 40s. On August 15th 41 degrees was re- corded at this Laboratory. This tied with the lowest temperature ever recorded in August in 35 years of records here. Four Frost Alerts There were four frost alerts for cranberry bogs from the Weather Bureau during August but only once did temperatures in the bogs get below 32 degrees' (the mor- ning of Saturday, August 15th, when it was 31 degrees on at least four bogs). This is believed to be one of the very earliest frosts ever recorded on cranberry bogs in New Jersey. Second Driest August August of 1964 was the second driest August on record here, the total precipitation for the month being less than 1 inch (.90). This compares with the normal rain- fall in August of 4.6,8 inches, or 3.78 inches below normal. The total rainfall for the four month". May through August, totaled 8S inches, compared with the normal' for those four months of 16.63 inches', or a deficiency of 8.63 inches. AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS BOG SERVICE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS HAND SPRAYERS - TOOLS - POWER EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BRIGGS AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTER R. F. MORSE & SON, INC. Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 FtVE IS THERE A BETTER VALUE THAN AW PLYMOUTH? NO! BUT A TOP QUALITY TopQuality '62 OR '63 PLYMOUTH WILL COME CLOSE! USED CARS If your budget can't quite take a new Plymouth this year . . . tide yourself over with a clean, "Top Quality" used Plymouth. The fantastic success of the '64 is bringing In lots of top-condition, one-owner trades- cars you'll be proud to own now, cars that will have high trade-in value later. Maybe you can get a new Plymouth then! Robert W. Savary, Inc. VALIANT - CHRYSLER - PLYMOUTH - SIMCA Onset Avenue, East Wareham 295-3530 Brewer & Lord 40 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. INSURANCE CONVERSE HILL CHARLES M. CUTLER WILLIAM B. PLUMBER VINCENT M. WILSON EDWARD H. LEARNARD JOHN B. CECIL, Jr. HORACE H. SOULE ROBERT C. BIELASKI Serving the People of New England Since 1859 WISCONSIN August a Month of Extremes August temperatures were a month of extremes, which aver- aged out normal with precipita- tion less than average. High for the month was 99 on the 3rd and cold was 19 on the 14th. It was' the highest maximum for the month since August 21, 1955, wh&n it was 103 and the lowest minimum since August 29, 1946 when it dropped to 18 degrees. The highest temperature equaled the highest temperature of the year reached on July 19. The coldest equaled the night of June 15 when the state lost 20% of its potential crop. Rainfall for the month in central Wisconsin totaled 2.95 inches compared with a ten year average of 3.84. It brought the total for the year to 21.13 inches. At least a trace of precipitation was recorded on 11 days. The outlook for September calls for both precipitation and temperature to be above normal. Drop in Water Levels The main topic of conversation among all growers was the drop in water levels. Below normal rainfall in July and August, cou- pled with los's by evaporation and transpiration along with some frost flooding had dropped water reservoirs to all time recent lows. Growers in the affected areias were putting in sprinklers, piimps and blowing out beaver dams. Some growers were fearful that they would not have sufficient water for harvesting and of greater concern, supplies for the winter flood. Rain at month's endi was beginning to alleviate the situation, but heavy rains were needed to bring water supplies back to normal. 500 Barrel Frost Loss August 14i An estimated 500 barrels were lost by frost on the 14th, but of more s'erious nature was the freez- ing of vine tips on beds which had been damaged by the frost in Junej and had side shooted. This was also true on some badly damaged beds from hail in mid Jiuie where side shooting had resulted. Continued on Page 20 SIX Annual Meeting of Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association Is Well Attended and the Growers Were in a Cheerful Mood '^,-'^ K A 'copter from the Wiggins Airways was on display among tlie exhibits. Photo shows Paul Morse, agent for Wiggins, Mrs. Billy Anderson, wife of pilot who is on the right. (CRANBERRIES Photo) Three Meteorologists are the I Principle Speakers — Dr. F. B. Chandler Resigns from Station Staff — New Man, a Bio-Chemist for the Station is Announced. The annual meeting of the Cape ( ; Cod Cranberry Growers' Ass'ocia- tion was held at the State Bog ■ August 18th and brought forth J one of the largest attendances in , recent years and there was a note .a of optimism as to the cranberry future running through it. The featured speakers wero three meteorologists, Oscar Tenen- baum, chief of the U. S. Weather Bureau at Boston, Don Kent weather forecaster for Boston ^j^ television station, WBZ and the 3, Rev. Ralph Barker, who is known as the "Old Salt." Dr. Tenenbaum ,j- spoke mostly on Long Range weather forecasting; Don Kent on short-range forecasting in New England, and the "Old Salt," on The Development of Cranberry Frost Forecasting with the late Dr. H. J. Franklin. This was an all-day meeting beginning at ten a.m. and it did not conclude until nearly 4 p.m. There was an equipment dis- play on view throughout the day. At 11 there was' a tour of the state bog to which a large num- ber availed themselves. At 12 noon there was a chicken and cranberry barbecue, with barbe- cued chicken, cranberry sauce and cranberry juice cocktail, plus coffee and cranberry ice cream. At 1:30 came the business meet- ing of the association with the election of officers. The meeting marked the rec- ognition of the resignation of Dr. F. B. Chandler from the Station staff, he having been there since 1946. (A more detailed story on Dr. Chandler appears elsewhere in this issue.) He was presented with a gift of money, and a cam- era, and Mrs. F. B. Chandler, who was prestent at the meeting re- ceived a corsage presented to her by Mrs. Joseph Kelley. Dr. Cross announced at the meeting that the position held for so long by "Dick" Beattie,, now with the University of Mas- sachusetts at Amherst had finally b:en filled and the appointee was Irving DeMoranville of the Sta- tion staff, who will also continue his valuable studies of weeds. This means for one thing that the Station Notes in this maga- zine will henceforth be supplisd by "Dee," and that he will do the grower relation job between the Station and the growers that "Dick" so ably filled for so many years. Dr. Cross als'o announced that a new man had been added to the Station Staff. He is C. Wesley Miller, who is a bio-chemist and Dr. F. B. Chandler (left) is congratulated by "Bill" Atwood, secretary >of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association. (CRANBERRIES Photo) will act in that capacity at the Station. He said this will fill a lack and round oul the Staff which now consists' of about 18 paid employees, plus others who work at the Station and have "lab" and office space, as does Dr. Bergman, retired pathologist and these although working en- tirely on their own are doing the cranberry growers' a service through their efforts in research. A number of honored guests ^ 'ere recognized and these in- c "ded "Lou" Webster, State di- re: cor of Marketing; Philip M'. Gocd, Secretary of the Massa- chusetts Farm Bureau; Oscar Johnson, Barnstable County Ex- tension Director; "Dom" Marini, f f Massachusetts Extension Ser- ^ 'ce, Brockton office; Robert Ev,":ng, Director Massachusetts Extension Service and Edvard Gelsthorpe, executive vice presi- dent of Ocean Spray, the "big c:-op." The entire slate of officers and directors of the As'sociation was re-elcted. These were president Raymond F. Morse, who presided at the meeting, first vice presi- dent Alfred L. Pappi, second vice president Robert Hiller, secretary William M'. Atwood, treasurer Mrs. Ruth E. Beaton; directors. Louis Sherman, William B. Stearns, Jr., Dr. Chester E. Cross,! Paul R. Morse, Anthony R. Briggs, Oscar L. Norton, Gilbert T. Beaton, Raymond F. Morse, Al- fred L. Pappi, William M. Atwood, Ruth E. Beaton, Robert Hiller, and the cranberry club presidents, Robert M e h a r g, William M'. Atwood, Francis Kendrick; honorary directors. Dr. Herbert F. Bergman and Joseph L. Kelley. According to the report of Secretary Mrs. Beaton the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Associa- tion now has a membership of 246,, which is only about one third of the growers of Massachusetts. A greater mem.bers'hip was urged. Mrs. Beaton said the frost warning service was barely in the black with a balance of $105.80 in ths fund. George RounsVille, who prepared the Station frost forecasts received much praise from several sources for his dsdi_ cation to duty. Dr. Tenenbaum in his talk went into the past of weather forecasting. He said in the be- ginning Old Man Noah forecast 40 days and 40 nights of rain and he was right, according to the Bible. Then came Joseph of the many colored coats — he forecast 7 years of plenty to be followed Photo shows "little" tractors on daughter of the proprietor of the entered this exhibit. display with Miss Sandra Holmes, Carver Main Street Garage which (CRANBERRIES Photo) EIGHT by 7 years of famine. The ancient Greeks and Romans' had their meteorologist. Cato said he did not know how so many "sooth- sayers" could look at each other without laughing. "Forecasting started with in- struments' to measure weather, |people used to climb mountains 'to find out what height did to barometers and later they sent up balloons. Then in the first World War airplanes went up. We began to probe with rockets, radar came next, and it was then thought we were going to have perfect weather forecasting, bu. we did not. We began to get certain theories as to air masses'. "I wish I could be more optimistic on longe range forecasting. There are methods to make forecasts for four or five days. The day will come when long range forecasting really works." Don Kent said it *vvas a pleasure to meet the cranberry growers face to face. He said he agreed with Oscar Tenenbaum in everything he said. "We have problems' in short range forecas- ing, and an awful lot of them. e told of recent forecasts in vhich he had been 98 percent vrong. He said forecasters all vork from the same charts but ;hey often interpret them dif- erently. He said this morning (the norning of the meeting) there .vas a ten percent chance of :howers. "But Dr. Cross was able 0 scare them away. He said that he day before he and the A'"eather Bureau had agreed." "If you can't work outside what 1 pity you can't have lots of rain. imagine the Cape gift shop i>eople love this s'ort of weather I- people can't go to the beaches 0 they come to the gift shops, get more letters than other lureaus do, I mention little owns nearby (Bc^ston) and I get laore kidding, too, for being /rong. I'm a nut. I get involved 1 these things. I think we have s many problems' on short range js in long range forecasting." This is a very challenging field ^ v.o work in. No one can be right all the time. I feel that you as growers should become much more interested in weather fore- casing than you are. Dr. Cross then introduced the Rev. Mr. Barker, "The Old Salt." Dr. Irar.kli.i thought well of the ' .^'-d Calt," he said. Rev. Mr. Barker said it was a sobering thought to think I am the eldest forecaster. "I do more than work at the weather. I am an ordained minister and I run an investment business and have for many years. You see they all have one thing in common, that is, projecting what is to come. I want to take a minute to recall Dr. Franklin, who if anybody ever was, was 'Mr. Cran- berry.' He devoted his whole life to this work. He did things' as a scientist must do them and he was a real scientist. The basic formulae he worked out in 1930 are still pretty well us'ed today. My station was the one formerly at East Gloucester on Cape Ann. In the early days I took observa- tions at 9 a.m., 12 noon and 7 and 9 p.m. The most useful ones v/ere the evening observations. "We do have here in New Eng- 1 nd the most varied weather that we know about in a short space of tune. This fact is a fas- cinating thing today, and it is frustrating as in the drought of this summer. We have a mari- -4gg$ jCi!!*^ I ^P"* NINC The Bake Master at the Chicken and Cranberry Barbecue holds up a batch of frying half chickens. (CRANBERRIES Photo) time climate and we have Can- adian weather with cold waves. We have tropical hurricanes. We can grasp some patterns some- times. Actually we do have local conditions, we always have to estimate from numerous tiny facts'. "There is the element of human judgment regardless of instru- ments and computers. Are we sure all the facts put in the com- puters count. We have to apply leaching to local conditions as D •. Franklin did. I am glad to see so many young men taking up weather forecasting. It speaks well for the future." No crop report was given at this meeting as usual. But Dr. Cross said he thought Massachu- r-tts might produce 700,000 to 750,000 barrels. The water dam- age from flowing last spring was far more serious than had bsen realized at the time. This has kept Massachusetts from produ- cing a record crop. Clifton A. Cook of the FAS, United States Department of Agriculture gave a talk on for- eign markets which is carried in full elsewhere in this issue. The exhibitors included: Wig- ging Airways, with pilot "Billy" Anderson, Mrs. Anderson and Paul Morse, agent for Wiggins: Roby's Propane Gas truck, Charles W. Harris, North Dighton, irriga- tion equipment; International Harvester, Walter Tripp, Acush- net; Oiva Hannula, Fuxford pick- ing machine; Carver Main Street Garage with little tractors'; R. H. Morse with Casoron spreaders; picking machines, Waltham Bag Company and Prolon Plastics Division, pro-phy-lactic Brush Company, Florence, Mass. with plastic boxes' which might be used for picking boxes and some of which nestled. Cranberry Crop A Short One At its annual meeting in Chi- cago, August 26th, the Cranberry Marketing Committee considered a possible set-aside under the Federal Marketing Order. Based on s'upplies which are lower than projected consumption, no set- aside was recommended. The Secretary of Agriculture announced the following appoint- ments' to the Cranberry Market- ing Committee for the two years ending July 31, 1966: MASSACHUSETTS: Members — George C. P. Olsson, John C. Decas; Alternates — Maurice B. Makepeace, John N. Decas. NEW JERSEY: Members — Anthony R. DeMarco, Walter Z. Fort; Alternates — Josieph H. Palmer, J. Rogers' Brick. WISCONSIN: Members — Ray- mond Habelman, Behrend G. Pannkuk; Alternateis — Clarence A. Searles, Frederick W. Barber. WASHINGTON: Member — Frank O. Glenn, Jr.; Alternate — Robert H. Quinby. New Bio-Chemist at the Massachusetts State Cranberry Experiment Station is "Wes" Miller The newest addition to the Massachusetts Cranberry Experi- ment Station is Charles "WeS" Miller, who goes by the nickname of "Wes". He is a bio-chemist. He was born at Hillside, New 'Jersey, March 28, 1932. He ob- itained his title of Master of Sci- ence at the University of Min- nesota. He was a research as- sociate at Rutgers University in New Jersey in 1960. He obtained his PhD. there in 1964. He is married to the former Shirley, Sch-watz who comes from 'Lansing, Michigan. They have three sons, Scott 8, Curtis 51/2, and Michael 21/2. He is now making his home in Sandwich on School Street. He will be working with agri- cultural chemicals such as her- bicides, insecticides and fungi- cides, all chemicals that the grower will apply to the culture of the cranberry. "I am interested in finding out just what residues from these chemicals do, and where they go to after they are used." "I am happy to be at the Cran- berry Station and Tiope to do use- ful work, wliich will benefit the cranberry grower.'* Letter to the Editor Mr. C. J. Hall The National Cranberry Magazine P.O. Box 32, Wareham, Mass. Dear Sir: I have been getting your Cran- berry Magazine a number of years now, and I wouldn't be without it. I find it has' a great source of information on how to grow berries, also how to control weeds. This has' been a very backward spring here. Cold and rainy. I think the berries will be about two weeks late in harvesting. I went all out to kill the bugs this year, and i hope I have done a good job. There is not going to be a big crop. You know, it's not the amount of berries you have, but the cash you get out of it that counts. Here is a story I will tell you about selling berries when I first started in the business . . . I put them up loose in 24 lb. wooden boxes. I sold them to the stores for $3.00 a box, and it was hard to sell them. Most stores' would take a few boxes for Christmas, as there wasn't a big demand for them. One day I came out of a fruit store where the manager didn't want any. I met a man with a truck loaded with vegetables. He said, "You have nice berries. I'll buy a box." I told him the sales were no good. He said the trouble with you, your not asking enough for them, and he took one of the boxes, went into the same store, and sold it for $4.00. So, after that, I sold them for $4.00 and had no trouble in setting them all. Two years later I put them up to $5.00 a box. One day a friend of mine called from New Glasgow and told me not to sell any as an embargo was put on the American berries, and there was none coming into Canada. The next day our daily papers' were full of the story. There would be no cranberries for Christmas. People who never ate the berries wanted some, the store that bought one box, wanted ten. It seemed everyone wanted them all at once. One fruit man that handles a REDUCE LABOR COSTS AND IMPROVE FRUIT QUALITY WITH FROST PROTECTION BY FMC TROPIC BREEZE WIND MACHINES Tropic Breeze Wind Machines have been widely used in citrus groves and orchards. They are a thoroughly proven piece of equipment. And now they have been shown to be highly effec- tive in cranberry marsh frost protection. One man can efficiently operate one or several wind machines, saving the labor cost of a whole crew required for flood- ing. Protection is fast too — beginning in 3 to 5 minutes after the machine is started. In addition, an authoritative re- port recently released indicates that Wind Machines stibstanti- ally reduced the number of floods. This brought improved quality and yield over marshes where Wind Machines were not used. Wind Machines have also been found ideal for protection of blueberries and other bush fruits'. FM'C Tropic Breeze Wind Ma- chines are available in a va- riety of models to meet your requirements. Get all the facts — fill in the coupon and mail it today. FMC CORPORATION, Florida division FAIRWAY AVENUE. LAKELAND, FLORIDA n Please send me sales literature on Tropic Breeze Wind Machines Q Please have sales engineer contact me NAME_ ADDRESS (RFD). CITY lot of berries wanted to see me, so I went to his office. He wanted 100 boxes' of berries. I told him there was an embargo on berries and when it would be lifted, he would not want to buy from me again. He said he would give me $7.50 a box for all I had, and every year I had berries he would buy them, but he couldn't pay any more.. I told him it was a deal, I gave him 400 boxes. I had a big crop that year and I divided them all among my customers. To-day is a different story. When I go to the stores to sell berries, they say "yes" we will take your berries, but you will take the American price. Last season's quotations on the Amer- ican price in the Atlantic Prov- inces was $3.75, $4.00, $4.25 and $4.50. That is the highest they have been. I would like to know what the farmer who grows the berries' gets for them when, they are sold so low. As you know everything has sure gone up in price, and I can't see why the American growers don't put a $1.00 or more on the box. Ail they need to do is say there are no berries for Christ- mas, and they could get almost anything for them. No one ap- preciates an article if it is' too cheap. My cranberries last year brought me $5.50 and $6.00 a box. I put them up the same as the American's, in cellophane front boxes, 1 lb. packages. I never want to tell anyone how to run their business, but I think a raise in the American market would help a whole lot, besides' it would help me. When the sugar prices went up, there wasn't a shortage and youi could buy it or leave it. Most people bought it just the same. Now, Mr. Hall, if you think this letter is worth printing in your Magazine, you have my per- mission to do so. If you ever come to Nova Scotia, give me a call. Yours very truly, George W. Mas'on TWELVE "/, /'YV7y #* ' gja-l'S ISSUl of SEPTEMBER, 1964 VOL. 29- No. 5 *•"— CAPE COD MEETING Truly, as pointed out at the annual meeting of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Associa- tion, the Massachusetts Cranberry Experiment Station is devoted to the best interests of the growers. For that matter so is the Cranberry- Blueberry Experiment Station in New Jersey and the Coastal Washington Experiment Sta- tion at Long Beach, Washington. But the Massachusetts Station has the most facilities for cranberry growing and with a staff of about 18 paid employees it is doing a mar- velous job for the cr.uiberry growers, not only in Massachusetts but in the Nation over. When any cranberry growers visit Massachusetts they usually include a stop at the Mass. Station at East Wareham. For instance, there is an important experi- ment going on concerning nematodes, which are of importance in Massachusetts and New Jersey as a pest. If successful this will develop a nematode which desti'oys nematodes that feed on plant roots such as the cranberry vine. MOLDED CONTAINERS W^e have surely come a long way from the time cranberries were stuck in a barrel or wooden box and sold that way. Another thing shown at the Cape Cod meeting was Prolon Plastics; these were molded items, including molded bottles. These could even be harvest boxes, shipping containers, or for many other uses in the cranberry industry as they are now used in other industries. This particular product was possibly only one of many such lines. This shows how far we have come and are coming in the cranberry industry and other industries which are progressive and on the alert to new developments. THAT MEETING AT BATSTO As at the Cape Cod meeting, the one held by the ACGA at historical Batsto in New Jer- sey apparently was an unusually well-planned and most interesting one. Growers who were at both felt they were well repaid in taking the CLAKENCE J. HAI.L Editor and Publisher EDITH S. HALL- - Associate Editor Wareham, Massachusetts SUBSCRIPTIONS, $4.00 Per Year FOREIGN , $5.00 CORRESPONDENTS - ADVISORS Wisconsin LEO A. SORENSON Cranberry Consultant Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Washington CHARLES C. DOUGHTY Cranberry Specialist Long Beach, Wash. Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, Ore. Dr. Massachusetts Dr. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Mass. New Jersey P. E. MARUCCI New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station Pemberton, New Jersey trouble to attend. Tliese meetings not only afforded a well-balanced program, but gave the growers a chance to chat together and help to pull together the industry as a whole. OCEAN SPRAY SATISFACTORY OPENING PRICE Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. opened its price for Massachusetts Early Blacks on September 11 at $4.50 a quarter, or $18.00 a barrel. This is a satisfactory price if it is main- tained and on the up side from last year. The announcement said that prices for other areas would be quoted when supplies were available. NINETEEN SERVING THE WISCONSIN GROWERS STATION NOTES Continued from Page 4 lected and disposed of. 2) Thin or weak areas of vines on the bog, which arei easily seen diiring the picking operation, should re- ceive an application of fertilizer. This will' strengthen the vines without promoting weed growth. The old bucket technique of walking the bogs and spreiading the fertilizer by hand on areas that need it is still a good prac- tice. 3) Cas'oron, or any other approved herbicides should be used to clean up weedy areas. Allow the bog a week or ten days to recover from picking before applying any herbicide. Casoron should not be uised until temper- atures are cooler, as it may be broken down by temperatures above 75 degrees before being absorbed by the soil. 4) Girdleir, which is becoming a more com- mon pest, can be controlled by flooding for a 5-day period in late September, applying a coat of sand before the sitart of the next growing season, or by the use of aldrin or dieldrin. Root grub can also be controlled by uising aldrin or dieldrin. For more specific recommendations on using these insecticides, consult your rcan- berry insect control chart. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Continued from Page 6 Most Picking Starts Sept. 21 Some growers' had started har- vesting damaged beds and high ends where water sulpplies were short the first of September. Most of the marshes were planning to start on the 21st. Berries were INDIAN TRAIL, Inc. WORKING— MERCHANDIZING— SELLING WISCONSIN-GROWN CRANBERRIES 12 Months of the Year Moving FRESH — FROZEN— — CANNED & JUICE — Striving always to move TOP-QUAL- ITY products at TOP PRICES for bet- ter returns to WISCONSIN Growers. P. 0. BOX 710, WIS. RAPIDS, WIS. coloring the end of the month and size was above average.. WASHINGTON August put out 3.141 inches of rain as recorded at Cranguyma arm at Long Beach, Washington. The greatest amoiont of rainfall for any one day came on August first when .53 inches was re- corded. There was rain on 16 days of the month. For temperatvires, a high of 81 was reached on August the 24th and a low of 38 on the 31st. CORRUGATED CULVERT PIPE and FLOW GATES Felker Bros. Mfg. Co. MARSHFtELD WISCONSIN Phone 230 - 231 SPRINKLER SYSTEMS PUMPS HIGH CAPACITY WELLS ROBERTS IRRIGATION SERVICE STEVENS POINT WISCONSIN TWENTY SERVING THE WISCONSIN GROWERS FOR SALE SEARLES JUMBO HOWES, McFARLIN Vines for delivery in 1964 $150 Ton F.O.B. Ben Lears $750 Ton Stevens $1000 Ton INTERESTED IN PURCHASING WISCONSIN CRANBERRY PROPERTIES Vernon Ooldsworlhy B.S. & M.S. University of Wisconsin Cranberry Consultant Fees Reasonable EAGLE RIVER WISCONSIN DANA MACHINE & SUPPLY CO. Wis. Rapids, Wis. MFG. of: SPRAY BOOMS GRASS CLIPPERS FERILIZER SPREADERS Getsingrer Retracto Tooth Pickers Dryers DISTR. of: VEE BELTS and PULLEYS SPROCKETS and BEARINGS ROLLER CHAINS CONVEYOR BELTING STEEL READ CRANBERRIES ARE YOU GETTING MORE FOR QUALITY FRUIT? Are Howes sold on the fresh fruit market worth more than floaters ? Are you getting more for your quality fruit than your neighbor gets for floaters ? Cranberry Products, Inc. EAGLE RIVER, WISCONSIN ^^^■^^^■^^^^■^^i^^^B^^HM^^ WISCONSIN HEADQUARTERS FOR INSECTICIDES — FUNGICIDES HERBICIDES DUSTS — WETTABLE POWDERS — EMULSIONS PARATHION — MALATHION FERBAM — SIMAZINE DITHANE M - 22 (Maneb) WEED RHAP 20 SEVIN Hopkins Agricultural Chemical Co. p. O. BOX 584 MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53701 Phone: Area Code 608 257-1019 YOU Are Reading This Ad- Others Will Read Yours in CRANBERRIES Library, tJni^. of Mass. Amherst, Ifass* THIS YEAR 130,000,000 AMERICAN: WILL EAT OR DRINK AN OCEAN SPRAY PRODUQ WHOLE BERRY CRANBERRY SAUCE JELLIED CRANBERRY SAUCE CRANBERRY JUICE COCKTAIL LOW CALORIE CRANBERRY JUICE COCKTAIL CRANBERRY JUICE COCKTAIL CONCENTRATE CRANAPPLE JUICE CRANBERRY-ORANGE RELISH Ocean sprav Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. APE COO lEW JERSEY WISCONSIN OREGON WASHINGTON CANADA BETTY BUCHAN, 15 Years with Ocean Spray. She is shown here witl Taft Benson, (then secretary of Agriculture) right after the "Crisi 40 Cents OCTOBER, 196 DIRECTORY For CRANBERRY GROWERS READ CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE Federal Paper Board Company, Inc. 970 Fellsway Medford, Mass. Tel. Export 5-5305 Manufacturers of Folding Cartons and Displays i The 1 fcHARLEsw. Harris! 1 Company | 1 451 Old Somerset Ave. | ^ North Dighton, Mass. | 1 AMES 1 B Irrigation Systems S n Sprinklers u ft Weed Killers | B Insecticides U i Fungicides J i'KiekenS- Dusters and Sprayers i SANDERS Built from $750. WHEEL-OFF RIGS FLUMES Built to Order Welder and Power Shovel Available AGENT: FURFORD Picker and Pruner Oiva Hannida Carver, Mass. UN 6-4419 MIDDLEBOROUGH TRUST COMPANY AAIDDLEBORO MASSACHUSETTS Member of The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation EQUIPMENT HAYDEN - SEPARATOR - WAREHAM, MASS. Irrigation Systems 1 PUMPS , SEPARATORS - BLOMRS SCREENHOUSE EQUIPMENT DARLINGTON PICKING MACHINES Extensive Experience in ELECIRICAL WORK | ALFRED PAPPI At Screenhouses, Bogs and Pumps Means Satisfaction WAREHAM, MASS. Tel. CY 5-2000 i j Wareham Savings Bank WAREHAM and FALMOUTH Savings Accounts Loans on Real Estate Safe Deposit Boxes to Rent Phone CYpress 5-3800 Kimball 8-3000 The National Bank of Wareham Conveniently located for Cranberry Men Funds always available for sound loans Complete Bar Member Federal Dep iking Service osit Insurance Corp. SUBSCRIBE TO f i CRANBERRIES ROBY'S PROPANE GAS, INC. ICarver, Mass. 866-4545 West Wareham, Mass. 295-3737 CONVERT YOUR IRRIGATION PUMPS TO LP, GAS 1. Saves on Oil 2. No Pilferage 3. Saves on Spark plugs 4. Up to Three Times the Engine-life 5. Saves on Fuel Pumps and Carburetors FOR A DEMONSTRATION CALL US TODAY CAPE COD CRANBERRY COOPERATIVE, Inc. South Duxbury, Mass. STARTING OUR FIFTEENTH SEASON - MEMBERSHIP OPEN For Informaton Contact: Robert D. Williams — South Carver Bruce Arthur — Plymouth Orrin Coliey — Duxbury Tel. 866-4773 Tel. 746-4908 Tel. 439-2547 or 934-5666 Member of Cranberry Institute TAKE ADVANTAGE of the BETTER things of life. The efficient USE OF ELECTRICITY is one of these better things — efficient use in power for cranberry bog operations, and in the home. Plymouth County Electric Co WAREHAM CYpress 5-0200 PLYMOUTH Pilgrim 6-1300 NOTES FROM CRANBERRY PRODUCTS AND "GOLDY" There is extreme interest in Casoron in Wisconsin for one state, and Cranberry Products, Inc. of Eagle River alone is get- ting 2500 pounds, and yet Cran- berry Products represents only a small part of the cranberry in- dustry in Wisconsin. Cranberry Products has put in two new coolers and expects to be in a position to handle approx- imately 100,000 barrels of cran- berries for proce'ssing. This will include not only sauce, but cran_ berry cocktail as well. In ad- dition it has a new cas'e sealer and palletizer which increases the capacity. Wisconsin plans to plant quite a lot of new acreage next year, and, "Goldy" is of the opinion that at least 200 acres, and pos- sibly three may be put in. He will plant close to 75 acres himself on his' various properties; most of this will be to new varieties, namely Stevens and Pilgrim. The former Ramsdell property has been sold to a doctor, in Tomah it is reputed and the property will be known as the Dock Lake Cranberry Company. Husband and wife work on Cranberry Bog— Crop Sharing 50-50 deal. House completely equipped available S. DUARTE Martha's Vineyard Cranberry Company Martha's Vineyard Phone 1087 or 653 Western Pickers Parts and Repairs Agent for 1964 Model ORDER NOW J. E. BRALEY & SON MACHINE SHOP 78 Gibbs Avenue Wareham, Mass, HAVE YOUR REPAIRS DONE NOW SHARON BOX COMPANY, INC. ESTABLISHED 1866 SHARON, MASSACHUSETTS We Will Buy Your White Pine Logs Either Standing or Cut • Highest Prices Paid • Sawmill located at North Carver, Mass. Office Phones: Sharon, SU 4-2011 Carver UN 6-2234 NOTICE To better serve our customers in the cranberry area, we have moved our complete Redwood Flume Lumber to our Middleboro yard. We have a complete stock of Select All Heart and Construction All Heart Redwood as follows: 6x8 - 6x6 - 4x6 - 4x4 Timbers Planking — Square Edged or (Matched on order) 2x4 - 2x6 - 2x8 - 2x10 SEND FOR YOUR FREE FOLDER ON THE "DURABILITY OF REDWOOD" Telephone 947-2300 E. W. Gaodhue Lumber Co., Inc. End of Cambridge Street (Off Route 44) Middleboro, Mass. 1 Hold full flavor in your cranberry pack DR. CHANDLER'S BACKGROUND Dr Frederick B. Chandler, mort familiarly known to cranberrj growers as "Fred" and whose resignation from the Massachu- setts Cranberry Experiment Sta- tion staff became effective Augus 15)th, was most carefully sielectec for the job he has been filling a research professor since 1945. Dr. Chandler has written 4 articles for CRANBERRIES, in eluding three bulletins on cran berries and articles for the Ne\ England Homestead. Dr. Chandler was' born i : Machias, Maine, attended schoc there and was graduated from th University of Maine, as a horti cuituralist in 1928. He then ser ved on the University of Maint working on the study of low bus blueberries. He did graduat work at the Massachusetts' Stat College; University of Chicago University of Minnesota and th University of Maryland, where i 1929 he received his Ph.D. For ten months he was also o the staff of the Mas'sachusetts Ir stituite of Technology, from Jun of 1943 until April 1944 when h entered the employ of the USD', and was assigned to New Jerse to head up the cranberry anil cross-breeding program. He came from New Jersey 1 Massachusetts. He has a 1 w a y shown a special interest in tb development of new cranberr varieties and much of his wor at the State Bog was carried o in this field. After his retirement he wx enlarge his greenhouse at h; home in Marion, with the poss bility of some commercial worl Dr. Chandler is married an has two daughters, both of whoi are married. %jy CORN PRODUCTS COMPANY Manufacturers of fine products for the food industry . . . and pepular Best Foods Division grocery brands for the consumer. OCEAN SPRAY FINAL PAYMENT Ocean Spray Cranberries, In announced a final payment fc the 1963 crop. The payment $1.11 plus a 41(^ retain. Tofcl amount cash payment for tl; year amounted to $11.46 plus tt 41 (jS retain, highest return in tlr last four years. Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Notes by IRVING E. DEAAORANVILLE Extension Cranberry Specialist Harvest General harvesting in Massa- husetts began on September 12, lightly later than usual due to ick of color cf the fruit. In eneral, color was not very good tie first week of harvest, but nproved after s'ome cold nights Dllowing nearly an inch of rain n the 14th. At this time (Oct. ) about 65 percent of the crop as been harvested. Eight general •ost warnings have been released 'om the Cranberry Experiment tation as of October 7. These iclude afternoon and evening /larnings. Weather The month of September was Dol, averaging about 3 degrees' day below normal. Rainfall staled 4.25 inches at East Ware- am, which is above the 30 year verage of 3.84 inches. Hurricane Gladys passed just far enough out to sea on September 22 to spare Cape Cod from winds, but clos'e enough to give over an inch of badly needed rain. This rain along with 1.72 inches that oc- curred on the last two days of the month was very beneficial to the bogs and has helped to re- plenish the water supplies. How- ever, many reservoirs' are still quite low. Mailing List A neAv phase of the Extensio-! Cranberry Specialist's job will be to compile a complete cranberry mailing list which will be kept at the Cranberry Station. All cf the printed material concerning cranberries that the growers have received from the various county offices in the past, will, in the future, be mailed directly from the Cranberry Station. This will C. & L. EQUIPMENT CO. 1209 MAIN STREET ACUSHNET, MASS. Cranberry Bog Service PRUNING FERTILIZING RAKING WEED TRIMMING Machinery Sales PRUNERS POWER WHEELBARROWS RAKES WEED TRIMMERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS - Large and Small i For Further Information Call . . » F. P. CRANDON ROckwell 3-5526 C. J. TRIPP WYman 5-2013 include flash cards, circular letters, notices of meetings, bul- letins, insect and weed charts, etc. This operation will begin as' soon as all of the necessary machinery has arrived. During October, we will be sending post cards to each name on our present mailing list. If you re- ceive a card, please check the address. If your present address is different or if you wish your name dropped from ,our list please contact us. If you do not receive a card by November 1 and wish to be included on our mailing list, please contact us as soon as possible. Market Report The first cranberry market report for fresh fruit was released September 21 from the Agricul- tural Marketing News Service under the direction of John O'Neil in Boston. This will be the eleventh s'eason that these weekly reports have been prepared for growers and shippers. The reports include current information on movement of cranberries by rail and truck, price and terminal market conditions in the leading cities in the United States. Those who wish to continue to receive this' report should return the nec- essary form to Mr. O'Neil. Any- one else interested in this' report FOR iKPiHT SERVICE ON YOUR Briggs & Stratton ENGINES We use only factory-approved methods and original parts. Per- sonnel are trained under factory supervision. See us for a check-up or complete ovorhaul — prices ore right. [BRICCSltSTRAnONJ MAIN STREET GARAGE Carver, Mass. Tel. UN 6-4582 may receive it by writing to the Agricultural Marketing News Ser- vice, 408 Atlantic Avenue, Room 705, Boston, Mass., requesting that his name be added to the cranberry mailing list. Late Fall Management The following suggestions on late fall inanagement are offered to the growers for their consid- eration. 1) Woody plants such as hardback, meadow sweet and bayberry should be pulled out after harvest, this' will greatly improve the picking operation next season. 2) A potato digger can be used in the shore ditches to pull out runners of small FROST CONTROL And IRRIGATION SOLID SET BOG ALL ALUMINUM IRRIGATION SYSTEMS Long Life Low Cost 1 W Aluminum Tubing Call and compare prices with all other materials. LARCHMONT ENGINEERING LEXINGTON, MASS. VO 2-2550 ^ Bog Ditch Dike Building Cleaning Repairing EQUIPMENT FOR HIRE Track Loaders and Rubber Tire Trucks and Bulldozers Backhoe Good Bog Sand Available P & L CO LOUIS LECONTE 866-4402 CARVER, MASS. bramble, Virginia cresper or, morning glory which may be crossing the ditch from shore. 3) Cas'oron can be applied at the rate of 100 pounds per acre for control of loosestrife, aster, mud rush, needle grass, summer grass, cut grass; nut grass, cotton grass, marsh St. Johns-wort, ragweed and wool grass. Casoron should be used in cold weather prefer- ably just before a rain. It is less likely to harm vines that are healthy and vigorous. 4) Thif is an excellent time to rake and/ or prune the bog, also do no1 forget the trash flood whsrt water supplies are available Thes'e are very valuable practice; that will keep the bog in shape for peak production next year 5) Any bog that has not receivec sand for the past five years oi more, should be sanded as soor as possible, preferably this fal or winter. Sanding, pruning anc raking should be postponed unti next spring on those bogs tha do not have water for winte: protection, because the vines ari more suceptible to winter injur: following these operations. Glenns Selected As Conservation Farmers Of The Year In Pacific County, Washington The Frank Glenn family o Cranguyma Farms, Long Beach Washington has been selected a the Soil Conservation Farmers o the year of Pacific County. They received the followin; commendation: "We the supervisors of thi Pacific Soil and Water Conser vation District congratulate yoiT for the soil conservation job bein done on your cranberry and tim ber farms. We are vitally inter ested in establishing soil conser | vation practices on the land an it is apparent you have the sam i interests at heart. We hereby inform you that w have unanimously selected yoi your wife and family as Conser vation Farmers of Pacific Soil an Water Conservation District fo 1964. Sew ill Let V/ ^J^'**^"''"'''"'^^^'^^^^ Issue of Octcber, 1964- Vol. 29, No. A Second Class Postage Paid at Wareham, Massachusetts Post Officp Subscriptions ?4.00, Foreign, ?5.00 per year. she -I monthly at Wareh in, Massachusetts. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C J. H. MASSACHUSETTS Harvest in Full Swing- By the 19th of September har- i^est was in full swing and the merries were coming in rapidly, ;hat is the Early Blacks. Sizeable :;rews were working on all large DOgs and smaller ones on the analler bogs. The weather was :airly conducive to picking, ex- :ept for early morning dampness. A Cool September The month of September was apparently headed for a cooler ;han normal month. On the 21st of September the deiparture from aormal was a minus 13. Hurricane Gladys Begininng the 22nd of Septsm- -yer, cranberry growers and others ;ct the "hurricane jitters," as jladys hovered off the New Jer- 'ey coast not making up her nind whether she would invade >Jew England or not. A hurricane vatch was ordered as far north •unning above normal on the IS Provincetown, Mass. Seas were ', |!2nd. There was no picking on he 22nd, a drizzly rain persisted ill day. The 23rd was a carbon copy >f the day before as Gladys' de- tided she was not going to visit ■I'^ew England, but instead was CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Shooks, or Nailed Stock Always on Hand Let me repair your broken boxes-or repair them yourself F. H. COLE North Carver, Mass. Tel. Union 6-3330 going out to sea, toward Neva Scotia. There was no picking again as the rains continued. Gladys pass'ed off Cape Cod during the night of the 23rd heading toward the' open sea and in the direction of Nova Scotia. She dumped varying amounts of much-needed rain in ths' cran- berry area. At the State bog it was only .99 inch, but it was mere at other points and less at some others. In any event it was helpful to the crop. There was' very little if any picking possible on the 24th as the begs were wet most of the day. During the rains of Sept 27th and Oct. 1st, 1.72 inches of rain fell, preventing picking. This was more at some points and less at others, but that is what was re- corded at Mass. State Bog. Frost Warnings A general frost warning wsnt out from the State Bog on the night of October 5 for a rather dangerous frost. However this did not materialize to any extent as most of the bog reports were in the 26, 27, 28° range, with one 23 degrees reported. For growers who did not flow this would have caused no harm to berries re- maining on the bog but would have added color. Another warning went out the night of October 7th for a very dangerous frost. There was' frost around, it going to 24 at the Mass. State Bog and much cooler inland. All these frost warnings have resulted in the fact that picking was practically slowed to a stand- s'till with flooded bogs which were, of course, unpickable. As of October 10, rain v/as still falling and picking was impos- sible, but then the weather began to clear. AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS BOG SERVICE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS HAND SPRAYERS - TOOLS - POWER EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BRIGGS AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTER R. F. MORSE & SON, INC. Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 OREGON The biggest news around Ban- don as October came in was the s'uccess of thD annual Cranberry Harvest and Festival. The affair extending over several days brought in big crowds from all surrounding areas. Ray Bates, prominent grower reports from Bandon that the crop prospects' seem to be th; same as estimated earlier, a 35- 40,000 barrel crop. Harvest was late due to cold nights during the summer. A few growers reported 31 degrees on September 27th. New Acreage Best available information Bates Inc. • CHRYSLER • PLYMOUTH • VALrANT • SIMCA Top Quality Used Cars Onset Avenue East Wareham says, is that from 20 to 25 new acres of bogs are unider construction. NEW J E RS EY September Dry September was extremely dry in New Jersey. For the first 27 days of the month there were just a few sprinkles, which to- talled only about V2 an inch. The last days of the month brought about 31/2 inches to the New Lisbon area and close to five inches in the important cranberry growing area around Chatsworthy. The rains have not relieved the drought conditions satisfactorily. The total rain for May-Sept has been 11 V2 inches, about 9 inches deficient from normal. A Cooler Month The month was cooler than normal. The average temperature was 66.70 F. about one degree less than the norm for September. There were seven nights in the 40's' on the uplands and on each of these days growers were alert for frost on cranberry bogs. The Sept. 26 readings on cranberry bogs were around 28 degrees F. October Frosts In early October there were frosts on the nights of the 5th, 6th and 7th, with temperatures Brewer & Lord 40 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. INSURANCE CONVERSE HILL CHARLES M. CUTLER WILLIAM B. PLUMBER VINCENT M. WILSON EDWARD H. LEARNARD JOHN B. CECIL, Jr. HORACE H. SOULE ROBERT C. BIELASKI Serving the People of New England Since 1859 plunging to as low as 16 degrees F. A few growers reported dam age as high as 30 percent in some localized areas, particularly on Howes. Some were in the pre dicament of not having sufficient water to flood properly. Lack of Labor The frequent frost reflows and a labor shortage delayed the harvest of the New Jersey cran berry crop. The lack of labor is being felt by the smaller growers only. Running: Over Estimates The majority of the growers indicate that they are running over their estimates. Severa bogs have yielded more than 10( barrels to the acre. If there i; not too much frost damage, New Jersey should have more thai 100,000 barrels this year. WISCONSIN September Average Month The state finally enjoj^ed : month of average weather fol lowing a summer of growing ex tremes. Although there wer local variations' the weathe started out the month warm an ended cool, with rains inter spersed to give normal to abov normal amounts. In the centre part of the state rainfall totale 5.25 inches and temperatures degree above normal. Total rain fall for the year now is 26.3 inches, about normal and mad September the second wette; month of the year and the rainiei September since 1960. The high est temperature was 88 on th 10th, while the lowest, 14 on th 28th. There were six nights th£ fro3t forecasts were made wit the first on the 13th and the re maining on the last week of th month. Records were set on tt latter frosts with numerous 'tee temperatures reported. The ou look for Oct. calls for tempers tures near or above normal ar precipitation above normal. More Water For Harvest The most welcome weatho news for the growers was tl return of above normal amoun.