* UMASS/AMHERST * 312066 0333 2958 6 DDDDDDDDaDDDDDDDDDDDaDDDaDDDDDDD D D D D D J^-^\ D O \ ^Mj^^? g D D D UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS g B LIBRARY B a B D . D D -^—^"^^ D D . D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D O D D D D > D D D D a O D D D D D n D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D O D D □ D D D -— — -=======;====i ^ D D D D DDDDDDDaDDDDDDaDDDDDaDDDDDDDDDDa fin RVINC A $40,000,000 A YEAR INDUSTRY \PE COD EW JERSEY IVISCONSIN OREGON WASHINGTON CANADA LACKS t» V . 30 : 5 WILHO and EINO HARJU — Good Cranberry Growers of Carver, Massachusetts. Cranberries Phot 40 Cents MAY, 1965 DIRECTORY For CRANBERRY GROWERS Federal Paper Board Company, bic. 970 Fellsway Medford, Mass. Tel. Export 5-5305 Manufacturers of Folding Cartons and Displays Wareham Savings Bank WAREHAM and FALMOUTH Savings Accounts Loans on Real Estate Safe Deposit Boxes to Rent Phone CYpress 5-3800 Kimball 8-3000 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 The National ,^Bank of ,,Wareham for Cranberry M*n Complete Banlyng ServiJ ,tllASS. sounl loans The CHARLES W. HARRIS Company 451 Old Somerset Ave. North Dighton, Mass. AMES Irrigation Systems Sprinklers Weed Killers Insecticides Fungicides Kiekens - Dvisters and Sprayers mber Federal Deposit Insuraijfce Corp. EQUIPMBn HAYDEN - SEPARATOR - WAREHAM, MASS. Irrigation Systems PUMPS SEPARATORS - BLOWIERS SCREENHOUSE EQUIPMINf DARLINGTON PICKING MACHmES Extensive Experience in ELECTRICAL WORK ALFRED PAPPI At Scre«nhousca, Bogs and Pumps Means Satisfaction WAREHAM, MASS Tel. CY ?-aOOO 9UB9CRIBE TO CRANBERRI66 ew Mass. Highway ikes Some Bog and iservoir The new Massachusetts super- hway, Route 25, running from uie Boston area and points north to connect with a new highway from Providence and the south and west, has taken some bog and reservoir from cranberry growers. The taking was a land strip of 140 feet from Walpole near Bos- ton to the Cape. Those effected included Nathan- ial Wing bogs, Crandon & Pierce, the former Beaton bogs, the Gurner Star bog, Tweedy & Barnes. Although exact lines have not been drawn yet, the new highway PUMPS PLASTIC PIPE SPRINKLERS A complete line of WATER DISTRIBUTING EQUIPMENT AETNA ENGINEERING CO. Hanover, Mass. TAylor 6-2341 will come through the property of the Massachusetts Cranberry Ex- periment Station, close to the station building and taking part of a field, it is expected. Consider- able woodland along the route was also taken and some buildings had to be moved. EARTHQUAKE IN COAST CRANBERRY AREA An earthquake struck the Pacific Coast cranberry area April 29th at 8:30 a. m. The quake lasted 45 seconds. The quake was felt as far south as Coquille, Oregon, near the heart of the Bandon area cranberry center, and into Canada to the north. The Washington State Capi- tol was closed to undergo inspection after the quake. In Seattle, Wash- ington, two were killed and others injured. 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 STODDARD SOLVENT (Available Year Round) -«••••■■».»» WATER WHITE KEROSENE GASOLINE MOTOR OILS DIESEL FUELS FUEL OIL 866-4545 ^^m^0^^^ CARVER, MASS. Centrsl^ Heating Attention Growers ! ! for your Spring weed control we offer water white kerosene "GRADE A" metered trucks STODDARD SOLVENT SUPERIOR FUEL COMPANY Wareham, Mass. Tel. 295-0093 J. W. 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CARS Repairs on all makes Specializing in Chrysler-built cars Chrysler - Plymouth Valiant and SiiDca SALES and SERVICE Robt. W. Savary Inc. East Wareham, Mass. Telephone 295-3530 Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Notes by IRVING E. DEMORANVILLE Extension Cranberry Specialist Personals Dr. Karl Deubert is the newest member of our Station group, starting work on April 5th. Dr. Deubert is a native of Germany and also worked in Honduras for approximately two years before coming here. He will be working on nematode problems under Dr. Bert Zuckerman for the next two years. Karl and his wife are living in New Bedford. The staff of the Cranberry Experiment Station ex- tends a warm welcome to the Deuberts and wish them a pleas- ant and successful stay. Tw^o of our Wisconsin friends, "Chuck" Goldsworthy and Ralph Sampson, visited the Station re- cently. Several of our staff, includ- ing the writer, had a chance to chat with them during the visit. We are always most happy to talk with cranberry people from the other producing areas and hope that whenever any of you are in our vicinity that you will reserve a few minutes in your schedule to stop by and visit with us. We are very pleased to note that our old friend "Josh'' Hall (Cran- berry Magazine) is up and around again, after being quite ill during the late winter. "Josh" is a fre- quent visitor at the Station and we all missed him while he was laid up. Frost Warning Service We are pleased to report an increase in the number of sub- scribers to the frost warning serv- ice which is sponsored by the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers As- sociation. We have 105 subscribers to date compared to approximately 190 a year ago. The donations to the telephone answering service have also shown a healthy increase C. 6- L. EQUIPMENT CO 1209 MAIN STREET ACUSHNET. MASS. Cranberry Bog Service PRUNING RAKING FERTILIZING WEED TRIMMING Macliinery Sales PRUNERS POWER WHEELBARROWS RAKES WEED TRIMMERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS - Large and Small For Further Information Call . . . F. P. CRANDON ROckwell 3-5526 C. J. TRIPP WYman 5-2013 over last year. A second piece of answering equipment has been in- stalled at the station this spring. The two answering devices are hooked up on the same line so that when one is in use the other will take over and give the message. This saves time and in some cases several re-dialings. Up until May 4th no frost warnings had been issued. Tips for Late Spring and Early Summer (1) The early spring pests are, or soon will be, showing up on bogs. These include cutworms, spanworms, leafhoppers, fire- worms, sparganothis fruitworm and weevils. The sparganothis fruitworm can be detected by care- ful examination of loosestrife or the new cranberry tips for web- bing. Weevils over-winter as adults and are active whenever tempera- tures reach 70° or above. If these pests are controlled in May or June, particularly those that have a new or second brood, they very seldom create a problem later in the season. (2) This is a good time to treat brush, poison ivy and brambles on the uplands using one of the brush killers, silvex or 2,4,5-T. These SUCTION EQUIPMENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS Information-State Problem \ NAME. ADDRESS- W. R. AMES COMPANY 4511 East Osborne Ave., Tampa, Florida 33610 THREE should be mixed with water rather than oil at this time of year be- cause of the damage to turf. (3) Stoddard solvent or stod- dard-kerosene treatments follow- ing late water should be com- pleted within 5 days after the flood has been withdrawn or within 8 days if kerosene is used alone. Less damage will occur to the vines if temperatures are below 65° when these oils are applied. (4) Casoron, alanap-3, Chloro- IPC and simazine should not be applied after withdrawal cf the late water flood as vine and crop injury will result. Announcing our NEW LOCATION on LOUT POND, BILLINGTON STREET, PLYMOUTH AERIAL SPRAYING and FERTILIZING Helicopters and Airplanes Fast, Reliable Service AS ALWAYS n YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ON NEW ENGLAND BOGS PLYMOUTH COPTERS, Inc. (Formerly Aerial Sprayers, Inc.) THOMAS S. WEITBRECHT (Whitey) Phone 746-6030 BULLDOZERS CRANES LOADERS TRUCKS EQUIPPED TO HANDLE YOUR BOG NEEDS LOUIS LECONTE P & L CO CARVER, MASS. 866-4402 (5) Many bogs will benefit from an application of fertilizer, espe- cially where heavy crops were harvested. Some bogs that have had casoron treatments either last fall or this spring may look "hungry" and should be fertilized. Don't forget to touch up the thix) or weak spots by going around with a bucket of fertilizer and using it. (6) Get out and walk your bogs; you will be surprised at the num- ber of little things, both good and kad, that you will notice on your inspection trips. Weather The temperature for the month of April averaged out approxi- mately 3V2 degrees below normal. By the end of the month the Early Blacks were just starting to ''green up" and we estimate that the bogs are about 10 days to two weeks behind their normal development. Rainfall totalled 3.55 inches which is about % inch below the average at the Cranberry Station. The situation in regard to water sup- plies for frost protection is very spotty, some areas have abun- dant water, while others are extremely short. Vines seem to have come through the winter in excellent shape. Winter injury is practically nil and the bud is excellent. 5 DARLINGTON PICKERS FOR "SALE 947-9351 Call after 5 P. M. Farm Credit Service 150N 7, Taunton, Mass., 027 8'' Tel. 617 824-7578 Production Credit Loans Land Bank Mortgages Odire '362, Route 44 TIAYNHAM, MASS. Warren R. Arnold, Manager =n:q3=3ai=3533=^;3^=;^:3:=a3=3i=553J=a3==D=«=3^^ Issue of May, 1965 -Vol. 30, No. 1 Second Class Postage Paid at Wareham, Massachusetts Post Office Published monthly at Wareham, Mnssarhiisetts. Subscriptions ?4.00, Foreign, 9$. 00 per year. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C. J. H. April Starts Cold April started out cold and dry. The departure from normal for the first seven days was a minus 14 for the month. Growers were worrying about water supplies for the frost season then approaching. They wanted substantial rain. There was a driz- zle and fog on the 8th, and this continued on into the 9th. There was just enough rain to make the weather unpleasant, but not enough to be of any real good in adding to water supplies. Weather Warms Up The tenth of April was 4 degrees above normal, but for the month the average was a minus 16. The minus temperatures for the month continued. On the 12th it was four foi the day and 23 for the month to date. Half Inch of Welcome Rain On the 12th there was a welcome .54 inches of rain as recorded at the East Wareham Station. This helped some but it was not enough with the spring frost just ahead. There was rain again on the night of the 17th. 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 &-3330 April Turns Chilly Again By the 18th of April the month was 4 minus for the day and a 37 minus for the month. Snow on April 9th The Massachusetts legal holiday of Patriots' Day, April 19th, was a chilly day with snow on the ground in the cranberry area. The snow was preceded by rain and in Wareham and other parts of the cranberry area. Boston had an inch and a half of snow for the observance of the holiday, so that holiday events were carried on with snow on the ground. These events included the famous B.A.A. marathon beginning at Hopkinton and ending in Boston. The 19th was called the snowiest April 19 in 85 years. The night of April 19 was definitely a cold one, with heat needed in the homes. Pi'ecipitation Slight Precipitation over the holiday of snow mixed wth rain was only .08 as recorded at the State Bog. The April 19th holiday showed a minus of 10, bringing the minus of the month to that date of 55. Heavy Frost The night of April 20th brought a heavy, white frost, and the tem- perature reached 20 degrees. No warning was sent out as it was estimated the bogs could withstand that with no danger. Month Continued Cold April remained reluctant to bring real spring weather perman- ently. The 21st was 9 degrees colder than normal and the minus for the month to that date was 76 degrees. April 23 was another belated iC=teiS:S&ae=C«&i&=[&ifc8=a=i£=a:a=£i£=Ka£l£=£^^ AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS BOG SERVICE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS HAND SPRAYERS - TOOLS - POWER EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BRIGGS AND STRAHON SERVICE CENTER R. F. MORSE & SON, Inc. Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 FIVE spring day with cold winds and a light drizzle in the cranberry area. The precipitation was in the form of snow as far south as Worcester, Mass., and more snow and good skiing in the Mountains cf Ver- mont and New Hampshire. Some Rain On the 26th there was a fairly good rain in the cranberry area, .84 inch as recorded at the Mass. Cranberry Station. This was not enough, however, to break the long drought conditions. The temperature that day was a minus 11 and for the mcnth the minus had reached a huge 104 degrees. The last two days of April were pleasant, with some warmth. But the morning of the 30th there was frost with a 21 in South Carver. Springless April The month of April ended with a day of 4 degrees plus but the temperature for the month was a huge 111 degrees, and a tempera- ture deficiency since Jan. 1 of 362. Bogs had not greened up much and the herring which generally start to run up the streams to spawn in early March were just beginning to run in sizeable schools as the month of April ended. Precipitation Good Precipitation for the month of April as recorded at Massachusetts Cranberry Experiment Station was 3.55, with the average normal 3.85. May Starts Warm The first days of May were on the plus side, with temperatures well up, 60's and 70's. NEW JERSEY April Very Cold The maximum average temper- ature during the month of April was 60°; the minimum was 36.3°; and the mean average was 48.2°, 3.7° less than normal. There have Hubbard INSECTICIDES FUNGICIDES HERBICIDES AVAILABLE ON THE CAPE FROM R. C. Mossman Horticultural Sales West Bridgewater, Mass. he HUBBARD-HALL CHEMICAL CO Waterbury, Conn. been only four Aprils colder than last month during the history of this weather station (1961—47.8°; 1956—48.1°; 1943—48.1°; and 1940 — 47.5°). In 1950 the mean average for April was the same as for April this year — 48.2°. Precipitation Precipitation during the month was 2.5 inches, .91 inch below nor- mal. The total for the first 4 months of this year amounted to 11.87 inches, which is 1.30 inches less than normal. During the night of April 1st, 2 inches of snow fell. This is the first snow in any April in the 36 years of weather record- ing here. Fi-eak Frost A "freak" frost on the morning of April 25th caused a little dam- age to cranberry bogs from which the winter flood was drawn around April 1st to April 10th. Tempera- tures plunged as low as 16° when skies suddenly cleared in contrast to the forecast of cloudiness and probable rain. The following week- end the reverse occurred; clearing skies were forecast but rain de- veloped. Growers have grown wary of Weather Bureau forecasts and are planning to sit up all night on questionable nights rather than depending on the forecasts. WISCONSIN April Cold April continued the cold winter with temperatures averaging five degrees below normal. The first week of the month again brought record breaking low readings with a minus eleven at Gordon. All areas had from 15 to 20 degree below normal readings during the period. The second week was warmer with 3 degrees above nor- mal followed with colder and a pronounced warmup at the end of the month. On the plus side was the above normal amounts of pre- cipitation with almost double the 2V2 inches in most areas. April Fools Day brought an 8 inch snow- fall in the upper one-half of the state and two inches also fell in the central area on the 26th. In between there were several good rain showers with severe weather Continued on Page 25 THE HARJUS OF CARVER, MASSACHUSETTS, ARE GOOD EXAMPLE OF CRANBERRY GROWERS, OF FINNISH DESCENT Wilho and Eino Har ju Operate About 70 Acres in All, Contributing 8,000 Barrels to Massachusetts Crop — These Brothers Own 31-Acre Wenatuxet Bog — Hard-Working People. By CLARENCE J. HALL Among the growers who can get along in the cranberry business are Eino F. and brother Wilho. The brothers are of the Harju cranberry- growing family, originating in Carver, Massachusetts. The Harjus in all operate about 70 acres of bog. The Harjus as a family estimate their crops as between 6,000 and 8,000 barrels of cranberries, which makes a sizeable contribution to the Massachusetts industry. Eino and Wilho, operating as equal partners in a 31 -acre bog, are the largest growers of the family. The production of this partnership goes independent in marketing, but that of some other bog units of the Harjus are sold through Ocean Spray. So the Harjus are mainly inde- pendents in marketing — but at one time Eino sold all his own berries through the big co-op. The Harjus are today much encouraged concerning the outlook for the cranberry industry. Hard-Worldng Brothers The Harjus are hard-working cranberry men. Both men are big and husky. "We Finnish people have always been used to hard work," quoting Eino. "We and our parents started out with not much money and have had to work hard. "We are the owners. We are our own superintendents. We are our own laborers. We are our own mechanics in all our mechanical equipment. We have been brought up in cranberries all our lives." Wilho says he was taken out on the bog by his mother when he was six months old, while she weeded. "There isn't much about the business that we don't know how to do. We are on the bog all the time to see that everything is done right." And the Harjus might have added that they mostly have a pretty good bog. The Harjus have been growing cranberries in Massachusetts since 1911. The start was made by Fillus, now 84, who still owns a bog. He was born in Finland and came to this country in 1902. He worked for about eight years at Worcester in the American Steel and Wire Company. He then went to Carver and worked on the cranberry bogs. In 1912 he bought a place on Meadow street in South Carver, which was a farm and had a little cranberry bog of about two acres. He increased that to about five acres. He still owns this bog, and it is known as the family bog. The Harju boys learned cranberries there. Today Eino and Wilho do most of the hard work on the bogs for their father. There is a screen- house on the property. This crop is sold through Ocean Spray. Other Hai'jus Besides Eino and Wilho there is Reino, known by his family as Ray, who has a bog of his own in Lakeville and one in Middle- boro. These total about seven or eight acres. He lives in Middle- boro and is not a full-time grower. Then there was Toiva, who died Dsc. 21, 1961. He lived in West Yarmouth, and owned a bog of eight acres in Barnstable. A sister, Gertrude, and her husband, Oiva Rinne, own a small bog of about one acre in Carver. While the boys were in service, Gertrude had to be very active in the care of the bogs and still does today at har- vest time. Eino and Wilho each own bogs individually besides the 31-acre bog. Eino has 11 acres on France street in Middleboro and on Samp- son's Pond in South Carver. The bog on France street was the old "Shurtleff Bog,'' a piece of six acres that Eino bought in 1937. This bog has an 85 barrel an acre average. The Sampson Pond bog is the "Winberg Bog," which has a 45 barrel per acre average and has been partly rebuilt. The fruit from these bogs Eino sells as an independent. 100-110 Barrel Average Wilho, too, owns a bog on France street, just across the Carver town line in Middleboro, IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT For frost confrol and irrigation SOLID SET BOG ALL ALUMINUM IRRIGATION SYSTEMS Johns Manville Plastic Pipe and Fittings LARCHMONT ENGINEERING LEXINGTON, AAASS. VO 2-2550 of about five and one-half acres. Of these begs, he bought three in 1947 and then added two and a half acres more. Wilho says his average production there is 100 to 110 barrels per acre. He sells this fruit through Ocean Spray. Wenatuxet Bog The main interest of Eino and Wilho is the so-called Plympton or "Wenatuxet Bog" on Cedar street in Plympton. This is near East Middleboro. This beautiful 31 -acre bog was formerly owned by the late Paul L. Thompson of Middleboro, a widely known grower who died in the winter of 1961-62. There was a house on the property, which was occupied by Mr. Thompson. This residence was sold by the Harjus. The "Wena- tuxet Bog" dates from about 1910. Attractive Bog "Wenatuxet" is in seven pieces, the largest of which is 10 acres; however, they make up a single cranberry unit. The land about there is slightly hilly and the bogs sit in a depression. The bogs are overlooked from bluffs, making an exceedingly attractive bog set- ting. The bogs are very nearly level, and almost weed free. The shores are well cleared back. The "Wenatuxet Bog" is flowed from the Wenatuxet River. There is at all times an ample supply of water. There are also a few rather small springs on the upper end of the bog, and there is a natural rainshed to help cut. There is a small reservoir, which is now used but was not before. For winter, insect or frost flood- ing, the Harju brothers pump on by two gasoline pumps and drain off by gravity back into the river. The pumps are 20- and 22-inch pumps. This is not a particularly cold spot, although temperatures on frost nights generally run lower than at the State Bog at East Wareham. The Harjus have not lost berries by frost there, not even in that ill-remembered night of May 30, 1960, when so many Massachusetts growers lost heavily. They began putting the water on at 5:30 in the afternoon and by 2:30 in the morning they were safely covered. Interesting Ex-perinient They tried an interesting experi- ment on one of the automobile gas pumps which flood the bog. They had a speedometer on the engine. They kept track of how far it had run in one year from November to November. They found that if the engine had been driving a car, the car would have travelled some 2,000 miles. They are satisfied, or nearly so, with their water system, but do plan to install sprinklers on some acreage, this being in accordance A^way offers proven pesticides and fertilizer for Complete Crop Protection For the best source of cranberry pesticide control materials and fertilizer f call ('reated from Eastern States & GLF HAItllY T. FISHKR, JR., Middleboro Tel. Middleboro 947-2133 fiAVVIlKN(.K H. WARD, Plynioutli Tel. Pilgrim 6-0 970 RICHARD K. (;A\lVIN(i, E. Sandwich Tel. 888-219 with the strong trend everywhere towards more sprinkler systems. They do not plan to cut the bog into smaller units for water raking, even though they understand as much as up to 20 percent of the crop is lost on most dry bogs. Although the Wenatuxet bog ap- pears to be level, it actually is not entirely so. The bog was built on a cedar bottom swamp, one of the best bot- toms in Massachusetts. It is set to 14 acres of Early Blacks and 17 of late Howes. They figure they average about 75 barrels to the acre. Their biggest crop picked was 3700 barrels in 1960, but that was the year when the market was "shot," and they suffered severe shrinkage. Do Own Frost Work They bought the bog in 1959. They both put in their full time at this and their other bogs. Dur- ing the growing season they have some help, but they are at the property working along with the men and supervising. The bog is harvested by two Darlingtons and three Western Pickers. They do their own frcst work. Since owning the Wenatuxet Bog they have completely resanded the 31 acres twice. They have cleaned up all the shore ditches and the cross ditches. They have changed the pumping system. They rebuilt some bogs and have put in three new flumes, of steel construction. There is good sand on the property, once it is screened. They have a fertilizing program and use granular products. They have ground fertilizer rigs which they can use on rather windy days. They have a concentrate sprayer, power sprayer, and a couple of dusters. However, they do most of their insect and weed work from the air and have used both helicopters and straight- wing serv- ice. They have trucks and half a dozen jalopies for sanding; also a power shovel and tractors. They like to sand on the ice as much as possible. They have used the new weedicides, Simazine, Casoron and Chloro IPC. On the property there is a well- kept screenhouse. This screenhouse is really one of three story, with a basement. This basement pro- NINE vides excellent storage facilities. The building is 55 by 60 feet. Screen Own Fruit They are among the few Massa- chusetts growers who still screen their own fruit. They have two Bailey separators. Eino used to sell fresh fruit, operating under the brand name of "Pride of Carver." At one time much of the Harju family berries were sold through ihe late New England Cranberry Sales Company. They lament the death of this organization, saying "that outfit kne-w how to sell fresh cranberries.'' Eino, who is the elder brother, was born in South Carver in 1914. He attended Carver schools and Wareham High School. Wilho was born in 1918, attended Carver schools and went to high school in Middlebcro. Wilho Harju for a time was in the cranberry vine setting business, contracting to set vines. He had a crew of 14 which set the vines with the old hand dibble. Both were employed in con- struction as carpenters, and Reino ctill is in construction work. Wilho was f: reman on big construction jobs; he worked on bridge con- struction and building construction. His jobs took him all over eastern Massachusetts, en the Cape, and elsewhere. He has worked in Vir- ginia, Rhode Island and in Mary- land. Eino was also on construc- tion jobs in Massachusetts and in Virginia, Maryland and Rhode Island. IJotli in War Service Then came the war and both were in service, both in the Air Forces. Eino was in three years and one month; Wilho three years and a half. Wilho had the rank of staff sergeant. Wilho, it happened, was in the South Pacific for 30 months. He was in the Solomons, Fijis, Netherlands East Indies and in the Philippines. He was under bomb fire for night after night while he was in the East Indies. He was trained at the Goldsboro Air Force base in North Carolina, Airplane Mechanic School, and was sent to a factory school at Nash- ville, Tennessee. Eino did not get overseas, but he served widely in this country. He was sent to the New England Aircraft School at Boston. He was at Republic Aviation School at Fai'mingdale, Long Island; Bell Aircraft School at Niagara Falls, New York. He took his basic train- ing at Miami Beach, as did Wilho, a^so. Eino was then stationed at Drew Field, Tampa, Florida, and at Harding Field, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was also at Browns- ville Air Force Base, Texas, and at La junta Air Force Base in Colo- rado. The last six months of his service was in recruiting. He had a choice of location and picked Rice Lake in Wisconsin. There, and in other parts of northern Wisconsin, he saw the Wisconsin cranberry marshes at Rice Lake, Spocner and Hayward. He had the rank of sergeant. Reino served three years and two months in the 88th Infantry Division in North Africa and Italy. Received his training at Camp Gruber, Okla- homa. Attained the rank of cor- poral. This training made them excel- lent mechanics. Beth can repair or devise any sort of cranberry equipment. So they do not have to hire any mechanical work done. Third Generation Grower Wlho is married to the former Lillian Langevin of Fairhaven, and has four children. The oldest is Lawrence, 17, who already is on the way of becoming a bog man. He works at many bog jobs; he drives trucks on the property and is particularly useful in jalopie work in ice sanding. There is Elaine, 16; Paul, 12, and Rich- ard, 5. Eino is unmarried and lives with his father and sister at the "fam- ily place." Beth are members of Cape Cod Cranberry Association. Both attend meetings, especially the clinics on insects, "weeds, frost and other matters held each year under the auspices of the Cran- berry Experiment Station. They both like to hunt and fish, but both say their almost constant cran- berry work doesn't give them much time for these sports. Now and then Eino still goes hunting and deep-sea fishing. Favored Marketing Order Eino was a member of the ori- ginal Massachusetts marketing order committee. He testified in favor of the order at the Massa- chusetts cranberry hearings. Both were in favor of this order, very strongly. "What would the indus- try do if and when we come up with a million and a half barrels?" They felt marketing agreements and an order were the only solu- '.icn to combat such big crops, at least at the present. Both believe Ocean Spray is beginning to do a good job for the industry. Jn conclusion, both Harju broth- ers say they are tremendously interested in the cranberry busi- ness. "We like it. We like working for ourselves, as we can do in the cranberry business." Sales McCulloch Service CHAIN SAWS and BRUSH CUTTERS QUFFX I? I'OHTAIiLK HEATKItS .MITK-TJTK I'OHTAHl.K ATjTFHXATOUS SAM)\ I( K S( YTHES and ALU.MINUM SNATHE8 LANCASTER PUMPS Vipo ("lit and Tbroadod U|) to 4" CARVER SUPPLY CO. CENTER CARVER, MASS. Tel. 86(5-4480 Quality and Soivicc Since lO.lfJ Indian Trail Companies of Wisconsin Rapids Sold to Chicago Dairy Company Buyer Has Relatively Large Assets and Operates in Eight States; Ben Pannkuk, Indian Trail President and Other Officials to Operate as A Division of the Dairy Firm Indian Trail, Inc., the Wisconsin Rapids cranberry marketing firm, and three related companies, have been sold for cash to Dean Foods Company, Chicago. The sale was announced late last month. Officials of the two corporations announced the sale April 22 in a joint announcement by Ben Pannkuk, president of Indian Trail, and Samuel Dean, president of Dean Foods. The Indian Trail companies had combined sales of $1,250,000 in 1964, while the Dean Company sales were $72,999,748. The Chicago firm, which has offered its stock to the public since 1962, reported net earnings of $1,466,487, or $2.01 per share of common stock. I*ui'chase Price Was Not Disclosed Indian Trail companies are distributors of fresh cranberries and manufacturers of canned, frozen and juice cranberry pro- ducts. The sales offices are in the Wisconsin Rapids headquarters and the processed lines are manufac- tured in Waupun and Ripon plants. Distribution of the Indian Trail lines is throughout the Midwest and in the South and West. There are 24 associated cranberry growers located mostly in the Wisconsin Rapids and Warrens-Mather areas. There are eight full-time em- ployees in the Wisconsin Rapids office. "Indian Trail and its associated cranberry growers as well as other Wisconsin cranberry growers are fortunate that Dean Foods with its resources and management skills has entered our field," Pannkuk said in announcing the sale. "Dean Foods is an expandi^^ firm already relatively large, and can be expected to sell throughout many regions of the country, manufactured and fresh cran- berries obtained from associated members. "The new owners will continue and expand upon the successful Indian Trail operations." Same Management In its statement, the Dean com- pany asserts the Indian Trail com- panies will operate under the present management as a division of the Chicago firm. Included in the purchase is the Indian Trail brand name. The Indian Trail companies are Indian Trail, Inc., established in 1948 to market fresh cranberries; Indian Trail Foods, Inc., formed in 1956 to manufacture and sell frozen cranberry products; Indian Trail Finer Products, Inc., formed in 1959 to manufacture and sell frozen cranberry products; and Indian Trail Produce Shippers, Inc., formed in 1959 to sell prod- Agway offers proven pesticides for Complete Crop Protection Place Orders with — HARRY T. FISHER — Tel. Middleboro 947-2133 Created from Eastern States and GLF r^^*^r^^#^*^^*^*^#^♦^^^^*^»^#^#^»^^*^^#^^^^^*^#^*^*>»^y^^^«^'^*^*^^<^*^^■*^*'^^^^ PROVEN PESTiaDE APPLICATION BY HELICOPTER Call: HARRY T. FISHER, JR. an independent distributor of Agwaij pesticides The best source of cranberry pesticide control materials and Helicopter operated by application service Plymouth Copters, Inc. ORDER NOW — Thomas "Whitey" Weitbrecht HARRY T. FISHER, JR., Box 243, Middleboro, Mass. Tel. 947-2133 ucts ether than cranberries in "off season.'' Pannkuk is president of each of the companies; vice-president and secretary-treasurer of the com- panies respectively are: William Huffman and Richard Brazeau, all of Wisconsin Rapids. In 8 States Founded in Rockford, Illinois, in 1925 as a local dairy plant under the name Dean Milk Company, the Chicago firm began offering stock to the public in 1961 and changed its name to Dean Foods Company in 1962. The company now has 1,400 employees in 21 plants and col- lecting stations in Illinois, Wis- consin, Michigan, Kentucky, In- diana, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee. Dean food lines are fresh dairy products, ice cream, cheese, evap- rated and powdered milk, pickles, relishes and prepared foods, such as salads and meats. Joe Hoelting will continue as sales manager and grower contact man on fresh cranberries, and his assistant, Les Mixdorf ; Al Vambor, sales manager in charge of pro- cessed products, and Andy Basso in charge of the office and ac- . counting. Indian Trail Growers Meet Dean Foods Representatives Cranberry growers associated with the Indian Trail cranberry marketing company met with offi- cers of the Dean Foods Company of Chicago at the Mead Inn, Wis- consin Rapids, April 28. Samuel Dean, chairman of the board of the Chicago firm, said the acqui- sition is a continuation of the Dean Foods program of diversifying its operations from the company's original dairy business into addi- tional food products. A recently-completed $400,000 food research and development laboratory at its Rockford, Illinois, plant. Dean said, will assist in the company's aim to produce a wide variety of quality foods for year- round use. "We are looking forward with a great deal of confidence to par- ticipating in the cranberry busi- ness," Dean declared. "Certainly the cranberry is a glamorous prod- uct with many uses." Ben Pannkuk, Indian Trail presi- dent, introduced Dean. There was a total of 105 growers, foremen and their wives attending. FORMER EATMOR HEAD SUBJECT OF ARTICLE Harold Bryant, one-time man- ager of the American Cranberry Exchange (Eatmor), was the sub- ject for the lead (April) article in "The American Vegetable Grower. The article was by R. T. Meister, editor of the magazine. The magazine article, which was sent to CRANBERRIES, through the courtesy of Vernon Golds- worthy, president of Cranberry Products, Inc., of Eagle River, Wisconsin, went on to say: "Potatoes are to Maine what oranges are to Florida or apples to Washington. While Washington and Florida have been cresting on a wave of prosperity, until this year Maine has been foundering in a sea of low prices. When Harold Bryant was called back to Presque Isle in March, 1962, it was to change this alarming turn of events which had taken place." The article went on to say that Mr. Bryant is a native of Aroostook County (the No. 1 potato-growing county) and that after three years with Eatmor Mr. Bryant went to California to join Blue Goose Growers, Inc., where after one year he was named vice-president of operations. ARTICLE IN NEW ENGLAND HOMESTEAD David G. Hanson, assistant advertising manager of Niagara Chemical Division, FMC, Middle- port, N. Y., has an article in the Api'il "New England Homestead" headed, "Keep Bees Healthy By Spraying Orchards Carefully." "Dave" is a personal acquaintance of the editor of CRANBERRIES, and the supplier of Niagara Chem- ical ads for this magazine. FIREWORM AT BANDON, OREGON Fireworm was found on some of the Bandon, Oregon, bogs in late April, according to Fred Hag- elstein, county agent, Coos County. Crop losses due to this insect can be severe, he said. Recommenda- tions for its control have been sent ROBY'S PROPANE GAS, INC. 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He left his relatives in East Germany and came to the Free World with two trunks as his sole possessions. His early schooling was at the city of Halle. Following that he entered the University of Halle, studying there from 1953 to 1955. He was interested in agriculture. English is compulsory in the Ger- man schools for pupils between the ages of 10 and 18. He chose Latin as another language, know- ing this would be very helpful in his future in agriculture. At the University he trained as an entcmologist. He studied zoology also. He took a post graduate course and received his Ph.D. degree. Following his studies he was, first, assistant professor and then associate professor at the Uni- versity. After that he taught for one year at the Central Biological Institute in Berlin. He then entered the business world and worked for a time for a private chemical company at Nurenberg; this was in the capa- city of entomologist. He then came to the Western Hemisphere and lived at Teguci- galpa, the capitol city of Honduras, high up in the mountains. He was emplcyed at the University there as full professor of biology. He had been married in Halle, his wife being Eleanor Stephan. She accompanied him to the new world. Dr. Deubert now speaks fluent Spanish. From that Central American country he went directly to the Cranberry Station in April. Dr. and Mrs. Deubert are making their home in New Bedford. The couple have no children. One of the doctor's regrets is that he cannot always write freely to his relatives back in East Ger- many. His letters to them are all censored, and some get through and some do not. Dr. Deubert says he plans to remain in this country perman- ently. "I have no plans to go back to Europe," he says. "I think I will be very happy in my work at East Wareham." He added that he is engaged in the sort of work he likes and was trained for. He said he found the rest of the Cranberry Station staff very congenial. "I like living in a free country very much," he concluded. READ CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE THIRTEEN Current Research And Major Problems In Weed Control For Cranberries- Wis. By Malcolm N. Dana^ Cranberries are grown on about 25,000 acres in the United States of which about 5,000 acres are found in the North Central Region (Wisconsin). This crop grows on a broadleaf evergreen plant native to highly acid marsh soils. The ma- ture planting is a complete cover of vines that allows no opportunity for cultivation or other mechanical manipulation of the soil and thus, weed destruction. Weed control is obtained by hand weeding and by applications of herbicides. Petroleum deriva- tives (Stoddard solvent and kero- sene) and inorganic salts such as iron sulfate, sodium chloride, and copper sulfate have, in recent years, been supplemented with dalapon, 2, 2-dichloropropionic acid; 2, 4-D, 2, 4-dichlorophenoxy- acetic acid; CIPC, isopropyl N- (3-chlorophenyl) , carbamate; si- ^ Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture, University of Wis- consin, Madison, Wis. mazine, 2-chlcro-4, 6-bis (ethyl- amino) - s - triazine; NPA, N-1- naphthyl phthalamic acid; and dichlobenil, 2, 6-dichlorobenzo- nitrile. Dichlobenil is the most recent addition to the list and promises to find extensive use for a wide range of weed species, in- cluding sedges, perennial broadleaf types and annual grasses (1). Nearly one-third of the Wisconsin acreage will be treated in the first year of label clearance. Weed control in cranberry marshes cannot be considered sepa- rately from other management practices. Flooding for frost pro- tection supplies a means of bring- ing in a quantity of new seeds each year with high seed counts in early spring and again in the fall. Clean ditches and a weed-free reservoir coupled with a minimal use of water reduces the potential seed deposition. The rapid accept- ance of sprinkler irrigation in place of flooding for frost protec- tion will restrict seed movement onto the beds for it is practical to screen a pump inlet for water vol- umes needed for sprinkling and the ditch contamination found in flooding will not be a problem where irrigation pipe directs the water to the point of application. Weeds thrive under conditions 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 Since 1859 Serving the People of New England of little competition from the cranberry vines and conversely are most easily subdued in the pres- ence of a vigorous cranberry stand. Therefore, fertilization, soil drain- age, disease and insect control, sanding, and rodent control must all be considered in relation to the influence they have on vine vigor and thus weed control. For in- stance, an area of cranberry vines weakened by root grub damage offers little competition to an in- vasion of barnyard grass, beggar- ticks, and rice cutgrass. A new layer of sand on the soil surface in a thin stand of vines provides a most acceptable seed bed for willows and poplars. Cranberry fields allowed to become low in fertility or to suffer from drought soon shO'W open spots ripe for weed invasion. Such spots may serve as nuclei for the develop- ment of larger areas cf monotypic weed colonies. Any practice de- signed to improve the vine stand and productivity of the marsh is important to weed control. Plantings maintained free of weeds through the first four years are relatively easy to maintain weed free because in these early years vine competition is estab- lished. A recently completed study (2) showed that new beds could be maintained nearly weed free by proper soil preparation before planting, washing of the planting stock, and removal of weed seeds from the irrigation (flooding) water. This program was demon- strated in field plots but little headway has been made in de- velopment of practical means to implement these findings at the grower level. Should the developers of the rapidly expanding acreage take advantage of this knowledge and use their ingenuity to develop practical barriers to weed invasion, the control problem for later years would be minimized. A study now in progress seeks means to speed the rooting and early growth of cranberry cuttings in new plantings. The philosophy behind this investigation of root- ing stimulants, propagation media, and soil moisture tensions is that an early cover of cranberry vines would discourage germination and establishment of perennial weeds. FOURTEEN Vigorous vines for planting and careful water management after planting contribute to vigorous growth. Early results suggest that phosphorous nutrition may also be heavily involved in early vine growth. The herbicide research program screens new products that offer any possibility of success under the conditions peculiar to cran- berry bogs. The first year test is a preliminary evaluation to deter- mine broad limits of toxicity to the cranberry plant. If the cran- berry plant shows an acceptable degree of tolerance, the herbicide is then tested against a number of weed species. Any premising chemicals are placed in replicated yield tests and careful records of vine response are maintained to provide data for later recommen- dations. The weed control problems of the cranberry grower are many. Only a few of the most difficult problems will be discussed here. Creeping sedge, Carex chordorhiza, is the species causing growers the most concern at this time. The species occurs in sand as well as peat soils and both in highly and moderately acid conditions. Its occurrences as a major competitor are becoming more widespread for reasons which are not well understood. It is known to be carried both as seed and as vega- tative propagules in vines and thus, is moved from one property to another as a contaminant in nursery stock. Quite possibly its seeds and runners are mcved by mechanical harvesters and are dis- persed over any given property by this means. There is some evi- dence to suggest that the practice of maintaining cranberry marshes in a drier state than was the case 20 years ago has contributed to the gradual spread of this pest. Present research for control is directed toward testing combina- tions of contact and residual herbicides (petroleum derivatives and diquat, 6, 7-dihydrodipyrido (1, 2-a:2', li-c)pyrazidilnium di- bromide, with dichlobenil and dalapon) in conjunction with flooding regimes. At the same time observations en the ecology of the species continues from year to year with the hope that a weak point in its life cycle may be found where management prac- tices might be adjusted to suppress the growth of the weed. Water levels over the soil surface for several months have not success- fully controlled the species. There is no known practice to eradicate this Carex although heavy appli- cations of petroleum materials in the spring will suppress its de- velopment and spread. A second major problem is the eradication of woody species. Wil- lows, Salix sp.; brambles, Riilms sp.; leatherleaf, Chamaedaphne calycvilata; bog rosemai'y, Andro- meda polifoUa; hardback. Spiraea tomentosa; and meadowsweet, S. alba not only compete with cran- berries for light, space and nutri- ents; but also interfere seriously with the orderly operation of mechanical pickers. Herbicides ef- are also highly toxic to the cranberry vines. Treatment of individual plants with carefully fective against the above species % e«< MANZATE* D maneb fungicide An improved maneb formulation with a zinc salt added Now available io Cranberry Growers for effective disease control Advantages of New "Manzate'' D • Long-lasting disease protection • Compatibility with commonh-used pesticides • Safety to crops when apphed as directed • Ease-of-iise ... it is a wettable powder that mixes easily. This year, for more effective control of Pont Spreader-Sticker To the mix- cranberry diseases, spray New "MAN- tiire. For full information on New ZATE" D at regular intervals. Get "MANZATE" D for dependable disease better spray coverage by adding Du protection, write: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. (INC.) Industrial and Biochemicals Dept. Room N-2539, Wilmington, Delaware 19898 On all chemicals, follow labeling instructions and warnings carefully. mm Better Things for Better Living . . through Chemistry. ^'S. U.S. PAT. Off. FIFTEEN controlled sprays of systemic ma- terials, is the only reasonable approach to this problem in sub- stantial stands of weedy brush although hand pulling is econcmi- cal and effective in sparse stands. A selective herbicide toxic to the above species but harmless to cranberries would, of course, be a welcomed product. The third problem on which the research program will concentrate in the immediate future is the c ntrcl of annual grasses. Included in this group are barnyard grass, Echinochloa ciiisgalli; pungent barnyard grass, E. pimgeiis; sev- eral species in the genus Panicum; and tufted lovegrass, Eragrostis pectinacea. These species germi- nate in the spring and become troublesome from mid-summer onward. They shade the blossoming vines and thus interfere with pol- lination and also interfere with harvest. CIPC and dichlobenil sup- press these species early in the summer but under Wisconsin con- diticns, neither herbicide has pro- vided full season control at rates of use safe to the cranberries. Other herbicides have not received extensive testing for this specific purpose. Other weed species that offer major problems to individual pro- ducers but do not occur in damag- ing populations on many properties include common arrowhead, Sag- gittiiria latifolia; Canada anemone, Anemone canadensis; sweet joepye- weed, Eupatoriiim purpureum; water smartweed, Polygonum am- p>iit)ium and swamp smartweed, P. <^ s ^ m 0 of c 0 i S ia o ^ cc "ojD s fi © C S X ♦s .^ 1 t/J -M 05 a ^ 0 lb >H 0 CZ2 M PC "* 'iT cfi aT OJ s -p -s§ M be ^ S3 > ;< ij fi ^ - ^ c s ^ X fi^ i- o 85 u -^ £ "O ■^ H Ei A X • e5 8S X ;*v A f*s .2 S s*. fit -^ s- G -^ j- a X 0 u 0) 'C s: c J= 0 bt )_; •M a^ « .-s i^ J2 O -i ffi^ ;. H « w ^-' s tf EIGHTEEN A Brief History of Cranberry Entomologists Also a Brief History of Entomology as Concerns Cranberries by William E. Tomlinson, Jr. (Entomologist at the Massachusetts Cranberry Experiment Station) Because it was a native plant, the cranberry had a regular insect launa even before it was intro- duced to cultivation in the first half of the eighteen hundreds. Their depredations were probably annoying in the days before culti- vation in years of abundance when they destroyed whole crops, but little if anything was done to con- trol these "acts of God." This viewpoint no doubt changed very soon after bogs were first cared for when the grower saw his efforts and profits being con- sumed by fireworms or fruitworms or some other insect pest. By the year 1856, when the Reverend B. Eastwood wrote his book ''Cranberry Culture," the fruit- wcrm was a well recognized pest, and this and another insect known only as "the worm" were discussed in it. "The worm" was more than likely the black-headed fireworm, though possibly yellow-headed fireworm was also involved. Cer- tainly the insect mentioned in the letter cf Augustus Leland on page 114 of this book was the black- headed fireworm, and its ravages were known to Leland at least as early as 1840 at Sherborn, Mass. In 1870, a book also entitled "Cranberry Culture" was written by Joseph J. White of New Jer- sey. It is in this book that we first encounter the name of William C. Fish of Orleans, Mass. Included as an Appendix in White's book is a report that Mr. Fish made to the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers As- sociation in 1869 on "Insects In- jurious to the Cranberry." He has the distinction of being the first professional cranberry entomolo- gist, antidating J. B. Smith in this respect by a dozen years and H. J. 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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CITY NINETEEN Franklin by almost 40 years, for he was hired to study cranberry insects on Cape Cod by the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Associ- ation and was paid the sum of $150 for this study made in the summer of 1869. Fish made his study with con- siderable care and understanding, as his repcrt attests. In it he dis- cussed the black-headed fireworm and its control with 10-hour re- flows, fruitworm and its control by late holding, as well as descrip- tions of tipworm and its injury, and a spanworm that may have been the brown cranberry span- wcrm or the cranberry spanworm of J. B. Smith (cotton spanworm of Franklin) . A. S. Packard, the foremost American entomological writer in the period following the Civil War, described several cranberry insects in his writings, most of which were credited to this same W. C. Fish for collection, life history- data, and control recommendations. These are found in the reports of the Massachusetts State Entomolo- gist for 1871, 1872, and 1873, or in "Guide of the Study of Insects" by A. S. Packard which was first published in 1869. In 1883 and 1884, John B. Smith studied cranberry insects in Mas- sachusetts and New Jersey for the U.S.D.A. The results are published in Bui. "4 of the Division of En- tomology for 1883 and in the report cf the Entomologist for 1884. In 1890, Smith wrote Special Bulletin K of the New Jersey Agricultural College Experiment Station entitled "The Insects In- juriously Affecting Cranberries." Though it applies particularly to New Jersey conditions, most of the same problems were known in Massachusetts also. In 1930, the U.S.D.A. published Farmers Bui. 178 ''Insects Injurious in Cran- berry Culture" also by J. B. Smith. This too was aimed at New Jersey conditions more than those of Massachusetts. In the early 1900's, C. B. Hard- enberg studied the insects attacking cranberries in Wisconsin, and Wis- consin Bui. *159 "The Cranberry Insects of Wisconsin" was pub- lished in 1908 as a result of these studies. Through the efforts of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Associ- ation, H. J. Franklin first entered the cranberry scene as a special investigator of Cape Cod cranberry insect problems in the summers of 1906 and 1907. In 1909, this same organization spearheaded the establishment of the Massachusetts Cranberry Experiment Station at East Wareham of which Dr. Frank- lin was in charge from 1909 until his retirement in the fall of 1952. Cranberry insect control methods may change but the knowledge that he gathered and the excellent descriptions he published on cran- berry insects, their life histories and habits will always be of value as long as cranberries are grown. His cranberry bulletins have aptly been called the cranberry growers "Bible." In the decade from 1910 to 1920, H. B. Scammell worked on cran- berry insects in New Jersey for the U.S.D.A., publishing on the life history, habits and control of the cranberry girdler and the 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 Rox 38 Warrens, Wisconsin MOULTON IRRIGATION COMPANY SOMERSET, WISCONSIN 54025 (formerly WIthrow, Minnesota) TWENTY cranberry rootworm. Also a re- vision cf Farmers Bulletin -178 was prepared by him as Farmers Bulletin -860 entitled "Cranberry Insect Problems and Suggestions for Solving Them" in 1917. In 1918, the New Jersey Agri- cultural Experiment Station estab- lished a cranberry substation with an entomologist, Charles S. Beck- with, in charge at Whitesbog, N. J. He actively investigated New Jer- sey cranberry insect problems until his untimely death in 1944. He was first to publish that the vector of cranberry false blossom was the blunt-nosed cranberry leafhopper, and he did much pioneer work with the developing cultivated blueberry industry and its prob- lems, particularly blueberry mag- got and the cranberry fruitworm. Donald S. Lacroix worked sev- eral summers in the early 1920's as an assistant at the Cranberry Sta- tion. In 1926, he published the first detailed report on the biology and control of the cranberry weevil from work done at the Cranberry Station in 1923, 1924 and 1925. In 1932, '33 and '34, A. E. Rich- mond worked at East Wareham on cranberry insect control with Pyrethrum dusts in cooperation with the Crop Protection Institute. In New Jersey^ Dr. Byrley Drig- gers worked as an assistant to C. S. Beckwith in the 1920's. In 1930, Charles E. 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The exact role of many persons associated with cranberry ento- mology in Wisconsin has been difficult to ascertain. However, names that I have found associ- ated more or less in their crder of appearance are W. Postiff and C. W. Hooker who worked on fire- worms and fruitworms at the Wisconsin Experimental Bog in 1910. O. G. Malde was in charge of the Wisconsin Experimental Bog until it was discontinued in 1918 and was also Deputy State Entomologist on cranberry insect control until some time after 1922. S. B. Fracker in the 1920's, and later E. L. Chambers, as State En- tomologist were in charge of the cranberry insect survey program. From 1926 to 1928, H. F. Bain was State Cranberry Specialist with at least some entomological duties. L. M. Rogers held that position for several years after Bain left in 1928. Vernon Golds- worthy worked on cranberry false blossom vectors in the late 1920's and beginning in the early 1930's, as manager of the Wisconsin Cran- berry Sales Company, included among his duties was insect con- trol. From 1944 to 1958, H. F. Bain was employed by a group of Wis- consin growers to work on cul- tural problems including insects and G. L. Peltier worked as a consultant to Indian Trail Cran- berries, Inc., beginning in 1951. On the West Coast, H. K. Plank was a scientific investigator for the U.S.D.A., appointed to study the black-headed fireworms in Washington and Oregon in 1918 and 1919. D. J. Crowley headed up the Washington State Cranberry Station from its beginning in 1923 until his retirement in 1953. He worked on all phases of cranberry and blueberry culture, including insects that affected West Coast plantings. Since 1952, W. E. Tomlinson, Jr., has worked on Massachusetts cranberry insects problems, par- ticularly root grub control, cran- berry fruitworm control, and methods of insecticide applications on cranberry bogs. In Canada, C. W. Maxwell and G. T. Morgan worked on cran- berry fruitworm life history and control in the province of New Brunswick in the early 1950's. That there have been others en- gaged professionally in the ento- mology of cranberries is very probable. The omission of their names is due to lack of knowledge on the author's part. Records are often fragmentary and widely scattered. May Opens With A Rash of Mass. Fires, One Bad May began — in fact. May 1st — with a rash of forest fires in the tinder-dry woodlands. The worst fire was a blaze in the Sandwich- Bourne area on the Cape. In this fire about 2,000 acres were destroyed, the blaze on a ten- mile front, roaring over the wide Mid-Cape highway, a major ar- tery. The fire was fought by hundreds. Hundreds of people were evacuated in the towns of Sand- wich and Bourne and the village of Buzzards Bay. A part of the Shawm State For- est at Sandwich was burned over. The clouds of smoke were seen from 60 miles away at Province- town, tip of the Cape. This was termed by officials as the worst fire in a number of years on the Cape. No houses were burned, how- ever, but there were two injuries. Other fires included one in the Long Pond area of Plymouth woods in Plymouth county. There was a total of 383 wood fires over the May 1st weekend, according to Commissioner of Natural Re- sources Charles W. Foster. By the 5th there were 101 new wood fires reported in drought- ridden Massachusetts. READ CRANBERRIES CHANGES AT LONG BEACH, WN., ARE ANNOUNCED Officials of the Washington State University have completed ar- rangements involving personnel at the Coastal Washington Experi- ment Station at Long Beach. Dr. Mark T. Buchanan, director of the Washington State University, stated that Dr. Charles C. Doughty will leave his post as superin- tendent of the Long Beach Station July 1st in order to move to the Western Experiment Station at Puyallup. Dr. Doughty has been superin- tendent of the Station at Long Beach since 1957 and was acting superintendent for three years prior to this. His duties at Puyallup will include working half-time on cranberry research and half-time in other small fruits. Also involved in the change will be Azmi Shawa, senior horticul- turist at Long Beach since 1960. He will remain on at Long Beach as horticulturist and will also handle duties for WSU's experi- ment station. Irma Anderson, secretary at Long Beach, will continue in her present role. Dr. Buchanan stated in connec- tion with the changes it was WSU's continuing plan to provide strong investigation where cran- berries are concerned and to give desired service to cranberry growers. N. J. WEATHER QUOTE Allison Scammell, veteran cran- berry grower of Pemberton, New Jersey, and the subject of a pre- vious article, is quoted in a recent issue of the Pemberton Times- Advertiser in its "Cackles from the Starling" column. The item is: Allison ScammeU quotes the weatherman as saying it is going to be milder . . . applied to weather the word mild indicates neither hot nor cold— a sort of in between state. Allison wants to know how the weather can be more in be- tween. TWENTY TWO Sevin is a registered trade mark of Union Carbide Corporation. 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, Olefins Division, 270 Park Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10017. UNION CARBIDE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS TWENTY-THREE "HELP" COMING NEW HELP TO FIND HELP. The Federal Government offers a bewildering array of "help'' through a maze of officers; U.S.D.A.; Department of Com- merce, Labor, Defense, Health, Education and Welfare. Small Busi- ness Administration; Anti-Poverty office; Area Development Admin- istration, etc., etc. Now the U.S.D.A. is creating a new office, called the Rural Community De- velopment Service (RCDS) so that farm groups and rural communities can go to one office and find what "help" is available. (From the Farm Journal.) Maurice Makepeace of the A. D. Makepeace Company of Wareham, Mass., and Mrs. Makepeace, have returned from an extended vaca- tion to the West Coast and Hawaii. In going cross country they went by train, via the Burlington Route to San Francisco, and then on to Hawaii, and returning by train via the Great Northern. BARK RIVER CULVERT and EQUIPMENT Co. ESCANABA. MICH.— EAU CLAIRE, WIS. — MADISON, WIS. [RONWOOD, MICH. — GREEN BAY, WIS. — MILWAUKEE, WIS. INTERNATIONAL CRAWLER TRACTORS & POWER UNITS CORRUGATED METAL CULVERT PIPE DROP INLETS AND GATES Galvanized — Bituminous Coated — Aluminum MRS. CARL URANN Mrs. Carl Urann, widow of Carl Urann, who was president of United Cape Cod Cranberry Com- pany, Hanson, Mass., and a direc- tor of Ocean Spray, died May 12th at her home in Duxbury, Mass. She was 73. Born in Alexandria, Va., she spent her early years in Nantucket, Mass. A resident of Middleboro for 20 years, she moved to Duxbury about two months ago. She was a member of Nantucket Historical Society and the Attleboro and Nantucket Archaeological Socie- ties. Her late husband was a brother of Marcus L. Urann, first president of the present Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. She leaves a son, Marcus M., president of the United Cape Cod, and two daughters Mrs. Maxine M. Baldry of Sussex, England, and Mrs. Mina B. Manner of Duxbury. 3tg:g:g-(r-tr^^r-^r-tr■fr■fr^t^^fl■^trnr-^ READ CRANBERRIES GUARD AGAINST FRUIT ROT imth NIAGARA CARBAMATE * Excellent Disease Control * Free-Flowing • No Nozzle Clogging • Ideal For Aerial Application • Bog-Proven By Leading Growers Your Local Niagara Supplier is R. F. MORSE & SON, INC. WEST WAREHAM, MASS. CY. 5-1553 r V *X' *•* 'I' '•* •* *•* •* *• *• * K ->- -•- -♦- -♦ » •- -* — 9 — 9. . -♦- -♦. .♦ — 9. ^9^ ,f- ,f- -f - A A A A >T« A A A Jtm A A A A A A A A A A A ati ■?■ iTi ■ ' (••i H 4 i * V • 1 • VV ♦ • • V • 4 4 • " TWENTY-FOUR FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Continued from Page 6 including tornadoes in southern Wisconsin en Palm Sunday. The extended forecast for May calls for temperatures to be about nor- mal and precipitation above nor- mal. Water Drawn Late The extended cold weather and accompanying snow delayed the removal of the winter floods from the second week normal in the south to the end of the month in the far north. This was about ten days later than normal, and two weeks later than last year. Reser- voirs still had ice in the south at month's end and in the far north they were still ice fishing the last week of the month. High Water Supplies Frost depths were still three feet deep in some areas by the end of the month and the heavier cran- berry soils had hard frost at the depth of four inches. Reservoirs were filling up and water was being wasted at the end of the month. All areas reported the highest spring water levels in years. Flooding was not a serious problem although there were num- erous washouts and heaving of bulkheads. Ground water tables wei'e building up, which showed the first gains in many months. }--»^i^-9^^-9^e^ BROKER REAL ESTATE OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS • 37 Years Selling Cranberry Properties • LISTINGS WANTED • r>00 SecoiKl-lliiiKl l'i<-kinK llo.vcs for Ssilo THKO 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 water 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 m 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 from 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 CITY STATE TWENTY-FIVE ASSOC, 'Now then, sir . what is this 'sure-fire and 'inexpensive' method you've got to amtrol hugs?" TWF.N1 Y-SIX fidJtT^isJa.l'S ISSUE OF MAY, 1965 VOL. 30 -NO. 1 0^^'"*^'««tl?5^ Future of the Cranberry Business as Seen by an Independent Grower and Processor We believe that the cranberry industry can look forward to a very bright future and there will not be enough cranberries grown in the United States to take care of the demand for the fresh fruit outiets — cranberry sauce, and the new products which are making a strong impact on the consumer. While we expect the fresh fruit sales to decrease slowly each year, the new products such as Cranberry Cocktail, Cranberry Orange Relish, Spiced Cranberries, Maraschino Cranberries and a number of new types of cranberry preserves in the combination with other fruits, will more than pick up this slack. As far as acreage increase is concerned, most ji it will come in Wisconsin, and I do not jelieve there will be very much acreage in- crease in Massachusetts, New Jersev, or Wash- ington and Oregon. Wisconsin will definitely 36 increasing its acreage from 300 to 500 icres a year if potential plans go through. A good part of this acreage will be planted with new varieties such as Stevens, Pilgrims, Beck- with, and others, as planting stock becomes available. These new varieties wdll outyield the present varieties of cranberries being grown nd in addition most of them \vill be better for processing than any of the other varieties that are now being grown, particularlv the Searles Jumbo, which is a heaw vielder but not a particularlv good processing berry. We predict Canada will also increase its cranberry production and the main limiting factor would be capital and management, but if these are overcome we can look for Canada to soon grow all the berries it wiW need for its own use, and will not need to import any from the United States. The big increase mav be in British Columbia where raw land costs $500 an acre comjoared to approximately $5 an acre in Wisconsin. We predict that the use of .sprinkling svstems ^\^ll gro\\' more and more in producing areas, and quite rapidly. 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 New Lisboffi, New Jersey Again, we sa)% the cranberr)^ grower can look forward to the future with confidence and optimism. Verxox Goldsworthy President of Cranberry Products, Inc. Eagle Ri\'er, Wisconsin TWENTY-SEVEN THE ONLY FERTILIZER FACTORY ♦ LOCATED IN THE t WISCONSIN t CRANBERRY AREA KICKAPOO FERTILIZERS i Stevens Point ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ t ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦»<▼ JOHN CHANTHiER John Chandler of Sterling, Mass., passed away recently. He had been an apple grower since 1913 and he was named Massachusetts Com- missioner of Agriculture in 1947. He served in that capacity until 1950. Mr. Chandler was well known to Massachusetts cranberry grow- ers and attended meetings of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association. He held many offices in fruit organizations; in 1924 he was president of the Massachusetts Fruit Growers Association. He was an officer of the Ameri- can Pomological Society. He was 75 years of age. Agway To Build $14 Million Complex Agway and Felmont announce plans to build a $14 million dollar Nitrogen Complex at Glean, New York. Agway is an advertiser in this magazine and a supplier of services and materials to the cran- berry growers. 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 Grovrers DEPEND ON Swift's Specialized Service for all their Plant Food and Chemicals Why Not YOU? Swift & Company Arrichem Division Phone 244-3515 P. O. Box 152 Madison, Wis. CORRUGATED CULVERT PIPE and FLOW GATES Felker Bros. Mfg. Co. MARSHHELD WISCONSIN Phm* 230 - 231 SPRINKLER SYSTEMS PUMPS HIGH CAPACITY WELLS ROBERTS IRRIGATION SERVICE STEVENS POINT WISCONSIN TWENTY-EIGHT SERVING THE WISCONSIN GROWERS FOR SALE SEARLES JUMBO HOWES, McFARLIN Vines for delivery in 1965 $150 Ton F.O.B. ten 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 .-AGLE 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 5PROCKETS and BEARINGS ROLLER CHAINS CONVEYOR BELTING STEEL tEAD CRANBERRIES OUR PRODUCTS Strained Cranberry Sauce Whole Cranberry Sauce Cansweets Diced Cransweets Cranbeiry Apple Sauce Cranberry-Strawberry Preserves Cranberry-Cherry Preserves Cranberry-Pineapple Preserves Cranberry-Raspberry Preserves Cranberry-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-Puri Cranberry Puree Cran-Bake Sliced and Whole Maraschino Cranberries Consumer Size & Bulk Fresh Cranberries Cranberry Products, Inc. EAGLE RIVER, WISCONSIN i^i^^^^^^^t^m^^m^^imtt^ 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 >*#N^"^M^>tfICr' YOU Are Reading This Ad- Others Will Read Yours in CRANBERRIES where are your cranberries ? In 1965, Ocean Spray will handle enough cranberries to surface a road 25 feet wide and 1,000 miles long. ^^^ ^hat we propose to pave the nation's highways in bright red, but it does give you an idea of Ocean Spray's size and leadership 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 interested in knowing more, contact any Director or Staff Member in your area. CRANBERRIES, INC. IRVING A $40,000,000 A YEAR INDUSTRY 4PE COD lEW JERSEY WISCONSIN OREGON WASHINGTON CANADA CLINTON MACAII.KY, l'iesi00 SoiM>iiil-ll:in#*v«S#-.*s*<#v< n THIS DROP OF WATER SEEKS ROOTS n IT KNOWS WHERE IT HAS TO GO, 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 water 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 m 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 from 840 through 890 with coupon below. 4Buckner INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 WORLD'S LEADING SPRINKLER MANUFACTURER BUCKNER INDUSTRIES, INC. DEPT. C P.O. Box 232, Fresno , Ca lifornia 93708 Please send catalog and name of nearest dealer. NAME ADDRESS 1 CITY STATE ZIP 1 1 NEW BOOK ON SOUTH JERSEY, THE JERSEY CRANBERRY AREA Rutgers University, New Bruns- wick, New Jersey, announces that a new book "Family Empire in Jersey Iron; The Richards Enter- prise in the Pine Barrens." This area is included in the Jersey cran- berry-growing area. The book is written by Arthur" D. Pierce, and the bcok is the third dealing with South Jersey history ■South Jersey is where all Jersey bogs are. The book is published by the Rutgers University Press. Dr. Chandler of Mass. Working on Washington Project Dr. F. B. Chandler, Marion, former pathologist at the Massa- chusetts Experiment Station, East Wareham, Massachusetts, left in the early part of June for Wash- ington State. There he will engage in cross-breeding experiments. He went as a Visiting Professor and a part of the expense will be paid by the University of Wash- ington. He will work at the Coastal Washington Experiment Station at Long Beach, and will engage in his research when the bogs are in blossom. Some work was done there a number of years ago in a project by the University of Wisconsin, one cress which seemed especially promising being No. 108. Dr. Chandler expects to be in Washington about a month. He re- tired from his work at the Mass. Station last August. CONSTRUCT POWER MN'ES TO WISCONSIN CRANBERRY MARSHES A $20,000 project to bring high line electricity to the Thunder Lake and Ralph Sampson Cran- berry Marsh west of Three Lakes, Wisconsin, is now underway. The new pO'wer line will make it possible for the marsh owners to electrify the pumping stations lo- cated at Thunder Lake. The change-over from gasoline engines to electric motors has been brought about by the installation of sprinkler systems. Wise. Marketing Order Being Again Considered All But One Representative of 18 Cranberry Producing Companies Favor Representatives from 18 cran- berry producing companies ap- peared at a hearing May 12th at the Courthouse, Wisconsin Rapids, to determine whether there is sufficient interest to hold a refer- endum on a proposed state cran- berry marketing order. All but one of those present indicated they favored such a marketing order. It would result in an annual assessment of two cents per barrel en all cranberries sold. The money would be used for research and the state warning service. Douglas Milsap, an attorney for Agivay offers proven pesticides for Complete Crop Protection i Place Orders with- I HARRY T. FISHER — Tel. Middleboro 947-2133 ^^#sr^4 ^^#^*^#^#^^^^#^#^#^#^*^*^*^#^♦^#^*^#^*^»^S*V#S#^*s*^*^i^^^^^^^iNS^: PROVEN PESTICIDE APPLICATION BY HELICOPTER Call: HARRY T. FISHER, JR. an independent distributor oj Agwaij pesticides The best source of cranberry pesticide control materials and Helicopter Operated by application service Plymouth Copters, Inc. ORDER NOW— Thomas "Whitey" Weitbrecht HARRY T. FISHER, JR., Box 243, Middleboro, Mass. Tel. 947-2133 SIXTEEN really the berriesfor. . . 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 \yi" 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 fm AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT JOHN BEAN DIVISION I Lansing., Michigan SEVENTEEN the Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture, conducted the hearing. Ben Pannkuk urged that the necessary funds be provided "on a local basis by the growers first, and then, if they are not will- ing to do it, their respective sales agencies should underwrite the research and frost warning pro- gram." Tony Jonjak, Hayyard, spoke in favor of the marketing order. He said it will provide means "whereby you can be assured of a fairly definite program for the industry as well as expanding the research program now in oper- ation." He said that all growers benefit from the frost warning service and should be required to assume a share of its cost. There were general objections to one clause in the marketing Sales McCuUoch Service CHAIN SAWS and BRUSH CUTTERS QUEEX S PORTABLE HEATERS MITE-LITE POKTABliE ALTERNATORS SANDAICK SCYTHES and ALUMINUM SNATHES LANCASTER PUMPS Pipe Out and Threaded up to 4" CARVER SUPPLY CO. CENTER CARVER, MASS. Tel. 866-4480 Quality and Scrvic* Since 1956 order which would require dis- closure to the state du'eclor of agriculture of the price per barrel of all cranberries sold and the gross dollar value of cranberries. A similar marketing order failed to win the necessary support in a referendum last year. Large Federal Bog In Mass. Bought By Maryland Man Another large bog deal has taken place in Massachusetts in the purchase of the Federal Cranberry Company bog on "Shoe String" road in Carver. This piece of about 154 acres was purchased by John G. Talcott, Jr., of 5316 Bradley Boulevard, Bethesda, Maryland. This is one of the older and better known bog properties in the Bay State. '^M"^^^»^^'♦^^4'♦'^"^^^^'^^^'I"I"^•I"^^^*^^^^'I"I"^'I"^'^•I"^'^**^^♦♦*^ * * * * * * RRIGATION EQUIPMENT PUMPS - PIPE - SPRINKLERS - FITTINGS LARGEST STOCK IN THE NORTHEAST PROMPT DELIVERIES - ENGINEERING SERVICE JOHNS MANVILLE Aluminum, Transite and Plastic * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * EIGHTEEN LARCHMONT ENGINEERING LEXINGTON, MASS. VO 2-2550 Mr. Talcott also owns the Catau- met bog on the Cape, one of about 22 acres, and the big Ware bog cf 53 acres in Plymouth. Mr. Talcott has been in the woolen business and has developed his own real estate properties. He was born in a small community in Connecticut and told the Cran- berry Magazine he was used to small towns and farming and felt that cranberry growing was now a "good field to go into." Eldon Sherman of Plymouth will be bog manager for Mr. Tal- cott. Mr. Sherman formerly was employed by the Cape Cod Cran- berry Company, George Crowell president, until 1952. He then went into construction work on a large scale but now he is going back into cranberries and will devote his time to this industry. George Paulding, who was man- ager of the Federal, will now give his entire time to his own bog property on Cranberry Road in Carver. THOMAS DREVER Mr. Thomas Drever, 83, former chairman of American Steel Foundries, Chicago, Illinois and a former trustee of the Illinois Iriistitute of Technology died May 8, 1965 at the Holy Cross Hos- ptal. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Funeral services were held at Pompano Beach, Florida where Mr. Drever maintained a winter home. Mr. Drever owned and op- erated the Drever Cranberry Company near Three Laikes, Wis'- consin. He started the marsh with Arthur Nelson in 1950. One of the first in the state to go ahead with sprirLkler frost pro- tection he installed sprinklers on thirty acres in 1962 and added an additional ten acres in 1963. The marsh was incorporated in 1960. Last slimmer the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Assn. held its summer meeting at his marsh near Three Lakes. His marsh produced one of the largest crops in history last year and was recognized as one of the better marshes in tJhe state, turning out high quality fruit. Mr. Drever had visited the Three Lakes area in the early 30's and in 1932 he and others formed the Three Lakes Rod & Gun Club. Since his retirement from ASF in 1949 Mr. Drever had spent his entire summers at Three Lakes. A native of Edinburgh, Scot- land, Mr. Drever arrived in this country with 30 dollars' in his pocket and educated as a C.P.A. He started his career with American Steel Foimdries in 1910 and became president of the firm in 1939. He was appointed chairman in 1949. As one of Chicago's leading industries his company during peak employ- ment during World War II had as many as 30,000 workers. Surviving are his widow, Edith; three sons, J. Bruce, Max and Ross' and one daughter Mrs. Don- ald Curless. %eciA MANZATE D maneb fungicide An improved maneb formulation with a zinc salt added Now available to Cranberry Growers for effective disease control Advantages of New "Manzate" D • Long-lasting disease protection • Compatibility wath commonly-used pesticides • Safety to crops when applied as directed • Ease-of-use ... it is a wettable powder that mixes easily. This year, for more effective control of cranberry diseases, spray New "MAN- ZATE" D at regular intervals. Get better spray coverage by adding Du H Pont Spreader-Sticker To the mix- hire. For full 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 all chemicals, follow labeling instructions and warnings carefully. fflPOK Better Things for Better Living . . through Chemistry. NINETEEN T. H. Budd, 76, of Jersey, "Too Busy to Retire" Theodore (Ted) H. Budd, Pem- berton, New Jersey, recently ob- served his 76th birthday, still going strong at various enterprises, and was quoted in the Pemberton Times-Advertiser as saying, "I just don't have time to think about retiring." Mr. Budd is senior part- ner cf T. H. Budd and Sons, which organization has extensive cran- berry holdings in New Jersey. He was president of the old American Cranberry Exchange, with offices in New York for 12 years. He is currently chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mer- chants National Bank of Burlington County. Mr. Budd has also been president of the Pemberton Build- ing and Loan Association for more than 50 years. He served two terms as a councilman of Pemberton Borough. He is a member of the New^ Jer- sey Society of Pennsylvania; also a member of the Pennsylvania Society for the Promotion of Agri- culture. He was one of the original organizers cf Cranberry Products, Inc., in New Jersey, which was merged to become part of the present Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. Mr. Budd is married to the former Helen Brewar of Bar Har- bor, Maine, and the couple has f3ur children and 11 grandchildren. CRANBERRY PRODUCTS TO OPEN GIFT SHOP AT EAGLE RIVER, WISC. Cranberry Products., Inc., of Eagle River, Wisconsin, Vernon Goldsworthy, president, plans this summer to open a gift shop, featur- ing cranberry products. This will be completed in time for the sum- mer vacationists. The shop will be located near the plant on the west side of Eagle River. If the shop proves successful, this may be the first of a chain in Wisconsin. BANDON CRANBERRY FESTIVAL PLANS PROGRESSING Plans for the Bandon (Ore.) Cranberry Festival in September are progressing. There is a contest ror the festival theme. "The theme need not stress cranberries," says Mrs. Leola Hultin, association sec- retary. The festival chaperone is to be Mrs. Dick Wood, and the five cranberry princesses are to be named shortly. The festival band has been hired. COOPERATIVES TO MEET IN MISSOURI The University of Missouri and Missouri cooperative organization will be hosts for the annual meet- ing of the American Institute of Cooperatives, of which Ocean Spray is a member. The gathering will be held on the University campus August 8 to 11. 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 54025 (formerly Withrow, Minnesota) FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Continued from Page 6 less than normal. In 1964 at this time, we had had 15.70 inches, or about 3 inches more than in 1965. Some Frost Losses The hot weather accelerates evaporation and accentuates the conditions of drought. During May we had several record-breaking hot days. These were: May 10th, when the high for the day was 89°, and May 26th, when it reached 93°. On May 27th the high was 94° which tied with the high on that date in 1941. There was also a record-breaking cold night. This was the 37° minimum recorded on May 31st (for Sunday night, May 30th). On that night temper- atures dropped to as low as 25° on cranberry bogs. Most cranberry growers got by without damage but there were a few along the shore that did not have sufficient water to flood and, consequently, suffered some frost damage. There has been no damage observable in blueberries. WASHINGTON Weather Medium The weather during May was about down the middle of the road in all ways. The total rain^ fall for the month was 3.50 inches. The mean high tempera- ture was 55.19 degrees; the mean low was 44.52 degrees. The low- est bog temperature was 26 de- grees, recorded on the first of May and als'o on the 5th. On the night of the 4th there was a low temperature of 34 degrees and the rest of the low tempera- tures were in the high thirties and the high forties. Of the hig^h temperatures the highest was 63 degrees on the 18th. The rest of the high temperatures were in the 50's except for one or two days when the high was 49. Bog: Work May was a good month for weeding and the application of fungicides, also spraying with insecticides for control of the s tip-worm. WISCONSIN Spring: Weather May finally brought spring to the state with numerous spring showers and the first eighty de- gree reading. The first 3 weeks of the month brought tempera- tures averaging above normal during the daylight hours, but below normal during the night time hours. Rain fell on 15 days of the month, with the heaviest the latter part of the month. Record cold temperatures followed the rains and a very cold nine- teen degrees was recorded the morning of the 30th. Tempera- tures were as low as 26 degrees in the cities. Warmest was 88 degrees on the 8th. There was frost in the heavier soils until tiie middle of the montlh, with many marshes' reflo^ving to pull out the frost. The outlook for June calls for temperatures to be above nomal and also precipi- tation, which is expected to ex- ceed 4". Incidentaly snow show- ers were common over the cran- berry areas the latter part of the month, with three inches re- ported on the ground north of Manitowisih Waters on the 28th. However this was not a record as they have recorded snow as late as June 7. 200 New Acres The rain and cool night time temperatures the early part of the month hindered marsh work, such as in late April. Growers were busy applying fer- tilizer and tr3ang to catch up on other delayed work. New plant- ings were going in, with about 200 acres expected to be planted in the staite. Many marshes were adding additional sprinklers for frost protection with an estimated 800 acres expected to be under including last year's installations. Very little solvent was being used as growers were waiting to see the results of the past fall's Casoron applications, which ap- peared to be very promising. Most of the solvent was being spot sprayed. Insects and Frost The first broods of blackheaded fii-eworm and sparganothsis fruit worm along with spotted fire- worm were appearing prior to Memorial day following above normal day time temperatures the latter part of the month. ROBY'S PROPANE GAS, INC. 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LONG BEACH, WASHINGTON CRANBERRIES FEATURED IN VACATION GUIDE The Ilwaco (Washington) Tri- bune in its annual 20-page vaca- tion supplement, features Long Beach Peninsula cranberries. It briefly traces the history of cranberry growing in Washing- ton state from the time, it says, Indians were harvesting the crop in 1895 when Lewis and Clarke made the first overland journey to the Coast, to the present time. Ocean Spray contibuted a half- page advertisement using the same theme. Farm Credit Service Box 7, Taunton, Mass., 02781 Tel. 617 824-7578 Production Credit Loans Land Bank Mortgages • Office — 362, Route 44 RAYNHAM, MASS. Warren R. Arnold, Manager iMfc8=teK:aii=ie=^e3rie=£:ii=8::a=a: Top Quality USED : CARS Repairs on all makes Specializing in Chrysler-built cars Chrysler - Plymouth Valiant and SirDca SALES and SERVICE Robt. W. Savary Inc. Easi Wareham, Mass. Telephone 295-3530 Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Notes by IRVING E. DEMORANVILLE Extension Cranberry Specialist Personal Prof. "Stan Norton" attended he Annual Meeting of the Ameri- an Society of Agricultural En- [ineers held in Athens, Georgia, he week of June 21. He is a aember of the Irrigation Sys- em Design Committee for this !;■ rganization. Dr. Fred Chandler, Professor 1 Imeritus of the Station, has just I eturned from the West Coast. I [e was in the Washington area 1 "om June 10 to June 30 as a I isiting' professor. The main I urpose of the trip was cranberry \ reeding. I Frost I There were a total of 22 frost I 'arnings released during the 1 pring as compared to 18 in '■ 964. This includes afternoon nd evening warnings. In case you are interested, the record is 41 and was set in 1949. Frost damage has been spotty and on the light side, probably in the neighborhood of 2 percent of the total crop, and water injury from late spring flooding has been negligible. The frost season wound up with a flourish with the period of June 14 to 17 being a series of near misses and night after night of nervous watching and waiting. On the night of June 17, some bogs had temp- eratures from 26 to 29 degrees, but only slight damage has been observed. While on the subjest of frost warnings, it seems in order to thank both George Rounsville and Kenneth Rochefort for their very capable frost forecasting this spring. This is a tremendous re- C. G" L EQUIPMENT CO. 1209 MAIN STREET ACUSHNET, MASS. Cranberry Bog Service PRUNING RAKING FERTILIZING WEED TRIMMING Maclilnery Sales PRUNERS POWER WHEELBARROWS RAKES WEED TRIMMERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS - Large and Small For Further Information Call . . F. P. CRANDON ROckwell 3-5526 C J. TRIPP WYman 5-2013 sponsibility that these fellows must bear, and this is one "hot spot" that I personally am very happy not to be on. We are also indebted to the weather observ- ers, telephone distributors, radio stations, and the U.S. Weather Bureau personnel for the im- portant part they play in this service which is sponsored by the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association. Annual Meeting The 78th Annual Meeting of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association will be held Tuesday, August 24 at the Cranberry Ex- periment Station beginning at 10:00 A.M. The program is in- complete at this time; however, there will be the usual machinery and equipment exhibits, guided tours of the State Bog and the crop report presented by Mr. Byron S. Peterson of the Crop Reporting Service. Crop Prospects From personal observation and other reports it seems that the Massachusetts bogs will have one of the heaviest blooms on record. Practically every bog is loaded with "pods" and even those with little or no frost protection have a nice "umbrella" bloom coming. It is much too early to estimate SUCTION EQUIPMENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS r Informathn-Stafe Problem NAME- ADDRESS- W. R. AMES COMPANY 4511 East Osborrw Ave., Tompa, Florida 33610 at this time, but we appear to to cooperate with the New Eng- have the potential for a very land Crop Reporting Service by fine crop. mailing their crop estimates in We want to urge the growers August to Mr. Peterson. A large HAIL IS ON THE WAY WATCH OUT, MR. GROWER Protect Yourself Against Loss Our new policy protects the berries and vines against hail and fire from the time the vjater 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 BULLDOZERS CRANES LOADERS TRUCKS EQUIPPED TO HANDLE YOUR BOG NEEDS LOUIS LECONTE P & L CO. CARVER, MASS. 866-4402 number of reports makes a more accurate estimate possible and. adds to the value of this service. Insects and Weeds There have been numerous reports of large numbers of girdler moths being seen on bogs during the month of June. This pest was fairly well under con- trol duirng much of the 1950's, but with the dry summers of recent years and the lack of a regular sanding program on many bogs it is now a major menace. Prof. Tomlinson indicates that the granular dieldrin or DDT treatments that are listed on the' Insect Control Chart are very good for the larvae or worm stage. These treatments should not be applied when the bog is in bloom. "Bill" also warns that the growers should keep a sharp eye out for late infesta- tions of fruitworm and Sparg- arothis fruitworm. These little devils can decimate a crop in short order. There is still a little time to treat ditches using either fuel oil or dalapon. Shores and dikes may also be sprayed with 2,4,5-T to kill broadleaved or woody weeds such as poison ivy, small maples etc.; or dalapon used for poverty grass or switch grass. Weather The month of June was ap- proximately V2 degree a day be- low normal in temperature. It was a month of alternating cool and warm spells, starting cool for the first few days, then turning warm for a week, then a week of very cool temperatures the middle of the month, followed by short periods of warm and cool weather for the remainder, Precipitation totalled 2.50 at East Wareham which is about % inch below the mean. Generally this was a fairly dry month with hali of the rainfall occuring on the first 3 days. Bogs are getting very dry and some irrigating has been done already. READ CRANBERRIES FOUR issue of July, 1965 -Vol. 30, No. 3 Second C1.-!S5 Postage Paid at Wareham, Massachusetts Post Office Published mon:hly at Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscriptions ?4.00, Foreign, ?5.00 per year. TRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C. J. H '\AASSACHUSETTS June Started Cold The first week in June con- ained unseasonably cold and a vvarning of possible frost in •older locations was issued for n(jrning of June 5th. A minimum )f 29-30 was forcast with the olerance of Early Blacks still et at 291/2- No frost materialized It the wind blew. The first week of June as a vhole was definitely on the •ool side and at its end the emperature for the month to late was about minus 25. Hotter Weather The week of the 8th there was I definite change in the weather )attern and the cranberry area lad rather extreme humid heat. Temperatures were in the 70's, !0's and even 90 degrees. The emperature for the month ■hanged abruptly to the plus ;ide. By the tenth the plus was .4. Thundershower There was a light thunder- ;hower on the evening of June )th which helped the water lituation a little. CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Shocks, or Nailed Stock Always on Hand Let me repair your broken boxes-or repair them yoursell. F. H. COLE North Carver, Mass. Tel. Union 6-3330 Drastic Changn The fine weather continued until the 13th when there was a drastic change to the cold side with squalls lashing New- England, upsetting boats and causing four drownings. Light- ning struck and a fire destroyed a church in Ipswich. Some rain fell over the cranberry area on that night. The temperature for the month had risen to a plus 24, but the 13th was 11 degrees below the average, and a chill, which nec- essitated furnace heat in homes and business establishments. There was a fairly substantial cold rain all day on the 14th. On the night of the 14th al- though there was no frost warn- ing, many growers were up watching the weather and very much worried. Expected cloud blew away about midnight and temperatures of 30 were reached. The tolerance of Early Black early- water was 29 Vo . The night of the 15th saw another frost warning issued, "possible frost, in colder places, minimum 29 degrees." By the 16th temperature for the month of June which had been a plus changed to a minus of 17, the departure from normal on the 15th being minus 15. The minus on the 17th was 29. On the 18th 41. Just a week from the drastic change in the weather to the cold side, on June 20 brought a plus of 5 degrees. It was not thought at the Cranberry Station that the June cold snap had caused any serious loss, ic=saMtijrscie=i£=sae=c&=fcS£=sg=ie=s=^^ 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 although with the bogs generally coming into the blossom stage it caused most growers a lot of worry and use of water, par- ticularly in bogs which had sprinkler systems. The first day of official summer was five de- grees above normal. The intense heat wave with ^^#^#^#^^^ temperatures in the high 80's and 90's and excessive humidity ended on June 24. Sprinklers in Use This heat spell apparently did little harm to bogs, even though there was a lack of rain, as there had been much sprinkling and flooding for the frost spell Sales McCuUoch Service CHAIN SAWS and BRUSH CUTTERS QtTEEN B PORTABLE HEATERS >UTE-LITE PORTABl>E AliTERNATORS SANDVICK SCYTHES and ALUMINUM SNATHES LANCASTER PUMPS Pipe Cut and Threaded up to 4" CARVER SUPPLY CO. CENTER CARVER, MASS. Tel. 8 6 6-44 80 Quality and Service Since 1956 Hubbard INSECTICIDES FUNGICIDES HERBICIDES AVAILABLE ON THE CAPE FROM R. C. Mossman Horticultural Sales West Bridgewater, Mass. rhe HUBBARD-HALL CHEMICAL CO, Waterbury, Conn. and growers had also sprinkled during the heat. Bees Probably more honey bees had been hired and placed in use this year on the bogs than ever before and while there were many wild bees around they were slow in getting onto the bogs. By the 25th most bogs had good bloom. The bloom was apparently heavy nearly everywhere, and growers were expecting a very good Massachusetts crop if con- ditions continued favorable dur- ing the summer. With the heavy bloom it was expected harvesting this fall might be rather later than usual as there may be many bottom berries. A very substantial and help- ful rain came over the cranberry area on the afternoon and eve- ning of the 24th when the heat wave broke. There was fair rain on the last day of June. Summary for June Rainfall as recorded at the State Bog was 2.50 with the av- erage 3.21 inches. The month ended with a minus of 15 de- grees, the total since January first being minus 359. Spring frost damage was set at possibly 2 per cent. June was a nearly perfect month for the coming crop as it was characterized by Dr. Cross, director of the Cran- berry Station, except for being a little dry, perhaps with more rainfall in upper Plymouth County. Sunshine was 72 per cent of possible, way above nor- mal. A number of growers said that honeybees were not as ac- tive as they should be but were plenty of bumbles and they Continued on Page 16 FOR SALE WORTHINGTON CENTRIFUGAL PUMP 10" suction, 8" discharge !; Iiiigation Steel Pipe and Heads;; ' for 5 acres ' Wriglit Power Saw Oscar L. Norton ROCHFSTER, MASS. ^^^»^*^«^*^s#^*•» NORMAN I. BRATENG, DIRECTOR OF OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC. IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CRANBERRY GROWERS IN WASHINGTON He has 18 acres and averages about 150 barrels to the Acre. All Acreage under Sprinklers — Active in local civic affairs — Bought Bog from Wilson Blair. By CLARENCE J. HALL Norman L Brateng, a director of Ocean Spray since August 1959 is a good example of how West Coast cranberry growers are consolidating their bog holding and gradually making bogs self- sustaining, thus permitting them to become full-time growers. Until August of 196? he had 8 producing acres on Pioneer road at Long Beach, Washington. This bog is next to the Coastal Washington Experiment Station. Then Mr. and Mrs. Brateng purchased the property of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Elair on both sides of Pugh Road, a property with 21 acres in all and 10 in production. At that time there were two more in planting. Blair has produced as many as 1,500 barrels in a year. Brateng's top production was in the "big year" of 1961 when he harvested more than 2200 barrels. On some of his acreage he grew 312 barrete to the acre. Large Producer Brateng is one of the largest producers in the Long Beach area, ■ with the exception of huge Cranguyma. Elwell Chabot and Pobert Osgard have larger hold- ings, and may have the potential 1(1 produce larger crops than Bra- tt ng. Barteng says, without boast- ing that he has been fortunate enough in most years to produce about 150 barrels to the acre. Norman's Background Norman was born April 29, 1910 on a farm a few miles from the Thief River Falh in western Minnesota. The family moved to Longview, Washington. At the time his father, Carl, was a saw- mill worker for the huge Wey- erhauser Lumber Company which I '.IS large mills at Longview and I Isewhere on the Pacific Coast. Longview is in western Wash- ington about 40 miles from Long Beach. Norman attended public schools at Longview. He had three > jars of vocational training while in high school, and feels this course "was of tremendous bene- fit to me." Took Part in Okinawa During the Second World War Brateng was a gunner's mate 3rd class. He served mainly on Ithe Ticonderoga in the Pacific theatre. He took part in the in- vasion of Okinawa and also saw action off the coast of Japan. His Father Started Bog Norman's father Carl bought the property on Pioner Road in 1945. Norman assisted him in the winter and spring of 1947 by putting in three additional acres. By this time Norman says "the original plantings made on 20 acres in about 1914 or 1915 'were in terrible shape.' " "So with the 3 new acres and 21/2 wrestled from the natural jungle of the Penninsula he then had 51/2 acres producing." Brateng was in the gravel business for awhile, and in about 1950 he came to think that car- pentry was a better opportunity. He then worked at that trade in heavy construction and housing then "I graduated into boat building during the winter of 1952." "I enjoyed this work very much," he recalls, "then my father's health went bad in the summer of 1954. I quit the com- pany (Tollycraft) I was work- ing for and purchased the bog from my father." The producing and newly planted area had grown by then to 6 acres with 2 more acres scalped and ready for leveling and planting. Since that time a sprinkler system has been ex- panded to include all 8 acres. A new and larger water sump has been put in. This was dredged out by using a suitable pump and other equipment. An automatic control was installed that operates the system turning it on at some pre-determined temperature and turning it off again on a 3 degrees temperature rise. This is completely automatic and allows for sufficient tempera- ture rise to control frost without saturating the ground with water. "I believe this is important dur- ing the late spring period," Bra- teng adds. The Pioneer Road bog is all set to McFarlins. The original bog was owned by the Western Cranberry Company and accord- ing to D. J. Crowley, formally experiment station director, the vines were shipped from Massa- chusetts in about 1915, and Crowley remembers they were "bailed like hay." Experimenting Brateng has been experiment- ing for the past several years to find if there is any cold dam- age done in winter. These ex- periments are to test out a theory that injury occurs in the post- harvest period when temperatures drop not sufficiently to cause a severe frost, but the temperature may still be cold enough to cause vine injury. Brateng is inclined to think this damage may occur and so does Crowley. It has been only during frost periods that Brateng has been sprinkling for temperatures be- low 25 degrees. He is trying also to compare with other Long Beach growers if this damage is doi3 to bogs which are not sprinkled. Brateng does sprinkle for exceptionally low tempera- tures at any time after harvest. "It is my belief that we haven't protected the vines enough during sudden drops after pro- longed temperatures. Twig blight, a troublesome matter often in the Pacific Coast cranberry region is no problem to Brateng, as he has followed the advice of the Experiment Station and fungicides to con- trol this, which is caused by a fungus disease. Water Reel Harvest Brateng harvests by the water reel method and engages in bulk handling of berries. He is one of the few growers on the Coast who do not use paint thinner (a petroleum product) in his weed control. He is hoping that some of the new herbicides may help him to overcome the weed prob- lem. His worst weeds are loostrife and horstail. Brateng is married to the for- mer Mary Volcott of Longview, whom he met while in high school. The couple have two children, Norman Carl, who is 21 and son Eric, who is six. They have one grandchild. A Full-time Grower Brateng has been a full-time grower and working cranberry man since he obtained his Pio- neer road property of 8 acres. He believevs a living can be made on this much acreage — ' by inducing intensive fruit-tip growth and thereby getting mo "e berries to the acre. The Bratengs in 1963 completed a most handsome home at the bog. Brateng did nearly all the work assisted by his wife. There are clareslory windows in the living room; flourescent lighting; wide windows and handsome woods. In the living room the^e is a very large fireplace, modern in design, one whole side of the hi-? livin'? room is of glass. The kitchen has every modern elec- trical convenience — cabinets are built in. Brateng is not a "joiner" of social clubs. He does belong to the Long Beach Peninsula Cran- berry Club; the Long Beach Lions Club. He is also a member of the Board of the A.R.A., or Area Development Association. He is vice chairman of the Board, Pacific County A.R.A. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Long Beach Flood Control District. As an Ocean Spray di- rector he is secretary of the fi- nance committee and regularly Wilson Blair Sold Bog to Norman Brateng. (CRANBERRIES Photo) attends all meetings of the di- rectors at Hanson, Mass. or else- where. Brateng is of Scandanivan de- scent while Mrs. Brateng is Scotch-Irish. Brateng says he has served on the Pacific County Planning Commission since its foundation last December. This is an ap- pointive position, a very con- troversial and none-reimbursive, but very gratifying. He has served as secretary of the com- mission so with his bog work, and being a director of Ocean Spray Brateng is a busy man. Wilson Blair Shortly after Mr. and Mrs. Blair sold their property to the Bratengs they moved to Las Vagas where they entered into the car washing business. Blair had been a cranberry grower for 16 years. He was raised on a farm in Idaho and was in the oil and auto business for 15 years. He resided in Grayland after the war and got interested in the cranberry business and bought his Long Beach bog in 1947. Blair had revamped some of this acreage and then bought two acres on the north side of Pugh Road. He harvested by water reel, building one himself. The acreage of this bog now owned by the Bratengs is wooden- diked for the harvest. The sprinkler system which covers the entire bog has both Buckner and rain Bird head. The system has an automatic warning that rings a bell and got Mr. Blair out of bed frost nights. There are three sumps, one an acre in extent, one 60x 150 feet and a small one and in depth these water holes vary from six to 14. In an interview before he sold his bog Blair said Long Beach production was increasing. "But I think we will have to learn a lot about fertilizers to fit our particular conditions," he said. "We do not use enough phos- phate; too much nitrogen affects the quality of the fruit. Blair has long been active in Long Beach affairs particularly in cranberry matters. He was a member of the West Coast Ad- visory Board for Ocean Spray. He was also on the Advisory Board of Long Beach Experiment Station; on the Advisory Board of the Flood Control District of Pacific county, and a director of the A.R.A. While at Long Beach his hobby was sports salmon fishing both in the Columbia River and the ocean. He had a license to op- erate charter boats. He enjoys bowhng. The Blairs have two daughters, Mrs. Maureen New- som, and Barbara Knapp, the latter and her husband having two children. Blair has now returned to Long Beach and has purchased a part of the Bernhard property. He has also become Long Beach manager of the Ocean Spray plant there. icsrs&=fcffi:acac=s=i£=se=$&=fca=fcic=s: P^'^r) CP^^''^^c)P|P<; i»Kt^fcS!rarft=s&i&st=arit=3ri?rte3.r 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 substanti- 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 □ Please send me sales literature on Tropic Breeze Wind Machines n Please have sales engineer contact me NAME_ ADDRESS (RFD). CITY NINE DIRECTOR OF STATE AGRICULTURE MAKES FINDING IN PROPOSED WISCONSIN MARKETING ORDER Referendum to be held — Advisory Board of five and five Alternates to be elected— Under date of June 11, D. N. McDowell, director of the Wis- consin State Department of Ag- riculture has sent Wisconsin growers the decision upon a pro- posed state Marketing Order for cranberries. He states his de- cision is based on the evidence taken at the hearing on May 12. A petition signed by 13 cranberry producers was received by the di- rector on January 20, requesting a marketing order be established. This means that a referendum of cranberry growers whether they want such an order or not is to be conducted. The refer- endum is to be by mail ballot within 45 days of June 11. There is to be an advisory board of five members, these be- ing producers to assist the direc- tor in the administration of the order if it is voted in. A ballot has been sent to each grower asking for nominations to the board of advisors, and the ballot is not valid if received by the Department of Agriculture after July 1. Each nomination must be signed by five qualified producers to be considered. Each grower shall vote for all five members. The five individuals receiving the highest number of votes will assume active membership on the advisory board. The five receiving the next highest num- ber of votes will become alter- nate members. The term of the members and alternate members is to be for three years. The duties of the advisory committee are to be ad- visory only to the Director and it may make recommendations relating to the marketing order. While the marketing order is in effect each producer is to be li- able for an annual assessment of two cents per barrel. The funds collected are to be budgeted to carry on apphed research, finan- cing and educational program in- cluding funds for a frost warn- ing system. From the funds collected the Director would work with the U.S. Department of Commerce Division of Forecasts and Syn- optic reports. The service would include a special service of fore- casting temperature, weather and other pertinent conditions during the cranberry growing season and disseminating this informa- tion to the cranberry growers The notice to growers says a frost warning service has been in operation for the past number Cranberry D^f jfs Gaifl Insttint WITH Irrigation WADE'RAIN Frost Protection (Get Bigger . . . BETTER YIELDS from your Bog with WADE'RAIN. Economicaho install . . . Economical to operate . . . Quality that lasts . . . Features that reduce your costs and add to your profit. Solid-Set BOG sprinkler irrigation ® // • Ask for FREE Planning Form & Wade'Rain Illustrated Literature on Solid-Set • Hand-Move Power-Move tWriteDept.\V-82-7f^5 for Name of Nearest Wade'Rain Dealer. Headquarters • 1919 N.W. Thurman Street PORTLAND, OREGON 97209 SEATTLE, WASH. FRESNO, CALIF. 98104 93706 532 First Ave. Soulh 2730 W. Whites Bridge Rd Foreign Sales — Irrigation & Industrial Development Corp. 260 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016 COLUMBUS, OHIO 43207 3300 Lockbourne Rd. TEN *i-\SI«W "V jH ii^^ really the berries for. . BEAD/ 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 1}4" 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 4 Orchard Supply Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin David Slinger Randolph, Wisconsin Kinnamon Saw 4 Mower Supply Co. Baraboo, Wisconsin Reinders Brothers, Inc. Elm Grove, Wisconsin John D. Roberts Black River Falls, Wisconsirj ti m yjj^jyi, AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT JOHN BEAN DIVISION I Lansing, Michigan ELEVEN of years and the program ha? been supported through voluntary contributions from growers; "the program is in danger of bein? abandoned because of rising costs and the lack of financial support from a minority of growers." Report continues the pro- posed assessment of two cents per barrel of cranberrie3 pro- duced is very modest, amounting to only approximately two-tenths of one per cent on the gross dol- lar return. Furthermore the notice says the order, if voted in, would pro- vide for the Director to carry on research and long-time research, surveys, and may include the developing of new and improved varieties, production practices, including the use of chemicals for IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT For frosf control and 'irrigation SOLID SET BOG ALL ALUMINUM IRRIGATION SYSTEMS Johns Manville Plastic Pipe and Fittings LARCHMONT ENGINEERING LEXINGTON, MASS. VO 2-2550 Fork Trucks FOR RENT or LEASE (J Good Condition — Easy to Operate also New Allis-Chalmers and Good Buys in Used Trucks ALLIS-CHALMERS MATERIAL HANDLING SALES and SERVICE NEENAII, WISCONSIN Phone Parkway 2-3396 TWELVE insect, weed and fungicide con- trol, developing objective quality and maturity features for cran- berries; marketing techniques to promote more efficient operations. The notice stresses that the success or failure of an entire cranberry crop might well rest on receiving weather forecasts and frost warnings. It asserts cranberries are grown in 17 of Wisconsin's 72 counties; the pro- duction of cranberries is an im- portant factor in the agricultural economy of the state, represent- ing four or five million dollars gross income to growers of Wis- consin. It points out that Wisconsin is the second largest producer of cranberries in the United States, producing approximately 400,000 barrels annually which represents about 33 per cent of the nation's supply. "Production has been in- creasing over the years, primarily because of added acreage." If the order is voted in it provides that in the event of failure of any person to pay any assessments due, the Director may bring an action against him in a court of competent juris- diction for collection thereof. In the event of failure of any sales agency or processor to collect the assessments levied, such processor shall be personally liable for such assessments. MRS. RICHARD REZIN OF WISCONSIN Mrs. Richard F. Rezin, 97, Rt. 2, Warrens, a member of a pio- neer Wisconsin Cranberry grow- ing family in Good County, Wis- consin, died on June 5 at the Tomah Memorial Hospital. Ill since September, she had been hospitalized for two weeks. Death was attributed to a stroke. Mrs. Rezin, the former Pearl Forbes, was born in Wisconsin Rapids Nov. 12 1867. Her par- ents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Forbes, were cranberry growers. Following her marriage to Richard F. Rezin on June 17, 1889. at Webster, S. D., they es- tablished a cranberry marsh in the town of Cranmoor in 1890. Ten year later they moved to •'S''arrens where they continued in he cranberry industry. Since the death of her husband Vlay 13. 1945, Mrs. Rezin had jeen associated with a son Rus- ell, in the cranberry business. She traveled extensively and or the past 14 years had main- tained a winter home at Fort Aeyers, Fla., with a daughter, sabel. As a child she saw the firs I ailway train come into Cen- ralia (now Wisconsin Rapids) nd watched covered wagons oing west from the home her arents later bought near Ne- oosa. Mrs. Rezin is survived by three 3ns, Leslie of Eagle River and ussell and Daniel of Warrens; vo daughters. Isabel and Mrs. /■alter Lenoch, both of Warrens; 1 grandchildren and 42 great- •andchildren. Her husband and ^.■e children preceded her in aath. v She was a member of Ahda- ?gam Chapter, Daughters of le American Revolution, and of cunt Olive Chapter 6, Order of ;e White Shrine of Jerusalem. WANTED Cranberry Bog 2 to 8 Acres Call 995-4518 BROKER REAL ESTATE OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS • 37 Years SeUing Cranberry Properties • LISTINGS WANTED .">«M1 Si'coml-Ilancl Picking IJoxea for Sale THEO THOMAS MAIN STREET : NORTH CARVER, MASS. Tel. 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Box 232, Fresno, California 93708 Please send catalog and name of nearest dealer. NAME ADDRESS 1 CITY STATE ZIP 1 -■ THIRTEEN ROEVS 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 MASS. CRANBERRY CLINIC WELL ATTENDED - INSECTS A well - attended cranberry clinic was held at the Massachu- setts Cranberry Experiment Sta- tion bog on the afternoon of July 1. Speakers were Entomolo- gist "Bill" Tomlinson, Dr. Cross director of the Station on irriga- tion and Irving E. Demoranville, Extension Cranberry Specialist on weeds and disease control. Tomlinson said there might be a bad girdler building up from the number of moths on the bogs and this might get worse in near-future years. He also said the heavy gypsy moth infestation which appears to be shaping up earlier in the spring had not de- veloped for this summer, but he did not like the build-up as there were some on the bogs and it could be worse also in the near-future. Some 25,000 to 30,- 000 acres were treated on the Cape by helicopter and straight wing plane, the material used being SEVIN. 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 centmy. COMPLETE SYSTEMS — pmnping 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) FOURTEEN CUTTING THE CRANBERRIES TO OPEN CRANBERRY HOUSE IN ORLEANS MASS., is shown (left to right) Edwin T. Moffitt, Ocean Spray's Manager of Retail Sales; Mrs. John W. Higgins, Supervisor of the new Cranberry House; Selectman Gaston L. Norgeot of Orleans; Mrs. Frances Florinda, Supervisor of Cranberry House in Onset, Massachusetts; Kim Lade of Dover and Orleans, student at Endi- cott and Nancy Neelans of Hazardville, Connecticut, student at Northeastern; rear right, Willie Fleming of Wareham, Cranberry House cook. DCEAN SPRAY DPENS SECOND RANBERRY OUSE Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. leading the way to a diversified aste for cranberries with the pening of its second Cranberry louse in Massachusetts. The rst. located in Onset, is adja- ent to one of Ocean Spray's anning plants and has been in peration over a year. The sec- hd, opened June 16, is located 1 a new shopping center in Or- gans, at the gateway to the Cape 'od National Seashore Park. Both houses combine a restau- rant or luncheonette, a gift shop and bakery, all featuring cran- berry flavor and motif. Guests also have an opportunity to semple new cranberry products be.ng introduced by Ocean Spray. A cranberry museum and cran- berry theater, with daily show- ings during the summer of Ocean Spray's movie, Heritage of Flavor, are also part of the Cranberry House in Onset. Cranberry House menus are enhanced with Cranberry Jewel Salad, Cranwiches, Cranberry Fruit Nut Bread and even the Sunday Special of roast turkey is plumped out with a cranberry stuffing. Cranberry bread and muffins are also featured at the bakery along with cranberry cookies, cranberry crunch, cran- berry pies, cakes, and doughnuts. In charge of Ocean Spray re- tail facilities is Edwin T. Moffitt who can think of more ways to glorify the cranberry than any- one since the Indians who used them for a food, medicine and a color for their bright rugs and blankets. He has his Cranberry House personnel appropriately uniformed in Cranberry Red with pert white aprons and Pilgrim- type hats. "Cranberry House," he says, "is an effective way to show the public how god tasting and ver- satile cranberries are and we hope will stir up a whole new enjoyment of cranberries. Cape Cod cranberry growers and families enjoy a private opening- of Ocean Spray's second Cranberry House, in Orleans, on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. They are shown seated at the luncheonette sampling the cranberry specialties on the menu. MRS. ISAAC ISAACSON Mrs. Alma (Lahti) Isaacson, 72 of Rocky Meadow Street, Mid- dleboro, Mass. died June 21 in Jordan Hospital, Plymouth. She had been a patient there for three weeks. She was a member of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. and was widely known to operate one of the best bogs in Massachusetts. She gave the bog her personal attention and it was one of the "cleanest" and best producing bogs in the state. Mrs. Isaacson was born in Parkano, Finland and resided for many years at Briarsville be- fore purchasing the former Shaw bog. She and her husband had operated the bog for 35 years. She was an active worker on the Finnish Relief Committee during the Russian Finnish war. Survivors include her hus- band, Isaac Isaacson, a brother, Otto Lahti of Canada; a sister Emma Heinamake of Finland and seven nieces and nephews in this country and Finland. MISS BUCHAN TO VACATION IN IRELAND SCOTLAND, ENGLAND Miss Betty Buchan, director of publicity for Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. flies August 4th via Irish Airlines to Ireland, England and Scotland for a va- cation of three weeks. She will visit various spots in the three countries and will visit two uncles and an aunt in England. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Continued from Page 6 were very active. Nearly all bogs were heavy with bloom by the first of July, with prospects for a very good crop as of then, but as a grower said "you do not pick cranberry blossoms." NEW J E RSEY Frost Calls The month of June was very hot some days and very cool some nights. The mean average was 69 degrees, which was 2.2 lower than normal. This is the eighth year in a row when June was below normal. There were 10 days of 90 degrees and over, with a record high for the date on June 23rd of 97 degrees. On June 8th it was 93 degrees, which tied with June 1939, for the high for that date. There were 8 nights when the upland temperature was in the 40's and 3 nights broke records for the date — June 14th, 26th and 27th when it reached 41 degrees, 45 degrees and 42 degrees respectively. Cran- berry growers were kept busy with frost calls. Minimum bog temperatures were 29 on June 3rd, 311/; on the 4th, 30 on the 13th, 32 on the 18th, 31 V2 on the 25th, and 28 on the 26th. Less Rain The precipitation during June at this Weather Station totaled 3.12 inches, which was .73 of an inch below the normal for the month. On June 24th there were local showers totaling 1.75 inches but only 9 miles away not a drop fell. The total for the first 6 months of 1965 was 16.01 inches about 21/4 inches less than the drought year of 1964 and almost 5 inches below normal. Torrential July Rain The drought was relieved by torrential rains in most cranberry areas on July 5th. At Tony De- Marco's bogs at Chatsworth 4.43 inches of rain fell in about an hour and a half. At the Lab- oratory at New Lisbon, 2.23 inches were recorded. Heavy Rain The season is considerably later than norm.al on cranberries in New Jersey as of July 6th. Blos- soming is only slightly beyond the peak stage. Most growers are encouraged by the heavy bloom and the fact that there has been very little frost damage. WISCONSIN Water Ample Warm days and cool nig'.il'^ was the weather patterri for the Wisconsin groovers during June. Precipitation was m>^re than ample early in *;he month and then finished on a dry )iote ihe last two weeks. The coldest readings were 25 on the 12th and the warmest wa*- 90 on the 27th. The overall average was about normal for temperature. The heaviest ram^ fell dLuing the first wek w'r. over llii'ee inches in some of 'he west central areas. Rainfall averaged normal to above n'Tinal jn ail areas of the state except the south\vest. There v/as odcition-^l frost on the 21st but no losses were reporced. Thi ; frojt was almost a year to the day oi the serious frost of 1964. The outlook for July calls for temperatisres to average above normal and precipitation below normal. Crop Prospects Look Good For the most part fireworni activity on the first brood was quite light and most grov/ers (.b- tained good control. The cool weather held worm development down which allowed the grov/ers more time for control. Some growers used their sprinklex's with parathion emulsions for their insect control with good success. Spot spraying with sol- vent was continuing on isolated species of weeds and grasses until mid month. First bloom was appearing by mid month and the time table appeared about nor- mal but behind last year. Crop prospects appeared good as the hooking started to develop. Frost-Hail Losses Normal Losses to date have been light except for some spring damage caused by dessication on early pulled winter water. This con- dition did not show up until the actual growing season started in early June. Overall the loss is not great, but individually it is quite severe. These areas are being re-fertilized. Losses from frost and hail to date have been minor and considered normal. For the most part Casoron appli- cations made last fall look very promising, except where calibra- tion of spreaders was off. Spring applications also look good at the reduced rates. ^ ecu MANZATE® D maneb fungicide An improved maneb formulation with a zinc salt added Now available fo Cranberry Growers for effecfive disease control Advantages of New "Manzate" D • Long-lasting disease protection • Compatibility with commonh-used pesticides • Safety to crops when applied as directed • Ease-of-iise ... it is a wettable powder that mi.xes easily. This year, for more effective control of cranberry diseases, spray New "MAN- ZATE" D at regular intervals. Get better spray coverage hy acUlins Du Pont Spreader-Sticker To the mix- ture. For full information on New "MANZATE" D for dependable disease protection, \%Tite: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. (INC.) Industrial and Biochemicals Dept. Room N-2539. Wilmington, Delaware 19898 On all chemicals, follow labeling instructions and warnings carefully. Better Things for Better Living . . through Chemistry. IftC.U.S.PAI OFf. SEVENTEEN 'Why, yes, I have been having: quite a bit of rain up around my bog lately how'd you guess ?" EIGHTEEN fidJt'^iSJa-l'S ISSUE OF JULY, 1965 VOL. 30 -NO. 3 O^!^^'***^'^^^ GUEST EDITORIAL THE FUTURE OF CRANBERRY CULTURE IN MASSACHUSETTS In 1950, about 15,000 acres of cranberries \\'ere harvested in the Bay State. Since then, the acreage in production has steadily de- clined, and for the last two years has leveled off at about 11,700 acres. In 1956, there were 962 growers in Massachusetts. By 1959, tlie number had decHned to about 775 and is now down possibly to 600. At first glance these figures would indi- cftte a declining interest in cranberry growing, and a declining importance of the crop for Nhissachusetts in the national cranbeiTy indus- tr\'. Nothing could be further from the tnith. During the first live years of this decade, Mas- sachusetts has produced the first, second, fourth, and fifth largest crops in its history. In common with American agriculture gene- rallv, fewer growers are operating larger acreages, and this is being done with higher- level technical competence, greater capital in- \estment, and lower unit costs. Almost one-fourth of the Massachusetts cranberrv bogs are now provided with soUd- set sprinkler systems, most of them designed land installed since the disastrous frost of iMemorial Day, 1961. These provide nearly- instant frost protection without the hazard of late-season flood-water damage, can be used throughout the growing season to prevent dioiight damage and to spread or activate |X\sticides and fertilizers. All this is achieved witli considerable consei-vation of water com- pared to flood management. Several thousand licres more of sprinkler systems wall be installed |in the next five years. By reducing losses to frost and drought, md by harvesting at later dates in the fall, Massachusetts cranberrv growers plan to av- erage 100 barrels per acre or better. At these ates, unit costs are down, current prices mean profits and some of the extensive marginal icreage which was abandoned in the last fif- teen years will be rebuilt, some of it currently mder wav. New and more productixe varieties are inder test and nursery stocks of the more promising ones are being developed. Tills md a readiness to invest in labor-saving ma- :;hinerv, contributes to the general attitude >f enthusiasm and vigor that has characterized 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 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 BlHeberry Station New Lisbon, New Jersey the cranberiy industi^v since the springtime of 1964. Massachusetts growers are at present supplying over one-half the world supply of cranberries, and because of diis provide much of the leadership of the industry. From all current indications there is a solid determina- tion among growers to continue in this role. There is general confidence that the state will produce its first million-barrel crop in the next five years. It is hard to believe that the first national million-barrel croj:) was produced 3nly twehe years ago. The future of cranberry- growing in Massachusetts is promising and exciting indeed. Dr. Chester E. Cross Director Massachusetts Cranberry Experiment Station NINETEJEN INDIAN TRAIL SENDS LETTER REGARDING NEW OWNERSHIP A notice has gone out from Indian Trail Cranberries of Wis- consin Rapids, Wisconsin, to mem- bers and others regarding the recent sale of that unit to Dean Foods Company of Chicago. It begins that the tonnage of Indian Trail has increased from 12.000 barrels to several times that volume in the past 17 years. The notice signed by Ben G. Pannkuk, now manager of Indian Trail says the purchase of Indian Trail by Dean Foods, which is one of the finest companies in its field, is most desirable for the growers making up the In- dian Trail group, employees, cus- tomers and the cranberry indus- try in the State of Wisconsin. The Dean Foods Company was founded in 1925 by Samuel E. Dean. Sr., and T. A. O'Connor. The company known then as Dean Milk Company had its first plant in Pecatonica, Illinois where evaporated milk was processed and bottled. During the 1930's other plants were purchased or constructed in Illinois at Che- mang, Rockford, Belvidere and Huntley. In the 1950's geographic expansion occured at a rapid rate. Gains were made in Mid- West markets with the acquisition of dairies in Michigan and In- diana. Dean then moved South with entry into Kentucky, Ar- nessee. CRANBERRIES is the only National Publication for this Industry 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. RAPtDS, 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 CULVERT PIPE and FLOW GATES Felker Bros. Mfg. Co. 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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 SHARON BOX COMPANY, INC. SHARON, MASSACHUSETTS ESTABLISHED 1866 We Will Buy Your White Pine Logs Either Standing or Cut • Highest Prices Paid • Sawmill located at North CMver, Maw. 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: g^S _ 6x6 - 4x6 - 4x4 Timbers Planking — Square Edged or (Matched on order) worthy and their daughter, Mary were late July visitors to the Massachusetts Cranberry area. On the way East they stopped at the bogs of Charles LeRocque at Drummonsville, Province of Que- bec, who is making further ad- dition to his cranberry proper- ties. They visited the Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station, Decas Bros. 