^ which insured adequate wat' Continued on Page 16 Betty with Senator Leverett Saltonstall, serving a Cranberry- Scallop Booster. Man at right is Octavio Modesto of New Bedford Sea Food Council. (CRANBERRIES Photo) BETTY BUCHAN OCEAN SPRAY /EARS OF SERVICE PUBLICiTY DIRECTOR COMPLETES Is Well Known Throughout the Industry for the Valuable Work She is Doing for Cranberry Growers By CLARENCE J. HALL To say this article, accompanied by the num,£frous photographs s to introduce Miss' Betty Buchan, Public Relations Director of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., would not be correct. Miss Buchan who has completed recently 15 years with Ocean Spray needs no introduction :o the industry . . . she is too well known in her own right. Miss; Buchan, came to Ocean Spray in July, 1949 as Publicity Editor and Editor of Cooperative News, an Ocean Spray monthly vhich is no longer printed. Although Betty goes familiarly by the aame of Betty Buchan, or more often to her friends B^etty B., her i'ull name is Elizabeth L. Buchan, and she was born in Andover, Mass. Miss Buchan is' listed in recent ditions of "Who's Who" of lonerican Woraen in the East; (he is a member of the Public ielations Society of America, the "ublicity Club of Boston and .i.merican Women in Radio and Television. After her graduation from school she worked on the "An- dover Townsman," a weekly newspaper there. This was dur- ing the "Big Depression" and she obtained work as a proof reader. About 1938 she worked for an insurance company in Boston. She was about five years on the news'paper and then she was em- ployed by a big department store in Washington, the store being Woodward & Lothrop; she was assistant to the adjustment man- ager and worked on settling claims. She then went into the U. S. Army, where she was' attached to the Signal Corps. She was made a sergeant and worked chiefly near Washington, D. C. After service she returned to the newspaper in Andover, and had one year editing a paper for a large textile firm in Lawrence. From there she went to Ocean Spray. Miss Buchan lives alone in her own hous'e in Duxbury, wher.e she had a cat, but this recently died and she is just now "between another cat or a dog at this time." She enjoys her work at Ocean Spray tremendously and feels that she is doing a good job for ths- cranberry growers in trying to "push" cranberry s'ales at every possible event. "There is something going on every minute of the day and every day is a little different. It is exciting work." The accompanying pictures show some of the "stunts" and costumes she wears in her public appearances. BELOW Betty, an old-fashioned cranberry picker at Cranberry Festival, rests on cranberrry wheelbarrow used at the beginning ot the 20thi century, also a 100-lb. cranberry barrel used as a shipping container. (Photo by Stanley A. Bauman) Betty at Cranberry Festival with Christian Herter, A Cranberry Queen and the late Marcus L. Urann, extreme right. (Bauman Photo) Servingr Cranberry Barbecue at Plymouth, Mass. when the Mayflower came in on one occasion. (Stanley A. Bauman Photo) NINE r" o II .is .1 •- ij > 3 u I S •S CQ i M I M TEN ELEVEN Development Of Foreign Markets For U. S. Berries (Editor's Note; the following is the talk given at the annual meeting of the Cape Cod Cran- berry Growers' Association, State Bog, East Wareham. August 18. It is by Clifton A. Cook of the FAS, United States Department of Agriculture.) European Market Development for Cranberries We are all interested in devel- oping foreign markets for cran- berries not only for balance of payments reasons, but also be- cause bigger overseas outlets can strengthen prices of the domestic crop. The U. S. market is contin- ually supplied with an abundant quantity and a wide variety of fresh ond processed fruit and vegetable items. Increasing or s'ometimes even maintaining one's domestic market position is often a difficult task. Thus, we have been jointly exploring the market potential for cranberries in Wes- tern Europe. The United Kingdom liberal- ized trade in cranberries in 1959 and a few fresh berries were ex- ported that year. This stimulated an interest among leader in your industry, which led to a cooper- ative program between FAS and the Cranberry Institute in 1960. Whsther to start or to continue a foreign marketing program de- depends on a number of factors. These should be most carefully and thoroughly evaluated in ma- king decisions pertaining to all phases of a program. Cranberry production durin^j 1957-61 averaged 1.2 million bar- Mcculloch CHAIN SAWS If you've been thinking about buying a ciiain saw, there's no better time than right now. The new McCuilochs are here. More powerful, more dependable than ever — and at low, low prices. We have models for every need, whether it's cutting firewood, pruning, clearing land or felling giant timber. There's attachments for brushcutting and earth drilling, too. Drop in soon. Try one. Buy one. You'll be glad you did. EASY TERMS • COMPLETE PARTS AND SERVICE CARVER SUPPLY COMPANY CARVER, MASS. Tel. UNion 6-4480 rels and has increased about if psTcent in recent years. The firsi evaluation is whether the do- mestic market will increase suffi- ciently to absorb the increasing production. If it does not, then the general price level for both fresh and processed cranberries will decline. The cranberry industry is spending a rather high percentage of its sales dollar for market promotion in the domestic market. Even at this level of promotion the market has not absorbed the total crop. Thus, the primary question is whether additional market promotional efforts will expand domestic demand enough to justify the cost. Thus', the principle issue is whether additional markets for fresh cranberries and products can be more efficiently developed in Europe than in our domestic mariket. This now appears pos- sible especially in view of rising incomes throughout nothErn Europe. Practically all of the world commercial cranberry production is in the United States. Thus, we are endeavoring to introduce an unknown product into new mar- kets that are reasonably well sup- plied with fruit and vegetable products from all over the world. European importers and whole- salers are only interested when a commodity can be furnished year after year at reasonable prices. Thus we need to decide about what volume will be avail, able for export over an extended period of time. If it appears that 1, 2, or 3 countries could be ex- pected to absorb this' tonnage, then it might be wise to concen- trate on relatively few markets. We are confident that a well coordinated promotional and sales approach is a fundamental re- quirement in establishing a mar- ket. Currently with several fast freighters sailing out of New York, London and Paris are no farther in time of shipment from Massachusetts than California points. Thus, fresh berries can be delivered to most northern European ports in 8 to 12 days TWELVE ^iv/hich makes reorders possible •jand eliminates some of the risk in stockpiling fresh berries. Mr. John W. Stewart, Director of our Division, gave the basic outline of our Market Develop- ment Program in his talk at the annual meeting of Ocean Spray August 22, 1962. He described the six basic categories in this program which include: (1) ad- vertising, (2) merchandising, (3; public relations, (4) survsys, (5) stapervision and (6) evaluation. Today we are mainly concerned with the first four categories. With any small-volume, specialty item such as cranberries, we will always be working with a rela- tively small budget. This makes it necessary to pinpoint our sales efforts where the greatest poten- tial is' and with fresh berries or products most acceptable to the market. Amendment IV of ycur Market Development Project specifically mentions 11 Western European countries where funds may b;^ used and authorizes' other coun- tries subject to approval by the Administrator. It also authorizes activities in all categories. Th:-- Marketing Plan for the coming season will spell out the activities ■and the countries which will bu less than the broad coverage in the project. We think there might be an outlet for cranberry juice in France. In November we will have a fruit and vegetable bccth for exhibiting and sampling U. S. products and a trade reception for Paris trade representatives. This will be a relatively inexpen- s'ive way to gain a limited knowl- edge of the acceptance of this product. Since 1960, approximately $185,- 000 of FAS funds and industry contributions of about 50% of this amount are involved in the joint FAS-Cranberry Institute program. Thus, it is readil'y apparent that a lot of ingenuity will be required in the most advantageous use of funds in developing overseas mar- kets. An example will best illus_ 'trate this point. The California date industry concluded that they needed a foreign outlet for a rel- atively small quantity of dates. A survey in Japan this spring indicated a potential market. However, the representative ma- king the survey concluded that it would be too costly to develop a consumer market for package dates, so they are concentrating en sales to the bakery and con- fectionary trades. They plan to conduct demonstrations under contract with Western Wheat As'„ sociates who maintain ? market development office in Japan. If it works, this small program may solve their problem. Returning to cranberries, there is no reliable measure of our successes' to date. U. S. exports of both fresh and processed cran- berries are grouped into basket catagories. The Institute should arrange to collect these data. We suspect that costs per unit sold are quite high and this should be expected on a new program introducing an entirely new product. So far the program has devel- oped more buyers than we have sellers. For the future we would like to make 3 suggestions for your consideration: (1) analyze the market potential in an effort to determine the product or prod- ucts that appear to have the greatest potential; (2) concentrate promotion on the product and timing, if seasonal, and coordinate sales effort with promotion; and (3) give careful consideration to the cost and effectiveness of the prornotional media and whether it should be tied in with another product or products. Again I want to emphasize as Mr. Stewart did that full respon- sibilty for carrying out foreign promotional activities rests' with the industry cooperator. While government assistance is not limited to financial support, the primary responsibility for execu- ting successful promotions must lie with the industry. CRANBERRY PRODUCTS FOR CALORIE WATCMERS Weight watchers will have no need to worry about that second glass of Cranberry Juice Cocktail. For their benefit. Ocean Spray has pushed Low Calorie Cran- berry Juice Cocktail into national distribution. The new product, taste-matched with Cranberry Juice Cocktail, has all the advantages of he reg- ular product while cutting the calorie count to 16 in a 6, ounce serving. Vitamin C content in 6 ounces is 45 milligrams, more than the minimum daily require- ment for the average pers'on. The Low Calorie Cranberry Juice Cocktail comes in 3 sizes — pints, quarts and gallons. Another boon to weight watchers, augmented during the summer by bathing suit styles, is Ocean Spray's Low Calorie Whole Cranberry Sauce, now in 12 ounce glass jars with tv/is'i-ofT caps. Serving suggestions on the back of the label give recipes for cranberry salad, omelet and ham glaze. The low calorie products, along with Ocean Spray's regular line of Cranberry Juice Cocktail and Cranberry Sauce, 'add festive flavor to summertime salad meals, barbecues' and cookouts. Stack them with barbecue displays for increased profits. Sales of Cranberry Juice Cock- tail, Regular and Low Calorie, are supported by network radio and television advertising. Arthur Godfrey time on 236 CBS Sta- tions; on NBC-TV, Word for Word, Truth or Consequences, You Don't Say, Let's Make a Deal; and on ABC-TV, General Hospital. Go Creative posters' are avail- able to push sales at point of purchase and a strong publicity program will provide consumers with summertime serving ideas with s-pecial emphasis on Cran- berry Juice Cocktail and the low calorie products. THIRTEEN This is a picker powered by Propane Gas (the ank shows at the side.) It is being operated by Jack Atwood of Carver, and the developer, Waldo Roby is also shown. (Franklyn D. Rice Photo) This shows a pumping unit, a Continental engine, driving a St, Jacques pump. The men are "Kenny" Beaton and Waldo Roby. (Franklyn D. Rice Photo) FOURTEEN BULK CONTAINERS AT BANDON, ORE. Cranberries began rolling into the Ocean Spray Cranberry Ware- house about the first of October, reported William T. Dufort, area manager at Bandon. About 35 employees were at work numbering the large ply- wood bulk bins which were used in the operation. About 200 of these large boxes wsre construc- ted by Dow-Conn Construction of Bandon. The anticipated crop for this year is "roughly four million pounds," said Dufort in an inter- view with the Bandon Western World, "about the same crop as' in 1963." above last year. A larger turkey crop might mean somewhat lower prices, thus inducing more fam- ilies to buy turkey for tbsi tradi_. tional Thanksgiving dinner, which always features cranberry products. The total crop is expected to be 98.7 million birds, a five per- cent increase over the 83.7 mil- lion produced last year. USDA ESTIMATES CROP SLIGHTLY UP FROM THAT Turkey Crop Expected To Be Up This Year There could be good news for cranberry growers later on this' fall, as the USDA has reported the nation's turkey crop will be Low Water Supply Blamed for Frost-Marred Berries in Wisconsin The official Cranberry report was released by the New England Crop Reporting Service on August 25th. Based on mid-August con- l&=fclS=a=iei&l£=5Sie=t£=iei£=l£:l£3^i5=i&a=£=^^ CRANBERRY GRO C ASO RO N G-4 (4« GRANULES) CASORON is highly effective against a broad spectrum of per- ennial and annual broad leaf and grass weeds (including rushes and sedges) comnnonly occuring in cranberry bogs. May be ap- plied by Cyclone Seeders or Dana Chemi-casters, 3^2', 7', 10y2' or 14' size. Distributed by PARKHURST FARM SUPPLY HAMMONTON, N. J. 561-0960-0961 ditions, the forecast is for 1,298- 700 for the Nation. At this level the crop is expected to be 4 per- cent larger than in 1963 and nearly 2 percent larger than the 1958-62 average. October USDA Report 5s 1,283,700 Bbls. The October 9th USDA esti- mate of the cranberry crop for 1964, gives Mas'sachusetts 650,000 (believed by some to be too high); New Jersey, 114,000; Wis- consin, 405,000; Washington, 77,- 000 and Oregon 37,000. This makes a total U. S. crop as currently estimated of 1,283,700 barrels. This is' slightly up from the average (1958-62) production of 1,263,700 READ CRANBERRIES Ocean Spray Offers New Unit A new cranberry unit for Home Economics teachers is being offered by Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. this fall to ac- quaint high school and college students with the versatility of cranberries and cranberry prod- ucts. Offer of the unit, CRAN- BERRIES—YEAR 'ROUND BER- RIES WITH THE BOUNCE, wlU be made in a 2-.color, 2-page spread in the September issue of Practical Forecast For Home Economics, and the advertisement will include an order coupon. The kit contains information and teaching aids sufficient for one class or several, including a recipe booklet, colorful wall and bulletin board posters, and a history of the cranberry and its unique culture and harvest. Op- tional is a movie. Heritage of Flavor, also offered free by Ocean Spray. Besides the complete teacher's kit. additional recipes and his- tories are available in quantity for student distribution, and va - ried cranberry dirhes selected by Ocean Spray's Cranberry Kitchen lend themselves to classroom demonstration and home enjoy- ment. INSECT ENEMY OF SCOTCH BROOM (Editor's Note: The following may be of interest to cranberry growers of Oregon and Washing- ton troubled by Scotch Broom. It appeared in the May 1964 issue of "Agricultural Research"). An insect that attacks' only Scotch broom has been succes- fully established at five locations in California, where this shrub has become a noxious weed. ARS entomologists, in coopera- tion with the California Agricul- tural Experiment Station, impor- ted the insect from Europe. It lays eggss on the plant's stejns and twigs; when the eggs hatch, the larvae bore under the bark and tunnel into the tissue, caus- ing the stems and twigs to weaken and die. Scotch broom is used as an ornamental in many parts of the country, but it has become a weed pest on the west coast. The shrub now occupies about 100,- 000 acres of range and forest land in California alone, choking off grass' needed for grazing and preventing young trees from be- coming established^ It is als'o a fire hazard. In the ARS tests, Scotch broom shrubs that were heavily attacked by the moth became covered with deadwood. Seed production of the infested shrubs declined 50 per- cent compared with that of un- infested shrubs. This is the first attempt in the United States to control Scotch broom by using a beneficial insect. The moth, a stem and twig miner (Leiucoptera spartifoliella Hubner), was introduced intr moths were released in 1961 and 1962. During this expeximental period, the insect has made limi- ted inroads on Scotch broom stands. SiXTSSN By weakening or destroying new plant growth, the beneficial miner creates a continuous stress on even the largest Scotch broom shrubs. It causes heaviest dam- age to the lomer branches, which die and fall off. Grass is then able to grow under the shrubs and animals can graze more free- ly. As the lower branches are thinned out, particularly in for est areas, pine seedlings may be able to compete successfully with the shrub. In laboratory tests with three other broom species, ARS scien- tists found no evidence of twig mining following introducion of L. spartifoliella into cages' con- taining the plants. One species, French broom, exists with Scotch broom in Mill Valley, California. At this location — one of the in- sect release sites — the miner in- fested only Scotch broom. Since 1960, natural populations of the miner have been reported in Washington at Tacoma, in northwestern Calif., and in the San Francisco Bay region. It is believed to have been accident- ally introduced in these areas with the host plant. Natural increases of L. sparti- foliella are expected to have a marked effect on Scotch broom. But to hasten dispersal, future releases may be made by collec- ting the miner at established sites for release in ne"w areas. At Tacoma, and in California's Del Norte County, a parasite attacks tha miner. This' parasite, a European species, did n appear at any of the release lo- cations, but it could impair the miner's future usefulness. In further research on insect control of Scotch broom, a steed vv^eevil that infests the shrub in Europe will be brought to the United States and released in California this year. Lrarvae of the weevil, Apion fuscirostre F., feed only on the seeds of Scotch broom. The insect does not attack other plants. No Set-Aside For The 1964 Crop On October 2, the Cranberry Marketing Committee reviewed the current estimated crop pros- pects and in light of the resul- ting figures, voted to recommend no set-aside for the industry for this 1964 season. The revised estimate for the 1964 crop follows: Massachusetts 651,000; New Jersey 107,000; Wisconsin, 402,000; Washington 68,000; Oregon 40,000. The notice is signed by Anthony R. Briggs, manager of the Cranberry M a r k e t i n'g Committee. NOTES FROM CRANGUYMA Frank O. Glenn, Jr. owner and operator of Cranguyma Farms has been laying a 14-inch Johns- Manville transite pipe main on some new acreage. This will be for the sprinkler system and for flooding purposes. A half-mile of it was put in through the cran- berry bog and it has kept the small crew very busy. WEST COAST PERSONAL Norman Brateng, Long Beach, Washington cranberry grower has been elected third vice president of the Long Beach Lions Club. ADVERTISE IN CRANBERRIES FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Continued on Page 6 for harvest. This increase in supply enabled growers to hold back on harvesting to get better color. It is' hoped the water levels will increase in October and November to insure adequate water for winter protection. Crop May Be Around 4''0,000 About twenty five per cent of the acreage was raked by the end of September with some marshes running very heavy and some very light. Those marshes stiflfer- ing frost damage in June were running light, along with those suffering hail damage in June. There were several marshes that had both hail and frost loss and these were almost a total loss. While it was still early to estimate actual field counts, it appeared the state would have around 400,000 barrels, with good color, above average size and good keeping quality. WASHINGTON Washins:ton Crop May Fall Off As of September 21 a letter from Dr. Charles C. Doughty, director of the Coastal Washing- ton Experiment Station at Long Beach says the reported produc- tion for this year in Washington is considerably les's than in 1963. The crop last year was 111,000 barrels. One reason for the reduc- tion is that it is the natural ten- dency of the McFarlin variety to bear on a biennial basis. There are several other things' that may make the final crop figure for this year lower than the predicted one. There was an extremely long blossoming season. The first blossoms this' year were open on June 10th, the last blossom on the bogs closed about the 18th or 20th of July with the full bloom on approximately July 6th. This is a considerably long period, es"pecially when the peak of bloom comes so long after the first blooms are out. Temperatures Had Much To Do The temperature had a great deal to do with the bud develop- ment. There were wide differ- ences in degrees. Cooler Season The cooler season in 1964 coupled with more rain, particu- larly in July and August when there is' generally warm weather has made quite a difference in the development and growth of the berries this season. Many of the berries are small and will go out in the screening process. These s"niall berries, most of them, are the ones that set in the late part of the blossoming period and there has just not been enough time or heat enough for them to grow adequately. There was another factor that played a considerable part this year and that is a blossom blight caused by two species of fungi which has reduced the set of the berries this year. Dr. Folke Johnson, and Dr. Makie Eglitis have been working in the prob- lem, and have tentatively iden- tified the fungi. There is yet to be worked out a definite control program. The 1964 s'eason was apparently ideal for growth and development of the organisms. Harvest Harvest was expected to start the 15th of October. The berries were coloring very slowly. This is in contrast to the time when harvest started last year which was September 25th. Rainfall for the Year The total rainfall for the year up to the first of September was 49.24 inches. During the same Continued on Page 20 FROST CONTROL AND IRRIGATION COMPLETE SYSTEMS TAILORED TO MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS Famous Moulton Quick Coupler Solid Set Systems We have been designing and manufacturing irrigation equipment for over one quarter century. COMPLETE SYSTEMS - pumping units, pumps, power units, sprinklers. Aluminum or steel fittings made to order. Write or call for literature and details. Wisconsin representative; STUART PEDERSEN Box 38 Warrens, Wisconsin MOULTON IRRIGATION COMPANY SOMERSET, WISCONSIN (formerly Withrow, Minnesota) SEVhSNTEEN NIAGARA DIELDRIN GUARDS AGAINST GRUBS! FOR FIELD-PROVEN, HIGHLY EFFECTIVE GRUB CONTROL, [AKE YOUR FALL APPLICATION WITH NIAGARA DIRDRIN Y R. F. Morse & Son, Inc. CRANBERRY HIGHWAY WEST WAREHAM, MASSACHUSETTS CY 5-1553 EIGHTEEN <5,dJt^y_al5 ISSUE OF OCTOBER, 1964 VOL. 29 - No. 6 ^^J^SUc««a^ TAKEN TO TASK We were taken to task by one and praised by another for favoring Senator Goldwater for President in a recent issue of CRANBERRIES. We were told by one that a farm journal has no business editorializing about politics. But we notice that the Farm Journal, a farm maga- zine with a tremendous circulation did the same thing in a series of editorials which were cer- tainly not against Goldwater. ANOTHER GOOD YEAR By the middle of October Edward Gelsthorpe, general manager and executive vice president of Ocean Spray was able to say he thoroughly believed this would be another good year for tlie cranberry industry as a whole. The crop apparently not holding quite up to earlier es- timates, but the market was strong, sales were brisk and there was no reason to doubt that the price would not hold finn throughout the rest of the shipping season. BETTY BUCHAN COMPLETES 15 YEARS Miss Betty Buchan, publicity director of Ocean Spray recently completed 15 years of service to that cooperative and we call special attention to the article with photos about her in the current issue, and think she liighly de- serves such recognition for her services to tlie cranberry growers and the cranberry industry in general. We hope you will like this article with the many photos, some more or less "goofy," as she goes about performing her duties of impressing the use of cranberries in their many forms upon the general public. PROPANE GAS PICKER We also call special attention to the Propane Gas Picker shown in tliis issue. This is a development of Waldo Roby of Carver, Mass. and we think he deserves high praise for bring- ing Propane Gas into the cranberry picture. We do not know of the merits of this picker or the use of Propane Gas in cranberries, but Mr. Roby is certain it is a worthwhile development, and if nothing else it shows the continuing in- ventiveness of members of the cranberry industrv. CLARENCE J. HALL Editor and Publisher EDITH S. HALL — Associate Editor Wareham, Massachusetts SUBSCRIPTIONS, $4.00 Per Year FOREIGN, $5.00 CORRESPONDENTS - ADVISORS Wisconsin LEO A. SORENSON Cranberry Consultant Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Washington Dr. CHARLES C. DOUGHTY Cranberry Specialist Long Beach, Wash. Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, Ore. Massachusetts Dr. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Mass. New Jersey P. E. MARUCCI New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station Pem.berton, New Jersey "DISMAL" FALL SEASON This is the "dismal" Fall season of the year, but beautiful nevertheless. BrilHant reds and yellows flame in the maple trees, the fall flowers bloom and the frost has been on the cranberry and pumpkin. It is a season none of us espe- cially like, we suspect, as it foretells the commg of ^vinter with its snows and cold, but it is one of the seasons of the year which whirl around inevitably. We should enjoy it as best we may and look forward to another year and another spring which in due course will roll around. NINETEEN SERVING THE WISCONSIN GROWERS Continued from Pege 17 period in 1963 there was 32.57 inches. Temperatures The minimum temperatures for the month of August this' year W'sre 36 degrees on August 4, 38 degrees on August 5, 59 degrees on the 9th, 37 degrees on the 13th, 15th and 16th, 59 degrees en the 14th and 35 degrees on August 30. These are bog tem- peratures'. The high was 71 de- grees on the 6th of August, 72 degrees on the 10th, 36 on the 24th, the rest of the highs were in the 60 degree range. There were 17 days during August in which there was measurable precipitation and very few that were not cloudy. New Ocean Spray Plant The new cleaning plant at Long Beach which is being in- stalled by Ocean Spray will be ready to go by the time the berries are coming in. The plant will include two shakers to take care of the trash and leaves, the flotation unit to sort the berries and a belt to sort out the berries which were missed. This' is really a revolution in handling and cleaning the cranberries and will mean a much more uniform crop. The berries will be handled in 10-barrel lot boxes. The bulk of the crop will be brought to the plant in dump trucks of different types. Statement of ownership, management and circulation (Act of October 23, 1962; Section 4369. Title 39, United States Code) of CRANBERRIES, The Narional Cran- Wareham, Masssachusetts for October, 1964. The names and addresses of the pub- lisher, editor, managing editor, and busi- INDIAN TRAIL, inc. WORKING— MERCHANDIZING— SELLING WISCONSIN-GROWN CRANBERRIES 12 Months of the Year Moving FRESH — FROZEN— — CANNED & JUICE — Striving always to move TOP-QUAL- ITY products at TOP PRICES for bet- ter returns to WISCONSIN Growers. P. 0. BOX 710, WtS. RAPiDS, WIS. ness managers are: Publisher — Clarence J. F. Hall, Ware- ham, Mass. Editor — Clarence J. F. Hall, Wareham, Mass. Managing editor — Clar- ence J. F. Hall, Wareham, Mass. The known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or hold- ing 1 percent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are; None. Total No. Copies Printed (Net Press Run), 2000; average no. copies each issue during preceding 12 months, 15 50; Single issue nearest to filing date, 15 50; paid circulation, average by mail, carrier de- livery or by other means, 15 50; nearest issue, 15 50; Sales through agents, news dealers or otherwise, average, none; nearest issue, none; Free distribution, by carrier, delivery or other means, none, nearest issue, none. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth, S.S. September 22, 1964 Personally appeared, Clarence J. F. Hall, and made oath that the statements sub- scribed by him are true, before me. ELMINA HOLLIS, Notary Public My commission expires January 24, 1970 CORRUGATED CULVERT PIPE FLOW GATES FeSker Bros. Mfg. Co. MARSHFIELD WISCONSIN Phone 230 - 231 SPRINKLER SYSTEMS PUMPS HIGH CAPACITY WELLS ROBERTS IRRIGATION SERVICE STEVENS POINT WISCONSIN TWENTY SERVING THE WISCONSIN GROWERS FOR SALE SEARLES JUMBO HOWES, McFARLIN Vine* for delivery in 1964 $150 Ton F.O.B. 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A report shows that planned at- tempts to develop sales of Ameri- can cranberries in the United Kingdom started in the fall of 1961 with the introduction of fresh cranberries in that market. Cranberry Institute under an FAS Development Project Agree- ment made a limited survey of the market and of the problems and opportunities that existed there. During the 1962 season with limited test market opsrations' being carried out, sales of fresh U. S. cranberries, U. S. value totalled $25,000 to $35,000. The ROBY'S PROPANE GAS, INC. (Carver, Mass. 866-4545 West WarehaTi, L\^- 295-3737 CONVERT YOUR IRRIGATION TO LP, GAS 1. Saves on Oil 2. No Pilferage 3. Saves on Spark plugs 4. Up to Three Times the Engine-life 5. Saves on Fuel Pumps and Carburetors FOR A DEMONSTRATION CALL US TODAY TAKE ADVANTAGE of the BETTER things of life. The efficient USE OF ELECTRICITY is one of these better things — efficient use in power for cranberry bog operations, and in the home. Plymouth County Electric Co. WAREHAAA - PLYMOUTH CYpress 5-0200 Pilgrim 6-1300 1963 program was extendsd to include U. S. processed cranber- ries as well as fresh with total sales approximating $100,000. Since the major demand period for cranberries is during the fall season sales figures for 1964 will not be available for some time. It might be noted, however, that a major U. S. supplier has estab- lished promotions plans for this period and efforts are being made to convince other brand suppliers of the opportunities which exist in this market. The minimum selling price ex wharf on both fresh and canned cranberries has recently been increased. Research has shown that the retail price to con- sumers' which was originally es- tablished at the equivalent of 35- 39 cents per pound on fresh cran- berries, at 17 cents on the 7 ounce can and 34 cents on the 1-lb. can of cranberry sauce, can be in- creased slightly without substan- tially affecting sales. The reason for this is that the average con- sumer makes quantity purchases only at Christmas time Avhen the saving of a few pence is not the main consideration. It is the in- tent of the U. K. representatives of major U. S. brands to recom- mend an increased consumer price, but promotional allowances which are part of the major PORTABLE 24 "-GA. RAILROAD 2,000 ft. welded 15-ft. sections 20-lb. rail, curves, switches and accessories. 11/2 ton Brookville locomotive. 12 one-yd. V-dump cars and extra set resanding bodies. TO BE SOLD AS A UNIT Russell A. Trufant 15 Frank St. Middleboro, Mass. Western Pickers Parts and Repairs Agent for 1964 Model ORDER NOW J. E. BRALEY & SON MACHINE SHOP 78 Gibbs Avenue Wareham, Mass. HAVE YOUR REPAIRS DONE NOW ONE SHARON BOX COMPANY, INC. ESTABLISHBD 1856 SHARON. MASSACHUSETTS We Will Buy Your White Pine Logs Either Standing or Cut • Highest Prices Paid • Sawmill located at North Carver, Mass. 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INSTITUTE Continued from Page 2 ation with an eye to alternative approaches to the marketing problem. It is felt this can best be controlled by periodic trips to the U. K. by the Institute rep- res'entatives. Planned expendi- tures for the international travel ■are $3,000; Sales and Trade Relations, $400. It is proposed to establish a Cranberry Kitchen, so-called, for publicity purposes and to obtain the services of an individual to work full time on the cranberry project to maintain personal con- tact with food editors, attend cooiking school exhibitions, trade exhibitions, s'how the cranberry film at women's clubs and trade groups, attend store openings, demonstrate and in general be considered the U. S. Cranberry trademark in the U. K. Ocean Spray's Sales Up $4,000,000 Ocean Spray net sales in the T^ S. are up $4,000,000 in the 12 months ending in August 1964 over the previous year, Edward Gelsthorpe, general manager and' executive vice president of the co-op has announced. A final cash payment on the 1963 crop ol $1.11 per barrel was paid as an- nounced in a brief story in th€ October issue. This brought the total cash payment to $11.46 as against $9.41 for the 1962 berries- The growers also received a re- tain of equivalent to 41 cents; this being in stock. Mr. Gelsthorpe attributes' thf increase to expansion of cran-s berry juice cocktail and the ad dition of new products. Cran berry juice cocktail has attained strong national sales. Ocean Spray's new Cranberry Orange Relish has recently movec from test-market to national dis- tribution and initial trade and consumer reaction is enthusiastic Other new products' are reportec| on the way to introduction. Issue of November, 1964 -Vol. 29, No. 7 Second Class Postage Paid at Wareham, Massachusetts Post Office Published monthly at Warehim, Massachusetts. Subscriptions 24.00, Foreign, ?5.00 per FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C J. H, MASSACHUSETTS Rain Halts Harvest Again October 16th and 17th were dismal, rainy days precluding any chance of harvesting what of the crop remained out. There were Ino frost warnings. The rain ccn- itinusd heavy on the 18th. As most of the crop was harves'ted this did little toward helping water raking where is is prac- ticed, but it did help to fill up the reservoirs for late fall and winter. The rainfall at the State ;Bog was mfeasured as 2.94 inches, while Dr. Cross recorded 3.18 at Sandwich and it was also heavy in the Hyannis area and on the Lower Cape. This storm was ap- oarently the remnants of Hurri- cane Isabel as she passed out to ;ea off the Cape. Harvesting- End About Last of October The end of October brought nostly beautiful "Indian Summer" ijA^eather, and the few late pickers itJA^ere taking advantage of it to li jet the last of the crop off. A 3; ^ew berries were still left on the ;^ Anes the last week of October. E Severe Frost Oct. Last :, There was a severe frost on the CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Shocks, or Nailed Stock Always on Hand Let me repair your broken boxes-or repair them yourself, F. H. COLE North Carver, Mass. Tel. Union 6-3330 last day of October with a mini- mum of 13 being recorded at the State Bog. There were so few berries' left out there was prob- ably no damage to them. Oct. Cold Month The month of October was generally a colder than normal one by about 80 or 90 degrees for the month. Rainy It was also a month of con- siderable rain. A total 4.02 inches of precipitation being recorded at the State Bog, with varying amounts elsewhere. Normal for October is 3.74 inches. NEW JERSEY Cold October The month of October was the- coldest October on record in the 36-year history of this Station. The mean temperature was 52.3°, which was 4.3° below normal. The average maximum temperature for October was 66.1°, 2.4° below nor- mal; the average minimum was 38.4°, 6.2° below normal. There were 8 nights when the temper- ature was 32° or below in the weather shelter on the upland. Six of these were in the 20s, getting as' low as 24° on the 12th, the first time it has ever be:n that cold so early in the month. 22 Frost Alerts There were 22 frost alerts for cranberry bogs from the Weather Bureau. On 18 nights the actual temperatures in the bogs were below freezing and on 9 of these bog minimums in the teens were recorded. The coldest nights were on October 7th, 11th and 23rd. Temperatures' were as low as 12 AGENT FOR BOG WIGGINS AIRWAYS SERVICE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS HAND SPRAYERS - TOOLS - POWER EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BRIGGS AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTER R. F. MORSE & SON, Inc. Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 EASIER* FASTER "BEnER seeding and fertilizing CYCLONE POWER SEED SOWER AND FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTOR • 3 bushel size electric with remote controls. • Operates from tractor bat- tery. e Mounts front or rear on all tractors. CARVER SUPPLY COMPANY CARVER, MASS. Tel. UNion 6-4480 Brewer ft Lord 40 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. INSURANCE CONVERSE HILL CHARLES M. CUTLER WILLIAM B. PLUMBER VINCENT M. WILSON EDWARD H. LEARNARD JOHN B. CECIL, Jr. HORACE H. SOULE ROBERT C. BIELASKI Serving the People of New England Since 1859 ;SIX on a few bogs on each of these ' da ties and down to 10 on one bog on the 23rd. A few growers in ( the Medford area suffered mod- erate to heavy frost damage when they were caught without suf- ficient water in early October frosts. Rainfall Less The rainfall during the monlJi, of October amounted to 2.24 in- ches, 1.01 inches below normal. The precipitation since May 1st totaled 13.73 inches' compared with the normal amount of rain- fall for thos«' months of 23.5 inches, or a deficiency of almost 10 inches for the past six months. Prospects Up Most New Jersey growers har- vested more cranberries than they had estimated and considerably more than the average yield. When the final statistics are gath- ered, they will probably show that 1964 was close to a record yield' per acre. This good production occurred despite a very severe drought and water shortages. Losses to fruit rots and insects were negligible on most properties. Other factors which contributed to the good crop were very light spring frost damage and a good population of pollinating insects, |; WISCONSIN Oct. Dry — Temp. Near Normal I October was the s'econd driesi on record since record keeping i started in 1892. The driest Oc- tober was in 1952. From a tota Continued on Page 14 Robert W. Savary, Inc. •CHRYSLER •PLYMOUTH •VALIANT •SIMCA Top Quality Used Cars Onset Avenue East Wareham, Mass. See Us For A Good Buy 1 1 cai "Are Early and Black, jSo Why Not Call 'Em That?'' Said Lettice (Editor's Note: The following appeared in the Fall issue of B'ood Marketing in New England, a publication of First National stores, and it explains how your editors got into the business of I'unning a National Cranberry Magazine.) For years we've been a reader of a magazine called Cranberries and have asked its Editor and Publisher, Clar- ence Joshua Hall to tell the story of it for Food Market- ing, which he has done in the following Piece, as tartly flavored as the veritable berry he knows so well. He writes in the third person as befits a reporter who feels unpleasantly conspicuous using the perpendicular pro- noun, I. This true yarn might be entitled "Joshua was Bequeathed Cran- berries," in the telling of how Clarence Jos'hua Hall came to be editor and publisher of Cran- i berries, published at Wareham, Mass., for the cranberry growers of the U.S.A. and Canada since 1936, with one monthly exception when a few years back the build- ing housing the Wareham Courier office and print shop was s^vept by a hurricane. Why and how was Josh bequeathed cranberries? Cyrus and His Wife Lettice The American Cranberry of commerce (Vaccinium macro- carpon) was first cultivated by ione Captain Henry Hall at East Dennis on Cape Cod in about 1816. Intensive research can find no one who really started the cranberry "biz" as did Henry Hall. He and Josh Hall had the same common ancestor, John Hall, who was of Cambridge, Mass., as of 1630, later settling on the Cape Captain Cyrus Cahoon of Pleas- ant Lake village in the town of Harwich first developed the Early Black variety about 1840, still the most noted early variety, not only Editor Clarence J. Hall of CRAN- BERRIES Magazine. in Massachusetts, but in New Jer- sey and some of the other cran- berry areas. The story of how this came to be developed and named is that Cyrus"s wife Lettice brought home cranberry vines she obtained from a Captain Nathaniel Robbins, who had found them at his bog near Grassy Pond in Harwich. He did not recognize their true value. Cap- tain Cyrus planted the vines in his bog and they spread. One day he and Letty were screening berries in their barn and he asked her, "What shall we call these dark-colored berries ?" Letty replied: "Be'nt they Early and be'nt they Black ? Call 'em Early Blacks !" Your present-day cranberry juice cocktail is made from selected Early Blacks'. Only Wanted Land Abutting Capt. Cyrus, who had a long, white beard, wore a derby, and bought up many a mortgage on the Cape, was Editor Hall's great- great-grandfather. There are many stories about Capt. Cyrus. One was that he was land-crazy. It was said that he didn't want all of Cape Cod — all he wanted was all that land that 'jined him. Another incident was that a load of cranberries were at the depot and they were marked "C.C. Berries" for Cape Cod cranberries, grandfather, Capt. Lemuel HaL was a cranberry grower at North Harwich and his maternal grand- them be shipped without Cyrus's The station master refused to let personal consent, believing "C.C." meant Cyrus Cahoon cranberries, (to retreat a bit . . . many other Halls than Henry were among the pioneer growers. He, by the way, was a veteran of the Revolution- ary War.) The other early developed great variety was the Howes, still the standard late variety and an ex- cellent keeper. It was discovered by Paine Howes, also a Dennis pioneer, and somewhere along the line Henry Hairs' branch bad mar- ried into this particular branch of the Howes. Boyhood Picking Memories father, J. Frank Foster, had a small bog at Pleasant Lake. His father, the late Lemuel C. Hall, was secretary of the Cape Cod Cranberry Grower's Association twenty-five years until his' death i'i 1946, and Josh was secretary for one year, but had to resign because of press of other work. His mother, Lettice Modena Ger- trude (Foster) Hall, always picked cranberries' in the fall at Wareham. Little Josh as a child and by working hard all day could earn as much as $1.08 a day, by filling so-and-so many tin measures, the standard pick- ing container. At night, fingers were often bloody from vines and briers and there might be a touch of poison ivy and the back ached from stooping and the knees were bruised and sore from crawling along the mat of vines which is a cranberry bog. But it was really healthy fall fun, out in the sun and air all day. In many towns schools' didn't begin until well into Oc- tober, so that the young ones and parents might pick up extra money pickin' cranberries. Know Every Cranberry Area It would be remiss, if the associate editor, Mrs. Edith Savary Hall, were to be omitted from this account. As the wife Editor Josh Hall's paternal of Cranberries' editor, she has been more than helpful. As a matter of fact Cranberries could scarcely have been published without her. She goes' to meet- ings with the editor; often takes the notes, while he is shooting photographs or consulting with someone he wants to consult with. The Halls have vis'ited every cranberry area in the United States and Canada — north to Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, through Maine, where there were a number of bogs at one time, Massachusetts, from the tip of Cape Cod to bogs north and west of Boston. They have visited the Big Bog on Nantucket, also bogs on Mar- tha's Vineyard, and on Cutty- hunk where Gay Head Indians annually observe an island Cranberry Day, when all In- dians may pick the wild vines among the sand dunes of the shore near Menems'ha Bight. They have been to the bogs on Long Island, and to South Jersey from Bordentown to the tip of Cape May, and to all areas in Wisconsin from Eagle River and Manitowish Waters down to Wisconsin Rapids, and to the Tomah and the Warrens areas. On the West Coast they have visited bogs on Lulu Island, Van- couver. B.C., the Long Beach re- :gions in the State of Washing- ton, where cranberry culture is a thin red line just back of that beautiful shore; across the Co- lumbia River into Oregon, fol- lowing the thin red line' down the coast of Oregon, from Clatsop county to Coos county and the "town of Bandon, heart of the Oregon cranberry industry, thence south into Curry county which is not far from the Red- wood country of southern Oregon and northern California. Hand Picking to Machines Before inaugurating the cran- berry magazine, the Halls owned and operated a seven-acre piece (small, as bogs go) in East Taunton; weeded; frosted on cold spring and fall nights; spread sand on the ice in winter (sand- ing is good for bogs), and that gave them a practical basis for -i;*^'? Xyp %m^ Mrs. Edith S. Hall, Associate Editor of CRANBERRIES. cranberry writing. They have seen changes from hand picking to the cranberry snap, for ex- ample, to the 16-toothsd cranberry scoop and now to the big and small mechanical harvesting ma- chines. Spraying and dusting once were manual operations; now done in the East by straight- wing and helicopters. There is much heavvy equipment in use today. They have seen the an- nual crop grow froin a total U.S. of a little more than half a million barrels to the prss'ent million 300 thousand barrels (not berries). A barrel is 96 pounds. Station G'ves Grower Service Cranberries were once sold only as fresh fruit. Then pro- ces'sing came in, and has grown until today a little more than half the fruit is processed. Fresh cranberries used to be sold in bulk in barrels and then the half barrel or the quarter barrel box. Now they are cellophane or otherwise wrapped, for self- service. From magazine head- quarters it is scarcely more than a hop, skip and jump to the Mass. Experiment Station on Glenn Charlie road. East Ware- ham, and there are not many days in the year when Editor Hall does not visit or telephone. He is assisted by the staff of researchers there, usually in- cluding half a dozen Ph.D.'s. The - Station, foremost of its kind in ] the cranberry world, is a wealth of information. State researchers are often kind enough to write a technical article for Cran- berries. Hall keeps in close con- tact with other research stations in New Jersey, Washington State and the University of Wisconsin. County agents and other exten- sion workers also are helpful in getting accurate news fast. The magazine has been fortu- nate in having a sufficient num- ber of both subscribers and ad- vertisers. Many of them have been in the magazine with ads, and have subscribed, since its inception. It is the Editor's cur- rent boast that his magazine goes to every cranberry property in the United States, due to a group subscription provided two years ago by vote of the di- rectors of the Cranberry Insti- tute, the overall body of the industry. There are less than 2,000 growers, individuals, partners, stockholders in the industry. It takes a relatively small number cf growers to produce enormous crops. This is the way it is in all lines of agriculture — com- paratively few feed 190 million. Hall expects cranberries to reach the million and a half barrel mark within a few years. It could happen any year now, siven perfect weather conditions' in all cranberry areas. Indians Had Words for It The Halls live on Great Neck road, a quiet by-way, and within an eighth of a mile of their home are two bogs. A walk around the larger one, and up to the top of Brandy Hill is one of their favorite walks and they go by the smaller bog several times a day in going to and fro. There usually is bog work being done on it. The work indicates' the time of the year in cranberry growing. It is indeed a proud feeling to be editor of a magazine devoted to s'uch an ancient thing as cran- berries. For it is ancient, as things go in this country. No one knows how many centu- ries cranberries were growing before the white man came. The Indian tribes had various names for cranberries. In the Narragansett tongue it was Sase- mineach. The Algonquins in Wis- consin knew the red berry as Atoqua, the Chippewas as A'nibi- bim, and in all the names' the meaning was "sharp taste." The familiar story of how it acquired its English name is that it is from the shape of the bud as it appears before expanding into the perfect flower, the stem, calyx and petals re- sembling the neck, head and bill of a crane. That made it a CJrane-berry and it was an easy transition from that word to Cranberry. Cranberries If In Surplus Could Be On School Lunch Anyone who tries to stay on a food budget may wonder how So many schools can serve nutritious meals at the prices they do. A typical noon menu might be barbecued beef on buttered roll, potato salad, buttered spinach, fresh apple and milk — all this at an average national cost to the child O'f 27 cents. Needy children pay little or nothing. How do schools do it ? A good part of the answer lies in the National School Lunch Program which this year will enable approximately 70,000 public and nonprofit private schools to serve low-cost nutri- tious lunches to 17 million chil- iren. In recognition of this pro- gram's value and achievements during its 18 years of operation, the week of October 11-17 is set laside as National School Lunch Week, by Presidential proclama- tion. The theme for the week: School Lunch Serves Youth. The school lunch program is administered nationally by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and ;the State educational agency. Local lunchrooms participating in the program receive Federal lonations of abundant agricultural products and cash assistance which amounts to more than 23 percent of the total program cost. Children's payments take care of about 56 percent of the cost. State and local sources' pay the remainder. The school lunch manager un- der the guidance of local educa- tors in each community or school district operates her own lunch- rooms and plans her menus, largely using foods bought in local markets, supplemented with the foods' donated by the Department Menus for each school in the National School Lunch Program are planned according to the Type A pattern, developed by USDA to insure «ach child Va to Vz his daily nutritional require- ments at lunch. Included in the pattern are 2 ounces of lean meat, fish, poultry, cheese, or an equiv- alent quantity of eggs, peanut butter or beans; % cup of two or more vegetables' and/or fruit; 2 teaspoons of butter or fortified margerine; a portion of enriched or whole grain bread and a half pint of fluid whole milk. I*roviding a lunch like this every school day to the 17 million youngsters in the program, or one out of every three school children in the U. S. calls for tremendous quantities of food. Last year's food bill totaled over $876 million. Almost four fifths of this — $688 million — was spent by schools in local food markets. The school lunch program, some- times' called the largest single food service in the Nation, is now a 1.4 billion dollar food industry serving 2.8 billion lunches a year. Through this nationwide service to youth — the school lunch pro- gram is helping teach a great many youngsters to enjoy a wide variety of foods from our pro- ductive farmlands. For example, canned grape- fruit sections and Bartlett pears are now popular it:ms in many areas where children had never tasted them before they had them with their school lunches. Chil- dren in the Southeast have learned to enjoy purple plums from the Northwest. Cornbread, another regional favorite, new to California children with school lunches', is now in demand as a weekly feature. Thus, the National School Lunch Program serves two worth" v/hile purposes. It makes' effec- tive use of our abundant supplies of food, providing good markets for farmers, food industries and local businesses. Most importantly, it contributes greatly to the health and well-being of our children. To aid in meeting the nutri- tional goals of the lunch program, specialists in the USDA's Agri- cultural Marketing Service pro- vide adminstrative and technical guidance to State personnel who, in turn, advise some 300,000 local workers in operating the individual programs. Guidance and assistance in everything from planning and equipping a school lunchroom to buying and prepar- ing food is available to partici- pating schools. Storage, safety and Sanitation are other areas that receive attention. Three basic requirements for school participation in the pro- gram are that the lunch program be operated on a non-profit basis, 'tlhat menus follow the basic Type A pattern, and that free or re- duced price lunches be provided for children determined by local officials to be unable to pay the full price. About 10 percent of the parti- cipating children receive free or reduced price lunches. There are many schorls in low- income areas having high propor- tions of children who can't afford to pay for lunch, where it is virtually impossible to finance a lunch program with normal local, State and Federal aid. This year, as part of a nationwide attack on poverty. Federal, State and local officials intensified their efforts to open lunch programs in these schools using special cash and food assistance. With volunteer labor and mini- mal kitchen equipment, lunch programs were opened last winter and spring in hundreds of rural and urban schools in Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia. Thou- sands of children began getting school lunches for the first time in their lives; for many the only good meal of the day. NINE ^ Mrs Marion Wilson, right, and great grandson Michael in their bee swarming costumes. (CRANBERRIES Photo) Mrs. Marion Wilson Typifies The Stamina of Women Growers Everywhere When They Become Widows She Operates Five Acres, Near Bandon, Oregon and was 79 When Visited in Spring of 1963 Tbs indomitable spirit of the berry business after buying one- half interest from partner John Nielson who joined Mr. Wilson in developing the bogs in 1937. That left Mrs. Wilson, a small, neat and courageous woman, to cranberry growers of the West ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ cranberry business. Coast, inclcuding some of the women, wives or widows of cran- berry growers, is' well testified to in the person of Mrs. Marion R. Wilson of Bandon, Oregon. Mrs. Wilson, neither hesitant nor boast- ful concerning her age — she is 79 — operates a cranberry property of four and a half acres on Prosper Road, mostly by her- self. Her late husband Manuel became a cranberry grower in 1937; he passed away in 1950. The Wilsons lost their son, Raymond L., age 39, in 1948. He had been associated with his father in conducting the cran- This she has done — with some assistance from neighbors and others. Mr. Wilson was a scaler in the logging business and also worked in sawmills. He had also been a commercial fisherman operating fishing seines on lower Coquille river. He worked for some time as a longshoreman; Bandon being a port of call for many vessels. Mr. Wilson grew up in Bandon and vicinity. The Wilsons were married in 1904 and lived in Prosper, a small community three miles from Bandon until they moved to the present home in 1946 at which time their only son, ; Raymond L. Wilson purchased the one-half interest from Mr. Niel- son. The son, Raymond L., wife Dorothy, and son, Raymond G., lived in Prosp^er until his death in 1948 while the son Ray- mond G. was in the s'ervice. Manuel Wilson took a partner, John Nielson, and in the fall of 1936 they began preparation of the bog. The following spring two and one-half acres were planted. The property is in five pieces, with a total of about four and a half acres. The bogs are num- bered from one to five The bog is all planted to McFarlins with the exception of one small section (no. 2) which is Stankavich berries. The Wilson property consists of 90 acres in all and this was in- cluded when the property was purchased by Mr. Wilson and Mr. Nielson in 1936. Unique Water System There is a reservoir 50 feet by 50 feet and six fee't deep, made of concrete. There is a rise of 80 feet up to the reservoir and the w^ater comes down by gravity flow to a ditch irrigating system. This reservoir is the water supply for all the bogs. In the spring of 1961 a sprinkler system was put on part of the bogs and in 1962 all bogs were put under sprinkler xrigation. Drainage from numbers 3, 4 and 5 bogs flows into number 1 bog which is the largest. This! in turn drains into a large sump which Mrs. Wilson refers to as the "Pit." A 25 horsepower elec- tric motor supplies the power for the entire sprinkler system; star^t- ing the water at frost danger and stopping as the temperature rises above the danger area. Conser- vation of water is accomplished by the drainage from all the bogs into the "Pit" and then returned to the sprinklers for irrigation. Harvest by Water Since 1952 In 1950 five Western pickers were used but the vines did not seem to be suited to this type of harvest and the method was given up. Mrs'. Wilson considered there was too much waste of ber- ries and did not like the damage to the vines. In 1959 there was a top crop of 600 barrels, excellent produc- tion per acre. Mrs. Wilson is assisted by Jimmy Olson who brings equip- ment, hires help, harvests', grades and cleans for her. Olson takes the berries as the final step to the Ocean Spray plant at Bandon, unless Mrs. Wilson and family can manage to do this. Mrs. Wilson Mrs'. Wilson who is the former Marion Hatfield was born in Kansas. For a time she was a school teacher. She was greatly interested in the Prosper grammar school, serving several times as director, then as school clerk for 17 years until 1942 when she resigned to take a more active part in bog work. Mrs. Wilson served a term in 1946-1947 as State President of the Rebekah Lodge, subordinate of the Odd Fellows Lodge, and as the Oregon representative to Inter- national Associations of Rebekah lodges at Winnipeg, Canada in Sept. 1947. At the close of 1947 she "retired" to give all her time to her family and to help on the bogs'. Bees Sometime ago, Mrs. Wilson was given a swarm of bees by a neighbor. From that time on she has become interested in bees and found she has an aptitude for bee culture. She learned to handle bees the "hard way" through trial and error, and studies any hterature on bees as it comes' along. The day we visited Mrs. Wilson at her most attractive home near the beautifully kept number 1 bog, she and her great-grandson Michael were attired in the cos- tume of bee workers, with nets over their faces, setting a swarm. Cranberry Products, Inc. Reports $12 Per Barrel As of October 19, Cranberry Products, Inc., Eagle River, Wis- consin, reported it was making a $12.00 per barrel advance on the 1964 crop. The corporation ex- pects to make a larger advance in 1965, according to Vernon Golds'worthy, president, if the market stays good. It reported that as of that date it was all sold out. ITEM The photograph of Edward Gelsthorpe, ex'scutive vice presi- dent and general manager of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. to- gether with Mrs. Gelsthorpe and Howard Hughes, vice president of ths' Springfield Bank for Co- operatives appears in the Novem- ber issue of the "New England Homestead." This is the same photo CRANBERRIES published in its October issu.e ^ Fv if . :^« Jimmy Olson looks over the Wilson vines on the No, 1 bog. (CRANBERRIES Photo) London Trade Center's 1965 Food Exhibit To Promote U. S. Fruit and Vegetable i^roducts OfFers Opportunity to Display Cranberries in Their Various Forms — Show Also in Tokyo Here is Where Cranberry Institute Comes In Producers and distributors of U.S. fruit and vegetable products are being invited to participate in the 1965 food exhibit at the Lon- don Trade Center, February 23 through March 5. This will be the first of two food exhibits to be presented next year at U.S. trade centers overseas by the Grocery Manufacturers of Amer- ica in cooperation with FAS. The other will be held in Tokyo, March 8-19. Eligible for display in London are fresh and processed fruits gest customer of the U.S. fruit and vegetable industry and is becoming even bigger. At a rec- ord-setting $52 million, U.S. sales to this important market last year represented more than a twofold increas'e over the 1958 figure. Value of Trade Center Promotion at the London Trade Center provides what many con- sider to be the most effective and least expensive way to break in- to the lucrative U.K. import mar- ket with new products, as well as a way to further promote U.S. agricultural items which already find a good market in the United Kingdom. At this exhibit center, a U.S. firm can be assured that its products will get maximum exposure to select buyers as' a and vegetables, and nuts, other result of pre-show publicity con- products which principally con- tain fruits' and vegetables, such as soups, pies, and other sipeci- alty and convenience items. The United Kingdom is the big- ducted by the Trade Center at no direct cost to the participant. For the firm which does not al- ready have representation or agencies in the United Kingdom, iCSg=S£=Se=a^lCl£=3^1^£:l&=a=Sl&i&=tef£=C&l&=Crl^^ CRANBERRY GROWER CASORON G-4 (4% GRANULES) CASORON is highly effective against a broad spectrum of per- ennial and annual broad leaf and grass weeds (including rushes and sedges) commonly occuring in cranberry bogs. May be ap- plied by Cyclone Seeders or Dana Chemi-casters, SVz', 7', 10 ¥2' or 14' size. Distributed by PARKHURST FARM SUPPLY HAMMONTON, N. J. 561-0960-0961 TWELVE The upcoming 1965 food exhib at the London Center presents a opportunity to capitalize 0 brightened sales prospects for U.I fruits and vegetables in the Un ted Kingdom. The show is beir held at a time when the con petitive pos'itions of a number ( products are expected to be muc improved from what they wei this past spring. Favorable prices for canne U.S. fruit cocktail, resulting fro: this year's record pack, are e: pected to spur U.S. fruit cockte exports to the United Kingdom ( to an alltime high. In 196i3-i the United States supplied 891 000 cases, or two-thirds of tot U.K. imports. Competitive U.S. Peach Pric-c Canned U.S. peaches', also wiv a record 1964 pack, already ha'' a price edge in the United Kin. dom over peaches from Sou Africa and Australia, despite t] 12.5-percent duty paid by tl United States as a non-Commo; wealth supplier. Last year tl latter countries held the prL advantage. U.S. sales to this ma ket in 1964-65 are expected to 1 substantially above the 386, Qi cases shipped in 1963-64, b probably will not exceed the pr vious year's 1.1 million cases'. [ recent years, canned U.S. peach have accounted for about 25 pe cent of total U.K. imports canned peaches. While it is too early to foreca the competition fresh U.S. appl will meet next spring in the Un ted Kingdom from Southe: Hemisphere exporters, salt should be good this fall. Compel tion at this time of year, nom ally the big season for U. apple shipments, comie's' main from Italy, the Netherlands, ai reduce labor costs and Improve fruit quality with frost protection by fmc tropic breeze wind machines Tropic Breeze Wind Machines have been widely used in citrus groves and orchards. They are a thoroughly proven piece of equipment. And now they have been shown to be highly effec- tive in cranberry marsh frost protection. One man can efficiently operate one or s'everal wind machines, saving the labor cost of a whole crew required for flood- ing. Protection is fast too — beginning in 3 to 5 minutes after the machine is started. In addition, an authoritative re- port recently released indicates that Wind Machines stibstanti- ally reduced the number of floods. This brought improved quality and yield over marshes where Wind Machines were not used. Wind Machines have also been found ideal for protection of blueberries and other bush fruits'. FM'C Tropic Breeze Wind Ma- chines are available in a va- riety of models to meet your requirements. Get all the facts — fill in the coupon and mail it today. FMC CORPORATION, FLORIDA DIVISION FAIRWAY AVENUE, LAKELAND, FLORIDA □ Please send me sales literature on Tropic Breeze Wind Machines n Please have sales engineer contact me NAME_ ADDRESS (RFD). CITY France. During the fall of 1964, however, these countries are ex- pected to export fewer apples to the U.K. market and more to West Germany (world's largest apple importer), which had an exceedingly poor apple harvest in 1964. U.S. apples are in a position to fill the gap in the United Kingdom, and tho 19G4-C5 exports to this market should be at least as great as last year's 1.4 million boxes. A big U.S. prune pack this year — the largest since 1957 — will combine with, favorable U.S. prices to push 1964-65 exports to the United Kingdom well above last year's 6,100 short tons. Though Yugoslavia's pack (chief U.S. competitor) will also be larger, the quality of its prunes is' not comparable to that of the U.S. product. In the past, U.S. prunes have had 75 percent of the U.K. market. The picture for U.S. raisins is somewhat cloudy. The United States has a larger pack of mar- ketable raisins than last year, but so do Australia, Greece, and Turkey — -the big three raisin suppliers to the U.K market. On balance, U.S. exports to the Uni- ted Kingdom may top last year's 6,345 tons. The United Kingdom also pre- sents bright prospects for sales of certain fresh and frozen U.S. vegetables and to a less extent, frozen fruit juice concehtrates. Sales' opportunities for fresh celery and carrots will be excel- lent during the February-April period when U.K. stocks are at low levels and imports from near- by countries are practically nil. Though the United Kingdom is not a significant market for U.S. vegetables, last February's suc- cessful test shipment of specially packaged U.S. vegetables' opened up new possibilities for trade. Frozen Vegetable Prospects Frozen vegetables, like fresh, do not find a big market in the United Kingdom because of severe price competition from well-established products that are processed locally. However, it is believed that some varieties of THIRTEEN i&-:'rl?r!>=Prit:l'rlSrr«5^l«e=[£Se=IC3; v..,6v< e^^t frozen vegetables' may find a ready acceptance. In this cate- gory are frozen lima beans- — virtually unknown in the United Kingdom where the closest thing to lima beans are the popular marrow-fat beans. Frozen U.S. fruit juice concen- trates, providing they are com- petitively priced with single strength juices from countries as Israel, might also gain with proper promotion. Big Thanksgiving Turkey Crop Good News For Berrymen A big turkey crop was in pros- pect for Thanksgiving, according to the USDA. Turkeys rais'ed this year totalled 6 percent more than the preceeding year. This is good news for the cran- berry growers too, as cranberries in one form or another accompany turkey at Thanksgiving dinner. READ CRANBERRIES "FOG ON THE BOG' Article with photographs ap- pears in the Wisconsin Kapids Daily Tribune October 31. The Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune had a lengthy news ar- ticle on October 31, headed "Fog on the Bog — Sprinklers Save Berries, Water." Story says the sprinklers being used are cutting the water needs of the growers by nearly 90 percent or more and offer the prospects' of finer fruit production in the future. The pipes range in size from eight inches for the main fesder lines down to 11/4 inches at fhe ends of the branch lines. They are taken up in the fall after harvest to prevent damage when the bogs are flooded over during the winter, the story continues. f" FERSH FROM THE FIELDS Continued from Page 6 of more than 200 reporting sta- tions covering the entire state there was generally less than one half inch. Temperatures averaged near normal with cold readings the first half of the month and above normal readings the latter half. Thus the' month was pleas'ant with sunny, rain free days. Highest temperature was 76 on the 17th and coldest' was 14 on the 10th. Freezing nights were common the first part of the month. Snow showers were common in the northern marshes in early month and reached southern marshes on one day. Killing frosts on the 3rd and 4th ended the growing sea- son in all parts of the state and was one of the earliest on record. Normal rainfall in the cranberry areas is 2.35 inches and only 14% or .33 inch was recorded. Continued on Page 16 FOURTEEN fidJt^yaJLs ISSUE OF NOVEMBER, 1964 VOL. 29 -NO. 7 ^i^wtiwumtTH^^ CRANBERRY CARTOONS We call special attention to the cartoon ppearing in this month's issue. These cartoons v^ere drawn especially for CRANBERRIES nagazine by Bill Shelly of St. Petersburg, ^'lorida and we hope you will find them imusing. We expect to have one every month or the next several months. ABOUT OURSELVES We would also like to explain the article vhich appears in this issue about ourself and Ays. Hall, associate editor of CRANBERRIES. rhis article is a reprint from "Food Marketing n New England," a trade journal published by irst National Stores. It tells something of the early liistory of ranberry growing— how the "Early Blacks" ^ot their name and then sketches in the cran- )erry background of your editor. It tells how aptain Cyrus Cahoon and liis wife Lettice ame to so name the "Black." Just a word about "Food Marketing/' which is beautiful little magazine, published four times year. It contains color photographs by some f the most distinguished color photographers n New England. The magazine has a sizable irculation. It is not a house organ in the trictest sense, but devotes its space to people v^ho have sometliing to do with food in one nanner or another. As a matter of fact, we ire rather proud to have been so written up a such a fine publication. We hope you will read the article in its entirety. MRS. WILSON We also have an article about Mrs. Marion Vilson of Oregon, who is another widow who ypifies the indominitable spirit of a cranberry grower We think we have an interesting arti- le about her. WE REGRET GOLDWATER LOST Tliis publication sometime ago had an edi- orial urging Senator Goldwater for President, ^or this we were both criticized and praised. iVell, now we all know that Goldwater was not ihosen by the electorate of the nation. But, CLAKENCE J. HALL Editor and Publisher EDITH S. HALL — Associate Editor Wareham, Massachusetts SUBSCRIPTIONS, $4.00 Per Year FOREIGN, $5.00 CORRESPONDENTS - ADVISORS Wisconsin LEO A. SORENSON Cranberry Consultant Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Washington Dr. CHARLES C. DOUGHTY Cranberry Specialist Long Beach. Wash. Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, Ore. Massachusetts Dr. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Mass. New Jersey P. E. MARUCCI New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station Pemberton, New Jersey we are not sorry we wrote the editorial, as we think even an agricultural journal such as this should tak an interest in a presidential election. But as President Johnson says, we should now all unite behind him as he has been chosen to lead the Nation. THANKSGSVING AGAIN This is November \^dth the great holiday of Thanksgiving taking place. That holiday of Thanksgiving taking place. That brings the traditional dish of cranbeny sauce (or a glass of cocktail) to be enjoyed. It is in one sense a "cranberry" holiday. And this year we think the growers have much to be thankful for. The industry is at last apparently on the way up with a fairly large crop, good prices and sales. SERVING THE WISCONSIN GROWERS FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Continued from Page 14 Berries AH Harvested The ideal wsather enabled many of the smaller marshes to com- plete harvesting the first of the month and the entire state was' finished by the 15th. This was earlier than average. Cold tem- peratures and inclement snow showers in the north held har- vesting up a few days with ice forming over some un-harvested beds. Growers were getting con- cerned over lowering water sup- plies in the central area, due to continual flooding early in the month. Vines went dormant early due to the cold temperatures' and berry color was excellent on most varieties during the month. Brisk Shipments Brisk movement of berries both fresh and processing were re- ported by all agencies, with an estimated sixty per cent of the total state crop out from the growers warehouses by months' end. There was some storage rots showing up along with the warm weather the last half of the month. Overall the keeping quality appeared better than average. Casoron Applied Liberally Growers were busy getting considerable marsh work done with the continued good weather. This' work was being done all over the state with equal speed. One of the most important work projects was the applicaiton of 47o Casoron granules for weed control. An estimated 1200 to 1400 acreages was expected to be treated or about 25% of the state acreage. Application rate was mostly at the top level rate of INDIAN TRAIL, inc. WORKING— MERCHANDIZING— SELLING V/ISCONSIN-GROWN CRANBERRIES 12 Months of the Year Moving FRESH — FROZEN— — CANNED & JUICE — Striving always to move TOP-QUAL- ITY products at TOP PRICES for bet- ter returns to WISCONSIN Growers. P. 0. BOX 710, Wis. 100 lbs. per acre. Three different type mechanical granular appli- cators were in use with the Dana Machine using the Noble Spreaders the most common. Oregon Harvest Completed Many growers in the Bandon area had completed their harvest by Nov. 8 and were busy with fall bog work. A few were still harvesting. The Ocean Spray Cranberry Plant was closing for the season. Crop Below Estimates It is expected the Oregon crop will fall below earlier estimates CORRUGATED Felker Bros. Mfg. Co. MARSHFIELD WISCONSIN Phone 230 - 231 SPRINKLER SYSTEMS PUMPS HIGH CAPACITY WELLS ROBERTS IRRIGATION SERVICE STEVENS POINT WISCONSIN SERVING THE WISCONSIN GROWERS FOR SALE SEARLES JUMBO HOWES, McFARLIN Vines for delivery in 1964 $150 Ton F.O.B. Ben Lears $750 Ton Stevens $1000 Ton INTERESTED IN PURCHASING WISCONSIN CRANBERRY PROPERTIES Vernon Goldsworthy B.S. & M.S. University of AVisconsin Cranberry Consultant Fees Reasonable EAGLE RIVER WISCONSIN DANA MACHINE & SUPPLY CO. Wis. Rapids, Wis. MFG. of: SPRAY BOOMS GRASS CLIPPERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS Getsingrer Retracto Tooth Pickers Dryers DISTR. of: VEE BELTS and PULLEYS SPROCKETS and BEARINGS ROLLER CHAINS CONVEYOR BELTING STEEL READ CRANBERRIES ARE YOU GETTING MORE FOR QUALITY FRUIT? Are Howes sold on the fresh fruit market worth more than floaters? Are you getting more for your quality fruit than your neighbor gets for floaters? Cranberry Products, Inc. EAGLE RIVER, WISCONSIN ■ WISCONSIN HEADQUARTERS FOR INSECTICIDES — FUNGICIDES HERBICIDES DUSTS — WETTABLE POWDERS — EMULSIONS PARATHION — MALATHION FERBAM — SIMAZINE DITHANE M - 22 (Maneb) WEED RHAP 20 SEVIN Hopkins Agricultural Chemical Co. p. O. BOX 584 MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53701 Phone: Area Code 608 257-1019 ( YOU Are Reading This Ad— Others Will Read Yours in CRANBERRIES Library, Univ» of Mass Amherst, I!ass« TfflSYEAR 130,000,000 AMERICANS WILL EAT OR DRINK AN OCEAN SPRAY PRODUCT WHOLE BERRY CRANBERRY SAUCE JELLIED CRANBERRY SAUCE CRANBERRY JUICE COCKTAIL LOW CALORIE CRANBERRY JUICE COCKTAIL CRANBERRY JUICE COCKTAIL CONCENTRATE CRANAPPLE JUICE CRANBERRY-ORANGE RELISH Ocean sprav Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. VINC A $40,000,000 A YEAR INDUSTRY APE COD lEW JERSEY WISCONSIN OREGON WASHINGTON CANADA MERRY CHRISTMAS DECEMBER 1964 DIRECTORY For CRANBERRY GROWERS 'ederal Paper Board ? 970 Fellsway Medford, Mass. Tel. Export 5-5305 Manufacturers of Folding Cartons and Displays READ CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE SANDERS Built from |750. WHEEL-OFF RIGS FLUMES Built to Order Welder and Power Shovel Available AGENT: FURFORD Carver, Mass. MIDDLEBOROUCH TRUST COMPANY MIDDLEBORO MASSACHUSETTS Member of The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Wareham Savings lank WAREHAM and FALMOUTH Savings Accounts Loans on Real Estate Safe Deposit Boxes to Rei Phone CYpress 5=3800 Kimball 8-3000 The National Bank of Warehai Conveniently Iocat«! for Cranbisirri' Men Funds always available for sound loans Complete Banking Service Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The CHARLES W. HARRIS 451 Old Somerset Avt. ton, Mass. AMES Irrigation Systems Sprinklers Weed Killers Insecticides Fungicides iKiekenS- Dusters and Sprayers |:^ EQUIPMENT « SEPARATOR - WAREHAM, MASS. Irrigation Systems PUMPS SEPARATORS - BLOWERS SCREENHOUSE EQUIPMENT DARLINGT8N PICKING MACHINES Extensive Experience in ELECTRICAL WORK ALFRED FAPPI At Scrcenhouses, Bogs and Pumps Means Satisfaction WAREHAM. MASS Tel. CY 5-2000 SUBSCRIBE TO CRANBERRIES i .atest USDA Irop Report In the latest USDA crop report ?1 eased November 10th, the lation's cranberry crop is esti- ;-iiated at 1,292,800 barrels, up 1,100 barrels from the October Irst estimate!, 3 percent larger lan average. An increase in roduotion during harvest season 1 New Jersey more than offset iduced production in Washing- >n and Oregon. Production in Massachusetts' is ijipecteid to total 650,000 barrels. 2 percent above the 1963 crop and average. Harvest is complete but there was a little more frost damage than usual. Color of the crop is good but the beirries are smaller than a year ago. In Oregon and Washington the crop failed to size, as had been expected earlier. Harvest was' expected to be completed in November on the coast. The toital now stands, New Jer- sey 138,000; Massachusetts 650,- 000; Wisconsin 405,000; Washing- ton 67,000 and Oregon 34,800. ROBY'S PROPANE GAS, INC. Carver, Mass. 866-4545 West Wareham, Mass. 295-3737 CONVERT YOUR IRRIGATION PUMPS TO LP. GAS 1. Saves on Oil 2. No Pilferage 3. Saves on Spark plugs 4. Up to Three Times the Engine-life 5. Saves on Fuel Pumps and Carburetors FOR A DEMONSTRATION CALL US TODAY TAKE ADVANTAGE of the BETTER things of life. The efficient USE' OF ELECTRICITY is one of these better things — efficient use in power for cranberry bog operations, and in the home, Plymouth County Electric Co. WAREHAM CYpress 5-0200 PLYMOUTH Pilgrim 6^1300 Ocean Spray Adds Outdoor Posters To Holiday Campaign Ocean Spray's 52-week adver- tising program moves into high gear for the Hohdays with the addition of 1500 12' by 25' out- door posters to blanket major markets throughout the U. S. with tempting full color illustration of Jellied and Whole Cranberry Sauce and Cranberry Juice Cock- tail. Outdoor advertising will be in addition to network radio and television, local tele^vision and regional issues of national maga- zines in test areas. During November and Decem- ber, the campaign will divide promotional benefits' among the three top selling Ocean Spray products in national distribution — Fresh Cranberries, Cranberry Sauces and Cranberry Juice Cocktail — and will pick up new products, waiting in line, after the new year. First salute will go to the new Robert W. Savary, Inc. CHRISTMAS GREETINGS TO ALL Onset Avenue East Wareham, Mass. See Us For A Good Buy tt- Western Pickers Parts and Repairs Agent for 1964 Model ORDER NOW J. E. BRALEY & SON MACHINE SHOP 78 Gibbs Avenue Wareham, Mass. HAVE YOUR REPAIRS DONE NOW ONE SHARON BOX COMPANY, INC. ESTABLISHED 1856 SHARON. MASSACHUSETTS We Will Buy Your White Pine Logs Either Standing or Cut • Highest Prices Paid • Sawmill located at North Carver, Mass. Office Phones: Sharon, SU 4-2011 Carver UN 6-2234 NOTICE To better serve our customers in the cranberry area, we have moved our complete Redwood Flume Lumber to our Middleboro yard. We have a complete stock of Select All Heart and Construction All Heart Redwood as follows: 6x8 - 6x6 - 4x6 - 4x4 Timbers Planking — Square Edged or (Matched on order) 2 X 6 2 X 10 SEND FOR YOUR FREE FOLDER ON THE "DURABILITY OF REDWOOD" Telephone 947-2300 E. W. Goodhue Lumber Co., Inc. End of Cambridge Street (Off Route 44) Middleboro, Mass Hold full flavor in your cranberry pack \^' CORN PRODUCTS COMPANY Manufacturers of fine products for the food industry . . . and popular Best Foods Division grocery brands for the consumer. Cranberry-Orange Relish, alrsadj* building up distribution and con4 sumer demand in advance of its promotional debut. Two network radio shows Arthur Godfrey Time and Dor McNeill's Breakfast Club, are bo'tt currently promoting Fres'h Cran- berries, Cranberry Sauce anc Cranberry Juice Cocktail while Cocktail has a heavy daytime television schedule together with additional nighttime spots in kej markets as well as 4-color ad; in regional issues of McCall's anc Life. Shows carrying the Cran- berry Juice Cocktail TV advertis- ing on a 52 week schedule are The Price Is' Right, General Hos- pital, Truth or Consequences What's This Song and You Don' Say. A full scale public relation program ties in with the adver tising campaign, and 4-color ban ners, cards and shelf-talkers fo: all products will be the sale clinchers at the point of purchase READ CRANBERRIES Qr:a;sri5=8ra=4!rs=9rs&=«=a=s=ft=ic=^ FOR EXPERT SERVICE ON YOUR Briggs & Stratton ENGINES W« as« only fsetory-approved BMttwda and erifinal puts. Pir. Moael •!« tniiwd under Ikctoiy nvavvMoa- So* ns for « che^oop «r oompM* overtwnl — prlta art MAIN STREET GARAGE Carver, Mass. Tel. UN 6-4582! Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Notes by IRVING E. DEAAORANVILLE Extension Cranberry Specialist Personals Dr. Bert Zuckerman and Dr. Wes" Miller attended the Tech- lical Committee Meeting o f irE-34, the northeastern regional roup of nematolgoists. The meet- ag was held at Beltsville, Mary- and from November 30 through )ecember 2. Dr. Fred Chandler, recently etired from the Cranberry Sta- ion, and his wife have been visit- ng friends and relatives in klinneapolis since mid-October. 3hey are expected back about December 10. Weather The month of November went nito the records at slightly less' hian one degree a day below ncr- nal. For many years Dr. Frank- in supported a theory, based on lis long appraisal of weather ecords, that if the months of April anid November were above normal teraperature then the following winter was more likely to be mild and open. If these two months were below normal in temperature the following winter was apt to be severe. Based on "Doc's" theory, both April and November were colder than normal this' year, therefor, a severe winter is very possible. We will see how well this theory works out about four months from now. The precipitation re- corded at the Cranberry Station for the month totaled 1.54 inches, this was only one-third of the 30 year average of 4.60 inches, and most of this occurred during the period of the 25th to the 29th. Advisory Committee The Cranberry Advisory Com- mittee held its annual meeting at the Cranberry Station on the C. & L. EQUIPMENT CO. 1209 MAIN STREET ACUSHNET, MASS. Cranberry Bog Service PRUNING RAKING FERTILIZING WEED TRIMMING Machinery Sales PRUNERS POWER WHEELBARROWS RAKES WEED TRIMMERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS - Large and Small For Furtlier Information Call . . F. P. CRANDON ROckwell 3-5526 C. J. TRIPP WYman 5-2013 afternoonof December 3rd. This Committee as'sists the Extension Service in appraising its educa- tional program for the past year and in development of what we hope will be an effective program for the coming year. We had excellent representation from the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association, shippers, service or- ganizations, county agricultural agents. University of Massachu- setts and Station staff. Dr. Cross Speaks Dr. Cross gave a brief talk on the present situation in the cran- berry industry, stating that with the surplus gone and cranberries returning more money, the growers were in a more optimistic mood. Money is being spent en neglected cultural practices such as sanding and ditching, flumes are being repaired and sprinkler systems installed. He felt th"t the goals for the Massachusstts growers should be to increase production per acre without a corresponding increase in the production costs. Also that the quality of the fruit should ba equal to or better than in the past. He listed some of the problems that still plague our industry such as declining water supplies, berry damage during the harvest operation, the need for more vine-ripened fruit and the careful use of pesticides. Discussion The cornmittee then discussed a number of items, with quality receiving the most attention. The general feeling among the group was that the grower should be concerned with raising the best quality fruit possible, consistent with good economic practices. Thjat we should strive to keep the fresh fruit market and the expanding cocktail market sup- plied with the best possible fruit. Bog Labor Maj'or Problem While the above topic high- lighted the discussion, other prob- lems received consideration. Bog labor is still a major problem, and more mechanization is^ re- quired. Improvements on our present picking machines or per- haps a new machuie which will cause less bruising of the fruit and quicker, cleaner harvesting. THREE Prof. Stan Norton, our Station engineer, may work on this prob- lem. Applying pesticides through sprinkler systems, can be done effectively and what should the s'pacing of the heads be for uni- form application ? Other subjects of interest were water harveislting, fertilizer usage, weed control and water management. Members Attending The suggestions and advice of this committee are most helpful and are sincerely appreciated. The following members were present: Oscar Johnson, Dominic Marini, Chester Gros's, John Decas, William Stearns, Robert Hammond, C. E. Morse, Ch,arles Hastings, Paul Morse, David Eldridge, Edward Lewis, Kenneth Beaton, David Mann, Peter Stanley, Sidney Vaughan, Robert St. Jacques, Arnold Lane. Ray- mond Morse, Bradford Grossman, William Atwood, Raymond Thatcher, William C r o w e 1 1, Arthur Haindy and Irving Dema^anville. "A Cooperative Ss Democracy In Action/' Gelsthorpe Says In a recent addres's to the Springfield Bank for Cooperatives, Edward Gelsthorpe, general man- ager and executive vice president of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., according to the Cooperative Di- gest told the cooperative leaders that democracy in itself is a co- operative. In his talk on "Keep- ing Cooperatives Competitive," he said that both are chareterized by self help, mutual aid, capital pooling, social concern and the best service for the majority. The leader of Ocean Spray lattribultles' Ocean Spray's recent marked progress to enlarged in- vestment in research and devel- opment of new products, and new uses for old ones. "Research and developm.ent," he said, "are the keystone to our success:" Only one third of cooperative failures have been due to fire, flood, inadequate financing, com- petition and low prices'. Mt. Gelsthorpe reported 65 percent of Perley V. Merry of Marion and Duxbury, Mass. displays a replica o a box of cranberries he sent to President Johnson for Thanksgivin, dinner. The berries were grown by "Herbie" Dustin, prominen West Wareham, Mass. grower and packed by Decas Bros, of Warehani Massachusetts. (CRANBERRIES Photo tba failurres have been due to mjanagemenit weaknesses. While cooperatives' boards of directors must set goals and assess how well they are being achieved, he s'aid manageiment must have and take the responsibility of deter- mining how the goals are to be achieved. BLUEBERRIES I Blueberries are the latest addi ti'on to ri8lady-to-eat cereal. You']: soon be able to buy com flakie with f reeze-dried blueberrie right in ithe box. The new com bination is being test-marketej now in the Rocky Mountain are by General Foods. ( America': j Fruit Grower) Issue of December, 1964- Vol. 29 No, 8 Second Class Postage Paid at Wareham, Massacliusetts Post OfTue Published nioiuhly at Wareham, Massachusetts. Siibscnpnon-^ g4.00, Foreign, ?5.00 per year. -RESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C J. H MASSACHUSETTS Getting- Colder By the 23rd of November the nonth had been slighly colder han normal, the departure being 2 degrees below the normal, with mother week of November still o go. The temperattire the night >efare dropped to five above in )arver, and there had been heavy ?rosrbs nearly every night toward ihe end of November. However the ground had not Tozen as the sun shone most days and the days werei warm. End Of Month The monith ended slightly less tlhan one degree a day colder than mormal. The last day of STcvember the cranberry area barely escaped a snow storm, .Vhich passed close off shore and continued on into Eastern Maine and Nova Sootia, where the Maritime Provinces' had a bad ;now storm. The rainfall for the month totalled 1.54 inches as recorded at the Massachusetts Experiment Station. This is less than normal, that being, 3.89 average. This is leaving rather a serious water problem on many bogs' for win- CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Shocks, or Nailed Stock Always on Hand Let me repair your broken boxes-or repair them yourself F. H. COLE North Carver, Mass. Tel. Union 6-3330 ter flooding as supplies of water are so low. WASHINGTON Dr. Dougrhty Transferred Dr. Charles C. Doughty, about whom we have the feature article this month is to be transferred to the Western Washington Ex- periment Station at Puyallup, Washington on January 1, 1965. He will be on the faculty of the Washington State University and will sitill be working one-half time on cranberry research prob- lems. The other one-half of his time will be spent on other small fruits. Mr. Azmir Shawa will probably take over the station work a;t Long Beach. He is expected to be appointed to one- half time research and one-half Extension work. The official an- nouncement as of November 30 had' not come out. The Washington Crop The Washington cranberry crop came in about as follews: the Long Beach and Warrenon, (Ore- gon) areas produced 17,798 bar- rels; Grayland and North Beach produced 45,000 barrels'. This is about 57 percent of the 1963 crop. Production was extremely vari- (able even within the same bog. Small areas produced 100 barrels to the acre, another area next to it would have 30 barrels to the acre. This condition was charac- teristic of all the bogs this past season. The blos'som blight, as previously mentioned, was par- tially responsible for this. The rot was much more serious on the late-picked berries than on those picked earlier. Controls have not been fully worked out yet. Dr. AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS BOG SERVICE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS HAND SPRAYERS - TOOLS - POWER EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BRIGGS AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTER R. F. MORSE & SON, Inc. Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 Folke Johnson and Dr. Maksis' Eglitis, of the Western Washington Experiment Station have been working on these problems for the past two years. Weather The weather was as follows: October was 17 days without measurable precipitation. The maximum temperature was' 84 degrees F on the 5th and ihe minimum bog temperatures were 25 on the 10th and 25th. Pre- cipitation for the month was 3.94 inches. The mean maximum was 61.8 and the mean minimum was 42. November had ten days with- out rain. The maximum temper- ature was 56 with a minimum bog temperature of 19. Rainfall «e=££:StSJrl£=J«£=££:SSSS:S&3£=e:i^^ Bog Building Ditch Cleaning Dike Repairing EQUIPMENT FOR HIRE Track Loaders and Rubber Tire Trucks and Bulldozers Backhoe Good Bog Sand Available p & L CO LOUIS LECONTE 866-4402 CARVER, MASS. »^^5M5:55=35=5^g?33=33=33:33=33::35=3«53M5^^ Brewer & Lord 40 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. INSURANCE CONVERSE HILL CHARLES M. CUTLER WILLIAM B. PLUMBER VINCENT M. WILSON EDWARD H. LEARNARD JOHN B. CECIL, Jr. HORACE H. SOULE ROBERT C. BIELASKI Serving the People of New England Since 1859 for November was 9.76 inches. Bog Sale Wilson Blair has purchased the old bog formerly owned by Dr.' J. B. Clarke. Mr. Blair is plant manager for Ocean Spray at Long Beach. WISCONSIN First Half of November "Indian Summer" The month of November aver- aged four degrees above norma] itemperature and 1.80 inches oj precipitation or about one halJ inch belo^w normal. Indian sum- mer weather dominated the firs' half of the month with a balmj 75 degrees recorded on the 3rd This was the third highest ir record for that date, topped onl: by a 77 reading in 1933. For thi first 16 days of the month tb temperature moved above 5 degrees daily and barely reacheKr freezing at nigihit. Dandeliom started to bloom and other plasnit showed signs of new growUh. Last Half Colder Conditions reversed by the 17t' with a cold front moving i; causing 1 to 2 inches' of rain ove the entire state. This moistur came ahead of the frost an allowed a soaking of itOie top soi The last 14 days of the mont brought nighttime sub-freezin weather and five days w^hen th mercury failed to top the freezin mark. Coldest in the north whei readings of minus 15 were coir mon over snow cover. Sma lakes and streams began to freez over after the middle of th month in the north and about week later in the south. All ex cept the larger deeper lakes were frozen over by early D-; cember. Snow depth at month end found from 9 inches in th (north to six inches in the sout and about two in the centra Frost averaged from 4 to 6 inch$ in depth on the open fields. Th outlook for December calls fc precipitation to be above norm; and temperatures to be froj normal to slightly below norm; for the month. Most Berries Shipped Out Except for a few lots' of la' Continued on Page 16 SIX The State Of Washington Has A Most Modern Experiment Station for Cranberries, Blueberries This is Headed by Director Dr. Charles C. Doughty, with Several Able Assistarsts by Clarence J. Hall Washington has had one of the most modern experiment stations, of any whiich assist growers of eranbelrries and cultivated blue- berries since 1949 at Long Beach. The Station, formerly a rather non-descript affair has been in operation since 1923. Under D. J. Crowley, now retired, who was superintendeht from the 1923 date until 1954, the, station was known as' the Washington Cranberry and Blueberry Station and was and still is under the direction of the Agricultural College of Washing- ton State University, one of seven experiment stations. About four years ago the name was changed to Coastal Washing- ton Experiment Station to broaden its scope. A little about the Station, all of Which has previously been published in CRANBERRIES (June 1950.) This' is a one-story structure made of pumice' block and the decot is white and pale green, with a very large window. There is a glassed-in entrance, and the building has a wide over- hang. Insids' are a large recep- tion room, with desk space; two offices, a laboratory and a library. The building is raidiant-heated, fiourescent lighted, has toilets and washrooms. 