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DEAAORANVILLE Extension Cranberry Specialist Personals Prof. "Stan" Norton has been attending summer school at the University of Florida. He is ex- pected to return about the mid- dle of August. Andrew Charig began his du- ties on July 6 as Research As- sistant to Dr. "Wes" Miller, our Station biochemist. "Andy" is a recent graduate of SMTI and lives in Westport. He will assist Dr. Miller in his work with chemical determinations in soil and -water. Vernon Goldsworthy, Wiscon- sin grower and President of Cranberry Products, Inc., stopped in for a visit recently and we had a very pleasant chat. He re- ports that there is considerable interest in the Stevens variety in Wisconsin and that a faiv amount of new acreage has been, and is being planted to this variety. He also noted that som.e of the cran- berry marshes had suffered con- siderable damage from hail dur- ing late July. Weather July was another in the series of cool months that we have been experiencing, ending up nearly 3 degrees a day below normal. Rainfall was extremely li^ht with only .67 of an inch for the month. The largest amount in any storm was .12 or only Vs of »" ^^^^ ^^ ^^e year to date. We are 10.5 inches be- low the 30 year average at the Cranberry station. The drought is now wide- spread throughout the cranberry C. 6- L. EQUIPMENT CO. 1209 MAIN STREET ACUSHNET, MASS. Cranberry Bog Service PRUNING RAKING FERTILIZING WEED TRIMMING Macliinery 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 area and water supplies are fading fast. In many cases, the water supply was used up some time ago. Growers are digging new water holes and irrigating in every conceivable way, even to using lawn sprinklers and per- forated plastic hoses on one small bog that we saw recently. Bogs are really starting to suffer, with some showing patches of brown vines and others withered berries which are the forerunner of dying vines. Other bogs that appear to be unaffected by the drought have small beries which may not grow to normal size. This can really hurt when it is time to harvest. Unofficially we est'mate that 150,000 barrels may have been lost to the drought as Oi the end of July. Harvest As the work on production of the crop tapers off and the ber- ries get too large for work on the bog, growers should take some time to plan for the har- ve-^t. Many months of hard wor': and worry have been put in to raise the berries and nov/ everything depends on the care and planning of the harvest as SUCTION EQUIPMENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS I Information-State Problem NAME- ADDRESS. W. R. AMES COMPANY 4511 Ea»» Osborne Ave., Tampa, Florida 33610 to the condition of the berries when they are dehvered to the shipper. Growers should do everything in their power to de- liver fruit in the best possible condition. (1) Now is the time to make sure that the picking machines and wheeling-off rigs are in top running order for a smooth harvest operation. (2) Wait for color, ripe berries stand more frost. By waiting, berries will be larger and easier to pick and boxes will also fill up faster. Set machines to pick no deeper in the vines than is necessary to get the berries, this avoids bruising. (1) Run the machines at a moderate pace, racing scat- ters berries, areas may be skipped over and the vines are pulled unnecessarily which hurts next year's prospective crop. (5) Pick when the vines and berries are dry and discontinue picking when the dampness of the late afternoon sets in. Picking when the vines are damp will increase bruising, put an unnecessary strain on the machines and damage the vines. Sales McCulloch Service CHAIN SAWS and BRUSH CUTTERS QIKEX R PORTABLE HEATERS 3I1TE-LITE PORTABLE ALTERNATORS SAXDVICK SCYTHES and ALUIYHNUM SNATHES LANCASTER PUMPS Pipe Cut and Threaded up to 4" ^ CARVER SUPPLY CO. CENTER CARVER. MASS. ^ Tel. 866-4480 Quality and Service Since 1956 BULLDOZERS LOADERS g CRANES TRUCKS g EQUIPPED TO HANDLE 1 YOUR BOG NEEDS LOUIS LECONTE 1 p & L CO 1 CARVER, MASS. 3H5:3ra =5J=?5:5H«5:3? 866-4402 U Picking Machine School The picking machine school is scheduled for the afternoon of August 31 at the State Bog. Robert St. Jacques and Louis Sherman will be the instructors for the Darlington and Western machines respectively. They will cover operational techniques, gen- eral maintenance and simple re- pairs. Growers are urged to have their machine operators present to participate in these informative sessions. Notes From Brifish Columbia Norman V. Holmes of New We3tminst3r, British Columbia, estimates this fall the bog on Lulu Island will have a crop of close to 15 030 barrels. There had been little rain since the first of June, which was unusual for the area, but moisture was still about a half inch below the surface. . Holmes, who is building a bog of 100 acres, as the Columbia Ci'anbciTy Co., Lim'.ted, has four tractors and bulldozers working full time, and he hope3 to have the whole 100 acres ready to plant by this fall and next spring. He personally drove a truck to Wisconsin the last week in May and brought back a load of vines. These were all planted by hand (the old-fashioned method) and more than 15 acres were planted with from just under four tons. The plantings were two acres of Stevens and about 131/2 acres of Searles. The balance will be planted to Mc- Farlins, .or at least the next 80 acres. The company has purchased another 30 acres, but this will not be planted for at least four years after the peat is taken off. "By this time," Holmes says, "we will know just what the Stevens look like out here and we may put in all Stevens." There is also a- small patch of #72 from Oregon, which he is watching closely. Issue of August 1965 -Vol. 30, No. 4 Second Class Postage Paid at Waretiam, Massachusetts Post OfRce Published monthly at Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscriptions ?4.00, Foreign, ?5.00 per year. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C J. H. Disastrous Drought Drought, terrible drought has been the main concern of Massa- chusetts growers since almost the first of July. The month began with beautiful weather and sea^ sonable temperatures, but con- tinuing dry. At Fourth of July unofficial es- timates of the coming crop were ■aade at the Massachusetts Cran- berry Experiment Station of a big production of about 800,000 baTrels. But the rain did not come. At the end of July the rainfall for the month had been a tiny .67 of an inch with the normal 3.21 inches. There were a few brief sprinkles but at no one time was there more than ,012th of an inch recorded at at Station. At the end of July an esti- mated 150,000 barrels had been taken by the dryness, and th? drought was being called the worst ever known in recent years, exceeding the bad years of 1944, 1947 and 1952. The situation was at the dis- CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Shocks, or Nailed Stock Always on Hand Let me repair your broken boxes-or repair them yoursell. F. H. COLE North Carver, Mass. Tel. Union 6-3330 aster stage for the grower. It was figured that from a fifth to one quarter of the potential income of Massachusetts grow- ers had been cut, while at the other end of the picture, grow- ers' expenses were extremely high, with every effort being made to get some water onto the vines, with every conceivable method being used. Growers used their pumps, sprinklers, open-end hoses and pipes, with crews working 16 hours a day making every effort to get more moisture onto the bogs. Some growers with sprinklers had no water. Cranberry bogs need about one inch of water per week, 28,000 gallons per acre. Flash flood would have helped, but would probably have .dam- aged the crop. Ditch irrigation under the severe conditions helped only a narrow band of vines near the ditch. Growers were even digging holes in in the bottoms of ponds to get a few more gallons as the ponds dried up. Vines Dying But, one of the worst features about the drastic situation was that vines were drying on many bogs. These were at first bare spots, but they grew and merged together. These bare ^ots will bring in a multitude of weeds, next year of course. It was esti- mated it might be four or five years before the damage to vines in this July of 1965 is made good. A flash card from the Cranberry i»£=i&acie=te=i&isie=i£i?=iea=i&=a=ffi=f&=^^ 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 station July 28 said "every effort should be made immediately to get water to the dyin^ cranberry vines. Until this is done, all other on-the-bog operations should cease. As July ended the loss was being figured at one percent a day or about 8,000 barrels. Sprinklers Enormous Help Unless there had been sprink- lers placed on about 2500 acres or more of Massachusetts bogs it was declared at the Station that the situation would have been indescribably worse. "I shudder to think of what would have happened without sprinkler systems," declared Dr. C. E. Cross, director of the Station. At the end of July the big crop in prospect had dropped to about 600,000 barrels or less, and many of the berries were small in size. The month ended with a big minus in temperature of 83 de- grees. This was one fortunata factor, if it could be called for- tunate, that there wero no 90 degree temperatures. Had a few of these occurred, or even one the cut in crop wouli have been even more, and more vines would have shrivelled and died. Rain AuTust 2 The first day of August was bright and sunny, but on the afternoon and evening of August 2 there came a substantial rain over all, or most all, of the cran- berry area. Dr. Cross felt fol- lowing this that the drought was "temporarily ended." The Station believed that grow- ers who had been systematically and continuously getting some water onto their bogs received the full benefit of the rain. A "Cranberry" Rain It was the extreme southerly part of Massachusetts where most cranberry properties are located which received the best of the rain. Boston only got about a quarter of inch. The State Bog measured 1.30 inches; there was an even inch at East Sandwich, there were two inches at Mash- pee, three at Orleans further down the Cape; two at Center- ville and 1.27 of an inch at the New Bedford pumping station in Rochester; about an inch in Lakevillc, Carver and Kingston. Longr Dry Until that rain the precipitation had been about 19 inches short of normal fcr 1985 and 1964 was also about ten inches short of i^ormal. In fact rainfall has been deficient for three or four years. The inch of rainfall equals SHAWMUT GLASS CONTAINERS, INC. Representing KNOX GLASS, INC. 25 EAST STREET CAMBRIDGE 41, MASS. 50,000,000 gallons of water, and the Mass. Dept. of Agriculture by a yardstick it had previously set up, called this the "million- - dollar rain," but weathermen at I the same time warned that much more precipitation was necessary for the dry conditions to become normal again. About 50 cities and towns in the Bay State had placed restric- tions on the use of water. Cool By the fifth the deficiency in temperature had come to a minus 29 degrees. Heat Wave As of August 6th when this issue was closed, there was a tropical heat wave with high humidity and no substantial rain in sight. While 80 and 90 degrees were bad for the crop, the humidity might help a bit. Growers Working Again Just a week after the rain, growers were at work again try- ing in every way to get some water onto the bogs. This was a repeat of the efforts during most of Julv, but with even ri-v^r conditions. It was felt that rain must come shortly to be of any benefit. Berries Good Quality As to the berries. Dr. Cross said he expected the berries to be from small to medium but of very good quality, because of the dryness and the coolness of the summer. The crop was es- timat-^d to be about on time in maturity, v/.th harvest to begin about Labor Day. It was also felt that perhaps the loss in dead vines was not quite as severe as at first antici- pated, that there would be ample vin<^s fo-^ a good crop in 1966. However, some doubt was be- ing expressed if the Mass. crop would even come up to 600,000 barrels. Fall Frosts With such a shortage of water, if there should be much frost this fall, Dr. Cross said the situ- ation was "too frightful to con- template." Reports from other areas, in- dicate that the Wisconsin crop will be down as is Massachusetts, while the smaller areas of New Jersey, Oregon and Washington will have a good production. WISCONSIN July Pleasant July was a pleasant, comfor- table month which set no weather records as both temperature and precipitation averaged slightly above normal. There were only two July days of plus ninety weather, with the mercury hit- ting 94 on the 24th and 95 on the 25th. Low readings were on the first and 21st when marsh readings as low as thirty-one were recorded. Rain Up Rainfall was slightly over 4 inches and occurred on 12 differ- ent days being well scattered throughout the month. Total rain- fall for the year in the main cranberry areas totals about 20 inches or just about average. Nights tended to be cool with half the nights finding temperatures in the middle to low forties on the upland with borderline freezing on the marshes. The extended forecast for August call for be- low normal precipitation and much below normal temperature. Hail Damage The big weather story of the month was the severe hail storms occurring the third week of July in Jackson and Monroe counties destroying an estimated 40,000 barrels. Hail also fell in the Man- itowish area the next week taking an additional 5,000 barrels. Less than half of the losses were covered with hail insurance. Much scarring of small berries was noted along with some up- right damage. About 8-900 acres were involved in the three storm ; in the two areas. Crop Shortening B^oom was late due to the cool June and cool and rainy July. Set looked good on the earlier varieties. Growing con- ditions appeared one week to ten days behind normal and two weeks behind last year. Some water damage from frequent floodings was noted in some areas along with overgrowth from too heavy nitrogen fertili- zer applications this spring. Likewise too short growth was noted in some areas from lack of nitrogen. Some marshes sus- tained severe spring vine injury apparently from deep frost con- ditions. All of the above will definitely reduce Wisconsin's crop by at least 50,000 barrels and warm weather is needed for berry sizing. There is also some crop reduction from Casoron weed killer applied last fall and es- pecially on sanded bogs. NEW JERSEY July Cool The month of July was cooler than normal. The maximum av- erage was 85.5, the minimum average 61 and the mean average for the month 73.3 degrees, which was 2.3 below normal. Ever since the year 1958 July temperature was 90 degrees or over, while the 46 low on the night of July 2nd tied with the record low for the whole month of July for the 36 years the Station has kept weather records. On this night Whitesbog recorded 321/2 which is believed to be the closest to a frost on a New Jersey bog in July. The other two nights that the temperatures dropped that low during July were on July 2, 1952, and July 4, 1938. On July 20th and 21st new lows were established for those dates, being 52 and 48 degrees respectively. Much Rain in July During July the rain at th? New Lisbon Weather Station to- taled 5.17 inches, higher than the normal of 4.33 inches and much higher than in the northern part of the State. On both July 5th and July 11th, over 2 inches fell. The total precipitation for the first 7 months of 1965 has been 21.18 inches, a little more than 1 inch behind the first 7 months of last year and just under 4 inches of normal. Cranberry growers experienced some anxiety over the drought in early July but ample fain fell in all New Jersey cranberry areas on both July 5th and July 11th. At the Tony DeMarco bogs 4.43 inches of rain fell on July 5th and over 2 inches on July 11th. There was no appreciable rain from July 11th through July 31st but on August 2nd about one-half inch of precipitation oc- curred. Crop Prospects Up The crop prospects for New Jersey as of now appear to be good. Most growers do not think they will equal last year's "bum- per" crop but a better than nor- mal crop is expected, perhaps 100,000 to 110,000 barrels. Much will depend on how the berries fize up through August. There appears to be a good set. Honey- bees were used more intensively than usual and bumblebees ap- pear to be more numerous than they have been for several years. A curious phenomenon on New Jersey bogs this year is the long blooming period. On August 1st appreciable bloom could still be observed on many late held bogs. Most growers think that when this happens it portends a good crop. OREGON Good Crop Anticipated At the end of July the Bandon area crop prospect was up from the past two years. According to Ray Bates, veteran grower of Bandon, the crop may reach 40,- 000 barrels. It now appears that spring frost and cranberry fire- worm did quite a lot of damage on a few of the smaller bogs, whose owners have other oc- cupations and did not give their bogs the proper attention. Berry size he reports is unusually large this season and at the end of July many would go over a 15/36 screen. Bog Changes W. R. "Bob" Ward has pur- Continued on page 20 A Wisconsin Marsh (Du Bay) (CRANBERRIES Photo) THE WISCONSIN CRANBERRY INDUSTRY IN 1965 A Revisit to the Badger State by CLARENCj: J. HALL -On Wisconsin" is the motto of Wisconsin whose cranberry marshes we revisited last month, and that apphes to the cranberry industry in this second-highest producing state. First, a personal note — wherever we have gone in any cran- berry-producing area we have always found the growers extremely hospitable and helpful and in this there is no group more so than the growers of Wisconsin. We want to thank Leo A. Sorenson, cran- berry consultant of Wisconsin Rapids, who was our chief mentor m telling us about cranberry growing in the Badger State in 1965. Also Lawrence E. Dana and Mrs. Dana of the Dana Machine & Supply Company of Wisconsin, a chief supplier of the growers. John Roberts and Frederick Gebhardt of Black River Falls, Roy Potter and A. E. Bark of the famed DuBay marsh; Bob Gottschalk of Cranmoor, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Potter and Lloyd Wolf, Ocean Spray representative of the Rapids and others. Doubtless others would have been as help- ful, but these were the ones we were in contact with. We were also glad to again see Miss Jean Nash of the Biron Cran- berry Company and also her brother. Dr. Phileo Nash, the latter being up on vacation from Washington, where he is in charge of United States Indian affairs and not the least Dr. George L. Peltier, now retired and working on the history of Cranberries in the State of Wis- consin. Sorenson now provides the only consultant service in Wis- consin except for Vernon Golds- worthy in the Eagle River- Manitowish Waters section in the far northeast. Cranberry Area Wide-Spread The Wisconsin cranberry area is widespread mostly in the "Heartland of Wisconsin," that is the center of the state from Gordon at the extreme north 300 miles south to Tomah and from Black River falls on the west to BerUn on the east, a distance of more than 100 miles, with Wisconsin Rapids, a city of about 20,000 population, the gen- erally accepted center of the in- dustry. In his consulting work Sorenson estimates he travels EIGHT about 45,000 mi. a year. Sorenson knows the Wisconsin cranberry- industry, culturally, technically, and "politically." Cranberries are grown in 17 of the state's 72 counties. The average holding of a Wis- consin grower is larger (al- though we do not have an exact figure) than in any other area, even the smaller growers have relatively large marshes. The growers 100 percent have their own warehouses and the vast majority live on their marshes. Each is a unit unto itself. There is a growers association, the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association. There is no state cranberry experiment station (although there was one a number of years ago.) Cran- berry research is done by the University of Wisconsin at Madi- son, a considerable distance to the south of the cranberry area. Fro^t warnings come over radio or TV in a special broadcast to the growers in the afternoon and evening. We were in Wisconsin in the middle of last month, and it was generally believed by the growers that a State Marketing Order will shortly be voted in. This will provide for improved frost warning service and for more short and long term re- search. The largest concentration of growers is at Cranmoor about ten miles out of the Rapids. This is a township with not more than 150 inhabitants, men, women and children, and the tax income of the town is entirely from cranberry marshes except for one general farm. It so happened that on the 15th of July there were three state-wide weed clinics held on three marshes, with the attend- ance being perhaps 200 growers some of these coming from as far away as 125 miles. The meet- ings were under the direction of Dr. George C. Klingbeil Ex- tension Horticulturalist, Univer- sity of Wisconsin, with Dr. Mal- colm Dana, who seems to be universally known as "Mac" among the growers, with Dr. Klingbeil, Dr. Donald Boone and all giving discussions at bog- side. Much interest centered in the use of Casoron, and its ef- fects on the cutting down of weeds, particularly wire grass and any side effects on the vines. There were some adverse effects, but generally the feeling was that the chemical was extremely ef- fective. These meetings were at the Indian Creek Cranberry Com- pany (Fritz Panters;) near City Point; the marsh of Dr. J. S. Mubarak (formerly the marsh of the late Marvin Hewitt), the H & H marsh, where are lo- cated two of the frost protection so-called "wind machines," about which more will be said later, and the third at the Cranmoor Cranberry Company (D. B. Rezin) , A part of a tour grroup on dikes at Indian Creek Cranberry Marsh. (CRANBERRIES Photo) One of the so-called "Wind Machines' Mubarak. Note size of standing figure. at, marsh of Dr. J. S. (CRANBERRIES Photo) These meetings gave us the opportunity to be introduced and to meet a number of the grow- ers we had never met before. The worst insects in Wiscon- sin, according to Sorenson are the blackheaded fireworm and fruitworm, but these were not discussed at these meetings. When we arrived in Wiscon'^in crop prospects for 1935 according to reUable information were from 450,000 to 500,000 barrels, a very big production for Wiscon- sin. That week two severe hail- storms took an estimated total of 50,000 barrels, from the bogs which were in a state of late blossom, setting and small ber- ries. In the storms one big grower lost an estimated 25,000 barrels and on some of his acre- age the loss was 90 to 100 per- cent. By the time we had left crop prospects were for a crop of about the same as last year, 405,000 barrels. This figure, of course is subject to late revision in Wisconsin and especially when the official USDA estimate is an- nounced this month. ,i At the same time of the hail storms the growers o' AVi-?onsin were worried about low tempera- tures and were watching the frost reports. Wisconsin can and sometimes does have frost loss in every week of the growing sea- son. The growing season is short, compared to the East and to the bogs on the West Coast. In the winter, particularly the winter of 1964-65 temperatures of 30 below were not uncom- mon, and of course the total snowfall of the winter is far greater than in any other cran- berry area. Yet, Wisconsin people say they do not mind the cold as the air is so dry, and if they venture to Chicago with the Great Lake or to the East with the ocean they "freeze to death" in the heavier moisture air. Although the Wisconsin grov/ crs had their hail troubles this summer, there is no shortage of water, such as in Massachusetts, with its terrific drought. The water table is satisfactory, streams, lakes and reservoirs were high. There has been satisfactory moisture. The Wisconsin growers have about 800 acres under sprinkler systems; some marshes are only partly so protected and a few completely. But every grower we talked with, as in most other areas, intend to put in systems as can be financially dons, or to put in systems if they have none. It seems safe to say that even- tually most Wisconsin marshes will be under sprinkler systems. A number of Wisconsin grow- ers have given up using the mercury-type thermometers and are using an electronic thermo- meter. We understand about 50 are now in use with the number increasing. These are said to be more accurate than the mercury type and can make a recording as far as 4,000 feet. They can be so rigged as to cause an alarm to souid by a grower's bedside when a dangerous temperature is reached. Several can be placed about a single marsh holding. Another grower used a thermo- coupler which also does away with the mercury type. Many Wisconsin growers use a soil tensionmeter to tell the level of moisture in a bed. "Slickiig a finger down is no good" in the opinion of Sorenson. Beds Rectangular The Wisconsin growers make their beds in rectangular shape, as we believe is generally well understood now. Beds do not twist and curve around as in other areas to follow the peat. Beds average about 100 feet wide by 800 feet long, although there are a few larger. So the beds are about four or five acres in area. Some growers plant di- rectly on raw peat, with dis- tributing and disking in the vines by mechanical means. The majority do sand later, if not at planting time, as this sand, as is widely recognized can raise the temperature of the air at vine level a few degrees by radiating the heat of the day on a frost night. In replanting or in making new marshes Wisconsin growers use the Searles Jumbo or Mc- Farlin as they have for many year. "The Searles is the tops," according to Dr. George L. Peltier. The improved Bain-McFarlin is also planted and of the new hybrids the Stevens seems the most popular. Growers are also putting in Ben Lear, the native Wisconsin variety that ripen early, about the same time as the Earlv Black. They wish to get some of their fruit off earlier, one reason being to shorten the harvest season. All harvest is wet, with the Dana-Getsinger machine being used or the Case, or adaptations of these machines. Coming probably in the rela- tively near future will be a picker cutting a 6 foot swath. Such a harv2sting machine is mechanically feasible, but such a vast number of berries coming off so fast, especially in a bed with a lot of berries, will create bot- tlenecks in the entire harvesting pro'^e'-.s unless this "bug" is remedied. There are now four of the tov/ering FMC Tropic Breeze Wind Machines in operation, two on the marsh Dr. J. Mubarak (Six M Marsh) formerly owned by the late Marvin Hewitt. Sorenson has found this machine to be practical in frost protec- tion, although not so useful in sudden and very low drops in temperature as perhaps are the .'sprinklers. An additional use for these wind machines has been devel- oped. This is to dry out the marshes after a rain or a heavy dew early in the morning. The breeze agitates the vines and is apparently a big help in getting better pollination, by increasing the hours of pollination. "In Wis'^onsin we are going to have both wind machines and sprinklers," he predicts, and this combination will be a factor in getting bigger crops, and may ■2 one of the factors which will f)ush up Wisconsin production oer acre. "The Bridges" Another piece of equipment «7hich no other cranberry area las are the so-called "bridges." The first is at Cam^ Douglas, ieveloped by the late Roland ^otter, son of Guy Potter of iVisconsin. The second and the )ne we saw is at DuBay and here is a third at Manitowish AT'aters to the north (on the Kol- er Leasure marsh). The orte at DuBay is 186 feet vide, looking much like any mall steel span for the crossing if a narrow stream. It is five eet high at either end and 13 eet high in the middle. Some 3,000 tons of steel went into ts construction. The ends of the bridge are 'laced on two trucks on the dike If the bed. Beneath the bridge a -^'movable platform upon /^hich the men work and this .latform travels across, from me side to other of the bridge. Vhen a portion of the work is ompleted the trucks move down le length of the bed carry- ig the bridge down the bed. he men on the platform weed. lip vines, spray and apply fer- lizer. The object of the bridge i^^ 3 get work done staying off the ed. BROKER REAL ESTATE OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS • 37 Years Selling Cranberry Properties • LISTINGS WANTED • n«6 Seoond-Hnnd PifkinK Boxes for Sale THKO THOMAS MAIN STREET NORTH CARVER, MASS. 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C P.O. Box 232, Fresno, California 93708 Please send catalog and name of nearest dealer. NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ELEVEN Growers in general have their own dusters and sprayers for in- sect control but there is an air service used by some growers, which flies a World War II Stear- man biplane which has been rigged to cary a large load of fertilizer or insecticide. Growers, almost without ex- ception, we believe pack fresh frixit in cellophane and sort their own berries for processing. It was said considerable still goes fresh, but processing is increas- ing all the time as in other areas. Seventy-five to 85 percent of the Wisconsin total crop goes to Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. with the processing done at the North Chicago plant of the co- operative. The rest of the proc- essing is done by Indian Trail, Inc. now owned by Dean Foods of Chicago and by Cranberry Products (Vernon Goldsworthy) in the north at Eagle River. Most, if not all of the grow- ers have their own warehouses, generally situated at the marsh- side, and many of these have complete, or nearly complete machine shops, laths, drills, presses, welding equipment and all the tools necessary. Growers themselves or some one in their employ, remodel standard farm equipment to the needs of cran- berry cultivation, devise their own particular equipment and make repairs. Wisconsin seems far ahead in the use of heavy equipment, as well as light. They own cranes, bulldozers, tractors, the big picking machines, the boats into which cranberries are harvested, front-end loaders, etc. The Wis- consin growers are ingenious and do not hesitate to make heavy investment in whatever equip- ment they deem necessary for their individual needs. Will Wisconsin Continue to Grow in Acreage and Production? It seems it will. New acreage, at least some is put in every year, there is rebuilding of some of the older marshes. Produc- tion per acre through improving cranberry growing practices at all times of the year seem des- tined to push up production per acre. There is plenty of raw marsh land to be put into new marsh, especially in the northern part of the state. One handicap to expansion, especially in the north might be the controversial and contradictory aims of cranberry growers and other users of water, such as vacationists at lakes. But this is true in other cranberry areas of the country. Vacation- ists and others claim that chemi- cals used by cranberry growers are destroying fish and other wild game life. Vacationists and others dwel- ling on lakes object to the lower- ing of the water level when growers draw water. As to the controversy that cranberry chem- icals are killing fish and other wild life Sorenson points out that the State is spraying forests widely with DDT while Wiscon- sin cranberry growers have not used this material for several years. While new bogs are being built and others renovated there are not too many men from other occupations coming into cran- berry growing at present, and few men from the "outside." Sons and grandsons of present growers are however coming into charge of marshes all the time. Will Wisconsin become the leading state in cranberry pro- duction as it is in dairy products? Some in Wisconsin feel that it may, others doubt they will ever equal and surpass Massachu- setts. One reliable member of the industry however, said he expected the state to gain 10 percent in production for the next ten years. Wisconsin last year harvested 4300 acres, and produced 405,000 barrels. The average yield per acre was 94.2 barrels with Massa- chusetts 55.6 barrels. There has been no census of Wisconsin acreage since 1957 and a new one will be in progress shortly, according to Sorenson and he predicts the total acreage will be found to be a little over 5,- 000 acres. The largest growers are the Hableman Brothers with about 200 acres. The growth and supremacy of Wisconsin in cranberries are for the future to tell, but the im- pression from a relatively brief visit there is one of "bigness" and dedication to increasing pro- duction per acre. (Editor's note: This is the first of a series on Wisconsin cran- berry growing, the rest to he articles on individual marshes and growers, but not necessarily in consecutive months.) NEW JERSEY BLUES FEATURED AT N. Y. WORLD'S FAIR New Jersey cultivated blue- berries were a feature at the New York World's Fair June 24th. New Jersey governor Richard J. Hughes was at the New Jersey Pavillion and re- ceived a tray of blueberries grown in New Jersey. The blue- berry queen is Miss Betty Ann Muschinski of Hainesport, who made the presentation. Visitors had a chance to sample the New Jersey blue, being given a cupful. Among those attending were the officers of the newly-formed American Blueberry Council, the president being Stanley Johnson of South Haven, Michigan and vice president Michael Scepansky of New Lisbon, New Jersey. Stanley Coville of New Jersey, "Mr. Bluberry," appeared on Channel 3 TV with Dan Kessler. Burlington Count.y Agent. They spoke of blueberry production. These events coincided with the real start of the 1965 blueberry season. According to the New Jersey Department of Agriculture early indications are that the crop may be the largest on rec- ord. About 9,000 acres are ex- pected to be harvested this year compared with 8,100 last year and 5,200 ten years ago. Last year's crop of 1,782,000 trays was valued at $5,267,000. NEW CRANBERRY VARIETIES FOR PROCESSED PRODUCTS hy F. B. Chandler, I. E. Demoranville and K. Hayes A cranberry breeding program was initiated by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1929 (1). The primary objec- tive was to develop cranberry plants that were resistant or im- mune to the False Blossom disease which was threatening the industry, especially in New Jersey and Wisconsin. In 1931 it was discovered by Dobroscky (3) that this disease was trans- mitted by the blunt nosed leaf- hopper. Over a period of years a spray program was worked out for the control of this insect that has also helped considerably in controlling the spread of False Blossom. Since these discoveries, the emphasis in the breeding program has shifted to the devel- opment of cranberry varieties with greater yield, larger size and superior quality. The first varieties were named in 1950, Stevens was suitable for Wisconsin, Wilcox was chosen for Massachusetts and Beckwith for New Jersey. Except for Stevens these have not been planted extensively. Wisconsin has over 50 acres of Stevens, and Beckwith has been planted on a few acres in New Jersey. Wilcox has not been planted except in test plots. In 1961, three more of the new x-arieties were named: Bergman, Franklin and Pilgrim. Fruit from these three new varieties was made into whole and strained sauce, and the two standard \'arieties, Early Black and Howes, were used as checks. The sauce was canned and stored for vari- ous periods of time, then opened and tested for color, texture and flavor. At first there was little pr no difference, but 19 months ater Pilgrims and Franklin were n poor condition. Early Black and Howes were poorer than at at the time of canning but were of better quality than Franklin and Pilgrim. Bergman was about as good as Early Black and better than Howes. Normally cranber- ries are canned throughout the year from frozen berries and have a shelf life of about six months. However, once canned and on the store shelf they may be there for some time. Pilgrim, the variety thought best for can- ning because of its high yield, does not hold up well over a long period of time. Studying all of the panel re- ports, we might make these statements. Bergman makes the best whole sauce. Franklin makes the best strained sauce. Early Black is the next best variety for either kind of sauce. Pilgrim is poor, particularly if stored too long. Cranberry juice has been studied at the Food Technology Laboratory since 1928(6). There are two methods of extracting the juice and a third mentioned for blueberry juice (2). The pH of the juice varies from pH 2.4- 2.5, but as Fellers and Esselen reported (4) there seems to be more variation between bogs where the fruit was grown than between varieties. The pH also seems to be associated with ma- turity. Juice pressed in December 1960 was higher in sugar than the same varieties pressed in May 1961. This was shown earlier by Morse (5) in the loss of sugars by respiration. In 1960 ten va- rieties were studied for soluble solids and showed very little difference. Pilgrim and Howes seem to be low, CN may be high. These varieties were studied from our locations, one location seem to be low. (Table 1 ) . It appears that the pres- ence of peat may also be as- sociated with soluble solids. Fellers and Esselen (4) had shown a higher content of pec- tin from a bog on deep peat than a bog on Savanna. Table I PERCENT SOLUBLE SOLIDS OF CRANBERRIES BY VARIETIES AND BOGS 1960 CROP SOLUBLE SOLIDS Variety Barrows H Barrows P United Eldridge Average Bergman 8.85 8.07 6.98 7.89 7.95 Franklin 8.71 8.97 7.64 7.92 8.31 Pilgrim 8.85 8.07 6.98 7.89 7.92 Early Black 8.77 8.83 7.70 8.17 8.34 Howes 9.31 9.09 7.88 — 8.76 CN 8.96 8.53 8.38 8.22 8.52 AJ 8.53 8.92 7.85 8.28 8.39 35 8.80 8.50 8.02 8.37 8.21 Table II SEASON OF HARVEST, CUP COUNT, RELATIVE YIELD OF JUICE, RELATIVE BERRY WEIGHT OF VARIETIES Relative Yield Relative Variety Harvest Season Berries Per Cup of Juice Berry Weight Beckwith Late 58 Bergman Midseason 65 Good Light to Medium Franklin Early 78 Poor to Fair Medium Stevens Midseason 62 Good Pilgrim Late 62 Good Light Early Blk. Early 102 Fair Medium Howes Late 97 Good Heavy CN Midseason 87 Fair Very Heavy AV Midseason 80 Heavy 35 Late 65 THIRTEEN Table III NUMERICAL RATING OF TEXTURE, COLOR AND FLAVOR OF WHOLE AND STRAINED SAUCE A HIGH NUMBER INDICATES HIGH RATING TEXTURE Variety Whole Strai led 6-12-62 7-30- 63 6-12- 62 7-30-6S Bergman 59 14 29 14 Franklin 33 14 30 25 Pilgrim 29 4 25 8 Early Black 35 14 33 27 Howes 35 14 - 24 FLAVOR 22 Bergman 60 15 22 28 Franklin 32 15 35 25 Pilgrim 30 8 26 10 Early Black 25 11 22 32 Howes 34 11 26 COLOR 32 Bergman 45 18 17 19 Franklin 72 15 •5 .,33 22 Pilgrim 30 12 30 15 Early Black 41 22 24 29 Howes 38 17 24 29 LITERATURE CITED (1) — Cranberry Breeding Investigations of the U.S.D.A. Cran- berry Mgr. 12. (2) — Chandler, F. B. and M. E. Highlands. Blueberry juice. Food Technology. 4: 285-286. 1950. (3) — Dobroscky. Irene D. Studies on Cranberry False Blossom Disease and its Insect Vector — Contrib. Boyce Thompson Inst. 3: 59- 83. 1931. (4) _ Fellers, Carl R.. W. B. Esselen, Mass. Agric. Expt. Stat. 481. (Table 4 and 8, 9). (5) — Morse, F. W. A chemical study of cranberries Bui. 265 Mass. Agric. Expt. Stat. 1930. (6) — Rice, C. C, C. R. Fellers and J. A. Clague. Cranberry juice-properties and Manufacture. The Fruit Products Journal. Vol. 18: 197-200. 1939. Table 2 gives the season the fruit matures, the size of ber- ries and relative yield of ju'C^ from limited tests. This shows that some of the varieties are better than others for making juice. The great range in size, (cup count), is also reflected in the berry weight which for these cup counts would range from 1 gram per berry to 1.9 g per berry or from 454 berries per pound to 240 berries per pound. The results of the panel are presented in Table 3, which in general shows that the newer varieties do not make as good sauce as the ©Id ones. Also that the new varieties are not as good for whole sauce as strained sauce, and that the fresh sauce from the new varieties is relatively better than the older sauce. Color, flavor and texture all deteriorate to a certain extent for all va- rieties with age. WANTED BOG 5 to 1 5 ACRES PLYMOUTH, CARVER, MIDDLEBORO AREA BOX 178, KINGSTON, MASS. Miss Betty Buchan Leaves Ocean Spray Miss Betty Buchan, who has been public relations director of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. for the past 15 years has re- signed from that position. The public relations work of Ocean Spray in the future will be un- der the direction of the office of Mrs. Janet Taylor, home economist and who operates the Cranberry Kitchen. This month. Miss Buchan went to Scotland and England for a vacation of three weeks. Upon her return she is going back to college to obtain a master's de- gree. It is understood she in- tends to teach. NEW S. E. VARIETY IJLUEBERRY RIPENS EARLIER A blueberry variety that should advance the start of the marketing season in the Southeast by as much as a week has been released by the USDA and North Carolina .A.gricultural Experiment Station. The new hybrid, named "Morrow." was developed as a very early variety to replace Angola in that region. It is canker resistant, and both size and color improvement over its Angola parent. Morrow ripens all the fruit in a shorter period than any of the commercial vari- eties grown in the Southeast. Marketing Committee To Meet at Boston August 26 The Annual Meeting of the Cranberry Marketing Committee is to be held at the Logan In- ternational Motel in Boston, Mass. Thursday, August 26. The Ses- sion will begin at 9:30 a.m. As the official USDA cranberry estimate for 1965 will be known by that time it is expected that any set-aside, if one is felt jus- tified, will be fixed then. 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WHITE HORSE PIKE PHONE 609-561-0960 Another Firm Merges with Dean Foods Company The Liberty Dairy Company, Big Rapids, Michigaan, has been merged with Dean Foods Com- pany, it was announced by Sam E. Dean, Chairman of Dean Foods and Mr. O. H. "Tommy" Thomp- son, President of Liberty Dairy Company. The merger was ac- complished by an exchange of stock between the two firms. Dean is the recent owner of In- dian Trail, Inc. Liberty Dairy had annual sales of approximately $3,000,000.00 in 1964. Liberty processes and dis- tributes fresh milk products imder the "Liberty" and "Won- derland" labels throughout the western third of Michigan's lower peninsula. Its market area includes Cadillac, Muskegon, Hol- land, Battle Creek, and Grand Rapids, Michigan. Liberty's present management will be retained. Mr. O. H. "Tommy" Thompson stated, "We' at the Liberty Dairy Company are pleased to be associated with Dean Foods Company. The new association will strengthen our operation by bringing to Liberty added resources for research and production of fluid dairy prod- ucts. I know of no more effective way to assure our many loyal customers and employees of the continuation of Liberty Dairy's tradition." Mass. Water Raking Considerable interest seems to be developing in water harvest in Massachusetts this season. Marlin Rounsville, who owns the 35-acre "Windswept" cran- berry property on Nantucket Island, this fall for the second time will water rake his crop. Last year he harvested with a Bana-Gersinger machine from Wisconsin, but this year is con- sidering buying another or of trying the West Coast "water reel" method. The largest of his bogs is six acres so he has not much of a problem flooding for the wet method is getting him larger placing them in tray out in the air and he says they are always dry the next day except when Nantucket is having a spell of "dog days," or wet sticky weather. He finds the wet method as getting him larger crops and in general very satis- factory over the eastern method of dry picking. Dave Eldridge, manager of the Ellis D. At wood bogs in South Carver has purchased a Dana- Getzinger harvester from the Dana Machine Company of Wis- consin Rapids and this fall will use it on certain acreage. How- ever he will use it for dry picking and not wet, although he is interested in the possibilities of wet raking, but this presents its water problems with the Mas- sachusetts bogs. He believes this machine in dry raking has an advantage quality-wise over the other two machines. Cape Cod Cranberry Cooperative, Inc. South Duxbury, Mass. Starting our Sixteenth Season A/lembersh/p Open for Information contact ROBERT D. WILLIAMS, South Carver Tel. 866-4773 BRUCE ARTHUR, Plymouth Tel. 746-4908 ORRIN G. COLLEY, Duxbury Tel. 439-2547 or 934-5666 Member of Cranberry Institute Dave Mann of Head-of-the- Bay road in Buzzards Bay who has been leading the Massachu- setts parade in harvest will again pick his big bog wet this fall. This is the third or fourth year he has so harvested. He has two Dan-Getsinger picking ma- chines and may acquire two more pickers of some type this fall to be' used in wet harvest. A project study of water raking for Massachusetts growers is to be made by "Stan" Johnson, en- gineer of the Massachusetts Cran- berry Experiment Station. It is understood funds will be avail- able from the U.S. Department of the Interior. DR. ZUCKERMAN TO POLISH NEMATODES PROGRAM Dr. Bert M. Zuckerman of the Massachusetts Cranberry Experi- ment Station staff, who is stead- ily gaining in world recognition as a foremost nemotologist, is to fly August 26th to Poland. There at Warsaw, he will be one of a panel giving instruction to other nemotologists. These include one each from England, Germany, Denmark and one or two other countries. They will first engage in lec- tures to Polish nemotologists and later will instruct student beginners in the field of nemo- tology. Nemotodes are th^ micro- scopic "worms" which destroy the roots of many kinds of vege- table life including cranberry roots. Dr. Zuckerman will make the trip under the auspices of the cultural educational exchange under the auspices, in this case, of the United States Department of State. He will be gone about five weeks. -r.:^^ PERSONAL William S. Haines of Chatsworth, New Jersey, a cranberry grower and director of Ocean Spray, was appointed by the Burlington County Board of Agriculture to select a minister to attend the Town and County Ministers' Con- ference at Rutgers University in June. SIXTEEN Mr. Haines is also the bene- ficiary by the will of his late father, Ralph Haines, who was a banker, attorney, and former U. S. Commissioner. "Bill'' Haines and his brothers shared in property in several townships. Duration of Receptivity of Blueberry Flowers to Pollination by Wm. J. Lord Department of Plant and Soil Sciences Studies conducted by J. N. Moore at Beltsville, Maryland, and reported in the Proceedings of the American Society for Hor- ticultural Science, (Vol. 85) indi- cate that, under field conditions, some fruit set of cultivated high- bush blueberries occurred even when;v pollination was prevented )"^| for 8 days after opening of blos- soms. The per cent fruit set was significantly reduced, however, when pollination was delayed 6 days or longer on Coville and 8 days on Blueray. Delaying pollination also re- sulted in a decrease in average weight per berry. A decrease occurred on Blueray when the pollination delay was only 2 days, whereas a 6-day delay was necessary for a significant reduc- tion to occur on Coville. Never- theless, an 8-day pollination de- lay resulted in a more marked reduction in berry weight on Coville than on Blueray. As Moore pointed out, varietal differences in length of pistil re- ceptivity to pollination may be important when unfavorable con- ditions for bee activity occur or when the bee population is limi- |ted. —FRUIT NOTES, College of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts. NATHANIEL WING, JR. BUYS ONSET BOG jAT ONSET, MASS. Still another Massachusetts bog has changed hands. The bog sold was the so-called "Onset bog," at Onset, at one time long a property of the Fuller- Hammond Company. Its latest owners were Wilham M. Atwood and Robert St. Jacques, both of Wareham who own other prop- erty together. The bog was bought by Nathaniel Wing, Jr. of Pocasset, who has begun an extensive improvement program. Showing Iiow the new superhighway construction in Massachusetts, especially Carver, is taking parts of some bogs. 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FOR FIELD PROVEN, HIGHLY EFFECTIVE GRUB CONTROL, MAKE YOUR FALL APPLICATION WITH NIAGARA DIELDRIN T R. F. MORSE & SON, INC. CRANBERRY HIGHWAY WEST WAREHAM, MASSACHUSETTS CY 5-1553 •^rNETEEN WILLIAM HUFFMAN William Huffman, of Mather, Wisconsin passed away July I4th at the age of 83. He had op- erated a marsh in the Mather area for many years. Dr. Dana, Wisconsin Chief Speaker At CCCGA Meeting Dr. Malcolm N. Dana, Univer- sity of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis- consin who aids Wisconsin grow- ers with research and cranberry- growing problems will be the chief speaker at the Annual meeting of the Cape Cod Cran- berry Grower's Association, State Bog, East Wareham, August 24. There will be heard a report of the new varieties committee. The annual cranberry crop report will be given and a lunch will be served at noon. Annual election of officers will be held and the usual exhibition of cranberry equipment and supplies will be on display. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Continued from Page 7 chased the Frank Ison bog of nine acres, and Mr. and Mrs. Ward are being welcomed by the older growers of the area. Jimmy Olson has added sev- eral acres to his holdings. He purchased the Jack Hutching's property just south of his "Town" property. The bog is about five acres. Several acres of new bog, about 20, are now under construction in the Bandon area. WASHINGTON July Beautiful Month July was a beautiful month in the Washington State cranberry area. It is reported that even WANTED 1955-1956 Western Picker ANY CONDITION Carlson Mfg., Kingston, Mass. "old-timers" cannot remember a July that was so dry and warm as this year. The actual high for the month was 78 degrees on the 23rd and the actual low on the bog was 36 on the night of the I8th. The mean high for the month was 64.09 and mean low 49.6 degrees. Month Amazingly Dry Total rainfall for July was .64 of an inch which was amazingly low for July in the area. How- ever, due to high water table there was not any serious short- age of water for the bogs, at least in the Long Beach area. The long range weather forecast for Western Washington is for hot- ter and dryer conditions than normal. Growers Optimistic The weather during the bloom period was ideal and as long as the water table stays up grow- ers should have to worry only about weeds, fungus, etc. which are always problems. Cranberry growers are optimistic. i $ 399 .00 I i i • 2500 lb. Capacity J J $100 Down-Balance Due October SI^aRlson mfg 35 Picking Bags • 35 Picking Boxes Platform Area: 48 x 78 inches. £r,9ir,e_d h.p. Briggs & S.ratton w.th Reduction Unit. Tin. -800^6 - ,0 ir,c,^s wide -J8 inches tl^'^^J^f, -thXe'S lS:f^r^ZsJa.l5 ISSUE OF AUGUST, 1965 VOL. 30 -NO. 4 NATURE CUTS CROP ONCE MORE As cranberry growers and other agricultu- rists have learned over the years, Nature can step in and cut prospects for what ap- peared to be a big crop of cranberries; cut the prospects badly. In Massachusetts what is now being called the worst drought ever, has destroyed 150,000 or more barrels; in Wisconsin hail took an estimated 50,000 or more in July and there was also some frost damage. (Of course the exact size of the national cranberry crop will not be known until the official USDA estimate is out and after that there can be further adverse factors such as frosts.) The drought is actually a disaster to the growers of Massachusetts, with the loss of berries for this fall and the damage to the vines, concerning the crop of 1966 and probably longer. In a way it has been almost comparable, in Massachusetts, to the disaster of. 1959, except that was man made. We don't know yet what the price this fall will be. But, we think, that despite the shortness of the crop we should not expect or want exhorbitant prices. We are sure, however that when announced, the prices will be fair to both the hard-hit cranberry growers, particularly of Massachusetts and fair to the consuming public. WISCONSIN HAS TROUBLES, TOO Before our most recent trip to Wisconsin (see article elsewhere) we did not realize ;omehow that hail and summer-long frost, )r prospects of frost, were as severe as hey are. In the East there has been an )pinion that the Wisconsin growers "had it ?asy." We are now aware that Wisconsin growers have their troubles as well as the Cast, and in fact every area has its share )f hurdles to go over to harvest a good Top of cranberries. 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 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 It seems odd (in Massachusetts) to be talking about water harvest this fall. But the rains have always come, and more water raking may come in the Bay State. But with the West Coast all wet harvest, Wisconsin also, and much being done wet in New Jersey, we wonder what so much wet harvest will have on the quality of the national cranberry crop? Quality cranberries are still needed for the fresh market. TWENTY. THREE CRANBERRIES is the only National Publication for this Industry BARK RIVER CULVERT and EQUIPMENT Co. ESCANABA, MICH.— EAU CLAIRE, WIS. — MADISON, WIS. SRONWOOD, MICH. — GREEN BAY, WIS. — MILWAUKEE, WIS. INTERNATIONAL CRAWLER TRACTORS & POWER UNITS CORRUGATED METAL CULVERT PIPE DROP INLETS AND GATES Golvonized — Bifuminous Coated — Aluminutn INDIAN TRAIL, Inc. 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Plymouth County Electric Co WAREHAM CYpress 5-0200 PLYMOUTH Pilgrim 6-1300 The National Bank of Wareham Conveniently located for Cranberry Men Funds alw.qys available for sound loans Complete Banking Service The CHARLES W. HARRIS! Company 451 Old Somerset Avenue North Dighton, Mass. Phone 824-5607 AMES Irrigation Systems RAIN BIRD Sprinklers HIGHEST QUALITY PRODUCTS WITH SATISFACTION GUARANTEED 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 Mean* Satisfaction WAREHAM, MASS Tel. CY 5-2000 Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. SUBSCRIBE TO CRANBERRIES Bandon, Oregon Holds 19th Cranberry Event Bandon, Oregon, the last week of September held its 19th an- nual Cranberry Harvest Festival with much success. There was the queen contest with chestnut- haired Sharon Ward being chosen queen, there was a cranberry parade and other events. A highly successful part of the celebration was a talent show I put on by the princesses who were runners-up to the Queen, YOUR DISTRIBUTOR WILIilAMSTOWN IRRIGATION • INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER TRACTORS • HOMELITE CHAIN SAWS • FARM SUPPLIES Walter E. Tripp & Sons, Inc 633 Main St. Aciishnet, Mass. WYnian 5-0422 FOR EXPERT SERVICE ON YOUR Briggs & Stratton ENGINES W« use only factory-approved methods and ori^nal parts. Per- aoonel are trained under factory supervision. Se« us for a check-up fw complete overhaul — prices ar* K«ht. ^ .^^ cvctt ^^^ [BriccsIcStratton] MAIN STREET GARAGE Carver, Mass. Tel UN 6-4582 including Queen Ward. Special entertainment was provided lor the three-day festival. The parade featured beauti- fully decorated floats. School bands provided music. A third place winner in the civic division was the Southwest Oregon Cran- berry Club. EARLY PRICES GOOD On September 22, Ocean Spray opened its prices on Wisconsin Searles at $4.75 a quarter, the same as for Massachusetts Early Blacks. At the end of September. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦ Wareham Savings Bank WAREHAM and FALMOUTH Savings Accounts Loans on Real Estate Safe Deposit Boxes to Rent Phone CYpress 5-3800 Kimball 8-3000 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 with quite a lot of harvesting in Massachusetts and New Jersey completed, independent canners were buying fruit at not less than $18.50 a barrel. Ocean Spray opened at price on Washington McFarlins on October first, at $4.75 a quarter. An Ocean Spray notice to brokers stated that promotions at store level, fresh cranberries. starting October first were in greater number than ever before. WISCONSIN SUMMER WET AND COOL Wisconsin had a wet summer, but not as wet as the year before, it is reported. During the sum- mer months there was rain on a total of 48 days, with rainy days in 1964 being 46; but to- tal rainfall for the three month Western Pickers Parts and Repairs Agent for 1965 Model ORDER NOW J. E. BRALEY & SON MACHINE SHOP 78 Gibbs Avenue Wareham, Mass. ilAVE YOUR REPAIRS DONE NOW 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 SHARON BOX COMPANY, INC. SHARON, MASSACHUSETTS ESTABLISHED 1866 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 RedwGod 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 Cambridge Street (Off Route 44) Middleboro, Mass. Hold full flavor in your cranberry pack COMPANY Manufacturers of fine products for the food industry . . . and popular Best Foods Division grocery brands for the consumer. period in 1965 was 10.3 inches, 1964, 15.62. The number of sunny days totaled 23, 1964 27; overcast 31, both years; partly overcast 38 and 34. Out of the 92 days of summer "Old Sol" was not seen as much this past summer as the previous one. The average temperature this summer was 48.7, 1964, 55.9. Temperature-wise this was a much cooler summer. Statement of ownership, management and circulation (Act of October 23, 1962; Section 4369: Title 39, United States Code) of CRANBERRIES, The National Cran- berry Magazine. Published monthly in Wareham, Masssachusetts for October, 1965. The names and adc'resses of the pub- lisher, editor, managing editor, and busi- 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), 850; avenge no. copies each issue during preceding 12 months, 850; Single issue nearest to filing date. 8 50; paid circulation, average by mail, carrier de- livery or by other means, 644; nearest issue, 644; Sales through agents, news dealers or otherwise, average, none; nearest issue, none; Free distribution, by carrier, delivery or other means, 25; nearest issue, 25; Office use 181; Total 850. September 27, 1965 Clarence J. F. Hall. Ibp Quality USED 'CARS Repairs on all makes Specializing in Chrysler-built cars Chrysler - Plymouth Voliant and Simca SALES and SERVICE Robt. W. Savary, Inc. East Wareham, Mass. Telephone 295-3530 Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Notes by IRVING E. DEAAORANVILLE Extension Cranberry Specialist Personals Dr. Surindar Paracer is the newest member of our Station group, beginning his duties on ) September 20. He will work un- j der the direction of Dr. Bert ' Zuckerman on various nematode I problems for the next two years. Dr. Paracer is a native of India, 1 but comes here from California I where he has been working to earn his Doctorate. Weather The month of September was cool, averaging about 2.5 de- grees a day below normal. Rain- fall totaled 2.38 inches at East Wareham, which is about 1.5 inches below the 30 year average. his is the 9th consecutive month ~A'ith below average precipitation and we are now slightly more ,han 13 inches deficient for 1965. The last two weeks showed only ).18 inch. Harvest General harvesting in Massa- chusetts began on the weekend )f September 11 and 12 with some growers starting a few days before. Color was not very good ;he first week of harvest and size about average. Both im- proved after a IV2 inch rain on he 13th and 14th. About 55 to 50 percent of the crop had been larvested by October 1st. Frost m the night of September 27th ith bog temperatures ranging cm 17 to 24 degrees, possibly ,000 to 3,000 barrels lost. Eight eneral frost warnings have been eleased from the Cranberry Sta- ion as of October 1. These in- lude afternoon and evening arnings. Market Report The first cranberry market re- ort for fresh fruit was released September 20 from the Agricul- tural Marketing News Service under the direction of John O'Neil in Boston. This will be the 12th season that these weekly reports have been prepared for growers and shippers. These re- ports include current information on the movement of fresh cran- berries by rail and truck, price and terminal market conditions in the leading cities in the United States. Those who wish to con- tinue receiving this report should return the necessary form to Mr. O'Neil. Anyone else interested in this report may receive it by writing to the Agricultural News Service, 408 Atlantic Avenue, Room 705, Boston, Mass., reques- ting that his name be added to the cranberry mailing list. Late Fall Management The following suggestions on late fall management 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 bramble, Virginia creeper or morning glory which may be crossing the ditch from shore. 3) Casoron can be applied at the rate of 100 pounds per acre for control of loosestrife, aster, mud rush, neelle grass, summer grass, cut grass, nut grass, cot- ton grass, marsh St. Johns-wort, ragweed, blue joint, sphagnum moss and wool grass. Casoron should be used in cold weather (after November 1) preferably just before a rain. It is less likely to harm vines that are healthy and vigorous. 4) Casoron and sand should not be applied in the fall to bogs that do not have winter protection because of the increased susceptibility to winter injury. 5) This is an ex- cellent time to rake and/or prune the bog, also do not forget the trash flood where water supplies are available. C. Cr L EQUrPMENT 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 Further Information Gall . . . F. P. CRANDON ROckwell 3-5526 C. J. TRIPP WYman 5-2013 ii These are very valuable prac- tices that will keep the bog in shape for peak production next year. 6) Any bog that has not received sand for the past five years or more, should be sanded as soon as possible, preferably this fall or winter. Sanding, pruning and raking should be postponed until next spring on those bogs that do not have water for winter protection because the vines are more susceptible to winter injury following these operations. 7) It might be a good idea after the fall work is done, to put in the flume planks on those bogs that have dry reservoirs. Any water that can be saved would be helpful later on for winter protection. Proposed Nuclear Canal Near Bogs in Washington A proposal to dig an intra- coastal waterway in Washington State 110 miles from a point near Olympia, the state capitol, to a point near Ilwaco at Long Beach and Grayland was reported. This was a half million dollar proposal by U.S. Army engineers with the digging to be by nuclear blast. To blast would have re- quired special permit as the country is now under a nuclear ban. Ilwaco area and Grayland area are both cranberry bog districts and if the proposal went through there were fears for the effect upon the Washington cranberry industry. A later report in the Ilwaco Tribune, weekly newspaper said the plan to use nuclear blast had been ruled out. A spokesman for the Seattle Office of the Army Engineer Corps was reported as saying "in view of the question- able construction cost advantage and the socio-economic impact of the side-effects of the nu- clear detonations, we cannot rec- ommend the nuclear excavation at this time." It was reported that even if other construction methods of the waterway seemed feasible and economically advisable it would be at least ten years be- fore plans could be drawn and funds appropriated for the canal to start construction. Wisconsin Agricultural Water Users Organize A Water Resources Develop- ment association has been re- activated in central Wisconsin to present a united front for the protection of water users. The association has hired Menzel-Wil- liams & Associates, Inc. of Stev- ens Point, a public relations firm, and Howard Hazen, Sun Prairie lobbyist to represent it in the state legislature at Madison. At a meeting after 105 new members were enrolled, James Burns, Jr., Portage County as- sociation president, explained that the association was formed be- cause of the concern of the "lack of representation and interest in" state legislation which might af- fect agricultural uses. Burns said that potato grow- ers, muck farmers, cranberry growers and fruit growers and other water users should all work together in the new asso- ciation to protect their water rights. Republican Assemblyman Louis Romell, of Adams declared that "strange water laws can come like a thief in the night." He cited a 1963 law which requires landowners to get state public service commissioners' approval of any ditching or pond building which might affect navigable streams. Romell reported he has intro- duced legislation which would , eliminate the law's application to agriculture. Farm Credit Service Box 7, Taunton, Mass., 0278"" Tel. 617 824-7578 Production Credit Loans Land Bank Mortgages • Office— 362, Route 44 RAYNHAM, MASS. Warren R. Arnold, Manager "^«=33=5M«MS5«535:53=55=5J=i3=5H^^ Issue of October 1965 —Vol. 30, No. 6 T, , . . Second Class Postage Paid at Wareham, Massachusetts Post Office Published monthly at Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscriptions g4.00, Foreign, 25.00 per year. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C. J. H A/lASSACHUSf ITS Sept. Starts Chilly September came in on a rather chilly note, but with beautiful days, perfect early fall weather, but there was still no general wide-spread rain. Up to the 8th the temperature for the month was a minus 38. Betsy, that fear- ful hurricane which struck the Bahamas and Florida and New Orleans, and for a time gave slight concern that it might head for New England as so many do, no longer was a threat here. Only effect on Massachusetts were some very heavy seas on the "back- side" of the Cape, believed to have been caused by the tem- pest way down south. There was slight and scattered rain over the cranberry area on the night of September 9 — .003 of an inch being recorded at the Cranberry Station. On Sept. 13 there came the rrost substantial and helpful rain in months, as 1.34 inches was recorded at the Cranberry Sta- tion. This was general over the entire cranberry area. However, weathermen said much more rain 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 was still needed. There was httle or no picking that day or the following. The temperature vari- ance for the first two weeks of September was minus 67 de- grees. Tropic Weather From the 18th for about a week there was completely tropical weather with high humidity and several light night showers. This slowed harvest somewhat. Days were also often foggy. This ex- tremely humid condition was the situation as autumn officially came in on September 23. The third hurricane of the season was swirling far out in the Atlantic. This ail-but record heat and humidity at least kept frosts away. Second Frost Spell of Fall The Cranberry Station sent out AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS a warning for dangerous frost 21, on the night of September 28; tolerance of Early Blacks, 23. Temperatures as low as 17 on a cold bog in Carver and 18 on a cold bog in Mashpee were reached, with many 18 and 20's. Some damage was done. All Early Blacks not harvested but were generally pretty well along. There was some frost around for the next couple of nights, but the total loss was not considered serious, two percent being put down at the Cranberry Station. September Very Cold September ended with a minus 80 degrees. The Boston Weather Bureau declared this to be the 17th colder-than-normal month out of the last 19. It was noted that the year 1960 averaged ex- actly normal in temperature and 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 each year since then has been colder than normal. This seems to lend some credence to a theory that New England is changing towards a cycle of colder weather. Rainfall Off Rainfall v/as also off for the cranberry area. There was a total of 1.88 as recorded at the State Bog with the average be- ing 3.56 inches. So precipitation remains still critical and is be- coming more so with each pas- sing month. Some portions of New England have had adequate rain, but the dryest portion has been near the coast, which in- cludes the cranberry bogs. September was also less sunny than normal. Dryest in 147 Years Weathermen in Boston, digging back, came to the conclusion that the first nine month of 1965 were the dryest in 147 years. At the end of September and beginning of October a labor shortage was hampering getting the crop off. NEW J ERSEY Sept. Temperature About Normal During the month of Septem- ber the maximum average tem- perature was 80.9 degrees, 1.5 Sal es McCulloch CHAIN SAWS and BRUSH CUTTERS QUEEN B PORTABLE HEATERS MITE-LITE PORTABLE ALTERNATORS SANDVICK SCYTHES and ALUMINUM SNATHES LANCASTER PUMPS Pipe Cut and Threaded up to 4" CARVER SUPPLY CO. CENTER CARVER, MASS. 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Temperatures had dropped to 26 degrees by 10 p.m. and with good radiational conditions which had been predicted the temperatures could easily have gone below 20 degrees before sunrise. There was a general lack of water for flooding at the time, so it was definitely not an ill wind blowing on that night. Rainfall Less The rainfall during the month totaled 2.32 inches, 1.30 inches below normal. For the nine months of the year total precipi- tation was 8 inches below normal and almost an inch and a half below the drought year of 1964. Crop Holding Up Cranberry harvest as of Octo- ber 1 was still in its very early stages. Most bogs are running fairly close to the estimate. Ber- ries are a bit smaller than nor- mal and, in general not well colored. The few cold nights late in September did much to enhance coloration and color is expected to be more than ade- quate in the next few days. There are some excellent crops in the Chatsworth area, with some bogs exceeding 125 barrels per acre. WISCONSIN September Weather Poor September brought a continua- tion of cold and wet weather, even worse than the preceding Continued on Page 17 J. C. WINDHURST. BAN DON. OREGON GROWER HAS PERHAPS SMALLEST SPRINKLED BOG IN EXISTENCE His Bogs are Beautifully Kept Up with an Average Crop of 1400 Barrels on 10 — 11 Acres By CLARENCE J. HALL Perhaps the smallest bog area sprinkled anywhere is a one-eighth acre piece owned by John (Jack) Cleveland Windhurst whose cran- berry property is near Bandon, Oregon. This piece of McFarlins is completely fenced in with barbed wire for protection against deer. This round piece of bog is somewhat strangely picturesque, with a gate, sitting as it does along the lush heavily wooded bog near the entrance to the Windhurst property. The single sprinkler in the center of the one-eighth acre is a Buckner with a sprinkling radius of 60 feet. In all Jack Windhurst has 10-11 acres, all under sprinkler sys- tem, but not all are automatic. Produclion The Windhurst bog 3 are set to all McFarlins and his largest crop to date has been 1600 bar- rels and the average production is 1400. Th?- first six acres of this bog were built by "Hank" Dufort, father of 'Bill" Dufort, who is Ocean Spray manager for the Bandon area. One and one-six- teenth acres were built by E. R. Ivey and the rest by Wind- hurst. Mr. and Mrs. Windhurst first came to the Bandon area in 1942 and Windhurst worked with Mrs. Windhurst's father, Gunnar Ericksen. They bought the prop- erty in 1947 from Mr. Ivey. Mrs. Windhurst, the former Gunhilde Ericksen and her father bought the old Langlois bog, the Lang- lois family being pioneer grow- ers in the Bandon area. It was on a visit to Bandon 1942 that Jack was first "bit- en by the cranberry bug," a ondition that has become more cute with him through the years. 'I was impressed with cranberry ulture," he says. L Windhurst was born in Edina, issouri in 1905 on a farm. His father later moved back to Iowa, and later still to a farm in Southern Minnesota. This was in 1914. "I left home in 1926 going to California where I met anc' married Gunhilde in 1930," he says. Mr. Windhurst is a jovial man who enjoys talking. But he is a hard-working man as can be at- tested to by his bogs which are beautifully kept, with scarcely a weed. Live at Bogside The Windhursts live in a v-ery pleasant home by the bogside. Mrs. Windhurst is interested in ing and strong examples of her art hang on the walls of their home. The couple has one son, "Bill,' 19, who is in the U. S. Navy. He is married and this year the Windhursts became grandparents. Windhurst formerly had a newspaper agency at Walnut Creek, California, which was in a "fabulous" location he says, in the foothills near Oakland. Mt. Diablo overlooked the rolling countryside, where grew walnuts, pear and peach orchards. "It is hard to believe that this charming land has now become a metrop- olis in recent years. Freeways, shopping centers, and apartments have obliterated many of the old familiar scenes," he adds. He is a member of the Masons, and at present is not on any cranberry committees. Wind- hurst water-picks all his crop. He was one of the first growers to use this means of harvest. He also rigged up the first mechan- ical pruner, a Gravely tractor with long teeth on the sickle bar. Some growers are still using these. He built and used the first elevator to lift wet ber- ROBY'S PROPANE GAS, INC. (Carver, Mass. 866-4545 West Wareham, Mass. 295-3737 CONVERT YOUR IRRIGATION PUMPS TO LP. GAS Saves on Oil No Pilferage Saves on Spark plugs Up to Three Times the Engine-life Saves on Fuel Pumps and Carburetors FOR A DEMONSTRATION CALL US TODAY SEVEN EIGHT ries from the bog to truck, thus eliminating the need of boxes. Like many other West Coast growers Mr. Windhurst has an- other occupation. He is a long- shoreman and a member o- ILWU. He is a member of and sells his fruit through Ocean Spray. OBSERVATIONS ON WEED CONTROL AND OTHER PRACTICES FOR CRANBERRY CULTURE 75 Percent of Wisconsin Growers Voted In Order In the recent vote on the Wis- consin State Marketing Order, the only cranberry state market- ing order, at least so far, the "Yes" vote represented 75 per- cent of the registered growers. According to Market Order leg- islation 66 and 2/3 percent must approve before such an order can be made. Those who favored the Order produced 249,901 barrels of the 1964 crop. This represented 65 percent of the total state pro- duction. The law requires at least 51 percent of production. The 2 cents a barrel which is collected by means of the Order will be used for a program of research, production, processing and distributing as well as for the frost report so vital to cran- berry growing. The growers elected five of their members to serve at the Cranberry Market Order Ad- visory Board. These are: Bruce Potter, Camp Douglas; Tony Jonjak, Hay ward; Charles L. Lewis, Shell Lake; Keith Bennet, Warrens and Donald Duckhart, Wisconsin Rapids. The alternates: F. W. Barber, Warrens; William Harkness, Mill- ston; Craig Scott, Warrens; Rob- ert Gottschalk, Wisconsin Rapids; and Richard Indermuehle, Mani- towish Waters. The committees will serve to advise and counsel with D. H. McDowell, Director, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, and his staff. (Editor's Note: ) The following is the complete text of a most interesting talk given by Dr. Malcolm N. Dana of the Univer- sity of Wisconsin at the annual meeting of the Cape Cod Cran- berry Growers' Association, at East Wareham, Massachusetts.) It is a pleasure for me to bring you greetings from the cranberry industry in Wisconsin. Although our Wisconsin industry competes with you for the sales dollar, we are all interested in healthy growth for the whole in- dustry and enjoy good natured ri- valry that exists between the two producing areas. The numerous problems of production and mar- keting will always tie cranberry growers together in a common bond of respect and friendship. On behalf of Wisconsin grow- ers, I extend a word of appreci- ation to the research efforts of the staff at Massachusetts Cran- berry Experiment Station. Our growers have, for many years. relied upon your information to guide them in the use of new pest control methods and materi- als and cultural practices. Al- though our growing condition:: differ from yours in some ele- ments, the information emanating from your station may often be readily modified to satisfy the need in Wisconsin. Sprinklers I have been interested to see the extent of your conversion from depending upon flood irri- gation for frost protection to the use of sprinkler irrigation. In Wisconsin we also are rapidly installing overhead sprinklers. Perhaps 30% of our acres are now covered with sprinklers or will be in the next few months. Wisconsin installations are all aluminum pipes, but I notice that most, if not all, of yours are a combination of aluminum mains w it h plastic laterals, either buried or on the surface. The use of plastic offers economies of installation and resistance to freezing damage both of which are significant benefits in this use. I will call these things to the attention of the Wisconsin grov/ers. We anticipate certain advan- tages to accrue from the use of sprinklers in comparison with flooding. Fruit keeping quality should improve due to the re- duced opportunity for spreading fungal spores through use of less total water and the use of water less often. Precision frost control will now be a reality, for a grower can wait longer before starting protection than he could with flooding and both high and low spots should get equal protection. It will no longer be necessary to flood dur- ing the critical blossoming period and thus improved fruit set and early fruit development should result. It goes without saying that great economies in water consumption will result for now it will no longer be necessary to fill all ditches and put inches of water over the surface, but rather the grower may apply .10 inch per hour or less during the frost period and obtain adequate con- trol. Many borderline Trost situa- tions will now consume no water whereas under the flooding pro- gram water was used to fill ditches and get ready for flood- ing as a precautionary measure. We are all interested in the in- fluences that sprinkling may have on the weed population. Cer- tainly less seeds will be moved in from reservoirs and ditches which may be a very important factor. However, the reduced use of water and the resultant im- proved aeration conditions at the bog surface may encourage germ- ination and development of many seeds that would not have grown under former conditions. We may find that annual weeds will become a more serious problem than they were before this shift. Wind Machines I will just mention the wind NINE machines that have been installed on two marshes in Wisconsin. These machines are designed to bring warm air from air strata a few feet above the bog and mix it with the cold air collected near the bo^ surface. Their ef- fectiveness depends upon a stratification of air, in other BROKER REAL ESTATE OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS • 37 Years Selling Cranberry Properties • LISTINGS WANTED • 500 Seoond-Hand Picking Boxes for Sale THEO THOMAS MAIN STREET NORTH CARVER, MASS. Tel. UNion 6-3351 «v#^#'^^>#>^4 words, there must be a source of warm air for mixing or no value can accrue from their operation. There is no value in their operation during a con- vection frost, when the cold air is moving in on wind currents. Although these machines have been used successfully for sum- mer frost control, their limitation to usefulness only under rather restricted conditions has dis- couraged grower interest in them. State Marketing Order The growers of Wisconsin have recently approved a state market- ing order that provides for a check off system to contribute funds for the encouragement of applied research for cranberry production and for payment of the frost warning service. This marketing order is administered by the Wisconsin State Depart- ment of Agriculture. A grower advisory committee counsels with the Department Director on the allocation of funds to research organizations. I am happy to see this action by Wisconsin growers because it represents a recognition by them that in today's research climate, agricultural industries desiring research assistance must be will- ing to participate financially in the support of research effort. Those industries unwilling to participate will soon find re- search efforts channeled away from their specific interests and into those areas from which money is forthcoming. Weeds Weed control still remains a primary problem for cranberry growers everywhere. Although the species of weeds differ some- what among areas of production and the intensity of weed popula- tions vary all areas are cursed with a plentiful supply of prob- lems. I am sure that each group thinks it has more severe problems than the other group, but my observations lead me to conclude that there are enough problems for everyone. Our program in Wisconsin has tested the full range of herbicides made available from various sources in the last twelve years. 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The prob- lems of application to stay within the limits of safety have pre- vented the acceptance of this herbicide and little or none was used this year. The use of 2,4-D granules was extensive several years ago but, las with Simazine, the injury ex- perienced outweighed the advan- tages of weed control obtained and little material of this type is Qow used. The development of better applicators and more un- derstanding of herbicide limita- tions may encourage use of this naterial for situations where an- nual broadleaf weeds are the primary problem. Growers may ind 2,4-D granules a useful com- plement for dichlobenil(Casoron). There is still a limited use nade of 2,4-D amine for swab- Ding of brush and coarse broad- eaf weeds. Such use will con- ;inue until a more effective her- bicide is found. We have found a limited use or CIPC granules primarily for mnual grass control. Unfortu- lately, the herbicide does not provide full season control from •ates of application that we feel ire safe to cranberries. Some growers are using it on two- md three-year-old sections for jrass control and in some in- ;tances the results have been ;ood. The latest and most outstanding jierbicide to receive registration s dichlobenil (Casoron). The re- sults from its use have been so outstanding that one grower now .:alculates cranberry history as B.C. and A.D.; Before Casoron jind After Dichlobenil (Casoron). Certainly, since the passing in 1959 of the one truly great cran- berry herbicide, no other ma- terial has approached the effec- tiveness of Casoron for a wide spectrum of weeds. Although it is not a panacea, it surely offers hope for turning the tide against many weed invaders. Spreaders The widespread use of Casoron has re-emphasized the importance of application equipment and careful operators. Many of our growers are using the Noble Chemi-Caster as modified by the Dana Machine Company and often further modified by the grower himself. The Chemi- Caster is an adequate machine when the shutolT mechanism is working and when the operator uses care in turning at the . i^aCai Set Once and Go With G /% N D M —freat one Jbog 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 gauge. You get the same given hopper opening size for a given gauge 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 Wheel <"> Drive powers it. Weather tight lid on hopper has double locks. Marker attachment available. Write Gandy Co., 13 Gand- rud Road, Owatonna, Minn., for information on tlie Cran- berry Special Applicator, and name of nearest dealer. SINCE 1936 Owatonna. Minnesota WORLD'S MOST ACCURATE APPLICATORS ends of the sections. Of course, careful calibration is essential to proper use, but this is true of any machine. It would seem to be essential to take the machine out of the field after a pass the length of a section and then to re-enter the section and make a straight trip again. Turning on the beds while the machine is operating distributes excess her- bicide near the pivot wheel and inadequate material at the out- side wheel. The vine injury pat- terns observed this summer fully confirm these obvious con- ditions. Several Wisconsin growers have built a machine modeled after the spreader I use for plot work. The basic delivery unit is taken from a Brillion grass seeder manufactured by the Bril- lion Iron Works, Brillion, Wis- consin. The spreader provides precise delivery of material and positive shutofE of granule flow when the mechanism is stopped. I believe it has advantages of maneuverability and control worthy of investigation by more growers. Dana Machine at Wis- consin Rapids has a pilot model ready for testing this year. The specificity of Casoron con- trol for certain weeds suggests that growers must start to think in terms of "patchwork" appU- cation. It is false economy to apply expensive herbicides on areas either lacking in weeds, or infested with weeds known to be resistant to the material used. You must start to map your beds in detail during the growing sea- son and then apply the herbicide only to those areas where control may be reasonably expected. The risks of vine injury and the material cost are too great for indiscriminate application over wide areas. Precision application equipment and intelligent hand- ling must become a part of suc- cessful weed control. Casoron has also taught us one other great lesson. This her- bicide will not provide good weed control in areas of thin, weak vines. Its best control is ex- hibited where the vines are thick, vigorous and productive. The control apparently results from the suppression effect of the herbicide in the presence of highly competitive conditions pro- vided by vigorous vines. Neither condition alone can eliminate weed populations, but the two working jointly overcome the AIRBOAT SERVICE Cranberry Bog Washings Reasonable Rates 24 Hour Service Anytime- Anywhere RAYMOND A. REID 1080 Main Street, Hanson, Mass. 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. 293-6441 After 5:00 P.M. 293-2764 weeds. The lesson we are learn- ing is that you first must grow a good vine stand and then you may use herbicides to selectively eliminate the weeds. You can't grow cranberries without vines. Therefore, integral parts of any weed control program are the other management practices in- cluding soil fertility, insect and disease control and water man- agement. Our experience with Casoron has shown that Howes are the most tolerant variety with Searles showing the most sensitivity. This places Massachusetts growers in a favorable position relative to the situation in Wisconsin. We have found that fall application is particularly effective on cer- ji tain early spring emerging per- | ennials, but that spring applica- tions afford better control of rice cutgrass, sensitive fern and other late emerging perennials. , In general, those bogs estab- lished on sand bottom have suf- fered more injury than those bogs on peat bottom. Apparently the high organic content of peat inactivates some of the herbi- cide through absorption or other phenomena. A fall application of the recom- mended rate of Casoron, followed by a winter sand application definitely enhances the activity of the herbicide. It may step up the effect by as much as 50%. This means that in those areas where you have hard-to-kill weed species, you may wish to plan your herbicide treatment in conjunction with your sanding program and thus take advan- tage of the extra effect. In con- trast, where you have weeds that are relatively easy to kill, you could reduce the herbicide to 21/2 or 3 Ibs./A. followed by sanding and obtain control equivalent to 4 Ibs./A. without sanding. We believe that Casoron effect on vines is closely associated with soil conditions. In some instances, at least, we see more injury on very low pH soils than we do on soils with a relatively higher pH. Whether this reaction is a pure response to pH level or whether it is the result of other factors associated with soil pH, we are not sure. In any event, it is a research area needing fur- ther exploration in order that we may be able to reduce the injury by simply adjusting the soil status. Manganese Recently, we have been work- ing with nutrient absorption by the cranberry plant. A sidelight to this work is the interesting ob- servation that cranberries can accumulate large quantities of manganese w it h o u t apparent growth retardation and that these plants can grow in high con- centrations of aluminum without showing toxic symptoms. These observations are of interest be- cause it is known that many plants are adversely affected by high levels of these two elements. We now wonder if soil applica- tions of these elements could be used as selective herbicides in much the same manner that iron has been used in the past. Our workv thus far has been under laboratory conditions and needs much further expansion before any practical application may be realized. The weed control problem con- tinues to be a challenging one to research workers and grow- ers. With a continuing source of materials for testing and the application of new knowledge within the framework of estab- lished practice, the battle will be won. It has been a pleasure to spend this day with the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association and to share these few ideas with you. I hope you can all take time to come to Wisconsin soon I and see the methods we use to j grow cranberries. LONG BEACH CROP REPORTED UP Wilson Blair, Area Manager for Ocean Spray of Long Beach, Washington is quoted as report- ing that the area will harvest 25,000 barrels of the state crop. Last year's harvest was 17,000 so a gain is expected. Harvest in the area began about October 4th. OUR CHANGING VALUES by RUSSELL A. TRUFANT (Editor's Note: Mr. Trufant is an engineer and a long-time suc- cessful Massachusetts cranberry grower, recently retired.) A year ago I revisited places in the Southwest where I worked forty-odd years ago. I inspected many reinforced-concrete struc- tures I had designed and built there. I was pleased to find each one in good condition and serv- ing its purpose, but chagrined to find that each had been al- tered to serve new purposes — to meet needs that did not exist when the structures were built. Coming back to Massachusetts, I had an eye out for the chang- ing needs and values over the years. Do we realize how our sense of values in cranberry bogs has changed (or been changed) within our own memories? Changes due to Experiment Sta- tion work, to use of new or dif- ferent machines, to adoption of sprinklers, etc? Take our idea of a really good bog. How has that changed? In my youth, a really good bog was long and narrow with good sand pits all along both sides, on a big enough stream so all you had to do was put the planks in, and the bog went right under. Few would build such a bog today. The frequent cross-valley dikes and big flumes would be too expensive, and the risk of storm-flood water damage too great. The advantage of the narrow bog has been lessened by the replacement of the wheel- barrow and plank by the machine Sanders and power wheelers. The sand is less important with to- day's thinner initial sand coat; by grading with peat instead of sand; by extending the interval between sandings; by the con- venience of the front-end loader and dump trucks for stockpiling sand around the bog in off sea- sons. Changes since my youth have been gradual but widespread. Un- til the advent of sprinklers, we jf. aimed for a bog with water stored on three sides but not running through, and good drain- age on the fourth side. If we could put on a frost flow in an hour and drain it off before noon the next day, and do that five days running, we had a real good bog. We had to be up almost all the frosty nights, but we avoided many flows. We still re- membered the old-timers rule of the three "F"s: Three flows equal one frost; three frosts equal one freeze; three freezes equal one failure. Then came along sprinklers. We saw more and longer sleep- less nights. We found we were using lots of good bog swamp for needless reservoirs. We found good protection from heat-drouth damage. It would take courage to depend on today's sprinklers against winter-killing, but that may come yet. It also seems that a bog kept too wet by over- sprinkling will raise just as rot- ten berries as any bog kept too wet by other causes. And it is hard to imagine any trouble with a grood frost-flow system that would be as crucial as a break- down — even a short one — in a sprinkhng system. Assume that today's standards include the sprinkler. Just what are the other requisites for a good bog? Leave out the things which can be added anytime, such as shore roads, fertilizer, pesticides and Tender Loving Care. What has to be there to begin with? Peat, sand, water and its controls and drainage; not necessarily important in that order, but there. Peat is the vines' own water reservoir. Its capillarity feed its moisture up to its surface for the vine roots. Not that it has to have capillarity, like a wick. It should be heavy peat, the kind that sticks to your shovel, not loose forest duff. The ideal peat layer is about the same thick- ness all over the section; deep peat out in the middle means future settlement there. Six inches to a foot of peat will provide root moisture thru most drouths. You can make good THIRTEEN bog on peatless hard bottom by adding a layer of peat. The sand has virtues too nu- merous to list here, not the least of which is its action in delaying rain runoff while the slow - drinking peat replenishes its supply. We have reduced the thickness of the initial sand layer from the old-time six in'hos down to two or so. By proper trash removal and prun- ing, we have lengthened the in- terval between sanding. The ease of stockpiling around the bog in off-times means we are not de- pendent on the sand that happens to be handy. The sand should be reasonably clean and free from clay, since the roots need air as well as water. And a thick layer of sand hastens the day when the buildup of re- sanding lets an accidental over- wet condition kill those lower vine roots that bring moisture up from the peat. You may well ask why we need this moisture system when we can sprinkle at will. It is because no bog is uniform. Drouth damage first shows up in spots, we know, where the mois- ture system is not working prop- erly. If we sprinkle before those spots show damage, we are keep- ing the rest of the bog too wet. Mechanical picking has made it more imperative that the sur- face sand be free of stones. The potential of stone damage to the machines is too great to ignore. The requirements for water have been changed most radi- cally by sprinkling. We need water for three general purposes: sprinkling, trash removal, and winterkill protection. Water har- vesting is so akin to trash re- moval that it need not be con- sidered separately. For sprink- ling a minimum storage might be enough for five nights in a row. That could mean five inches over the whole bog. Then a twenty-acre bog would need a one-acre reservoir with an av- erage depth of 100 inches, etc. A sump might do. There are places around here where a sump will not hold water. 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Each large bog should be subdivided by dikes into blocks which are of convenient size for quick flooding and quick trash- ing or picking. Perhaps three acres is a good size. That calls for a reservoir, and one big enough to flow a bit over the vine tops. For a bog with many such block, you may be able to rehandle the water from the first block again and again for the rest of the bog. That will probably involve the familiar bog pump. Otherwise, you need about as much reservoir with sprinkling as without. Most bogs, other than the pres- ent "dry" bogs, can accumulate enough water for winter flooding. A sprinkler system can, in time, winter-flood a bog. In any case, there is likely to be a critical time after the usual oxygen- deficiency warning when you want to reflow because of ice CASORON IS AVAILABLE IN MASSACHUSETTS from R. 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CASORON kills weeds before they come up to rob your cranberries of available soil moisture and valuable nutrients ... and it doesn't hang around after the job's done. It's safe enough to use on growing plants and it's not irritating to you. And CASORON is easy to apply. One application (Fall or Spring) and weeds are gone. SUPPLIES OF CASORON 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 and Garden Supply, 301 Whitehorse Pike, Hammonton, New Jersey; Cranberry Products, Inc., Eagle River, Wisconsin; Indian Trail, Inc., Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. cover. But this usually involves a thaw which gives you time and water if you are on the job. Drainage you need, too. Not &s fast drainage as you needed to get a frost flow off in six nours or so to avoid water dam- ..^e. But the water table should ^e under some control. If a natural stream flows through the bog, it is well to detour it around the bog to avoid storm-flooding in bloom, for example. The pos- sible need for rehandling water has been montiono:! above. High parts of a bog mean nothing to sprinklers, but for thrashing and winter flooding they are an abomination. It is better to cut down the high edges (putting on a layer of peat if necessary) than to build up the center to match the edges. The center will settle anyhow; build it up and it will settle more. This is assuming that there is deep peat in the center, as usual. What other needs are there, perhaps unrealized needs? One is to get rid of the section ditch. We need shore ditches, and prob- ably ditches between varieties. Ditch banks are often unpicked.. The labor cost is high, and the berries from the ditch banks are often rotten enough to raise the cost of the sound berries and perhaps degrade a whole ship- ment. We thus lose about 10% of our possible acreage and crop to the ditches. Yet we give the ditches frost protection, pesticides and all the rest. They even have their own weed problems. And they need periodic cleaning out. They add a touch of risk and adventure to trashing or water picking. They complicate crop hauloff. They give burrowing animals access to many points on the bog. They are a nuisance in most mechanized operations. With sprinklers, you need to drain off but about an inch a day of frost water. At least a part of that would go down to the peat. Heavy rain makes the real need for good drainage. You would reasonably prepare to drain off an inch a day for five days of storm. It is not economic to protect against much more, because "all outdoors" would be flooded anyway. It would be rash to depend on surface drain- age alone to get all the water off. Some degree of underdrain- age is indicated. The present ditches on an old bog, and per- haps some grid system on new bogs, would furnish a ready- made location for such under- drainage. Especially since on old bogs the present ditches presum- ably tap the known wet or springy spots. Just how would we do it? My crystal ball suggests that we should flrst clean out the old ditch, put in a bedding layer of sand, then lay the pipe (rigid or semi-rigid, perforated), then fill with sand to a high peak in the middle, fill the edges with peat (perhaps the ditch cleanings) to the top of the bog peat, then end up with a level grade with knock off the center peak of sand and add more sand if needed to perhaps a foot width of sand between peat fillings to let the surface water down to the pipe. Maybe we need an occasional riser pipe to let us wash out sediment from the pipe with a hose stream. Does this whole thing sound like a railroad job? It is a railroad job. Forgive me, please, for having overlooked the many points which occur to you on reading this. I have just tried to out- line what I think it takes to make a real good bog today, and take a brief grance into the future. Remarks at the Blueberry-Cranberry Research Center Dedication on August 26, 1965 (Editor's Note: The following is the address hy Dr. Paul Eck, who has supervision over the New Jersey Cranberry and Blue- berry Station at the summer vieeting of the American Cran- berry Grower's Association. The meeting was held at the new Cranberry - Blueberry Research Center at Lake Oswego.) As a researcher who will be putting this facihty to use, I would like to express my appre- ciation to the people of New Jersey for making it possible. I have been trained in the field of plant nutrition and physi- ology. It is my assignment to apply the basic principles in these areas of specialization to the solution of applied problems in blueberry and cranberry cul- ture, as well as to conduct re- search which will add to our basic understanding of these crops. A study of the influence of the major plant nutrients upon blueberry growth, production and quality has been initiated at this center. An additional important objective of this study is the development of a diagnostic tech- nique based upon plant and soil analyses which may be of use- fulness in correcting plant nu- trition problems. From this study we hope to produce the most ac- curate nutritional recommenda- tions possible for blueberry pro- duction. Poor fruit set on many of our commercially important varieties has been a problem for almost a decade, both in New Jersey and in other major blueberry producing regions. We know that trace elements play primary roles in the enzyme systems which are pressed into service during this critical physiological period. Therefore, the role of trace ele- ment nutrition in influencing pol- lination, fertilization and fruit development will be one of the areas of research at this center. In the greenhouse and labora- tory this problem of fruit set is being approached from still an- other direction — that of produc- ing fruit parthenocarpically, i.e., fruit development in the absence of pollination and fertilization. Through the use of plant growth regulators we have been able to achieve 100% fruit set without benefit of fertilization. These ex- citing results are being studied further for potential application to the commercial industry. Additional cultural studies have been initiated at the research center in which different plant pacings will be evaluated, sod tLulture will be compared to clean cultivation and new pruning techniques will be tried in con- junction with mechanical har- vesting methods. In cranberry plant nutrition we are also interested in studying the influences of various fertili- zer regimes upon plant growth, production and fruit quality. In addition, the interaction between fertilizer practices, degree of pruning and water table will be studied in an attempt to ascer- tain which set of ecological con- litions are conducive to maximum production of high quality cran- oerries. We are also experimenting with 3lant growth regulators in cran- berries in hopes of producing ' r u i t s.e t parthenocarpically. Promising results have been in- iicated in this area also. We are grateful for the op- )ortunity to work on problems — the ' solutions of which may lave immediate application to the ndustry we serve. We are also [rateful, however, for the oppor- unity to train graduate students ind in so doing direct a portion )f our energies to basic areas of esearch. Such problems as the dentification and quantitative de- ermination of endogenous growth egulators in the blueberry plant; he determination of the role of lutrition upon predisposition of he cranberry plant to disease, md the basic cation nutrition of he blueberry are examples of ;ome of the research being con- lucted as thesis research in par- ial fulfillment for advanced de- crees. •Homelite CHAIN SAWS •WATER PUMPS •BRUSH SAWS •Oregon SAW CHAINS Halifax Power Mower Wood St. Halifax, Mass. 293-6416 WISCONSIN COLD, RAINY, SNOWY, HELP SHORT The northern cranberry area, of Wisconsin had almost two solid weeks of rainfall in the latter part of September, with occasional snow mixed in and temperatures down to 18 degrees. This was delaying harvest and help was also short. The lat- ter part of the month was there- fore pretty rugged for the grow- ers. The crop seemed to be fall- ing off in the opinion of Vernon Goldsworthy. The first snowfall of the year at Wisconsin Rapids occurred on the night of September 25. By early morning however, it had melted. OCTOBER CROP UP SLIGHTLY There is a change in the US- DA cranberry crop report for October. Massachusetts is up to 680,000; New Jersey up from 140,000 to 150,000; Wisconsin still 400,000 (locally expected to be down from that); Washington, the same 85,000; Oregon 38,000 down from previous 40,000. This brings the total crop up to 1,353,000. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS (Continued from Page 6) August. Temperatures averaged about four degrees below normal and precipitation was fiom two to five times the normal of three inches. Most of the cranberry areas received from three to four times the normal amount. Cold- est reading was 24 on the 26th, which also brought the season's earliest snow with one third inch on the ground in most cranberry areas. The highest temperature was 85 on the 9th and this was followed by violent storms in- cluding hail in the Mather area. There were a total of 20 days in the month in which some form of precipitation fell. The outlook for October calls for below nor- mal temperatures and below normal precipitation. Harvest Delayed Needless to say the weather experienced during the month curtailed berry growth, but has- tened coloration. Little if any harvesting was done as conditions were so adverse. Reservoirs were spilHng over and some beds were flooded with the heavy rains. Here again was a complete re- versal of the past several years. The surplus rain has recharged many springs and ponds along with a rapidly increasing soil water index. Estimates Down The early raking clearly showed the smaller than normal berry size and as expected fol- lowing the cold August, this would have a material effect on the Wisconsin crop. Berry color ap- peared the best in years, but keeping quality was expected to be poor due to the heavy pre- cipitation in August and Sep- tember along with more than normal frost flooding. It is now quite apparent that Wisconsin will have difficulty reaching the 400,000 barrel figure for 1965. WASHINGTON September Dry Cranberry harvest got under- way in Washington State about the first of October, after an unusually dry September. Pre- cipitation at Cranguyma Farms recorded only .94 of an inch for the entire month. This was the fourth month in a row which has been drier than nor- mal. September had its greatest pre- cipitation for a 24-hour period on the 14th when .57 of an inch was recorded. There was meas- urable precipitation on six days. October started out in an at- tempt, apparently, to reverse the process by spilling 2.06 inches on the 4th and 5th. High temperature for Septem- ber was 83 on the 24th and a low of 30 on the 17th. READ CRANBERRIES SEVENTEEN .^Af-^ZjjSsi 'Civ/ ..;j; .:.:iC)rf: 'I.O'i Vv ,; J'.J "T'C Z. ■ EIGHTEEN (Sdit^Silk ISSUE OF OCTOBER 1965 VOL. 30 -NO. 6 (^^I^^Shaicw..^ WATER — A MAGIC SUBSTANCE Rainfall, water; that magic substance was perhaps the chief source of concern in the cranberry business this past season. Mas- sachusetts had not nearly as much of it as was actuaUy necessary; New Jersey had none too much. While Wisconsin and many parts of the West had much more than needed or wanted, in fact in many areas the floods were disastrous. The big answer to the cranberry areas which have been too dry has been sprinkler systems. Frost control has usually been the main use of sprinkler systems, but if it had not been for sprinkler irrigation in Massachusetts this year there would not have been much of a production. There were difficult times on the Pacific Coast due to storms and too much water and then there were the damaging floods ilong the Mississippi and elsewhere in the nid-west. We usually have abundant grapes and beach plums at our home near the Ilaoe, but this year there were none, due we De^ieve, to the lack of rain. Water is necessary to the human being. A nan in the temperate zone can get along on 3^2 pints of water a day, we are informed, yet we use an average of 60 gallons a day Por one use or another. For every pound of dry matter in a plant, there are five to 10 Darts of water. For every pound of dry natter manufactured by a plant, the plant nust use about 700 pounds of water in ;ranspiration. Obviously as our population increases ;he demand for water increases and our >upply diminishes. The silting and pollu- ;ion of our streams is becoming a major "actor. Out in Wisconsin there is now strong •ontroversy as to the uses of water. Partic- ilarly in the northern resort regions the nterests of the cranberry grower and the 'esorters seem to be coming more and more n conflict. This is more or less true in all ranberry areas. We should realize that water is a mirac- _ilous and indispensible substance, and it s well for us to stop and think about it for I while. We should become better in- brmed of our use of water. Water must be conserved and we should make the best use )f it for all of us concerned. 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 Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, Oregon Washington AZMI Y. SHAWA Junior Horticulturalist and Extension Agent in Horticulture Long Beach, Washington Massachusetts DR. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Massachusetts New Jersey P. E. MARUCCI New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station New Lisbon. New Jersey It is too early as this goes to press to speculate much on the cranberry price. But we do know the Ocean Spray opener on Early Blacks was a dollar more than in 1964. And we do know there is heavy de- mand on the part of independent canners. So the situation does look encouraging. And the U.S. total crop is after all not too small. NINETEEN ATTENTION CRANBERRY GROWERS in Northern Wisconsin WE HAVE TAILORED OUR LOANS TO FIT THE NEEDS OF YOUR SPECIALIZED ENTERPRISE. Available for — — . EQUIPMENT (INCLUDING SPRINKLER SYSTEMS) . NEW BOG DEVELOPMENT • PRODUCTION COSTS TERMS UP TO 7 YEARS Write or Call Today: Production Credit Association of Antigo ANTIGO, WISCONSIN Box 614 — Telephone 623-2004 JAMES E. HAWLEY, General Manager Dean's Indian Trail ... the big new name in the cranberry business ! Where the big idea is to sell more at a better profit through modern merchandising and selling. Watch and seel Dean's hidUvAJkouJi "Captive" Family Visits Marshes fn Wisconsin In Wisconsin Rapids this past summer the Wisconsin Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce has been taking "captives," and show- ing them some of the "sights" of the area. The "captives" were visiting tourists, guests of the Cnamber. Among what tlie "cap- tives" were shown were Wiscon- sin Rapids great paper mills and cranberry marshes. The event proved so interest- ing to a "captive" Illinois family that the Chamber may decide to make this an annual event. 5 CORRUGATED CULVERT PIPE and FLOW GATES Felker Bros. Mfg. Co. MARSHFIELD 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 1966 $150 Ton F.O.B. Ben Lears $750 Ton Stevens $1000 Ton INTERESTED IN PURCHASING WISCONSIN CRANBERRY PROPERTIES *********** Vernon Goldsworfhy B.S. & M.S. 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The screening effort will en- tail a search or both contact and systemic viricides. Among some of the commercial plant virus problems for which controls will be sought are: swollen sheet on cocoa; virus X, virus Y and leaf roll on potatoes; corn stunt dis- ease on corn; and, of course, to- bacco mosaic virus on tobacco. !iC!i&3s:3s=icic=a=ie=a=3e=a=s£=K=s=ffi=s: Top Quality USED. CARS Repairs on all makes Specializing in Chrysler-built cars Chrysler - Plymouth Valiant and Simca SALES and SERVICE Robt. W. Savary, Inc. East Wareham, Mass. Telephone 295-3530 Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Notes by IRVING E. DEMORANVILLE Extension Cranberry Specialist Harvest and Frost The Massachusetts cranberry harvest was virtually completed by the end of October, which was about the same date as last year. For the past two years, we seem to have shortened the harvest period by about two weeks. We have started picking about one week later and finished about one week earlier. This is due, partially at least, to the increased number of picking machines in use. The frost warning service was terminated for the season on OctojDer 31. We sent out 26 general warnings during the fall, with the bulk occurring in Oc- tober- This includes both after- noon and evening warnings and compares with 25 sent out last fall. We estimate that approxi- mately 40 to 45,000 barrels of berries, or 6 to 7 percent of the crop, was lost due to the frost. The bulk of this loss, 5 to 6 percent, occurred on the night of August 30-31 when bog tempera- tures were as low as 22 degrees. Slight losses were noted on the night of September 27-28 when temperatures ranged from 17 to 24 degrees, and on the night of October 5-6 with temperatures as low as 10 degrees on one bog. •Homelite CHAIN SAWS •WATER PUMPS •BRUSH SAWS •Oregon SAW CHAINS Halifax Power Mower Wood St. Halifax, Mass. 293-6416 but generally fom 13 to 23 degrees. The present author, as well as all preceding authors of this column, have expressed their thanks to the frost warning ser- vice and to the people "who make it go." Although it may become boring to some of our readers, it is a gesture of our apprecia- tion and small compensation to these dedicated people. So once again we would like to express our thanks to George Rounsville and Kenneth Rochefort who cal- culate and formulate the warn- ings for the very fine work on this most important phase of the operation. We are also indebted to the U.S. Weather Bureau, our cooperative weather observers, the telephone distributors, the five radio stations and the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Asso- ciation. Weather The month of October was an- other in the series of cold, dry months that have been plaguing us for so long. Temperature was about 2y2 degrees a day below normal and this was the 16th of the past 17 months colder than normal. The rainfall for the month totalled 1.68 inches which is about one-half the average for October, with only .03 in^h occurring since the 16th. This is the 10th consecutive month with below average precpiita- tion and makes us nearly 15 inches deficient for 1965. The Weather Bureau in Boston re- ports that this is the dryest 10 months since records have been recorded over the last 148 years. Drought Warning A warning on drought con- ditions was released by the Cran- berry Station on November 3 and reads as follows: Cranberry growers should be alert to the hazards of the con- tinuing drought. Many ponds and reservoirs have such low water levels that the possibility of getting winter protection for the bogs is remote. The bogs them- 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 Furtlier Information Gall . . . F. P. CRANDON ROckwell 3-5526 C J. TRIPP WYman 5-2013 selves are dry, a situation which is likely to increase the mechan- ical injury of the harvest and reduce the potential crop of next year. Recommendations: 1. Put planks in drainage flumes to catch and hold any water that would otherwise be lost. 2. Postpone raking, pruning, sanding andd fall weed control work where a winter flood is not assured. 3. If sprinklers are used for irrigation this month, block flumes to prevent any run-off and sprinkle at night and when winds are calm to reduce evaporation loss. SHAWMUT GLASS CONTAINERS, INC. Represenfing KNOX GLASS, INC. 25 EAST STREET CAMBRIDGE 41, MASS. The weather trend to cold and dry is now more severe and entrenched than conditions in 1943. The loss of cranberry vines in the winter of '43-'44 took half the '44 crop and re- duced that of '45. All practical methods to conserve water for the coming winter should be used immediately. Wisconsin Acreage Survey by Varieties And Sprinklers A special survey of the Wis- consin cranberry marshes was underway in late September. This was to make a more com- plete enumeration of acreage and varieties. The survey was being made at the request of the "Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers' Association and was being financed by funds supplied by both the Wisconsin and the United States Department of Agriculture. The survey, directed by Elex Sturges, will include questions to cranberry growers on harvested acreages by variety this year and the expected acreages five years from now. Questions will also be' asked on the use of sprinkler systems and the types of power units used. GEORGE DANA WISCONSIN, INJURED George Dana, son of Mr. and Mr3. Lawrence Dana of the Dana Manufacturing Company, Wis- consin Rapids, Wisconsin, who was injured at a ski jump is now re- covering. He suffered a torn liga- ment and for a time was on crutches. I; Farm Credit Service Box 7, Taunton, Mass., 02781 Tel. 617 824-7578 • Production Credit Loans Land Bank Mortgages Office — 362. Route 44 RAYNHAM, MASS. Warren R. Arnold, Manager .^#^#^#^#^#^^*^ ^^H^^^0HALCMN6E««y^,,^M Issue of November 1965 -Vol. 30, No. 7 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 MASSACHUSETTS October First Rain October opened with a very substantial and, of course, much needed rain, in this prolonged period of drought. October third blew in one of the earliest cold spells in recol- lection. The fourth was 17 de- grees colder than normal, with high winds which made it seem even more w^inter-like than it was.^ Frost Spell That night a frost warning went out from 14 to 15 degrees if the wind died down and clouds came in. Both of these things did occur to some extent but temperatures from 15 up were reported. Ice was formed in buckets of water. Not too much damage was done as more than half the crop had been picked and most berries still on were in places which could be protected. The fifth was even colder, be- ing about 20 degrees colder than ! normal and that night a warn- ing was sent out for "very dan- gerous frost, 13-14 degrees." A temperature as low as 10 was reached on the Oak Swamp Bog in the Tihonet area of Ware- ham, and mid-teens were com- mon. The following night there was still a third warning for a very dangerous frost, minimum 18 degrees. This temperature was reached at the same Oak Swamp Bog. Not Much Loss Although these were hard nights for the growers it was estimated at the State Bog from reports coming in that the dam- age was not great. Most damage Recommendations : 1. Put planks in drainage flumes to catch and hold any water that otherwise would be lost. 2. Postpone raking, pruning, sanding and fall weed control where a winter flood is not as- sured. 3. If sprinklers are used for irrigation this month, block flumes to prevent any run-off and sprinkle at night and when winds are calm to reduce evap- oration loss. The weather trend to cold and dry is now more severe and en- trenched than conditions in 1943. The loss of cranberry vines in the winter of 1943-44 took half the '44 crop and reduced that of 1945. All practical methods to conserve water for the com- ing winter should be used im- mediately. Drastic Mass. Drought Warning Issued So critical is the prolonged drought situation in Massachu- setts as winter comes in, that a flash card drought warning was issued by Dr. C. E. Cross, di- rector of Mass. Experiment Sta- tion November 3. He issued some drastic recommendations "Cranberry growers should be alert to the hazards of the con- tinuing drought. Many ponds and reservoirs have such low water levels that the possibility of get- ting winter protection for the bogs is remote. The bogs themi- selves are dry, a situation which is Ukely to inrease the mechan- ical injury of the harvest and reduce the potential crop of next AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS BOG SERVICE I AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS HAND SPRAYERS - TOOLS - POWER EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BRIGGS AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTER R. F. MORSE & SON, rnc. Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 FIVE being to high spots. No per cent of loss was put down. Although during this spell in which much ice was formed, up to five inches by sprinklers, there was a good side to it. This included the fact that with not much harvest going on it gave berries a chance to ripen more and size; Ocean Spray had a chance to catch up on handling berries and the box shortage was lessened. Rains There were a couple of fairly good rains during the week of October 3, but the temperatures remained below normal. Up to Columbus Day, October 12 the minus was 75. Hail On the afternoon of the 10th there was a violent thunder and lightning storm in northern Plymouth County which brought huge and heavy hail stones. Much of the crop had been picked and no damage to bogs was reported. Again Frost Warning A frost warning was issued for the night of Oct. 13, but some clouds and wind developed and low temperatures were only about 24-25. There was also a warn- ing for the night of the 17th, Sales McCulloch Service CHAIN SAWS and BRUSH CUTTERS QUEEN B PORTABLE HEATERS IVHTE-LITE PORTABLE ALTERNATORS SANDVICK SCYTHES and ALUMINUM SNATHES LANCASTER PUMPS Pipe Cut and Threaded up to 4" CARVER SUPPLY CO. CENTER CARVER, MASS. , Tel. 866-4480 Quality and Service Siiice 1956 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 and there was one low of 15 and a number of 19 and 20. However, the crop was all in but an estimated 10 percent and there was believed to be no loss. Indian Summer Although the month was still considerably colder than nor- mal, beautiful Indian Summer weather followed this frost for several days. People were even going about coatless. October Cold Following this spell of warm weather the temperatures turned decidedly colder. The month ended with a minus of 68 de- grees. This made October the 18th colder-than-normal month of the last 20. No Rain Exceeds All Records But it was the continued lack of rain that was hurting. Pre- cipitation at the State Bog was only 1.68 inches, normal, 3.74 inches. Weather experts declared that the rainfall of the past 10 months was the lowest since 1817, or much more than a cen- tury. A weather observer at Boston said the 19.90 inches of rainfall (Boston) was 1.3 inches under a record low of 21.26 set in 1845 and this year's lack was a new low for the 143 years of observation. This dire lack of precipitation, which was causing a rash of forest fires as October went out, did not apply to the whole of New England or of Massachu- setts. The most critical was the Boston and coastal Southeastern Massachusetts section, which in- cludes the Mass. cranberry area. A total of nearly 300 forest and brush fires were reported in Massachusetts on the last day of the month. Fallen leaves and tinder-dry woods in general made the situation worse. Normal rainfall for the cran- berry area in a year is 44.10 inches. Rain Situation Very Bad Water was so short for most Massachusetts growers that few were able to have the usual after-harvest flood to remove trash and clean up the bog. A few could, but not many. Im- mediately after harvest not a Continued on Page 16 HEAD OF CARVER MASS. CONTRACTING FIRM SPECIALIZING IN CRANBERRY WORK "JUST A FARMER AT HEART" Louis Leconte, of P & L Company is a Very Busy Man with Cranberry and Other Work — Also is Cranberry Grower — Ably Assisted by Wife, Phyllis By CLARENCE J. HALL The P. & L. Co. The P. & L. Co. seems to be really "big" business, t'lat is for its type of work, chiefly in cran- berries, although Louis doss not say so. Neither diii he give any intimation of the investment he has in equipment, insurance, li- cense plates for opo -ating on the roads, etc., but this is obviously heavy. He has equipment for bog build- ing and repairing, ditch clsaning, dike repairing, bulldozers and "I'm just a farmer at heart," say Louis M. Leconte, "with I guess a bent for working with heavy farm and excavating equip- ment." Mr. Leconte heads up the P. & L. Company of Beaver Dam Road, West Carver, Mass. The town of Carver has more acreage and more cranberry production than any other. Mr. Leconte specializes in cranberry work; he is a grower him- self, a member of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. and of Cape Cod trucks, track and rubber tire Cranberry Growers' Association. loader and backhoe, and other Mrs. Leconte is bookkeeper of the company, assisting her hus- items, band in many ways. The attractive Phyllis Leconte was present at the interview and it was to her that Louis turned frequently for dates and other bits of information. She had the answers on the tip of her tongue. Louis M. Leconte Louis Leconte was born in Acushnet, Massachusetts, March 31, 1930. His father, the late The P. & L. Co. hires three men most of the year, and they must be highly skilled at the type of work done as is Louis himself. He does not hire his equip- been bringing this bog back into good production. About 1964 he bought another George Leconte ran a dairy farm, ^^g ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^-^^^ -^ ^^^ so he has a farming background. He attended the Watertown school in neighboring Rochester. Army Stint Then came a stint in the U. S. Army from 1951 to 1953. He trained at Camp Rucker in Ala- bama. He was five months over- seas in Germany. He was in the infantry in the motor pool division as a driver. Leconte began as a private and was honorably discharged as a cor- poral. Louis was then in the con- struction business for a con- tracting firm in the New Bedford area. He was married in 1954 to the former Phyllis Clemishaw of Rochester. They then bought their present home on Beaver Dam Road. Before marriage Phyllis worked for a time as bookkeeper in the ofiice of Corn- well's Department store in Wareham, Mass. Buys Bogs He first bought an old bog of about six acres in South Middle- boro in 1957, which was in need of renovation. Since then he has France Street in West Carver. In 1964 they picked their first crop from both bogs and it was about 700 barrels. The bogs are set to Early Blacks and Late Howes. Leconte uses both Wes- terns and Darlingtons in the harvesting. Mrs. Leconte has helped on the bogs operating the blower for the Western. Both bogs have sprinkler sys- tems, using Rain Bird heads. Leconte sells his berries through Ocean Spray trucking the crop himself to the Ocean Spray plant at Onset. He likes the Ocean Spray service and set-up as the berries are off his hands after delivery at Onset. He has used Casoron for weed control on his bogs with good success. For insect control Leconte hires Plymouth Copters, Inc. (Whitey), using both 'copters and straight wing service. Leconte does his own frost work. His sprinklers are not auto- matic and he has to handle the operations himself, for "heats." irrigation and frosting. ment out, but takes jobs as they come along. Some jobs may last only two or three hours, others for considerable periods. His work is not confined to Carver, but he works in the Plymouth- Kingston and the Wareham- Rochester areas and on the Cape in Barnstable county, wherever they come along. Neither is his work confined to cranberries although that is the chief objective. He does take other excavating and construction work as he finds the contracts. He is even busy in the winter, there is sanding on the ice. Louis can do any kind of construction, grading or excavation work. He also sells sand, gravsl and loam. Job Keeps Him on the Go This work keeps Mr. Leconte on the go most of the time. A job has to be done when the contracting person wishes it done. "I am so busy I do not find time to do much of anything except work," he says. Even- ings there is book work to be done with Phyllis doing most of this. Cover photo shows Mr. and Mrs. Leconte in front of a hulldozer with son, Michael in the driver's seat at upper left. The hack yard of the Leconte dwelling is a maze of equipvient, even though sovie of it was on a job when the photo was taken. When asked if he had any hobbies, he replied, "No, there is no time. I guess I would say my work is my hobby, and I am not afraid of work, and I like the outdoor part of it." There is a small repair shop in the back of the home on Beaver Dam Road, and this is utilized especially in the winter, when the snow and ice is on the bogs. (Your editor and associate edi- tor, Mrs. Hall can appreciate this situation. With much to do there is little leisure during the day, which is too short as are the evenings.) The Leconte's have two chil- dren, Michael 10 and Vickie 7. After the interview Mr. Le- conte hurried away to get on the job again. But he did taken time to light up a cigar. OCEAN SPRAY 1964 PAYMENT HIGHEST SINCE 1952 Ocean Spray made its final payment on the 1964 crop at $1.29 a barrel. This brought the total net for that crop to the growers of about $14.00 — actually $14.91 from which some received a quality bonus, retains and stock. Last year it was $12.95, or about a dollar more to most growers for 1964. There were intimations the 1965 crop might bring more and final payment made earlier. Gross cranberry sales for the entire United States in the 1964 crop totalled $44,084,000 as against $37,055,397 for the crop of 1963. Canada produced about one mil- lion more. The 1964 payment by Ocean Spray for the crop of last year was the highest since 1952. Two of the Trucks Owned and Operated by P. & L. Co. EIGHT Cranberries Photo Dr, Paracer Joins Staff at Mass. Station A Native of Pakistan He Will Assist in Nematode Studies Dr. Surinder Paracer, a native of Pakistan is a new assistant to Dr. Burt M. Zuckerman, in his research in nematology at the Massachusetts Cranberry Experi- ment Station. Dr. Paracer is the second assistant at the East Wareham Station to come from the Indian sub-continent, the first being Dr. Satendra Kawra, who has now returned to his native land. Dr. Paracer is committed to stay at least one year and may stay two. He was born in Punjab, Janu- ary 6, 1941, the eldest son of three children, his father being professor of botany at Ludhiana University of Agriculture. His family has Uved there for the last ten years. He had ten years of English in school at Punjab and at a private school, English being compulsory in Pakistan. He prepared for his bachelor of science degree at the University of Punjab. His studies included botany and zoology. He then came to this country, received his master's degree from the State University of South Dakota at Brookings. While in South Dakota study- ing plant pathology he became interested in diseases caused by nematodes. He found University of California offered the greatest op- portunity to study further into this subject. After three and a half years he received his Ph.D. While there he studied nema- todes as they affected grapes, peaches, walnuts, almonds and the nematode problems of roses. Dr. Paracer is making his hom-^ at New Bedford. For sports he likes tennis, likes to bowl and plaved cricket in Punjab. When he leaves the cranberry station he expects to return to Pakistan to teach. Dr. Paracer is a member of Sigma Xi and also a member of the Society of Nematology. FOR SALE IN NOVA SCOTIA ONE PROPERTY OF 10 ACRES WITH 6 ACRES OF CRANBERRY BOG Skinner Sprinkler System operated by 40 H.P. electric motor. Plenty of water available. One 2-ton truck with sprayer attached, 250 feet of hose and 1 cranberry machine, like new. 1100 field crates and 25 scoops. Second property consisting of 40 acres land, 4 acres of Cranberry Bog, situated on the Annapolis River. For flooding purposes a pump and new V8 motor. Pump will discharge 5000 gallons a minute. Will sacrifice both properties for the price of the Sprinkler System. Reason for selling, ill health. If interested, contact: F. C. WALKER AYLESFORD, KINGS CO., NOVA SCOTIA OBSERVATIONS ON THE SYMPTOMS AND CONTROL OF CRANBERRY RED-GALL DISEASE by B. M. ZUCKERMAN and KENNETH ROCHEFORT University of Massachusetts Cranberry Experiment Station, East Wareham The red-gall disease of cran- berry, caused by the fungus Syn- chytrium vaccinii Thomas, attacks the young stems, leaves, flow- ers and fruit, and causes forma- tion of small, reddish gall-like swellings on their surfaces (1,3). Motile spores are formed within the galls, and these are set free when the galls are covered by water. These swimming spores attack new plants and serve to continue the cycle of the fungus. The disease usually appears just before the blossoms open. Stessel (2) found that symptoms first appeared July 1 on Howes cranberries. Heavily infested flow- ers die. The fruits are affected throughout the season by second- ary infection and may become severely galled. Fortunately, this disease is of these are the practices for which erratic occurrence, and has been a substitute was needed. Sprink- have been recorded. After the fruit is harvested, the galls dry and fall off, leaving small, circular scars and a slight in- dentation in the surface of the berry. Where several galls oc- cur in close proximity, growth of the berry in the area imme- diately beneath the galls is in- hibited, resulting in a large in- dentation in the mature fruit. Severely infected berries have several of these indentations, which make the berry unusable for fresh fruit, and it is doubt- ful if these berries would pass through the commercial screen- ing machines. Control of the Disease The obvious approach towards control of this disease is the al- teration of water management practices to reduce opportunities for infection by the swimming which is considerably out of grade yielded the following re- sults: Higher areas: 10 samples, no infection observed. Lower areas; 6 samples, berries infec- ted 12 A%. New shoots infected, 55.0%. Selected counts which were made in another low area which encompassed several acres gave the following results: 10 samples, berries infected 43.4%. New shoots infected 75%. Each sample comprised 16 sq. inches of vines. These observations, though not giving conclusive proof, offer strong evidence that where exposure to free water is kept at a minimum, the disease can be controlled. In 1965, an experiment to de- termine the efficiency of fungi- cides in controlling red-gall di- sease was carried out on the' latter bog. Four spray schedules were undertaken; maneb, 1 and 2 applications, and Bordeaux mix- ture", 1 and 2 applications. Rates of application were maneb 12 reported recently from only 3 bogs in New England. However, where it does occur, it may cause severe economic losses. Observa- tions by Stessel indicated that a crop reduction of more than 50% may result from a heavy infes- tation. However, these figures may be deceiving, for infesta- tion is usually spotty, with small pockets which are highly diseased being interspersed within larger areas in which the disease is less prevalent. As implied previously, the di- sease is spread by spores which must have free water for dis- persion and to enable them to infect the plant. As a conse- quence, the distribution and de- velopment of the parasite are dependent on water management practices and the amount of rain- fall. New Observations on Symptoms In the course of several years study of this disease, two new observations of berry symptoms spores. Since spring frost flood- Ibs./acre/treatment, and Bordeaux ing and irrigation by flowing are "li^ture 20 lbs. copper sulfate — the two principal uses for water ^ lbs. lime/treatment. The ma- between bud break and harvest, ^^^^^^^ ^ere applied to all 4 plots in late April, and a sec- ond application made to 2 plots one month later. Areas adjacent to the plots served as untreated controls. The results of this experiment are given in part in Table 1. Infection occurred only in a zone 20 feet wide which ran parallel to an irrigation ditch. This zone encompassed a portion of two control areas and the plots on which two applications of maneb or Bordeaux mixture had been applied. The areas to which ler systems have provided an answer. On one bog establishment of sprinklers for frost protection and irrigation has resulted in elimination of the disease prob- lem. Additional observations have been made on another bog which indicate the importance of water management. In 1965, this bog was subjected to nine frost floods during May and June. Random samples of a five-acre piece Table 1. Observations on the efTects of fungicide applications on the control of red-gall disease. Treatment Samples^ Berries-% Flowers-% Shoot Bordeaux mixture Two applications 10 1.6 1.0 15.1 Maneb Two applications 10 6.3 5.0 23.0 Untreated 10 22.5 15.0 21.3 ' Each sample was made up of vines within a 16 square inch area. one application of either maneb or Beaudeaux mixture had been applied, and the adjacent con- trol areas, were free of red-gall; consequently, evaluation of the effect of the single treatment could not be made. Two applications of Bordeaux mixture were elfective in redu- cing the amount of berry infection. Treatment with maneb reduced incidence of berry infection also, and would, in my opinion, be preferred since the possibility of copper toxicity is avoided. Fun- gicide treatment had little effect on primary infection, as indi- cated by the large number of new shoots infected. Conclusions On the basis of one year's tests, fungicide spraying offers a feasible method for control of red-gall, under conditions where optimum water management con- ditions cannot be attained. The establishment of sprinklers, to substitute for water management procedures which require flow- ing of the bog, offers the most effective solution to the red-gall problem. Citations Shear, C. L., Stevens, N. E. and H. F. Bain. 1931. Fungous di- seases of the cultivated cran- berry. U.S.D.A. Tech. Bui. No. 258. Stessel, G.C. 1962. Observations on cranberry red gall disease, incited by Synchytrium vac- cina Thomas. Phyto 52: 29. Thomas, F. 1889. Cranberry leaf- galls. Insect Life 1: 279-280. NEW PRODUCT BY DEAN FOODS CO. ""Flavor Charm," a non-dairy coffee creamer development in Dean Food Company's research laboratory is now in distribution for home use. Dean Foods is the owner of the Indian Trail of Wisconsin brand of cranberry products. CRANBERRIES GROWING FAMILIAR EN ENGLAND American cranberries were among the U. S. imports at the Manchester, England, Food, Cook- ery and Catering Exhibit recently, as reported by USDA publication Foreign Agriculture. This publi- cation stated that the Cranberry Institute found that nine out of ten visitors were "already acquainted with cranberries, so that promotional emphasis con- centrated on year-round use." BROKER REAL ESTATE OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS • 37 Years Selling Cranberry Properties • LISTINGS WANTED • 590 Second-Hand Picking Boxes for Sale 1 THEO THOMAS MAIN STREET NORTH CARVER, MASS Tel. UNion 6-3351 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. 