6 Acres In Cranberries The Station is on Pioneer Road, the whole propelrty consisting of atoout 45 acres, about six of which are in cranberries. Parts of the bog are more than 20 years old. All of the bog is in McFarlins. A variety plot for cranberries is maintained, one half in new vari- eties produced by the USDA, in Massachusetts and New Jersey, besides a number of seedlings developed at the Station. Production on the Experiment Bog has varied from 40 to 50 barrels per acre in poor years to 150 barrels in good years since 1961. Commercially-operated bogs in Washington produce consid- erably more barrels' per acre. Harvesting on the Long Beach Peninsula is mainly done by the use of the so-called "egg-beater." Harvest is also done in half- barrel field boxes. Objectives Of The Station The Station under Dr. Doughty has been working on a program to develop improved varieties adaptable to Washington climate. One object has been to get a variety which will ripen earlier and with good color, to be sold on the fresh fruit market. Of these has' been the W. S. U. ( Washington State University ) known as no. 72, also one called no. 108 which seems to be the better of the two. "We are trying for a berry that is bright rsd, with less bloom than the McFarlin and a little sweeter than the usual cranberry and which is' adapted to the climate and en- vironment as the McFarlin is," says Dr. Doughty. About ten years ago a program was started to develop new varieties. Twelve parent varieties were used. About 2000 seedlings were produced and out of these, thirteen seedlings were selected. This new varie^ty program has been carried on in the field as well as in the greenhouse. Has Written Research Papers Dr. Doughty has written a number of research papers, one being, "The Effects of Certain Growth Regulators on the Fruit- ing of Cbranberries, Vaccinium Macrocarpon," publislhed in the Proceedings of the Americain So- ceity for Horticultural and been reprinted in bulletin form, it is the hope of this Magazine that the relatively new subject may be abstracted for us). The Long Beach Station does not have a large staff, there is Azmi Shawa, who is an Arab. Born in Palestine in 1924, he studied at an agricultural college there for two years, then working four years at the Haifu Depart- ment of Agriculture. He does general work at the Station. Dr Doughty succeeded retiring R.J. Crowley as superintendent of the Station in February, 1954. Doughty, who is known as "Chuck" as are so many Charles, was born in Alamos, Colorado in 1915, his parents living there some five years after his birth. Then the family moved to Kan- sas City, Missouri. His father, Charles H., was a fruit grower and so "Chuck" had experience in apple growing until he was about 25. the entrance. A View of the Washinston Station, with Dr. Doughty standing at Then, during World War II, he went into service putting in 41/2 years in the Air Force. He was a crew chief and flight engi- neer. He was in charge of train- ing combat crews on the four- engine planes. His rating was staff sergeant and term of service from June. 1941 to November, 1945. June 1941 to November 1945. After working at miscellaneous Kansas State University and graduated with a B. A. degree in agriculture in Jtme of 1948. He continued his studies at the graduate school of Washing- ton State University, receiving his PhD in 1959. Plant Physiology and Horticulture are his main professions although his PhD thesis was Growth Regulators and Their Effect on Fruit Set. Doughty was married to the former Reta Oroke of Laurence, Kansas in June of 1943. The couple have two children, Charles C, Jr. 19, and Galen L. who is 12. Doughty's people, like many of the present day Pacific north- westerners, came from Ohio and New York. They moved to Kan- sas and then to Washington. Doughty is a member of the American Legion, has been presi- dent and vice president of the Long Beach-Ilwaco K i w a n i s Club, a member of the Sigma xi (SciencB Honor Society) American Society for Horticultural Science. He attends the Long Beach Presbyterian Church and serves as clerk 'and member of ,the church board. The Boy Scouts of America and photography are Doughty's chief non-work interest. He was chairman of the Penin- sula District Boy Scouts of Amer- ica for two years. The Doughty's live at Long Beach, Washington. Azmi Shawa After his four years at the Department of Agriculture at Haifu, fighting broke out between the Jews' and the Arabs, and he came |to the U. S. to finish his agricultural studies. Entering Utah State University at Logan, Utah in 1948, he recieved his B.S. in Agriculture in 1951. He had felt with all the trouble in Pales- tine there was no future for him there. 1 Dr. Charles C. Doughty, Direcior ot the Coastal Washington Experi- ment Station at Long Beach, Washington. (CRANBERRIES Photo) English was compulsory in the Palestine schools when the British were in control. This study of English started in the, third grade. After Shawa studied in Utah he went to Colorado StaLe University in Collins, Colorado where he obtained his master's degree in horticulture. He then went to Washington State University at Pullman to study for his PhD, but did not finish. He had worked his way through college picking fruit in orchards, washing dishes, etc. In 1955 he left college studies and took a job at the Irrigation Experiment Station, Prosser, Washington. Ona year later he married Florence Zimmerman of Yakima, Washington. He spent two years' at Prosser. In 1957 he went back overseas and accepted a position as horticulturalist at Benghazi, Libya, where he stayed until 1959. Ha came back to the States and worked another year at Prosser. In 1960 he transferred to the Coastal Washington Experiment Station at Long Beach. In 1959 he obtained his U. S. citizenship. He has no particular specialty at the Station, his title being senior! experimental aide. He has worked on weed problems, cranberry nu- trition and on cranberry ferti- lizers. He als'o has done work en the cross- breieding program and on storage rot and similiar research. The Shawas have two children, a son JNabiel 8, and a daughter Lawrence. They make their 'home at Ilwaco. Mr. Shawa feels he would like to return to his native country and take part in Arab activities and to help estab- lislh a peaceful situation, but thinks for the present, conditions are too disturbed. Mrs, Gustafson The able secretary at the Sta- tion in 1961 when your editors made their visit there was Mrs. Aloha Gustafson, who had been at the station then since the pre- vious summer. She was brought up in Seattle w'hera' she attended Roos'evelt High School. With her husband, w^ho is a carpenter, she lives at Sea View on the Long Beach Peninsula. "I find cranberry work fascinating," she said. "I also find anything to do with geography intriguing. I am r^ially sort of a Man Friday here as I am called upon to do a number of things." That Mrs. Gustafson has learned a great deal could be testified to by the writer who has long been in communication with her, ask- ing for various bits of cranberry Station activities and cranberries in general, and she always had the answers. The couple have tv/o children, a son Jack and a daughter, Delia. Mrs. Gustafson is now on leave of absence from the Station be- cause of an eye ailment. Foreman Foreman at the Station is Angus Sayles, who has been at the Sta- tion since 1945. He formerly worked at famed Cranguyma on the Peninsula. Area Bog Acreage Slowly Growing Concerning Long Beach cran- berry growing Dr. Doughty was of ithe opinion that this is growing slowly. "There is a little new acreage going in all the time." He said the increase in acreage in the past seven years (to 1961) had been roughly 150. Azmir Shawa, Arabian-born, is "About 7 to 10 acres' is all one man can rejasonably take care of himself. Most growers have some other work as well as cranberry growing. It is the ambition of most to become full-time cran- berry growers." Pollination Ths problem of pollination, or lack of it in the Long Beach area has bgen referred to, that is as far as honeybees are concerned and also the Station is' trying to induce more bumblebees to gather around bogs through the installation of artificial nests and the planting of shrubs and able assistant to Dr. Doughty. (CRANBERRIES Photo) fiowers, the neictar of which the bees like. H-e told U3 cf the night in 1960 when there were two very cold diays and growers sprinkled as they have for years' now. Th^Se cold spells, Dr. Doughty found to be 'harmful when the humidity is down and when wind damage occurs. Normal humidity is rather high, 60 to 100. A record of sprinkler uss alt the Station showed that in 1955, the sprinklers were used about 20 times, beginning with March 20 (for low temperature, frost) twice in June and September for heat conitrol and the last in Oc- tober for frost protection. In 1957 April 20 for frost, 28 degrees reached, from 5:45 to 7 a.m. In April, 1957 for frost, six times in September for heat and nine times in October, November for frost. The final cne being November 2, wiDh 22 reached and the dur- ation of sprinkling from 11:15 pjn. to 6:30 a.m. In 1958 sprin- kler use began on February 27 for a low of 10 degrees and for heats in June, July and September with a maximum temperattire of 95 on July 27. In 1959 there were 19 frosts from April 18 to July 30. Thus the Long Beach Station, which among other things, imder the then-director D. J. Crowley gave the first impetus to the use cf sprinklers in cranberry grow- ing, is, likes the stations in Massa- chusetts and New Jersey, to- gether with various state univer- sities' and colleges of agriculture, providing its part in the devel- opmrnt of cranberry research and knowledge, and always with a practical view in mind. Soil Acidity of Wisconsin Marshes by Dr. George L. Peltier Recently Chandler (Cranberries, Sept., 1960) reviewed the rela- tionship of soil aciidty (pH) to the production of cranberries and incidentally to weed population found in ciiltivated bogs. Through the years the pH of bog soils and flood waters has recieved consid- erable attention, particularly when the pH was' near neutral (7.0) or above (alkaline.) The range in pH in Wisconsin bogs is rather a wide one, from 3.5 (very acid) to near neutral or above (alkialine). Most of the sphagnum bogs arei quite acid (around pH 4 or less). It has been a common practice to add a t;on of agricultural lime per acre to very acid bogs, with an extra 500 lbs. psr acre every third yea \ As the pH is increased ths vines make a healthier looking growth, yields are improved, and the current growth of sphagnum and wood mosses inhibited. Th? use of lime for the killing of patch's Mrs. Aloha Gustafson, Secretary of the Station, now on Leave o Absence. (CRANBERRIES Photo Exterior of the Greenhouses, at the Station. ui sphagnum is an old practice on seme bogs in Wisconsin. Ajtl the other extreme some begs have a pH near or above a pH of 7.0. Too, alkaline flood waters have a tendency to slowly din'crease the soil pH. In other words, it has an accumulative effect over a peiriod of 10 years or more. Under these conditions vine growth is inhibi!tled, yields decrease and upland weeds move in to tab 21 over in areas' of sparse vine growth. The typical weed flora consisting primarily of grasses and sedges is replaced by annual and perennial weeds usu- ally present on the uplands in crop arelas. So far no promising control method has been found to alter la soil with a high pH to acid condition. One suggestion Oiften made is the use of more acid cciTiponents in fertilizers. My observations over a 10 ysiar Dsricd indicate that the usual application of fertilizers has little or no effect on the pH of bog soils. Another suggestion made by soil chemists was' the use of sulfur to modify the pH of soils. During a 4 year period (1952- 1956) Prof. A. R. Albert of the Soils Department of the University of Wisconsin in connection with oom.prehensive fertilizer tests in 3 areas included a series of plots (30 X 120') on a bog where yields were decreasing, with soil pH's higher than considered desirable for cranberries and infested with upland weeds (ragweed, lamb's quarter, thistle, alsike clover, plus other annuals' and peren- nials.) On this bog, water for flooding purposes was drawn directly from the Wisconsin River, which due to paper mill pollu- tionhad a tendency to be slightly alkaline. Sulfur was applied in 1952 and 1954 at rates of 500 and 1,000 lbs. per acre alone or in combin- ation with fertilizers. A summary cf Prof. Albert's data (Table 1.) indicates that s'ulfur has little or no effect on the soil pH of this cranberry bog. Prof. Albert's data on the in- fluence of sulfur on soil pH can be suminarized as follows: 1. No evident change in pH occurred in the plots receiving a total of 1,000 and 2,000 lbs. of sulfur per acre, applied alone or in combination with complete fertilizers. 2. Little or no increase in yields were obtained on any of the sul- fur plots', in fact yields were in- bibited by he 2,000 lbs. per acre application. Too, berries averaged smaller (cup counts.) 3. Sulfur, though it had little or no influence on yisids or berry size, did improve the keeping quality of berries' in sitorage. 4. Sulfur treatments produced no visible changes in the weed pop- ulation during the 5 years. Little effect could be expected without a considerable reduction in pH which did not occur. 5. Sulfur did not seem capable under the conditions' of the ex- periment to influ since the soil pH. 6. The negative results may have been due, in part, to the absence of sulfur bacteria capable of oxidizing sulfur. It can be concluded from thesei tests that under the conditions enumerated, sulfur, for unknown reasons, is ineffective in influenc- ing soil pH's to the point that vines' become more^ productive asnd the inroads of upland weeds in the bogs inhibited. SPiClAt WvMm OFFER! ^.v WITH THE BUROHASE OF ANY! "THERMOS" CAMP LANTERN Burns any gasoline. Two-mantle di>sign. NaticnsMy Advertised $20.95 ONLY $" 78 "DAISY" CO2 TARGET PISTOL For target shooting or wurmint hunting. Safe, accurate. Nationally Advertised $18.95 ONLY $'®^2° "REGAL WARE" COFFEE MAKER Makes 10 full cups In just minutes. Nationally Advertised $13.95 ONLY $ S 65 Now you can own one of the world's f.p^st c:,,; •^ ^c-^ " ss4aLl5 ISSUE OF DECEMBER, 1964 VOL. 29 -NO. 8 ^^^^0HftlC«A«8B«r««6,^ THE SAME CRANBERRIES We, the editors and guests, enjoyed fresh cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving dinner made with berries from the same bushel as the ber- ries \\'hich went to President Lyndon B. Johnson at his home in Texas. Of course the President does not know this and it is of no real importance. But an eight-barrel box was sent to the President by Perley V. Merry of Harion and Duxbury, Mass. And for his thougt- fulness he recieved a letter from the personal secretary to the President, as reported elsewhere in this issue. This is rather late news for our December issue, but it was not done in time for the November, which we trust all our subscribers have recieved long ago. The berries were grown by "Herbie" Dustin^ well-known West Wareham, Mass. grower and packed by Decas Bros, of Wareham. CHRISTMAS, 1964 Christmas in the true sense of the word means "Peace and Goodwill toward GOD and Man." And we think, this Christmas of 1964 can well be expressed in these words — The crop is in; the prices have been excellent with a a strong market. The outlook fof 1965 is for an even better year. Yes, the cranberry grower has much to be peaceful and thankful for. We never knew of a time when the prospect was brighter. MAKING - AND KEEPING - MONEY "The plowman homeward plods his weary way," reads the line in Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, and once upon a time farming was about that simple. That dreary, too. About all the plowman had to think was another day's plowing. But not today. Nowadays he has to be sharp at something generally called "management.'" Just raising crops or livestock is no longer enough, for then comes the battle of getting something for them — and trying to keep what you get. Life is more complicated than in the time of Mr. Gray's "plowman." But it's a lot more interesting, too, and for the fast-of-foot, a great deal more rewarding. Editorial from "The Farm Journal" CLARENCE J. HALL Editor and Publisher EDITH S. HALL — Associate Editor Wareham, Massachusetts SUBSCRIPTIONS, $4.00 Per Year FOREIGN, $5.00 CORRESPONDENTS - ADVISORS Wisconsin LEO A. SORENSON Cranberry Consultant Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Washington Dr. CHARLES C. DOUGHTY Cranberry Specialist Long Beach. Wash. Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, _ Ore. Massachusetts Dr. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Mass. New Jersey P. E. MARUCCI New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station Pemberton, New Jersey 1965 Now, as 1964 drags to an end, we are look- ing forward to 1965. This should be an even better year for cranberry growers and the cran- beiTy industry as a whole. The crop did not shape up in size or in quality as much as might be desired, but it may another year. CREDIT TO OCEAN SPRAY Have you noticed that Ocean Spray com- mercial on "CRAN-apple Juice" on the TV ? It has a catchy jingle and is a credit to the spon- sor, Ocean Spray. FIFHEEN SCONSI NOTES Continued from Page 14 done in Wisconsin next year, "Groldy" reports, and almost every grower he has talked to is adding acreage. As' far as possible, most of them will be planlting Stevens, the new hybrid variety, and there will not be enough of this variety for everyone who wants to plant it. Sprinkler Interest An exitreme amount of interest is being shown in irrigation systems in Wisconsin and a good many acres will be going under sprinklers this year. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Continued on Page 6 Howes and M'cFarlins, , all berries had been shipped ou't of growers warehouses by the end of the month. An estimate of only four thousand barrels remained. The extremely warm and humid weather the first half of the month following on the heels of similar conditions' the last half of October, brought storage rots to a high peak, slowed milling drastically and Sbampered all packing. The end result was tliose growers having berries after the first week in November suf- fering heavily from shrinkage and paying high packing costs. Storage and End Rot Moist of the storage rots' were end rot and black rot. Black rot was the greatest in years and was probably inoculated into the berries during the deep frost flooding in mid-August. This marked the third yecir in a row that slhrinkage had been excessive and packing costs high. Winter Flooding Cold temperatures the middle INDIAN TRAIL, inc. WORKING— MERCHANDIZING— SELLING WISCONSIN -GROWN CRANBERRIES 12 Months of the Year Moving FRESH — FROZEN— — CANNED & JUICE — Striving always to move TOP-QUAL- ITY products at TOP PRICES for bet- ter returns to WISCONSIN Growers. P. 0. BOX 710, WIS. RAPIDS, WIS. of the month brought winter flooding to new plaiutings and the raising of water in the ditches and over the surface on pro- ducing beds. Growers with short water supphes checked up early 'and had plugged outlets to be able to hold all water possible. It appeared everyone would hiave sufficient waiter for the flood un- less extreme cold would develop and freeze up the winter flood water in the reservoirs. Early flooding was freezing down well anid with the absence of snow the danger of water under the ice to cause oxygen deficiency lessened. CORRUGATED CULVERT PIPE FLOW GATES Felker Bros. Mfg. Co. MARSHFIELD WISCONSIN PhMc 230 - 23t SPRINKLER SYSTEMS PUMPS HIGH CAPACITY WELLS ROBERTS IRRIGATION SERVICE STEVENS POINT WISCONSIN nXTEEN SERVING THE WISCONSIN GROWERS FOR SEARLES JUMBO HOWES, McFARLIN Vines for delivery in 1964 $150 Ton FiOiBi Ben Lears $750 Ton Stevens $1000 Ton INTERESTED IN PURCHASING WISCONSIN CRANBERRY PROPERTIES **«4i******* Vernon Goldsworthy B.S. & M.S. University of Wisconsin Cranberry Consultant Fees Reasonable EAGLE RIVER WISCONSIN DANA MACHINE & SUPPLY CO. Wis. Rapids, Wis. MFG. of: SPRAY BOOMS GRASS CLIPPERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS Getsinger Retraeto Tooth Pickers Dryers DISTR. of: VEE BELTS and PULLEYS SPROCKETS and BEARINGS ROLLER CHAINS CONVEYOR BELTING STEEL READ CRANBERRIES ARE YOU GETTING MORE FOR QUALITY FRUIT ? Are Howes sold on the fresh fruit market worth more than floaters? Are you getting more for your quality fruit than your neighbor gets for floaters? Cranberry Products, Inc. WISCONSIN HEADQUARTERS FOR INSECTICIDES — FUNGICIDES HERBICIDES DUSTS — WETTABLE POWDERS — EMULSIONS PARATHION — - MALATHION FERBAM — SIMAZINE DITHANE M - 22 (Maneb) WEED RHAP 20 SEVIN Hopkins Agricultural Chemical Co. p. O. BOX 584 Phone : MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53701 Area Code 608 257-1019 i««^ YOU Are Reading This Ad- Others Will Read Yours in CRANBERRIES Library, Unlv, of Mass, 130 THIS YEAR ,000,000 AMERICANS OR DRINK A OCEAN WHOLE BERRY CRANBERRY SAUCE JELLIED CRANBERRY SAUCE CRANBERRY JUICE COCKTAIL LOW CALORIE CRANBERRY JUICE COCKTAIL CRANBERRY JUICE COCKTAIL CONCENTRATE CRANAPPLE JUICE CRANBERRY-ORANGE RELISH Ocean sprav Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. RVING A $40,000,0UU A YbAK INUUblKY INIVERSIT nSSACH ^PE COD EW JERSEY msCONSIN OREGON WASHINGTON CANADA MAYNARD O. HOLMES, Eastern Production Manager of Ocean Sprj (CRANBERRIES PI 40 Cents JANUARY, 1965 DIRECTORY For CRANBERRY GROWERS Federal Paper Board »70 FeUsway Medford, Mass. Tel. Export 5-5305 Manufacturers of Folding Cartons and Displays MIDDLEBOROUCH TRUST COMPANY MIDDLEBORO MASSACHUSETTS Member of The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation READ CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE SANDERS Built from $750. WHEEL-OFF RIGS FLUMES - Built to Order Welder and Power Shovel Available AGENT: FURFORD Picker aad Pruaer Carver, Mass. UN 6-4419 Wareham Savings Bank Savings Accounts Loans on Real Estate Safe Deposit Boxes to Rent Phone CYpress 5-3800 Kimball 8-3000 The National Bank of Vv^areham Conveniently located for Cranberry Men Funds always available for sound loans The CHARLES W. HARRIS 451 (Mil SMierset Ave. North DighUn, Mass. AMES Irrigation Systems Sprinklers Weed Killers Insecticides Fungicides f Kiekens - Dusters and Sprayers} EQUIPM»IT HAYDEN - SEPARATOR - WAREHAM, MASS. Irrigation Systems PUMPS SEPARATORS - BLOWlfilS SCREENHOUSE EOUIPMENT DARLINGT9N PICKING MACHINES Complete Banking Service Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Extensive Experience in ELECTRICAL WORK ALFRED PAFPI At Screenhouscs, Bogs and Pumps Means Satisfaction WAREHAM, MASS Tcl. CY 5-2000 E SUBSCRIBE TO CRANBERRIES Mass. Cranberry Station Plans Series Of Winter Seminars Irving E. Demoranville, Exten- sion Cranberry Specialist of the Massachus'etts Cranberry Experi- menlt Staticn, Bast Warham, Mass. has sent out notices to growers that Uhe Station is planning a series of discussions on the prac- tical aspects' of growing cran- berries. These meetings will be held during the winter and there will be 7 or 8 of them. They will be held one after- noon per week and each meeting will deal with one important phase of the growing of cranberries. Each meeting will be 1^/2 to 2 hours in length, and will be of a seminar type; that is, a member of tlhe Station staff will present information on his particular field for part of the session and then the remainder of the meeting will be devoted to answering specific questions from those present. Topics to be covered will be: sprinkler systems for frost and irrigation, flood and winter man- gement, frost protection, fungus ROBrS PROPANE GAS, INC. Carver, Mass. West Wareham, Mass 866-4545 295-3737 CONVERT YOUR IRRIGATION PUMPS TO LP. GAS 1. Saves on Oil 2. No Pilferage 3. Saves on Spark plugs 4. Up to Three Times the Engine-life 5. Saves on Fuel Pumps and Carburetors FOR A DEMONSTRATION CALL US TODAY TAKE ADVANTAGE of the BETTER things of life. The efficient USE OF ELECTRICITY is one of these better things — efficient use in power for cranberry bog operations, and in the home. Plymouth County Electric Co. WAREHAM CYpress 5-0200 PLYMOUTH Pilgrim 6-1300 and virus diseases^ insects, weeds weather factors in frost and -with comments on nematodes, fertilizer and varieties. The Station feels these dis'cus- sions will be helpful to newer bog owners and foremen, but every- one interested is invited to attend any or all of these sessions. "Dee" points out these will ndt replace the cranberry club meetings. Cranberry ^Aeetings The seminars or discussion meetings on the practical aspects of raising cranberries' will be held in the auditorium at the Bourne Memorial Community Building, Main Street, Buzzards -^ pr We Specialize in Cars New— Used Repairs On All Makes Robt. W. Savary Inc. East Wareham, Mass. Telephone 295-3530 Western Pickers Parts and Repairs Agent for 1965 Model ORDER NOW J. E. BRALEY & SON MACHINE SHOP 78 Gibbs Avenue Wareham, Mass. HAVE YOUR REPAIRS DONE NOW SHARON BOX COMPANY, MC. ESTABLISHED 1866 SHARON, MASSACHUSETTS We Will Buy Your White Pine Logs Either Standing or Cut • Highest Prices Paid • Sawmill located at North Carver, Mass. Office Phones: Sharon, SU 4-2011 Carver UN 6-2234 1^ NOTICE To better serve our customers in the cranberry area, we have moved our complete Redwood Flume Lumber to our Middleboro yard. We have a complete stock of Se'ect All Heart and Construction A!l Heart Redwood as follows: 6x8 - 6x6 - 4x6 - 4x4 Timbers Planking — Square Edged or (Matched on order) 9 V A 2x6 2x8 2 X 10 SEr^D FOR YOUR FREE FOLDER ON THE ''DURABILITY OF REDWOOD" Telephone 947-2300 [. W. Gt^odhue Lumber Co., Inc. End of Cambridge Street (Off Route 44) Middleboro, Mass. Retain natural flavor without over-sweetness AND CORN SYRUPS »•■•* J^; CORN PRODUCTS COMPANY Manufacturers of fine products for the food industry . . . and popuUir Best Foods Division grocery brands for the consumer. Bay. This is a large building lo- cated on the north side of Routes 6 and 28 (Main St.), to the east of the Buzzards Bay railroad sta- tion and business district. Meet- ings will begin promptly at 1:30 P. M. The following is the sched- ule of dates' and topics to be discussed: Wednesday, January 20 Historical and present views of flood management on cranberry bogs. Dr. C. E. Cross. Wednesday, January 27 Sprinkler frost protection and irrigation systems (including pes- ticide dissemination). Prof. J. S. Norton. Wednesday, February 3 Life histories and present con- trols of destructive insects on cranberry bogs. Prof. W. E. Tomlinson. Wednesday, February 10 Fungus and virus diseases of cranberry vines' with comments on the ecto parasitic nematodes of cranberry soils. Dr. B. M. Zuckerman. Wednesday, February 24 Weeds cf cranberry bogs: their propagation, spread, and control. Prof. I. E. Demoranville. Wednesday, March 3 Weather factors in cranberry production with emphasis on frost and frost protection. Dr. C. E. Cross and Mr. G. B. Rouns'ville. Wednesday, March 10 Cranberry varieties, fertilizer practices and cranberry pollina- tion. Dr. C. E. Cross and Prof I. E. Demoranville. I) I WESTERN HEMISPHERE EXPORTS UP— INCLUDING CRANBERRIES The United States agricultural export to countries of the- Western Hemisphere reached an all-'time high of $1,154 million during the fiscal year; 1964 — 15 percent above a year ago. The leading exportts were wheat and flour $238 million; corn $114||( million; fruits and preparations j^ (which would include U. S. Cran- berries) $128 million; vegetables and preparations $86 million; soy- beans, $79 million; cotton $63 million; dairy products $53 mil- lion and meat and preparations $54 million. (Foreign Agriculture) I Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Notes by IRVING E. DEMORANVILLE Extension Cranberry Specialist Attend Meeting Dr. C'rosls, Dr. Miller, and the xtension Sjpecialist attended the sTew Englaod Agricultural Chem- cals Conferenice and Herbicide Vorkshop in Concord, New Fanapslhiire, on December 9. This as an excellent meeting, with variety of subjects covered. The principal speakers were Dr. 2. IC. Compton of RuJtgers Uni- versity^ on "Pesticidie Residues": Denis' Hay ley of National Agri- ultural Chemicals Association, in "The Manufacturers View- )oiint"; and J. J. Jernigan of he Federal Extension Service, I.S.D.A., on "Extension's Educa- ji'onal Role in the Safe Use of neeting, Denis H'ayley, is also eslticides." One of the speakers at the Editor of "N.A.C. News and !*es!ticide Review," the official iublication of the National Ag- icultural Chemicals Association, liis is lone of the magazines re- eived regularly by the Cran- )erry SItlaltion. In reading the aoist recelnit issue, some inter- sting information was noted. The following is from a talk .y Dr. John A. Schnittker^ Direc- Dr of Agricultural Economics, r.S.D.A., as printed in the N.A.C. Tews and Pesltieide Review. "First, an efficient agriculture ijas provided us all with an jbundant supply of low-cost food ind fiber. U. S. consumers not nly enjoy diversified diets of luality foods; they also spend be smallest percentage of their icome for food of any country ri' the world." "Fifteen years ago the average J. S. family s^ent 26 cents of ladh dollar of spendable income or food. Last year it was less han 19 cents. Next year it will )e lower still." "In the other developed coun- tries of the world, consumers spend an appreciably higher pro- portion of their income for food. In tlhe United Kingdom it is 29 percent, and in Russia about one- half. In developing countries such as' India the proportion is even higher, including some coun- tries in whch three-fourths of all income goes for food." "Much of the credit for this preferred and fortunate position of U. S. consumers today must go to the American farmer." Weather The month of December ended up slightly less than one degree a day below normal and con- tinued the below normal temp- erature pattern which persisted since May. Total precipitation for the month was 6.03 inches or nearly 50 percent above nor- mal at the Cranberry Station. We also had a total of 8.6 inches of snow which is also about 50 percent above normal for us. For the year 1964 the tem- peraituire was a whoping -425 degress, or slightly more than a degree a day below normal. The precipitation total was 41.93 inches which is about 5 inches les's than the 30 year average at the Cranberry Station. Snow- fall total was about double the 30 year average. Highest single temperature was 98 degrees on July 1 and lowest an even 0 on January 1. These are official temperatures as recorded in the weather shelter at the Station and there were undoubtedly both higher and lower temperatures in unsheltered areas. Largest single snowfall was 10.25 inches on Januiary 13-14 and largest 24 hour precipitation 2.38 inches on October 17-18. Club Meetings The tentative dates for the 1965 cranberry club meetings are as follows: Barnstable County: Barnstable — Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m. Barnstable — Mar. 18, 7:30 p.m. Plymouth County: C. & L. EQUIPMENT CO. 1209 MAIN STREET ACUSHNET, MASS. Cranberry Bog Senfice PRUNING RAKING Machinery Sales PRUNERS RAKES FERTILIZING WEED TRIMMING POWER WHEELBARROWS WEED TRIMMERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS - Large and Smal For Further Information Call . . . F. P. CRANDON ROckwell 3-5526 C. J. TRIPP WYman 5-2013 THREE Kingston — Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m. Rochester — Feb. 17, 2:00 p.m. Kingston — Mar. 16, 7:30 p.m. Rochester — Mar. 17, 2:00 p.m. U. S. Cranberry Crop For 1964 Was 1,292,800 Bbls. USDA Figures Production of United States cranberries in 1964 totaled 1,- 292,800 barrels, up 3 percent from last j-ear and 2 percent above average. A sharp increase from 1963 in New Jersey's out- put, plus a moderate increase in Massachusetts and Wiscon- sin, more than offset a decline in production in Washington and Cre3;on. Massachusetts, with 650,000 barrels, was the leading producer and accounted for one- half tr.-e total of United States' output. The Massachusetts crop got off to a good start with a heavy bloom and favorable conditions for pollination. There was some IRRIGATION PIPE FOR SALE 3500 ft. 6" light weight steel Flex-0-Seal used pipe — good condition. 175 lengths x 20' at $13.50 per length — all or part. We are distributors of Flex-O-Seal pipe, steel or aluminum 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 inch. Also Rainbird sprinkler heads. VEG-ACRE FAR/\AS Forestdale, Cape Cod, Mass. Tel. 428-6719 Bog Ditch Dike Building Cleaning Repairing EQUIPMENT FOR HIRE Track Loaders Trucks f and ,. and [ Rubber Tire Bulldozers I Backhoe ■ ;. ', 1 Good Bog Sand Available I P & L CO : LOUIS LECONTE 866-4402 CARVER, MASS. H : damage from spring frosts and by vines being under water for extended periods when the bogs were flooded for frost protec- tion. Berries were well distri- buted deep down in the vines. Rainfall was below normal through most of the summer but late August rains along with cool, weather added color and size. Harvest started about September 3, a few days earlier than usual. Harvested acreage at 11,700 is the same as last year. T!he yield per acre of 55.6 is up 1.2 barrels from 1963. The New Jersey crop of 136,- 000 barrels was more thar double last year's production anc 39 percent larger than average Wisconsin produced 405,000 bar- rels in 1964, up about one per- cent from last year. The se was average to heavy and berrj sizes' generally ranged from av- erage to large. Production ir Washington was 67.000 barrels down 40 percemt from 1963 an( 16 percent below average! Oregon's production was 34,00< ' barrels — 14 percent less thai last year's crop. The crop wa smaller in the Northwest becaus : of poor pollinating weather, poor set and a cool damp grow ing steason. As of December 1, total 1964 65 citrus production prospect were up 18 percent from las year with prospects for large crops of oranges, grapefrui' tangerines, and limes. Grower expect fewer lemons and tangelois The orange crop is 22 percen larger than last year with muclh larger Florida output, bu fewer oranges' in California. Pro duction of grapefruit is expec '] ted to be 19 percent greate'| than the 1963-64 crop. CRANBERRIES is printed by j COBB PRINTINGil Inc. f| Kingston, Massachusettj < I Issue of January, 1965 -Vol. 29, No. 9 Second Class Postage Paid at Warebam, Massachusetts Post Office Published monthly at Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscriptions ?4.00, Foreign, ?5.00 per year. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C J. H MASSACHUSETTS First Snowfall The first snowfall of the winter occured in the cranberry area, at leasft at Wareham on Sunday, December 6th. This followed sev- eral days of pelting rains. Storm The rain to the 7th of De- cember totaled 2.11 inches as recorded at the Cranberry Station. There were varying amounts else- where, but it was a miserable storm with Itfhe cold rain. It stopped most work. The snow- fall was recorded at the State Bog as 1/2 inch, but there was more in upper Plymouth County and les"s on the Cape. The com- bined sitorms caused a number of auto accidents with several fatahties. Temperature to that date The temperature to the 7 th was minus 12. There was a pea soup fog over tihe weekend of December 13, which resulted in 17 fatalities in New England. The month had warmed up by the 14th and the temperaiture was plus 4 for the month to that date. The same storm sis'© brought CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Shocks, or Nailed Stock Always on Hand Let me repair your broken boxes-or repair them yourself F. H. COLE North Carver, Mass. Tel. Union 6-3330 .59 inches' of needed rain as re- corded at the Mass. State Bog. There was the worst snow storm of the year on December 19 when there was a total of 5.1 inches of snow as recorded at the State Bog. Rainfall for the same storm was recorded as .045. Christmas turned out to be a "green" one in the cranberry area with only a few remnants of stiow left on tlhe ground. The weather was mild and foggy. It was reported as the warmest Christmas since 1889. There were heavy storms on the 26th and the 27th of De- cember, with lashing winds. This gtorm brought 2.43 inches of rain as recorded at the Cran- berry Station. Rainfall and Snow Up for Dec. Total rainfall for December as recorded at Mass'. Cranberry Sta- tion was 6.03, the normal average being 3.00 inches. Snow totaled 8.6 inches. Month Slightly Colder The month of December was a minus 26 or a little less than a degree a day. January The month of January started cold, with blustery winds and quite a bit of snow and ice on the ground. WISCONSIN The cranberry growing areas of the state ended the year in typical Wisconsin weather with a snow cover of from six inches in the south to almost a foot in the north. Reservoirs' were all frozen over with about twelve to sixteen inches of ice AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS BOG SERVICE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS i HAND SPRAYERS - TOOLS - POWER EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BRIGGS AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTER R. F. MORSE & SON, Inc. Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 reported. The month averaged about one degree below normal in precipitation and about nor- mal to slightly above normal in precipitation. Precipitation was both in the form of snow and rain. Coldest readings were in in the northwest on the 14th when readings of minus 24 degrees were 1 eported and warmest -was' 40 degrees in the southeast on the 11th. All in all it was a rather normal month with no records broken or seriously threatened. The outlook for January calls for near normal in both tempera- ture and rainfall. Winter Sandmg The eiarly freeze down of the winter floods enabled some marshes in the south to start sanding operations early in De- cember and some "were hope- ful of completing their work by Christmas. This' would be an early date, brought about by early cold and lack of snow. Most areas plan ttio do some sanding and considerable Casoron treated areas will be sanded, especially on beds wMch con- tained heavy stands' of 'per- ennial grasses. Resume of the Year Looking back on the year's growing season there were sev- eral highlights which affected the state crop botih good and bad. The spring was early and growth got off to ;an early start. May temperatures of 8 degrees above normal brought some hooking. Continued warm weatlher in June fostered growth. The month also brought danaag- mg hail and frost, the hail on the 20th and the frost on the 15th. The frost was most dam- laging in *tlhe south and es- timates ran las much as 75,000 j.^pj.g>lr; iQ5t. The temperatures' were above normal during the setting season, bvit precipitation was beloAV and much irrigation was necessary. Berries set well and size w^as good. Keeping quality was poor primarily due to the frost flooding the middle of August. Harvest was com- pleted in record time with ideal weather conditions. 'T hose marshes without fros-t or hail daoniage came up with good crops with many in the 175-200 bbl. range. At the end of the /hiarvest, grov/ers were feeling more optimistic and were making plans for next year with much enthusiasm. FROST CONTR And IRRIGATION SOLID SET BOG ALL ALUMINUM IRRIGATION SYSTEMS Long Life Low Cost 1 V2" Aluminum Tubing Call and compare prices with all other materials. LARCHMONT ENGINEERING LEXINGTON, MASS. VO 2-2550 NEW JERSEY Weather for December and for Year 1964 December was quite mild and wet. Precipitation totaled 5.28 inches, about 2.25 more than nor- mal. The temperature averaged 37.3°^ almost 2° warmer than nor- mal. There were 10 days during Avhich the maximum was over 50 'F.; 3 of these were above 60° and 1, Christmas Day, was 70 °F. A Dry Year In s'ummary, 1964 was cooler and drier than normal. It will be remembered as a year of severe drought. For 7 consecutive months. May through November, the pre- cipitation was below normal May, with only 0.36 of rain, was the driest May and one oi the driest ever recorded for anj^ month. August, with 0.90 inch was the second driest for this month. The total rainfall through- out the important growing month; May through September was onlj 11.90 inches, or only about one- half of normal. Only 1957, wher rainfall fro^m May-September wa; only 8.83, was drier for tf.ii: period during the past 35 years. The total rainfall for 1964 wa,' 36.01 inches, 7.15 inches less thai normal. This was the fifth dries year in the 35-year weather re cording historj^ at Pemberton Drier ones were 1930, with onl: 33.24 inches; 1955, with onl; 34.04 inches: 1957, with 34.9: inches; and 1963^ wlhich had 35.1: inches'. A Cool Year The year was cooler than nor mal. Every month but March November, and December avera ged cooler than usual. Thi greatest departure from norma occurred in August and Octobei In both of these months nev records were set for the lowes average temperature. Howevei extremely hot days were no notably more rare in 1964. Ther were 26 days in the 90s com pared to the average of r28 pe year. Jersey Cranberry Crop Up The dry weatlher and the cooi ness were mixed blessings' to cranberry growers. The 'Ne\ Continued on page 18 MAYNARD 0. HOLMES HAS THE IMPORTANT JOB OF EASTERN PRODUCTION MGR. OF OCEAN SPRAY He has been familiar with Cranberries all his life — In season he has 200 men working for him, and about 275 women — Has enviable World War II Record by Clarence J. Hall The production of any item, including cranberries' in fresh or >rocessed form is, obviously necessary, in this case referring to hech- mical production. The vital job of producing the end product of iranberry growing for Ocean Spray members falls on Miaynard O. iolmes. Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. Prcduction Manager East, ^hat is Massachusettts' and Canada. His counterpart is Marcus Havey f North Chicago, who is in charge of production for Wisconsin, the West Coast and also, it happens. New Jersey. Responsible Position He is responsible for the mooth production of 36 percent d tdtal Ocean Spray production f canned sauce, 50 percent of Dtal packing of fresh berries, 90 •ercent of cranberry juice cock- ail, or 65 percent of all berries eceived by Ocean Spray. For xample, in the big production ear of 1962, Ocean Spray andled about 625,000 barrels production in Mfasachusetts. kbout 50 percent of total Ocean pray fresh fruit pack comes 'om Massachusetts, and the bulk f the rest from Wisconsin. "Natural for Cranberry Work" Majmard, as it happens, is a Toaitural" for cranberry work. He ot only is a small grower him- ilf (so far) but is a third gen- 'ation to be in cranberries. This leans that he has known cran- ^rries since his earliest recollec- on. As a boy and youth he icked cranberries', dug weeds nd did other jobs, including immer work on his fatiher's bog hile in high school. He also has uilt and rebuilt bogs for him- fclf and others and has operated I cranberry bog service for Ithers. ; His grandfalther was the late plomon Holmes of Plymouth, iho had a bog of 4 acres in 1887 It B'illinigton Sea in Plymouth. iLiS fatiher, also named Solomon ad a total of 8 acres at Billing- tfi Sea and at Ellisville. iMaynard was born in Pljmaouth anuary 24, 1907, went to the schools of that historic town and was graduated from Plymouth High. He was interested in for- estry and he took an extension service course in that subject at a private school on West Newton Street in Boston. With this' train- ing and his experience in for- estry, which at that time was just coming to be of general interest he entered the employ of the late Henry T. Thayer who had 80 acres of bog in Wareham and Plymouth. This property was later bought by the late Erving C. Hammond of Onset, a leading Massachusetts grower of some years ago. Maynard's uncle. Ernest Holmes also worked for Mr. Thayer as foreman and May- nard worked under him and as foreman on some operations. He also was superintendent of the Plymouth Town Forest until 1943, working for the Thayer interestis for 7 years. He then went into the bog building and rebuilding and maintenance busi- ness for himself. He built bog for Fred Paty in Plymouth, Ben and Al Raymond in Bourne, this in- cluded the rebuilding of an old s'ection of bog and the building of new for the large property now owned by Elmer E. Raymond, Jr., Ocean Spray director, at Great Herring Pond. His War Record His cranberry activities were then cut short by World War II, in which he chalked up an en- viable record of service. In 1943 he entered the 168th Combat Engineer Group of the U. S. Army. In February of that year he went overseas after receiving his basic training at Ft. Belfoir, Virginia. He took part in the D-Day invasion of France in June 1944 landing at Normandy Beach. Packing a case of Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice Cocktail. (Photo by The Hudson Studio, Brockton, Mass.) SEVEN ;.'A*g tW Bottling line of cocktail at Ocsan Spray, (Photo by The Hudson Studio, Brockton, Mass.) He was later with General Pattan/ in his historic tank corps advance) through France. He was thus in the Battle of Normandy, Northern, France and Ardennes Forest. He was in an assault crossing of the Rhine River and received five pieces' of shrapnel in his back, hospitalizing him for two months. Later he served in Belgium and Czecho-Slovakia. He received the' Bronze Star for gallan)t(ry, and for his wounds, the Purple Heart. He had the rating of Sergeant. He was returned to Camp^ Devons after hostilities ended on August 26, 1945 and was mus- tered out two days later. He had intended to take a rest after having been at war, but he re- ceived, he says, three job offers one of which was' from Ocean Spray or then National Cran- berry Association. "Within two days of his discharge he had chosen the NCA job and was at work. Cocktail Bottling operation at Ocean Spray, (Photo by The Hudson Studio, Brockton, Mass.) 4.iiM^i % # -y^. Till- piuii.j'^ffy'**''*"*^ - ; { ■; His first duties were being in charge of growers' service under Ferris Waite. Mr. Waite was operating the Cranberry Trading Post (growers' supplies') at Piym- iouth which 'tihe cooperative main- tained. He also built and rebuilt bog for NCA members, this totalling about 100 acres. One of these bogs was the 11 acre prop- erty now owned by Mrs. Hope Ingersoll at Head-of-Bay, Buz- New cocktail press on left and the old on right. (Photo by The Hudson Studio, Brockton, Mass.) zards Bay. This work gave him an even broader understanding of cranberry growing in general and experience in (the operations of the big cooperative. In 1951 he was' given charge of the fresh berry operations of the Ocean Spray plant at Onset. In 1954 he was placed in charge of the processing plant at Hanson, with the title of Plant Manager. Elevated In 1956 In 1956 he was elevated to his present position as Production Manager, East. Ths includes su- pervision of the Ocean Spray plant at St. John, near Montreal, Canada. He has' charge of 90 per- cent of Ocean Spray Canadian production. He makes several trips to the St. Jclxn plant each fall and at other times to super- vise these foreign operations. NINE In 1962 when Ocean Spray had its iplant improvemeot plan in operation it was Mr. Holmes who had direct supervision and con- tact with contractors doing the actual work. These improvements included a multi-storage building^ which is' combination freezer and temperature-cootrolled cooler at Hanson, and also improvements increasing the oultput of the pop- ular Ocean Spray Cranberry juice there. Now two lines can be op- erated at once, turning out pints and quarts or pints and gallons, total capacity, 6,000 cases a day. Growers who attend the annual Ocean Spray meeting at Hanson and other such gatherings know that when information about production is wanted, it is Mr. Maynard who is' called upon. He has been to all the Ocean Spray plants, bult has never visited the Wisconsin growing area. At present he has 200 men under him and there are about 275 women screeners and packers. Work Split In October of 1964, he re- quested of Mr. Boib Lucas^ Direc- tor of Operations thalt the work load of Production Manager for Mavssachusetts' be spht, as the processed wthich includes cocktail, was a fuU-time job for one per- son and the fresh, full-time job. The request was granted and a week later, Mr. Spencer Davis was put in charge of processing for Masaachusetts with Mr. Holmes being in charge of all fresh operations, which include Hanson, Onset, Harwich and all freezers. This means handling of over 50 percent of the Naitionial crop. With headqujairters alt Onset, Mir. Holmes will be in charge of all receiving^ handling, screen- ing and packing of fresh fruit in Massachusetts — this will in- volve over 500,000 barrels of berries per year. He will also be in charge of bog inspection and grower relation work. His Cranberry Growing: As to his own cranberry grow- ing this is still on a small scale. He had an acre and a quarter at Manomet, which is old bog he hiad rebuilt and is' not in full production yet. This is a part of a 70-acre tract on Beaver Dam TEN Road, across from the big cran- berry property of Hairrison God- dard and now owned by Robert Briggs. Maynard says there are 30 acres of this which, if he ever desired to do so, can very readily be made into good bog. He recently sold his four acre bog at Billington Sea to Colburn C. Woods, Jr. He also has 3 acres of bearing bog and has just fin- islhed making 2 acres of new bog ready to set vines' in Manomet. He hopes to put in two acres per year. Maynard is married to the former Ruth A. Haley of Lynn, Mass. and they live in Manomet. He is a member of the Manomet Village Club, a civic improvement associaltion, and was' president of it for three years. He is a mem- ber of the South Shore Cran- berry Club and of Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association. He is a member of the Second Congregational Church of Mano- met. He belongs to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Other Activities He is a member of the Plym- outh Rod and Gun Club as he is an ardent hunter and fisherman as is' Mrs. Holmes, particularly in the sport of salmon fishing. "Whenever we get a chance we go on a fishing trip," he says. They fish every year they can at Grand Lake in New Brunswick; at Moosehead in Maine. They have fished in the Pacific North- west wliere there is the famo'us salmon run. Maynard has landed a 21 pound salmon. Ruth is just as keen on fislhing as he is, May- nard avers. Ocean Spray Sold Out December 21 Under date of December 21, 1964 Ocean Spray sent out to the trade a notice it was com- pletely sold out of all cranberries except for a limited supply in Massachusetts which would be shipped out by the firsit of 1965. All other areas were completely shipped out. The notice an- nounced sales of Ocean Spray fresh cranberries topped all pre- vious records. Anthony R. DeMarco Killed in N. J. Crash Anthony R. DeMarco, 60, prominent cranberry and blue- berry grower of Hammonton, New Jersey was killed New Year's day at 5 p.m. in a head- on auto crash in Tabernacle township. The crash also proved fatal to two others. Mr. DeMarco, who has been featured in this magazine, was owner of the Chatsworth Cran- berry Company and an Atlantic County freeholder. His car was in a Ihead-on crash with la pick-up truck. According to a police report the north-bound truck s'werved into the opposite lane and struck the DeMarco car which burst into flames. The medical ex- aminer said the death of Mr. DeMarco was due to hemorrhag- ing from a ruptured artery and jugular vein. The victim was burned beyond recognition. The truck driver, Bernliard Koelbl, Jr., 26 and his wife Helen were hospitalized with multiple inn juries. The tructk driver died later. Mr. DeMarco was a member of the American Cranberry Mar- keting Committee. A Tribute to Anthony R. DeMarco The year 1964 ended on a very sad note for the cranberry in- dustry in New Jersey. Anthony R. DeMarco met with sudden death in an auto accident on New Year's Eve. He was re- turning home to Hammonton from his cranberry bogs at Chats- worth when the tragedy occurred Tony was a leader of the cran- berry industry in New Jersey. He was a large robust man of high spirit. He was much respec ted and admired for his friend liness', his acumen, his cooper ativeness, and his competence. He had great versatility and en joyed successful careers as a pharmacist, businessman, politi cian and cranberry grower. He was a former mayor of Hammon- ton, a freeholder of Atlantic County, past president of the American Cranberry Growers' Association and, at the time of his death, was representing Ocean Spray as the New Jersey repre- sentative on the Cranberry Mar- keting Order Committee. Outside of his family Tony's main interest in life was his cranberry bogs. He was the son of a trusted cranberry harvest "padrone" (supervisor) in the days of the large hand harvesting and scooping crews. As a boy he did odd jobs around cranberry bogs and caught the cranberry fever which he never lost. From these humble beginnings Tony DeMarco worked his way up to become one of the most success- ful cranberry growers' in New Jersey. Going on a tour of his cran- berry property with Tony was a delightful experience. He spouted out stories rich in cranberry folklore. He could recall in detail the planting dates, harvest rec- ords, weed and rot problems, etc., of almost every bog. He was a keen observer and conducted much experimentation of his own, quickly adapting new ideas and practices after he had demonstra- ted their practicability to his' own satisfaction. Paradoxically h e liked to hold on to old established methods; for instance, he was one of the very few still using bone meal fertilizer and reflows for insect control. Tony liked being on the wide expanses of his canberry bogs. He was imbued perhaps with s'omewhat the same mystic feeling about cranberry bogs that old sailors have about the ocean. His interest in cranberries never waned^ it could only grow. He instilled this zeal in his super- visor, Earl Kerchner, wtho had no previous experience with cran- berries when he was first em- ployed. Under Tony's tutelage Earl has become an extremely capable and knowledgeable cran- berry grower. Tony was a successful and widely known buyer and shipper of fruit and produce and had excellent relations with the Tru- Blu Blueberry Cooperative which he served as broker and trucker in several large cities. He also headed the DeMarco Trucking Co., Inc., with headquarters in Hammonton, N. J. He was busy enough for one normal man in tlhese enterprises yet almost al- ways managed to be on hand to help on the sleeplests frosty night chores. Of all his accomplishments, Tony's finest and the one of which he was most proud was the rearing of a wonderful family. His partner in this was the for- mer Gladys Allowey. His two sons', Mark A. and J. Garfield, and his daughter, Anna Lynn, have reputations as excellent scholars. He is also survived by three brothers and two sisters. Philip E. Miarucci Cranberry-Blueberry Station CRANBERRY INSTITUTE MEETS - ELECTS President Orrin G. CoUey Makes His Annual Report — Prospects for 1965 Encouraging At the annual meeting of the members of the Cranberry In- istitute held in Boston, January 5 the incumbent slate of direc- tors was re-elected for the fiscal year 1965. They are Leon April, Bridgeton, New Jersey, Gilbert T. Beaton, Buzzards Bay, Mass. Orrin G. Colley^ Duxbury, Mass., George C. P. Olsson, Plymouth, M]ass., iBehrenid G. Pannkuk, Wis- conistn Rapids, Wisconsin. Following the member's meet- ing the board held an organi- zation meeting, re-electing the following offioers: president, Or- irin G. Colley, vice president, Leon April, secretary - treasurer, Gilbert T. Beaton. The following is the report of President Colley: Export Promotion Overseas market development efforts during 1964 have been carried out in the United King- dom. A variety of techniques have been used to stimulate the interest of trade groups and con- sumers in American cranberries. One of the most successful has involved participation in exhibits sponsored by the U.S. Trade Center. These exhibits have been Iheld in several areas of the United Kingdom and untold numbers of British tradesmen and consumers have sampled cranberry products with grati- fying results. Many familiar techniques have been used in consumer promotion programs. These include, publicity releases to the press, point of sale dis- plays and posters', the distri- bution of literature and samples, special showings of the cran- berry film and, in a few cases paid advertising. The costs of establishing a po- sition in the British market in terms' of time and money is high particularly as it applies to a product as unknown and unique as American cranberries and dramatic results cannot be expected quickly. But, in the U.S.A. it has taken many years and a large amount of money to develop a sizeable market for cranberry juice cocktail, now one of the industry's most valuable products. Promotional effort in other European countries has been limited, but surveys and some testing activities are being con- ducted to determine the market- ing future for cranberries in that area. The strongest influence on European customers will come from due regard for details, such as the use of local languages on the labels, recipes and pro- motional materials?; use of the metric system; credit terms to conform to European customs land servicing. Interpretation and adherence to government procedures particu- larly as they pertain to the use of FAS funds for certain pro- motional activities has been some- what of a headache to us. The heart of the problem is not just the government penchant for red tape. It is' in the main from trying to avoid the too close establishment of project activities to a brand promotion when for the most part the overseas op- erations are supported with availability of product and re- sources of only one U.S. sup- plier. In the main, however, our de- cisions on what needs to be done, the resources' industry groups can provide and the de- velopment of a plan of work will determine what will pro- duce the greatest total mar- ket. Industry Grow'th 1964 has seen a continued im- provement in sales' and returns per barrel^ of values of cran- berry producing properties and in particular a return of confi- dence in the future of our indus- try. Thus, with the period of uncertainty behind us, continued growth will be the keynote in all planning. Industry growers have been making s'ubstantial investments in production modernization and prodviction capacity will most certainly increase in the years ahead. Large scale investments by marketing organizations in im- proved plant facilities, new pro- duct development and in adver- iiising and merchandising programs reflect a commitment to broaden the operating and marketing op- portunities wherever they are to be' tf'ound. We must also continue to reach beyond the markets of today and develop new markets for tomor- rov/. Surprising as it may seem, ■agricultural exports are more im- portant to U. S. farmers and to the entire ; nation now than at anytime in history. They pro- vide markets for over one-sixth of the total farm output of the United States. These exports strengthen farm prices and im- prove farm incomes. They pro- vide jobs for about one million farm workers and many thous- ands in towns and cities', who produce and help market things farmers buy as well as those who transport, store, process and otherwise service the agricul- tujral export industry. The mar'ket for U. S. cran- berries is not limited to 190 mil- lion Americans' but can grow to include the several hundred mil- lion people who live in the relevently more prosperous na- tions of the Free World. Our industry's skUl in marketing is sufficient to meet any challenge abroad. The Cranberry Institute through its cooperative program with the Foreign Agricultural Service of the U. S. Department of Agri- culture has an important role in helping this industry to expand exports. This bid for a share of the foreign market, if adequately carried out and supported by the industry, can be an insurance policy for the future betterment and marketing of U. S. cran- berries. Varying Activities During the year we have at- tended meetings of international organizations concerned with ag- ricultural products, trade policy, economic development and mar- ket promotion. Close liaison has been maintained with the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Calls were made on members' of the U. S. Congress. Visits with growers, handlers and processors have been valuable means of keeping them informed on all phases of the Institute program. We have also worked with other industry groups on matters' of joint interest. This brings my grateful thanks to those who have been directly concerned with Institute affairs during 1964 and a warm appre- ciation for the continued interest and support of so many other people both in and outside the industry. N. J. 1964 Blueberry Crop Is Up New Jersey's 1964 blueberry crop according to the New Jersey Reporting Service totaled 1,782,000 trays, each tray holding 12 pints. This' is a 25 percent increase over the small 1963 crop and 6 percent more than the 1958-62 average. Blueberry output in 1964 was exceeded only by the record high of 1960 when 2,310,000 trays were pro- duced. Average price received by growers for all 1964 crop ber- ries (both fresh market and processing) was $2.95 per tray, 10 cents below the preceding year, but 21 cents above the five- year average. Total value of the 1964 crop was $5,257,000^ up 21 percent from a year earlier and 15 percent above the 1958- 62 average. Bandon Hit By The Great Pacific Storm Just Prior To Christmas Wimter blasted its way to Bandon, heart of the Oregon cranberry growing area amidst a storm of high winds' and rain which added the rainfall up to 5.41 inches in a four-day period. Wind with gusts up to 60 Icnots were reported between Cape Blanco and Hauser stations. They blew down portions of a new motel under construction at Bandon and blew in a window at a grocery store. The lower Coquille river on which Bandon is situated looked like the open oceian. The only death which can be attributed to the storm was that of a 12-year old boy at Coos Bay. He was' electrocuted in his home just south of Coos Bay, after flood waters en- tered the house. The storm was classified by those of the area as the worst An many years. HEAVY SNOW WASHINGTON CRANBERRY AREA Southwestern Washington, at Long Beach experienced mor^ snow in late December than it has in the past 15 years'. There was a very heavy snow which threatened both telephone and power lines, although both services were maintained ex- cept for 20 minutes of power loss in Oysterville. ADVERTISING RATES ON REQUEST The 1964 Cranberry Season In Wisconsin by Dr. Geo. L. Peltier Cranberry Consultant Gold artic air moved into Wis- consin December 13, 1963 and for the remainder of December it was the longest and coldest period on record for the month. In fact, the lowest temperatures of the entire winter were recorded. The rest of the winter can be classified as mild and dry with little snow, conditions ideal for sanding througlhout the bog areas. By mid-April most of the win- ter floods' were removed and as soon as the beds were dry, ferti- lizers were applied. The threat of a water shortage remained critical going into the growing season. May was the fifth waranest month on record with occasional temperatures in the high eighties, and fortunately with above nor- mal precipitation (4.59 inclhes at Cranmoor). May was a good growing month. In contrast, the first two weeks in June were below normal with bog temperatures in the twenties on six nights (Cranmoor), cul- minating on the night of June 15 when a rapidly moving cold front dropped temperatures to 15° in a period of 20 minutes before midnight, which caught too many growers before the bogs were flooded. Just how fast the cold air moved in can be judged by the fact that the maximum on June 15 at Crarmioor was above 80°^ while the bog temperature was in the 40's. On the morning of the 16th the bog temperature was 23 °F. While it is impossible to es- timate the exact amount of frost damage, it did have a profound influence on the total crop yield. June was a dry month with be- low normal rainfall. July was a warm month with temperatures in tihe 90' s or high 80's on 14 days, snid extending into the first week of August for another six days. Precipitation, while extremely spotty, was near normal. So July favored a good set of berries. Fortunately no hail occtirred nor was frost protection necessary. The rest of August was on the cold side, with little or no rain. Too, bog temperatures in the 20's occurred on five nights, necessitating fiood- ing with the reservoirs nearly depleted. The welcome rains during September (CVcUimoor 5.21 inches — 18 rainy days') relieved in part the extreme water shortage, although on eight nights bog tem- peratures in the 20's were re- corded which did not help the perilous water situation. This same situation extended to mid-October with a low of 9°F registered at Cranmoor on October 10. Fortunately, due to the threat of water shortage, harvesting started in early Sep- tember and most of the growers completed harvest by the s'econd week of the montfh. From this point on through mid-November, temperatures were above normal, so that shrinkage in storage was high. Most of the bogs were frozen in by mid-Deoember, earlier than Uisual. Insect losses were held to a minimum in 1964 on the majority of the bogs. Total loss'es to in- 'sects were less than 1%, a re- markable change from a decade ago when a 50% loss from fruit- worms were not uncommon, "while the familiar "brown out" caused by the black-headed fire- worm seldom is observed now. Where three applications of fungicide are applied, leaf and stem diseases are held down. When the third application is applied the first week of August the incidence of the fruit spot can be markedly decreased. The above normal temperatures during the storage season was conducive to the rapid development of end and back rot resulting in above normal shrinkage losses. The time is at hand when all berries for the freslh market should be held where exact temperature and humidity controls can be maintained. Hail occurred early, off and on, and extended into Augnst. During the w^ek of May 8, accompanied by a series of severe istorms, high winds, and a few tornados', hail fell on three separate occasions over a wide area in Cranmoor down to the Warrens area with hail stones measuring 1/4 to % inches in diameter, with some damage to the buds and new growth in localized areas. In mid-June a very severe hail storm occurred in Jackson County which resulted in a complete los's to the strawberries ready for harvest. This storm also caused varying losses ranging from 10 to 90% to the cranberry bogs extending from City Point to the Warrens area. Two hail storms occurred the third week of August in the Biron area, with varying damage to the berries. Casoron became available this fall, and after harvest, many growers put it on from one or two beds to the entire acreage. Let ns hope that the Casoron was applied in the proper amounts and more important, distributed evenly over the beds in order to avoid the experi-ences of 1963. With the widespread useage of Casoron under widely varying ecological conditions' the value of this herbicide can better be evaluated so far as its effective- ness as a weed killer and its effect on the vines. Owing to the extended drought from March 1962 to the present, many growers in their anxiety over available water created a surge for installation of sprinklers. Installations' varied from several acres to complete coverage of the entire bog. Motorized pumps are powered by electricity, gasoline or propane gas. The year will see more installations if the drought continues. Too, sprinklers create a problem in water man- agement, where the water re- leased by one grower was reused by other growers. Since the ratio of water useage of 10:1 with s'prinklers less water will be released to others, which means that the last users will be denied the same amotmts as in tlie past. The installation of sprinkler systems was the outstanding de- velopment in Wisconsin in 1964. Incidently, interest in wind ma- chines has waned with the advent THIRTEEN of the sprinkler systems. A method of removing bad berries, adapted from the canning industry, i.e., the floatation process, was' tested experimentally this fall by Ocean Spray. From ob- servations and discussions with growers the main disadvantage of this process is the bruising of the berries to such an extent that they do not hold up in the fresh market. More extended tests' of this method to reduce the amount and extent of bruising must be made. All in all, in spite of the drought, hail storms, and the fast moving cold front that caught some of the growers without frost protection, the yield of over 400,- OQO barrels from 4,200 acres can be considered good. Too, the shipping season to the fres'h mar- ket ended shortly after Thanks- giving so that there remained a shoirtage of quality berries for tJhe late market. For the second con- secutive year the "bug-a-boo" of a recurring surplus has been dissipated. MEETS ON A NOTE OF HIGH OPTIMISM The 34th annual meeting of Ocean Spray Cl^anberries, Inc. was held at the Wareham Town Hall, January 13th with a large attendance. President George C. P. Olsson presided and his report in full follows at the end of this article. The meeting was held on a high note of optimism. Direc- tors were elected as follows: Victor F. Adams, Osterville, Mass.; Alfred E. Bark, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin; Norman I. Brateng, Long Beach, Washing- ton; Frank P. Crandon, Acushnet, Mass.; William E. Crowell, Dennis, Mass.; John E. Cutts, Vincentown, N. J.; Thomas B. Darlington, New Lisbon, N. J.; Donald S. Duckart, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin; David W. Eldredge, South Carver, Mass.; Lester M. Gordon, Tomah, Wisconsin; Carroll D. Griffin, South Carver, Mass.; Richard A. Heleen, Middleboro, Mlass.; Tony Jonjak, Hayward, Wisconsin; Rus- sell Makepeace, Wareham, Mass.; James Olson, Bandon, Oregon; George C. P. Olsson, Plymouth, Mass.; Harold D. Gross, Manito- wish Waters, Wisconsin; Cecil Richards, Griayland, Washington; Elmer E. Raymond, Jr., Braintree, Mass.; Alvin R. Reid, Hanson, Mass'.; Miss Ellen Stillman, Hanson, Mass.; Chester W. Rob- bins, Onset, Mass.; Marcus M. Urann, South Duxbury, Mass. Executive Vice President Edward Gelsthorpe spoke en- couragingly to the stockholders. He s^aid Ocean Spray had spent a million dollars in promoting sales of juice cocktail. He remin- ded his audience that when you introduce a new product you do not make money. "When the new product is established you do miake money." He said the people at staff level who work for the growers are responsible for the increase in business. He referred to the Cranberry House at Ons'et and said he hoped in the next few years to open more. Cranberry-Apple, Orange Relish sales are going up he reported. "Our frozen bread is an increas- ing development. We must plan ahead and spend money. Demands are made for growers to get more money. We have lost members to competitors in the past when we were growing and when members felt their returns s'hould rise. Let us stay together." In addition to Mr. Olsson's ad- dress, Chester W. Robbins spoke, also Counsel John R. Quarles, Es'q. There followed a general discussion from the floor. Cranberry products were on display for the stockholders. The meeting lasted about two hours, and immediately after the general meeting the directors met. MRS. GUIDO FUNKE SPEAKS Mrs. Guido Funke of Long Beach, Washington at a meet- ing of the llwaco-Long Beach Kiw/anis described the advent candle wreath and her childhood days during Yuletide seas'on wlien she lived in Germany. Japan Growing; Buying More Fruit (Editor's Note: This could in- clude American Cranberries, but there is no indication yet that any have been sent half way around the world to the Orien- tal Country.) Japan has the most rapidly growing economy in the world. Between 1950 and 1961 the Gross National Product rose from about $15 billion to $41 billion. Income rose too, and the result has been a radical change in the life of the Japanese people which is re- flected partly in the food they are eating. Today the average Japanese has a more varied diet. He still pre- fers rice, but he also eats meat, fruit, and vegetables — and he particularly likes fruit. The Japanese are growing more of their own fruit. In recent years, most of the major fruit crops have increased about half. Young orchards will add further to output in the near future. Fruit, however, takes land and Japanese plantings are small; consequently there has been in- creased demand for U. S. fruit in the bigger cities. U. S. lemons and fresh pineapple are now al- lowed to enter freely; other fruits face restrictions. Lemons are the biggest item; however, Hawaiian pineapple meets 40 to 45 percent of total demand. U. S. grapefruit is sold mostly in gift baskets or through Western-style hotels. American cann-ed fruit is also finding a market in Japan, larger for some items than for others. Japanese packers must pay high prices for raw fruit, so U. S. im- ports are competitively priced, around the world. Also, they may even after traveling halfway be preferred: U. S. canned yellow peaches sell at a premium over exotic Japanese white. A new FAS publication, "Fac- tors Affecting U. S. Fruit Markets in Japan," FAS M-161, gives de- tails' concerning both the Jap- anese industry and the import trade. FOURTEEN A tMJical cranberry-picking crew such as was employed by Charles Dexter ?Tltl^ailin in his Coos County, Oregon Meadow, back in the last century. (Photo by Emil R. Peterson, North Bend, Ore.) Concerning Pioneer Cranberry History In Oregon The "Western World," the weekly newspaper of Bandon, Orsigon, cranberry center in that state, recently had a full-page spread with many photographs of cranberrj'^ scenes. The article began "The cranberry, like the covered wagon is part of the pictureisque traidition of Picn?er Days in the Northwest just as" it is part of the Pilgrim traditions in the East. "This unique American fruit is mentioned in the diaries kept by the 28 men in the historic expedition led by Lewis and Clark in 1804-1806 to eixplore the Northv/est Territory. When the explorers reached the lower Co- lumbia River, near the coast of what is now Oregon, they bought cranberries growing wild o n the Clatsop plain, from thsi In- dians. The explorers spent the winter in this area, now one of the cranberry growing regions of Oregon (Clatsop County). "Later in Oregon's history, homesteaders on the Clatsop Plain gathered the wild fruit for their own use and to ship to settlers in California." (The rest of the ar'ticle deals with the cranberry industry and especially the harvest and would be an old story to the growers Who read Cranberries Magazine.) Report of the President George C. P. Olsson At the last Annual Meeting of Stockholders^ I opened my remarks by stating that for the first time I felt optimistic about the future of the cranberry busi- ness and in particular about our own cooperative, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. I feel now that my optimism has been justified. The year just completed has been the best in ithe history of our company. For the third year in a row the pool has been closed in a year or less. The 1963 pool clos3d on September 15, 1964, involving a period of eleven months' and one week. Sales have been the largest in history, reaching a total of 8,519,- 273 converted cases of all products. Cranberry Juice Cocktail con- tinued to show a healthy increase- Cranberry-Orange Relish, intro- duced for the first time in its present form^ has had an excel- lent reception in the marketplace, although national advertising for this product does not begin until the first of next week. In the new products field, great progress has been made beyond the items mentioned above, and I am sure that you will hear much more in detail about this subject from our General Man- ager, Ed Gelsthorpe. Let us reviev/ some of the reasons for our present position: First, we have come from a surplus position to a position where supply and demand are substantially in balance. This has been brought about with the help of the Marketing Order, which, in 1962 enabled the industry to withhold approximately 150,000 barrels from the market^ and the FIFTEEN purchase by the United States Department of Agriculture for its School Lunch Program from the 1961, 1962, and 1963 pools a total of over 265,000 barrels of cranberries. While we are speaking of the Marketing Order, the Marketing Order Committee met in August of 1964 and on the basis of es- timates of the 1964 crop, no set aside was voted. We have changed our fiscal year to conform more nearly with our pool year. Our present fiscal year ends on August 31 of each year. It is our hope that beginning with this pool year, each pool can be closed on August 31 and that each pool will be open not more than twelve months. Although we stUl need more modern plant facilities, particu- larly in Masssachusetts, the recent improvements in plant capacity such as warehousing in Massa- chusetts^ New Jersey, and North Chicago, additional freezer capa- city in Massachusetts, New Jersey and North Chicago, plus a new juice line in North Chicago, all have helped us to meet the in- creasing demand for our products, old and new. The modernization of the New Jersey plant, which will be com- pleted early this fall, will contain a cocktail line which should help eas'e the pressure on the existing cocktail production facilities. We are continuing our support of the Cranberry Institute and its principle responsibility at this time is to co-ordinate foreign markets through the Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. It is just over a year and a half that our new manager assumed his position as the exec- utive head of this company. I think that you will agree that few if any could predict the tremendous progress which has been made in this short period of time. The whole management team has been changed. Mlany faces are new and some old ones are wearing new hats. The atti- tude of the entire personnel has been changed from one of un- certainty to one of optimism and steady progress for the future. Ec| Gelstho'rpe has brought and ap- plied solid business techniques to this company — something it has needed for a number of years. If there was any doubt it cer- tainly must be dispelled by the new products', increased sales oj all products, consolidated tota increased dollar volume, 167c over last year, and last, but no' least, the increased dollar returr per barrel to each of us a: grower-members of Ocean Spray Under our present leaders'hip again feel certain that we cai face the years ahead with contin ued optimism. The schedule of payment which was adopted several year ago has been continued and ha been very favorably received b; all growers. Under this systen a grower is able to plan his ow. financing when he knows th approximate date on which h w^ill receive his next paymen from the company. We are in a sound financif position — one of the best in th FROST CONTROL AND IRRIGATION COMPLETE SYSTEMS TAILORED TO MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS Famous AAoulton Quick Coupler Solid Set Systems We have been designing and manufacturing irrigation equipment for over one quarter century. COMPLETE SYSTEMS — pumping units, pumps, power units, sprinklers. Aluminum or steel fittings made to order. Write or call for literature and details. Wisconsin representative: STUART PEDERSEN Box 38 Warrens, Wisconsin MOULTON IRRIGATION COMPANY SOMERSET, WISCONSIN 54025 (formerly Withrow, Minnesota) bus i.story of the company, and this s reflected in our ability to bor- ow the necessary monies to meet ,ur needs for operating expenses md plant improvements. We ihiave taken steps to put hebur house in order with relation- ship to the ownership of our ;ommon or voting stock. Today ou are voting on three amend- nents which are part of the pro- m ;ram to place the common stock as )f the corporation in the hands ly )f its grower-members^ where it belongs. If we are successful in ar :his program, it means that n. vitlhin a year, all the stocks in ;he hands of those who do not lold marketing agreements with ifDcean Spray will be repurchased. ia;[t als'o means that stock held in excess of patronage requirements vill be repurchased. No one nember will have any greater li(i7oting power than his patronage hpntitles him to have. In sihort, we have had a good year — a year in wlhich progress abas been made and sound plans hitiave been made which look to .the future continued progress of your Cooperative. The directors re-elected Mr. Dlsson president; Lester M. Gor- lon, vice president; Russell Make- 3eace, secretary; Chester W. Rob- bins, treasurer and Edward Gay- jhan assistant secretary-treasurer. CORN PRODUCTS COMPANY STAMES JAMES W. McKEE, Jr., COMPTROLER James W. McKee has been named comptroller of Corn Prod- uts Company, it was announced by Alexander N. McFarlane, president of Corn Products. Mr. IVTcKee succeeds Eugene J. North- acker who will continue to serve the company as a consultant. Corn Products is a multi- national manufacturer and mar- keter of more than 600 industrial and consumer products. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- vania, Mr. McKee joined Com Products in 1947 in the inter- jnational division. After progres- 'sing through the financial posi- tions in the firm's overseas affil- iates in Italy and Brazil, he was made managing director of the Cuban affiliate in 1958. The fol- lowing year he became managing director of the Brazilian affiliate. He became executive assistant for finance in the New York head- quarters in 1964. A 1942 graduate of McGill Uni- versity, Mr. McKee was a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II. He is a member of Rotary International, Phi Delta Theta fraternity and the University Club of New York. Mr. McKee makes his home in Greenwich, Connecticut. consin State Department of Ag- riculture regarding the possibili- ty of making cranberry juice cocktail with honey instead of sugar. He has a lettter from Marlon L. Schwier, in charge of the Fruit and Vegetable division concerning this. Mr. Schwier wrote that he was sure the honey industry would be much pleased to hear of llhis proposal, and that he will make further inquiries around and see what the potentials might be. "It sounds like a terrific idea," he wrote. Honey in Cranberry Juice Cocktail in Place Of Sugar? Vernon Goldsworthy, president of Cranberry Products, Inc. of Eagle River, Wisconsin has been in cofrrespondance with the Wis- The Jim Olsons of Bandon Entertain Son Pat Olson has been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Olson at Bandon^ Oregon. He was to leave the end of January for Okinawa where he will complete- the final 18 months of his service. INDIAN TRAIL, inc. WORKING— MERCHANDIZING— SELLING WISCONSIN-GROWN CRANBERRIES 12 Months of the Year Moving FRESH — FROZEN— — CANNED & JUICE — Striving always to move TOP-QUAL- ITY products at TOP PRICES for bet- ter returns to WISCONSIN Growers. P. 0. BOX 710, WIS. RAPIDS, WIS. SEVENTEEN "Honey, I'm home from the cranberry Grower's Convention and guess what?.... I won the door prize'." Miss Betty Buchan Recovering From An Illness Miss Betty Buchan, publicity director of Ocean Spray Cran- berries, Inc. is in the Lawrence, Mass. General Hospital recovering from an illness. She is reported as improving rapidly and expec- ted back on her job shortly. PERSONAL ITEM Charles A. Doehlert^ former di- rector of tihe Cranberry-Blue- berry Station at Pemberton, New Jersey plans a trip. He and his wife, Irene, will spend two monitlhs in England and Ireland and ten days in Denmiark. Ray Bates Elected To ASC Ray Bates of Bates Road, Ban- don, Oregon, has been selected to serve on tihe Agricultural Stabi- lization and Conservation Board of Coos County, Oregon for the 1965 year. The election was' held at a county convention December 10 at the Courthouse, Coquille, Oregon. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Continued from Page 6 Jersey (crop was considerably better from the standpoint of keeping quality and field loss due to rot but berries were consid- erably smaller than normal. The dryness during the important pollination period reduced tftie nc tar secretation of cranberry blos- soms and made bees less aittracted to the flowers. It was very un- favorable during the growth period of the berry and caused undersized berries. The coolnests was favorable from the stand- point of rot. Northwest Pacific Weather Notes According to Cranguyma Farms Long Beach, Washington^ 196' was' a wetter year than 1963 bj 7.03 inches. The past year of 196^ totalled 79.45 inches against 72.3' inches for 1963. The first day of January foi both 1964 and 1965 hit the jack- pot for rainfall. January 196^^ gave out 3.03 inches and January 1 of 1965 gave out 2.40 inches The month of January 1964 hi' a high of 21.07 inches, being th< top month of the year in rainfall December of 1964 bad la pre- cipitation of 8.41 inches. Tht greatest amount of a 24-hoiii given period fell on Decembei 22. High temperature recorded ai Cranguyma for December was 5^ Continued on Page 20 I "odJtTKla-l^ ISSUE OF JANUARY, 1965 VOL. 29 -NO. 9 NEW MACHINERY EVERY YEAR A note from the editor of the FARM 3URNAL marvels at how the machinery com- anies can keep coming up Avith new and >ettei- implements year after year. They keep naking it possible for a farmer to produce lore and do it faster, with more precision, and nore comfortably. They keep getting more nd more out of a man, an hour and a gallon f fuel, while making it easier on the man at he same time. In this trend the cranbeny in- lustry is going right along with the best of he agriculturists. 1965 Here is the start of a New Year, the Year of ])ur Lord, 1965. It will bring a whole set of lew opportunities to cranberry growers as well IS others. Never has the cranberry industry started a lew year wdth better prospects. The 1964 crop s all cleaned up. There was no need of the narketing order to be enforced in 1964, as the rop did not justify it. Yet, there the order and igreements are, to be used in case they are leeded in 1965. We take this opportunity to wdsh all a most lappy and prosperous 1965. MASS. CRANBERRY SEMINARS It would seem as if the new series of winter seminar type meetings as arranged by Irving E. Demoranville, Extension Cranberry Spe- cialist would be well worth while, not only for the newer growers and foremen but for all growers. Each one of the 7 or 8 covers a different topic, all of vital interest to the cran- berry grower. (Story elsewhere in this issue.) CLAHENCE J. HALL Editor and Publisher ■ -" EDITH S. HALL — Associate Editor Wareham, Massachusetts SUBSCRIPTIONS, $4.00 Per Year FOREIGN, $5.00 CORRESPONDENTS - ADVISORS Wisconsin LEO A. SORENSON Cranberry Consultant Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Washington Dr. CHARLES C. DOUGHTY Cranberry Specialist Long Beach. Wash. Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, Ore. Massachusetts Dr. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Mass. New Jersey P. E. MAKUCCI New Jers'ey Cranberry and Blueberry Station Pemberton, New Jersey GOOD LUCK IN NEW POSITIONS We wish success to Dr. "Chuck" Doughty in his new position at Puyallup, Washington state, and to his probable successor in charge of the Coastal Washington Experiment Station at Long Beach Mr. Shawa. GOOD CLEAN-UP It was indeed good news to the cranbeiry inudstry that Ocean Spray was all sold out by the first of the year. This is a mighty good olean-up of the 1964 crop and good news to all of the industry. NINETEEN SERVING WISCONSIN Continued from Page 18 degrees on the first and the sixth. Low temperature for the month was 15 degrees' on Dec. 17; 13 degrees on December 17th, 13 degrees on the bog. Clatsop Oregon airport weather station gave a figure of 13.67 inches of precipitation for Decem- ber, including all snow and rain for the month. Notes From Vernon Goldsworthy As of December 23, according 'to Vernon Goldsworthy of Eagle River, Wisconsin. There has been considerable snow in Wis- consin. Most growers were in pretty good shape for the winter flood, except for some in the Mather area, who were short of water^ and as of that date did not have enough for tlhe w-inter flood. This did not take in very much acreage, however. Indications are that there will be about 300 acre planted in Wisconsin in 1965, mostly to the newer varieties. Goldswortihy is planting about 20 acres of Stevens, plus about three acres of Pilgrims. It is estimated there are about 400 acres of Wisconsin marsh undetr sprinkler, put in during the paslt year, and about 400 to 500 acres will be put under sprinklers during 1965. This will make approximately 20 percent of (the state acreage under sprinklers. Cranberry Cake Recipe In German Indian Trail By INDIAN TRAIL cranberries of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin has' been sending out cranberry pub- licity on a Cranberry Cake recipe printed in German to some of the German newspapers in that state and on the radio. Behrend G. Pannkuk, president, reported that response has been exceptionally good. In the recipe there is a tie-in with Robin Hood flour. HAIL INSURANCE on CRANBERRIES for WISCONSIN GROWERS FULL COVERAGE Ask about our Deferred Premium Plan LOW COST and PROMPT SERVICE INSURE YOUR 1965 INCOME NOW Call our LOCAL AGENT or write RURAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 801 W. Badger Road, Madison, Wis. 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AMES Irrigation Systems Sprinklers Weed Killers Insecticides Fungicides JKiekens - Dusters and Sprayersl EQUIPMENT HAYDEN - SEPARATOR - WAREHAM, MASS. Irrigation Systems PUMPS SEPARATORS - BLOWERS SCREENHOUSE EQUIPMENT DARLINGTON PICKING MACHINES Extensive Experience in ELECTRICAL WORK ALFRED PAPPI At Scrcenhousca, Bogs and Pumps Meant Satisfaction WAREHAM. MASS Tel. CY 5-2000 SUBSCRIBE TO CRANBERRIES Observations on the Effectiveness of Cranberry Juice in Urinary Infections By D. V. MOEN, M.D. Shell Lake, Wisconsin (Editor's Note: The following is from "Wisconsin Medical Journal" and was sent to us by Vernon Goldsworthy) Folklore medicine has often mentioned cranberry juice as being used by the women for the relief of the frequent and ancient com- plaint of dysuria. The juice has been widely used in the Cape Cod area of Massachusetts in the treat- ment of urinary tract infections. In 1923, Blather wick and Lang studied the effects of feeding cran- berries to human beings and found that they could produce an increase in the hippuric acid in the urine. Ten years later Fellers determined that the quinic acid in cranberries was the precursor of the hippuric acid which is a strong anti-bac- terial agent. An article appearing in The Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, December, 1959, regard- ing the use of cranberry juice in chronic urinary tract infections, stimulated my interest in the prob- lem. The article reiterates that cranberry juice contains quinic Brewer & Lord 40 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. INSURANCE CONVERSE HILL CHARLES M. CUTLER WILLIAM B. PLUMBER VINCENT M. WILSON EDWARD H. LEARNARD JOHN B. CECIL, Jr. HORACE H. SOULE ROBERT C. BIELASKI Serving the People of New England Since 1859 TAKE ADVANTAGE of the BETTER things of life. The efficient USE OF ELECTRICITY is one of these better things — efficient use in power for cranberry bog operations, and in the home. Plymouth County Electric Co WAREHAM - PLYMOUTH CYpress 5-0200 Pilgrim 6-1300 acid which is converted to hip- puric acid which in turn has a strong antibacterial action in the urine. Our observations have been made on patients seen in a general practice of medicine. Our impres- sions are based on objective and subjective patient response. One of the most common com- plaints encountered in general practice is recurrent dysuria, fre- quency, and urgency of urination in the female patient. A large per- centage of these women have a negative urine, both grossly and microscopically. They do not re- spond satisfactorily to sulfas, anti- biotics, bladder sedatives, urethral dilations or bladder irrigations. If there is a resprnse, it is often of short duration, the symptoms will recur and can be very persistent in spite of the usual treatments. This particular grcup has been most gratifyingly relieved of all urinary symptoms as long as they continue to take two 6-oz. glass- fuls of cranberry juice daily. Into this group will fall the patients with chronic urethritis, with or without caruncle formation and these with so-called chronic trigo- nitis. Also, the male patient who Ibp Quality MSMP..f:Afis We Specialize in Cars New— Used Repairs On All Makes Robt. W. Savary Inc. East Wareham, Mass. Telephone 295-3530 ONE SHARON BOX COMPANY, INC. ESTABLISHED 1856 SHARON. MASSACHUSETTS We Will Buy Your White Pine Logs Either Standing or Cut • Highest Prices Paid • Sawmill located at North Carver, Mass. Office Phones: Sharon, SU 4-2011 Carver UN 6-2234 NOTICE To better serve our customers In the cranberry area, we have moved our complete Redwood Flume Lumber to our Middleboro yard. We have a complete stock of Select All Heart and Construction All Heart Redwood as follows: 6x8 - 6x6 - 4x6 - 4x4 Timbers Planking — Square Edged or (Matched on order) 2x4 - 2x6 - 2x8 - 2x10 SEND FOR YOUR FREE FOLDER ON THE "DURABILITY OF REDWOOD" Telephone 947-2300 E. W. Goodhue Lumber Co., Inc. End of Cambridge Street (Off Route 44) Middleboro, Mass. Hold full flavor in your cranberry pack •.,.';;♦ CORN PRODUCTS COMPANY Manufacturers of fine products for the food industry . . . and popular Best Foods Division grocery brands for the consumer. has recently had a transurethral resection and has urinary fre- quency will cften have relief of symptoms if cranberry juice is taken daily. Chronic pyelonephritis remains a difficult therapeutic problem. The condition carries the threat of kidney deterioration and requires continuous lifetime treatment. There is no effective universally accepted prescription for this con- dition. The drugs recommended are expensive and often toxic to the patient. Our interest in this problem was stimulated by the response of a 66-year-old lady with proved chronic pyelonephritis. The disease was known to have existed for five years prior to 1959, and she had been given continuous drug ther- apy under careful supervision for the entire five-year period. Many drugs were used for extended periods without demonstrable ef- fect on the patient or on her persistent 4+ albuminuria or 4 + pyuria. Cranberry juice was begun in January, 1959; the patient took 6 oz. with the morning and evening meals. This was the only medica- tion given to this patient for the next two and one-half years. After eight weeks of the juice therapy, the urine gradually began to clear. At the end of nine months, there were only occasional pus cells in voided centrifuged specimens, and no albumin. The urine is still nega- tive, and the patient refuses to stop the cranberry juice because she feels so much better and knows no other medication has helped her before. Patients with recurrent kidney stones need continuous therapy, and again we are faced with the problem of what to recommend for prolonged therapy. From our short experience with cranberry juice therapy it is felt that the hippuric acid produced in the urine from cranberry juice can be an effective deterrent to the formation of re- current stones and possibly arrest the progression of existing stag- horn-type stones. This problem is being followed and no definite conclusions can be drawn yet, but we feel that after tjwo years observation Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Notes by IRVING E. DEMORANVILLE Extension Cranberry Specialist PERSOXALS Prof. "Stan" Norton attended the Technical Committee meeting of NE-44 in New York City on Jan- uary 4 and 5. This is a regional project concerned with fruit and vegetable harvesting. Robert Norgren is the newest member of the Station family. He arrived from Minnesota in late Januarj;-, and will be working on a special nematode problem under Dr. Bert Zuckerman. This problem will involve about two years' work and the results will be used in his Doctoral thesis. He expects to re- side in East Wareham. We at the Cranberry Experiment Station ex- tend a warm welcome to Bob and his family and wish him every .success. We had a very pleasant session 'With the Associate Director of Extension who dropped by cne morning to visit the Station and its staff. In case you are wondering, this high official is none other than our old friend and co-worker "Dick" Beattie. He appeared to be in good health and looked much as he did when he was out tramp- ing the bogs a few years back. Perhaps "a little thinner on top," but then aren't we all. WEATHER The month of January was more than 4 degrees a day below nor- For Sale UNIT SHOVEL Model 514 8 Cyl. Chrysler Good Condition VARIETY FARMS, INC. Hammonton, N. J. Area Code 609 - 561-0612 Eve. - 561-1768 mal in temperature, which is a continuation of the cold cycle we seem to be experiencing. Precipi- tation totalled 2.76 inches cr about -3 of normal. Total snowfall for the month was 29.3 inches, an all time record for any month at the Cranberry Station. Seme snow fell on every weekend except the last one (January 30-31). The snow was very dry and although it piled up high and deep, the water con- tent just wasn't there. CHARTS The Cranberry pesticide charts have been revised and are now being printed. The Cranberry Sta- tion will mail the new charts to growers in March. The assistance and observations of the growers who helped with the chart re- visions is greatly appreciated. Plans do not call for a revision of the fertilizer chart, so growers should not discard their 1964 copy. There is a limited supply of these charts still available at the Station fcr any one who needs one. Dr. Chandler's fertilizer bulletin is also available. SCITM Growers are reminded that Feb- ruary or early March is a good time to check bogs for the pres- ence of green scum around shore ditches. If present it should be treated with copper sulfate using the recommendations on the 1964 weed control chart. O. D. WARNING A warning on oxygen deficiency conditions was released by the Cranberry Station on January 15 and read as follows: "The present cold weather and recent snow has resulted in ccndi- tions that could cause oxygen deficiency on flooded bogs. Cold weather is expected to continue. The only practical method of elim- inating the oxygen deficiency haz- ard is to remove completely the winter flood at this time." As conditions in January de- veloped this was a very timely warning, because the bogs are still well covered with snow and ice. These are excellent conditions for oxygen deficiency to develop. Be sure and pull the flood water com- C. & L. EQUIPMENT CO. 1209 MAIN STREET ACUSHNET, MASS. Cranberry Bog Service PRUNING FERTILIZING RAKING WEED TRIMMING Machinery Sales PRUNERS POWER WHEELBARROWS RAKES WEED TRIMMERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS - Large and Small For Furtlier Information Call . . . F. P. CRANDON ROckwell 3-5526 C. J. TRIPP WYman 5-2013 ple'ely off the bog and down into the ditches, low areas with shallow water will develop oxygen de- ficiency conditions very rapidly. CRANBERRY SEMINARS The first cranberry seminar was held on January 20 with Dr. Crocs presenting an excellent discussion on "Historical and Present Views of Flood Management on Cranberry Bogs." 150 were present. The second seminar, held on January 27, featured Prof. "Stan" Norton on "Sprinkler Frost Pro- tection and Irrigation Systems." 175 were present. We at the Cranberry Station are extremely happy with the interest and enthusiasm that these meet- ings have generated. The presen- tation of information has been accomplished in 45 minutes but the questions and discussions have covered a greater period of time, indicating the interest of the group. While we realize that the large turnout and interest is in part due to the bright outlook in the cran- IRRIGATION PIPE FOR SALE 3500 ft. 6" light weight steel Flex-O-Seal used pipe — good condition. 175 lengths x 20' at $13.50 per length — all or part. We are distributors of Flex-O-Seal pipe, steel or aluminum 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 inch. Also Rainbird sprinkler heads. VEG-ACRE FARMS Forestdale, Cape Cod, Mass. 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Mhs •oand are trained under feirtmj ■iqMrvision. See ua for • chMfc-i^ «r eomplete overhaul — priew mn rffht. ^^ [BRIGCSfcSTRAITON] MAIN STREET GARAGE Carver, Mass. Tel. UN 6-4582 CRANBERRIES is printed by COBB PRINTING, Inc. Kingston, Massachusetts Issue of February, 1965 -Vol. 29, No. 10 Second Class Posuge Paid at Wareham, Massachusetts Post Office Published monthly at Wareham, Massachusetts Subscriptions ?4.00, Foreign, ?5.00 per year. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C J. H Up to the 10th of January there had been remarkably little snow. On the 10th of January the depar- ture in the temperature from normal was a plus 17. On the 10th of January there came a blizzard which deposited 7.01 inches as recorded at the Massachusetts Cranberry Station. Four belcw zero was recorded at the Massachusetts Cranberry Ex- periment Station on January 15th, the coldest in a long while. The temperature did not go above 20 all day with a bitter wind blowing. The snowfall of the 16th and 17th was recorded at the State bog as 9.10 inches, but it was hard to record as the high winds blew the snow about. Irving E. Demoran- ville, Extension Cranberry special- |ist, sent out a flash card reading: "The present cold weather and recent snow has resulted in condi- tions that could cause oxygen deficiency on flooded bogs. The only practical method of eliminat- ing the oxygen deficiency hazard is to remove completely the winter flood at this time." The 18th of January deposited 2.70 inches of new snow as it was ^M— i—M ^MIHMBUl ^MIIIM— imillHHI||i||ii| ||||| Ml III I W III CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Shocks, or Nailed Stock Always on Hand Let me repair your broken boxes-or repair them yourself. F. H. COLE North Carver, Mass. Tel. Union 6-3330 measured at the State bog. The precipitation for the month was 2.76 inches, of which 29.3 inches was snow. The temperature for the month was 4.3 below normal. inches but mcst bogs had only 4 to 41/2 inches of ice. Analysis of flood water from representative bogs showed that the oxygen con- tent did not decline to critical levels. OXYGEN DEFICIEXC Y The month of January was very cold and snowy. The temperature averaged 28.3° or more than 5' colder than normal. li was the second coldest January in the past 17 years and the fifth coldest in the 36-year weather recording his- tory at Pemberton. Fortunately a period of mild weather (January thaw) occurred from the 22nd to the 28th and this prevented oxy- gen deficiency conditions from developing on cranberry bogs. Maximum ice thickness was 6 SEVERE TEMPERATURES Minimum temperatures were ex- tremely severe on a few nights. Seven below zero on the 18th and cne below on the 15 th were re- corded in the weather shelter but unofficial readings close to 20° below zero were reported in sev- eral blueberry fields. Moderate damage to fruit buds has occurred in the Toms River area. TWO STORMS Precipitation converted to rain during the month totaled 2.97 inches. Most of this was in the form of snow; 15 inches fell in two l«e=i£=se=l&ie=iS3£:l&:lS:l&=i£=ie=e=^^ AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS BOG SERVICE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS HAND SPRAYERS - TOOLS - POWER EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BRIGGS AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTER R. F. MORSE & SON, Inc. Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 storms. A half inch of rain, with temperatures in the 40s from the 25th to the 28th, brol-^e up the ice on cranberry bogs. The 95th Annual Winter Meeting of the American Cranberry Grow- ers' Association was at the Fireside Restaurant, Mount Holly, on Feb- ruary 18th, with Captain John Haines presiding. Research spe- cialists from Rutgers University discussed cranberry nutrition, cranberry rot, aerial application of fungicide for rot control, insect ROBY'S PROPANE GAS, INC. ICarver, Mass. 866-4545 West Wareham, Mass. 295-3737 CONVERT YOUR IRRIGATION PUMPS TO LP, GAS 1. Saves on Oil 2. No Pilferage 3. Saves on Spark plugs 4. Up to Three Times the Engine-life 5. Saves on Fuel Pumps and Carburetors FOR A DEMONSTRATION CALL US TODAY IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT For frost control and irriqotion SOLID SET BOG ALL ALUMINUM IRRIGATION SYSTEMS Johns Manville Plastic Pipe and Fittings LARCHMONT ENGINEERING LEXINGTON, MASS. VO 2-2550 control, bee management and cran- berry pollination. The business session included reports of the delegates to the New Jersey State Agricultural Convention and of the Frost Committee and elections of officers. WISCONSIN January started out in mild fashion, but old man winter socn lowered the boom with some of the coldest and most prolonged cold in recent years. Accompany- ing the cold was ample supplies of snow, with the entire state snow covered with from ten to twenty inches at month's end. Surprisingly the average temper- ature was only three degrees below normal and precipitation was only about one-half inch, or half of normal. Heavy winter fog and drizzle was common the first week of the month. There was a slight warmup on the 21st, but for the balance of the month the high temperatures for the day never reached zero. Lowest official read- ings were minus forty in the Hayward area during the last week of the month. Readings on marshes were reported even lower. The outlook for February is for con- tinued below normal in tempera- ture and normal precipitation. Sanding Needless to say, the cold bitter weather suspended most outdoor activity on the marshes. Most of the marshes in the south com- pleted their sanding work, while the others were waiting for Feb- ruary and warmer weather. Frost depths in the pits were making digging very difficult. Almost every marsh was planning to do some sanding work. Low Water A survey of areas where critical water shortages were noted at the winter flood period failed to show up any significant amount of vines not covered with the winter flood. Reservoirs in the drainage districts of central Wisconsin were at an all time low. Severe losses of fish and fur bearers were expected with the low water and possible oxygen deficiencies. The ground water index continues to decline and is now 18 inches below the normal value. It is estimated that the state would have to receive the equivalent of 16 feet of snow to bring the water levels back to normal. Marvin W. Hewitt Marvin W. Hewitt, 63, Lindsey, retired cranberry grower, died at 8: 15 p. m., shortly after he was admitted to St. Joseph's Hospital. He and Mrs. Hewitt were prepar- ing for a vacation trip to Arizona when he became ill. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p. m. Saturday in the First Methodist Church here, the Rev. Wesley Defoe officiating. Mr. Hewitt was born Aug. 9, 1901, in Butler County, Nebraska, and received his education there. At the age of 18 he moved to Ogema, Wis., where he resided for six years before moving to Arpin. His marriage to Crystal Hahm took place July 12, 1926, at Bessemer, Mich. After their mar- riage they resided in Flint, Mich., four years, then moved to Thorp, where they lived for one year before coming to Lindsey. Mr. Hewitt had organized and, operated the Hewitt Packing & Processing Co. until his son, James, took over following World War n. He then started the C. & H. Cranberry Corp. marsh at City Point, which he owned and oper- ated until August, 1964, when he retired. He was a member of the Meth- odist Church, Wood County School Committee, a 32nd degree Mason, past master of Pittsville Masonic Lodge 232, past worthy patron of the Order of Eastern Star, past president of the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association, and a member of the United Com- mercial Travelers. Survivors include his wife; two sons, James W. Hewitt, Lindsey, and Richard L. Hewitt, Marsh- field; his mother, Mrs. Nora Hewitt, Lindsey; a brother, Ray- mond Hewitt, Cambridge; and five granddaughters. 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Get all the facts — fill in the coupon and mail it today. ^ FMC CORPORATION, FLORIDA division FAIRWAY AVENUE, LAKELAND, FLORIDA □ Please send me sales literature on Tropic Breeze Wind Machines Q Please have sales engineer contact me ADDRESS (RFD). g « a tt ff"a-tr-ft-tt- Drive powers it. Weather tight lid on hopper has double locks. Marker attachment available. Write Grandy Co., Box 528M, Owatonna, Minn., for information on the Cran- berry Special Applicator, and name of nearest dealer. SINCE 193$. Owatonna, Minnesota WORLD'S MOST ACCURATE APPUCATORS FIFTEEN Products Laboratory at Madison, Wis., in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force. It shows promise as a light- weight, moisture - resistant con- tainer material with excellent stacking strength. The new material resembles single-wall corrugated container board. It consists of two sheets of wood veneer, each faced front and back with extensible kraft paper; these two laminations, in turn, are glued sandwichlike to a corrugated sheet. Pilot experiments at commercial board mills indicate that the new material can be made on high- speed machinery and scored for future folding into boxes. Fiberneer's remarkable top-to- bottom compressive strength ap- proaches that of triple-wall mate- rial, but it is lighter and only half as thick. Performance superior to that of conventional corrugated fiberboard was obtained experi- mentally under conditions cf high humidity. Boxes made of Fiberneer are being evaluated for resistance to rough handling and for compres- sive strength after storage in a normal dry atmosphere and a highly humid one — and after im- mersion in water. PDAS Countries We had occasion laist month to carefully check the mailing sheet which goes with every second- class publica'tion postal rate which all magazines and newspapers come under. There was one line which we did not understand until it was explained to us by the Wareham postmaster. This says, "copies to Puas countries', including Mexico and Canada." lit so happened we mailed 22 to 'these countries. Now what are these countries, !this Puas Bus'iness ? It seems the correct mailing designation of the countries is "The Postal Union of the Ameri- cas and Spain," that is countries which Spain once claimed, such las Mexico, Peru, Bolivia etc. It seems the name is derived from the fact that at one time the the fac that at one time the postage rate "was the same as for the U. S. A. State of Wisconsin Assembly Bill 4 January 19, 1965. Introduced by Messrs. KENYON and GEE, by request of Lester Gordon, Secre- tary of Eatmor Cranberry Assn. Referred to Committee on Agri- culture. AN ACT to amend 97.61(2) of the statutes, relating to the addi- tion of harmless coloring to certain foods. The people of the state of Wis- consin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: 97.61 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: 97.61 (2) No person shall sell, exchange, deliver, or have in his possession with intent to sell or exchange, or expose for sale, or offer for sale or exchange any canned fruits, vegetables, meats, fish or shellfish containing any artificial coloring, or any bleaching compound, or any article the sale of which as an article of food or as the constituent of an article of food is made a misdemeanor by any statute of this state. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the use, to improve attractiveness without concealing any inferiority of quality in apple and cherry products, or in artfiicially sweet- ened cranberry products, of a color additive which has been deter- mined safe under the federal food, drug and cosmetic act (21 USC 301-392), provided, the label clearly states coloring has been added. Notes from Vernon Goldsworthy "Goldy" writes that he would not be surprised that close to 1,000 acres will be going under sprinkler systems in Wisconsin in 1965. He, himself, is putting in a sys- tem at Tomahawk on a marsh which is of approximately 40 acres. He will use electricity for the pumps as a source of power and use a thermostat so that the sprinklers can go on and off auto- matically whenever there is dan- ger of frost. As of mid-January marshes in the central part of the state were still short of water and he expects there will be some winter injury there. He says there appears to be a lot of new plantings to be put in in Wisconsin as practically all the growers are planting or adding to their acreage. HIGH COSTS OF A NEW INSECTICIDE "The development coslts for a new insecticide," says J. A. Field of Union Carbide, "is rouglhy $3 million — only one out of 3600 etxperimental chemicals finally 'makes the grade' and this one must bear tJhe cos't of the 3599 others that fail." (The American Fruit Grower.) Jackson County Has Cranberry Grower Group The first county level associa- tion of cranberry growers in Wisconsin has just been organized in Jackson county, with about 22 members or 70% of the area's growers. The county group, to be called the Jackson County Association of Cranberry Growers, was organized with the cooperation of County Agent Eugene Savage and it is the intention of the association to pro- mote and further Jackson county cranberry production. The work will be closely coordinated with the various ASC programs with the concentration being on serving the special interests of Jackson county growers. At a recent meeting the follow- ing growers were named to serve as officers: Milton Staege, Mather; Robert Case, Fred Barber and Carl Nemitz, Warrens; John Rob- erts, Arthur Janke and Fredrick Gebhardt, Black River Falls. WHAT'S THE LATEST IN FRUIT PRODUCTS? Cranberry-orange relish, a new product by Ocean Spray Cran- berries will be introduced by a million dollar national advertising program in January, 1965. (from FRUIT-O-SCOPE, the "American Fruit Grower.") Chloro IPC: Best thing for cranberries since turkey A treatment now with 20% Granular Chloro IPC on dormant, established cranberries can give your crop a strong start this spring. This selec- tive weed killer from PPG Chem- icals does its work against a long list of annual grasses and many broadleaved weeds, with a broad margin of tolerance to cranberry plants. Then Chloro IPC breaks down as temperatures rise, to elimi- nate buildup or carryover. Chloro IPC, applied before bud break, controls: annual bluegrass • bentgrass . bluejoint grass • dodder . horsetail . loosestrife • rushes (Juncus) . sickle grass • turkeyfoot grass • velvetgrass (Massachusetts recommendations also include hair- cap moss, sorrel, hairy panic grass, corn grass, barnyard grass, crabgrass, tear thumb, fireweed and mud rush.) Uniform, hard Chloro IPC gran- ules are easy to measure and apply with ground orair equipment. ForfuU details, check your local extension service or write Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Chemical Division, One Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222. chloro Tpc SEVENTEEN 'Henry, don't lose your temper — there must be a better way to rid the bog of weeds!" ADVERTISE YOUR PRODUCT IN THE NATIONAL C MAGAZINE H«HTEEN (Stjiit^Sials ISSUE OF FEBRUARY, 1965 VOL. 29- NO. 10 NO SURPLUSES Each year there are 65 milhon people added to the world's population. At the present time it is estimated that there are 3.3 billion people on this planet. If the economic problems of transportation and distribution could be solved there would be surpluses of food nowhere in the world, and the agriculture of every country would be pressed to its maximum tiying to meet the food needs of the world. It is difficult in this land of plentv to realize that about half the world goes to bed hungry each night. But such is die case. Probing the mysteries of outer space may be of vital importance to the future. But what may prove of even greater impor- tance is solving the problems incident to an ever-increasing population on this planet. Actually what is happening in the world, each year we are adding enough people to populate a nation as big as West Germany or the United Kingdom. Another significant fact is that more than 56 percent of the world's population, some 1.8 billion people, live in Asia. Latin America and Africa have 16 percent. The remainder, or 28 percent, of the world's people are in North America, Europe, Oceania, and the Soviet Union. At the time of Christ, world population was only about 250 milhon people. It was after 1800 that the first billion mark was reached. Todav, the world is grow- ing at the rate of over two percent per year. At this rate a population doubles in only 35 years. If today's growth rate continues unchanged, the number of people on earth will double to nearly seven bilion by the year 2,000. In recent years there has been growing dis- GUARANTEED INCOME satisfaction with federal welfare programs. Even those people who most strongly believe that the federal government should have an increas- ingly important role in pubhc welfare believe ithat we are currentiv spending too much with too little result. For this reason, economists are looking for a new approach to pubHc welfare. CuiTently, CLARENCE J. HAUL. Editor and Publisher EDITH S. HALL — Associate Editor Wareham, Massachusetts SUBSCRIPTIONS, $4.00 Per Year FOREIGN, $5.00 CORRESPONDENTS - AOVISORS Wisconsin LEO A. SORENSON Cranberry Consultant Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Washington Dr. CHARLES C. DOUGHTY Cranberry Specialist Long Beach. Wash. Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, Ore. Massachusetts Dr. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Mass. New Jersey P. E. MARUCCI New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station New Lisbon, New Jersey much attention centers on a negative income tax, or some fonn of guaranteed minimum annual income. For persons earning less than the minimum, the federal government would make up the difference. Instead of paying a tax, the low income person would receive a subsidy. The New England Homestead NINETEEN INDIAN TRAIL, inc. 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MARSHFIELD WISCONSIN Phone 230 - 231 SPRINKLER SYSTEMS PUMPS HIGH CAPACITY WELLS ROBERTS IRRIGATION SERVICE STEVENS POINT WISCONSIN TWENTY SERVING THE WISCONSIN GROWERS FOR SALE SEARLES JUMBO HOWES, McFARLIN Vines for delivery in 1965 $150 Ton F.O.B. Ben Lears $750 Ton Stevens $1000 Ton INTERESTED IN PURCHASING WISCONSIN CRANBERRY PROPERTIES Vernon Goldsworlhy B.S. & M.S. University of Wisconsin Cranberry Consultant Fees Reasonable EAGLE RIVER WISCONSIN DANA MACHINE & SUPPLY CO. Wis. Rapids, Wis. MFG. of: SPRAY BOOMS GRASS CLIPPERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS Getsinger Retracto Tooth Pickers Dryers DISTR. of: VEE BELTS and PULLEYS SPROCKETS and BEARINGS ROLLER CHAINS CONVEYOR BELTING STEEL READ CRANBERRIES OUR PRODUCTS Strained Cranberry Sauce Whole Cranberry Sauce Cansweets Diced Cransweets Cranberry Apple Sauce Cranberry-Strawberry Preserves Cianberry-Cherry Preserves Cranberry-Pineapple Preserves Cranberry-Raspberry Preserves Cranberry-Rliubard Preserves CranberTy-Gooseberry Preserves Spiced Cranberries Cranberry CliiUi Sauce Cranberry Bar-B-Q Sauce Cranberry Orange Relish Cranberry Vinegar Cranberry Juice Cran-Beri Cran-Vari Cran-Puri Cranberry Puree Cran-Bake Sliced and Whole Maraschino Cranberries Consumer Size & Bulk Fresh Cranberries Cranberry Products, Inc. EAGLE RIVER, WISCONSIN J WISCONSIN HEADQUARTERS FOR INSECTICIDES — FUNGICIDES HERBICIDES DUSTS — WETTABLE POWDERS — EMULSIONS PARATHION — MALATHION FERBAM — SIMAZINE DITHANE M - 22 (Maneb) WEED RHAP 20 SEVIN Hopkins Agricultural Chemical Co. p. O. BOX 584 MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53701 Phone: Area Code 608 257-1019 YOU Are Reading This Ad— Others Will Read Yours in CRANBERRIES PHOTO COURTESY OF FERNANDES MARKETS, BROCKTC This year 135 Million Americans vnaIII eat or drink an Ocean Spray product. SOURCE: A. C. Nielsen '64 Marplan '63 Ocean sprav CRANBERRIES, INC RVINC A $40,000,000 A YEAR INDUSTRY ^PE COD kw JERSEY WISCONSIN OREGON WASHINGTON CANADA ," - * ^%^' f**'- ^*f:~'*^? '*:.''■ j^ :J'i WASHBURN POINTS TO OLD CUT STONE FLU>IE Cranberries Photo 40 Cents MARCH, 196f DIRECTORY For CRANBERRY GROWERS Federal Paper Board Company, Inc. 970 Fellsway Medford, Mass. Tel. EXport 5-5C05 Manufacturers of Folding Cartons and Displays Western Pickers Parts and Repairs Agent for 1965 Model ORDER NOW J. E. BRALEY & SON MACHINE SHOP 78 Gibbs Avenue Wareham, Mass. HAVE YOUR REPAIRS DONE NOW At various times of the year, including liarvest, the industry gives employment to some 5,000 people. READ CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE SANDERS Built from $750. WHEEL-OFF RIGS FLUMES Built to Order Welder and Power Shovel Available AGENT: FURFORD Picker and Pruner Oiva Hannula Carver, Mass. UN 6-4419 Wareham Savings Bank WAREHAM and FALMOUTH Savings Accounts Loans on Real Estate Safe Deposit Boxes to Rent Phone CYpress 5-3800 Kimball 8-3000 The National Bank of Wareham Convenientiy located for Cranberry Men Funds always available for sound loans Complete Banking Service Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The CHARLES W. HARRIS Company 451 Old Somerset Ave. North Dighton, Mass. AMES Irrigation Systems Sprinklers Weed Killers Insecticides Fungicides Kiekens - Dusters and Sprayers, EQUIPMENT HAYDE SEPARATOR WAREHAM, MASS. Irrigation Systems PUMPS SEPARATORS - BLOWERS SCREENHOUSE EQUIPMENT DARLINGTON PICKING MACHINES Extensive Experience in ELECTRICAL WORK ALFRED PAPPI At Scrccnhouscs, Bogs and Pumps Means Satisfaction WAREHAM, MASS Tel. CY 5-2000 SUBSCRIBE TO CRANBERRIES Indian Trail Adds New Item Indian Trail Foods, Inc., Wis- consin Rapids, Wisconsin, has recently announced the introduc- tion of a new product — Cranberry- Apple Salad with Walnuts, which will complement their Cranberry with Orange product in the frozen food display case. This refreshing taste treat is being marketed in an attractive designed package that can be displayed either ver- tical or horizontal. Four-color, coated carte ns of Indian Trail's new Cranberry- Apple Salad with Walnuts have an end panel with perforated edges and thumb punch-out for easy opening. Recipe suggestions are printed on the package. This new item has an intro- ductory offer of Indian Trail Wonder Cup and attractive point Brewer & Lord 40 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. INSURANCE CONVERSE HILL CHARLES M. CUTLER WILLIAM B. PLUMBER VINCENT M. WILSON EDWARD H. LEARNARD JOHN B. CECIL, Jr. HORACE H. SOULE ROBERT C. BIELASKI Serving the People of New England Since 1859 of sale material is being supplied. Indain Trail also markets fresh and frozen Whole Cranberries, as well as a line of Canned Cran- berry Sauces, Cranberry Cocktail and Apple Cranberry Cocktail. FOR EXPERT SERVICE ON YOUR Briggs & Stratton ENGINES W« use ealy factory-approved meOiods and origmal parts. I^' nnael ara trained undor factofy waparntion. See us for a cfaeek-up «r eomplete overhaul — priees mr* •ifbt ^^ MAIN STREET GARAGE Carver, Mass. Tel. UN 6-4582 ic!ifcs&s£=irsr3SS£=irissw£=s^5£3J=a= We Specialize in Cars New — Used Repairs On All Makes Robt. W. Savary Inc. East Wareham, Mass. Telephone 295-3530 ONE SHARON BOX COMPANY, INC. ESTABLISHED 1856 SHARON, MASSACHUSETTS We Will Buy Your White Pine Logs Either Standing or Cut • Highest Prices Paid • Sawmill located at Nordi Carver, Mac*. Office Phones: Sharon, SU 4-2011 Carver UN 6-2234 NOTICE To better serve our customers in the cranberry area, we have moved our complete Redwood Flume Lumber to our Middleboro yard. We have a complete stock of Select All Heart and Construction All Heart Redwood as follows: 6x8 - 6x6 - 4x6 - 4x4 Timbers Planking; — Square Edged or (Matched on order) 2x4 6 2x8 2 x 10 SEND FOR YOUR FREE FOLDER ON THE "DURABILITY OF REDWOOD" Telephone 947-2300 E. W. G3odhue Lumber Co., Inc. End of Cambridge Street (Off Route 44) Middleboro, Mass. Retain natural flavor without over-sweetness ® AND ® •3' CORN SYRUPS CORN PRODUCTS COMPANY Manufacturers of fine 'products for the food industry . . . and popular Best Foods Division grocery brands for the consumer. Not Much Bog Work At Washington This has been the coldest winter since 1950 with snow on the ground for a little over two weeks in January. According to the weather bureau our total snowfall was 14 inches during these two weeks, with the most on the ground at any one time being 6 inches. This doesn't seem like very much snow to people who live in the mid-west or eastern part of the country, but it is a lot for this West Coast area. The work on the bogs is very slow at the present time, with pruning being the chief occupation. This is also a good time of the year to clean out drainage and irrigation ditches and is also a good time to overhaul machinery and other equipment and to order fertilizers and pesticides so that when the weather is right there will be no delay in getting on with the work to be done. The February cover of the Am- erican Fruit Grower depicts an FMC, Florida division Wind Ma- chine in a citrus grove and not on a cranberry marsh as they are in Wisconsin. CRANBERRY CATCHUP 21/2 pounds cranberries Vinegar 2% cups sugar 1 tablespoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground cloves Wash and pick over the cran- berries. Cover them with vinegar and cook until they burst. Force through a sieve. Add the other ingredients, return the mixture to the fire and simmer until thick. Seal in clean, hot jars. Serve as a relish with fowl or meat. PORTABLE 24'-GA. RAILROAD 2,000 ft. welded 15-ft. sections 20-lb. rail, curves, switches and accessories. 11/2 ton Brookville locomotive. 12 one-yd. V-dump cars arid extra set resanding bodies. TO BE SOLD AS A UTSTIT Russell A. Trufant 15 Frank St. Middleboro, Mass. TWO Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Notes by IRVING E. DEMORANVILLE Extension Cranberry Specialist Pei'sonals Dr. Wes Miller and Dr. Bert Zuckerman attended a course on gas chromatography and operation and maintenance of gas chromato- graphs help in Union, N. J., on February 11 and 12. Prof. Stan Norton and Dr. Cross attended the annual meeting of the Hampden Conservation District held in West Springfield, Mass., on February 24. Prof. Norton pre- sented a paper on "Sprinkler Frost Protection." Seminars The third cranberry seminar was held on February 3 with Prof. William Tomlinson presenting an excellent discussion on "Life His- tories and Present Controls of Destructive Insects on Cranberry Bogs." A very fine group of 35mm. insect slides were also shown. The fourth seminar, held on February 10, featured Mr. George Rounsville on "Weather Factors in Cranberry Production with Em- phasis on Frost and Frost Pro- tection." A very lively question and answer period followed this presentation. The fifth of the series was held on February 24 with the writer presenting "Weeds of Cranberry Bogs: Their Propagation, Spread and Control." The interest in these meetings is continuing with 125 to 135 persons in attendance for each one. The question and discussion period after the formal presentation has also gone on for a considerable length of time. This is fine and exactly what we had hoped for. There has also been a considerable interest in having the formal pre- sentations printed. We are con- sidering having some sort of C. & L. EQUIPMENT CO. 1209 MAIN STREET ACUSHNET, MASS. Cranberry Bog Service PRUNING RAKING Macliinery Sales PRUNERS FERTILIZING WEED TRIMMING POWER WHEELBARROWS RAKES WEED TRIMMERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS - Large and Small For Furtlier Information Call . . <. F. P. CRANDON ROckwell 3-5526 C. J. TRIPP WYman 5-2013 proceedings published, at the con- clusion of the seminars, for dis- tribution to the growers. Club Meetings The February series of cranberry club meetings were held at Kings- ton on February 16; Rochester, February 17, and Barnstable, Feb- ruary 18. Dr. Cress presented a talk on "The Outlook for 1965," discussing the weather factors in- fluencing the potential crop and management practices that the growers should follow to promote maximum yields. Prcf. Stan Nor- ton presented data on his research dealing with water harvesting and bulk handling and storage of cranberries. Mr. Rene Bollinger of the U. S. Fish and WildHfe Service gave a very interesting talk on "Wildlife Problems on Cranberry Bogs." This covered control mea- sures for muskrats, woodchucks and mice, repellant practices for geese, ducks and herring gulls and legal aspects connected with these practices. Prof. Laurence Rhoades of the University of Massachusetts presented information on Electronic Farm Accounting, a new service being offered to farmers. Frost Warning The Cape Cod Cranberry Grow- ers Association is again sponsoring the telephone frost warning serv- ice. Applications were mailed to SUCTION EQUIPMENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS I Information-Stafe Problem \ NAME. ADDRESS- W. R. AMES COMPANY 4511 East Osborne Ave., Tampa, Florida 33610 A-2-65 THREE all growers in early March. If a grower has not received an appli- cation, he should notify Mrs. Ruth Beaton, treasurer of the associ- ation, Jefferson Shores Road, Buz- zards Bay, Mass. There will be no change in assessments or in the frost warning system. There is a spot on this year's application for a donation to the telephone answering service which is also sponsored by the Association and is in operation during the frost season at the Cranberry Station. This is a very valuable part of the frost warning service and is par- ticularly helpful when a grower may have missed the warning fcr various reasons. There is a mes- sage on the recorder every day during the frost season, whether a frost warning is sent or not. George Rounsville wishes to remind grow- ers using the answering service that the recorded message will not be available befor-e 1:30 in the afternoon or 8:30 in the evening. The frost pad for writing down the message has proved very popular and will be mailed to growers sub- IRRIGATION PIPE FOR SALE 3500 ft. 6" light weight steel Flex-O-Seal used pipe — good condition. 175 lengths x 20' at $13.50 per length — all or part. We are distributors of Flex-O-Seal pipe, steel or aluminum 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 inch. Also Rainbird sprinkler heads. VEG-ACRE FAR/\AS Forestdale, Cape Cod, Mass. Tel. 428-6719 Bog Ditch Dike Building Cleaning Repairing EQUIPMENT FOR HIRE Track Loaders and Rubber Tire Trucks and Bulldozers Backhoe Good Bog Sand Available P & L CO LOUIS LECONTE 866-4402 CARVER, MASS. FOUR scribing to the service. All appli- cations and payments should be returned by April 2 in order that the necessary arrangements can be completed prior to the frost season. There were approximately 190 subscribers last season; let's hope there will be an increase this season. Charts The 1965 cranberry insect and disease and weed control charts have been printed and will be mailed to the growers in late March or early April. Growers are reminded to carefully read the notes at the top of each chart; there is much valuable information included in this section. The insect and disease chart has a few changes from last year; 5% carbaryl dust at 50 pounds per acre has been added for cut worm control in the dormant to delayed dormant period and 10% dieldrin granules at 10 pounds per acre added for girdler larvae control in mid-bloom period. Dieldrin E. C. has been reduced to 1 pint per acre for weevil control. The fer- bam treatment following a maneb application for the first fungicide spray has been deleted from the chart. Changes in the weed chart in- clude the addition of casoron as a spring application at 100 pounds per acre of 4% granules for the control of cut grass, manna grass, shore grass, summer grass, blue joint, aster, plantain, marsh St. John's-wort, loosestrife, wild bean, hawkweed, wild strawberry, sorrel, needle grass, nut grass, dulichium, wcol grass, cotton grass, mud rush, spike rush, corn grass, crab grass, warty panic grass, pitchfork, rag- weed, fireweed, haircap moss, royal fern, bracken fern, sensitive fern, horsetail and dodder. Casoron may also be used at 100 pounds per acre and Chloro-IPC at 75 pounds per acre from April 1 to 10, prior to putting back the late water flood. Alanap-3 has been added as a spring application at 4 gallons in 300 gallons of water per acre, or 80 pounds of 10% granular, for the control of nut grass, cut grass, mud rush, needle grass, spike rush and corn grass. Also Continued on Page 20 Issue of March, 1965 -Vol. 29, No. 11 Second Class Postage Paid ar Wireh.Tn Published monthly at Wareham, Massachusetts. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Massachusetts Post Office Subscriptions ?4.00, Foreign, ^5.00 per year. Compiled by C J. H February was the month of con- siderable snow, but less than normal. On the 25th there was a blizzard which began as snow and then turned to sleet. This was one of a series of storms which left Chicago and Cleveland buried. Rain for this storm was measured at the State bog as .95. The storm ended in a severe thunder and lightning storm. Precipitation for the month as recorded at the State bog was 2.36 inches, of this snow being 3.6. Average precipitation is 4.12. This was the ninth month in a row with temperatures below nor- mal. The mean was 2.3 below the average mean of 28. No maximum or minimum rec- ords were established. In spite of the precipitation, sunshine averaged a bit more than usual — 59 percent of daylight — compared to 56 percent in the past. NEW JFRSfy Weather for February The severity of the winter mod- erated somewhat during February. There were four days in the month CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Shocks, or Nailed Stock Always on Hand Let me repair your broken boxes-or repair them yourself. F. H. COLE North Carver, Mass. Tel. Union 6-3330 during which the temperature reached into the 60's and seven days in the 50's. There were enough extremely cold days in the first and last weeks of the month to bring down the average to slightly below the norm. The mean average was 33.9° or about 0.8° below normal. Rain and Snow- Precipitation during the month totaled 2.14 inches, about .63 below the average for February. There was an inch of snowfall on the 15th and a half-inch on the 22nd. Oxygen Damage Unlikely Early in February the maximum thickness of ice on cranberry bogs was 5 to 6 inches. Samples of the floodwater on cranberry bogs taken at this time revealed that the oxygen content ran from 5 to 6 c.c. per liter. It is quite unlikely that the oxygen level was ever low enough to cause damage during the month. WASHINGTON Typical Weather The February weather has been typical for this part of the country — wet and net very warm, but no freezing temperatures to speak of. The total rainfall for the month was 13.04 inches, which gives a daily average of .47 inch. On five days there was no measurable pre- cipitation. On two days we had over two inches of rain, 2.50 inches on the 4th and 2.22 inches on the 15th. On three days we had over an inch of rain each day. The rest cf the time it was just normally wet. On the few days when there was no rain, the weather was iM&=s:^a£ss=ce=a=ie=ie=[e=siei5=a:ie=Qrie=^^ AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS BOG SERVICE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS HAND SPRAYERS - TOOLS - POWER EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BRIGGS AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTER R. F. MORSE & SON, Inc. Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 warm and spring-like — really quite a contrast to the wet days and posed a great temptation to give in to that pleasant malady known as spring fever. Average Tenipei'atiires The temperatures were above average; the mean high was 47.5 degrees and the actual high tem- perature was 56 degrees. The mean low was 38.2 degrees. On only three nights did the temperature go as low as 32° or lower. On Feb- ruary 1st the low temperature was 28 degrees; on the 19th, 32 degrees, and on the night of the 28th, 29 ROBY'S PROPANE GAS, INC. jCarver, Mass. 866-4545 West Wareham, Mass. 295-3737 CONVERT YOUR IRRIGATION PUMPS TO LP. GAS 1. Saves on Oil 2. No Pilferage 3. Saves on Spark plugs 4. Up to Three Times the Engine-life 5. Saves on Fuel Pumps and Carburetors FOR A DEMONSTRATION CALL US TODAY IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT For frost control and irrigation SOLID SET BOG ALL ALUMINUM IRRIGATION SYSTEMS Johns Manville Plastic Pipe and fittings LARCHMONT ENGINEERING LEXINGTON, MASS. VO 2-2550 degrees was recorded. Bog Work Work on the bogs remains fairly- slow with pruning and clean-up worlc being the main activities. Some new ground is being pre- pared for planting and sprinkler lines, and ditches and dams being repaired where necessary. Every- thing possible is being done to get ready for the spring rush of plant- ing, spraying and fertilizing which will be upon us soon. Newly revised are the 1965 Cranberry Insect and Disease Con- trol charts and the 1965 Weed Control charts. WISCONSIN Feb. Temperatures Above Normal February started out very cold with Arctic air covering the entire state, along with a snow cover of from 7 to 12 inches. A drastic warm-up on the 5th of as much as 60 degrees melted most of the snow in the southern half of the state. Normal temperatures pre- vailed for the following two weeks, which was followed with above normal the last week. There was scattered snowfalls during the middle of the month, which were quite dry as to water content. At month's end there was little snow cover in the south and about two feet in the far north. Overall tem- peratures were about normal and precipitation about one-half inch below normal. Frost depths had increased another six inches, giv- ing a depth of almost three feet in the open field areas. Frost depths in the cranberry beds on heavier soils were expected to be Continued Page 20 WANTED Cranberry Bog 10 acres or more Plea.se reply with all particulars in care of Box 32, Cranberries, Wareham, Mass. RALPH E. WASHBURN LONG-TIME ASSESSOR AND CRANBERRY GROWER OWNS AND OPERATES HISTORIC McFARLIN BOG THIS PROPERTY HAS UNUSUAL STONE FLUME WHICH WAS BUILT WITH ANCIENT PLANK FLOOR By CLARENCE J. HALL The original cranberry bog, built by Charles Dexter McFarlin, who was apparently the first to build a cranberry bog west of the Rockies and to transport the McFarlin variety, today so almost uni- versally grown on the Pacific Coast, is still in bearing at South Carver. Massachusetts. This bog, of approximately an acre and a quarter in size, may also have been the first bog "scientifically" built. Certainly the sum of $1,000 represented a very considerable sum to have been expended upon an acre and perhaps a little more, as early as 1874. when this bog is reputed to have been constructed. Today the owner is Ralph E. Washburn, who has been engaged in cranberry cultivation, although on a relatively small scale, since the 1920's. In 1963 this old bog produced a crop of 130 barrels. This was the peak crop so far since Mr. Washburn has owned the bog. His average production has been 50 to 60 barrels to the acre. The bog now, however, is no longer set to McFarlins, but has been replanted by Mr. Washburn to Early Blacks, although a few of the older, earlier vines have "come through." Mr. Washburn in all has about eight acres of bog — about an acre and a quarter just below the Mc- Farlin bog, three acres in the same area farther "downstream," and ancther piece of about two acres on the Rochester Road, not far from the Atwood property, and has an agreement with the Atwood property owners for a water sup- ply for this. This old bog, about a mile off the Rochester road through a wooded approach, is in an area which is known as the Indian Brook area, or in an old name has been re- ferred to as "Dex's Meadows.'' A description of the building of the bog is contained in "The His- tory of Carver," by the late Henry S. Griffith. He wrote that Charles Dexter McFarlin expended up- wards of $1,000 in building this bog, which was only about an acre or an acre and a quarter in size, and he said McFarlin ''constructed more on an experimental than on financial grounds." Every root was dug from the ground and ditches were boarded and a spirit level used to insure proper grade. He is said to have spread white sand. The date of building is given as 1874. The property was bought from the McFarlins by the father of Ralph — Charles F. Washburn — who bought it about 1917. He bought this frcm his brother, the late Harry E. Washburn, who had purchased the property earlier dur- ing the first World War and had cut timber at that time when there was much demand for lumber. When Ralph became interested in the property in the 1920's, the little bog was pretty much run down with trees growing in it — maple trees, which grow rapidly. He said he found remains of the boarded ditches and can still find a piece now and then when clean- ing a deep ditch. The bog is still pretty much in level although it has settled some- what, especially in the center, and bog edges at some points are higher than the center. It is tradition that Charles Dex- ter also built the three-acre reser- voir. At least it seems to go "way back" and the late Clayton (Huckleberry Clayt) McFarlin, who lived nearby and died about a year ago at the age of nearly 90, has recalled to Mr. Washburn years ago beys and girls pulled the planks in the reservoir to flood the bog for skating before it was intended the bog be flooded for the winter. Interesting also is a cut-stone flume at the lower end of the beg, which it is assumed was built by Dexter. This flume is about 2V2 feet wide, about 5 ¥2 feet deep and SHOWING CLEAN BOG DITCH Cranberries Photo TtALPH E. WASHBURN Cranberries Photo about 10 feet long. It has a wooden floor and Mr. Washburn believes there may be the original plaiTls;ing, as woods can last many years under water. He believes the stone may have been laid up "dry," but he has used some cement as the stones have become loosened. There may be a few other stone flumes in Massachusetts but, if so, they are rare. It would seem that, indeed, Charles Dexter McFarlin was far in advance of his time in the scien- tific laying out of this small bog. It is roughly circular in shape. In those days many a bog in Massa- chusetts and especially in New Jersey was crudely and roughly built, often with great tree stumps left in. Charles Dexter McFarlin was of the famous McFarlin cranberry- growing family of Carver. He was born February 19, 1835. He was the brother of Thomas Huit Mc- Farlin, who is credited with being the "developer" of the famed McFarlin — tliis being front wild vines he found in the famed "New Meadows" of South Carver, just to the north of the Rochester road, tliese being vast natural cranberry meadows a very considerable part of which was incorporated later in the property of the Ellis D. Atwood. He was the son of Sampson Mc- Farlin who, as a pioneer in cran- berry activity, added to his income by gathering and selling the wild cranberries of the "New Meadows." Until not too many years ago the McFarlin homestead cf Captain William McFarlin stood on the Rochester road, but was destroyed by fire. Charles Dexter, his brothers Ho- ratio and Jason, all went to the West Coast in the hopes of finding a fortune, and among other enter- prises engaged in the search for gold in California. He returned to Carver and it was during this return that he built his "scientific" bog before returning to the West, this time to Oregon, engaging in lumber, eventually settling in what is now Cocs County — near a com- munity then known as Empire City — and later there was a branch postoffice with the address of "McFarlin's Marsh." He sent back East for vines, of the McFarlin variety, planted tliese near the present North Bend about 1885 and this bog is still bearing, now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Frank O. Zorn. (The story of Charles Dexter was told in considerable detail in the issue of Cranberries Magazine for June, 1943.) Mr. Washburn, born December 30, 1900, in Carver, has been engaged in this modest way in the cranberry business since the early 1920's. He does most of his own bog work, including frost control and in the harvest is assisted by his son, Erwin Keyes Washburn, who conducts a greenhouse busi- ness at South Carver. Harvest is by a Darlington, which Mr. Wash- burn ovv'ns. His berries are mar- keted through Ocean Spray. Mrs. Washburn takes an active part in the harvest and is most interested and helpful. On the day he was seen at his bog, he was engaged in sifting and spreading sand in a resanding pro- gram. He says tliis bog is in a "country" with a cold bottom and hence weeds are one of his greatest problems, particularly wild bean. He has changed the ditch lay-out of the bog only a very little and today it must look very much as it did when built back in 1874. Mr. Washburn has been a Carver assessor since March cf 1930 and he also served as a town auditor for four years. As Carver has more cranberry acreage than any other town in the world, the valuation of cranberry property is a chief con- cern of an assessor. A few years ago more than 60 percent of the town valuation came from cran- berry property. Today, with a little business coming into this still rural community and the building of many dwellings, both annual and summer, the percentage of cran- berry property is about 45 percent. Carver bases its cranberry assessment on a five-year produc- tion average. Mr. Washburn has served as Carver assessor most likely longer than any other and is president of Plymouth County Assessors Association. John F, Harju Funeral services for Jchn F. Harju, 87, were held on Thursday, Feb. 18, from the Cornwell Memo- rial Chapel. The Rev. Vaino Valkio, minister of the West Wareham Finnish Congregational Church, officiated. Mr. Harju, a former cranberry grower, died on Monday, Feb. 15, at the Roland Thatcher Nursing Heme in Wareham, where he had been a patient for six months. Born in Finland, he had resided in Wareham for 62 years, and lived most recently on Blackmore Pond Rd. He was the husband of the late Ida (Ojala) Harju, and was a member of the Finnish Congre- gational Church in West Wareham. Mr. Harju is survived by three sons, John of Carver, and Vaino C. and Eino W. Harju, both of Wareham; four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and one great- great-grandchild. Personal Item Francis Sharpless, cranberry grower of Medford, New Jersey, has been elected chairman of the State ASC Committee for 1965. He is serving his third year on this committee. REDUCE LABOR COSTS AND IMPROVE FRUIT QUALITY WITH FROST PROTECTION BY FMC TROPIC BREEZE WIND MACHINES Tropic Breeze Wind Machines have been widely used in citrus groves and orchards. They are a thoroughly proven piece of equipment. And now they have been shown to be highly effec- tive in cranberry marsh frost protection. One man can efficiently operate one or sfeveral wind machines, saving the labor cost of a whole crew required for flood- ing. Protection is fast too — beginning in 3 to 5 minutes after the machine is started. [n addition, an authoritative re- port recently released indicates that Wind Machines stibstanti- ally reduced the number of floods. This brought improved quality and yield over marshes where Wind Machines were not used. Wind Machines have also been found ideal for protection of blueberries and other bush fruits'. FMC Tropic Breeze Wind Ma- chines are available in a va- riety of models to meet your requirements. Get all the facts — fill in the coupon and mail it today. FMC CORPORATION, Florida division FAIRWAY AVENUE, LAKELAND, FLORIDA n Please send me sales literature on Tropic Breeze Wind Machines □ Please have sales engineer contact me NAME_ ADDRESS (RFD)_ C4TY NINE ROBERT S. FILMER 1902 - 1964 (Taken from Entogeny, Depart- ment of Entomology and Economic Zoology, Rutgers Univei-sity) (Editor's Note: The following was sent to us by Philip E. Ma- rucci, Research Specialist — En- tomology Extension Specialist — Cranberries and Blueberries.) Robert S. Filmer, research spe- cialist in entomology and member of the department since 1929, died of a heart attack at Cottage Grove, Oregon, on October 25, 1964. He was at the time on a vacation trip with his wife Lillian, visiting his sister. Miss Catherine Filmer. Al- though he had been ill during the previous winter, he had worked with his usual diligence through- out the summer, and thus the news of his sudden death came to us as an especially severe shock. "Bob" Filmer was born on May 23, 1902, in Stratford, Connecticut, the son of Sterling and Nettie Professor Robert S. Filmer (Strickland) Filmer. He attended Stratford High School and the University of Connecticut, where he received the Bachelor of Science degree in 1926. Following his grad- uation he -worked for the U.S.D.A., primarily on research on insecti- cides, in Washington, D.C. In 1929 he came to Rutgers on a fellowship and received his Master's degree in 1930. From 1936 to 1936 he held appointment as instructor in ento- mology, then became successively assistant professor, associate pro- fessor and finally research spe- cialist. His scientific contributions in published form totalled more than fifty papers, but they are only part of the story. He was an ardent collector, especially of the solitary bees, and was keenly interested in the ecology of these insects. Our museum at Rutgers contains many specimens taken by him, and he exchanged specimens with specialists throughout the country. He was very active in the New Jersey Beekeeper's Asso- ciation. In his earlier research on bees, he was particularly inter- ested in bee breeding, both for superior productivity and for re- sistance to European foulbrood. In his later years, he devoted much of his work to pollination studies with respect to orchard crops, alfalfa, blueberries and cranberries. It was especially in connection with the latter crops that his work on the solitary bees was of marked importance. During the past ten years he had also done extensive work on the life histories and con- trol of pests that attack field crops. For many years Professor Filmer offered a course on Apiculture as part of the undergraduate curri- culum, but even more important was the guidance he gave to many graduate students, both those en- gaged in research under his direc- tion, and those who simply came to him with problems. In the years before World War II he partici- pated in the twelve week short course in Agriculture. Afterward he was a willing contributor to TEN the many specialty short courses, such as the Pest Control Short Course, the Turf Short Course, and others. In his personal life, he was very active in church work, serving at the time of his death as an elder in the Highland Park Reformed Church. His chief hobby was pho- tography, and surely many of us recall the beautiful slides he used to show at the department Christ- mas parties. He was also inter- ested in golf and bowling, and particularly enjoyed travel. In the passing of Robert S. Filmer, we lose a man, a friend, and a colleague of remarkable tolerance, genial good humor, patience and understanding. He was truly slow to anger, and was always unobtrusively ready with sage counsel and constructive sug- gestions. His willingness to put aside his own work to help another was a trait that never faltered. He leaves us with a sense of loss that only grows as the days pass. Wisconsin Growers Again Seek State Marketing Order Meeting in Port Edwards on Jan- uary 20th, the Wisconsin Cranberry Growers Association presented state Department of Agriculture marketing specialist Marlon Schweir with a marketing order petition designed to provide re- search programs and frost warning service by assessing each grower 2((: per barrel. Last year a similar referendum failed to win a major- ity of the state's registered volume. Charles Lewis and Tony Jonjak spearheaded the renewed effort, but Ben Pannuk favored voluntary research funds and an expanded 5-year program. Richard Indermuehle succeeded Bruce Potter as association presi- dent. Also elected were: Craig Scott, vice-president; Lloyd Wolfe, secretary - treasurer (succeeding Leo Sorenson); and James Schna- bel, Wayne Duckart, and Charles Goldsworthy, directors. Progress in the agricultural field since 1940 exceeds all previous centuries, according to guest speaker Dr. Glenn S. Pound, dean of the 2,168-student UW College cf Agriculture. Resultant growing pains cited by Dean Pound in- clude: (1) the shrinking rural population, snow merely 6% of the U. S. total; (2) rapid obsolescence of information being taught; and (3) federal support of university basic research programs which tend to ignore production and marketing problems. A possible cut in the state's $5.5 million Agricultural Conservation Program (ACP) budget is foreseen by John Hansen, a member of the state committee of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. He warned that such a cut might eliminate this source of financing experimental sprinkling system installations. Describing UW experiments. Dr. M. N. Dana recommended Casoron application from the end of har- vesting to May 1st as a safe means of weed control. 2-4D is still best for controlling brcadleaf annuals, he said. But creeping sedges re- mains the most rambunctious pest. Dr. Donald Boone (UW) advised use of Maneb from July 10 to mid- August to inhibit rot. He also stated that keeping qualities of berries are enhanced by running them through a dryer or dry rak- ing within a half -hour of picking. HUBBARD-HALL ARTICLE IN NEW ENGLAND HOMESTEAD The March 1965 issue of the New England Homestead has a lengthy article concerning the Hubbard- Hall Chemical Company of Water- bury, Conn. This concern is an advertiser in Cranberries and sells supplies to cranberry growers. It tells of the rapid growth of bulk custom mixing fertilizer plants, the first of these in the northeast being that of the Hubbard-Hall Company. This plant was built in 1962. The article is illustrated by several photographs. CRANBERRY PIOK-TJP 1 tall glass cranberry cocktail Large scoop strawberry and vanilla ice cream. Stir slightly. IRRIGATION Headqutfrters for the Northeastern United States 24 HOURS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK During the Dry Season NO MATTER WHAT YOUR NEED OR PROBLEM WE CAN HELP YOU! 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Zuckerman in developing new means of preventing micro- scopic worms (Nematode) from damaging cranberry plants both above ground and — particularly — in the root structure. A graduate of the University of Minnesota, Mr. Norgren worked in the Department of Plant Pathology and Physiology on nematode prob- lems involving nursery plants: an urgent matter in the Midwest, where commercial nurseries and landscaping are big business. He has completed his Ph.D. oral exam- ination and will be collecting data for his doctoral thesis under Dr. Zuckerman's guidance for approxi- mately two years. Choice of a specific project (possibly involving enzyme or biochemical exploration in co- operation wtih station personnel) will come later, but for the present Mr. Norgren is conducting pre- liminary studies designed to isolate specific effects of the parasitic worms, both separately and in conjunction with other destructive factors. The best method to date is the use of sterile culture units where nematodes may be raised and observed under aseptic condi- tions, free from the confusing presence of all other organisms and micro-organisms. In the photo- graph, Mr. Norgren is holding incubation tubes in which the tiny beasts gorge themselves on callus tissue of alfalfa roots and multiply. They then are taken from the temperature-controlled incubators and are used to inoculate germ- free host plants growing in the sterile culture units. Effects can be compared with damage wrought on similar host plants by fungi and bacteria, again in the isolation of an uncontaminated environment. When more is known about the separate and specific actions of nematodes, fungi, and bacteria, they will be studied in various combinations — far more damaging to the plant than any one disorder alone. It is hoped that other experi- ments will lead to the culture of predacious cannibal nematodes, which feed on the l,000th-inch- TAKE ADVANTAGE of the BETTER things of life. The efficient USE OF ELECTRICITY is one of these better things — efficient use in power for cranberry bog operations, and in the home. Plymouth County Electric Co WAREHAM - CYpress 5-0200 PLYMOUTH Pilgrim 6-1300 long plant parasites. Large popu- lations of cannibals will be raised in the laboratory and then un- leashed in the bogs. These carniv- orous predators attack the plant parasitic variety of nematodes that stunt the growth of cranberry plant roots by producing galls, lesions, and necrotic areas. Such a process might help to control the pestiferous nematodes which plague the eastern seaboard. "From 50 to 500 of the threadlike animals will wash out of a thimbleful of soil scooped up at random,'' Mr. Norgren observes. A tAvo-year hitch in the Army in Korea as radio operator and radio repair expert preceded Mr. Norgren's intensive period of study. An avid outdoorsman and sports enthusiast, he hopes — now that the classroom grind is over — to take advantage of Cape Cod's facilities for hunting, fishing, and golfing. Until the present there has been scant time for hobbies either for Mr. Norgren or his wife of five years, Leanora, an experienced secretary and graduate of North Dakota schools who enjoys sewing and looking after their IVz -year- old son, Thomas. The Norgrens make their home in a white house just a stone's throw from the Ex- periment Station in the woods of East Wareham . . . which makes it eminently convenient for the sportsman-scientist to hunt big game in the forest and small game under the microscope. CRANBERRY CRUNCH 1 cup uncooked rolled oats 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup butter 1 pound can Ocean Spray Cran- berry Sauce (Jellied or Whole Berry) 1 quart vanilla ice cream Heat oven to 350° F. Mix oats, flour, and brown sugar. Cut in butter until crumbly. Place half of this mixture in an 8 x 8 inch greased cake dish. Cover with cranberry sauce. Top with balance of mixture. Bake 45 minutes at 350 degrees F. Serve hot in squares topped with scoops of vanilla ice cream. Serves 6 to 8. CLINTON MACAULEY ELECTED PRESIDENT Annual Meeting American Cranberry Association in Jersey The Annual Meeting of the American Cranberry Growers' As- sociation was held at the Fireside Restaurant in Mount Holly on February 18th, with Captain John Haines presiding. A good attend- ance of gro'wers heard reports from research specialists from Rutgers University. Reports These reports, which will be published in the Proceedings of the American Cranberry Growers' As- sociation, were as follows: Cranberry Fruit Rot Control — Allan Stretch, USDA and Plant Pathology Dept. Evaluation of the Helicopter and Fixed Wing Aircraft As a Means of Applying Fungicide to Cran- berries — John Springer, Plant Pathology Dept. Cranberry Nutrition and Its Re- lation to Fruit Rot — Mrs. Joyce Torio, Horticultural Dept. A Progress Report on Minor Element Studies on Cranberries — Paul Eck, Horticultural Dept. Some Thoughts on New Sprayers for Cranberry Bogs — Martin Decker, Agricultural Engineering Dept. Cranberry Pollination and Cran- berry Insects — Philip Marucci, Cranberry and Blueberry Lab. Resolutions Ed Lipman and Steve Lee, the cranberry group's delegates to the New Jersey State Agricultural Convention, reported on their suc- cess in putting forth three resolu- tions of interest to cranberry growers. One resolution urged that the Eminent Domain Revision Commission take action to bring about more equitable dealings with farmers in the State acquisition of farm lands. The second resolution dealt with the Green Acres Pro- gram which is chewing up New Jersey cranberry acreage at a great rate. It urged the State to desist from acquiring productive farm land unless it was absolutely neces- sary and recommended that pay- ments be made to municipalities in which "Green Acres" are acquired to compensate for loss of taxes. The third resolution put the Con- vention on record as protesting to the decrees emanating from the United States Secretary of Labor regarding increases in minimum wages for farm labor. The group heartily endorsed the work of the Frost Committee and, in appreciation of its efforts, voted an honorarium to the Committee members — Isaiah Haines, Joseph Palmer and Eddie Budd. The Association went on record as declining the invitation of the New Jersey State Horticultural So- ciety to meet -with them at their Annual Meeting in January, 1966, at Cherry Hill. It was felt that local meetings were far more effective in bringing out the mem- bers. The group spread upon the min- utes their expression of sorrow at the death of Anthony R. DeMarco and William Albert Jarvis since their last Annual Meeting. Officers Elected The following new slate of offi- cers were elected: President — Clinton Macauley, Tuckerton, N. J. Treasurer ■ — Paul Eck, New Brunswick, N. J. Secretary — P. E. Marucci, Pem- berton, N. J. First Vice-President — Walter Z. Fort, New Lisbon, N. J. Second Vice-President — Earl Kerschner, Chatsworth, N. J. Philip E. Marucci, Secretary New Varieties To Canada By Vernon Goldsworthy A letter from Vernon Golds- worthy, president of Cranberry Products, Inc., Eagle River, Wis- consin, states that he will be shipping vines to Nova Scotia, Quebec, Manitoba and British Columbia. These will be vines of the new varieties, such as Stevens and Pilgrim. He says that Canadian growers are very interested in tho cranberry business and, in his opinion, the industry there will develop considerably. There is un- limited land. He is also to try an acre of Caso- ron on the ice and then sand and see what the results are. He does not think anyone else has done this as yet, and he wants to see if it is feasable, as certainly this would be an easy way of spreading Casoron. READ CRANBERRIES Now AGRICO' GRANULAR the same extra crop-feeding efficiency plus these advantages ^ * AGRICO granular fertilizer drills easier . . . stays free-flowing without bridging . . . meets today's needs for fast, accurate drilling and spreading. AGRICO granular will not cake in storage ... you can take early delivery, before the rush, and have your fertilizer on hand when you need It. Call or Write Today ! ! The American Agricultural Chemical Company No. Weymouth 91, Mass. — EDgewater 5-^40 or Walter B. Moseley, P.O. Box 456, Marion, Mass THIRTEEN Fertilizer Requirements Of Cranberries by Dr. Charles C. Doughty Formerly Director of Coastal Washikigton sta- tion, Long Beach, Washington Oranlberries like all other plants re- quire certain elements in the nutrient solutions and gases which they absorb for vigorous, and healthy growth. Sixteen or eighteen elements compose the main requirements of all plants mdudinig cranberries. They may be divided into three groups, namely those which are absorbed from the air and water, and macro-elements absoi^bed from the soil and the micro- elements also absorbed from the soil. The elements oxygen, canbon and hydrogen are absorbed from the air and water. They are the principle components used in the manufacture of various types of sugars and car- bohydrates within the green parts of the plant. The micro-elements* consist of Nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P), po- tassium (K), calcium (Oa.), sulfur (S) and magnesium (Mg.). The term micra-element indicates those ele- ments absorbed from the soil which the plant uses in relatively large quantities. We are the most con- cerned with the first three, i. e., ni- trogen, phosphorous and potassium, since these are the ones used in greatest quantity by the plants. For this reason they are the principal in- gredients of commercial fertilizers. The last three in this group (calcium, sulfur and magnesium) are essential for plant growth but generally are present in sufficient amounts in most soils in this area for normal growth. Although at times all or any one of these three may be deficient or be- low the level necessary for plant growth. The micro-elements* are those which are used by the plant in very small amounts. These are iron (Fe), Zinc (Zn), manganese (RIn), cop- per (Cu), molybdenum (Mo) and bo- ron (B). Four other elements may be found in various plants. These are chlorine (01). silicon (Si), alummum (Al) and sodium (Na). These latter four are not known to play a positive roll in plant growth. There is some e V i d e n c e, however, that some plant species bentfit from * macro-element = major element, micro-element = minor element their presence. Most plants will show various deficiency symptoms if any one or more of the first six are not present in the soil. At the same time excessive amounts, i. e., amounts ex- ceeding the small quantities needed by the plants, become injurious to the plant. Boron for example becomes a potent herbicide if it is iised in quan- tity. The research in uses £ind effects of fertilizer elements at the Coastal Washington Experiment Station has been mainly concerned with nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. Two ser- ies of fertilizer trials were conducted diu'ing the period 1949 to 1959. The ru-st series concerned with various rates of N (0, 10, 20 and 40 :lbs. N per acre) along with P (0 and 72 lbs. P205 per acre). The opitimum rate of nitro- gen application proved to be 20 lbs. N per acre on the experiment station bog. Ten pounds of N did not main- tain the vine growth adequately, whereas, 40 lbs. of N induced ex- cessive vine growth in too many cases. However, the following NPK rates per acre had the liigher yields in 1954 after five years of oontinous treatment. Treatment Yield lbs. lbs. per acre per plot. N-P-K 1. 40-72-0 75 2. 20-72-102 71 3. 40-0-102 70 4. 40-72-102 65 5. 20-0-0 64 6. 20-0-102 60 7. 40-0-0 57 8. 10-0-0 37 9. 0-0-0 25 The last two rates here are for comparison. Keep in mind that these yields were on an did bog. Young bogs probably would respond entire- ly different. According to statistical analysis the first seven yields are all significantly greater than the 10- 0-0 and 0-0-0 rates. lin three out of the five years, rates 1, 2, and 3 listed above were highest. Statistically there is no significance between these rates. There was, however, a significant dif- ference between the 40-72-0 and 40-72- 102. The tests to determine which type of nitrogen fertilizer and time of ap- plication is best for cranberry pro- duction in Washington were conducted from 1955 to 1959 inclusive. These tests included four types of nitrogen fertilizers all applied at 20 lbs. N per aicre; sodium nitrate, aimmondum sul- fate, ammonium nitrate and urea. Four times of application were as follows (1) 20 lbs. N applied in Sept., (2) 10 lbs. N in Sept. and 10 lbs. N in Spring, (3) 20 lbs. N in spring and (4) 10 lbs. N in spring and 10 libs. N after blossoming. Results from these tests inddcaite that ammonium sulfate applied as a spring application has the greatest one half after blossoming. Ammon ium nitrate plots showed no signifi- cant difference between the differ ent times of application. Although, the one half fall and one half sprung application had the highest yield, all were moderately high. Urea treated vines on the other hand had the high- est yields on plots treated all in the spring or one half spring and one half after blossoming. Here the lowest yield was from the spUt faU-spring appdication. One further item that may be of interest Ammonium seeim- ed to cause more soft berries and rots in storage than other types. Phosphorous and potassium fertiliz- zer trials conducted from 1955 to 1959 produced some small differences but nothing very definite. In these trials the Nitrogen was held constant at 20 lbs. N per acre in all treat- ments. It is possible that at higher rates of nitrogen results from thas test may have been different. These rates of P205 (O, 80, 102, and 160 lbs. per acre) and K20 (0, 50, 100, and 200 lbs. per acre) were used alone and in all possible combdnations. Results indicate that there is no need to go to high rates of phosphor- ous and potassium unless soil tests show a very low supply of P and K in the soil. The only benefit from high rates of either the P or K or both found in these trials is that ex- cessive vine growth on overly vigor- ous vines can be reduced by appli- cations of 0-160-200 per acre. This rate would be rather costly except as spot treatments on overly vigorous vines. Several factors should be considered when fertilizer programs are planned. The way N. P and K are applied de termines to some extent the number and the rate of development of fruit buds that are obtained for the next years crop. Reports received from other experiment stations and ob- servations ma,de here indicate that cranberry vines tend to go more to FOURTEEN vegetatajve growth and less to frmt- fulness when nitrogen is applied en- tirely in the spring. Some nitrogen prior to the hook stage is necessary if otptimum hook, blossom develop meet and fruit set is to be obtained. The linear growth of uprights ana runner growth slows down when fruit- buds tegin to form. Observations made on recent fertilizer trials indi- cate that appilicatdons of fertilizer soon after this time will aid in stim- ulating fruit-bud formation with a much reduced runner growth. All things considered, a split applica- tion of a balanced fertilizer, one half in the spring just prior to the hook stage and the other half applied in late July or early August would be most beneficial. Preliminary information from the greenliouse nutricullture experiments indicate some further benefits that may be possible from a well planned fertilizer pi-ogram. The balanced fer- tilizers with the higher rates of NP produced a greater number of fruiting upright although it tended to reduce tlie number of blosisoms per uipright. Tlie higher rates of P reduced t^6 number of runners and the dry weight of the runners while the effect of the higher rates of the combination NK and PK was to reduce the number and length of the runners. Higher rates of N alone stimulated exces- sive runner growth. Before these ef- fects can be determined for sure, more research will have to be con- docted. Based on these observations and data the fertilizer ai^sflied to cran- berry bogs should be a balanced one such as an NPK ratio of 6-15-10 or a 6-15-20 or a multiple of these ratioa. Preferably one with the percentage of phosphorous higher than the per- oeotaige of potassium. The Massachu- setts Experiment Station has recom- mended a 5-10-5 or an 8-16-8 ratio. There are a number lof good balanced fertilizers on the market. For exam- ple 5-10-5, 8-24-8, 10-20-20, 6-10-4, 6-20- 20, 6n20-10, etc. Determine the amount of a complete fertilizer need per acre by the amount of nitrogen required. Separate fertilizers of nitrogen, phos- phorous and potassium can be pur- chased and mixed to any formulatiion desired. To determine when a bog needs ad- diitionial fertiilizer watch the growth of tiie vines and fertilize accordingly. In mid-summer the cranberry leaves begin turning a reddish-Jbrown color at times before they normally should. Two of the things which can cause this are a shortage of moisture or ni- trogen. Appilioation of a balanced fer- tilizer at this time along with suffi- cient moisture will keep the fruit buds developing in good shape. Both phos- phorous and potassium can be pur- chased separately and applied in the spring. If this is done then urea or some other all N fertilizer may be ap- plied in mid-sumnier. One note of caution should be added here. Over fertilization late in the growing season with nitrogen tends to prolong vine growth late into the fall and makes the berries soft and slow in coloring. Fertihzer needs should be Set Once and Go With GANDY Treat one bog or a dozen. You'll apply granular herbicide uniformly with a GANDY Cranberry Special Broadcast Granular Applicator ! And you'll do it easily — easier than you can possibly do it any other way. In fact, many growers say this is the only way you can treat your bogs uniformly ! There are plenty of reasons why. There is only one precision cam guage. You get the same given size for a given setting — once, twice, a thousand times or more ! In addition, all openings are always exactly alike at any setting. (Because hopper bottom and slide are punched as a mated pair and never separated during manufacture). You see QUALITY everytime you look at this rig. Patented Flo-Control five-bladed rotor shuts off flow when you stop. Patented Rooster Wheeled Drive powers it. Weather tight lid on hopper has double locks. Marker attachment available. Write Grandy Co., Box 528M, Owatonna, Minn., for information on the Cran- berry Special Applicator, and name of nearest dealer. SINCE 1936. Owatonna, Minnesota .WORLDS MOST ACCURATE APPLICATORS FIFTEEN All Berries In Long Beach, Wash. Now Cleaned Uniformly With the holiday season at hand, a talk on cranberries was given at a recent meeting of the Ilwaco-Long Beach, Washington Kiwanis Club. It concerned the new Peninsula plant for cleaning a $600,000 Peninsula crop. The talk was the major address of the meeting. Chairman Leonard Morris introduced J. Wilson Blair, plant manager as the speaker. Mr. Blair ^(mphasized the im- portance of the only substantial farm crop in the area, pointing out that for the 1964 crop, 33 growers, (including four from nearby Clatsop County, Oregon), brought cranbefrries in to the new plant built by Ocean Spray Cran- berries, Inc. Blair explained that a major problem faosd by the Southwest Washington growers is the weed and trash problem. He then went on to explain the new equipment available at the plant which includes a 15 horse- po'wer blower w'hich at full ca- pacity could blow away not only all the trash but all the berries as well. A foaming agent is used in a water process to provide density so the berries which are sound will enter a proper cylindeir and poor berries are discarded. It is' due to the new methods of delivery at the plant that the recent harvest was spsieded up as much as 25 percent. Hand sort- ing depended upon the individual grower, has in the past made for varying degrees of cleaning. The m. a c h i n e on the other hiand, means that by the central- ized operation, all of the berries are cleaned with like thorough- ness, according to Mr. Blair. WHAT PUBLICATION OFFERS you all the cranberry news, month by month, year in and year out? None but CRANBERRIES CARLSON — ■-*■■■ MFC. CO. <^:i KINGSTON, MASS. ' TEL. JU 5-2409 ■ ■ . ..,.,s,*..^^ir*** $39900 $100 Down -Balance Due October 31 • 1500 lb. Capacity • 35 Picking Boxes • 35 Picking Bags • Platform Area: 48 x 78 inches. Engine —4 h|pl Briggs & Stratton with Reduction Unit. Tires — 800-6-1000 lbs. capacity each tire. 8 inches mde - 18 inches diameter. Frame — 214" square tubing Vs" wall thickness. Axles — 1" round cold roll. Tiller — operated tricycle arrangement for ease of reversing and to minimize scuffing. ITiis unit has been used for 6 yrs. on our bogs. Ideal for wheeling off berries, cleaning inside ditches, carrying fertilizer and sanding. We carry 11/2 yds. per load which is double our rated capacity. ^i^'; •* . ^ ■' "' .^ "■' , . -;**! *»^^;V4Ai^ ' **^ 0) > 0.1 '2 U Q © 3 4) 1 o c 41 >> s fl 0) ^ rt 41 u 3 S 4^ s E^ Q >T3 Pj O a CS 3 c3 1/3 a -s tLt 11 -w U o o X s "2 u ^ a ^ U s © t« "bfl , "Vi u C/3 U >i V « u O o Id © O A Ph Pi S it _^ 5 2 >^ Oh 0^ "3 i> rt u 0 P3 0 "3 s !ri a nJ o S CM O «3 -1-5 S. 4J T3 a S © a 0 « >5 VtaS ^ _^ > .2 W «j ifi *^ s 1 u ■*^ © -w © i 41 &M s Q -a S u M K! ^ S Is 5 to 3 © b5 a,2 ^ ^ O -« 4J Si cs CC C a)t5 S en r • ' ^ .a Oj«! 3 S ?« « © I/: Ix a g j3 g -M SEVENTEEN Group from Cranberry Products Inc. Returns to Wisconsin from Extended West Coast Trip Vernon Goldswcrthy, president of Cranberry Products Inc., of Wisconsin, his son Charles, and Ralph Sampson, also Cranberry Products plant superintendent Bill Wollum, have returned from the Canners Convention in San Fran- cisco. The group visited the cranberry areas in Washington, Oregon and For Sale UNIT SHOVEL Model 514 8 Cyl. 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Berries on the West Coast seem to be well suited for Cocktail and in this respect are better than Wisconsin berries, as they have the deep color which comes with late harvest. Cranberry Products, Inc., has paid $14.75 for fresh fruit and has advanced $12.00 on canning berries. Almost everyone in Wisconsin is planting additional acreage and is very optimistic for the future of cranberry growing. British To Eat Cranberries And Turkey For Easter Cranberry Institute reports over the Easter period 1965 a special co-operative advertising campaign has been planned with the British Turkey Federation to promote Cranberries for Easter to be eaten with Turkey. Full color pages and full black-and-white pages in newspapers and magcizines are scheduled and the coverage ex- ceeds nine million readers. Plan- ning is under way to co-operate with British Turkey Federation and turkey breeders for Christmas 1965 and it is anticipated that the twelve million turkeys sold throughout Great Britain at Christ- mas will carry some form of pro- motion for American Cranberries. FROST CONTROL AND IRRIGATION COMPLETE SYSTEMS TAILORED TO MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS Famous Moulton Quick Coupler Solid Set Systems We have been designing and manufacturing irrigation equipment for over one quarter century. COMPLETE SYSTEMS — pumping units, pumps, power units, sprinklers. Aluminum or steel fittings made to order. Write or call for literature and details. Wisconsin representative: STUART PEDERSEN Rox 38 Warrens, Wisconsin MOULTON IRRIGATION COMPANY SOMERSET, WISCONSIN 54025 (formerly Withrow, Minnesota) EIGHTEEN ONE CRANBERRY HERBICIDE... DOES THE WORK OF SEVERAL! OEPESTER. casoron:g-4 CONTROLS ALL THESE WEEDS Broadleaf Weeds Controlled: Arrowleaved Tear Thumb Beggarticks Knotweed Loosestrife Marsh St. Johnswort Tideland clover Ragweed Sorrel Wild Strawberry Asters Buckbean Hawkweed Western Lilaeopsis Marsh Pea Plantain Smartweed (Marshpepper, Pennsylvania, Spotted, Swamp and Water) Important Miscellaneous Weeds Controlled: Bracken Fern Royal Fern Sensitive Fern Hair cap Moss Common Horsetail Water Horsetail (pipes) Rushes (Juncus spp.) Dodder Grass Weeds Controlled: Bluejoint Grass Rattlesnake grass (Manna grass) Summer grass Velvetgrass Bent Grasses Little Hairgrass Crabgrass Rice cutgrass Sedges Controlled: Bunch grass Muskrat grass Nutsedge (Nutgrass) Short Wiregrass Wideleaf grass Stargrass Woolgrass Cotton grass Needlegrass Oniongrass PACIFIC NORTHWEST In the Pacific Northwest two equal applications may be made in early spring with an interval of 3 to 6 weeks between treat- ments. Total application should be 100 pounds per acre. 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Phiiips-Duphar, The Netherlands NINETEEN In view of the fact that of all meats eaten in Great Britain more roast lamb and roast mutton are consumed than any other meat, it is envisaged that a special pro- motion to sell American Cran- berries through butchers' shops could be implemented, thus at- tempting to sell Cranberries together with meat and, of course, with poultry. GILBERT T. BEATON IN HOSPITAL FOLLOWING SURGERY Gilbert (Gibby) Beaton, of Jef- ferson Shores, Buzzards Bay and General Manager of exp-ort and freeh sales for Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. underwent sior- gery ait Tobey Hospital, Ware- ham, Mass. His condition on t!he 13th was reported by the hospital as "satisfactory." How long he will be hospitalized was not !known at that date. SECOND CRANBERRY HOUSE IN ORLEANS ON CAPE COD A second Cranberry house, modeled on the original house in Onset, Mass., will be opened by Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., in Orleans on the Cape in time for the coming summer season in Southeastern Massachusetts. The new Cranberry House is located in the town's village shopping center. In the luncheonette bakery visi- tors will be introduced, as they are at Onset, in more ways to enjoy cranberries at all seasons. "We are happy to locate our second Cranberry House in another southeast Massachusetts commun- ity, the fast-growing enterprising town of Orleans," says Edwin T. Moffit, director of retail sales. ►♦♦♦♦♦»»»»♦»♦»»»»»»»♦♦♦♦ CRANBERRIES is printed by COBB PRINTING, Inc. Kingston, Massachusetts Wilbur P. Jepson City Point Wis. — Wilbur P. Jepson, 45, former operator of a cranberry marsh here, died March 4 at his home, the victim of a heart attack. Funeral services were held at the Uniteid Church of Christ, City Point, Wisconsin with Rev. Paul Schippel officiating. Mr. Jepson was bom Feb. 3, 1920 in City Point and was edu- cated here and at a diesel school in Minneapolis. After serving in the Army Air Corps from Octo- ber, 1941 to the fall of 1945 he resided in Baltimore, Md., before returning to City Point in 1947. His marriage to the former Mabel Sadler took place April 3, 1947, in Annapolis', Md. Mr. Jepson is survived by his wife; a sion, David, at home: two brothers, Herbert C. Jepson, City Point, and Frank C. Jep- son, Arpin; and a sister, Mrs. Simon Kulinick, City Point. FERTILIZER REQUIREMENTS OF CRANBERRIES Continued from Page 15 determined by the linear growth of the uprights, the mumiber of uprights per square foot as well as the amount of runner growth. Rememiber too many uprights per square foot will reduce yield as well as not enough uprights. Two storage and repair building fires have occurred recently, one on property of Vernon Golds- worthy and the other on the Badger Cranberry Company of C. L. Lewis. Much equipment and supplies were lost in bcth blazes. Some insurance was carried in both cases. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Continued from Page 6 greater in the southern marshes due to the absence of heavy snow cover during the latter part of January and early February. The extended outlook for March calls for below normal precipitation and above normal temperatures. Much Ice Sanding; Sanding operations were contin- uing during the month in order to get finished before the March breakups. Reservoir ice in the south built up rapidly in late January and early February, with some areas reporting over thirty inches. Two Fires Destroy Buildings A number of growers were tak- ing their winter vacations during February, while a number now spend most of the winter in warmer climes. MASS. CRANBERRY STATION AND FIELD NOTES Continued from Page 4 during this period, kerosene at 600 to 800 gallons per acre for control of poverty grass. Casoron has also been added to the after harvest section at the rate of 100 pounds per acre of 4% granules for the control of cut grass, blue joint, summer grass, needle grass, nut grass, aster, marsh St.John's-wort, loosestrife, wool grass, cotton grass, mud rush, ragweed and sphagnum moss. Deletions on the weed chart included kerosene treatments for dulichium and cot- ton grass, iron sulfate treatments for haircap moss, sand spurry, smart weed and dodder, all fuel oil treatments, salt spray for wild bean, copper sulfate spray for nut grass, simazine treatment for manna grass and sand spurry, Chloro-IPC treatment for mud rush and horsetail, dalapon treat- ment after harvest for summer grass, cut grass and warty panic grass and stoddard solvent treat- ment after harvest for rushes and aster. Weather The month of February con- tinued the pattern of cold temper- atures that have now lasted for nine consecutive months, with the month ending up more than two degrees a day below normal. We approached winter killing condi- tions, with high continuous winds and below freezing day and night- time temperatures, on the week- end of the 19th to the 21st and some bogs that had lost the snow and ice cover were reflooded. Pre- cipitation for the month totalled 2.36 inches, which is one-third below the 30-year average at East Wareham. Snowfall was light, only 3.6 inches, or one-half of normal, after a record-breaking January. TWENTY Ks^ <^> ^ftJ-^**^^'! "You say it's been like this ever since you subscribed to Cranberries Magazine?" TWENTY-ONE Chloro IPC: Best thing for cranberries since turkey A treatment now with 20% Granular Chloro IPC on dormant, estabhshed cranberries can give your crop a strong start this spring. This selec- tive weed killer from PPG Chem- icals does its work against a long list of annual grasses and many broadleaved weeds, with a broad margin of tolerance to cranberry plants. Then Chloro IPC breaks down as temperatures rise, to elimi- nate buildup or carryover. TWENTY-TWO Chloro IPC, applied before bud break, controls: annual bluegrass . bentgrass . bluejoint grass • dodder . horsetail . loosestrife » rushes (Juncus) • sickle grass • turkeyfoot grass . velvetgrass (Massachusetts recommendations also include hair- cap moss, sorrel, hairy panic grass, corn grass, barnyard grass, crabgrass, tear thumb, fireweed and mud rush.) Uniform, hard Chloro IPC gran- ules are easy to measure and apply with ground or air equipment. For ful details, check your local extensio: service or write Pittsburgh Plat Glass Company, Chemical Divisior; One Gateway Center, Pittsburg!' Pennsylvania 15222. chloro Tpi j^dJtT^al^ ISSUE OF MARCH, 1965 VOL. 29 -NO. 11 EDITOR'S NOTE (Members of the industry have been invited to contribute articles and editorials during Mr. Hall's convalescence from, a serious illness. The first of these is' by George C. P. Olsson, President of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.) GUEST EDITORIAL The improvements in the cranberry busi- ness wliich first became apparent less than two years ago can be attributed to several factors. The first, perhaps, was the effect of the marketing order in bringing the industry from a surplus condition to a situation of balanced supply and demand. At the same time, the purchase of approximately 265,000 barrels of cranberries by the United States Department of Agriculture over a period of three years, for the School Lmich Program, contributed much to keep the retiun to grow- ers from being less than tiie cost of production. New and aggressive management at Ocean Spray with tlie subsequent promotion of Cranberry Juice Cocktail on a national basis has been a giant step forward; this plus the introduction of new product lines has en- abled tlie industry to use all the cranberries hai-vested in 1963 and 1964, without the use of the marketing order set aside or a School Lunch Program in 1964. One of the first direct results of aU of these factors has been substantial increase in return to growers. Another is the opening of the market for cranberry properties at greatly increased price per acre as compared to the prices received in the last five or ten years. There has been much activity in the cran- berry real estate market in the last year and a half. Some transactions involved sizeable acreage. As a result of the increased dollar retm-n per barrel, growers have been investing more dollars to improve their bogs and increase the r yield of existing acreage. One of the principle steps forward in Massachusetts has been the increased acreage put under overhead sprinklers. This should eventually eliminate the losses caused by frost and drought, increase yield per acre, and thereby reduce the cost of production of cran- beiTies per barrel. Sprinkler systems will have CLAKENCE J. HALL Editor and Publisher EDITH S. HALL — Associate Editor Wareham, Massachusetts SUBSCRIPTIONS, $4.(M) Per Year FOREIGN, $5.00 CORRESPONDENTS - ADVISORS Wisconsin LEO A. SORENSON Cranberry Consultant Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Washington Dr. CHARLES C. DOUGHTY Cranberry Specialist Long Beach. Wash. Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, Ore. Massachusetts Dr. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Mass. New Jersey P. E. MAKUCCI New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station New Lisbon, New Jersey been installed covering approximately 1800 acres during the four years from 1962 to 1965. 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See us for a chedb^^p «r complete overhaul — pricm mw MAIN STREET GARAGE Carver, Mass. Tel. UN 6-4582 aK&=te:iS=SC:lC=SfciS:ie=a=iei£=S£:i£=^=ifc Ibp Quality USED ' CARS Repairs on all makes Specializing in Chrysler-built cars Chrysler - Plymouth Valiant and Simca Robt. W. Savary Inc. East Wareham, Mass. Telephone 295-3530 Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Notes by IRVING E. DEMORANVILLE Extension Cranberry Specialist Cranberry Semiiiais The sixth in the series of cran- berry seminars was held on March 3 with Dr. Bert Zuckerman and Robert Norgren speaking. The topic was "Fungus and Virus Diseases of Cranberry Vines with comments on the Ectoparasitic Nematodes of Cranberry Soils.'' The group pres- ent was given the opportunity to examine under microscopes some of the rot fungi and nematodes that are found in cranberries and cranberry soils. The final seminar was held on March 10 with Dr. Cross and the Extension Specialist holding forth. In contrast to the earlier meetings where only one topic was discussed this meeting covered a number of subjects. "Cranberry PoUinaticn, Fertilizer Practices and Cranberry Varieties" were covered. We are planning to have each talk written by the individual that presented it. These will then be printed and bound as a proceedings by the University of Massachusetts. We are hopeful that copies will be available in the near future. The writer would like to take this opportunity to thank every- one whc helped make this project a success. There is considerably more work involved than meets the eye in making a series such as this into something worthwhile and not a sloppy mess. First of all, the men who presented information have a great deal cf pride in their work and spent considerable time and effort in organizing and pre- paring their subject. They will also spend more time in preparing the material so that it is in printable form. The outlines and manuscripts had to be typed and corrected and then re-typed. In addition, ques- tionaires were sent out, programs prepared and mailed, a suitable hall rented and many other dull details taken care of before "the shew could go on the road." This was a fine group effort and once again, thanks to each and every- one who played a part in making this project a success. Club Meetings The March series of cranberry club meetings were held at Kings- ton en March 16, Rochester on March 17 and Barnstable on March 18. Prof. William Tomlinscn pre- sented a talk on "Cranberry Insect Control," and also discussed his work wilh black light traps. "Bill" also presented some interesting in- formation on the sex life of the cranberry fruit wcrm moth. Dr. Bert Zuckerman spoke on fungicide trials and some cf his work with nsiratcdes. Dr. "Wes" Miller, our Station biochemist discussed "Pes- ticide Residue Problems" and explained some of the work he would be engaged in. The writer talked on "Weed Control for Cranberries'" with the major em- C.&L. EQUIPMENT CO. 1209 MAIN STREET ACUSHNET, MASS. Cranberry Bog Service PRUNING RAKING FERTILIZING WEED TRIMMING Machinery Sales PRUNERS POWER WHEELBARROWS RAKES WEED TRIMAy\ERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS - Large and Small For Further Information Call . . . F. P. CRANDON ROckwell 3-5526 C J. TRIPP WYman 5-2013 SUCTION EQUIPMENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS I :- 1 Information-Stote Problem \ NAME- ADDRESS- W. R. AMES COMPANY 4511 East Osborne Ave., Tampa, Florida 33610 A-2-65 phasis on the use of casoron. The clubs elected officers for the new season. The South Shore Club in Kingston re-elected "Stan" Briggs president; "Larry" Cole, vice-president, and "Bob" Alber- ghini, secretary - treasurer. The Cape Cod Club elected Carleton Collins president; Raymond That- cher, vice-president; Mrs. Hollidge, secretary, and Victor Adams, treas- urer. The Southeastern Massachu- setts Club in Rochester elected "Bob" St. Jacques president; "Dave" Mann, vice-president, and Russell Hiller, secretary-treasurer. Weather The month of March continued our cold pattern by being nearly 2 degrees a day below normal in temperature. This is the tenth con- secutive month with below normal temperature. Precipitation totalled only 1.82 inches, or approximately 3 inches below normal. Snowfall was only 4.4 inches, which was also below normal. Back in the Decem- ber issue of this magazine, mention was made in this column of Dr. Franklin's theory that if the months of April and November were below normal in teinperature, the winter was apt to be severe. This theory was certainly bourne out this winter. All four months had below normal temperatures and the total snowfall was about 70% above the 30-year average, with January recording the largest total monthly snowfall on record at the Cranberry Station. Frost Service The Cape Cod Cranberry Grow- ers Association is again sponsoring the telephone frost warning serv- ice. The telephone answering service at the Cranberry Station will also be in operation again this season. The answering service number is Wareham 295-2696 and is not listed in the telephone di- rectory, being intended only for the use of the cranberry growers. The radio stations will supplement - Dial — Station Place A.M. F.]\ /r. Aj ternoon Evenly WEEI, Boston 590 k. 103.3 mg. 2:00 9:00 WBZ, Boston 1030 k. 92.9 mg. 2:30 9:00 WPLM, Plymouth . . . 1390 k. 99.1 mg. 2:30 9:30 WOCB, W.Yarmouth. 1240 k. 94.3 mg. 3:00 9:30 WBSM, New Bedford 1230 k. 97.3 mg. 3:30 9:00 Bog Ditch Dike Building Cleaning Repairing* EQUIPMENT FOR HIRE Track Loaders and Rubber Tire Trucks and Bulldozers Backhoe Good Bog Sand Available P & L CO LOUIS LECONTE 866-4402 CARVER, MASS. the above services and are listed / below. I Preliminai'y Keeping Quality Forecast The Preliminary Keeping Qual- ity Forecast was issued by the Cranberry Station on April 5, it reads as follows: "Weather records through March show three points of a possible ten in favor of good keeping quality in this year's cranberry crop. Two current weather trends, however, are established and may persist through the spring: (1) Tempera- tures are running below normal, and (2) precipitation is averaging subnormal. We forecast fair to good quality fruit. Two other considerations should receive careful attention before the grower determines his management program : ( 1 ) in many areas water supplies are very short, and (2) it is increasingly profitable to raise good quality cranberries. "Late water" conserves dwindling water supplies, protects from frost as long as it is held, and it usually results in superior quality fruit.'' WANTED TO BUY Western Picker and Hayden Separator and Blower FRANCIS J. FARRELL, JR. 64 Swift's Beach Road Wareham, Mass. Tel. 295-0543 '.JiV4>-^-^-«av4i-4V4V4MV4MV3V4)--}V-b-U...l; ii- p-lV4u;)-4>aw4)-»-;vJV4)-4P-? Farm Credit Service T5ox 7, Taunton, Mass., 0 2781 Tel. 617 824-7578 Production Credit Loans Land Bank Mortgages • Office— 3 62, Route 44 RAYNHAM, MASS. Warren R. Arnold, Manager FOUR Issue of April 1965 -Vol. 29, No. 12 Second Class Postage Paid at Wareham, Massachusetts Post Office Published monthly at Wareham, Mnssachusetts Subscriptions ?4.00, Foreign, $5.00 per year. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C J. H N[ASSACHUSE11S Early March a Plus in Temperature The temperature tc the fifth of March was a plus 21. Rain came on the fifth, and there was a plus of 31 in temperature. There was rain on the sixth amounting to .37 hundredth of an inch. By the 11th the plus had increased to 58. H March to that date was more like April with the frequent showers and also not very much wind, as March normally is the month of high winds. Tlirns Colder On the 11th, the weather turned cold wth a minus four degrees. But the month was still a plus 52, with the departure from normal minus 6 and departure from nor- mal since the first of the year with departure from normal of 2.39. Crocus in Bloom March 13 Crocus were in bloom on the 13th, attesting perhaps to an early spring. Heavy Frost The morning of March 16 saw a heavy white frost and a temper- ature of 17 degrees was reached. There would be no harm to the CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Shocks, or Nailed Stock Always on Hand Let me repair your broken boxes-or repair them yourself. F. H. COLE North Carver, Mass. Tel. Union 6-3330 vines from this as the water was just being taken off and the vines^ according to Dr. "Chet" Cross, Mass. Experiment Station, the vines could have stood zero. Water Coming Oflf By the 16th the water was being drawn froin inost bogs and spring work had begun. Snow March 18 On the morning of the 18th people of Southeastern Mass. (the cranberry region) awakened to find seme snow on the ground, less than a half-inch, but nevertheless snow at that late date. Heavy Snow March 20 A heavy snow with high winds developed over the cranberry area. A total of three inches fell as re- corded by the Massachusetts Ex- periment Station. This was the first anything except spring-like in the month of March, which was very freakish. The departure from nor- mal that day was 11 degrees minus. Situ the temperature for the month to that date was a plus 45 degrees. Since January 1st, there was a minus of 178 degrees. The temperature for the 21st was a minus 14. More Light Snow The night of March 23 brought rain, turning to snow enough to whiten the ground. That day was one degree colder than normal. On the 26th there was heavy rain, ■which turned into thick fog at night-fall, making driving haz- ardous. March was a minus 14 by the 28th. More Snow On the 29th there was a snow- day of spring, but it certainly was AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS BOG SERVICE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS HAND SPRAYERS - TOOLS - POWER EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BRIGGS AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTER R. F. MORSE & SON, Inc. Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 fall of anywhere from an inch to four over the cranberry area, and this remained on the ground until the 30th. March Goes Out Lion-Like The 30th of March was cold with a departure of 11 from the norm. The last day of March was bright and sunny, but bitterly cold with a north wind. March ended more like early March or February. March came in lamb-like, but it went out like a lion, with the final day a cold minus 15 degrees. The departure from normal for the month was minus 54, and since January 1st, 252. Rainfall Down The average rainfall for March is 4.39 inches, but this March as recorded at the Cranberry Station was only 1.80 inches, of which 4.40 was in the form of snow. Cold Holds Crop Back Dr. Cross said the cold weather was holding the crop back and thus delaying the time for frost protection. On the whole, he called it a favorable mcnth. Water Supplies \ot Good He also said the water supply for the frost season fair in Barn- stable County (Cape Cod); not so good in lower Plymouth County and for the inland bogs especially scanty. April Starts Cold April 1st fooled everybody by being a day not at all like April, but the day brought a biting wind ihat chilled to the bone, even though the day was sunny. De- parture from normal was minus 7. April 2nd brought another chilly day with a light fall of snow in the cranberry region. Got Warmer On April 4th there was no departure from normal, but the de- pai-ture from normal for April was a big minus 17 and since January 1st, 269. On the 4th, the weather turned warmer and it appeared spring had come to the cranberry area. Robins were being seen and the tree toads, or "Pink Winks," were peeping. Hubbard INSECTICIDES FUNGICIDES HERBICIDES AVAILABLE ON THE CAPE FROM R. C. Mossman Horticultural Sales West Bridgewater, Mass. "he HUBBARD-HALL CHEMICAL CO Waterbury, Conn. NEW JERSEY March Cold March was considerably colder than normal. The temperature ave- raged 38.9° F., about 3° colder than normal. Five days with minimum temperatures below 20° F. more than cancelled out the two warm days when the temperature rose to above 60. The lows of 13 on March 21st and 15 on the 22nd were records for those dates. RainfaU Up The recent trend for drier than normal months was reversed dur- ing March. Rainfall totalled 4.26 inches, or about .58 inches more than the average for this month. This was only the second in the past 11 months during which it has not been deficient in rainfall. At the end of March the total 1965 precipitation stands at 9.37, or only .39 less than normal. OREGON A meeting of the Southwest Ore- gon Cranberry Growers was held last month in Therese Hall, Ban- don. Several growers had questions regarding the use of herbicides for weed control in cranberries. Gar- vin Crabtree, of the OSU Depart- ment of Horticulture, discussed 1965 cranberry weed control, recommending the use of Caseron. There was also discussion as to methods of application. The discussion on herbicides was in conjunction with a grow- ers' association meeting and it began with a pot luck supper. Those attending brought a hot dish, salad and dessert. Meat was furnished. The meeting was so well at- tended that seating space ran out, and a large hall will have to be used next time. Temperatures The Bandon area had wonder- ful weather and March had been a lamb (at least to the 13th). Temperatures were as follows: the first, 65 degrees; the second, 69; third, 65; the fourth, 64; the?| Continued on Page 22 "STAN" BRIGGS, DUXBURY, MASS., IS OLERICULTURIST, GROWING CRANBERRIES HE ALSO IS EMPLOYED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE— WANTS TO BE A FULL-TIME CRANBERRY GROWER Bij CLARENCE J. HALL College-trained in olericulture — the science of vegetable culture — and having been engaged in vegetable growing in Massachusetts, Florida and the Bahamas, R. (Ralph) Stan wood Briggs is now turned cranberry grower at Duxbury, Mass. Briggs is aso employed by the United States Department of Agriculture, stationed at Boston, as a fresh fruit and vegetable inspector, his main occupation. All of this, obviously, concerns agriculture in one phase or another and that is what young Briggs is interested in and, now with his major interest in cranberry cultivation, all his spare time goes into his cranberry venture. "Stan" comes by his interest in agriculture very naturally. His father, Kenneth Briggs, was en- gaged in greenhouse and vegetable activities (and was also a part- time employee of the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture. "Stan" was born in a hospital in Cohasset. May 25th, 1930, but was actually raised and went to school in ad- joining Scituate where the elder Mr. Briggs had his business. He was graduated from Scituate High in 1948. He had helped out in the greenhouse business of his father who raised, among other things, hothouse tomatoes and cucumbers. "Stan" then entered the Univer- sity of Massachusetts where he spent three years of a four-year course majoring in olericulture. At the end of that time he decided to go to Florida where he engaged in vegetable growing at Homestead and including the growing of corn and tomatoes, working for M. W. Alger of Bridgewater. His War Service Then Brigg's career in agricul- ture was temporarily interrupted by service in the U. S. Army. Briggs applied for a rating as a cook, a sort of service ordinarily scorned by the general GI. He was made a cook and, while in service from the winter of 1953 until 1956, he was stationed a large part of that time at West Point. He was discharged in January of 1956 and found his stint in the food service of the Army very satisfying. Fol- lowing his discharge, he returned to agriculture in Florida. This time the restless young "Stan" did not stay long in Florida. He came back to Massachusetts. In the meantime, his father had bought a bog in Duxbury. That summer of 1956 he worked for his father on the Duxbury property. After this first taste of cranberry work he decided to pull up stakes in Massachusetts again and, with four other young men, he went to Andros Island, the biggest of the Bahamas. There they engaged principally in the growing of ''stake'' tomatoes, which simply means the tomatoes were staked up to prevent them from lying on the ground. There was not much soil in the Bahamas, he recalls. as both the Florida and Bahamas areas have the same general coral foundation. He was in the Bahamas from November of 1956 until the spring of 1957. To Work for Mass. Department He then went to work for the Massachusetts Department of Agri- culture at Boston for a short time. He 'worked under the late Walter Piper, well-remembered in the cranberry industry and elsewhere, and under Warren Clapp. This was for a short period only. He went to Florida in the fall of 1957 and worked fcr the State Inspection Service. He was married in the fall of '58 to the charming Nancy Gilley of Scituate, who today helps him and takes much interest in his cranberry work. When asked how he controlled the weeds on his bog, he looked at Mrs. Briggs and she said she often found time to help him in this work. He bought his father's bog, which is off Congress street in the north- ern part of Duxbury, in 1959. He has eight acres of bog in bearing, this being part of an old property which at one time had about 35 in bearing. Duxbury Bog Old This is one of the older and per- haps better regional bogs and was built perhaps as far back as the SHAWMUT GLASS CONTAINERS, INC. Representing KNOX GLASS, INC. 25 EAST STREET CAMBRIDGE 41, MASS. ' ''/-i;^'fe"* ■■ ^' ft.'. ^ OS ■^J' 1880's or 1890's and he says has had a number of owners. He named a few who are or were well known in the Massachusetts cranberry industry. One distinct asset of this bog, he says, is that it has a "fabulous" water supply. Built IJogside House A year after he was married, the Briggs's built a handsome 'Cape Cod" type of house on Con- gress street at what might be called the head of the bog. This means they live at bog-side as not too many Massachusetts growers do, although many are so situated in Wisconsin and particularly en the West Coast. This bogside house he considers one of his greatest assets, and he says he has been told by other growers that "he has it made," in this arrangement. So he wastes no time in getting to and from his residence to his bog and can be at work, or frost- ing, by simply walking out of his door and down a short slope to his bogs. He, "Stan," entered the employ of the United States Department of Agriculture in 1958, working out of the Federal cfRce at 480 Atlantic avenue, Boston. He is in the in- spection service of the USDA for fresh fruit and vegetables, this inspection not being required, but sought by many who bring produce into the Boston produce terminal. Most of his work concerns truck or carload lots of produce, which he checks and certifies as to grade and condition under the supervision of J. L. Marness, who is in charge of the Boston office. Other parts of his work are certifying produce for export and some quality con- trol work. His Occupations Mesh Well This, his main position, he con- siders an admirable occupation with which to pursue the growing of cranberries as a side business. For one thing, he says, he some- times is required by his inspection work to be on the job by six o'clock in the mornings, at other times at 8. When he begins his 8 -hour day at six a. m., he is free by mid-afternoon and that gives him the remainder of the daylight hours to do bog work. He can reach the Federal office in Boston in about 45 minutes from his home in Duxbury. He also says the federal service is very go:d with vaca'.ion time allowance, being given four weeks a year. He has been able to arrange his vacation time to give him the necessary time ofi:', for instance, to accomplish his harvesting in the fall. His bog property is not strictly one of peat, but really one cf shal- low peat, and as stated there were originally some 35 acres, but much of this has been permitted to become run out. The entire prop- erty consists of some 72 acres with a long frontage on Congress and Franklin streets. Bog Has Excellent Water As to his water supply, this comes from a spring-fed pond of six to seven acres which lies across Congress street. He says he has been told the flow from this is as much as 1,000 gallons a minute, and this source seems to be never failing. The prcperty is all gravity- flowed and he does not find it necessary to re-use any of this water, but permits it to flow by gravity into the so-called South River and then into the North River and thence into Cape Cod Bay. He could, if necessary, retain a part of this by diverting it to a small reservoir, via a canal more than a mile long which runs along the north side of the bog. He can put on a frost flow in about two hours and take it off in about the same time. At present he is one of the comparatively small number of growers who perhaps would not like to put in sprinkler systems, as he finds his water resources so ample and well arranged that this is not especially desirable. He has no less than 24 flumes to care for when frcst or winter flooding, but living on the property he does not find this task unduly arduous. Itebuilding 4 Acres His bearing acres are six in Late Howes and two in Early Blacks. He is now rebuilding four acres, one of which has been set to Early Blacks and the other three will be. "I want a better balance in the varieties," he says, "than I have at present.'' With the acreage now run out and the water system, he can, if he chooses in the future, and he does intend to, put in quite a bit more acreage to bring up his total. His production on the eight acres to date has run from 330 barrels to 800. Harvest in 1963 amounted to 620 barrels, which is well above the Massachusetts average barrels per acre. This bog property, he says, does not have good sand easily avail- able, as it is mostly gravelly, although perhaps some good pits could be opened up. Briggs says that actually the best sand supply is where he built his home. So, he has generally found it better to buy sand. The bogs are not especially weedy, the worst weeds being wild bean, goldenrod, bull-briar, gold thread and poison ivy, all of which are, of course, bad. For -weed con- trol he has used some Chloro IPC, and some Simazine, the results with the latter he is not too happy TAKE ADVANTAGE of the BETTER things of life. The efficient USE OF ELECTRICITY is one of these better things — efficient use in power for cranberry bog operations, and in the home. Plymouth County Electric Co WAREHAM CYpress 5-0200 PLYMOUTH Pilgrim 6-1300 NINE about. He is very much interested in the new herbicide Casorin. Then, of course, as previously stated, there is some hand weeding done, in which Mrs. Briggs has taken part. Uses Air Sei'vice In the application of insecticides, Briggs depends upon Aerial Spray- ers, Inc., of Marshfleld, Thomas S. Weitbrecht (Whitey), president. One thing in which "Stan" is very enthusiastic, he says, is that he is a firm believer in the theory of Dr. C. E. Cross, director of Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station, in that the drier a bog can be oper- ated, especially in winter flowage, the better. "I put the winter flood on only when and as long as it seems absolutely necessary to pre- vent actual winterkill. Living right here on the bog, I can do that and except when a really bitter cold spell is expected I leave the water off. I put it on and off during the winter when it seems necessary, off most of the time." This is because of the fact that he has such an adequate supply of water. Briggs harvests with two West- ern Pickers, operating one machine himself and using the other, some- times with the help of a woman operator and sometimes with help of several high school boys. With a Western a winnowing process is necessary and he does this with a small blower on the dikes. Sells Through Ocean Spray Briggs sells through Ocean Spray. He says, for one thing, the services offered a small grower like himself are very valuable. "However," he adds, "that does not mean that I do not admire the independents. I really think there should be more competition in the cranberry industry. If there was more and harder competition, I think we would have a better cran- berry business. I would like to see more real competition." Opposed to Marketing Order Briggs was one of those who opposed the cranberry marketing order at the hearings. He says, "I work for the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture and of course respect it, but I do not think the cranberry industry should have gone running to it to solve the cranberry surplus problem. I think it could have been worked out in some way within the industry without government assistance. I think this was an industry problem which shculd have been solved within the industry by ourselves." Briggs is a member of the Mas- sachusetts Advisory Board of Ocean Spray, a group termed experimentally in the spring of 1963. There are two such mem- bers for each of 13 Massachusetts cooperative directors. William M. Atwood of Wareham is the head of the board. The directors in Stan'.-; area are President George C. P. Olsson cf Plymouth and Elmer E. Raymond of Bridgewater. These are directors from the Kingston, Duxbury and Plymouth area. The members of the Board are elected by the growers of the area and serve for two years. Their job is to act as liaison men between the Ocean Spray directors and the growers, bringing growers' sugges- tions and ideas to the directors of their district. Then the directors consider these suggestions at their own meetings. The working ar- rangement is very similar to that on the West Coast, where such a board with area representatives, has been in effect since Ocean Spray assumed its present pro- portion of cranberry tonnage there. Briggs feels that this is an excel- lent idea both for the progress of the cooperative and for the indi- vidual grower as the grower assumes a greater importance, or more specifically his ideas do in the program of Ocean Spray. For equipment Briggs has his truck and a Carlson Mfg. Com- pany "carry-all" rig. As he engages in his renovation plan, he uses the "scrapings" to build up and widen his dikes, so that now he can drive around many of them. Doesn't Mind Hard Work Briggs is a lean, but muscular 6-footer, who does not mind doing HELICOPTER PEST CONTROL qqtns ^irwaus I I NORWOOD, MASS. ' DUSTING and SPRAYING RAY MORSE 8c SON. Agents TEL. 295-1553 hard physical woi-k on the bogs. ■'Does he plan to stay in cranberry growing?'' "Yes," he says, ''we do. We were not in the business when cranberry prices were high, so we do not have that to compare with. We plan to keep on growing, and we ^vould like to be able to make a complete livelihood frcin our cran- berry business." "We like it very much, living on the bog. We like agriculture, and I mean it when I say I think there is nothing prettier than a well- kept cranberry bog." The bog-side home in which the Briggs live has spacious rooms and is built into the side of a hill, sloping toward the bog. This per- mits on a lower level, a recreation room, bedrooms and a two-car garage, with a terrace looking out over the bog. There are three chil- dren: Kenneth 5, Beverly 4, and Robert 1. The Briggs have also started at their bog-side home a small nurs- ery business of evergreens, about 1600 trees in all — yews, juniper and some Christmas trees. His USDA position and his cran- berry work take up all his time, he says. The only organizations he belongs to are the South Shore Cranberry Club and Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association. The Briggs attend the Unitarian Church. Recently he started work- ing with Boy Scouts in Duxbury. FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL TRADE IS BIG BUSINESS FOR U. S. Agricultural exports and imports are a booming business in the United States, affecting the entire nation's economy. The United States is the world's largest ex- porter of farm products. The value of these exports is $6.1 billion, of the fruits are $274 million, which would include cranberries. (For- eign Agriculture, Weekly Maga- zine of the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture) ^«rl£=SS=S=l£::a£=SS=SjrS&aE=i£=fti£3^^ READ CRANBERRIES TWELVE REDUCE LABOR COSTS AND IMPROVE FRUIT QUALITY WITH FROST PROTECTION BY FMC TROPIC BREEZE WIND MACHINES Tropic Breeze Wind Machines have been widely used in citrus groves and orchards. They are a thoroughly proven piece of equipment. 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FLORIDA □ Please send me sales literature on Tropic Breeze Wind Machines n Please have sales engineer contact me ADDRESS (RFD)_ ,5 00 S .J X 1^ » Sa (Si c ^ OJ [/ o cu (T r/l Si ^ un ^ ■^ S O -C S^ C O hJ -s a o So •^ -» cs C3 « ' 5i s^ ^1 b b X5 11 u s n X! rt s s u Si t4H S o o u 0) ;« ^ ^ B o o ;h ^ < > u > THIRTEEN Floyd Shoi'tridge (left), retiring president of the Soutlnvest Oregon (lanberry Club, hands records over to >Ir. and Mrs. Howard Hull, new officei's. Mrs. Hidl will serve as secretary during 1965. Mr. Hull takes over the reins as president. (Photo provided through the courtesy of Fi-ed Hagelstein, Coos County agricultural agent.) Encouraging the Bumble Bee in Washington hy CARL JOHANSEN, Associate Entomologist and ROBERT HUTT, Experimental Aide Washington State University- Pullman, Washington A small, golden-tipped bumble bee, Bombus mixtus, is the most important pollinator of cranberries in Washington. Following are sug- gestions for encouraging this species and other bumble bees: (1) Provide hives for protection from weather and natural enemies. Individual units can be constructed from % inch lumber and inside measurements should be about 6x6x6 inches. Six single units can be conveniently prepared from the following material: (a) 10 feet of 1 x 8 lumber cut into 10-inch lengths (forms '* tops and bottoms with Vz inch overhang) (b) 6V2 feet of 1 x 8 lumber cut into 6y2-inch lengths (forms ends) (c) 71/2 feet of 1 x 8 lumber cut into 7 1/2 -inch lengths (forms sides which should be nailed inside end pieces) Several nesting units can be provided in one large box with partitions. Lengths of plastic pipe, % inch inside diameter and about 18 inches long, can be attached to the entrance hole of each nest unit by means of plastic couplings (% inch inside diameter). Pipe or hose sections with diameter as small as V2 inch are large enough for the cranberry bee and have the added value of protection from shrews. Shrews are also deterred by pipe entrances through 1 x 10 rough lumber held vertically, with or without a 6-inch square of sheet metal around the opening. Bumble bees will accept a nest entrance formed by a 2-3 inch black tube or simply a hole drilled in rough lumber. However, it is important that the opening be well contrasted with surroundings by black paint or black pipe. Aeration holes (screened on the inside) should be provided just under the cover. Nest boxes should be placed on the surface of the ground and mounded with cran- berry prunings or other well- drained materials. Boxes should be placed on high ground adjacent to the bogs where they will not become too wet. Small drainage holes should be provided in the bottom. Exits from the plastic pipe entrance tunnels should open through a near vertical face cut from the sod or constructed from lumber and should face away from the direction of prevailing winds. The nest is pi'ovided with uphol- sterer's cotton or similar soft material (enough to make a ^2 inch layer halfway up the sides and across the floor) . Painting the hives will help preserve them for several seasons' use. We are currently investigating the effectiveness of hives con- structed from 11/2 to 3-quart metal cans. The top is entirely removed and the upper portion is flanged and attached to short sections of 1 X 10 rough lumber. A number of aeration and drainage holes are cut in the sides of the can. Metal portions are covered with cran- berry prunings or sod to protect the bees from adverse temperature changes. Such hive units are cheap and easy to build and may be more practical to construct annually, rather than removal, clean-up, and storage of nest boxes. (2) Flowering plants which bloom during April or May and are frequented by bumble bees should be planted near the bogs. Spring months are a critical time for the overwintering queen bum- ble bees which start the new colonies. Darwin barberry, Spring- wood White and Marguerite Smith heathers, most fruit trees, Nanking cherry, Japanese quince, Russatum and Glomerulatum azaleas, and English laurel bloom at the right time and are attractive to bumble bees in coastal Washington. (3) Providing small containers of honey inside the nest boxes will help sustain the queen during in- clement weather and greatly in- crease the chances of producing a large colony. Small bottle caps V2 to % inch inside diameter are useful for this purpose. Honey in larger containers should be covered FOURTEEN really the berries for. . /i BEAN solid set bog irrigation systems John Bean Shur-Rane solid set bog systems are ideally suited to meet the needs of any cranberry grower. Minimum gallonage. Special VA" or 2" solid set couplers for use with lightweight, low-cost aluminum tubing. Easy, twist-of-the-wrist coupling action. Wide, flat footpads keep sprinklers upright. Also available: conventional portable systems and Sequa-Matic automatic sequencing systems for crops and lawns. see your authorized shur-rane distributor or write factory for information MASSACHUSETTS Hayden Separator Company Wareham, Massachusetts Roman R. Skibiski Sunderland, Massachusetts NEW JERSEY C. H. Roberson, Inc. Freehold, New Jersey & Heightstown, N.J. Parkhurst Farm & Garden Supply Hammonton, New Jersey NEW YORK W. E. Haviland, Inc. Highland, New York Tryac Truck & Equipment Riverhead, Long Island, New York NOVA SCOTIA R. W. DeWolfe, Ltd. Wolfville, Nova Scotia RHODE ISLAND (CAPE COD) Darbco, Inc. Providence, Rhode Island WISCONSIN Sawyer Farm & Orchard Supply Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin David Slinger Randolph, Wisconsin Kinnamon Saw & Mower Supply Co. Baraboo, Wisconsin Reinders Brothers, Inc. Elm Grove, Wisconsin John D. Roberts Black River Falls, Wisconsin AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT ^m\ JOHN BEAN DIVISION } Lansing,, Michigan % FIFTEEN with a piece of paper and a small hole punched in the center, so the queen can feed without becoming stuck. (4) Mirex ant bait formulated on corncob pellets is effective in controlling ants and is non-toxic tO' the bees. A teaspoonful can be placed in the bottom of each nest. (5) Hives should be placed near the cranberry bogs during March. Although we have had natural acceptance of the boxes by the bees, queen bumble bees may be captured and carefully placed in the hives. If they are fed a small amount of honey and confined to the box for one day, they may accept the nest and start a colony. For best results, hives should be collected and cleaned out after the bee colony cycle is over (after August 15) and placed out again the following spring. Can nests are simply picked up and discarded, so build-up of predators and diseases is not encouraged in the area. (6) When spraying the bogs for insect pest control, be sure to keep away from natural or artificial nest areas. The application at Late Hook Stage is particularly hazardous to pollinating insects. Be sure to avoid spraying after the blossoms open. Late Bloom is another appli- cation time which can be hazard- ous to bees. Do not apply this treatment before 80% of the blos- soms have dropped. PUBLIC HEARING AT WISCONSIN RAPIDS MAY 12th PUERTO RICAN WAGE SCALE IN GARDEN STATE A farmer negotiating committee of New Jersey has returned from Puerto Rico with a contract for farm labor during 1965. The new contract, which was negotiated with the Government of Puerto Rice, calls for an increase in the hourly wage of Puerto Rican farm workers to $1.10 an hour, which began April 1st. There was also a bcnus to be paid those workers who stay until Nov. 1. On Sept. 3, first pay day in Sep- tember, the minimum goes to $1.15 plus the five-cent bonus. The increase, including the bonus, amounts to a 20% increase over last year. Wisconsin To Have Referendum On Marketing Order The director of the Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture has called a hearing to once more consider a proposed State market- ing order for Wisconsin cran- berries. This hearing will be held at the Auditorium, Court House, Wisconsin Rapids, May 12th, be- ginning at 10 a. m. It will be a public meeting. If the growers vote in the mar- keting order there will be a director who will be the Director of the Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture, who at present is D. N. McDowell. There will be an advisory board of five members to assist the di- rector if the order is voted in. The board members shall be active producers engaged in the business of growing cranberries. Members shall be nominated and elected in accordance with the provisions of the Wisconsin Agricultural Act (section 96.14). At the time of the referendum each producer will vote for all five ' positions. The individuals receiv- ing the highest number of votes will assume active membership on the advisory board. The five re- ceiving the next highest number of votes will be the alternate members. The assessment on each grower during the effective period of the order is to be two (2Ofl Sei'ond-K5an«l Pit-king IJoxe.s for Sale THEO THOMAS MAIN STREET NORTH CARVER, MASS. Tel. UNion 6-3351 D THIS DROP OF WATER SEEKS ROOTS D IT KNOWS WHERE IT HAS TO 60, AND IT GETS THERE AT THE RIGHT TIME AT LESS COST D NOT ALL DROPS ARE AS TALENTED D D D ONLY THOSE GUIDED BY BUCKNER SPRINKERS Buckner Sprinklers are engineered to give you the best possible w^ater dis- tribution for effective penetration in any soil condition. Whatever you grow, wherever you grow it, there's a Buckner Sprinkler specially designed to give you optimum irrigation at minimum cost and water waste, What do you need? Slow or rapid rotation? Heavy or light precipitation? Close, wide or extra-wide spacing? High or low angle? Frost control? Buckner has them all in the widest range of sizes — with or without the patented sandproof, low-friction GDG Bearing, dry-sealed for trouble-free operation and extra years of service. Get full information on over 50 Models froni 840 through 890 with coupon below. Buckner. INDUSTRIES, INC. WORLD'S LEADING SPRINKLER MANUFACTURER BUCKNER INDUSTRIES, INC. P.O. Box 232, Fresno, California 93708 Please send catalog and name of nearest dealer. NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP TWENTY-ONE BANDON, ORE. WATER SUPPLY Ray Bates of Bandon, Oregon, was one of a group studying the water supply for the Bandon area. Howard Hull, president of the South Western Cranberry Club, was another. Quinten Bowman, cf the Oregon Water Resources Board, acted as chairman at a meeting in the City Hall at Bandon. The meeting has a representative from the various groups. Attending also were repre- sentatives of other state and Fed- eral agencies working in the field of water source development. crop in 1965, according to Ray Bates, who sent in these notes. BIG MASS. BOG PROPERTIES CHANGE HANDS The Three M. Bogs in East Middleboro, Mass., owned by Mar- cus M. Urann, Mina Urann, Max- ine Urann, children of Mrs. and the late Carl Urann have been sold. The purchaser is the Edgewood Bogs, Division of Edgewood Trust, Willard A. Rhodes, Trustee. This is the same Trust that owns the Edgewood Bogs in Rochester, Mass., formerly the Cowen prop- erties, and also the old Three M Bogs on Wenham Pond in North Carver, Mass., recently owned by Zagorski. The Edgewood Trust is a sepa- rate enterprise with its office in the Pierce Building in Middleboro. the Three M. bogs are of 27 acres in a 200-acre tract of land. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Continued from Page 6 fifth, 64; sixth, 62; seventh, 57; eighth, 55; ninth, 65. Night-time temperatures were often below freezing on several occasions. Sprinklei's Started Sprinklers were started because of the spring-like weather. Bog Work Growers have been taking ad- vantage of the spring weather to clean ditches, prune and other spring work. Crop Prospects Good Everything points to a good WASHINGTON March Amazing Month Weatherwise March was an amazing month. The first 15 days had no measureable precipitation, but the weather was warm, dry, sunny with clear, cold nights, all most unusual for the Long Beach area. The last two weeks of the month were somewhat rainy, but even so not as wet as is normal for March. Total rainfall f cr March was 2.14 inches. Temperatiii e Out of Character The temperature was also out of character. There were 22 days with a recorded high of more than 50 degrees, and an actual high tem- perature of 72 on one day. The mean high was 56.4 degrees. The mean low was 35.5 degrees with an actual low temperature of 15 degrees being recorded on the Ex- periment Station bog the night of the 18th. PORTABLE 24'-GA. RAILROAD 2,000 ft. welded 15-ft. sections 20-lb. rail, curves, switches and accessories. 11/2 ton Brookville locomotive. 12 one-yd. V-dump cars and extra set resanding bodies. TO BE SOLD AS A UNIT Russell A. Trufant 15 Frank St. Middleboro, Mass. CASORON IS AVAILABLE IN MASSACHUSETTS from R. F. MORSE & SON West Wareham Tel. 295-1553 Sprinklers Used These conditions, of course, necessitated much sprinkling for frost protection. This, coupled with the two dry weeks the first part of March, caused the water table to drop sharply and a few of the growers were worrying about a possible shortage of water with which to sprinkle, when the rains came back and night tem- peratures warmed up. Pruning Completed By the first of April practically all the pruning was completed. Growers were in the process of planting and applying herbicides. WISCONSIN Spring Late in Wisconsin Spring was coming late to Wis- consin. March saw average tem- peratures drop from four to six degrees below normal, with pre- cipitation about the norm.al of 2.5 ( ? '/2 ) inches mostly in the form of snow. The month began with a snow cover and ended with a snow cover. The high reading for the month was 44 on the ninth and the lowest was minus twelve on the 21st. There was a total of six days with below zero read- ings with the coldest readings during the 18th to 27th. During this period, temperatures varied from 9 to 24 degrees below nor- mal. Fiu*ther for the record, there were 19 days of below normal temperatures and 12 days of nor- mal or above. All in all, it was a IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SEE YOUR MILLER DEALER or MILLER FIELDMAN for CASORON MILLER PRODUCTS CO. 7737 N. E. Killingsworth Portland 18, Oregon TWENTY-TWO ONE CRANBERRY HERBICIDE... 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Total application should be 100 pounds per acre. Supplies of DE-PESTER CASORON G-4 are available from; Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. 321 12th Avenue South Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin Miller Products Co. 7737 N. E. Killingsworth Portland, Oregon R. F. Morse & Son, Inc. Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Massachusetts Parkhurst Farm & Garden Supply 301 Whitehorse Pike Hammonton, New Jersey Cranberry Products, Inc. Eagle River, Wisconsin Indian Trail, Inc. Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin DE-PESTER CASORON is a Product of THOMPSON-HAYWARD CHEMICAL COMPANY Subsidiary of Philips Electronics and Pharmaceutical Industries, Corp., Inc. Kansas City, Missouri 64141 * CASORON is a registered trademark of N. V. Philips-Duphar, The Netherlands TWENTY-THREE 'iood month to put behind and into ;he record books. The outlook for \pril calls for temperatures to be slightly below nonnal and about lormal precipitation. Work Delayed The cold weather and snow :over curtailed early spring work 3n the marshes. Winter flood re- TLOval dates would probably be ielayed pending warmer weather as frost depths were expected to 36 quite deep in the beds and growers were urged to watch out for spring killing. Last year most For Sale UNIT SHOVEL Model 514 8 Cyl. Chrysler Good Condition VARIETY FARMS, INC. Hammonton, N. J. Area Code 609 - 561-0612 Eve. - 561-1768 of tlie southern marshes had re- moved winter floods by April 9. The heavy snow cover would prob- ably slow the melting process down. All areas were receiving the snow cover, which was hoped to build up the depleted reservoirs. There was some early thawing in March, accompanied by some washouts of reservoir bulkheads. Washouts could be a problem on the heavier soils due to the deep frost. Deep frost will probably delay the melted snow in seeping into the ground. sanding and pruning went on. Im- provements were made to sprinkler systems. All of which shows the optimistic spirit at Grayland. With a little gocd weather at the right time there should be a good crop this year. (Editor's Note: The above came from Dave Pryde at Grayland.) NOTES FROM GRAYLAND, WASH. The first 18 days of March brought beautiful weather to the Grayland area in Washington. The days were sunny and warm. Tem- peratures ran from the 50's to 73 with corresponding cold nights, mostly in the 20's. Only .06 of an inch of rain on the 17th. Several cf the younger growers were putting in one to three acres of new bog. A good deal of re- MARCH COLD AND SNOWY IN Wise. The night of March 24 brought a low cf 32 degrees below zero to Eagle River in Wisconsin, and temperatures were almost as low for the preceding week. Growers were still sanding on the ice. There has been some snow in the central part of Wisconsin, which meant a lot to the growers there as they were extremely short of water, and this helped to alle- viate the situation. 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Ask about our unique rental and lesse-purchase plans. Tel. 295-0506 Tel. 548-0723 I TWENTY-FIVfi Chloro IPC: Best thing for cranberries since turkey A treatment now with 20% Granular Chloro IPC on dormant, established cranberries can give your crop a strong start this spring. This selec- tive weed killer from PPG Chem- icals does its work against a long list of annual grasses and many broadleaved weeds, with a broad margin of tolerance to cranberry plants. Then Chloro IPC breaks down as temperatures rise, to elimi- nate buildup or carryover. Chloro IPC, applied before bud break, controls: annual bluegrass • bentgrass • bluejoint grass • dodder . horsetail . loosestrife » rushes (Juncus) • sickle grass • turkeyfoot grass • velvetgrass (Massachusetts recommendations also include hair- cap moss, sorrel, hairy panic grass, corn grass, barnyard grass, crabgrass, tear thumb, fireweed and mud rush.) Uniform, hard Chloro IPC gran- ules are easy to measure and apply with ground or air equipment. For full details, check your local extension service or write Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Chemical Division, One Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222, chloro Tpc TWENTY-SIX fidjt>sjal3 ISSUE OF APRIL, 1965 VOL. 29 -NO. 12 ^^^^!^ciw>«o^ GUEST EDITORIAL NEW JERSEY YIELDS SHARPLY UP In the August, 1964 issue of CRANBER- RIES, Josh Hall "joshed" New Jersey m an editorial entided, "Wake Up New Jersey on Cranberries." The final statistics are not yet in but it is beHeved that in 1964 close to 150,000 barrels were produced in New Jersey on about 2600 acres. Tliis is a respectable average of about 57 barrels per acre. We have searched the records and can find no year in wliich the yield per acre was greater in this state. There are several serious disadvantages to growing cranbenies in New Jersey. We are probably on tlie exti'eme southern range of cranberr)^ growing, almost at a point where it is a marginal crop. False blossom disease spreads much more rapidly here than in any of tlie other cranberry regions. Moreover weather conditions favor the fruit rots and several destructive insects. These are not excuses for the fact that bog management practices on most New Jersey bogs have not been as good as in other areas. However there is good evidence that yields per acre are chmbing sharply and v^U continue to do so. Philip E. Marucci New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station New Lisbon, New Jersey THE TACTICAL AND THE STRATEGIC IN FRUIT GROWING The military terais tactical and strategic differentiate between the immediate and the long range plan. Tactical impHes cleverness and skill in maneuvering forces in action against the enemy — the battle. Strategic refers to man- aging and planning and arranging large forces into the most advantageous positition prior to actual engagement. They point up the differences between battle and a war. Many a battle has been won and a war lost; con- versely many a battle has been lost but the war won. So with the fruit business, we have tac- tical problems of immediacy and we have CLARENCE J. HALL Editor and Publisher EBITII S. HALL — Associate Editor Wareham, Massachusetts SUBSCRIPTIONS, $4.00 Per Year FOREIGN, $5.00 CORRESPONDENTS - ADVISORS Wisconsin LEO A. SORENSON Cranberry Consultant "Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Washington Dr. CHARLES C. DOUGHTY Cranberry Specialist Long Beach. Wash. Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, Ore. Massachusetts Dr. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Mass. New Jersey P. E. MARUCCI New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station New Lisbon, New Jersey the sti-ategic problems of long range. 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Box 152 Madison, Wis. CORRUGATED CULVERT PIPE FLOW GATES Felker Bros. Mfg. C«. MARSHFIELO WISCONSIN Phone 230 - 231 SPRINKLER SYSTEMS PUMPS HIGH CAPACITY WELLS ROBERTS IRRIGATION SERVICE STEVENS POINT WISCONSIN WENTY-EIGHT SERVING THE WISCONSIN GROWERS FOR SALE SEARLES JUMBO HOWES, McFARLIN Vines for delivery in 1965 $150 Ton F.O.B. Ben Lears $750 Ton Stevens $1000 Ton INTERESTED IN PURCHASING WISCONSIN CRANBERRY PROPERTIES Vernon Ooldsworthy B.S. & M.S. University of Wisconsin C!ranberry Consultant Fees Reasonable EAGLE RIVER WISCONSIN DANA MACHINE & SUPPLY CO. Wis. Rapids, Wis. MFG. of: SPRAY BOOMS GRASS CLIPPERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS Getsinger Retracto Tooth Pickers Dryers DISTR. of: VEE BELTS and PULLEYS SPROCKETS and BEARINGS ROLLER CHAINS CONVEYOR BELTING STEEL READ CRANBERRIES OUR PRODUCTS Strained Cranberry Sauce Whole Cranberry Sauce Cansweets Diced Cransweets Cranberry Apple Sauce Cranberry-Strawberry Preserves Cranberry-Cherry Preserves Cranberry-Pineapple Preserves Cranberry-Raspberry Preserves Cranberiy-Rhubard Preserves Cranberry-Gooseberry Preserves Spiced Cranberries Cranberry Chilli Sauce Cranberry Bar-B-Q Sauce Cranberry Orange Relish Cranberry Vinegar Cranberry Juice Cran-Beri Cran-Vari Cran-Pviri Cranberry Puree Cran-Bake Sliced and Whole Maraschino Cranberries Consumer Size & Bulk Fresh Cranberries Cranberry Products, Inc. EAGLE RIVER, WISCONSIN WISCONSIN HEADQUARTERS FOR INSECTICIDES — FUNGICIDES HERBICIDES DUSTS — WETTABLE POWDERS — EMULSIONS PARATHION — MALATHION FERBAM — SIMAZINE DITHANE M - 22 (Maneb) WEED RHAP 20 SEVIN Hopkins Agricultural Chemioal Co. p. O. BOX 584 Phone : MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53701 Area Code 608 257-1019 YOU Are Reading This Ad— Others Will Read Yours in CRANBERRIES In 1965, Ocean Spray will handle enough cranberries to fill 100,000 standard-size station wagons. Not that we plan to fill even one station wagon, but it does give you an idea of Ocean Spray's size and leader- ship in the cranberry industry. Size and leadership mean steady growth, financial security and business stability. If you are not a part of Ocean Spray, and in- terested in knowing more, contact any Director or Staff Member in your area. Ocean spray CRANBERRIES, INC.