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Its in- troduction to the food market is to be backed by a heavy adver- tising campaign in newspapers and magazines. RUTGERS COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE HAS NEW NAME The College of Agriculture, Rutgers University, New Bruns- wick, New Jersey has taken a new name. It is now the Col- lege of Agriculture and Environ- mental Science. This is to relate agriculture to environment, a particularly im- portant matter in this year of extreme drought in the East. Wisconsin Acreage May Be Up 25% By 1970 A partial report based on about two thirds of growers' re- sponses, in a Wisconsin survey to show acreage, varieties and other aspects shows for one thing, that an increase in acre- age of 25 percent by 1970 may be expected. Searles so far ac- count for about 68 percent of the acreage with a slightly lower share, 67 percent expected by 1970. Searles leads in all the Wis- consin cranberry sections with McFarlin second. Sprinkler systems cover 1100 acres, as revealed in the two- CASORON IS AVAILABLE IN MASSACHUSETTS from IR. F. MORSE & SON! West Wareham Tel. 295-1553 FOURTEEN a bag of this . . . eliminates all this Only yesterday you were spending a lot of valuable time and a small fortune to hand-weed your cran- berries. You and your family, or the half-dozen college kids you hired, had to suffer through the agony of cuts, blisters and sore backs ... or maybe you rolled out the oil drums and flooded your bogs ... yet the weeds kept growing. Well, then now's the time to use CASORON®. CASORON is the one safe herbi- cide that effectively eliminates per- ennial and certain annual weeds and grasses in your cranberries. There's no other chemical quite like CASORON. It's a total program ...with CASORON no combination of expensive herbicides is necessary. CASOBON DICHLOBENIL WEED & GRASS KILLER is a product of Thompson-Hayward Chemical Company and a research discovery of N. V. Philips Duphar. U. S. Patent No. 3,027,248. CASORON kills weeds before they come up to rob your cranberries of available soil moisture and valuable nutrients ... and it doesn't hang around after the job's done. It's safe enough to use on growing plants and it's not irritating to you. And CASORON is easy to apply. One application (Fall or Spring) and weeds are gone. SUPPLIES OF CASORON 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 and Garden Supply, 301 Whitehorse Pike, Hammonton, New Jersey; Cranberry Products, Inc., Eagle River, Wisconsin; Indian Trail, Inc., Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. thirds coverage report. This is 38 percent of the acreage re- ported so far. Not many grow- ers yet have their total acreage covered. The most common type of power supply for the sprinklers is the gasoline engine; electric was second and diesel third. The preliminary report comes from the Wisconsin Statistical Reporting Service, and the com- plete tabulation is expected be- fore long. TWO BLACK DATES Did you happen to note the date of the great northeastern U. S. power black-out? It was November 9th, the sixth anni- versary of the "Black Monday" of the amino triazole disaster. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Continued from Page 6 few growers put in planks and attempted before November first to start to flood for winter, or at least make a start in that direction. However, not much progress was being made as November came in. The weather continued absolutely dry and with no rain in sight and un- usually cold. Snow had fallen in the mountains of New Hamp- shire and on November first there were a few flurries in the Bos- ton area, and a dusting on the bogs. 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 1966 Bud Set The fall bud set for the 1966 crop was reported to be good. Fall Frost Loss The State Bog estimated the fall frost loss as close to 40,- 000 barrels, including that freak August freeze. NEW JERSEY N. J. Also Drought- Stricken The drought continued through the month of October. Only 1.26 inches of rain fell during the month, bringing the deficiency of rainfall for the year to 10 inches. So far in 1965 it has to- taled only 26.67 inches — even less than the 29.07 inches which occurred in the first 10 months of 1964 which was considered a very severe drought year. Only March and July in 1965 have had near normal rainfall. In the past 36 months only 8 have had normal rainfall. The accumu- lated deficiency during the past three years is about 19 inches. In the memory of older growers, cranberry bog reservoirs in New Jersey are drier than ever before for this time of year. In several cases there was not enough water for frost reflows during October. More, Severe Frosts Frosts were of greater than normal frequency and of greater than normal severity. There were 21 frost calls during the month, with several bog temperatures below 20 degrees. The most severe occurred on October 30 and 31 when the mercury plunged to 12 and 11°. The most damaging, however, occurred on October 5 when there was still a large proportion of the crop unharvested. A few unflooded bogs lost from 16% to 20% of the berries. On one small prop- erty, where the temperature dropped to 14 degrees, the dam- age was estimated at over 50% of the unharvested berries. October Cold Month The average temperature for October was 53.2 degrees, the fourth coldest for this month in the 36-year history of weather records at Pemberton. Drought Cut Crop As of the end of October the cianberry harvest was more than 95% complete. Most of the smal- lei growers are running slightly below their estimates but the larger growers appear to be ex- ceeding their estimates slightly. This prompted the New Jersey Crop Reporting Service to re- vise its estimate of 141,000 bar- rels, published on August 25th, to 150,000 barrels, published on October 14th. If this estimate holds. New Jersey would be only 3,000 barrels shy of the ex- tremely good production of 153,- 000 barrels in 1964. Most grow- ers feel that had it not been for the drought the 1965 crop would easily have exceeded that of 1964. WISCONSIN October Dry October was as dry as Sep- tember and August were wet. The month's rainfall in most of the cranberry areas was slightly under an inch or less than half of the 2.30 inch average. This was the second driest on record, being eclipsed by the 1944 total of .14 inch. Total rainfall for the year now measures close to 36 inches or 6 inches above the total annual average. The warmest day was 79 on the 18th and the coldest was 10 degrees on the 13th. [The month started cold and wet and ended up dry and warm. Over half of the days averaged above 60 degrees with skys mostly sunny. There were only eight overcast days and only four days with less than an hour of sunshine. The combined temperature averaged about normal to one degree above normal for the month. The out- look for November call for below normal precipitation and normal temperatures. Fast Harvest The advent of better weather brought harvest to a close quite rapidly by the third week of October. A number of marshes Continued on Page 20 SIXTEEN Dean's^ Indian Trail is putting on a really big spread for cranberries Four-color national advertising in 6 of America's most important magazines and major market Sunday Supplements, too. Forecast: year 'round demand for Dean's Indian Trail Cranberry products. Dean's IrviiimXnxull the path to cranberry profits SEVENTEEN 'Wow! . . . Just what I've been hopin' for . . . cranberries!" Cartoon by Bill Shelly EIGHTEEN fidif^^sjala ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 1965 VOL. 30 -NO. 7 ^^^Sl!^»«««w^^^ GROWERS DESERVE CREDIT That the cranberry industry this fall has achieved a national production now esti- mated at about 1,380,000 barrels is a fact upon which the growers should be congratu- lated. This was accomplished with very little cooperation from Nature. Especially was this true in Massachusetts and Wis- consin, the two greatest producing areas. The weather has definitely been "agin" these two regions for most of 1965. The Wisconsin growers had altogether too much rain, too much water and there were frosts and considerable hail loss. In Massachusetts, and to a lesser extent in Jersey there was nowhere near enough rain, and there were losses from frost, in fact an unusually early August one in the Bay State. The Massachusetts growers spent "like a drunken sailor" to get water to their acres in any way during the long drought, starting early in the summer and still continuing. They worked at this day and night. It was the perseverance and the increas- ing know-how of growers that did pull this season through to the crop it produced. And now in Massachusetts, the drought, the worst since 1817, when weather records were first kept, the situation is critical in the extreme. The growers struggled des- perately in the summer to keep their vines from drying up. Now they are battling to save these same vines from perhaps a fear- ful winterkill from lack of flowage water. THANKSGIVING 1965 This is the Thanksgiving time, that one day of the year traditionally most associa- ted with cranberry and the turkey. We believe most growers have something to be thankful about. The real active year of cranberry labor is over. The price for fresh cranberries is the highest since 1952, and independent com- mercial processors paid a very good price for fruit, perhaps a little too much, but a very short crop was at first feared. Many growers, even many in drought- stricken Massachusetts got excellent pro- 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 Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, Oregon Washington AZMI Y. SHAWA Junior Horticulturalist and Extension Agent in Horticulture Long Beach, Washington Massachusetts DR. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Massachusetts New Jersey P. E. MARUCCI New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station New Lisbon, New Jersey duction, 100 barrels to the acre — and as just stated, prices are up. Yes, the indus- trj'^ at this period of Thanksgiving has come a long, long way since the "Black Monday" of November 9, six years ago when that fateful amino triazole disaster occurred. NINETEEN did not start harvesting until the 4th of the month. At month's end only two marshes in north- eastern Wisconsin were still re- porting harvesting. Needless to say berry color was exceedingly good and berry size was larger on the late raked berries. Some over-ripeness was noted on the late raking, but these berries were being shipped right out for processing. The warm, humid weather the middle of the month triggered the development of much storage rots, which neces- sitated some fresh berries being run into freezers. There were also some light hail storms the third week of the month but berry loss was light. Only One-Quarter Fresh The Wisconsin crop continues to hang near the 400,000 barrel figure with late sizing due to delayed harvesting making up some increase. Of the total crop only twenty-five per cent or about 100,000 is expected to be sold fresh. This is the smallest amount shipped fresh from the READ CRANBERRIES Badger State in most growers' memory and can be attributed to the hail storms, poor keeping quality due to excessive rains in July, August and September and severe bruising from me- chanical handling. WASHINGTON Harvest Completed Harvest in Washington was completed by about the first of November. Some growers in the North Beach area by early No- vember were pruning. Ample Water For Harvest October brought mostly excel- lent weather. The total of rain for the month of October was 7.69 inches, a bit soggy, but prior to that the weather had been dry. Fifteen days in October registered rain, but in between two inches of rainfall on October 4th and 1.29 on the 18th the sun was warm and clear. There was enough water to assure water harvest in the Long Beach area, even though in the first week of harvest water sup- plies seemed dangerously low. Temperatures Fairly Even Temperatures for October re- mained fairly even. Mean high ATTENTION CRANBERRY GROWERS in Northern Wisconsin WE HAVE TAILORED OUR LOANS TO FIT THE NEEDS OF YOUR SPECIALIZED ENTERPRISE. Available for • EQUIPMENT (INCLUDING SPRINKLER SYSTEMS) • NEW BOG DEVELOPMENT • PRODUCTION COSTS TERMS UP TO 7 YEARS Write or Call Today: Production Credit Association of Antigo ANTIGO, WISCONSIN Box 614 — Telephone 623-2004 JAMES E. HAWLEY, General Manager for the month was 61.29 F.; mean low was 44.12 degrees. Actual highest was 75, and the low on the bogs was 28, which was on the morning of the 9th. There were four days with 70 and above and five with 65 and above. Twelve days re- corded below 39, all but one coming after the 14th. Personal Mrs. Irma Anderson who has been secretary at the Coastal Washington Experiment Station has been transferred to the sta- tion at Pullman and is making her home there as of October 15. She is succeeded by Mrs. Edith Bratto (Mrs. Ben Bratto). CORRUGATED CULVERT PIPE and FLOW GATES 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 1966 $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 EAGLE RIVER WISCONSIN DANA MACHINE & SUPPLY CO. Wis. Rapids, Wis. 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Plymouth County Electric Co WAREHAM - PLYMOUTH CYpress 5-0200 Pilgrim 6-1300 The National Bank of Wareham Conveniently located for Cranberry Men Funds always available for sound loans Complete Banking Service The iCHARLESW.HARRISi Company 451 Old Somerset Avenue North Dighton, Mass. Phone 824-5607 AMES Irrigation Systems RAIN BIRD Sprinklers HIGHEST QUALITY PRODUCTS WITH SATISFACTION GUARANTEED \\ 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 3-2000 Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. SUBSCRIBE TO CRANBERRIES Increased Sales and Earnings by Dean Foods Co. Dean Foods Company which owns Indian Trail Cranberries, reported a 29% increase in earn- ings per share based on an in- crease of 11% in net sales for the third quarter of 1965, with substantial improvement for the first nine months of the year. Results were announced by Sam E. Dean, board chairman. Earnings per share for the quarter ended September 30 in- YOUR DISTRIBUTOR WIXLIAMSTOWN IRRIGATION INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER V TRACTORS • HOMELITE CHAIN SAWS • FARM SUPPLIES Walter E. Tripp & Sons, Inc 632 Main St. Acuslinet, Mass. WYman 5-0422 FOR EXPERT SERVICE ON YOUR Briggs & Stratton ENGINES W« as« only factory-approved methods and original parts. P«r- •oanel are trained onder factory ■upervision. See us for a check-up *r complete overhaul — prices ara rtfht ^^ [BRICCSfcSTRATTON] MAIN STREET GARAGE Carver, Mass. Tel. UN 6-4582 creased 29% to 53r,'-, as com- pared with 41<^ for the same period last year. 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Hold full flavor in your cranberry pack •••• I* CORN PRODUCTS COMPANY Manufacturers of fine products for the food industry . . . and popular Best Foods Division grocery brands for the consumer. All financial statistics have been restated to include Liberty Dairy of Big Rapids, Michigan. Figures for Terry Foods, Inc. are also included. Both companies were recently acquired by Dean Foods Company as part of its program of diversifying into convenience food lines and en- larging distribution of its pri- mary line of dairy products. Dean Foods was founded in 1925 and has been publically held since 1961. Its products are chiefly marketed in twelve states of the Mid-West and Upper South. BUCKNER WINS ADVERTISING PRIZE Buckner Industries, Inc. of Fresno, California, which manu- factures sprinklers as advertised in this magazine has been awarded a third prize in farm paper advertising for 1965 in a competition sponsored by the Ad- vertising Association of the West. The ad series was prepared by Allen de St. Maurice and Scrog- gin, San Francisco, the same firm which prepared the Cranberries magazine advertising. ic=f&ie=K=«5S=sfcie=ifi=e=9rs=ii=ss=s£^ Top Quality USED. CARS Repairs on ail makes Specializing in Chrysler-built cars Chrysler - Plymouth Valiont and Simca SALES and SERVICE Robt. W. Savary, Inc. East Wareham, Mass. Telephone 295-3530 Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Notes by IRVING E. DEMORANVILLE Extension Cranberry Specialist Weather November continued the cold, dry cycle that we seem to be caught in. The temperature av- eraged nearly 3 degrees a day below normal for the month. It is difficult to remember the last month with above normal temp- eratures; actually May is the only month this year and it was about 1/2 degree a day on the plus side. Precipitation measured 2.86 inches for November, about 1^4 below the 30 year average for Ea^st Wareham. Largest single storm occurred on the 11th and 12th with .76 inch recorded. We are now more than I6V2 inches deficient for the year. Guest Columnist We are extremely happy to present Dr. Chester Cross writ- ing on a subject that is very near and dear to his heart (in fact, to all of our hearts here at the Station) — the Massachusetts :ranberry crop. He presents some of his thoughts in relation to one weather factor and the size of crop. I COLD IN SPRING AND THE MASSACHUSETTS CROP hij C. E. Cross It was in May, 1952 that Dr. 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 Henry J. Franklin said to me "If the mean April temperature is below 43 degrees F. or that of May is below 53 degrees F., the crop is sure not to be large in Massachusetts." All Cape Cod growers are aware of the pene- trating studies made by Dr. Franklin of the relation of weather to the cranberry crop. When I heard the above state- ment, I copied it verbatim into my copy of Doc's bulletin "Cran- berry Weather and Water," and so can quote his statement in what is obviously his own phrasing. Irving Demoranville and I de- cided to check this statement, and we did, using Middleboro temperature records all the way back to 1888. In every year in which the mean temperature of April was below 43 degrees or the mean temperature of May was below 53 degrees, the fol- lowing crop in Massachusetts was average or less than aver- age. During the frost season last spring there were many discus- sions about the prospects of the 1965 crop chiefly because the mean April temperatures at Mid- dleboro was 42.67 degrees F. The crop is now gathered and gives rather clear evidence of be- ing the third largest crop of rec- ord in Massachusetts. In other words, the crop is large despite the fact that April temperatures averaged lower than 43 degrees. This is the first time such a re- lation has developed in almost 80 years of record. Can we learn something from such an obser- vation? Can this experience shed more light on lohy the relation- ship existed unbroken for so long a period of time? If so, perhaps we can alter our bog management in the future to avoid small crops following cold springs. There is probably little or no question that cold springs re- duce the crop prospect by caus- ing frost injury to the flower 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 Further Information Call . . . F. P. CRANDON ROckwell 3-5526 C. J. TRIPP WYman 5-2013 THREE buds. The staff at the Cranberry Station has become increasingly concerned that some spring frost damage does undetected until bloom or later, and it appears that this type of damage is probably more common in Barnstable County than in Plym- outh County. Many instances have been noted in the last few years indicating that the largest crops are raised on bogs morst carefully protected from spring frosts. YOU SHOULD- CONVERT YOUR IRRIGATION PUMPS TO L. P. GAS BECAUSE Gas saves on Oil — There is no pilferage Saves on Spark Plugs — Has up to Three Times the Engine Life — Saves on Fuel Pumps and Carburetors. FOR A DEMONSTRATION CALL US TODAY ROBY'S PROPANE GAS, INC. Carver, Mass. 866-4545 West Wareham, Mass. 295-3737 l?=ie=f»£=Ctii=S=lS=e=l£:^=i£=3rl&i&=S=i^^ BULLDOZERS CRANES LOADERS TRUCKS EQUIPPED TO HANDLE YOUR BOG NEEDS CARVER, MASS It now appears likely that with large acreages protected by sprinkler sytems, Massachusetts growers are in a better position than formerly to protect their bogs from frost damage in the spring. We think the large crop in Massachusetts in 1965 would have been much smaller if grow- ers had been unable to protect the bogs from the frost of May 14, 21 and later. The crop year of 1955 seems to prove again that funds spent on improved water - handling facilities are funds well invested, and that the grower who is extraordinarily careful and diligent in protecting his cranberry vines from spring damage is the grower most likely to produce large crops. Finally it is probably best to be especially alert to the spring frost hazard when the mean April temperature is lower than 43 degrees or when as the month progresses the mean temperature of May falls below normal. Es- pecial care is needed in early June when the spring is cold. •Homelite CHAIN SAWS •WATER PUMPS •BRUSH SAWS • Oregon SAW CHAINS Halifax Power Mower Wood St. Halifax, Mass. 293-6416 r^<#S*^#>#S*^#S#S#N#V*S*V#V#V#S#-" Farm Credit Service Box 7, Taunton, Mass., 02781 Tel. 617 R24-7578 Production Credit Loans Land Bank Mortgages • Office— 362, Route 44 RAYNHAM, MASS. Warren R. Arnold, Manager m Issue of December 1965-Vol. 30, No. 7 Second Class Postage Paid at Wareham, Massachusetts Pes: Ofticc. Published monthly at Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscriptions ?4.00, Foreign, ?5.00 per year. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C J. H MASSACHUSETTS I Final '65 Month Starts Dry With December about one- third gone (as this is written), the big- drought continues. Rain- fall, as recorded at the Cran- berry Station was only one- tenth of an inch for the month so far. The month was also run- ning about a degree a day colder I than normal. Dr.;' C. E. Cross, director of the Station was of the opinion that perhaps about half of the Mass. bogs would eventually get winter flowage to prevent ex- cessive winterkill. The State Bog was one of the minority that were flooded. Light Rains Early November The first rain in a long while fell over the cranberry area on the night of November 6th. However, this measured only .10 of an inch, and while it dam- pened the vines, did little, of ccturse, toward helping winter supplies. There was a little scat- tered rain the following day and night, but again no major gain .in supplies. There was fairly good, gentle rain on November 11 and 12, this being heaviest in New Eng- land in the Southeastern Massa- chusetts area, the cranberry re- gion, where it was needed. On the lower Cape more than two inches was recorded, but at the Cranberry Station, East Ware- ham, only .76th inch. Continues Colder Than Normal The trend of being colder than normal continued and at mid- month there was a minus of about 50 degrees. The 16th and Jl7th were rainy, but not very much so. The 18th brought much snow to northern New England and ski resorts were opened earlier than usual. There were a few spits of the white stuff in the cranberry area. However, there was no break in the drought in Southeastern Massachusetts, and some cities and towns were taking drastic steps to conserve what little water they had on tap. Wey- mouth, on the edge of the cran- berry area took the measure of permitting no more building per- mits. There was a fairly steady rain on the day of November 22, and mostly in the cranberry area, where it was most needed, but again it was not even a dent in the long drought. A total of .56 was recorded at State Bog. Cross on TV Dr. Chester E. Cross, director of Cranberry Experiment Sta.- tion was interviewed at consid- erable length at the State Bog on November 23, about the long drought and its effect on the cranberry. He said it was feared about half the crop might be lost because of winterkill, and that the rainfall deficiency this year to that date was 16 inches. A fairly good rain occurred again on the 27th. Nov. Another Month Lacking Still another month in the long, long drought, ended No- vember 30 with rainfall at the State Bog totalling only 2.86 inches. Average is 3.89 inches for November. =a^:a3ea«e=i£i!ri£asiese=seie=itse=ifci£afci£=a^^ AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS BOG SERVICE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS HAND SPRAYERS - TOOLS - POWER EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BRIGGS AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTER R. F. MORSE €r SON, Inc. Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 November ended and Decem- ber came in on a cold note. The month had a minus of 83 degrees in temperature. Small bodies of water were skimming over with ice and the ground was beginning to harden up a little. At the start of the last month in 1965 the departure frcm normal in temperature was a huge 713 degrees, since Janu- ary 1. NEW J ERSBY Drought Getting Acute The long extended drought continued through the month of November. Only 1.35 inches of rainfall occurred during the month. The deficiency for 1965 is now 12.11 inches. This year's drought is surpassing in severity that of 1964. Precipitation thru November total 28.02 inches for 1965; in 1964 over the same period the total was 30.73. Nor- mal rainfall for the 11 months is 40.13. There must be some generous rainfall soon or some cranberry growers in New Jersey will not have enough water for the winter flooding. Fortunately a relatively mild spell of weather in late November has kept the soil unfrozen. 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Record Yields A late release of the New Jer- sey Crop Reporting Service on November 15th again raised the estimate of New Jersey's Crop for 1965. It is now put at 159,- 000 barrels, about 6,000 barrels more than last year. Unofficially this is considered a record year from the standpoint of yield per acre. Quite a few bogs pro- duced more than 100 barrels per acre and the average will probably be over 50. , OREGON Had Dry Summer Oregon cranberry growers had a good but unusual year. There was an unusually dry spring and summer. There are only 2.80 inches of precipitation from the end of April until October first. Frosts in September Some frosty nights in Sep- tember did some crop damage, but there were no frosts in Oc- tober, or November. Rainy November November made up for the dry summer with nearly 12 inches of rain, there being very few days without some rain. Sprinklers Aided The crop exceeded earlier es- timates and there were especially good yields on bogs protected by sprinklers — most bogs so unpro- tected had low yields. Top Crop Probably the top producer this year was Fred Hulton, with 140 barrels on one quarters acre, or at the rate of 560 barrels to the acre. The berries were Mc- Farlins. Continued on Page 16 DuBAY CRANBERRY COMPANY MARSH IN WISCONSIN HAS THE REPUTATION OF ONE OF THE FINEST CRANBERRY PROPERTIES No Expense was spared in development of this 129 acre marsh, Nor now in its upkeep — Principal owners are Roy M. Potter and Albert E. Bark of Wisconsin Rapids Bij CLARENCE J. HALL There is the old saying, "What's in a name?" There is plenty if you are refering to the DuBay cranberry marsh in Wisconsin, which has the reputation of being one of the finest, if not the finest cranberry properties in existence. A visit to this marsh of 120 acres, 28 miles north of Wisconsin Rapids in the township of Eau Plaine in the county of Portage, reveals why it has this reputation. The marsh was carefully engineered, using all the best con- cepts of cranberry marsh, when it wa« first conceived. This ap- plies to water management and every phase of cranberry growing. The marsh, with the completion of 10 acres last year is a perfect square as it was originally planned and is beautifully maintained. Du Bay is not the largest marsh in Wisconsin, and this is one reason why it is not the top producer, but its production is enviable. ,^, 930 Acres In All DuBay is built on a tamarack and black spruce swamp. The spot was selected because it was easy to build as there were no trees to speak of to be taken out. The bottom consists of from three to fifteen feet of peat. There are 930 acres of land in all in the property. Entrance is near the DuBay Park along the shores of the DuBay Lake, this lake being formed by the darning up of a portion of the Wisconsin River for a paper company to get the water power. DuBay owns a long shore line on this lake. DuBay Park is a beautiful recreation area for the town of Eau Pleine. The name DuBay has a rather interesting history. DuBay was part Indian and part French, and was a descendent of Chief Oshkosh of the Winnebago In- dian tribe. There is a story concerning him going back to around 1840, that he owned a lot of the former timber land in the area, when lumber was king in Wisconsin. The story is he was accused of killing a man who tried to get this timber land away from him and was taken to court and tried. The results of the trial seem to be lost in the mists of time. His burial place was so close to the marsh property that the name of DuBay was taken. The building of DuBay was conceived by a group of men of Wisconsin Rapids, notably Roy M. Potter, a well-known Wisconsin cranberry grower, Al- bert E. Bark, the late Theodore Alson (whose family now own stock), and the late Ralph Cole. Today Potter and Bark are the active ones in its management. Started in 1945 The marsh was started in 1945, and incidentally, German pris- oners were used in part of the construction. The marsh was set "Al" E. Bark and Roy Potter, chief owners of DuBay Cranberry Marsh. (CRANBERRIES Photo) Vast DuBay, with some of the buildings in the far distance. (CRANBERRIES Photo) up for 100 acres, but this plan was increased to the present acreage. DuBay is planted mostly to Searles, plus 18 acres of McFarlin and last year there has been planted 10 acres of the new hy- brid of Stevens. Also have been planted 8000 trees of Black Hill Spruce and several thousand of Norway Pine on the property. In the building of DuBay no necessary cost to achieve the finest possible cranberry marsh was omitted and there were con- sultations with experts, such as Dr. Malcolm N. Dana of the University of Wi.sconsin and others.. Ten acres of the marsh were built on sand and the others on raw peat. At DuBay all the beds are larger than the Wis- consin average of 100 wide by 800 feet long. 3^ beds are 150 feet wide by 900 and four are the same width but a majestic 1500 feet long. Water Supply Excellent DuBay's watsr supply is very, very good. The supply from the lake is handled by two 25,000 gpm Peerless pumps and one Murray. There is also a supple- mentary reservoir with a pump- house to pump the water in and off again, giving one flood for the back 18 beds to assure quick coverage for frost protection. All of this was planned at the start. At present there are Rain Bird Sprinkler heads on 25 acres, and more are planned to replace the former method of covering by flood. At what might be called the head of the huge marsh is a little village of attractive white structures with the surround- ing grass clipped. One is a large warehouse, 60 by 160 feet of two stories. There are two homes for the foreman and another worker. DuBay, like many other Wis- consin marshes has a complete machine shop, this one 40 feet by 120 feet. There any kind of repair work and building of new equipment can be done. The maintenance work is super- vised by Harry Kees, who has been at the marsh since its in- ception. Manager at DuBay is Harold Mezera, who has been on the property since 1949. He is con- sidered thoroughly competent to make decisions and to operate the big enterprise under direc- tion of the owners. He is from DuBay Marsh, showing the wide dikes separating the heds. (CRANBERRIES Photo) Eastman, in the dairy country of Wisconsin. He is a graduate of the agricultural school of the University of Wisconsin and after graduation he came to DuBay to assume charge. Another all-year round worker on the marsh is Arthur Neimi, who also assists in the actual flooding work. A partial Ust of equipment in- cludes a Koehring shovel, a Cargo bulldozer-tractor, cleaning equip- ment, two driers, a Hopto front end loader, steel float boats for harvest, two being used behind each picker and built in the shop from an original of the Case model; four trucks, a pick- up, a ground spraying machine and one duster, a Koebling K'fshovel and a large tractor. The separators are Baileys, six in number. Three or four of the harvesting machines are riding models. There are two Spee-Dee packers for fresh fruit. The Spectacular "Bridge" The most spectacular piece of equipment is the huge so-called "bridge," one of three in Wis- consin. No other cranberry area except Wisconsin has this in- genious piece of equipment. The bridge is 186 feet long, both ends being mounted on trucks on the opposite dikes. At its highest point in the center it is 13 feet high, the ends slope to five feet. About 13,000 pounds of steel went into its construc- tion, which was done at DuBay. Below the bridge itself there is a working platform, which traverses the width of the bridge. From the bridge, clipping weeds and grass, application of spray materials and fertilizer are ac- complished. The bridge trucks, as the operations progress, move down the width of the bed. The object of the huge contraption is to prevent any stepping on the vines of the beds. The day the writer saw it, the bridge was being used in clipping, but at the moment the photograph was taken the men were not at work. In addition to the two year- arovmd workers at DuBay there are nine during the summer and twenty-one during harvest. Like many growers everywhere hives of bees are kept for pol- lination. Production The average production at Du- Bay, according to Mr. Bark is NINE Manager Harold Mezera of DuBay. (CRANBERRIES Photo) 125 to 150 barrels per acre, which considerably exceeds the state average. One year there were 200 barrels per acre on 92 acres. Severe frosti for the last two years have cut pro- duction. Quality Objective Quality fruit is one of the aims of Mr. Potter and Mr. Bark. Harvest is late at DuBay to enable berries to attain full size and especially color. Neither man has much consideration for growers who pile on exceis quantities of fertilizer to achieve the utmost in production at the expense of good quality. Mr. Bark The DuBay marsh is the first venture into cranberries for Mr. Bark. He was born in Wauwau- tosa, a suburb of Milwaukee. During World War I he was in service. He saw service in the latter part of the war. For ten years he practiced as a certified public accountant. Later he became secretary-treasurer of Preway, Inc. of Wisconsin Rapids, manufacturers of cooking, heat- ing applicances, and other items. He retired from Preway in 1960. Since his retirement from Pre- The gigantic "Brooklyn Bridge" at Dubay over a bed. (far end merges into the wooded background.) (CRANBERRIES Photo) way, Mr. Bark has devoted his time to the DuBay marsh. How- ever, he still remains a director of Preway, Inc. He is at pres- ent a director of Ocean Spray. He is a director of the Hospital Association of Wisconsin Rapids, a member of the Rapids Board of Appeals; a member of the water and light commission of Wisconsin Rapids. He has been a Rotarian for 34 years and a past president. Mr. Bark is an example of a successfvil business man who has added the strength of his busi- ness experience to the cranberry industry in Wisconsin. Mr. Potter (Cranberries, Nov. 1943) Roy M. Potter is a veteran of the Wisconsin cranberry indus- try, being the son of the late M. O. Potter who began his cranberry career in 1870 — one of the pioneers. Since that time the distinguished Potter name has been among the leaders in Wis- consin cranberries. Roy operates, besides DuBay, a marsh of 120 acres at Cran- moor. This is under the name of Potter and Son. The son is Mel- vin, who has a rather fabulous reputation as a calf roper, being considered one of the ten best in the country. He is a gradu- ate of the University of Arizona, where he majored in animal hus- bandry. He is married to a girl from Arizona and has one daughter. Mrs. Melvin Potter shares her husband's enthusiasm for horses and rodeo exhibitions. At the time of this interview Melvin had just purchased 170 head of horses, steers, bulls and calves in Minnesota for use in travelling rodeos in which he takes part. Roy, three or four miles from his marsh at the old Potter liomcstead at Cranmoor, has large tree forests of spruce and pines at Port Edwards. For years Vie has also grown mink for fur at the Cranmoor home- stead, now having as many as 8,500. Roy's other son is John M., was formerly District Attorney of Wood County and a former Wis- consin State senator. He is now very active in the legal profes- sion and is a member of a Wisconsin Rapids firm of attor- neys. He was also a director of Ocean Spray a few years ago, and is currently hearing master of a committee which is studying Wisconsin water re- sources, a subject vital, of course to Wisconsin cranberry growers. Roy's brother is Guy, now re- tired from active cranberry work but for many years one of the leading Wisconsin cranberry growers with large holdings at Camp Douglas, now managed by his grandson, Bruce. Finally it can be said that a visit to large DuBay with its enormous beds, mostly free from weeds, its well-balanced water system and general sound enter- prise is a "treat" to anyone interested in the cultivation of cranberries. NEW WASHINGTON WATERWAY SHOULD NOT INJURE OYSTER AND CRANBERRY GROWING A second hearing was held re- cently concerning the proposed 110 mile intra-coastal waterway from near Olympia, Washington to a point near Ilwaco and Gray- land cranberry areas at Olym- pia. At this hearing at the state capital, State Representative Julia Butler Hansen, endorsed the project. However, she made a reservation on her endorsement that the waterway would in no way hinder the cranberry and oyster industries. "BILL" DUFORT RESIGNS AS OCEAN 1 SPRAY BANDON MANAGER Wilham T. Dufort, Southwes- tern Oregon cranberry area man- ager for Ocean Spray Cranber- ries, Inc. has resigned his post. His resignation became effective November 30. Mr. Dufort, who is a grower in his own right, and one of the ablest men on the West Coast had been associated with Ocean Spray for the past 12 I years. Mass. Crop Up To 715,000; U.S. Total Up 8^ The big surprise of the 1965 yield was the size of the Mas- sachusetts crop, which is esti- mated by the USDA crop Re- porting Service as 715,000 bar- rels. This was in spite of the prolonged Southeastern Mass. drought now called the worst since 1817, or when records were first kept. "Yields were highly variable due to water shortages for some bogs and also because of scat- tered frost and freeze losses. Bogs with sprinkler systems or adequate conventional water flowage, however, generally re- alized very heavy crops. Size of berries was particularly good for the Howe variety." It now seems clear if it had not been for the drought and to a lesser extent frost, the 800,000 barrels or the largest production ever, which seemed in prospect early last summer before the drought struck, would have been realized. This production is 8 percent more than 1964 and the third largest of record. The U.S. total is 1,380,000 bar- rels, as compared to that of last year of 1,314,500 and the five-year average of 1,281,560; and 8 percent larger than av- erage. New Jersey, also hit by the general Eastern drought is up to 159,000, last year 153,000 and average, 93,360. Report said Jersey turned out heavier than expected crop al- though there was considerable loss in some bogs because of frost damage. A lack of water for protective uses was noted as a contributing factor to the frost damage. An ever increasing number of growers are conver- ting to the "wet-pick" method of harvest; this coupled with frost-free springs the past (wo years has contributed to better yields. The crop was the largest since 1937 when 175,000 barrels were harvested. Also up is Oregon with 40,000 barrels, down from that of last average 30,060. Wisconsin produced, 400,000 barrels, drown from that of last year of 430,000, and down from the average of 412,400. Wisconsin had too much water, hail, frost and a generally bad growing season. Washington also is down to 66,000 slightly lower than 1964 with 67,000 and down from the average of 90,340. Cranberry Labels Wanted as a gift or trade, "labels" from Eatmor, Ocean Spray and independents from all cranberry-growing regions; with the exception of one label, can, in return, furnish all copies of all Wisconsin brands to any in- terested parties. Like the Silver Dollar, these labels are fast disappearing, and should be garnered for museums and such. Address Dr, George L. Peltier 130 8th Street North Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin CRANBERRY PROPERTY FOR SALE 450 acres — 150 acres of old bog can be rebuilt. Plenty of water— 100 acres of reservoirs. 10 acres in bearing. 20 acres in cultivated blueberries. 2 houses and other buildings. Main highway runs through the property. Sale reason: Age. F. EARL HAINES Medford, N. J. 08055 READ CRANBERRIES ELEVEN SOMETHING '^CRANBERRY NEW;" IT IS "CRANBERRY COLOGNE" Kenneth Rochefort (left) and Warren Fournier, in their "home" factory. (CRANBERRIES Photo) Two Young Men, Start in Small Way a Different Cranberry Product - One a Worker at Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station There is a brand new cran- berry product out — even though it will take none of the cran- berry crop. This is a delightful "Cranberry Cologne," put out by the Cranberry Cologne and Per- fume Corporation of America. This is a new firm, located at 39 View Street, Agawam Shores, East Wareham, Mass. P.O. Box 257, telephone 295-9147. It is now in its second year of operation, and is doing a thriving business, small so far, but it is expected to grow. The reason the new business will take none of the cranberry crop is because no fruit is involved. The basic oil used in the cranberry cologne is made from the cran- berry vine stems, leaves and flowers. This is done by a firm in New Jersey, so it very likely the vines used are Jersey vines. However, the product will spread the word "cranberry." The founder of the new en- terprise is Warren Fournier, a young bachelor. His co-worker in spare time is his cousin, Ken- neth J. Rochefort, also a bache- lor. Rochefort has been engaged in the cranberry business for some years. He is laboratory assistant to Dr. Bert M. Zucker- man at the Massachusetts Cran- berry Experiment Station. Roche- fort also assists "weather man" George Rounsville in the vital work of preparing frost warnings and sometimes issues these re- ports himself. Both the Station and the work- ing place of the Cologne company are on Glenn Charlie Road, and are within walking distance of each other. The two young men make their home at the 39 View Street address. Fournier is a native of South Windham, Maine, and got his idea of the Cranberry Cologne when he arrived in Wareham about two years ago. He says he found everything to be "cran- berry this and cranberry that." In addition to cranberry co- logne he put out various per- fumes and began doing this in Boston about four years ago after working at various jobs in the Massachusetts capital. When he was at Windham High, taking a business course he found that he was very much interested in chemistry. While in Boston he met a graduate chemist of Yale, who was familiar with colognes and perfumes. "From that I guess I just stumbled into the cologne- , perfume business." Anyway he started making perfumes, with the chemist friend working for him. He started with a capital investment of $25.00. The perfume goes out under the name "Marquis de Fournier," and using his French background the bottle has a signet, a large scrolled letter "M," across the background of a picture of Eiffel Tower in Paris. While the "Cranberry cologne" is put out by the corporation, the perfume business, which is not incorporated uses some rather unusual ingredients such as oils of mint, essence of foin (cucum- ber, lime, tulip, tangerine and celery). He has even added es- sence of tobacco to bring out a flavor for men. What he does in practice is to think up a scent he wants, like his "Cranberry Cologne," or May- flower and instructs the firm in New Jersey to make him the basic oils. Then he and Roche- fort bottle it, adding the alco- hol used in perfumes. This is done at the house at Agawam Shores at present. The firm pro- duces scents in perfume to order. With a product developed, Fournier "goes on the road," and distributes the product to retail outlets. There are some in Bos- ton, and more on Cape Cod such as gift shops (a prolific source in the vacation summer), drug stores and department stores. As to the corporation, Roche- fort is president, Fournier, treas- urer, Rochefort's stepfather, Leo Carney, who is a former mayor of New Bedford is a director, and a New Bedford attorney, An- thony Fiore is clerk. Fournier when he found his way to Wareham, liked the town TWELVE and found it has few industries and so hopes to add another in the "Cranberry Cologne" Cor- poration. Fournier hopes as his business expands nationally, with the "magic" name cranberry, to build or rent a larger building than the house at 39 View Street, perhaps to hire a registered chemist and become a manu- facturer of colognes and per- fumes, rather than merely "idea man" and distributor. Possible Cranberry Development in State of Minnesota Meeting Last Month by State Department of Agriculture; Three from Wisconsin Attend Official Minnesota seems to be interested in getting into the cranberry business. November 23 saw a meeting at Minnesota De- partment of Agriculture, St. Paul with a large attendance. The meeting was conducted by State Commissioner of Agricul- ture Russell G. Schwandt, other representatives of State Dept. of Agriculture, Federal agencies and growers from Wisconsin. Commissioner Schwandt is re- ported as being enthusiastic about cranberry growing in that state, which at present has about 5 acres in cranberries as compared to Wisconsin's 5,000 plus, yet has many of the necessary na- tural resources, and perhaps even more acreage suitable to cran- berry growing than has Wis- consin. Purpose of the meeting as expressed by Donald M. Coe, State director of plant industry was to "encourage the cranberry industry of Wisconsin to make known the background of the industry, its trends and its needs for possible expansion into Min- nesota." Attending from Wisconsin were Tony Jonjak, large Wisconsin grower and a director of Ocean Spray; Vernon Goldsworthy, pres- ident of Cranberry Products of Eagle River and also a large grower and Richard Indermuhle, president of Wisconsin Cranberry Growers' Association and large grower of Manitowish Waters. Others attending included: Commissioner William T. Fer- rell, Minnesota Department of Business Development, Commis- sioner A. M. Deyoannes, Iron Range Resources and Rehabili- tation, James Clark, OEO; Ur- ban Ewing, ASCS; Sydney Frel- lesen, Minnesota Dept. of Con- servation; Art Hansen, FHA; Waldo Johnson, Minnesota De- partment of Agriculture; Frank Murray, Attorney General's Of- fice; Harvey Ostrander, FVC; Vladimir Shipa, ARAL. U. of MASS. AGRICULTURE ENROLLMENT UP Is interest in agriculture losing ground in the universities this year? Not if the College Agri- culture of the University of Mas- sachusetts is any indication. There, enrollment shows a gain of 20 percent, or the highest number in the more than 100- year history of the university. 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 54025 (formerly Withrow, Minnesota) THIRTEEN (Photo by Vernon Blackstone, Mass. Farm Bureau Federation) Morris Makepeace of the A. D. Makepeace Co. of Wareham was presented a certificate commemorating: 25 years of membership in the Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation. Making the presentation was David Mann (left) of Buzzards Bay, President of the Plymouth County Farm Bureau. The A. D. Makepeace Co. who ship to Ocean Spray, is the world's largest producer of cranberries with a total annual production of 7K' million pounds. The Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation is affiliated with the American Farm Bureau Federation, the largest general farmer's organization in the world. Another cranberry grower with a 25 year record is Malcolm Ryder of Cotuit. Dave Mann Elected President Plymouth County Farm Bureau David Mann, a thirty-six year old cranberry grower from Buz- zards Bay, Mass. is the new President of the Plymouth County Farm Bureau. Mr. Mann also was elected to the Board of Di- rectors of the Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation at its Annual Meeting at Lenox, Mas- sachusetts, November 16 and 17. FOURTEEN A graduate of the University of Massachusetts and a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho Fra- ternity, Dave .received his Bache- lor of Science degree in 1951. Following a tour of duty in the U. S. Navy, he turned his at- tention to the business of farm- in, p;. Confronted with economic problems in the industry, Dave has innovated to reduce his per unit production costs through mechanization and increased pro- duction. This includes being a member of Ocean Spray Cran- berry Cooperative through which he ships his entire crop. Dave is married to the former Marjorie Tatlow of Point Inde- pendence. They have two chil- dren, Susan, age six, and Gor- don, age three. In addition to his many Farm Bureau affiliations, he is Super- visor of the Plymouth County Soil Conservation District, a member of the Cape Cod Cran- berry Association, Chairman of its New Variety Committee and serves on the Advisory Commit- tee of the Ocean Spray Coop- erative. Dave is a member of the Bourne Methodist Church, the Wampatuck Lodge of Masons and the Pilgrim Royal Arch Chapter in Abington. To fill in his spare time, David holds the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the Naval Reserve. FARM BUREAU IN ACTION by Vernon Blackstone (Editor's Note: Through the courtesy of Vernon Blacktone, staff assistant of the Massachu- setts Farm Bureau Federation it is expected notes of this asso- ciation of farmers, will he car- ried each month, or frequently under the heading ''Farm Bureau in Action.") The 1965 Legislative Program of The Massachusetts Farm Bur- eau Federation was most suc- cessful. We filed in our name or had filed in our behalf twelve bills. Nine of these bills were signed into law by the Gover- nor. However, this is not the total Legislative Program of Farm Bureau. The Legislative Pro- gram is not only what you ac- complish for your people. Quite often the most important Legis- lative Acts are to prevent some- thing happening to Farm Bur- eau members and other farm- ers. One has to be constantly alert to having farmers brought in under bad pieces of legislation such as the in-land Wetlands bill. Farm Bureau was success- ful in having the bill amended to give those exclusively en- gaged in agriculture an exemp- tion from this legislation. It was Farm Bureau's feeling that this would affect farmers who use water from streams, rivers, marshes and other wetlands. This is especially true of cran- berry growers. Ocean Spray Fresh Fruit Cleaning Up Ocean Spray announced to the trade November 19 that it was 1 completely sold out of fresh fruit except for Massachusetts Late Howes. These were being quoted at $5.00 a quarter. At that time it announced that all plants were packing night and day for completing Thanks- giving orders. It was said also that the supply of Massachusetts Howes, while good, would be shipping to all areas, United States and Canada. CHARLEY GOLDSWORTHY, WIS. BRIEFLY VISITS MASS. Charley Goldsworthy, sales manager of Cranberry Products, Inc. of Eagle River, Wisconsin was a recent brief visitor to BROKER REAL ESTATE OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS • 37 Years SeUIng Cranberry Properties • LISTINGS WANTED ."lOO .Sec-onil-IIand Picking IJoxcs for Sale THEO THOMAS MAIN STREET NORTH CARVER, MASS. Tel. UNion 6-3351 the Massachusetts cranberry area. As the result of new research by Prof. Kenneth Weckel of the University of Wisconsin a new process has been invented by which cranberries can now be candies. They are in candy bars and Cranberry Products is pack- ing then in glass, the only firm in the country to do so. The Eagle River firm now puts out 33 products, all but nine of them cranberry based. It is re- ported a cranberry chili sauce is in the works. Hoelting Named Indian Trail General Manager Ben G. Pannkuk, former presi- dent of Indian Trail, Inc., of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin has announced that Joseph P. Hoel- ting has been named general manager of Indian Trail Division of Green Bay Foods Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dean Foods of Chicago, which now owns Indian Trail. Mr. Hoelting will continue as manager of fresh cranberry sales for the new division. His new post will include supervision of canned, juice and frozen product marketing. Mr. Pannkuk will maintain his office in the Mead-Witter Build- ing at Wisconsin Rapids, and will engage in long-range plan- ning and grower relations for the cranberry division of Dean Foods. At present Indian Trail mar- kets cranberries from about 25 associate growers. Hoelting joined Indian Trail in 1954 as sales manager. Mr. Pannkuk joined in 1953 and later became president and one of the owners before its sale to Dean Foods. Cape Cranberry Bread Sent To Vietnam Cape Cod Cranberry Bread for Christmas went to Vietnam this month from a campaign put on by the Dennis-Yarmouth (Mass.) Jaycees. The move be- gan with a resolution approved and signed by selectment and police chiefs of the two towns of Yarmouth and Dennis and Jaycee officials. A drive was launched to col- lect a ton of home-baked Cape Cod delicacies, including the cranberry. (It resembles fruit cake, if you do not know this.) Housewives brought these products (which had to be long lasting) to the Community Building at Yarmouth on Sun- day, December 7th. From there the goodies were taken to Otis Air Force base, for forwarding to Vietnam. Dean Foods, With Indian Trail Berries, Heavy Fall Ad Plan Dean Foods Company has scheduled the most extensive ad- vertising effort in its forty year history this fall in support of the company's expanded line of dairy and convenience food products including Indian Trail Cranberries. National magazines, newspaper supplements, spot television and radio will be used through Dean's nine-state marketing area in the Midwest and Upper South, it was announced by John Rock- wood, executive vice president. The overall program runs from late September thru December. Double-page spreads in full color will be used to feature five new comers to the Dean convenience food line, along with three long established dairy products, in the December is- sues of Better Homes & Gardens, Ladies Home Journal, Look, Mc- Call's, Parents and Redbook. The "newcomer" products are Dean's Indian Trail frozen Cranberry with Orange and bottled cran- berry juice; Flavor Charm Pow- dered Non-dairy Coffee Creamer; Peter Piper, Heifetz and Bud- long pickles; and Dean Prepared Foods. The newcomers are prod- ucts of recently acquired com- panies which now operate as Dean divisions or were developed in the Dean research laboratory. The "old friends" are Vim (2% milk); Dean cottage cheese; and Dean sour cream. Single pages and two-page spreads in color have been set for nine Sunday Supplements in Chicago, Indianapolis, Louisville, Detroit, Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Memphis, during the nine weeks between October 24 and December 19. Some insertions will be omnibus ads featuring all products, but the majority will focus on single brands and sep- arate products. News and weather shows on seven television stations in three cities will be used during the same period, with each station carrying multiple spots on vari- ous dairy products, September through December. During the same period radio stations in four markets will carry Dean Country Charm dairy products commercials, Rockwood said. "Our vigorous expansion into other food lines is enabling us to present many fine new prod- ucts to our establijShed cus- tomers," Rockwood said. "The Dean Country Charm label has come to represent a certain kind of dependable quality to thous- ands of customers. We think housewives will be glad to put the same confidence in these top quality convenience foods as they have had in our primary dairy products." WASHINGTON Nov. Rain 12.76 The November weather was typical with 12.76 inches of rain, which was less than that of 1964 November, but ample. There were only three days without precipitation. Nov. Mild The temperature was mild with a mean high of 54.06 and a mean low of 45.63. Some days were almost springlike, while others blew a gale. On the 19th the wind was clocked at 85-90 at North Head hght. There was one cold period on the bogs from the 22nd to the 26th with a low of 23 degrees on the 24th. Bogs Look Good for 1966 The bogs in the Long Beach and North Beach area look es- pecially good with good tip growth. It is better than a year ago. This is believed due to the better-than-average weather last summer. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Continued from Page 6 Meetings A meeting of the West Coast Advisory Board of Ocean Spray was scheduled to be held at Bandon, December 18. The Southwestern Cranberry Club was to host Washington growers at a pot luck dinner and social hour December 17. After Season Work Growers are looking forward to a busy winter of resanding, weed control, hand pruning and setting vines on some new acreage. mi READ CRANBERRIES WISCONSIN November Normal November turned out to be quite normal with no records broken and conditions, allowing much needed fall work to be completed. Both temperatures and precipitation averaged slightly above normal with 2 degrees above and one half inch above. Temperature extreme was 70 de- grees in the south on the 3rd, to near 0 degrees on th 14th and 17th in the far north. On the 26th a very low pressure sys- tem passed over the state re- sulting in winds up to 55 miles per hour, general heavy precipi- tation and the low readings in 25 years. This storm brought an additional foot of snow in the far north and in excess of one inch of rain in the central and south. As of the end of the month the far north counties had from six to 22 inches of snow, south counties had none. Snow on the 24th had brought four inches of snow to the cen- tral cranberry areas, but this melted with the rains on the 26th. The total rainfall in the central area now totals a whop- ping 39.34 inches to December, which is almost 10 inches above the long time normal of 30 inches. The outlook for Decem- ber calls for near normal precipi- tation and below normal temp- eratures. Three-Quarters Processed At month's end only slightly in excess of 1000 barrels of cranberries remained in the state to be packed fresh. Final figures will probably show less than 100,000 barrels shipped fresh or by far the smallest total in mod- ern times. Total crop figures still are listing the state at 400,- 000 barrels, with %ths of the total going processed. Shrink- age was heavy on late held ber- ries, mainly Searles, and marked the 3rd consecutive year of ex- cess shrinkage. Winter Flooding The mild weather during No- vember had developed little frost in the old cranberry beds. New plantings were flooded pri- marily to prevent heaving of vines from the alternate freez- ing and thawing. Some grow- ers winter flooded the last week of November with deep floods and were starting to pull out the water from under the ice due to the slow freezedown and to remove any chance of oxygen deficiencies. WINTER ADVICE WASHINGTON GROWERS Avoid leaving any trash in your bogs and get rid of dead leaves and rotten fruit as soon as you can. This trash could be a very good medium for fun- gus infestation. Keep in mind to treat your bog this winter with a dormant spray such as liquid sulfur at the rate of 6 gallons per 100 gallons of water (18 gallons per acre) plus 1 to 2 ounces of a wetting agent. This treatment will control fungus diseases and it will reduce di- sease spreading early in the spring. (The Cranberry Vine, South Bend, Washington). SIXTEEN Dean's^ Indian Trail is putting on a really big spread for cranberries Four-color advertising in 6 of America's most important magazines and major market Sunday Supplements, too. Forecast: year 'round demand for Dean's Indian Trail Cranberry products. Dean's IrviUmXnoili the path to cranberry profits SEVENTEEN "Your boy friend will be crazy about this new lipstick it's cranberry flavored'." by Eill Shelly EIGHTEEN 68876) Amlierst, !fess. 01005 This year Ocean Spray will handle enough cranberries to pave a road 25 feet wide stretching from Boston, Massachusetts to Brunswick, Georgia. Not that a single cranberry will be used for this purpose. But it does serve to illustrate the point that size means growth, leadership, financial stability and increasing profit. For information about Cooperative Membership in Ocean Spray, contact any Director or Staff member in your growing area. Ocean spray. IVING A $40,000,000 A YEAR INDUSTRY ^PE COD IliW JERSEY WISCONSIN OREGON MUSHIN6T0N CANADA VIVIAN KRANICK, Oregon cranberry growing widow among her famed rhododendrons. (Photo, Western World, Bandon) 40 Cents JANUARY, 1966 DIRECTORY For CRANBERRY GROWERS Federal Paper Board Company, Inc. 970 Fellsway Medford. Mass. Tel. Export 5-5305 Manufacturers of Folding Cartons and Displays OVER 43 YEARS OF SERVICE TIRES NO TAXES SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Flotation Tires For Soff Wet Sandy Soil Airplane and other flotation tires many different sizes 20", etc. . 15", 16", 1050 X 16 NEW Smooth Tread Extremely Flexible - Rec. Air Pressure 8 lbs. Sponge Rubber will not $Qy.50 hurt cranberries. 31" hi. ^' 12" wide-Tire & Tube Write or Call for sizes not listed Send check or money order for 25%-bal'ance c.o.d. freight collect Tel. 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UNion 6-3351 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 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 ONE general harvest began a few days later than in 1964, losses from fall frosts were small. Most bogs produced better than expected crops. Acreage harvested was down 100 from last year to 11,- 600 acres. The yield per acre at 64.2 barrels is up 7.8 barrels from 1964. The New Jersey crop of 159,- COO barrels was up 4 percent from last year and 70 percent above average. The final out- put was above earlier expecta- tions. ^ Spring frost damage was minimal and another good crop was raised from the marginal, poorly protected bogs. There was little damage from fall frosts and berries w^ere generally of good quality and medium size. Acreage harvested was down to 3,000 acres this year, from 3,100 in 1964 but the yield per acre increased to 53 barrels per acre in 1965 from 49.4 barrels in 1964. Wisconsin produced 410,000 bar- rels of cranberries in 1965, down 5 percent from last year and slightly below average. Winter damage was about usual, but frost in the north plus hail in the west damaged the crop. Har- vest began about a week later. The acreage harvested in Wiscon- sin was 4,600 acres, up 300 from last year, but the yield per acre dropped to 89.1 barrels per acre, off 10.9 from 1964. Production of cranberries in Washington was 66,000 barrels, down 1,000 barrels from last year and 27 percent below average. A severe winter, and spring frosts caused damage in the bogs and the wet spring caused a poor berry set. Continued cool wea- ther limited sizing and harvest SHARON BOX COMPANY, INC. SHARON, MASSACHUSETTS ESTABLISHED 1856 We Will Buy Ypur 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. was late. Cranberry production in Oregon totaled 42,000 barrels, 22 percent more than last year and 8 percent above average. Quality and size were good. Har- vested acreage in Washington was unchanged from 1964 at 1,000 acres, but was down to 560 acres in 1965, 10 acres below 1964. Farm Bureau In Action Bij VERNON A. BLACKSTONE Farm Bureau Staff Assistant One major area of Farm Bur- eau concern and activity is that of Economic Services for farm- ers. A very important Economic Service is the Farm Family In- surance Companies which are owned and operated by the Farm Bureau members for their bene- fit. This past year the Farm Family Mutual Insurance Company paid a 10% dividend on auto insurance for the second year in succession. Recently, it declared a 10% divi- dend for the third year. This is a CASH dividend :on all liability coverages including compulsory coverages. Farm Family Mutual Insurance Company is the only Insurance Company in the state of Massachusetts to pay a divi- dend on these coverages. In 1966, it will pay its first fire insurance dividend which will amount to a 7% dividend on all Fire, Ex- tended Coverage and Inland Marine insurance. This is a clear indication of financial savings through the Farm Bureau's Economic Service Program. The Massachusetts Farm Bur- eau Federation has provided the Accounting and Income Tax Ser- vice to its members for many years. This provided competent, specialized low cost Accounting Service. Currently, Farm Bureau is studying changes in methods of accounting as they relate to Farm Management programs in order to maintain the best pos- sible Accounting and Income Tax Service to its membership. As farmers request additional economic services, Farm Bureau will explore the possibilities of developing additional programs. Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Notes by IRVING E. DEAAORANVILLE Extension Cranberry Specialist Personals Drs. Bert Zuckerman, "Wes" Miller, Karl Deubert, Surindar Paracer and "Bob" Norgren at- tended a meeting of NE-34, the northeastern regional group of nematologists, from November 30 through December 2. The meet- ing was held at Rutgers Univer- sity in New Brunswick, N. J. Each presented a progress re- port on their various projects. The author spent three weeks, from December 6 through De- cember 23, as a juror during the Civil;v Session of the Superior Court in Brockton. It was a most interesting and informative experience and I was most happy to be there as a member of the jury rather than a partici- pant in a legal wrangle. The jury duty gave an excellent ex- excuse to stop in and visit "Dom" Marini, an old friend, who has his office in the courthouse. "Dom," who is no stranger to cranberry growers in Plymouth County, is now a regional agent for fruits and vegetables in the new four- county Southeastern Massachusetts area. Matter of fact, one of the court officers is also a cranberry grower and we had time for some "shop-talk" on occasion. Advisory Committee The Cranberry Advisory Com- mittee held its annual meeting at the Cranberry Station on the afternoon of December 14. This meeting assists the Extension Service in appraising its educa- tional program for the past year and in the development of what we hope will be an effective pro- gram for the coming year. We had excellent representation from the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association, shippers, service or- ganizations, regional agents. Uni- versity of Massachusetts and Station staff. Dr. Cross filled in for the Cranberry Specialist, and from reports, did an excellent job. The committee discussed a number of items, with quality receiving the most attention. The suggestions and advice of this committee are most help- ful and are sincerely appreciated. The following members wer pres- ent. Dr. Chester Cross, Oscar Johnson, Arnold Lane, John De- cas, Robert Hammond, C. E. Morse, Maynard Holmes, Paul Morse, Robert St. Jacques, Wil- liam Atwood, William Crowell, Arthur Handy, Lawrence Cole, Robert Devlin. Weather December went into the rec- ords nearly three degrees a day above normal, only the second month in all of 1965 to do this. Total precipitation for the month was 1.76 inches, less than 50 per- cent of normal. Snowfall for De- cember was only 0.3 inch ac- curing in the early morning of the 26th. This is far below the average for the month, but there have been nine years in the past thirty-five when no snow was recorded at the Cranberry Sta- tion in December. For the year 1965 the tempera- ture was a total of -623 de- grees, or more than a degree and one-half a day below normal, this is really cool. Total precipi- tation was 27.82 inches which is slightly more than 19 inches un- der the thirty year average at the Cranberry Station. This is the least amount recorded since records have been kept at the Station. Snowfall was 37.6 inches about forty percent above the mean. Highest temperature was 89 degrees on July 15 and again August 13 and the lowest -8 de- grees on January 19 as recorded in the weather shelter at 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 Further Information Call . . . F. P. CRANDON ROckwell 3-5526 C J. TRIPP WYman 5-2013 THREE station. Largest single snowfall was 9.1 inches on January 16-17 and largest 24-hour precipitation 1.36 inches on April 15-16. Club Meetings The tentative dates for the 1966 cranberry club meetings are as follows: Barnstable County: Barnstable — Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m. Barnstable — March 17, 7:30 p.m. Plymouth County: Kingston — Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m. Rochester — Feb. 16, 2:00 p.m. Kingston — March 15, 7:30 p.m. Rochester — March 16, 2:00 p.m. YEAR'S RAIN 486 INCHES IN PAKISTAN Cranberry growers in the drought-stricken east envy the high rainfall the Pacific West Coast has been receiving — 14 inches plus in Washington in De- cember. But even this is nothing to the rainfall which occurred in Pakistan last year. There was a total of 486 inches, most of this falling in a period of three months. It was in the Jafflong area. Yet one-third of the days of the year were reported as being clear. At the same time as all Sales McCuUoch Service CHAIN SAWS and BRUSH CUTTERS QUEEN B PORTABLE HEATERS MITE-LITE PORTABLE ALTERNATORS SANDVICK SCYTHES and ALUMINUM SNATHES LANCASTER PUMPS Pipe Cut and Threaded up to 4" CARVER SUPPLY CO. 1 this precipitation, the first sprink- ler systems were being installed by a British firm. Even there rain did not always fall just when needed. Cranberry Labels Wanted as a gijt or trade, "labels" from Eatmor, Ocean Spray and independents -from all cranberry-growing regions; with the exception of one label, can, in return, furnish all copies of all Wisconsin brands to any in- terested parties. Like the Silver Dollar, these labels are fast disappearing, and should be garnered for museums and such. Address Dr. George L. Peltier 130 8th Street North Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin m READ CRANBERRIES •Homelite CHAIN SAWS •WATER PUMPS •BRUSH SAWS •Oregon SAW CHAINS Halifax Power Mower Wood St. Halifax, Mass. 293-6416 Farm Credit Service Box 7, Taunton, Mass., 02781 \\ Tel. 617 824-7578 Production Credit Loans i Land Bank Mortgages • Office— 362, Route 44 RAYNHAM, MASS. Warren R. Arnold, Manager Issue of January 1966 — Vol. 30, No. 9 Second Class Postage Paid at Wareham, Massachusetts Post Oftice. Published monthly at Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscriptions ?4.00, Foreign, ?5.00 per year. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C J. H. MASSACHUSETTS Week of Bad Weather Adds One Inch Light rain, followed by snow began on December 13th, making this the first real snow of the winter in the cranberry area, although it did not last long. The weather continued rainy on the 14th and 15th. In fact, until the 19th there was scarcely a break in the clouds or a glimpse of the sun. The result of this long spell was that there was about one inch of rain accumu- lated, not enough to do water supplies much good. Mid-December Warmer The middle of December in fact, reversed the trend of colder than normal temperatures. These turned to the plus side and on the 19th there was a plus of 19 degrees. "Winter" Starts Cold This was of short duration, however and on the 21st, the first official day of winter, tempera- tures were averaging 10 above, or not quite that much. The of- ficial winter came in with cold, but there was no snow on the ground in Southeastern Massa- chusetts. Green Christmas It was a green Christmas in the cranberry area, with all but record high temperatures on Christmas Day and the day be- fore. But Christmas Day also brought a gift in the form of a very substantial rain during the afternoon and night. A total of .62 inches was recorded at the State Bog. Weather turned very cold Christmas night and the 26th and 27th were bitterly cold with rather high winds. Temperatures at the State Bog were as low as 12. It was not believed there was any winterkill as the winds were not too high and the drop was of short duration. December a Warm Month December reversed the long trend of colder - than - normal months by ending with a plus of 90 degrees or about three a day. The final day of 1965 was all but a record breaker, with tempera- tures up into the low 60's in the cranberry area and New Year's day itself was equally balmy. December really went out almost as spring. However, the story for the year was a minus 625 degrees. December Continued Dry Rainfall for the month, as re- corded at the Cranberry Station was only 1.76 inches. Normal is 3.80 inches. The deficiency for the year at year's end was about 19 inches in precipitation, in this fourth year of below normal rain- fall. And the drought continued on. January second brought a sud- den change in temperatures and there was snow, sleet and rain. The total for this storm, accord- ing to Cranberry Station reading was .99 inch. This was the first really bad storm of the winter, making roads treacherous with the snow, sleet and freezing rain and for the first time snow plows were put into use. No Winterkill in December At the end of the year it was generally thought there had been no winterkill. For one thing there was practically no frost in the ground, so vines were not fro- lt=S=a=i&lC:i£=teS£5£i£=«=l&=5&ifcl£=a=iMei£=^^ 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 zen in. While there had been a few occasions when for brief spells there had been cold and high winds these spells had been of short duration and not long enough to do much, if any harm. Much Sunshine in '65 With so little rain it naturally followed that sunshine had to be high. The sunshine factor was well over 200 hours. Vines Wanted It was reported at the Cran- berry Station that there had been many calls to find out where cranberry vines could be bought. The call was not particularly for the new hybrid varieties, but the old standbys, especially Early Blacks. This indicates that there is considerable expansion intended for Massachusetts acreage this coming spring. The demand is from those who are already growers, and not newcomers. January Starts Balmy January fortunately started warm and balmy, almost springlike. The plus for the first four days was Your Foreman Deserves A Subscription to Cranberries; too 46 degrees. This was well for the drought situation, as Janu- ary and February are the months most likely to bring winterkill, and every warm day was an- other day without the damage. WASHINGTON Pacific Coast Storms Late December brought a series of great storms to the West Coast, including the coastal cranberry area. It was almost exactly a year ago that the Coast suffered a similar bad storm. The storms brought sleet, snow, rain, and high winds. Wind on the 27th was clocked at 120 miles an hour when the Coast Guard recording machine at Cape Disappoinment was broken. Guests of 70 and 80 miles an hour continued, but resulted in only considerable dam- age in minor incidents. Dec. Precipitation 14.52 Inches While the East Coast continued in the great drought the precipi- tation for the month was re- corded at the Coastal Washing- ton Experiment Station at Long Beach as 14.52 inches. There was 1.97 of rain on the 26th and 1.80 on the third. There was some snow and Christmas was a white one for most of the area, where snow is a rariety. The Long Beach Peninsula was almost cut off from the mainland due to snow for the New Year week- end. Temperatures The mean high of the month was 47.03 and the mean low was 35.32. The Station bog low was 16 degrees on the 14th and 17 on the 15th. Below freezing temperatures were registered on the 9th to the 16th, the 20th to the 29th and 31st. It was an un- usually severe month for the Peninsula. Bog Activities Bog activities were just about at a standstill due to the weather, but what pruning could be done was accomplished, and there was "inside" work going on. IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT for frost control and Irrlgaflon SOLID SET BOG ALL ALUMINUM IRRIGATION SYSTEMS Johns /Danville Plasfic Pipe and Fitfings LARCHMONT ENGINEERING LEXINGTON, MASS. VO 2-2550 NEW JERSEY Drought Worse ^ December brought no allevia- tion but an intensification of the drought. Only 1.75 inches of rain fell during the month, ad- ding another 1.28 inches to the year's deficiency which totaled 13.39 inches. The year 1965 was the driest in the 37-year weather recording history of the Cranberry and Blueberry Lab at Pemberton and New Lisbon. The total precipi- tation was only 29.77 inches, easily breaking the previous low rainfall record of 33.21 inches in 1930. Drought of serious proportions have now occurred in each of the 3 past years. The total de- ficiency from January 1, 1963, through 1965 is 28.58 inches, or roughly the equivalent of 8 months of normal rainfall. The water shortage is causing appre- hension amongst cranberry and blueberry growers. Some cran- berry properties have a serious water shortage and the ground water resources in some blue- berry areas are reaching mar- ginal levels. '65 Rain Well Distributed Fortunately the distribution of Continued on Page 18 SIX ''Valiant Vivian" Mighf Be The Designation of Oregon Cranberry Widow, Mrs. Martin Kranick of Bandon She Operates 22 V2 Acres in Two Locations By ETHEL REICHENBACHi Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. is made up of many fine hard- working growers, among which are quite a few widows who have fallen heir to their bogs due to the death of their husbands. Among the several widows in Coos County, Oregon is Vivian Kranick. This is her story: Vivian was born in Wapaca County, Wisconsin on a farm. In 1936 her parents moved to the city of Milwaukee where she attended school and business col- lege. Her urge to travel led her first to Colorado and later to the west coast where she had rela- tives to visit. While on this trip she was offered a position as secretary in the Coquille cran- berry^ cannery. Here she became acquainted with the cranberry business first hand. She visited several cranberry bogs and through these visits met Martin Kranick, son of Leslie and Ethel Kranick, pioneer cranberry grow- ers. Martin Kranick Martin was a graduate engin- eer from the Oregon State Uni- versity and a Veteran of World War II, having served in the 8th Air Force based in England. As a navigator, he flew some thirty missions over enemy territory and thereby won the Distinguished Flying Cross. Their first date was in a chartered plane in which they flew over the entire cran- berry area of Coos County and got a good view of the geography of the cranberry business. In 1951 Vivian and Martin were married in a garden set- ting at the Kranick bog. To this union were born four sons, Doug- las, Gordon, David and Ronald. When the war was over, Mar- tin worked for a time with the Bureau of Reclamation, but be- ing an only son, he decided to accept his parents' request to re- turn home and take over the cranberry business so the senior Kranicks could retire. In 1959 Leslie Kranick died of a heart attack and the day fol- lowing Arthur Flemming's edict hit the headlines and the busi- ness took a terrific beating. Along with this disaster Martin became ill and spent some time in the hospital. On October 12th, 1962, one of the worst storms to ever hit the Pacific coast made shambles of the beautiful property that Martin and Vivian had developed. Shortly after, the worst tragedy of all, Martin's untimely death. Faced Tough Future Vivian faced a future with four small boys to rear, and a cranberry property that was al- most ruined with storm, insects and the Flemming disaster. She had two choices, the farm or back to the office. She chose the farm with all its frustrations, hard work and worry so that her boys would learn work and respon- sibility. With determination, she began treating the bogs with insecti- cides, she has used Parathion, A walk along a dike at the the Kranick Bogs. (Photo, Western World, Bandon) The whole family helps at harvest time, including Mrs. Kranick's father from Wisconsin* A new sump hole at the Kranick Bog. Malathion, and Diazinon according to directions specified by the County Agent and the more suc- cessful growers. The irrigation pipes were old and the rust in the sprinklers had long been a problem, so she began to gradually replace with aluminum and plastic. She ap- plied to the Agricultural Stabli- zation Committee for funds to develop a new source of water. Now she has two new ponds plus a long irrigation canal with enough water for full frost con- trol. On some occasions the two oldest boys help with the sprink- ling by keeping the sprinklers free from rust. For this she pays them the same as for any other worker. Labor has been a big headache as she has to compete with high wages paid the lumber industry. Good workers were already at work and workers who would accept minimum wages are scarce. Vivian has two properties, the old Kranick home bog of some 13 acres to which, with the help of the boys and neighbors she has added another two acres since her husband's death. She also has IV2 acres on highway U.S. 101 which was originally planted by the late M. L. Urann and sold to L. M. Kranick. This second property is under com- plete underground irrigation with an automatic shut-off. However the old Kranick bog is largely handled by personal supervision. Vivian plans to eventually re- place all the overhead irrigation with either aluminum or pastic pipe placed underground. Cuts Harvest Costs This past fall Vivian changed her harvest method to use ele- vators in both wet and dry har- vest. She has two Westerns and one Darlington. After dry pick- ing, the berries are taken to the warehouse, put through a shaker, then elevated to an elevated bin from which the berries can be poured directly into tote boxes onto an International truck she bought last summer. She also uses elevators in the field for wet harvest to load them into tote boxes. By these changes she cut her harvest from six weeks to four and so of course cut harvest costs as well. Other Activities With this formidable load Viv- ian still takes time to be a pianist for the Rebekah Lodge (of which she is a Past Noble Grand) and secretary for the Business and Professional Woman's Club of Coquille. Every Sunday she at- tends the Presbyterian Church in Bandon with her sons. She is among the very few growers who contributed to the Bandon Cranberry Festival Pa- rade with a float entitled "Kran- berry Kidz Shangri La" which won 3rd place in the commercial division of the 1964 parade. Douglas, her oldest boy is eleven and in the 6th grade. Gordon is in the 4th grade and David is in the second grade. They attend school in Bandon, traveling the six miles by bus. Douglas plays in the school band. Ronald, the youngest will start to school next fall. Vivian is trying to give her sons every opportunity that city boys have. She surrounds them with library books. They get swimming lessons and plenty of fun swimming in the home ponds EIGHT ^jj^j||,^!||S»IJ^^ Mrs. Kranick and her four sons, taking third prize in a Bandon Cranberry Harvest parade. (Photo, Western World, Bandon) after they do their weeding allot- ment. The boys collect stamps, coins, rocks and belong to the 4-H Forestry Club. Large Rhododendron Collection One of the greatest attractions at Kranberry Acres is the large rhododendron collection of which the whole family is very proud. These plants usually bloom from February to July, depending on the variety. So much has been accomplished under the most trying circum- stances that considerable credit goes to a valiant and determined widow and her four healthy little live wires. I Mrs. W. H. Reichenbach is the former Mrs. Leslie Kranick and for a number of years was the Bandon area correspondent for CRANBERRIES. OCEAN SPRAY DIRECTOR RESIGNS AS SELECTMAN AFTER 33 YEARS SERVICE Victor F. Adams of Osterville, Mass., who is a director of Ocean Spray has announced he will no longer be a candidate for select- man of the town of Barnstable, of which Osterville is a part. He has served as selectman, much of the time as chairman, for the past 35 years. He plans to devote more time to his cran- berry growing. JERSEY CROPS UP, INCLUDING BLUES AND CRANBERRIES Production of all crops in New Jersey in 1965, according to the New Jersey Crop Reporting Ser- vice were up 12 percent and was the highest since 1960. Even though harvested acreage of all crops decreased 1 percent, while the overall yield level increased 13 percent. The Garden State's production of cultivated blueberries was 1,976,000 12-pint trays, 11 per- cent above last year and 18 per- cent more than the 1959-63 av- erage, with a preliminary v-alue estimate of $5,829,000, the high- est since I960. The production mcluded 159,- OCO barrels of cranberries, 4 per- cent above last year and 70 per- cent above the 1959-63 average. This was the largest cranberry crop since 1937 when 175,000 bar- rels were produced. Crop value is estimated at $2,306,000: 4 per- cent above 1964. NINE Dean's Indian Trail Distinctive Packaging. Major Cranberry Push by Dean's Indian Trail '66 The rapidly expanding cran- berry product line of Dean Foods Company's Indian Trail Division will be supported in 1966 by year- round advertising, new packaging and label design, and continued research. Details of the program were told by John Rockwood, Ex- ecutive Vice President, Dean Foods Company. The Indian Trail Cranberry Company, which was purchased by Dean in March, previously produced and sold fresh cranber- ries, frozen cranberry with or- ange, and canned cranberry sauce. The line now includes cranberry juice cocktail, apple cranberry drink, and frozen cranberry apple with walnuts. The marketing program includes four color advertising in regional editions of top consumer maga- zines and week end newspaper supplements in major Midwest markets. The magazines currently scheduled are Better Homes and Gardens, Ladies Home Journal, Look, McCalls, Redbook, Woman's Day and Family Circle. Other media are under consideration. New labels have been designed for the entire cranberry product line which include the "Bird-on- the-Mailbox" as a symbol of Dean quality in the company's grow- ing line of grocery store products. Cranberry packages and labels provide serving suggestions, de- veloped by the Dean Research Kitchen in Rockford, Illinois and private laboratories. The Rock- ford Laboratory is also working on the expansion of cranberry in- to other food lines. U. S. OVERSEAS PRODUCTS UP Food has been the active U. S. industry now foreign business the past five years, shows. And the trend It is reported U. S. exports may hit $6.2 year as compared to last year. Among the going up are fruits. fifth most in terms of activity for a survey is still up. agricultural billion this $6.1 billion food items West Coast Advisory Board At Bandon Directors and advisory board members of Ocean Spray held the semi-annual meeting at Ban- don, Oregon last month. Main purpose was to unify the four or so cranberry-growing areas of the West Coast into an effective unit. "These meetings help to make better growers' relations between the two states (Washington and Oregon) ," Ocean Spray Director Jim Olson explained in an inter- view with the Western World, weekly Bandon newspaper. "Growers get a better under- standing of what is gomg on in the various West Coast areas, at Bandon, here in Oregon and Grayland, Long Beach and North Beach in Washington, a total of about 450 growers, producing some 150,000 barrels of cranber- ries," he continued. He added: "Recommendations are also made at these meetings of West Coast Advisory Boards, to be taken by the Ocean Spray director to be presented at the meetings at Hanson. There was a discussion concern- ing a new Ocean Spray plant at Bandon, and the West Coast plant at Markham, Washington where most of the Coast fruit is processed under the supervision of West Coast Production Man- ager Robert Lucas. Olsen said that West Coast production this year amounted to about 197,000 barrels, 87,000 more than last year. The Ban- don area produced approximately 41,000 barrels on 478 acres of bog. The remainder of the crop was grown on 665 acres in Wash- ington. For the first time in cranberry history, Olsen said Bandon grow- ers produced no fruit (for the fresh market, all being used for processing. Also about 30 per cent of the West Coast production went for cocktail juice. Those present for the meet- ing included: Pete Hull, L. A. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bates, Director Olson and William T. Dufort from the Bandon area; from Washington, Director Nor- man Brateng and Mrs. Brateng of Long Beach, and Director Ce- cil Richards of Grayland. Those present from Long Beach, besides Director Brateng were: Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Chabot, Frank O. Glenn, Jack Karjala, Robert Quinby, Matt Warra, Arnold Per- tula and Harold Johnson of Grayland; from North Beach, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Well, Mrs. Maude O'Brien and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Frazier of Grayland; from Long Beach, Mr. and Mrs. J. Wilson Blair and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lucas. CRANBERRY POLLINATION by PHILIP E. MARUCCI This article presents results of iome of the work on cranberry oollination conducted in New Fersey by Professor Robert S. i'ilmer/ independently and in col- aboration with the writer and larry J. Moulter. In 1949, Filmen presented data 0 show that wind and mechani- al jarring of blossoms were in- ffective in promoting pollination f cranberries. He also showed hat the then new organic fungi- ides, Fermate and Zerlate, did lot interfere with poUination but hat D.D.T. induced considerable lortality of bees and greatly re- uced bee activity for at least wo days. He obtained excellent et of cranberries by concentra- ing honeybees at the rate of a ive per 2.5 acres — which was at he time more than was generally sed commercially. He also noted that wild bee populations were inadequate and that the set of berries decreased as the distance from the hives increased. In 1953, Filmera showed that yield of cranberries could be in- creased from 12 to 34 barrels per acre by increasing the popu- lation of honeybees from 1 hive per 2 acre to 1 hive per acre. His study of a large mass of data indicated that high yields were associated with high numbers of blossoming uprights per unit area. The wide range of blossoming uprights and blossoms per square foot which he found on individual bogs and from bog to bog on the same property led him to be- lieve that factors other than pol- lination which reduced blossom- ing were of great importance in cranberry production. In 1953 and 1954, Filmera made a detailed study of the blossoming and fruiting habit of the Early Black variety in New Jersey. The characteristics of the Early Black, summarized below, have not varied appreciably since 1954. a. 30% of the crop was ob- tained with only 3 blossoms; 33% on uprights bearing 4 blossoms and only 17% on up- rights with 5 blossoms. b. Approximately 30% of the crop is borne on uprights with only one .berry, 40% on those with two berries, and only 20% were borne on uprights having three berries. c. 80 to 85% of the bloom is borne on uprights with 3, 4 and 5 blossoms. d. The percentage of blossoms set tended to be lower as the number of blossoms per up- right increased; the efficiency of the blossom to convert to fruit was greatest on the single blossomed uprights. e. The uprights with the larger number of blossoms were more efficient producers of berries than uprights with lower num- bers. f. Blossoming uprights in Early Black in New Jersey produce an average of from 1.35 to 1.51 berries per blossoming up- right. Filmer, Marucci and Moulter4 obtained data in 1956 and 1957 which demonstrated that the size of Champions, Early Blacks, Howes, and Jerseys were directly related to the seed count. In a cage test in which bees were excluded, only 1 per cent of the blossoms set and these were all small in size and had an average seed count of only 2.71 seeds. Pollination of vines in the open, subject to visitation by bees, was much greater and the berries much larger. Berries having only one of the four carpels with seeds were almost always small. Large berries had maximum seed counts ranging from 32 per berry on Champions to 20 per berry in Howes and Jerseys, and averaged about 12 for Early Blacks, Howes and Jerseys, and 17 for Cham- pions. Only one berry in 8,000 examined contained no seeds. In 1956 and 1957, Marucci and Filmers studied cranberry blos- som blast. Cranberry blossoms which fail to set fruit, imlike those of deciduous fruits such as apple or peach, do not drop Table 1. Effect of Proximity of Cross Pollen on Set. Size and Weight of Berries Berries Blossoming Per Upright CHAMPIONS Caged vines with cross pollen 1.48 Open pollination outside cage 1.00 Open pollination at junction of Shaws Success and McFarlin 1.74 HOWES Caged vines with cross pollen 1.40 Open pollination outside cage 1.03 EARLY BLACKS Caged vines with cross pollen 0.94 Open pollination outside cage 0.52 % Blossom- ing Uprights % Bios- Average Average with soms Berry Wt. Seed Berries Set in Grams Count 92 76 98 77 48 98 79 50 30 1.29 0.97 10.6 7.2 60 1.47 11.1 40 27 1.00 0.85 9.5 8.8 32 17 0.67 0.60 13.5 14.1 ELEVEN but dry up and remain conspicu- ously affixed to the stem. These are called "blasts" and the fact that they almost al\va\-s greatly outnumber berries is a condition which can understandably be of concern to a grower. It was con- cluded that "blasted," or dead blossoms which fail to set fruit, are result of natural attrition or overproduction of blossoms. This was evidenced in the fact that uprights with smaller numbers of blossoms had a smaller percent- age of them blasting (or a larger percentage setting) than those with larger number of blossoms. Artificial pruning of blossoms which reduced the blossoms on uprights resulted in a higher per- centage set of fruit or a lower rate of blast. Blossoming and fruiting data showed that the well managed properties had signifi- cantly more blossoms per square foot and more berries per square foot, but they did not have sig- nificantly more berries per blos- soming upright and they did not have less blossom blast. Oddly, the highest producing bog studied had the most blossom blast as well as the most blossoms. Filmer and Maruccie studied blueberry pollination in New Jersey. The clear advantages of cross pollination in promoting larger and more quickly maturing blueberries spurred a considera- tion of this factor in the cran- berry which is closely related to the blueberry. Milton Strickerv had speculated in 1943 on the ad- vantages of cross pollination in cranberries when he observed an unusually high set of fruit (72%) in vines containing several "Jer- se.y" varieties. In regard to the percentage of blossoms that form berries in Massachusetts, Berg- mans states that "records of many years show that seldom do more than 40% of the blossoms set fruit." He gave the range as from 30 to 39%. Filmer and Maruccis observed similar sets in New Jersey ex- cepting in areas where the vines of several different varieties grew intermingled, in which an ex- tremely high percentage of the blossoms set fruit. In preliminary cage tests, the results of which are tabulated in Table 1, better sets of berries were obtained where cross pollination occurred. These studies are continuing. New Jersey cranberry growers are now using honeybees more intensely than ever before. Close to one hive per acre is being used on many properties. Yields in excess of 100 barrels per acre, unusually high for this state, were obtained in 1964 on sev- eral bogs which used high con- centration of bees. Growers are convinced that better pollination is one of the factors helping to bring about better production. As evidence of this and in apprecia- tion of Professor Filmer's work they passed the following reso- lution at the Annual Summer Meeting of the American Cran- berry Growers' Association on August 27, 1964: "Professor Fihner has made ex- cellent contributions to the cranberry industry of New Jer- sey. His studies of cranberry pollijiation have given growers a better understanding of the relationship of bees to fruit set. This has brought about a more intensive use of bees on cranberry bogs, which is un- doubtedly one of the factors accounting for our steadily in- creasing yields in New Jersey. "Professor Filmer will be retir- ing soon. I am sure that we all appreciate his fine work and want to compliment him as a group for his efforts on our behalf. I want a motion that upon his retirement we trans- 7nit to the Experiment Station an expression of our respect and adiniration for Professor Filmer and his work. I fur- ther move that the Experiment Station be urged to appoint an apic^dturist to succeed Profes- sor Filmer so that this im- portant work on pollination can be continued." (Professor Filmer died on Oc- tober 25, 1964.) Dr. Alan W. Benton, an api- culturist recently awarded the Ph.D. degree from Cornell Uni- versity, is now on the staff of the Rutgers Department of Ento- mology and Economic Zoology and will conduct studies on cran- berry pollination. REFERENCES: 1 Filmer, Robert S. — Cranberry Pollination Studies — Proc. of Am. Cran. Growers' Assn., Aug. 25, 1949. 2 Filmer, Robert S. — Cranberry Pollination Studies — Proc. of Am. Cran. Growers' Assn., Aug. 20, 1953. 3 Filmer, Robert S. — The Bloom- ing and Fruiting Habits of Early Black Cranberries in New Jersey — Proc. of Am. Cran. Growers' Assn., Feb. 3, 1955. 4 Filmer, Robert S., Philip Mar- ucci and Harry Moulter — Seed Counts and Size of Cranberries — Proc. of Am. Cran. Growers Assn., Feb. 6, 1958. s Marucci, Philip E. and Robert S. Filmer — Cranberry Blossom Blast Is Not Caused by Disease — Reprint from Nov. -Dec, 1957 issue of N.J. Agric, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. 6 Filmer, Robert S. and Philip E. Marucci — The Importance of Honeybees in Blueberry Pol- lination — Proc. of 31st Annual icie=s=!K=8rie=!S=fcie=tfci£=s?=5£=i£=£=^ Repairs on all makes Specializing in Chrysler-built cars Chrysler - Plymouth Valiant and S/mca SALES and SERVICE Robt. W. Savary, Inc. East Wareham, Mass. Telephone 295-3530 Blue. Open House, Feb. 7, 1963. 7 Strieker, Milton H. — Bees and Pollinating Cranberries — Proc. of Am. Cran. Growers' Assn., Jan. 26, 1946. 8 Bergman, H. F. — Flowering and Fruiting Characteristics of the Cranberry in New Jersey — Proc. of Am. Cran. Growers' Assn., Feb. 4, 1954. 9 Marucci, P. E. and R. S. Filmer — Preliminary Cross Pollination Tests on Cranberries — Proc. of Am. Cran. Growers' Assn., 1961-1964. Recap of Oregon For 1965 Editor's Note: The jollowing article recaps the 1965 production year of cranberries in Oregon. The article was written hy Fred Hagelstein who is Coos County Extension Agent, Coquille, Oregon. The 1965 Oregon cranberry crop reached nearly 41,000 bar- rels surpassing 1964 production by at>out seventeen percent. Crop quality was generally good. In light of present cranberry prices. 1965 will be remembered as a good cranberry year for most Oregon growers. There are probably two pri- mary reasons for the larger Ore- gon crop this past year. First is the increased attention growers are giving to frost control. Con- trary to the "banana-belt" repu- tation of southwestern Oregon, where most of the Oregon crop is grown, frost can occur on bogs into late June. Establishment of frost forecast warnings by the U. S. Weather Bureau and pro- vision for frost protection by means of sprinkler systems has done much for Oregon growers in the last few years. A late frost had much to do with the lower yields in 1964. More attention to frost control could undoubtedly raise the to- tal Oregon crop even more. Fireworm Losses due to fireworm damage were also less in 1965 than in 1964. Here, again, is where at- tention by the grower must be timely. For the past several years the local Extension office has kept cranberry weed problems that should not be overlooked, how- ever. Dichlobenil has great po- tential in Oregon for cleaning up some very low producing weedy bogs. New Bog Several acres of new bogs are being established in Oregon and the trend continues toward more water harvesting. Lower harvest costs is the primary reason. Cost of hired labor in the cranberry producing areas of Oregon usu- ally run a minimum of $2 an hour. A cost of production study on cranberry production in Oregon was made this past year by the Coos County Extension Office and extension farm management specialists from Oregon State Uni- versity. A nine member cran- berry advisory committee, which assists OSU extension and re- search worker regarding pro- track of fireworm activity during the early spring and notified growers when the first hatch was observed. Even so, the individual grower, if he suspects fireworm 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. 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Cost Production Study The study itself was divided into three parts: 1) cost per acre of establishment of a cranberry bog under Oregon conditions, 2) annual cost during the pre-pro- duction period, and 3) average cost of production once the bog is in production. Of particular interest was an average cost fig- ure of $3,000 to establish an acre of bog and nearly a like Invest- ment cost to care for an acre of bog during the pre-production years until it comes into pro- duction. Once in production, the annual total cost of producing a barrel of cranberries ranged from $5.93 to $11.02 depending on yield. OCEAN SPRAY BREAKING RECORDS IN SALES AND RETURNS TO GROWERS CHINESE CRANBERRY WORKER HANGED - 65 YEARS AGO An interesting article appeared in a recent issue of the Long- view Daily News, Washington State telling of the trial and execution of a Chinese cranberry worker. According to the article, Lum You was well known and well liked. His capital punishment was carried out at the Washington county seat of South Bend, and 500 invitations were issued for the hanging, including children to show that crime does not pay. (This however, all took place about 65 years ago at a time when Chinese were employed in the building of bog on the West Coast. So Stockholders are told at Annual Meeting— New Proucts Assure Bright Future — Increased Facilities Urgently Needed — Officers and Directors re-elected "Cranberrying should continue to be wonderful business," grower members of Ocean Spray Cran- berries, Inc., were assured by offi- cers of the national cooperative at the 35th Annual Meeting held Wednesday, January 12, in the Wareham, Massachusetts, Town Hall. "New records in sales and dol- lar volume were reached in the fiscal year closing on August 31, 1965, and the calendar year, 1965," President George C. P. Olsson reported. "The return per barrel to the grower, which is the main reason for the company's existance, has increased each year for the past four years. This year the return is one of the highest on record. "Factors responsible for this present healthy condition in the cranberry industry are," Presi- dent Olsson said, "first, the elim- ination of a surplus in 1962, by means of the Marketing Order and placing each pool on a 12- month basis. "The next and most important step was bringing new and ag- gressive leadership to Ocean. Spray including an entire new concept in the marketing and sales field. The introduction of Cranberry Juice Cocktail to the national market, backed by national advertising, has been the biggest single factor in our for- ward progress. The introduction of other new products such as Cranberry Orange Relish, plus constant and diligent search by our Research and Development Department for other new prod- ucts should help us to expand the market and keep abreast of the ever increasing production of cranberries by our growers across the country. "Adequate plant facilities and production conditions continue to be our major problem and challenge. "Preliminary steps have been taken to acquire new sites in the' other areas and to research and plan for plants that can both handle the volume of production and manufacture efficiently the variety of products, which must be our first concern to enable us to maintain an adequate return to our growers." Ocean Spray, grower members were told, receives and handles about 80 per cent of the national crop, some 1,400,000 barrels in 1965, or more than double the annual average production of cranberries for the ten year period, 1935-44. But plant facil- ities, built to handle some 400,000 barrels, remain at the 1949 capa- city. Emphasizing the need for expanded facilities, Edward Gelsthorpe, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Ocean Spray, urged that the "time to make changes is when things are going well." Ocean Spray's plants "are bursting at the seams," he said. "Plant expansion is most impor- tant." Sales of Ocean Spray Cran- berry Sauces in the period of September through December 1965, he reported, are far and away the largest in the company's history. Cranberry Juice Cock- tail "is going like a house afire," and the Low Calorie Cocktail, recently introduced hationally, is rapidly becoming a very major product. Low Calorie Sauce sales have about doubled and part of the increase is due to the Low Calorie Jellied Cranberry Sauce now in national distribu- tion. Fresh Cranberries were sold out before Christmas. But, Mr. Gelsthorpe said, "Not to bring out new products, is to stand still.'" 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Wolfville, Nova Scotia RHODE ISLAND (CAPE COD) Darbco, Inc. Providence, Rhode Island WISCONSIN David Slinger Randolph, Wisconsin Kinnamon Saw i Mower Supply Co. Baraboo, Wisconsin Reinders Brothers, Inc. Elm Grove, Wisconsin John D. Roberts Black River Falls, Wisconsin AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT f'm\ JOHN BEAN DIVISION Lansing, Michigan :fifteen Having launched Cranberry Orange Relish and with a new fruit drink, Cranapple, in test markets, Ocean Spray is moving into the frozen food market with a new Frozen Orange Cranberry Concentrate and Frozen Cran- berry Juice Cocktail Concentrate. The company is extending dis- tribution in England under an aggressively planned program. "Our first foreign market is England and business there js on the increase. We know there is a good foreign market for cranberry products. "Ocean Spray has expanded its operations in Canada and sales there are up some six per cent." The new Cranberry House in Orleans, Massachusetts, second retail outlet for Ocean Spray, and first Cranberry House in Onset, Massachusetts, are carry- ing out a very successful promo- tion of cranberries for the industry. "Ocean Spray anticipates a 56 million dollar goal, Mr. Gels- thorpe told the grower members, "and each of you is a large part of this closely held big business." Treasurer Chester W. Robbins reported the company to be in a strong financial position. Counsel John R. Quarles and Secretary Russell Makepeace also reported. The invocation was offered by Rev. Roland V. E. Johnson, pastor of the First Congregational Church, Wareham, Massachusetts. Officers and Directors Elected The encumbent Board of Directors and Officers were reelected by Ocean Spray mem- bers during the meeting which was open only to holders of common stock, officers, and some employees. The Press was ex- cluded for the first time. George C. P. Olsson of Plym- outh, Massachusetts, a member of the Board since 1957, was reelected to his eighth term as President. Lester M. Gordon of Tomah, Wisconsin, elected Vice President in 1962, was again returned to office as First Vice President. Edwin F. Lewis, of Centerville, Massachusetts, who joined the coperative in 1963 as Director of Marketing, was re- elected Vice President. Russell Makepeacce of Wareham, Massa- ' chusetts. Board member since 1941, was returned to the Secre- tary's office and Chester W. Robbins of Onset, Massachusetts, on the Board since 1957, was reelected Treasurer. Ocean Spray's General Man- ager, Edward Gelsthorpe of Cum- maquid, Massachusetts, was reappointed Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, and Edward J. Gaughan of Marshfleld, Massachusetts, was reelected Assistant Secretary- Treasurer. The 24-member Board of Directors follows. From Massa- chusetts: Victor F. Adams of Osterville, Frank P. Crandon of Acushnet, WilUam E. Crowell of Dennis, David W. Eldredge of South Carver, Carroll D. Griffith of South Carver, Richard A. Heleen of Middleboro, Russell Makepeace of Wareham, George C. P. Olsson of Plymouth, Elmer E. Raymond, Jr. of Braintree, Chester W. Robbins of Onset, Alvin R. Reid of Hanson, Miss Ellen Stillman of Hanson and Marcus M. Urann of South Dux- bury. From New Jersey: John E. Cutts of Vincentown, Thomas B. Darlington of New Lisbon and William S. Haines of Chatsworth. From Washington: Norman I. Brateng of Long Beach, Cecil G. Richards of Grayland. From Oregon: James Olson of Bandon. From Wisconsin: Alfred E. Bark of Wisconsin Rapids, Donald S. Duckart of Wisconsin Rapids, Lester M. Gordon of Tomah, Harold D. Gross of Manitov/ish Waters, and Tony Jonjak of Hayward. Leo A. Sorensen Wins Suit in Wisconsin Verdict May Be Appealed Editor's Note: The following is reprinted from the Wisconsin Rapids Tribune, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. Sale of 6,000 shares of stock in the Thiele Cranberry Co. has been decided in favor of Leo Sorensen, 449 Greenwood Dr., a private consultant to cranberry growers. Circuit Judge Merrill Farr of Eau Claire, who presided at the trial of a lawsuit brought by Sorensen against Indian Trail, Inc., ordered Indian Trail to turn the stock certificates over to the Wood County National Bank by Jan. 17. Jan. 27 Deadline Sorensen was given until Jan. 27 to raise the $90,000 which was the agreed upon sale price for the stock ($15 per share). He told The Tribune today that he in- tends to buy the stock. If he does not do so by the deadline date, it will be returned to Indian Trail. The Thiele cranberry marsh is located near the Wisconsin River, northeast of Wisconsin Rapids. The property consists of 1,100 acres, with approximately 50 acres of cranberry vines. It was reported at the trial that the 6,- 000 shares represent two-thirds interest in the marsh, with Clar- ence Searles, town of Cranmoor, owning the other 3,000 shares. Option Held pinding Judge Farr ruled that an op- tion agreement signed by Soren- sen and Mrs. Villa Thiele on April 22, 1964, was binding. A prior oral agreement between Mrs. Thiele and Ben Pannkuk, presi- dent of Indian Trail, was unen- forcable because there was no written contract and no payment, the judge ruled. At the time of the stock trans- actions in 1964, Indian Trail was a cranberry marketing agency with headquarters here. It has since been sold to Dean Foods Co. of Chicago. Pannkuk said today that he had not been officially notified of the decision and did not know if it would be appealed to the Su- preme Court. Atty. Richard | Brazeau, a witness at the trial li and formerly a one-quarter owner p of Indian Trail, said the decision l| SIXTEEN on an appeal rested with the company's legal counsel, but ad- ded that "I assume it will be appealed." Criticizes Actions Judge Farr was critical of Bra- zeau, Pannkuk and Atty John Cole for their actions at a con- ference with Mrs. Thiele on April 23, 1964, the day after she had signed the option agreement and accepted a $500 check from Sorensen. At this conference, Mrs. Thiele was advised by Brazeau that her oral agreement with Indian Trail was binding, and she subse- quently turned over the shares of stock which she controlled to the marketing agency. Judge Farr termed this "a pro- cedure which was most unusual, if not shocking." He concluded that "the actions of the defend- ants is designated a species of fraud." Judge Farr decided that Mrs. Thiele, a 75-year-old widow, "was completely free at all times from any desire or intent to avoid her lawful obligations; that she breeched her contract with Leo Sorensen because she honestly believed it was her legal duty to sell to Indian Trail." The Thiele stock obtained by Indian Trail was subsequently sold to Charles Laramie, Jr. and Joseph Hoelting, who were also named as defendants in Soren- sen's legal action. Judge Farr explained that he was ordering the stock returned to Indian Trail in the event Sorensen did not decide to buy, however, "because there is noth- ing in the record to indicate the proportion of ownership by Lara- mie and Hoelting." The two in- dividuals had signed an indem- nity agreement with Indian Trail to protect them in the event of a lawsuit, it was brought out at the trial. Orders Statmetit Filed In addition to awarding the stock to Sorensen, Judge Farr or- dered the officers of Indian Trail to file with him a detailed state- ment of all business transactions by the Thiele Corporation from April 24, 1964, to the date judg- ment was rendered in the case. "The court reserves jurisdic- tion to determine irregularities in the management of said corpora- tion which may affect the value of the stock," the judge added. Sorensen, Judge Farr ruled, may recover his legal costs from all of the defendants except Mrs. Thiele, and Mrs. Thiele may re- cover her costs from the other defendants. The trial was con- ducted here in early December and Judge Farr's decision was filed Wednesday. Circuit Judge Herbert A. Bunde had disquali- fied himself from the case. READ YOUR MAGAZINE John D. Roberts, Of Wisconsin, Wins Insecticide Suit The Wisconsin Supreme Court at Madison has upheld a jury report that the Perry Creek Cran- berry Corporation, Black River Falls, Wisconsin, John D. Rob- erts, president, is entitled to damages from a chemical sup- plier. The plaintiff maintained charges that its crop was damaged in 1964 after treatment with 3 per- cent malathion, even though in its application, instructions on insecticide label were followed. The corporation maintained that the insecticide manufacturer should have warned that the dust would be harmful to i^^ranberry vines if applied when the vines were wet. Justice E. Harold Hallows in upholding the unanimous opinion Dean's Indian Trail . . . the big new name in the cranberry business ! Where the big idea is to sell more at a better profit through modern merchandising and selling. Watch and see! Dean's Imtia/ytfAal^ SEVENTEEN ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ COMING UP I 9 M Since 1936 CRANBERRIES Magazine has been the medium of the cranberry industry ... in news, in advertising. To be "IN" in 1966 Subscribe to and Advertise in CRANBERRIES found that Wisconsin laws require labels to "contain instructions for use which are necessary for ef- fective results and adequate for the protection of the user, be- sides adequate for the protection of the public." The award was in the amount of $24,000. had to send in two labels from cranberry sauce cans. The Cranberry Institute and the Foreign Service in overseas promotion cooperated. CRANBERRIES IN UK FOR CHRISTMAS Cranberries promoted for Christ- mas in the United Kingdom was an illustrated article in the De- cember 22 issue of Foreign Ag- riculture, publication of the US- DA. Cranberries were on display in the U. S. Trade Center at Lon- don. There was a contest spon- sored by Ocean Spray Cranber- ries, Inc. offering free turkeys each week to consumers who correctly indentified something unusual in a turkey carving pic- ture, appearing in British maga- zines. To be eligible, contestants Peanut and Cranberry Relish 1 cup cranberries Mf cup sugar ¥4 cup chopped peanuts V4 tsp. salt 1 small orange 1 small apple Put cranberries through food chopper and mix with sugar. Cut the orange and apple into quarters, remove seeds and put through chopper. Combine nuts with all ingredients. Makes IV2 cups. damage to cranberries and blue- berries. During the normally hot growing months of June, July and August, the deficiency of the rainfall was only about 3 inches as compared to the 51/2 inch deficit in the last 3 months of the year. Almost normal rainfall from Jan- uary through April provided enough soil moisture to keep blueberries gr o w i n g normally through the important pollinating period. Size of both cranberries and blueberries was affected ad- versely by the cool dry summer but these condition promoted a good keeping quality of the ber- ries. Year Ended Warm In regard to temperature, De- cember was relatively mild, av- eraging 37.4 degrees F., about 2 degrees warmer than normal. Christmas Day and the last day of the year were almost balmy, with the temperatures reaching 63 and 67 respectively. There were several other days in the 60s and high 50s and Severe cold snaps were infrequent and of short duration. Water on cran- berry bogs remained open throughout most of the month with the ice never getting thick enough to support skating. The annual temperature for 1965 was 52.8 degrees F., which is 1.6 degrees F. colder than nor- mal. It was the sixth consecu- tive year and the tenth in the last 11 years of below normal temperatures. June, July and August were cooler than normal and it was the fifth straight year during which these warm sum- mer months averaged below nor- mal in, temperature. Only May, September and December were warmer than normal. The hottest day of the year was June 23rd when the thermometer reached 97 degrees F. The cold- est day was January 18th when the mercury dropped to 7 de- grees below zero. OREGON FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Continued from Page 6 the rainfall in 1965 was such as to prevent maximum drought Storms The Oregon cranberry area did 'j not escape the storms and gales 'i which have bothered the West Continued on Page 20 |it EIGHTEEN (jodif^al^ ISSUE OL JANUARY, 1966 VOL. 30 - NO. 9 O^J^'**^'*^^ A PROSPERING INDUSTRY IN 1966 Like the United States economy is rocket- ing, as emphasized by the President in his State of the Union address, so is the cran- berry industry at this start of 1966. But unlike the U. S. economy, which may have some "soft" spots, the cranberry industry appears to have few. The continued and prolonged drought in Massachusetts and New Jersey, with its damaging effects may be one but there seems to be few others. The 1965 crop has turned out to be a record, and it sold at the best returns to the growers in years. This would attest to the demand for cranberries in the market and to sound m.arketing on the part of the in- dustry, and especially Ocean Spray, which handles such a large proportion of the entire yield. The 1964 crop was also a big one selling at only slightly less returns. Indications seem to be that marketwise, 1966 will also be a satisfactory year. The industry, with ever increasing efficiency in all phases of cultivation is in good condition. We are learning a little more each year how to produce a big crop of cranberries. "Think Retail," should be the motto of the cranberry growers as time spins along. Each grower, in looking at his product should ask himself: "Will it sell at retail?" For the satisfaction of the consumer is the final answer. Pleasing the customer creates continued demand. A sale is really never completed until the customer comes back for a second time. Cranberries, like every other product are in a constant competition for sale in the market place. There are more and more items in the supermarkets every year. The cranberry products must be well packaged and sound in itself. Color and ripeness are important as well as flavor in such a product as cranberries. They must all be there if Mrs. Housewife is to return again and buy more cranberries. The industry has advanced much in the tools for a good cranberry harvest. These tools include more effective chemicals, for weed and insect control. The increasing use of sprinkler systems in the past two or three years has been one of the most important of these. There seems to be a generally good feel- ing among cranberry growers that this is 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 Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, Oregon Washington AZMI Y. SHAWA Junior Horticulturalist and Extension Agent in Horticulture Long Beach, Washington Massachusetts DR. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Massachusetts New Jersey P. E. MARUCCI New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Statio* New Lisbon, New Jersey a good time to be a cranberry grower. We believe we may look for continued expan- sion in the years to come. There is a great demand for vines for planting by Massachu- setts growers right now, that is for spring planting. A survey indicates that Wisconsin will increase its acreage by 25 percent by 1970. New bog is going in in other areas. The goose seems to hang high at this start of 1966 and to all our readers we wish a most prosperous 1966. NINETEEN FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Continued from Page 18 Coast for some time now. Winds up to 95 miles an hour were clocked at the Bandon Coast Guard Station. There were heavy rains and rather exten- sive flooding. The Coquille River overflowed the highway, Bandon to Coquille bridges were washed out. There was considerable dam- age, but on the whole losses were minor. WISCONSIN December Warmer, Wetter The above normal tempera- tures and precipitation continued into December making the month one of the highest in both phases on record. Monthly mean tem- peratures were 6 to 10 degrees above normal throughout the state. Precipitation was heavier than the average IVa inches with some areas receiving up to 4 inches. Coldest readings were on the 7th and the 31st when zero or below was reached in the north. Warmest reading was on the 30th when record breaking readings in the 50's was reached over the entire state. The first general snowfall over the entire state occurred on ihe 19th and 20th when 2 to 4 inches fell. This general snowfall over the south arrived about 3 weeks later than normal. The warm weather on the 30th melted the snow cover in the south, leav- ing the north with an average of nine inches at the end of the year. The outlook for January calls for temperatures to be be- low normal and average precipi- tation. 1965 Rain Up The yearly total precipitation in the cranberry areas totaled 40.42 inches making it the 3rd wettest on record and 10 inches above average. Temperatures for the year averaged about three degrees below normal, with frost in every month of the growing season. There were only 7 days with temperatures over 90 de- grees. The excess precipitation resulted in the rise of the ground water table and brought on record flow of water. Growers were ex- periencing some difficulty in win- HAIL INSURANCE on CRANBERRIES for WISCONSIN GROWERS FULL COVERAGE Ask about our Deferred Premium Plan LOW COST and PROMPT SERVICE INSURE YOUR 1966 INCOME NOW Call our LOCAL AGENT or write RURAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 801 W. Badger Road, Madison, Wis. I ter flooding their marshes as to freezedown. More than ample water supplies in all areas as- sured adequate winter water. At month's end water had been pulled out from under the ice and snow and most marshes would recap their floods on the next outbreak of Arctic air. For hte first time in many years there would be no sanding done be- fore the 1st of the year. Cold Spell January 8th brought a low of 20 below and the following night was almost as cold. This was ex- pected to freeze the winter flood down good and allow ice sanding to begin. CORRUGATED CULVERT PIPE and FLOW GATES Felker Bros. Mfg. Co. 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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 .lERARt - SERIAIS SECTIQ^^T -NIVERSITY (F ^»SS. (Jj|^^ AMHERST, iass- caoo3 This year Ocean Spray will handle enough cranberries to pave a road 25 feet wide stretching from Boston, Massachusetts to Brunswick, Georgia. Not that a single cranberry will be used for this purpose. But it does serve to illustrate the point that size means growth, leadership, financial stability and increasmg profit. For information about Cooperative Membership in Ocean Spray, contact any Director or Staff member in your growing area. Ocean sprajr CRANBERRIES INC. RVING A $40,000,000 A YEAR INDUSTRY PLANT & SOIL SCIEf^CES LIB FRENCH \PE COD EW JERSEY IVISCONSiN OREGON WASHINGTON CANADA HARRY T. FISHER, New Young Massachusetts Grower. (CRANBERRIES Photo) 40 Cents FEBRUARY, 1966 DIRECTORY For CRANBERRY GROWERS Federal Paper Board Company, Inc. 970 Fellsway Medford, Mass. Tel. Export 5-5305 Manufacturers of Folding Cartons and Displays OVER 43 YEARS OF SERVICE TIRES NO TAXES SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Flotation Tires For Soft Wet Sandy Soil Airplane and other flotation tires many different sizes - 15", 16", 20", etc. 1050 X 16 NEW Smooth Tread Extremely Flexible - Rec. Air Pressure 8 lbs. Sponge Rubber will not $#^#vr^^#v*v*^. ^#sr^s*^#Nr^ r^#v#>*^*^#v»' BROKER REAL ESTATE OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS • 37 Years Selling Cranberry Properties • LISTINGS WANTED • 580 Second-Hand Picking Boxes for Sale THEO THOMAS MAIN STREET NORTH CARVER, MASS. Tel. UNion 6-3351 Western Pickers Parts and Repairs Agent for 1965 Model ORDER NOW J. E. BRALEY & SON MACHINE SHOP 78 Gibbs Avenue Wareham, Mass. HAVE YOUK REPAIRS DONE NOW 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 SALE IN OREGON 20 A. with 5 A. bearing cran- berry bog. Sprinkler System- 20 H.P. Electric Motor. Plenty of water, Sprayer with lots of hose, all electric. Western Picker cranberry machine. Modern home, electric heat. New warehouse near Seaside shopping center, schools and city conveniences. Near High- way 101 in excellent climate area. If interested contact: R. O. JOHNSON 561 S. EDGEWOOD SEASIDE, ORE. at Hanson does not seem to be certain at this time. Nor has the cost been officially mentioned as yet, but there are reports the ex- penditure will be about $6,000,- 000. It is said the business and ex- ecutive offices will remain at Hanson. The above announcement, is- sued January 27, is all that has been officially released. Dean Foods Company Acquires New Dairy Firm Sam E. Dean, Chairman of the Board of Dean Foods Company announced that the purchase of the operating assets of Bowman Dairy Company by Dean was con- cluded this afternoon at the time for closing previously agreed to by the parties. The closing of SHARON BOX COMPANY, INC. SHARON, MASSACHUSETTS ESTABLISHED 1866 We Will Buy Your White Pine Logs Either Standing or Cut • Highest Prices Paid • Sawmill located at North Carver, Mats. 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 Cambridge Street (Off Route 44) Middleboro, Mass. the transaction followed the entry of an order by the Court of Ap- peals today dismissing the pro- ceedings instituted before it by the Federal Trade Commission and dissolving the temporary re- straining order which that Court had previously entered. The time for closing originally designated to be 2:00 P.M. Mon- day, January 10, 1966 had been postponed by agreement of the parties on a day to day basis pending the Court's ruling and while the stay order was in effect. THERE ARE TWO CRANBERRIES The postal guide lists Cherry in Illinois, Plum in both Pennsyl- vania and Texas; Strawberry in Arkansas and California; Orange in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Virginia; Lemon in Missouri and Cranberry in Penn- sylvania and West Virginia. But there is no Apple, Grape, Avo- cado, Pear, Raspberry, Current or Blueberry (American Fruit Grower). :S=i£ae=ffi=8:ie:aiea5=lS:a3£=a=i£:i£=it Top Quality USED -CARS Repairs on all makes Specializing in Chrysler-built cars Chrysler - Plymouth Valiant and Simca SALES and SERVICE Robt. W. Savary, Inc. East Wareham, Mass. Telephone 295-3530 Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Notes by IRVING E. DEMORANVILLE Extension Cranberry Specialist Personals Prof. "Stan" Norton attended the Annual Meeting of the Exec- utive Committee of NE-44 in New- York City from January 3 to 5. This is a regional project on mechanical harvesting of fruits and vegetables. Dr. Chester Cross was also in New York City on January 3. "Chet" attended the organiza- tional meeting of a proposed Northeastern regional aquatic weed research project. Dr. Robert Devlin was appointed Executive Secretary of the committee and will also be project leader for the Massachusetts section, as- sisted by Dr. "Wes" Miller and the Extension Specialist. The ob- jectives of the project are to study the growth and develop- ment of selected submersed aquatic weed species. Dr. Robert Devlin attended the Northeastern Weed Control Con- ference in New York City from January 4 to 8. iDr. Devlin pre- sented a paper on "Effects of Indole-3-Acetic Acid and Para- chlorophenoxyisobutyric Acid on Abscission in Phaseolus vulgaris." How's that for a mouthful! Ac- tually this was an important piece of basic research having to do with using the two chemicals to control the normal separation process of plant parts, which oc- curs as falling leaves or fruit drop, using beans as the experi- mental plants. Weather January was 1 degree a day below normal in temperature. The month gave us a very pleas- ant surprise by ending up with a total of 4.48 inches of precipi- tation, slightly above the 30 year average at East Wareham. This was the first month with average or above average precipitation since December 1964. Snowfall totalled 15.8 inches or a little more than double the average. We are all hoping that the Janu- ary precipitation was not a freak and that it will keep falling in good amounts for quite a few months. We sure need it. Charts The cranberry pesticide charts have been revised and are be- ing printed. The Cranberry Sta- tion will mail the new charts to growers in March. The assist- ance and observations of the growers who helped with the chart revisions are always greatly appreciated. Plans do not call for a revision of the fertiUzer chart, so growers should not dis- card their copy. There is a sup- ply of these charts still available at the Station. Anyone who needs one should send us a request. Dr. Chandler's fertilizer bulletin is also available. Scum Growers are reminded that February or early March is a good time to check bogs for the presence of green scum around shore ditches. If present, it should be treated with copper sulfate using the recommenda- tions on the 1965 weed control chart. Odds & Ends A few interesting bits of in- formation not necessarily about cranberries. Insects chew up three billion dollars worth of food and fiber in the United States each year. Losses to weeds in the United States exceeds four and one- half billion dollars annually. It is estimated that by 1975 the American farmer will have to supply 47 percent more beef. 28 percent more poultry, 27 per- cent more lamb, 27 percent more fruits and vegetables, 24 per- cent more pork, 13 percent more eggs and 12 percent more milk to feed our expanding popula- tion. C. fir L. EQUrPMENT CO. 1209 MAIN STREET ACUSHNET, MASS. Cranberry Bog Service PRUNING RAKING Macliinery Sales PRUNERS RAKES FERTILIZING WEED TRIMMING POWER WHEELBARROWS WEED TRIMMERS FERTILIZER SPREADERS - Large and Small For Further Information Gall . . . F. P. CRANDON ROckwell 3-5526 C. J. TRIPP WYman 5-2013 THREE From the time a new pesti- cide is born in the laboratory to the time it can be marketed, a minimum of four to five years has elapsed. The above information was taken from the N.A.C. News and Pesticide Review. FRESH CRANBERRIES TO EUROPE BY AIR Fresh cranberries were included in a recent Fresh Fruit and Veg- etable exhibition at the Hotel Olympic, London, England. The Department of Agriculture and two of America's international air carriers (Pan American Airways and Trans World Airways), con- tributed to the success of the exhibit which was attended by large numbers of British and European food buyers. It is reported in Foreign Ag- riculUire, publication of the US- DA that orders for the airborne products were placed, especially for lettuce and strawberries. READ CRANBERRIES Sales McCuUoch Service CHAIN SAWS and BRUSH CUTTERS QUEE^' B PORTABLE HEATERS MITE-LITE PORTABLE ALTERNATORS SANDVICK SCYTHES and ALUMINUM SNATHES LANCASTER PUMPS Pipe Ciit and Threaded up to 4" CARVER SUPPLY CO. CENTER CARVER, MASS. . Tel. 86 6-4480 Quality and Service Since 1956 ISAIAH HAINES OF NEW JERSEY, GROWER, CANDIDATE FOR 24th TERM ON SCHOOL BOARD Isaiah Haines of Whitesbog, New Jersey, veteran grower and vice president and general manager of the J. J. White Company bogs is a candidate for the Pemberton Township school committee. He has already held this position for the past 33 years. He has seen the Pemberton school system de- velop from two schools with about 300 pujMls and a $25,000 budget to its present budget of $3.4 milhon. That was in 1932 and Mr. Haines is still going strong in his interest in the schools. A new 21 -classroom building is presently nearing completion and plans are underway for an- other 26 classroom building. To- day 2,200 school lunches are served daily. Cranberry Labels Wanted as a gift or trade, "labels" from Eatmor, Ocean Spray and independents from all cranherry-growing regions; with the exception of one label, can, in return, furnish all copies of all Wisconsin brands to any in- terested parties. Like the Silver Dollar, these labels are fast disappearing, and should be garnered for museums and such. Address Dr. George L. Peltier 130 8th Street North Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Farm Credit Service Box 7, Taunton, Mass., 02781 \ Tel. 617 824-7578 Production Credit Loans ;• Land Bank Mortgages • Office — 362. Route 44 RAYNHAM, MASS. Warren R. Arnold, Manager FOUR Issue of February, 1966- Vol. 30, No. 10 Second Class Postage Paid at Wareham, Massachusetts Post Qftice. Published monthly at Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscriptions ?4.00, Foreign, ?5.00 per year. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C J. H January Starts Balmy January 6th brought a fairly substantial rain to the cranberry area, not enough to do the drought much good, but it helped a little. Also the first week of January was mostly continuing warmer than normal; ponds were not frozen over anywhere, nor were such bogs as were flowed. Biit on the 8th came a driving and cold rain, followed by snow. Total precipitation as recorded at the Cranberry Station was .41 inches; however, at some points in the cranberry area there was considerably more, particularly to the north, Boston getting its worst snow of the winter so far. This was followed by winds up to 40 and 50 miles an hour with temperatures as low as 9 and 10 being registered at the State Bog. It was a touch of real winter. Coldest of Winter, So Far January 11 and 12 were the coldest of the winter, so far, with temperatures only a few degrees above zero. There was also a cold wind. For the first time, the ground really began to freeze and there was substantial ice on ponds, and salt water was freezing along the coastline. The cold continued to the 19th, with bright sunny, but breezy weather. The month which had begun warmer than normal, turned to minus degrees. The Cranberry Station was of the opinion that there had been no or only slight winterkill, as it was figured the weather, al- though cold, had not been quite sevei'e enough to cause injury. Also, bogs which had planks in since last fall were flooding, or mostly so in a great many in- stances. Not nearly as much acreage was out, and there has been a tendency on the part of growers to leave vines out more in the cold months, and hence the vines were tougher. Snow and Warmer The night of the 19th and 20th brought snow into much of the cranberry area, and warmer weather. The snow turned to rain on the 20th, but added little to the drought relief so badly needed. As a matter of fact, the rain deficiency in 1965 was con- tinuing into 1966 at that time. The 21st was exactly normal in temperature and this was fol- lowed by warm weather, bringing the figure to a plus for the month. Worst Snow of the Winter On Sunday, the 23rd, came the first real storm of the current winter. A howling Northeaster swept into New England, bring- ing up to a foot of snow at places, but not so much to the cranberry area, as the snow was mixed with rain and sleet. The snowfall at the Cranberry Station at East Wareham was recorded at only 31/2 inches. This, melted down, brought a total precipitation of 1.41 inches, enough to help the drought situation considerably. The snow continued lightly into the next day. This was a roaring, howling storm that raised tides along the coast a height to five feet above normal, did some coastal damage, plunged a number of communi- ties into darkness because of power failure; but it did help to 3«£=!£=iC=K:i5=lS=ie=£3£=Kae:i«:3£=C£=[£:a^ 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 bring the precipitation to above normal for January for any month in a long, long while in the drought area. The great storm handicapped air and highway travel, but picked up rail traffic to the greatest extent in months. Coastal Storm A second coastal storm roared in on the 27th, on the heels of the first northeaster. This bliz- zard started in the south, dump- ing 16-18 inches on the mid- Atlantic states such as Virginia and North Carolina, which wea- thermen called the worst snow storm in that area in 34 years. This missed most of New Eng- land, but did clobber the Massa- chusetts south shore, or the cranberry area. The brunt of the storm clipped the Cape, but in Boston there was only a dust- ing of snow. There was a reported 2 to 4 inches on the Cape, there being recorded 2-8/10 at the Cranberry Station at East Wareham. This was accompanied by gale winds and there was much drifting. This snow with the previous heavy fall afforded some protec - tion to the bogs. It was followed by high and arctic winds, the temperature at the Cranberry Station, being only 8 above. The high winds, how- ever, made it appear much colder and it was a bitter day. Still Another Blizzard Still another blizzard blew in from the south on January 30th. This storm, like the others was partly rain in the cranberry area, and it was accompanied by winds up to 50 miles an hour. There were high tides along the ^oast. Several Boston weathermen lik- ened it almost to a hurricane in pattern, with an extremely low barometer reading. January Wetter Than Normal Although January had started warm and dry, the month ended slightly colder than normal, by less than two degrees, and also wetter than normal, this being the first such month with above average precipitation since De- cember, 1964. Total precipitation, as recorded at the State Bog was 4.48, normal being 4.12 inches. This was not much, but it was a change in the right direction and weathermen felt that some- thing of a beneficial dent had been made in the extended drought. January was the snow- iest month since 1948 in the state 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 as a whole and when this snow melts it can have no other ef- fect than to help the drought situation. Month Cloudy and Much Ice However, January brought a lot of cloud cover andd there was much ice on the bogs and these conditions are not condu- cive to large crops in Massachu- setts. Dr. Cross, director of the Cranberry Station felt there had been no winterkill in Massachu- setts despite the cold weather and high winds, as many bogs had some flowage and were snow cov- ered. Some Ice Standing In fact, ever since the mid- dle of January there had been sufficient ice to enable growers to sand on the ice and consid- erable was accomplished. February began in the cran- berry area with the ground snow- covered and temperatures about normal, but the weather cloudy and with frequent snow squalls. Oxygen Deficiency The Cranberry Station sent out a flash card signed by Irving E. Demoranville, Extension Cran- berry specialist which read: "Cranberry Station personnel have been making representative samplings of winter floods and analyzing them for oxygen con- tent. On January 31, a few bogs show oxygen levels too low and many are near the critical level. Shallow-flooded bogs probably have most of the vines embedded in the ice. These should not be touched. Deep-flooded, unlevel bogs should be fully drained if the grower can replace the flood later to prevent winterkilling. Growers without reflooding ca- pacity must make the difficult decision of (1) pulling off the flood to avoid oxygen-deficiency injury in hopes the present snow and ice will last into March, or (2) leave the flood on, protecting from winterkill but taking the chance of leaf-drop. Chances seem better than 50-50 that the snow and ice cover will last." FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Continued on Page 21 bog was purchased in the fall of 1964 together with two dwellings. But it is production which really tells the story of how good Young Massachusetts Man Gets Into Cranberries with Good Start by Buying One of Bay State's Top-Producing Bogs Harry T. Fisher Bought the Isaacson Bog in Carver — Is Distributor for AGWAY, Inc. — Had Done Trucking of Cranberries Previously — He is a Pilot, Ov\^ns Plane and Has Done Work in Air Treatment of Bogs by CLARENCE J. HALL A young Massachusetts man is getting into the cranberry business with the good start of buying one of the best small bogs in the Bay State. He sort of got into cranberry growing through the "back door." He is Harry T. Fisher, Jr. of Purchase Street, Middleboro. Fisher is an independent distributor of AGWAY, Inc., this huge new firm being made up of Eastern States and GLF. AGWAY, as did Eastern States before it, supplies cranberry growers, among others with pesticides, weedicides, fungicides and fertilizers. Agway's field includes all of New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Fisher is a licensed pilot and sometimes uses his plane to check up on bogs which have been treated by Plymouth 'Copters, Inc. (Thomas S. "Whitey" Weitbrecht) which works in a form of coop- erative effort with AGWAY, al- though Plymouth 'Copters does independent spraying. Fisher owns a metered truck which he drives to the bog to be treated, and loads the 'copter or straight- wing plane with the desired mterials. As a truck owner he has also hauled cranberries to Ocean Spray plants in the fall for a number of bog owners including the Rocky Meadow bog owned by George C. P. Olsson, president of Ocean Spray. It was through these two con- tacts with cranberry growers that he got to know the business and decided to go into it himself. The bog he purchased was that of the late Mrs. Isaac Isaacson at Rocky Meadow and Purchase Street. Fisher lives only a short distance from this bog. The Isaacson bog, as stated be- fore, is considered one of the very top small bogs in Massa- chusetts. Mrs. Isaacson gave it the most intent personal care, seeing to it there was scarcely a weed and keeping insects under control and keeping ditches al- ways cleaned out. The bog is set entirely to Early Blacks. The a bog is. "Mrs. Isaacson averaged between 125 and 150 barrels to the acre. She usually picked be- tween 1600 and 1800 barrels and has gone as high as 2200 barrels, which, of course, is doing all right for a bog of 121/2 acres." Fisher harvested his first crop last fall. In spite of the great Massahusetts drought he picked about 1500-1600 barrels, or about the same average Mrs. Isaacson maintained. Fisher was born October 4, 1930 in Braintree, but went to school in Weymouth, where he was graduated from Weymouth High in 1948. Shortly after that he did a stint of two years in the United States Marines, from 1952 to February of 1954. He trained at Parris Island, South Carolina and was then assigned to the U. S. carrier Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The carrier was attached to the 6th fleet and saw duty in the Mediterranean. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher at Bogside. (CRANBERRIES Photo) After this service he and his wife went in for dairy farming on Purchase Street, this farm being an old family homestead. He had farm trucks, which he began to use in hauling cranberries in the fall. One of those he hauled for was Mrs. Isaacson, taking her fruit to the Ocean Spray plant at Onset. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher operated the dairy farm for about 12 years, and although they still live at the old farm homestead they rent out the dairy end of the farm. Harry has known something about cranberries since his high school days, when he worked some summers and at vacation time for United Cape Cod Cran- berry Company of Hanson. He picked berries by hand in the fall. He has been a representative of AGWAY for about eight years. The Isaacson bog, as it was so long known is not a new bog, Two Views of the Present Fisher Bog, lower showing the Isaacson Buildings on Rocky Meadow Road. (CRANBERRIES Photo) but formerly belonged to the Shaw family of Carver. Mr. Isaacson bought the bog in the early thirties and completely re- built it. Harry resanded it in the winter of 1964-65. There is plenty of good sand on the bog property. The bog is flowed from its own reservoir, which is fed by springs, and Harry says there is a suffici- ent water supply. The bog, all in one beautiful piece, is flowed by gravity. It takes about four hours to put the bog under for a good frost flow. After use the water is pumped back into the reservoir and this can be done in five or six hours. The water is handled by a gasoline pump made by Henry Guiron of Ware- ham and the power is a V-8 Ford. Fisher is keeping the bog up in the tradition of Mrs. Isaacson. He had a little trouble with girdler in 1965, but treated it with dieldrin. He sweeps every week for possible insects. Fisher does all the bog work himself, including frost flowing, but in the summer he has part- time help of a local high school youth. Harvest is by two Darl- ingtons, which Fisher finds very satisfactory. Vines on the bog are short and there are no run- ners, so no need to prune. Mrs. Fisher, who keeps books for her husband helps out in general on the bog; she was Miss Joan Giddings of Quincy. She at- tended North Quincy High School and she and Harry were married i^ 1950. They have three sons, Gid Al- len, 14; Jeffry, 10 and David, 4. Fisher learned to fly a plane under Everett King at the Taun- ton air field. He has a 170 Cessna, a four-place machine. The Fish- ers keep this on Purchase Street and have developed their own air strip in a meadow. As to hobbies, Fisher asys he has none exept flying. "My work and flying take all the time I have." Mrs. Fisher does not pilot, but goes along she says as "merely a passenger." She has relatives in Vermont and they have flown there and to New Hampshire, Maine, New York and to Florida. Does Harry intend to stay in cranberries? "I sure do, with this bog I've got to, and any- way I like being a cranberry grower. David Mann Featured in 'New England Farmer' Dave Mann, cranberry grower of Head-of-the-Bay Road, Buz- zards Bay, Massachusetts was the subject of a two-page spread with photographs in the Janu- ary issue of the "New England Farmer," publication of the Mas- sachusetts Farm Bureau Federa- tion. Mann was recently jelected president of the Plymouth County Farm Bureau and is also a di- rector. The article is chiefly con- cern'ed with mechanization of his bog operations and especially his water raking methods, and his sprinkler irrigation system. "Dave" has previously been fea- tured in CRANBERRIES, once as a leading young grower and once in regard to his water raking. He is the son of the late Gor- don Mann, for many years sales manager of Ocean Spray. "A-Team Farm Labor" Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz has launched another pro- gram to ease the farm labor shortage. Called A-Team (Ath- letes in Temporary Employment as Agricultural Manpower), the program's aim is to recruit be- tween 15,000 and 25,000 boys to work on farms where labor shortage exists. To promote A- Team, Wirtz has set up an ad- visory committee composed pri- marily of well-known athletes. The youths will be paid a mini- mum of $1.15 to $1.40 an hour- wage levels fixed by the Depart- ment of Labor that growers must first offer domestic workers be- fore they are eligible for foreign workers. FRUIT-O-SCOPE, American Fruit Grower. WHEN IT GOMES TO FROST PROTECTION REMEMBER THESE 4 IMPORTANT POINTS ABOUT FMG WIND MACHINES 1. THEY REDUCE LABOR COST One man can efficiently operate one or several wind machines. FMC wind machines save the labor cost of a whole crew required for flooding. 2. THEY GIVE IMMEDIATE PROTECTION Switch on the motor and within 3 to 5 minutes, the marsh is receiving effective frost protection. FMC machines have an enviable record for operating reliability too. 3. THEY ELIMINATE FLOODING Water shortages, water damage to fruit, drainage difficulty all dictate against flooding. The FMC wind machine protects by drawing warm air from above and mixing it with cold ground air. Not one drop of water is involved. 4. THEY PROMOTE BETTER FRUIT YIELD AND QUALITY Flood water may damage fruit, wash away pollen, inhibit vig- orous growth. Also, flood water can carry in weed seeds. FMC wind machines eliminate these time and profit consuming drawbacks. Make your own investigation. FMC Wind Machines have a proven record of successful frost protection in cranberry marshes. The savings they can effect in one or two sea- sons will more than justify your investment. Fill in the coupon and mail it today. We'll see that you have com- plete information by return mail. 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 NINE Casoron Retention in Cranberry Soil By C. W. Miller, I. E. Demoranville and A. J. Charig University of Massachusetts (Cranberry Experiment Station), East Wareham, Mass. The widespread use of Casoron for weed control during the past year has prompted investigations as to the fate of the chemical after application. Tests with this chemical have been in progress here at the Experiment Station for three years and thus affords us an excellent opportunity to study the situation in advance of grower usage. Soil samples were collected from various treated sections of the State Bog to a depth of 12 inches. The samples were divided into three increments representing the 0-4, 4-8 and 8-12 inch soil levels. Analysis for Casoron, and its breakdown pro- duct 2,6-dichlorobenzoic acid (2,6 DCBA), was made by gas chvomatography using an analy- tical method developed by the Thompson-Hayward Company. The results of the analysis are hsted in Table 1. The persistence and stability of Casoron is evident by the fact that detectable quantities could be found on section 20, almost two years after initial application, and it is only in sections treated that year (1963) that the break- down product could be found, and then only in limited quanti- ties. Of prime significance was the fact that the major portion of the residue was localized in the upper four inches of the soil profile, in the area where it would be most effective against germinating weed seeds. It is not possible, however, on the bases of this evidence to ascertain if the chemical is active or held ineffective by the organic matter present. Organic matter com- prised between 2 to 10% of the soil matter and results of other residue investigations has demon- strated that the organic composi- tion of a soil is directly related to the amount of chemical which the particular soil will retain; , the higher the organic content, the greater the amount of chemi- cal. In addition, absorption sites in the organic matter may bind Table 1. Casoron residues in cranberry soils at depths of Section ' Date of Applicatiom 0-4 and 4-8 inches.^ Casorons 2 ,6-dichlorobenzoric acid 0-4" 4-8" 0-4" 4-8" 1 October, 1963 October, 1964 0.20 0.01 T4 0.0 4 April, 1963 October, 1964 0.39 0.01 T 0.0 15 April, 1964 April, 1965 .36 0.02 0.0 0.0 5 April, 1964 0.31 0.00 0.0 0.0 13 October, 1964 0.17 0.00 0.0 0.0 20 October, 1963 0.12 0.00 T 0.0 8 April, 1965 0.21 0.00 0.0 0.0 9 June, 1965 0.12 0.00 0.0 0.0 Ditch Soil 0 0.00 0.0 0.0 Pond Soil 0 0.00 0.0 0.0 ' — Soil samples collected August 18, 1965. 2 — Rate of application = 4 lbs. actual/acre. 3 — Figures represent lbs./4 inch acre. 4 — T=Trace amounts. Presence of compound detectable but quantita- tion not feasible. The 8-12 inch layer was negative for both casoron and 2,6-DCBA. i I (Wisconsin Cranberry 1 I Consultant Service j 1 P.O. Box 429 I Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. ! Phone 423-4871 I '^Wisconsin Distributor ! I for I j Casoron G-4 granules'^ I I IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SEE YOUR MILLER DEALER or MILLER FIELDMAN for CASORON MILLER PRODUCTS CO. 7737 N. E. Killingsworth Portland 18, Oregon CASORON IS AVAILABLE IN MASSACHUSETTS from R. F. MORSE & SON West Wareham Tel. 295-1553 I smash your spring weed problems Here's an unbeatable way to wipe out cranberry-choking weeds this Spring. Use CASORON herbicide. CASORON G-4 granules eliminate ex- pensive, time-consuming hand or mechanical weeding in your bogs. CASORON kills weeds before they spring up to rob your cranberries of available soil moisture and valuable nutrients. Controls perennial and certain annual weeds and grasses. Yet CASORON is the one safe herbicide. CASORON controls heavy, crop-choking stands of weeds but is also economical for use when only a few weeds are present. ciORON Start using CASORON right now. Get in touch with your nearest supplier listed below. Ask him about CASORON, or write Thompson-Hayward direct. DICHLOBENIL WEED & GRASS KILLER a research discovery of N.V. Philips-Duphar and a product development of Thompson-Hayward Chemical Company. US. Patent No. 3,027,248 Remember there's no other chemical quite like CASORON. It's a total program against weeds . . . but safe enough to use on growing plants and non-irritating to you. Supplies of Casoron and additional information are available from: Wisconsin Cranberry Consultant Serv- ice, P.O. Box 429, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin; Miller Products Co., 7737 N. E. Killingsworth, Portland, Oregon; R. F. Morse & Son, Inc., Cranberry Highway, West Wareham, Massachu- setts; Parkhurst Farm and Garden Supply, 301 Whitehorse Pike, Ham- monton. New Jersey. THOMPSON-HAYWARD CHEMICAL COMPANY P.O. Box 2383, Kansas City, Kansas 66110 ELEVEN and hold the chemical ineffective. Future experiments, using a bio- assay technique, are planned which should answer this impor- tant question. Finding little chemical at the 4-8 inch level and none at the 8-12 inch levels indicates leach- ing downward is not occurring to any great extent. Transloca- tion oflf the bog in drainage of flood waters does not appear to occur either, from the fact that no Casoron or 2,6-DCBA could be detected in soils from the drainage ditch or pond. The possibility of Casoron ac- cumulation cannot be overlooked. On sections which received a second yearly application the quantity of chemical is, in most cases, higher than on sections receiving only one treatment after the same elapsed period of time. To what extent this might have on the cranberry vine can- not as yet be stated, however, investigations are planned which should give some answers as to the accumulation problem and what the effect may be. Results on Casoron for section 9 are worthy of extra attention at this point. Although this area was the most recently treated of the sections, it had the least amount of chemical residue. Applied late in the year when warmer temper- atures prevailed, it is suspected that a high degree of volatilization occurred. The section is a newly rebuilt area with sparce vines and a IV2-2 inch layer of sand, which would favor a high soil temperature. Coupled with this is the fact that almost no organic matter is present in the top layer of the section. All these factors are believed to be opera- tive, resulting in a high degree of loss. Again, investigations are planned which should afford some insight as to the how, when and whys of Casoron loss, activity and availability. Farm Bureau In Action By VERNON A. BLACKSTONE Farm Bureau Staff Assistant Soon the Great and General Court of Massachusetts will be starting deliberations and hear- ings on the approximately 4000 bills before it for 1966. The Massachusetts Farm Bureau Fed- eration is interested in approxi- mately 300 of these bills. One bill that Farm Bureau has submitted is bill number S-57. This a petition of the Massa- chusetts Farm Buraau Federation which would permit the assess- ment of open lands used for ag- riculture at a value related to its use. As an example, a Cran- berry grower who lis using land in the production of cranberries would have his property assessed as farm land and not as potential house lots or industrial sites. Bill S-82 provides for counties to acquire land for conservation purposes by use of "eminent do- main." Farm Bureau is opposed to this bill. We are for conserva- tion but we are against use of eminent domain as a method of acquiring land except where it is absolutely necessary. Bill number S-177 would ex- tend the distance a vehicle bear- ing Farm plates could travel from 20 miles to 50 miles. Farm Bur- eau submitted this bill to the General Court and also submit- ted bill number H782 which would permit vehicles bearing Farm plates to cross state lines. Farm Bureau favors an unlimited mile- age on Farm plates. However, it makes good sense to go after what is obtainable and 50 miles will solve most farmer's prob- lems. It is Farm Bureau's con- tention that even though farmers have the right to travel more miles on their plates or even to cross the State line, they will make use of this extension only as it is necessary to their farm business use. With Ocean Spray moving their processing plant many cranberry growers will be outside a 20 mile radius. In ad- dition to the mileage restriction there has been some indica- tion that the Registry of Motor Vehiles is making a drive against the misuse of the "Farm Plate." One question asked by Cranberry growers about Farm Plates is the legality of using them to deliver cranberries from the field to processing station? This question has come up because of the daily delivery aspect of the Farm Plate law. This question has not been fully resolved at present but Philip N. Good, Executive Secre- tary of the Massachusetts Farm Bureau, is working on this and I will report through this column a fi,nal determination on this question. An issue which is being widely discussed at present is Section 14B of the Taft-Hartley Law. Bill H-2595 is a bill which would memorialize Congress to enact legislation to repeal Section 14B of the Taft-Hartley Law. Farm Bureau is opposed to this me- morial. There are many argu- ments in support of retention of Section 14B. Three very sig- nificant reasons are: (1) The people of a state should not be denied the right to decide this issue for themselves; (2) To compel any individual to be a member of and to support fi- nancially an organization with political objectives is an infringe- ment or personal liberty in vio- lation of the spirit of the Con- stitution; and (3) Voluntary mem- bership is the best guarantee that unions will not be controlled by undesirables and that its policies and programs will be those sup- ported by the membership. The most effective way to prevent abuse of power by leaders of any organization is to permit members to resign when they can no longer support its policies or conduct of its leaders. A major bill of interest to all citizens is bill number H-1, the Sales Tax bill of Governor Volpe. At present the Farm Bureau has not studied the bill but it ap- pears to be worthy of support of Farm \Bureau members in Mas- sachusetts. As action on various bills takes place throughout Ithe year I will report to Cranberry growers all items that will affect your farming operations through this column. READ CRANBERRIES Frank P. Crandon of Acushnet, left, was reelected a Director of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., at the 35th annual stockholders meeting on January 12 in Wareham. Talking cranberries with Mr. Crandon are Mr. and Mrs. Alden Brett, Cape Cod grower members. Mr. Brett is a former Treasurer of Ocean Spray. Mr. Crandon is also Treasurer and Clerk of Cranberry Credit Corporation. Mr. Brett too, is a trustee of the University of Massachusetts and for a time was executive secretary of the Cranberry Institute. Water Rights Chief Topic at Wisconsin Meeting Water, the lifeblood of the cran- berry industry, held the attention of members of the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association at their annual meeting at the YMCA Community Center, Wisconsin Rapids, January 19. There were conflicting opinions on whether the industry should join other irrigators in a massive state program to protect the rights of agricultural water users. Roy A. Menzel of Stevens Point, partner in the public relations firm of Menzel-Williams & Asso- ciates, told of the $35,000 annual program his firm has planned to educate the public to irrigators' needs and to provide year-round lobbying service for the industry. Caution Advised But John M. Potter of Wiscon- sin Rapids, attorney for the as- sociation advised the growers to ''proceed with caution in aligning yourselves with others." Potter noted a "basic conflict" between the potato growers and the paper companies. He said cranberry growers have long had a good working relationship with paper firms in spite of conflicting demands on the same water sources, suggesting that an alliance with other irrigators might invite trouble. At the same time. Potter spoke of the "political sex appeal that water problems have right now." Although he is chairman of the governor's committee on water resources which is planning new legislation in the field. Potter warned the cranberry men that they should be wary of other regulatoi-y bills which might be proposed. Solicits Support Menzel, speaking for the Water Resources Development Associ- ation, asked for support of indi- THIRTEEN viduals rather than cranberry- association backing. He said irrigators who join the association his firm represents are assessed $50 per year per well, up to a maximum of $500. There is a minimum of a $100 annual contribution for banks, agricul- tural suppliers and others who may have an interest in the program. Menzel said approximately $5,000 has been raised, with a similar amount already pledged for 1966. Anticipating that some water legislation will be adopted, Menzel said "our people do not think con- trols are necessarily bad, but they want a voice in establishing these controls." Elect Officers Elected president of the Cran- berry Growers Association was Craig Scott of the Scott Cranberry- Co., Warrens. Stewart Peterson, also of Warrens, was named vice- president, and Lloyd Wolfe, Wis- consin Rapids secretary-treasurer. Directors of the association, in addition to the officers, are Charles Goldsworthy, Eagle River, and James Schnabel and Wayne Duckart, Wisconsin Rapids. Bruce Potter of Camp Douglas reported on the state marketing order for cranberries which is in effect this year. The first assess- ment of two cents per barrel is due March 1 to finance the frost warning service and University of Wisconsin research on cranberry problems. Potter said the UW is already spending $30,000 annually in behalf of the industry and will match the estimated $8,000 to be raised by the growers for addi- tional studies. Seek Tax Ruling Al Bark of Wisconsin Rapids proposed that the association seek a determination from the State Department of Taxation on whether sprinkler systems should be taxed as real estate improvements or are considered farm personal prop- erty. Although Potter made an immediate telephone inquiry, he was informed that the department did not have enough facts to make a ruling. Speakers included Dr. Donald Boone, Madison, who reported on fungus studies and the shrinkage of cranberries under various stor- age temperatures. He advised stor- age at between 39 and 46 degrees to reduce spoilage, and at the lower temperature to control shrinkage. Tests showed the Howe variety produces the least shrink- age. Dr. Boone noted. District Forester Martin Kodrich urged the growers to consider tree management as an off-season occu- pation and income source. Ben Hubbard, district game manager, advised the growers on the tech- niques of pothole blasting for waterfowl feeding and nesting. Installation of sprinkler sys- tems and their use was discussed by Art Kowitz, a state engineer. He said these systems are the only ones for which cost-sharing practices have been approved by the ag department. The 6,000 shares give Sorensen two-thirds ownership of the marsh. Another 3,000 shares of stock are held by Clarence Searles, town of Cranmoor cranberry grower. Sorensen Buys Thiele Stock in Wisconsin Leo Sorensen, 449 Green-wood Dr., has gained control of the Thiele Cranberry Co. marsh north- east of Wisconsin Rapids through purchase of 6,000 shares of stock for $90,000. Circuit Judge Merrill Farr of Eau Claire ruled in January that Sorensen's option claim to the stock was valid, and that an agree- ment which Indian Trail, Inc., had with Mrs. Villa Thiele was un- enforceable. Indian Trail had gained control of the stock prior to Sorensen's lawsuit, but Judge Farr ordered the shares turned over to the Wood County National Bank, giv- ing Sorensen until Jan. 27 to com- plete purchase arrangements. Sorensen said that he had been informed the defendants were not appealing the decision to the Su- preme Court. He said he will continue as a private cranberry consultant, leav- ing active management of the marsh operations to Art Cote, who has been marsh manager. NOTES ON FROST | FORECAST AND FROST PROTECTION Editor's Note: The 1966 spring frost season is now not far ahead; hence we are publishing a paper on "Notes on Frost Forecasts and Frost Protection" as given by George B. Rounsville, at the Cran- berry Seminars last year, ifrom. the publication "Research into Action," No. 435, Cooperative Ex- tension, University of Massachu- setts. Rounsville is the forecaster at the Massachusetts Cranberry Station, East Wareham. . A frost night with perfect radi- ation continuing throughout the night and next morning occurs but rarely, especially during the spring frost season. More often than not at the time of our forecasting, noon and evening, the. weather factors are such that it is necessary to issue a "conditional" warning. Also, many nights that appear to be ideal for a frost often end up with clouds or winds keeping the minimum temperature above the danger point. A frost warning with winds, clouds, or both, possibly becoming the determining issue makes for a tricky night, especially so if the viinivium predicted is two or more degrees below the tolerance. No matter what the evening forecast might read with reference to winds, start water moving, have the sprinkler system ready, at least be around your bogs. A time element enters here, for if winds become calm during the evening or early the following morning there is no slow temperature drop of about a degree an hour. Within an hour of calm you can be hurt by frost, and the resulting damage is very likely to be more severe from such an occurrence than it would be after a night that has been calm throughout, everything else FOURTEEN Here's to a juicy year for cranberries. Chloro IPC Herbicide can help you malie it two in a row. 1965 was the best year ever for cranberry sales, with juice adding to the usual demands. For another banner production year, protect your new crop from spring weed competition with dependable Chloro IPC Herbicide. This selec- tive weed killer from PPG Chem- icals controls a long list of annual grasses and some broadleaved weeds (see below), with a broad margin of tolerance to dormant cranberry plants. The 20% gran- ules can be applied to dormant established cranberries before bud break, using air or ground equip- ment. Chloro IPC breaks down completely as temperatures rise, to eliminate build-up or carry- over. For details, check your local extension service or write Depart- ment 6625, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Chemical Division, One Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania 15222. Chloro IPC Controls Annual Bluegrass • Bentgrass Bluejoint Grass • Dodder Horsetail • Loosestrife Rushes (Juncus) • Sickle Grass Turkcyfoot Grass • Velvctgrass (Massachusetts recommendations also include haircap moss, sorrel, hairy panic grass, corn grass, barnyard grass, crabgrass, tearthumb, fireweed and mud rush.) chloro Tpc FIFTEEN being equal. There have been nights when all factors are such that winds should have continued all night and failed to do so. As for cloudiness, if it persists until after midnight the danger is much reduced and many bogs will get by without protection. The exception to this might be when an extremely l:w minimum is forecast. Even then, time is in the growers' favor for temperatures drop at a much slower rate when clouds disappear. In Dr. Franklin's bulletin where the formulas are given, there fol- lows some few notes which must be considered in issuing a fore- cast minimum for the coming night. As much as two degrees can be added or subtracted at times. I have inserted the following note for future forecasting: "A conditional warning should be issued to growers when pro- longed drought conditions exist, either in the spring or fall, and the average of the formulas is at or near the tolerance of the plants or berries." The past has shown that under drought conditions, in the frost seasons, ensuing minimum tem- perature can be below the com- puted minimum, principally on the Cape bogs but sometimes in other areas. I can visualize this leading to problems for some growers, espe- cially in the spring. As it has happened in the past, the time of issuing such a forecast could well coincide with that when the cran- berry plant cannot tolerate flood- ing for more than a few hours. Growers with sprinkler systems have the advantage here, whereas those who protect by flooding must decide whether it is best to take some frost loss or chance water injury. The following are obser- vations, explanations and sugges- tions that may be helpful to you in the frost seasons. These terms are a very impor- tant part of the forecast and should be given due consideration by the grower. Following both the great spring frosts of 1944 and 1961, it was written and said that growers observed frost damage on vines over a frost flood. A few days following the frost of May 30, 1961, I was shown a bog where the grower let water through a flume into ditches that had stop waters in them. Where this procedure forced the water over the bog and through the vines, it saved the crop. The continuous movement of water throughout the night is thought to have been the saving element in this case. Dr. Franklin stated that two or three inches of water everywhere under the vines is enough to keep vines from freezing. The exception might come on rare occasions in April or October, when ice forms on the protecting flood. At a previous meeting the ques- tion was asked, "What happens to vines if the sprinklers are started with the temperature at the danger point or below?" I relate this only as an observa- tion made last spring on three frost nights. It was not an experi- ment, I was simply late in starting PILGRIM SAND & GRAVEL Producers of SAND - GRAVEL - CRUSHED STONE For Sand and Service that Satisfy . . . Call Pilgrim BOG SAND A SPECIALTY The newest and most modern plant Telephones serving South Shore and Cape Cod. 585-3355 - 585-3366 - 585-3377 PLYMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS SIXTEEN the sprinklers. One night the tem- perature was below that which I considered was the tolerance on this particular bog. The other two nights the temperature was at the danger point. The vines suffered no damage and the crop was good. However, the length of time that the vines endured the low temper- atures was of short duration. From heresay and observations, there seems to have been a marked tendency among many growers to start the sprinklers a little late in the past. Experiments to date have not shewn any benefit from pro- tecting for 32°, either by sprinkler or flooding, in the spring frost season under normal conditions. I believe this to be a practice that some growers indulge in; namely, that they use the temper- ature readings of a thermometer on the side of their house as a measure of the temperature on their bogs. This should not be relie^d on to the extent that it determines whether or not you get to your bogs on nights in the frost season. Whatever the tem- perature difference between such a location and that on a bog might be, over a long period of time, there is a certainty that under the right conditions a variation will occur and chances are you will be late with frost protection. Upon removing the "late water" flood, the buds will be at the same tolerance as those of early water. Fresh sand on a bog should be good for +2°, especially if moist. There have been many cases where bogs have been frosted in the spring up-towards to 20% and still borne a respectable crop. If a grower feels he must gamble with frosts for one reason or another, it seems best to do so in the first part of the spring frost season. The buds are then in various stages of tolerance and many will come through a rather severe frost. The terms ''Balance against," "Balance for," "Balance even," are always incorporated in a frost warning. If the balance is against, it means that the dew point is low, allowing a greater chance that temperature will fall to the mini- mum forecast. Conversely, if the balance is for, the fall of the temperature is often slowed to the extent that growers with average to warm bogs can get by without protection. Dew points here are usually high. Occasionally the balance is even. This does not seem to point one way or other to the type of night coming. In this case, the minimum forecast should be the deciding factor as to whether protection is necessary or not. Kerosene still has a place on the weed chart and, if applied espe- cially as a broadcast treatment, Set Once and Go With G A. N D i —freot 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 gauge. You get the same given hopper opening size for a given gauge 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 Wheel <«' Drive powers it. Weather tight lid on hopper has double locks. Marker attachment available. Write Gandy Co., 13 Gand- rud Road, Owatonna, Minn., for information on the Cran- berry Special Applicator, and name of nearest dealer. SINCE \936 Owatonna. Minnesota WORLDS MOST ACCURATE APPLICATORS SEVENTEEN every caution should be used to keep frost away from a bog so treated. Severe damage results if not fully protected, and at tem- peratures above the general tol- erance. Prior to our afternoon forecast of minimum temperature, growers can get an early indication of the minimum to be expected by sub- tracting 20° from the Weather Bureau's forecast minimum for Boston. Their morning forecast is given at 7:40 a. m. Generally the more positive frosts follow when a high is directly over or slightly south and west of this area. Before their arrival at such a position we usually experience a night of cold temperatures accompanied by winds, inland bogs being the ex- ception. The day following often finds winds becoming light and shifting into the southwest in the afternoon. Such a sequence is not an indication of a change to warmer. This "sea breeze" will calm toward sunset and the fol- lowing morning will likely find temperatures at frost levels on the bogs. It was estimated that water damage caused a loss of 50,000 bbls. in the spring frost season of 1964. Periods of threatening frosts continuing from one day to another have not been common in the past decade, and it may be possible that many growers are unaware of the damage that water can do when held over from day to day in the last part of the spring frost sea- son. In a normal year, the risks of damage become increasingly great with the holding over of a frost flood after May 10th. Even though experiences will vary from bog to bog and year to year as to the amount of damage one receives when doing so, it can result in a complete loss of the crop. In that it is necessary to keep the forecasts concise as sent to the telephone distributor and radio stations, I try to include a few more details in using the answering service. This also is limited to the length , -of message that can be taped on our machine. Joking, of course, but I would like to see the term "possible but not probably frost" added. Believe me, there are times when the weather conditions are such that a warning using that term would be desirable, at least it would keep me off the hook if it were used. PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Golds- worthy and Ralph Sampson of Cranberry Products, Inc. of Eagle River, Wisconsin were recent visitors at Jamaica, B.W.I. While on the trip to the Carribean they attended a canners' convention. Also vacationing on the island at the same time were William Decas of the Decas Bros, dis- tributing agency and large grow- ers, and Mrs. Decas and Herbert E. Dustin, Massachusetts grower and Mrs. Dustin. ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ HOW A PCA BUDGET LOAN CAN HELP YOU MAKE MONEY IN 1966 You need a lot of money for vines, sanding, chemicals and labor. yes, and for a host of other Money for gas and oil, repairs, living expenses requirements. PCA Budget Loans can provide you with the money you need. At the same time these loans make money for you, they save money for you. Big money ! 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Distributors 26 national lines irrigation Equipment, Sup- plies: Hale, Jaeger, Marlow, Rain Bird, Buckner, Skinner, Ames, Gorman-Rupp, Speedloc, Alcoa Tubing, Tico, Champion, Rain Control, Ireco, Shure-Rain, CMC, Ravit, Mathieson, Pierce, Valley, Perfection, Flexo-Seal, Wade' Rain, Gould, Myers and Geehn. Easy financing through Alcoa. Reconditioned equipment and rental plans also available. This equipment can double as a frost control unit effec- ■ Kw^ I WwN I KwL ■ tive at temperatures as low as 18 . WHOLESALE & RETAIL DESIGN & INSTALLATION lAMSTOWNj AREA CODE 315 964-2214 IRRIGATION CO. WILLIAMSTOWN, NEW YORK NINETEEN OF INTEREST TO CRANBERRY GROWERS U. S. turkey growers intend to produce more turkeys in 1966 than last year, according to the Crop Reporting Board of the USDA. The 1966 turkey crop ac- cording to present plans of the men should be about 112.1 billion birds, compared with the revised estimate of turkeys grown in 1965 of 104.7 billion. However, the USDA release points out that turkeys actually raised in 1966, may vary some- what from this January 1966 estimate, depending upon a num- ber of factors. Of course, a good crop of tur- keys should be good news to the cranberry growers as the two food items are so closely al- lied in popular impression, and a good crop might indicate reas- onable prices to the birds that go with cranberry products. AGRICULTURE IN MASSACHUSETTS "Agricultcure is a five billion dollar asset to the economy of Massachusetts," says a recent pamphlet from the University of Massachusetts. The realized gross farm income totals 170 million dollars. The agricultural industry provides 185,000 jobs, or 9 percent of all employment in the Bay State; goods and services worth 140 million dollars are purchased and used annually for the production of agricultural products and the processing of agricultural prod- ucts accounts for 350 million dol- lars or 8 percent of all value added by manufacturers in Massachusetts. Cranberry Instifufe Elects Officers President Colley Says Forign Sales Prospects "Encouraging" The Cranberry Institute held its Annual Meeting January 11, in Duxbury, Mass. Directors and officers re-elected are Gilbert T. Beaton, Secretary-treasurer; Or- rin G. Colley, President; George C. P. Olsson, all of Massachusetts; Leon April, Vice-president of New Jersey; and Behrend G. Pannkuk and Clarence A. Searles of Wisconsin. The 1965 activities of the In- stitute were reviewed by Mr. Colley. These fell primarily into two categories. The first: liaison with mem- bers of the cranberry industry, government agencies, and other trade groups concerning the fac- tors affecting and influencing the cranberry business. He said, "This industry does and must expect to face new challenges, but there is no reason to be- lieve that problems will not be resolved successfully as fthey have been in the past." 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, pow^er 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) TWENTY The second: supervision of the foreign market development pro- ject for U. S. cranberries. He stated, "This project is progres- sing at an encouraging rate, sales opportunities continue bright and our industry can have its share of the overseas market by build- ing an image, based upon a fine product, from the grass roots upwards." FRESH FROM THE FIELDS ContiniLed from Page 6 WISCONSIN January Sleet-Freeze January lived up to its repu- tation as the coldest month of the year w^ith temperatures averaging almost ten degrees below normal. The first week of the month brought a continuation of the mild December weather with some light wet snows in the south half. Highs of 40's were reached in the south on the 4th and 5th. On the 8th Arctic air entered the state from Canada and temperatures dipped to minus thirty or more in the northwest. This weather pattern continued for the rest of the month with some readings forty below or more the latter part of the month. There were some stretches during the period when the maxi- mum temperature was minus ten below and for a week the tem- peratures never rose above zero. This was indeed a deepfreeze. Snow fell over the entire state on the 2, 6 and 12th giving the entire state a blanket lasting throughout the month. On the 12th as much as a foot fell in the south. At month's end the north had over two feet, the central about one foot and the south about 8 inches. The outlook for February calls for temperatures about normal and precipitation below normal. Dean's Indian Trail , . . the big new name in the cranberry business! Where the big idea is to sell more at a better profit through modern merchandising and selling. Watch and see! Dean's htdJUxMIhaxIl Three Feet of Ice Most of the larger lakes and streams finally froze over during the cold and calm night early on the 8th. At month's end as much as three feet of ice was reported on the cranberry reservoirs. The sncw cover in advance of the real cold weather prevented deep frost penetrations. This was especially true in the north. Deepest frost penetrations in the state were about 30 inches in the central part of the state. Sanding Needless to say the cranberry beds were completely frozen in with the sub-zero weather and sanding started in earnest around the 10th. However, temperatures were so severe the latter part of the month that operations had to cease. Most marshes are planning some sanding of beds and custom applicators are also doing a part of the work. WASHINGTON Weather High and cold winds of Decem- ber continued into January in the coastal cranberry area. Precipita- tion for January was 12.07 inches, with the most rain on the 5th, with 2.02 inches. This was less than January of a year ago. The mean high for the month was 47.16 and the low was 36.55. The bog low at Long Beach Sta- tion was 19 degrees on the 18th. There was no snow for the month. Basic Work Piiining Activity on the bogs was basi- cally pruning. Also many growers have been taking bog soil samples and having Ihem analyzed at the University of Washington at the soil testing laboratory. These tests should show what each bog needs in its fer- tilizer program. Two Meetings January 12 and 14 were meeting dates for the Grayland and Long Beach areas, respectively. The growers heard reports on fungus survey and research work being done by Dr. Maksis Eglitis of the Puyallup Station. He has been working for the past two years Continued on Page 24 TWENTY-ONE If this won't cure him . . . nothing will! by Bill Shelly TWENTY-TWO ^dJt^jial^ ISSUE OF FEBRUARY, 1966 VOL 30 -NO. 10 0^^*"***'««V^ OUR LARGER CROPS It was not so many years ago that the thought of a million barrels of cranberries in the United States was scarcely believable and was a terrifying spectre. The late Mar- cus L. iUrann, president of Ocean Spray, ! was one of the first to talk of a "million- barrel" crop. That figure was first achieved a little more than a decade ago, in 1953, according to a chart in a bulletin of the Massachusetts De- partment of Agriculture we have in our files. The crop then was 1,023,000. Production last fall was the top, L244,000 barrels, almost a million and a half. And we breezed through that like "nobody's business." Will we achieve a figure of 2 million eventually? This seems more than possible. What with today's advances in techhology it would seem this might be achieved. Today we have more effective chemicals of all sorts, better and faster harvesting equipment, such as the picker with a 6-foot swath, now developed in Wis- consin, efficient pest control from the air and the advent of more use of sprinkler systems and the increase of water harvest, which saves the estimated 20 per cent or so lost in dry picking. Plans are being made to handle larger crops and to handle them more efficiently, as in the proposed new processing plant in Massachusetts by Ocean Spray at a re- puted cost of 6 million dollars. The industry is looking ahead and forward. Never, it appears, especially from the talks at the annual meeting of Ocean Spray have the prospects been better for the cran- berry industry. We mention Ocean Spray, in particular, because that big cooperative represents somewhere around 85 percent of growers and production. We do not expect to see a harvest of 2 million barrels next year, or in a couple of years. But it does seem to be definitely on the horizon. When this tremendous pro- duction does take place, we believe we will be ready to market it successfully. From New Jersey comes the exciting pros- pect of another new development. That is the possible use of a "hover-craft" for the application of fungicides. This craft, as you may know is a new device, developed in England, which rides neither on the ground, 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 Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, Oregon Washington AZMI Y. SHAWA Junior Horticulturalist and Extension Agent in Horticulture Long Beach, Washington AAassachusetts DR. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Massachusetts I New Jersey P. E. MARUCCI New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Statioa New Lisbon, New Jersey or yet is not an aircraft in the true sense of the word. Jets of forced air, make it float just above the surface of the ground or the water. This was discussed at the meeting of the American Cranberry Growers' Association at Mount Holly this month. There is such a craft at Princeton University and ap- parently available. This breakthrough in cranberry use was mentioned in the January issue of "Farm Journal." TWENTY-THREE Continued on Page 21 on cranberry projects, the work being supported by a special fund provided by growers from both the Long Beach and Grayland areas. Recently, Ocean Spray agreed to take over this project through its research department in conjunc- tion with the Washington State University research program sup- ervised by Dr. Folke Johnson. The works so far have been very rewarding to the Washington growers and when reports are made should be cf benefit to all cranberry men. temperature did not go above freezing during the last 8 days of the month. The extremes var- ied from 4 degrees on the 29th to 62 on the 1st. Drought Broken The long spell of drought was finally broken. Precipitation to- taled 3.73 inches, which is .42 above normal for January. This was the first month in the past 6 months during which a large deficit was not recorded. It was only the 3rd month in the past 19 months of above normal rain- .fall. Snowfall totaled 14 inches dur- ing the month. Converted to rainfall, this accounted for 1.14 inches. The snow on the 29th and 30th measured 71/2 inches. This was a big snow but far below the record snowfalls which have occurred in this area. On March 19th, 20th and 21st of 1958, 16 inches of snowfall occurred. There have been several other snowfalls of more than 10 inches ever the past 40 years. Phenomenon A peculiar phenomenon oc- curred in the Chatsworth area INSURANC on CRANBERRIES for WISCONSIN GROWERS FULL COVERAGE Ask about our Deferred Premium Plan LOW COST and PROMPT SERVICE INSURE YOUR 1966 INCOME NOW Call our LOCAL AGENT or write RURAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 801 W. Badger Road, Madison, Wis. NEW JERSEY January Very Cold The weather records at the Cranberry and Blueberry Wea- ther Station at New Lisbon show that January was extremely cold and wetter than normal. The average temperature was 29.6 degrees, which is 4.3 below nor- mal. This marked the 13th out of the past 14 Januaries during which the temperature has been below normal. It was the ninth coldest January on record at New Lisbon. The latter half of the month was particularly cold. The I during Saturday's and Sunday's storm, Jan. 30 and 31. The temperature rose to well above freezing at the height of the storm Sunday morning. This was noticed by several ^cranberry growers and residents in that area. Earl Kerschner, Coopera- tive Weather Observer at Chats- worth, reorded 38 degrees. The maximum was only 82 degrees at the New Lisbon Station, which is just six miles due west and about eleven miles northwest of Chatsworth. 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There are also 14 acres under John Bean "Shur- Rane," irrigation, installed by Badger State, Black River Falls. Water comes from Perry Creek, and Gebhardt uses an Interna- tional-Harvester engine UV* 549 engine and a Berkeley pump. He is planning to put the re- mainder of his acreage under sprinklers this spring and to buy a second International engine. A portion of the Gebhardt Marsh near B ack River Falls. (CRANBERRIES Photo) On the present property there is the comfortable Gebhardt home, and also a spacious two-story cement block warehouse, 30 by 120. Sorting is done by one' Bailey and one Hayden separator. He harvests with three Dana- Getsinger harvesters; there is also a berry drier and equipment for fresh fruit packing. Mr. Geb- hardt ships through Ocean Spray. He has some part-time help and uses 12 to 15 at harvest time. He has been and is employing Winnebago Indians with very pleasant relations. He understands that the last hand wet-raking in Wisconsin was done on his bogs by the Winnebagos in October 1954. Along Highway 5 and 4 there are a number of Winnebago Indians living in modern, if mostly small dwellings. N ot too far from the Gebhardt Marsh is the site of the annual Indian Pow Wow, of Council. At this site is buried Mitchell Red Cloud of Black River Falls, who was awaT-HpH no^thnmou-lv, the "Pur- ple Heart," for his injury and heroic action in Korea. His Own History It is a rather intriguing area of abrupt buttes arising from the generally flat countryside. Gebhardt has used the weedi- cide, Casoron, and one section where he treated the weeds and grass appeare to be gone. Gebhardt has treated four sec- Framework of an Indian hogan a^ the Pow Wow Grounds (CRANBERRIES Photo) tions for grass, including wire grass and weeds with good re- sults. Mr. Gebhardt was born Sep- tember 1, 1903, at Black River Falls, but lived on his father's cranberry marsh at Warrens until 1912. Then the family moved to Millstcn then to Tomah. He attended grade and high school in Tomah. In 1926 he moved to Mil- waukee and began employment for the Milwaukee Railroad. He continued this employment for twenty-eight and one-half years, doing clerical work. In 1954 his uncle died and he came to Black River Falls to take over the operation of the marsh. On June 29, 1935, he was married to Charlotte S. Hass of West Salem. Mrs. Gebhardt is a registered nurse and had worked at LaCrosse, Madison, and Mil- waukee. They have one child, Miss Suzanne, recently graduated from Believed the last Indian Manual Water Rake (CRANBERRIES Photo) the University at Madison, re- ceiving a B. A. degree in liberal arts. She is now studying in Ireland at the University of Dub- lin. She is furthering her knowl- edge of Irish arts and literature, planing to be a librarian in the future. Gebhardt belongs to the Wis- consin State Cranberry Grawers' Association and helped to organ- ize the recently-formed Jackson County Cranberry Growers' Association, an organization to further the aims of the growers in that area. Mr. and Mrs. Gebhardt attend St. John's Lutheran Church at The hobby of the couple is Black River Falls, reading. Mr. Gebhardt is also an Green Bay Packers football teams; ardent follower of the famed he listens on radio and television and frequently has attended ganjes at Milwaukee and Green Bay with his daughter, Suzanne. The Gebhardts have always had a strong sense of public spir- itedness and it was Herman J. who years ago planted more than 30,000 pine trees, which today have grown into a beautiful for- est, near the Gebhardt South Marsh on the Gebhardt property which totals 640 acres. Gebhardt brothers were among the first in Wisconsin to recognize the need to reforest cut-over land and pushed plans for young-tree growing, and conservation of wild life in Wisconsin. Black River Falls itself is an old lumber town. Frederick E. Gebhardt is a member of the Jackson County and Wisconsin historical society and has given articles before botxi on Wisconsin cranberry growing. MASS. 1966 CROP IN EXCESS OF 800,000 IN "REALM OF PROBABILITY" So Dr. Cross Tells February Meetings of Massachusetts "I think it is within the range of probability that the Massachu- setts 1966 cranbery crop will be in excess of 800,000 barrels," Dr. Chester E. Cross, director of the Massachusetts Cranberry Experi- ment Station told growers attend- ing the February meetings of the three cranberry clubs. South Shore at Kingston, February 15th, Southeastern at Rochester Grange Hall, the 16th, and Cape Cod at Barnstable February 17th. He said his main reason for this was the excessive sunshine hours in 1965, due to the drought cond/itions. The total of excess hours was a huge 240, with good excesses in the vital months of August, September and November. He said it was unfor- tunate there was not more pre- cipitation last October, wihch is important. "Now, what of the past winter?" he asked. He said he believes there had been no winterkill as there was in the winter of 1964-65; that oxygen deficiency troubles were less than other years and also of a year ago. Considerable sanding on the ice has been accomplished, which is good. February sunshine was also favorable to the crop. Watch Spring Frosts He told the growers that he thought it was important that they stick close to their bogs in May and the first ten days in June. "We issue from 6 to 10 general warnings each year and this is where you can insure your crop for 1966, by making sure you do not get frosted. He said he did not consider April losses so important. He said he felt growers were losing too much of their crop in harvest. Studies show that dry picking leaves about 25 per cent of the crop. Massachusetts is the only state still substantially dry harvested. He said four plots had been picked wet at the State Bog for the past five years and these plots had consistently shown an increase of 40 per cent over those still dry picked. "I do not suggest that you try to go to all wet harvest at once," he continued. There are many diflRculties in this. But do try to pick a few sections or a bog or two and go into wet raking. We are leaving too much of our crop on the bog after raising it." 1965 A "Growers" Crop The 1965 crop, 675,000 barrels, was the third largest on record and this, he said, was a "growers' crop," not a crop due to weather. You growers had to work for it. 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He spoke of the present "happy circumstances" of the cranberry industry, big crops selling rap- idly and at good prices. "The cranberry picture was never brighter than it is now, atotal crop in 1965 of 1,422,000 barrels and our sellers begging for more fruit to keep up with the de- mand." Cross also went back to the fact that growers visiting the State Bog in the last few years had commented on fewer chem- ical experiment plots and also fewer on individual private bogs. This was due to the drastic and confusing Federal and State reg- ulations and rulings regarding the use of agricultural chemicals. He said that ever since the 1959 Amino Triazole scare these re- strictions have been increasing, spurred on by nature groups, sportsmen and others who are "not truly informed of the neces- sity of pest control in agriculture." "But don't think we at the Station are soldiering at the job. We are at work in our laboratory and our greenhouses, of which we now have two." Also, I would point out that 40 per cent of the crop on the State Bog last year was not placed on the mar- ket because of chemical experi- mentation." Cross said that experimenting would continue to be done of private bogs by the Station Staff, but that any fruit raised on these plots would not become the pro- perty of the growers but would be harvested and handled by the Station, to make sure no contami- nated fruit went on the market. Demoranville Irving E. Demoranville, al- though not on the program, spoke very briefly, told of the greatly increased desire for vine cuttings by growers for new bog and of a survey he is undertaking as to where vines can be obtained and how much acreage is going in. He said he had found only four growers who had vines for sale and these were only Early Blacks. He suggested growers who wished to expand acreage %bJ:^ i^' , «" Drive powers it. Weather tight lid on hopper has double locks. Marker attachment available. Write Gandy Co., 13 Gand- rud Road, Owatonna, Minn., for information on the Cran- berry Special Applicator, and name of nearest dealer. SINCE 19)6. Owatonna, Minnesota WORLDS MOST ACCURATE APPLICATORS might have to go into the busi- ness of growing vines just for planting for themselves. Zuckerman Dr. Bert Zuckerman was sched- uled to speak on "Fungicides and Cranberry Varieties," confined himself at the time to only vari- eties. In this he confined himself to a study of the New Varieties and their use in processing, this study being carried by the Sta- tion in conjunction with Ocean Spray. A report will be carried later in Cranberries. The first consideration was na- turally color, important in whole fruit sauce and especially cock- tail, now so vital. He said the best color seemed to be found in the variety "Franklin" and in the yet unnamed No. 6. Second was pectin content. In this Frank- lin also appeared to be highest with No. 6, a good prospect. Pilgrim is the lowest in pectin content. He said qualities in these var- ieties seem to vary considerable from bog to bog. He added these studies are continuing and the results are not yet confirmed. He added that the old standi by Early Black is still one of the bet as concerns color and pectin. Drs. Deubart and Paracer Dr. Zuckerman introduced two new men who are working un- der his direction at the Station. These are Dr. Karl Deubert, who escaped from behind the "Iron Curtain" in East Germany, go- ing to Honduras and then to the U.S. where he is planning to be- come a citizen; and Dr. Surindar Paracer of India. These spoke on "Development of Agriculture in East Germany after World War II," and "Is Famine In- evitable in India," respectively. While these addresses did not concern cranberries in any way, it was thought these talks might broaden the scope of the grow- ers and they did prove very in- teresting. Dr. Deubert told of the part of Germany now behind the "Iron Curtain," was the part given over to agriculture, while the East or "Free" part was more industrialized. He said it became very difficult for farmers to get sufficient supplies of fertilizers and other items needed to pro- duce food, and the solutions which were tried. Dr. Paracer discussed at some length the world population ex- plosion and of how that re- lated to India. He said that in his native country the mistake was made of putting too much emphasis on industry opposed to agriculture when it should have been just the other way around. He said that in India, added to the many millions of humans to be fed, there were countless cattle, "sacred" cows, monkeys and even rats all fighting each other to consume what available food there was. He said that in this respect, India was even worse off than over-crowded China. There was a movie-illustrated talk on "Bulk Handling Equip- ment" by John MacDonald, an agricultural engineer representing the American Plywood Associa- tion, with headquarters at 119 A Street, Tacoma, Washington. He stressed the advantages, as he said, of using plywood pallet bins in harvest and transportation right through to the packing or processing factory. These ply- wood containers are used very extensively on the West Coast, chiefly California for even such a fragile fruit as pears. Timely Tips on Spring Frosts in Massachusetts April Frosts Not Damaging By GEORGE B. ROUNSVILLE (Frost Forecaster at Cranberry Station) With the exception of the year 1954 when "a little damage" on the inland bogs (temperature range 5 F. to 12 degrees F. April 3-4) was recorded on the Frost Chart; there had been no other estimate of frost damage in April given from 1950 through 1965. In this sixteen year period, the practice of flood withdrawal in the winter months, has been used by an increasing number of growers in Massachusetts. Growers for various reasons, are removing the winter flood earlier in the spring or in late Vv^inter, than heretofore. These practices so condition the vines and buds as to make them similar to those of a "dry bog" which have long been known to be very frost resistant in the' spring. From 1953 to 1965 observations have been made relative to low temperature both in the spring and fall and the resulting frost damage, if any. To cite some of the tempera- tures to which cranberry buds have been exposed in April and early May: On May 2, 1958, a minimum temperature of 19V2 degrees was recorded on a bog in Barnstable County. No visual damage observed. On April 29th, 1960 a minimum temperature of 11 Vz degrees F. reported on a bog in East Ware- ham. The buds were examined on April 30th with no apparent damage. This same bog had a temperature of 18 degrees F. on May 2 of the same year. The crop averaged ninety barrels to the acre. April 19, 1961, minimum tem- perature of 9 degrees F. reported on a bog in North Falmouth. The buds were examined April 21st and again on April 28. No damage could be detected. The owner reported the crop as good. April 17, 1962, temperature on bogs, examined for frost injury, ranged from 10 to 13 degrees F. No damage observed. A bog in the Wareham area, with a tem- perature of 12 degrees F. on this date, had a crop of nearly 80 bar- rels per acre. April 24, 1962, temperature on bogs ranged from 9 to 20 degrees F. No damage observed. A crop of 70 barrels per acre was re- ported from a bog that had a temperature of 15 degrees F. The above temperatures as re- ported to the Cranberry Station from some few bogs in the cran- berry growing area. It seems safe to assume that a great per- centage of the Massachusetts acreage endured similar tempera- tures on these dates. The final crop figures for Mas- sachusetts following these years with low temperatures in April are impressive, the exception be- ing 1961 when the May 30th-31st frost took an estimated 174,000 barrels. It is the opinion of the writer that litle if any frost protection is needed on cranberry bogs in Mas- sachusetts until the first week in May; providing a grower removes the winter flood from his bogs in late February or by the middle of March, perhaps earlier, and the daily mean temperature for April is normal or below normal. To project then; if reservoirs, ponds, streams and farm ponds are not restored to normalcy be- fore the coming frost season, it would greatly enhance the chances of a grower getting by with a minimum of frost damage until the middle of May by fol- lowing such a practice. Presumably the water thus saved could be used in the more critical frost period that of May 15th to the middle of June. Peter A. LeSage Peter A. LeSage, founder and head of Peter A. LeSage, distrib- uting agency, which sold under the name of "Pals," made up of his initials died suddenly in St. Petersburg, Florida March 8, where he and Mrs. LeSage were spending the winter. Death fol- lowed an operation. Mr. LeSage, who was born in Boston, had been a resident of the Cape for many years, living at South Yarmouth. He formerly owned considerable bog acreage, which he had sold a few years ago. His cranberry distributing business, which is located in Plymouth was one of the major cranberry distributing businesses in Massachusetts. Mr. LeSage was one of many who fought bitterly at hearings leading to the forma- tion of the Cranberry Marketing Order in 1962. The business will be carried on by Robert Hiller of Mary's Pond Road Rochester, Massachussets. WHEN IT COMES TO FROST PROTECTION REMEMBER THESE 4 IMPORTANT POINTS ABOUT FMC WIND MACHINES 1. THEY REDUCE LABOR COST One man can efficiently operate one or several wind machines. FMC wind machines save the labor cost of a whole crew required for flooding. 2. THEY GIVE IMMEDIATE PROTECTION Switch on the motor and within 3 to 5 minutes, the marsh is receiving effective frost protection. FMC machines have an enviable record for operating reliability too. 3. THEY ELIMINATE FLOODING Water shortages, water damage to fruit, drainage difficulty all dictate against flooding. The FMC wind machine protects by drawing warm air from above and mixing it with cold ground air. Not one drop of water is involved. 4. THEY PRO.V\OTE BETTER FRUIT YIELD AND QUALITY Flood water may damage fruit, wash away pollen, inhibit vig- orous growth. Also, flood water can carry in weed seeds. FMC wind machines eliminate these time and profit consuming drawbacks. Make your own investigation. FMC Wind Machines have a proven record of successful frost protection in cranberry marshes. The savings they can effect in one or two sea- sons will more than justify your investment. Fill in the coupon and mail it today. We'll see that you have com- plete information by return mail. 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). OiTY THIRTEEN NEW JERSEY GROWERS HOLD A PROGRESSIVE 96th ANNUAL WINTER MEETING Use of "Hover-Craft" Among Discussions — Walter Z. Fort Elected President of American Cranberry Growers Association The 96th Annual Winter Meet- ing of the American Cranberry Growers' Association was held on February 10th at the Fire- side Restaurant in Mount Holly, New Jersey, with President Clin- ton Macauley presiding. The meeting was well attended by growers as well as by representa- tives of various agricultural in- terests of the state. Jack S. St. Pierre, of the New Jersey Crop Reporting Service, reported on a new method of obtaining crop estimates. Statis- tical science has been applied to enable more reliable sam- pling, with the probability that estimates in the future will more closely approximate actual har- vest. New Chemical Charles M. Mainland, of the Irrigate more acreage for less money! nmMLf ff TITAN 19 Irrigation Pumping Unit A completely now irrigation unit capable of heads up to 300 H. (130 PSI), or capacities «p to 2600 GPM on a 10-fool luction lift I ROBY'S PROPANE GAS, INC. Carver West Wareham 866-4545 295-:J7:J7 Massachusetts Department of Horticulture and Forestry of Rutgers University, reported on the experimental use of gibberellin to promote set of cranberries. Sprays of this growth regulator induced the set of al- most 100% of the blossoms, al- though the berries were con- siderably smaller than normal. The total weight of the berries in the gibberellin spray plots ex- ceeded that in the check plots not treated with the chemical. Mainland cautioned growers that this material was still only in the experimental stage, that it had no label clearance for use on cranberries, and that there was still much to be learned be- fore it could be used commer- cially. Smaller Bog Sections Fred Mahn, of the Soil Conser- vation Service reported on work that he and his colleague, Wil- liam O'Donnell, have been doing on cranberry bogs. There has been much activity amongst New Jersey cranberry growers in the construction of dikes to divide their bogs up into smaller units to facilitate water harvesting. Mahn offered several tips on bog construction which he illustrated with excellent slides. Illustra- tions were also given on methods of leveling bogs and practical methods of installing water con- trol structures or trunks. An interesting method of stabilizing dikes by the use of jute mesh and weeping lovegrass was dem- onstrated. Kentucky 31 fescue pnd sericea lespedeza have also been used as a plant cover on dams and dikes to prevent erosion Two Pests (ncreasing Phil Marucci, of the Cranberry and Blueberry Research Lab, spoke on cranberry insects and cranberry pollination. He noted Ih'^t two old-time pests, cran- berry girdler and blackhead fire- worm, are making a comeback in New Jersey. The late Anthony DeMarco was stated as having estimated a loss of at least 1,000 barrels as a result of black- headed fireworm attack in 1964. The resurgence of these insects is probably connected with the development of resistance to D.D.T. as well as the increasing tanden-y of growers to draw (he winter flood earlier. The conventional Sparganothis-t i p - worm treatment was shown to be a little bit too late for ef- fective control of blackheaded fireworm. Cranberry girdler was considered to be building up much more rapidly on bogs which were not water harvested. It was also found to be less abundant on bogs which re- ceived regular ground sprays of sevin to control Sparganothis fruitworm. The more intensive use of honey bees on cranberry bogs in New Jersey was con- sidered to be well justified. Data were presented to show that percent set was directly related to bee activity. Interesting data were also presented to show that higher sets are obtained where several varieties grow together and thus provide cross pollination. Bees J. C. Matthenius, Supervisor of Bee Culture, New Jersey De- partment of Agriculture, gave a talk on how to judge a good beehive used for the pollination of cranberries. Matthenius urged closer cooperation with beekeep- ers to obtain maximum benefit from hives and also to prevent excessive kill of bees through careless use of insecticides. Water Resources John M. Hunter, Associate Pro- fessor in Agricultural Policy at Rutgers University, gave a re- view of the recent Symposium on Water Resources in New Jer- sey. Professor Hunter reported that the water supply problem in this State was a very keen one which required long-range plan- ning and cooperation from in- dustrialists and the citizenry. He discussed in detail some of the plans being considered to in- sure an adequate supply of pure potable water for this and fu- ture generations. One of the FOURTEEN We Irrigate Fruits & Vegetables Any wliere In The Free World Williamstown president, David DeGrafF, ^^ shows pumps to customer. Above, ^^ DeGrafF with part of the half million feet of aluminum pipe available at Williamstown. FROST CONTROL! Most of our systems ore engineered, financed and in- stalled within 36 hours of the time you phone. Distributors 26 national lines Irrigation Equipment, Sup- plies: Hale, Jaeger, Marlow, Rain Bird, Buckner, Skinner, Ames, Gormon-Rupp, Speedloc, Alcoa Tubing, Tico, Champion, Rain Control, Ireco, Shure-Rain, CMC, Ravit, Mathieson, Pierce, Valley, Perfection, Flexo-Seal, Wade' Rain, Gould, Myers and Geehn. Easy financing through Alcoa. Reconditioned equipment and rental plans also available. This equipment can double as a frost control unit effec- tive at temperatures as low as 1 8 \ WHOLESALE & RETAIL DESIGN & INSTALLATION MUlAMSTOWN AREA CODE 315 964-2214 IRRIGATION CO. WILLIAMSTOWN, NEW YORK plans entailed piping the ground water of South Jersey to the more populated northern region of the State. This method would probably adversely affect the water supply of New Jersey cranberry growers. He felt that this plan was not at present eco- nomically feasible and that it would be resorted to only if the several reservoir plans for the North Jersey area did not work out. A detailed report of the Rutgers Water Symposium was being published and would be sent to each cranberry grower in the State. That Hover Craft Dr. Allan W. Stretch, Plant Pathologist, U. S. D. A. and Rut- gers University, showed a movie on the application of fungicides with a Hover-craft. This inter- esting equipment, which looks as though it belongs to the next generation, was developed by the Princeton University Department of Aeronautical Engineering which is cooperating with Dr. Stretch in tests to determine the practicability of applying fun- gicides on cranberries. The re- sults obtained, as evidenced by data presented by Dr. Stretch, in- dicates that this machine may have a use in agriculture. Frost Warning Fee to be Raised In a business session the re- port of the Frost Committee was given by Co-Chairmen Isaiah Haines and Joseph Palmer. There were 29 frost calls in the spring of 1965 and 33 in the fall. An analysis of the accuracy of the predicitions of the spring frost calls indicated that the evening forecasts were correct to within 6° in 65% of the warnings. The 24-hour outlook, however, was accurate to the same degree in only 46% of the forecasts. A unanimous vote of thanks was given by the membership to the Frost Committee and the Weather Bureau for their service to grow- ers in providing frost control in- formation. It was unanimously agreed to give the Committee authority to raise the frost fee as high as is necessary to meet the expenses of the teletype and answering services. Committee members serve voluntarily with- out compensation. Ed Lipman Ed Lipman, Delegate of the American Cranberry Growers' Association to the Agricultural Convention, gave a report on these meetings. Mr. Lipman showed concern over the trend toward socialization in the Fed- eral Government and in the com- pulsory nature of the recently proposed legislation on agricultu- ral labor. The New Jersey Farm Bureau was ably representing farmers on these issues. T he ap- propriation of agricultural lands by the State and public utilities through arbitrary use of Eminent Domain was also of great con- cern to the agricultural interests of the State. A thorough revision of these Eminent Domain laws in New Jersey is being actively pro- posed by the New Jersey Farm Bureau. The agricultural inter- ests are also behind the Gov- ernor in his proposal of a broad based tax in New Jersey to eliminate the undue pressure on land owners and farmers. The J I ^399°° $100 Down -Balance Due October 31 carlson mfg. ^ ^ ^ ^ KINGSTON, MASS. 2500 lb. Capacity • 35 Picking Boxes Platform Area: 48 x 78 inches. 35 Picking Bags Engine — /i h.p. Briggs & Stratton with Reduction Unit. Tires — 800:6 - 10 inches wide - 18 inches diameter - 1000 lbs. capacity per tire with only 20 lbs. of air pressure. Frame — 21/4" square tubing Vs" wall thickness. Axles — 1" round cold roll. Tiller — operated tricycle arrangement for ease of reversing and to minimize scuffing. Unit is shown backing up a 5' incline on one of our 16' ramps that can be erected by one man. Average load by bog operators is 25 boxes. SIXTEEN m^ eally the berries for. . mtra/ kler irri 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 IVi" 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 i 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 David Slinger Randolph, Wisconsin Kinnamon Saw i Mower Supply Co. Baraboo, Wisconsin Reinders Brothers, Inc. Elm Grove, Wisconsin John D. Roberts Black River Falls, Wisconsin k me JJ^J, AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT JOHN BEAN DIVISION I Lansing, Michigan SEVENTEEN Agricultural Convention favored a sales tax but would not actively oppose the governor on an in- come tax. 1 966 Officers The election of officers resulted in the following slate: Walter Z. Fort, President Earl Kerschner, 1st Vice Presi- dent Ernest M. Cutt, Jr., 2nd Vice President Paul Eck, Treasurer Philip E. Marucci, Secretary Mr. Fort, Manager of Growers Cranberry Company, and well known for his excellent photo- graphy of cranberries and Pine Barren plants, as well as for his ability as an amateur naturalist, is the first non-cranberry grower to be president of this 97 year old organization. Earl Kerschner is the very able supervisor of the late Anthony R. Demarco cran- berry and blueberry property at Chatsworth. Ernest M. Cutts, Jr., is the son of Ernest M. Cutts, Sr., youngest of the Cutts Bro- thers, prominent blueberry and cranberry growers. Ernest Cutts, Jr., is also the nephew of John E. Cutts, a director of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., as well as Tru-Blu Cooperative Associa- tion. Citation to Enoch F. Bills The cranberry growers were all delighted to hear from Ed Lipman that the Agricultural Convention had published a ci- tation to Enoch F. Bills for dis- tinguished service to New Jersey Agriculture. (This citation is printed in another article.) Editor's Note: The use of Gih- berellin, a growth regulator is also under experimental research at The Massachusetts Cranberry Experiment Station at East Ware- ham by Dr. Robert Devlin, path- ologist. Ocean Spray Build N At Middl eboro New Project to Cost 19 Million and Will Replace Plants at Onset and Hanson Middleboro, Massachusetts has now been definitely determined upon as the site of the new Ocean Spray plant. The entire cost of the pro.iect is estimated at about 19 million dollars. The entire amount is to be borrowed, as studies have shown this to be the most economical method. Edward Gelsthorpe, Executive Vice Pres- ident and General Manager said; economic studies have shown that a new plant to replace the old ones at Hanson and Onset will enable Ocean Spray to return more to the growers than oper- ating the present structures, so grower-members should be re- ceiving more for their crops than at present. It is expected construction will be started in about four months. The plant should be ready for receiving and screening by the fall of 1967 and for processing by the fall of 1968. Location is to be at the Middleboro Industrial Park off Route 28, just to the east of the town. President George C. P. Olsson appeared at a town meet- ing of Middleboro voters and they voted to meet every requirement that Ocean Spray desired. The town voted to borrow a total of $300,000 for improvements at the park, including water and sewage requirements. It is expected the town will be reimbursed in part at least, by funds from Federal and State sources, in grants. An estimate of the water needed has been placed at between four and five million gallons per day. The Onset and Hanson plants will eventually be sold. The Cranberry House lunch will con- tinue this and next year until the new plant is finished and ready for processing. Much of the equipment now in use at Onset and Hanson can be moved and utilized. Mr. Gelsthorpe called a series of regional growers meetings at Continued on page 22 SPRINKLER SYSTEMS ARE OUR BUSINESS Metal or plastic systems are available. The many features of the Ames systems save you dollars and patience. The sprinkler systems that we design we guarantee. In 1966 we will feature the Rainbird Model 14070 in frost control systems. The faster revolving feature of this sprinkler will give the best ice on the bog. We have for you to use in a sprinkler system for frost control or irrigation on your bog . . . Ames aluminum pipe for main line or laterals; Johns- Man ville 80 pound test plastic pipe for laterals; Rainbird Model 14080 sprinklers; special for frost protection — Hale and Marlow engine driven pumps, either gasoline or LP gas; Gould's electric driven pump. We will design and quote on a complete system or any part. As a distribu- tor we have available the quantities you need when you need them. Give us a try. CHARLES W. HARRIS CO., INC. 451 OLD SOMERSET AVENUE NORTH DIGHTON, MASS. 02764 Area Code 617 824-5607 4> * * * * * t * Here's to a juicy year for cranberries. Chloro IPC Herbicide can help you make it two in a row. 1965 was the best year ever for cranberry sales, with juice adding to the usual demands. For another banner production year, protect your new crop from spring weed competition with dependable Chloro IPC Herbicide. This selec- tive weed killer from PPG Chem- icals controls a long list of annual grasses and some broadleaved weeds (see below), with a broad margin of tolerance to dormant cranberry plants. The 20% gran- ules can be applied to dormant established cranberries before bud break, using air or ground equip- ment. Chloro IPC breaks down completely as temperatures rise, to eliminate build-up or carry- over. For details, check your local extension service or write Depart- ment 6625, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Chemical Division, One Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania 15222. Chloro IPC Controls Annual Bluegrass • Bentgrass Bluejoint Grass • Dodder Horsetail • Loosestrife Rushes (Juncus) • Sickle Grass Turkeyfoot Grass • Velvetgrass (Massachusetts recommendations also include haircap moss, sorrel, hairy panic grass, corn grass, barnyard grass, crabgrass, tearthurab, fireweed and mud rush.) chloro Tpc NINETEEN Enoch F. Bills The cranberry growers of New Jersey lost a stalwart friend and benefactor in Enoch F. Bills on February 21. Mr. Bills, aged 83, was a lifelong resident of Bordentown. He was married to the former Elizabeth Cowperth- waite who died many years ago. He was a civil engineer special- izing m structural engineering when, in 1915, he was called to New Egypt to develop the first cranberry procesing company pioneered by his family. He built a factory for this purpose and soon became the principal devel- oper of processed cranberry prod- ucts in this area, using the trade name of Bog Sweets. In 1930 through his efforts a merger with the two canning companies in Massachusetts (A. D. Makepeace and Cranberry Canners) led to the foundation of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. He was a di- rector and manager of the New Jersey division until his retire- ment in 1963. His services, how- ever, were retained by the company as a consultant and advisor until his death. He was a member of the Masonic Order for over 50 years, belonging to the Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 28, A.F. and A.M. of Borden- town, and the Scottish Rite and Crescent Temple of Trenton. He was a Charter Member and an Honorary Life Member of the Kiwanis Club of Bordentown, the Aquatic Club of Bordentown, the Ocean County and Burlington County Boards of Agriculture, and the New Jersey Farm Bu- reau. He was a Charter and Life Member of the Engineers Club of Trenton and a member of the American Society of Engineers — Trenton Section. He was a recipient of many honors. In 1964 Ocean Spray erected a bronze placque as testi- mony of his many contributions to the success of the New Jersey operation. In 1962 he received a citation from the Burlington County Board of Agriculture for his contribution to that organiza- tion. Fortunately, Mr. Bills was still alive and well enough to be able to appreciate the formal citation given to him by the 1966 New Jersey Agricultural Conven- tion. This citation, quoted below, is an indication of the worth to New Jersey cranberry growers of Enoch Bills, but it cannot be- gin to tell of the delightful, charming and gentle person cran- berry growers knew as Enoch Bills. "To recognize outstanding con- tributions of public, service toward the betterment of Agri- culture and rural life in New Jersey, the State Board of Agri- culture since 1932 has designated men and women who have been recommended by their colleagues for distinguished Service Cita- tions. "To be awarded at the 1966 State Agricultural. Convention, the following citation serves as public commendation of the recipient, and expresses the grat- itude of the State Board in the name of all farmers. Charles Pratschler, President New Jersey State Board of Agriculture ENOCH F. BILLS "Your long career of service to New Jersey agriculture, par- ticularly to your fellow cranberry growers, has won wide acclaim. Your lifetime dedication to the betterment of one of the oldest and most important crops is well known. As a grower, distributor, processor, engineer and plant manager you have contributed I Wisconsin Cranberry ( Consultant Service | P.O. Box 429 ! Wisconsin Rapids, Wis, 1 Phone 423-4871 I Wisconsin Distributor for Casoron G-4 granules^ I IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SEE YOUR MILLER DEALER or MILLER FIELDMAN for CASORON MILLER PRODUCTS CO. 7737 N. E. Killingsworth Portland 18, Oregon CASORON IS AVAILABLE IN MASSACHUSETTS from R. F. MORSE & SON West Wareham Tel. 295-1553 TWENTY neiM^J^^waif to smash your spring treed problems before thetg mrti! Here's an unbeatable way to wipe out cranberry-choking weeds this Spring. Use CASORON herbicide. CASORON G-4 granules eliminate ex- pensive, time-consuming hand or mechanical weeding in your bogs. CASORON kills weeds before they spring up to rob your cranberries of available soil moisture and valuable nutrients. Controls perennial and certain annual weeds and grasses. Yet CASORON is the one safe herbicide. CASORON controls heavy, crop-choking stands of weeds but is also economical for use when only a few weeds are present. cieHON DICHLOBENIL WEED & GRASS KILLER a research discovery of N.V. Philips-Duphar and a product development of Tfiompson-Hayw/ard Cfiemical Company. U.S. Patent No. 3,027.248 Remember there's no other chemical quite like CASORON. It's a total program against weeds... but safe enough to use on growing plants and non-irritating to you. Start using CASORON right now. Get in touch with your nearest supplier listed below. Ask him about CASORON, or write Thompson-Hayward direct. Supplies of Casoron and additional information are available from; Wisconsin Cranberry Consultant Serv- ice, P.O. Box 429, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin; Miller Products Co., 7737 N. E. Killingsworth, Portland, Oregon; R. F. Morse & Son, Inc., Cranberry Highway, West Wareham, Massachu- setts; Parkhurst Farm and Garden Supply, 301 Whitehorse Pike, Ham- monton. New Jersey. THOMPSON-HAYWARD CHEMICAL COMPANY P.O. Box 2383, Kansas City, Kansas 66110 TWENTY-ONE generously of your skill and ingenuity. "This is a signiRcant occasion today. You are recognized as a worthy successor to your illustri- ous aunt, Elizabeth F. Lee, who pioneered so effectively in the processing of cranberries. She also was honored with a citation at the Agricultural Convention in 1941 here in this Chamber. With the same vision and initiative, you too have extended the mar- ket and created new ones, thus insuring better returns to our growers and greater renown to our State. "Your counsel and guidance have been sought by countless growers in their efforts to master the culture of this native fruit. You have inspired many to the to build for them a strong coop- erative enterprise, itself a mon- ument to your unsel&sh interest and able leadership. "Before this assembled group of delegates, the members of the State Board of Agriculture desire to express their gratitude to you for your m,any noteworthy con- tributions, and so award to you this CITATION FOR DISTIN- GUISHED SERVICE TO NEW JERSEY AGRICULTURE." He is survived by his sister, Mrs. Henry Crawford, who re- sided with him, and a nephew, Henry E. Crawford of Douglas- ton, L. I., N. Y. "Enoch Bills was one of the elder statesmen of New Jersey Agriculture," commented State Secretary of Agriculture Phil Alampi. "We have lost one of our outstanding leaders who since 1910 had dedicated his career to the advancement of the cranberry industry. Besides becoming a successful grower, he pioneered in the processing of cranberries, thereby extending the marketing season to provide for year-round consumption." NEW PLANT Continued from page 18 Bourne, Hyannis and Monponsett, explaining the new plans to en- thusiastic members. He had re- cently spoken at meetings in Wis- consin and the West Coast. Mr. Gelsthorpe was in a very cheerful mood as to the present and future operations of Ocean Spray, as to product sales and re- turns to growers. He said Ocean Spray could have sold 20,000 barrels more fresh fruit last fall if this had been available. H e spoke highly of the increasing sales of the new apple-cranberry product and of the ever-increa- sing demand for Ocean Spray cranberry juice cocktail. Mrs. Robert Rezin Mrs. Robert Rezin, Sr., 73, of Tomah, Wisconsin, widow of a prominent cranberry grower, died Feb. 23 at Lutheran Hos- pital, LaCrosse, where she had undergone surgery the day be- fore. Mrs. Rezin resided in Nekoosa and Rudolph before going to Tomah. Funeral services were held Feb. 26 at 11 a.m. in St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Tomah, the Rev. John Bigg officiating. In- 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) TWENTY-TWO terment was in Forest Hill Cem- etery at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Rezin, whose maiden name was Edith Herms, was born in Chicago Oct. 7, 1892, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Herms. After coming to Nekoosa as a child, she lived there until her marriage to Mr. Rezin of Cranmoor, May 9, 1912. They farmed in Rudolph for about 25 years before going to Tomah where he established the Rezin marsh. Mr. Rezin preceded his wife in death in December 1958. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Milton Hamm and Mrs. Emery Jagodzinski, both of Wis- consin Rapids; three sons, Clar- ence, John and Robert, all of Tomah; a brother, Albert Herms, RAINBIRD SPRINKLER HEADS FLEX-O-SEAL IRRIGATION PIPE Aluminum and light weight steel irrigation pipe in all conventional lengths and diameters. Rainbird sprinkler heads for any bog setup. VEG-ACRE FARMS V Forestdale, Cape Cod, Mass. Tel. 428-6719 (Supplying irrigation equipment to growers since 1944) Wisconsin Rapids, and four sis- ters, Mrs. Otto Schacht, Marin- ette; Mrs. Arthur Murray, Ne- koosa; Mrs. John Ostruske and Mrs. Caroline Voight. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Coy^tinued frovi Page 6 precipitation was lost to runoff. Nine inches of snow fell in Feb- uary, which is almost 4 inches more than generally occurs in this month. Oxygen Deficiency Problems The snow occurred after some rather severe winter weather which had caused ice thickness of the flood waters on cranberry bogs of about 7 to 9 inches. By the 8th of February an analysis of oxygen samples from several representative bogs showed oxy- gen contents below 5 c.c. per liter on most of them and below 3 c.c. on a few. Growers were in a di- lemma as to what to do about this problem as most did not have enough water to reflow. Fortu- nately, on the 13th of February, very popular and will be mailed PILGRIM SAND & GRAVEL Producers of SAND - GRAVEL - CRUSHED STONE For Sand and Service that Satisfy . . . Call Pilgrim BOG SAND A SPECIALTY The newest and most modern plant Telephones serving South Shore and Cape Cod. 585-3355 - 585-3366 - 585-a377 PLYMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS TWENTY-THREE an unusually heavy rainfall of 2.26 inches occurred which opened up the water on most of the bogs. After this there was a spell of mild weather and the bogs have been largely open since then. It is felt that oxygen defi- ciency damage will not have been severe. February Cooler For the entire month the tem- perature averaged out slightly below normal. The mean temper- ature was 32.4, about 0.3 degrees below the norm. WISCONSIN February a See Saw February was a seesaw month weatherwise with cold and warm and cold and warm each of the four weeks. The cold tempera- tures prevailed with a net tem- perature of three degrees below normal, but warm compared to the bone chilling January. Pre- cipitation was below normal with very little snow, but over an inch of rain fell on the 7th thru 9th which got rid of most of the Jan- uary snow in the southern 2/3rds of the state. At months end only from five to ten inches of snow remained in the far north. Pre- cipitation was about 1.24 com- pared to the average of 1.45 in. Warmest was in the low fifties in the south on the 8th and 9th and coldest was minus 34 i n t h e northwest on the 19th and 20th. The extended outlook for March calls for temperatures and precipi- tation to be normal. Incidentally March came in like a friendly lion with temperatures in the forties. Mild Weather Break-Up The warm weather the second READ CRANBERRIES vyw^^ys^i^AftrtA^i^^n^^w^A^ week along with the rain caused an early breakup of many creeks and rivers in the south half caus- ing ice jams and extensive flood- ing in the lowlands. Widespread fog was also present the entire week. Lack of moisture and very cold weather the third week of the month halted the flooding and allowed the frost to penetrate. Frost depths averaged 22 inches at the end of the month compared to a whopping 40 inches a year ago. Likewise snow cover was almost non-existent in the south- ern two thirds of the state com- pared to 12 to 36 inches in the nothern two thirds one year ago. Ice on the reservoirs was also only about two feet thick com- pared to last year's three foot depths. Some Vine Exposure The mild weather the second week of the month caused some vine exposure on shallow flooded Continued on page 28 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ X ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Need a FINE, VINE LOAN? PCA has the finest, on vines or on your other needs for the coming year. Money when you need it is the PCA creed for cranberry growers. Advan- tages to you growers are many. PCA fieldmen understand your operations . . . understand why you need low cost money to expand, sand, vine, put in sprinklers, repair or replace equipment and finance your harvest. So starting with vines, everything will be fine when you visit your PCA office. PCA simple interest loans are the berries. Find out for yourself this week ! PRODUCTION CREDIT ASSOCIATIONS MAUSTON ANTIGO LUCK MEDFORD WAUSAU TOMAH MARSHFIELD STEVENS POINT BARRON RICE LAKE LADYSMITH BLACK RIVER FALLS ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦»♦♦♦ ♦^ TWENTY-FOUR Come on up the ladder with us ' CRAN8«B8r^0«*^^^ Things look pretty good for the climb. We've got products that are tops. A fine name in Dean's Indian Trail. A lot of ambition. And a willingness to try new ideas. To a grower this is important. With Dean's Indian Trail you get an advance on your crop at the be- ginning of harvest. And, at your option, the balance shortly after delivery. And there's this most impor- tant factor in our program for growers. It links you with a large, well-known, respected company with strong adver- tising and merchandising programs that sell cranberry products. And more each year. Dean's Indian Trail... the big new name in the cranberry business. Dean^s Imtia/ytT/uiifi' p. O. Box 710 • Wisconsin Rapids • Wisconsin 54494 TWENTY-FIVE -0 ■o c 3 10 O ^ (A 0) ^ 0) ^ (/> u */> k J2 0) 3 > */) m 3 -a O c ^ (0 u <0 0> •s t- u «/> a> ^ C 3 fO V) E k 3 IV O M ^ < M ^ X ^ c o M 0) E E M •1- *• E 1m o 0 «/) MN TWENTY-SIX (jdJtT^sjal^ ISSUE OF AAARCH, 1966 VOL. 30, No. 11 {^ ^;^^<»«^M^^ THE GOOD FEELING OF SPRING AND THE CRANBERRY INDUSTRY Spring has officially come and after a winter, which always seems long and kind of dispiriting, everybody feels better about everything. The water is off or is going off the bogs and marshes, and growers are eager to get going into the active season of cranberry growing. In the 30 years we have been publishing, we have never seen growers as a whole more cheerful about the future of the cran- berry industry and more eager to improve their properties. This is very natural, as the 1965 crop was the all-time record and returns this past year were the best in a dozen years or so. The optimism is concretely proven by the fact that Ocean Spray plans to spend about 19 million in a new plant in Massachusetts. This may be a puny sum as the Government and Big Business spends, but it is a lot for the cranberry industry, and if the future did not justify it the hard-headed leaders in Ocean Spray would scarcely authorize such an expenditure. New bog is being put in to some extent in all areas. The growers, especially in Massachusetts, are putting in more sprinkler systems, and, we suspect, making other in- vestments in their properties which reflect the good feeling throughout the industry. About the only flaw we can see is that it is now forecast that the great Eastern drought, especially in Massachusetts, may continue another year into its fifth consecu- tive year, but the new sprinkler systems will do much to offset this. An agricultural industry cannot help being healthy when it can produce its record crop and sell this at satisfactorv re- turns to the producers, and when there was really a scarcity of fruit available instead of the surplus which has been dogging the industry for a number of years. Yes, we believe "the goose hangs high" for the cran- berry grower at the present moment. 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 Oregon FRED HAGELSTEIN Coquille, Oregon Washington AZMI Y. SHAWA Junior Horticulturalist and Extension Agent in Horticulture Long Beach, Washington Massachusetts DR. CHESTER E. CROSS Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station East Wareham, Massachusetts New Jersey P. E. MARUCCI New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station New Lisbon, New Jersey The industry learned to its sorrow this month of the passing of two prominent and respected members. The first was that of Enoch F. Bills of Bordentown, New Jersey, and the second Peter A. LeSage of South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Mr. Bills was a tower of strength to the industry in New Jersey and active in the cooperative field. Mr. LeSage was an independent cranberry grower and distributor. TWENTY-SEVEN Continued from page 24 beds or recently sanded beds coupled with the rain. Exposed vines were reflowed prior to the following severe cold and sanded beds were recapped. Sanding operations were coming to an end by the middle of the month al- though dyke and road work con- tinued. Most marshes in the south were wasting excess water the last 3 weeks of the month. WASHINGTON March Comes in Like Lion March entered the Pacific Northwest like a lion, in con- trast to the East. Winds have blown and rain descended in torrents. February Tough Month February proved to a "teaser" of spring, but the winter re- turned with a total precipitation of 7.89 inches and low tempera- tures for the time of year. But there was not as much rain as a year ago February when the month totalled 13.04. The most rain come on the fifth with 1.30 inches. Sprinklers Used Spring pruning is about com- pleted on the bogs. Some of the growers were still applying dor- mant fungicides during March. There were bog lows on the first, second and fifth of March and growers were forced to sprinkle for frost protection. Since de- velopment of vines had started the danger could have been harmful. February Temperalues The actual high for February was 62 degrees on the 21st with a low of 25 on the 14th with a bog low of 22. The mean actual high for the month was 62 de- grees. The mean high was 50.2 and mean low was 36.9. Hail Storm March came in with a fiurry of snow with up to two inches in some areas. But this soon melted. There was also a hard hail storm for about 15 minutes on March 7. Soil Tests Show Fertilizer Needs The soil test project is con- tinuing with several growers get- ting surprising results and they are becoming convinced that they need to supply fertilizers in vari- ous amounts to replenish their bog soil. The program is to apply one half of the recommended amount needed, in April at the "popcorn" stage, and the other half in July. Dr. Carl Johanson of the Wash- ington State University is to speak to meetings of Grayland and Long Beach areas on March 15th and 16th. His topic will be "Bee Population in regard to Cranberries." 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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 JBRAHX - SERIAIS SBCTim :mrsRsiTy (f mss. (d 3758) iSHERST, mss. 0CL003 This fellow knocked them silly on the battlefield, but he's a total loss at a tea party. At Ocean Spray we eat, sleep and live cran in short, we're Cranberry specialists. For information about Cooperative Members in Ocean Spray, contact any Director or Staff member in your growing area. ■RENCH STCCKBniDGE BOWDITCH 1/ Ocean spray. CRANBERRI ■RVING A $40,000,000 A YEAR INDUblRY I^NT Si SOIL SCIENCK LIHRAI ^^■V\OHAL CRANBERRY M4e47,yyf I^PE COD EW JERSEY l«VISCONSIN OREGON WASHINGTON CANADA ROBERT A. GOTTSCHALK of Cranmoor, Wisconsin. (CRANBERRIES Photo) 40 Cents APRIL, 1966 DIRECTORY For CRANBERRY GROWERS The CHARLES W. HARRIS: Company 451 Old Somerset Avenue North Dighton, Mass. Phone 824-5607 AMES Irrigation Systems RAIN BIRD Sprinklers HIGHEST QUALITY PRODUCTS WITH SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OVER 43 YEARS OF SERVICE TIRES NO TAXES SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Flotafion Tires For Soft Wet Sandy Soil Airplane and other flotation tires many different sizes - 15", 16", 20", etc. 1050 X 16 NEW Smooth Tread Extremely Flexible - Rec. Air Pressure 8 lbs. Sponge Rubber will not $Q^.50 hurt cranberries. 31" hi. ^' 12" wide-Tire & Tube Write or Call for sizes not listed Send check or money order for 25%-balance c.o.d. freight collect Tel. (617) 889-2035—889-2078 Gans Surplus Tire Co. 1000 - Dept. C - Broadway, Chelsea, Massachusetts Electricity — key to progress In industry as well as the home, electricity has been a vital key to progress. It is now and will continue to be in the future, readily available wherever and whenever it is needed. NEW BEDFORD GAS AND EDISON LIGHT COMPANY PLYMOUTH DIVISION PLYMOUTH, MASS. The National Bank of Wareham Convanicntly locatc^l for Cranberry Man Funds always available for sound loans Complete Banking Service BROKER REAL ESTATE OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS • 37 Years Selling Cranberry Properties • LISTINGS WANTED 500 Second -Hand Picking Boxes for Sale THEO THOMAS MAIN STREET NORTH CARVER, MASS. Tel. UNion 6-3351 EQUIPMENT HAYDEN - SEPARATOR - WAREHAM, MASS. Irrigation Systems PUMPS SEPARATORS - BLOWiERS SCREENHOUSE EQUIPMENT DARLINGTON PICKING MACHINES Extensive Experience in ELECTRICAL WORK ALFRED PAPPI At Screenhouics, Bogs and Putnpg Maani Satisfaction WARBHAM, MASS Tel. CY 9-200e Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Indian Trail Co. in New Quarters Headquarters of Indian Trail Cranberry Co. has been moved from the Mead-Witter Building to the Badger Shopping Center, 1353 8th St. S., Wisconsin Rapids. Joseph Hoelting, general man- ager, said the change was made to obtain larger quarters and more convenient parking facil- ities, especially for truck drivers who must report to the office for orders during the shipping season. Indian Trail, which has seven full time employees, had been in the downtown location since 1948 when the company was formed. It now is a division of Green Bay Foods, a subsidiary of Dean Foods Co. of Chicago. Half of the Badger Shopping Center space formerly occupied by the Whitting Discount Store has 'X)een leased by Indian Trail and remodeled into office quar- ters. I— i— #^#^ Western Pickers Sales. Parts and Repairs Authorized Agent ORDER NOW J. E. BRALEY & SON MACHINE SHOP 78 Gibbs Avenue Wareham, Mass. HAVE YOUR REPAIRS DONE NOW 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 ONE IMPORTANT NOTICE Effective Immediately CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE has a new mailing ad- dress to be used for all correspondence and re- mittances as follows: Cranberries Magazine Box 70 Kingston, Mass. 02360 Deadline for copy will be the lOth Publication date will be the 15th of each month. LULU ISLAND, B. C. MAY HAVE 18,000 BARRELS THIS YEAR Norman V. Holmes of New Westminster, British Columbia, formerly of Carver, Mass., was a visitor here in the East this month. He is now completing about 120 acres of new bog on Lulu Island, New Westminster, having formed a new company, known as the Columbia Cran- berry Company, Ltd. Last fall the total barrelage of Lulu Island was approximately 15,000, its largest production to date and this fall Mr. Holmes es- timates it will be two or three thousand more. He also estimates, as he has all along, that by 1970 Lulu will be growing about 50,- 000 barrels on an annual basis. SHARON BOX COMPANY, INC. SHARON, MASSACHUSETTS ESTABLISHED 1856 We Will Buy Your White Pine Logs Either Standing or Cut • Highest Prices Paid • Sawmill located at North Carver, Mas*. Office Phones: Sharon. SU 4-2011 Carver UN 6-2234 Copfer Applicafion Casoron Granules In Washington Frank Glenn, owner of Cran- guyma Farms at Long Beach, Washington has covered 40 acres of his bog with Casoron granules apphed by helicopter. The en- tire job was done in about an hour, as against an estimated four- day walking application on the surface. There was a reported high uni- formity of application by the copter, with a maximum 120 foot swath, and no lapover or skipping of the chemical. Work was done by the Ever- green Copter, Inc. which is re- puted to have spent more than a million dollars in experiments of copter application of granular chemicals. CRANBERRY GROWERS Now Unloading - 1 Carload Redwood Flume Lumber 2x4 2x6 2x8 2x10 Square Edge or can be matched on order - Also 4x4 4x6 6x6 6x8 and 3x3 Timbers Our Middleboro yard has been closed as a retail yard. Our complete stock of Redwood will be at our East Freetown yard on and after April 1st. Complete miUmg faciliticN available. PHONE 763-8811 - - 947-2300 E. W. GOODHyE LUMBER Co., Inc. End of Cambridge Street (Off Route 44) Middleboro, Mass. Only Four of Ten In Mass. Keeping J Quality Forecast Weather records to date show four of a possible ten factors in favor of keeping quality of the 1966 cranberry crop in Massa- chusetts. If April or May are cooler or drier than normal, the quality prospects this year should be good. Bogs that often produce weak fruit should be treated with fungicides (see the Insect and Disease Control Chart). "Late water" may be used to conserve dwindling water supplies and usually results in superior quality fruit. READ CRANBERRIES iass. Cranberry Station and Field Notes by IRVING E. DEMORANVILLE Extension Cranberry Specialist Club Meetings The March series of cranberry club meetings were held at King- ston on March 15, Rochester, March 16 and Barnstable, March 17. Dr. Robert Devlin discussed "Possible Solutions to Some Cran- berry Problems." "Bob" gave some of his thoughts about re- search that he plans on weed control and increasing cranberry production. Prof. William Tom- linson's topic was "Cranberry In- sects" in which he discussed changes in the Insect Control Chalet and discussed girdler. Dr. "Wes" Miller presented some of his data on "Pesticide Persistence and Translocation," pesticides dis- cussed were casoron, dieldrin and parathion. Much of this work is still in the preliminary stages showing up. Prof. "Stan" Norton presented information on "Bulk Storage of Cranberries." "Stan" discussed the results of his work storing cranberries in various types of bulk containers under differing storage conditions and also his ideas for a truck-mounted loader for bulk containers or pallet loads of field boxes. The writer spoke on a variety of topics including weed control. The club elected officers for the new season. The South Shore Club in Kingston elected "Larry" Cole, president, Alden Alber- ghini, vice-president and "Bob" Alberghini, secretary - treasurer. The Southeastern Massachusetts Club in Rochester re-elected "Bob" St. Jacques, president, "Dave" Mann, vice-president and Russell Hiller, secretary-treasurer. The Cape Cod Club re-elected Carleton Collins, president, Ray- mond Thatcher, vice president, Mrs. Hollidge, secretary and Vic- tor Adams, treasurer. Frost Service The Cape Cod Cranberry Grow- ers Association is again sponsor- ing the telephone frost warning service. The telephone answering service at the Cranberry Station will also be in operation again this season. The answering ser- vice number is Wareham 295- 2696 and is not listed in the telephone directory, being inten- ded only for the use of the cran- berry growers. The radio stations will supplement the above ser- vices and are listed below. Station Place A.M. F.M. Afternoon Evening 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 1420 k. 97.3 mg. 3:30 9:00 C. Cr L. EQUrPMENT CO. 1209 MAIN STREET ACUSHNET. MASS. Cranberry Bog Service PRUNING RAKING FERTILIZING WEED TRIMMING Macliinery 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 CHOICE OF IRRIGATION SUCTION EQUIPMENT ABC • UTILITY WRITE: W. R. AMES CO. Dept. CRl 451 1 E. Osborne Ave. • Tampa, Florida Phone:626-1154 1001 Dempsey Rd. • Milpitas, California Phone: 262-1000 THREE 3e=S=iS=Qrft=S=arse=S=iS=S&:lS=a::l»£:ft: Repairs on all makes Specializing in Chrysler-built cars Chrysler - Plymouth Valiant and S/mca SALES and SERVICE Robt. W. Savary, Inc. East Wareham, Mass. Telephone 295-3530 Preliminary Keeping Quality Forecast Weather records to date show four of a possible ten factors in favor of keeping quahty of the 1966 cranberry crop in Massa- BULLDOZERS CRANES chusetts. If April or May are cooler or drier than normal, the quality prospects this year should be good. Bogs that often produce weak fruit should be treated with fungicides (see the Insect and Disease Control Chart). "Late water" may be used to conserve dwindling water supplies and usually results in superior quality fruit. Weather March went into the record books at about 2 degrees a day above normal. The month had only three brief cold periods and the rest of the month was quite good. It was an excellent month for getting work done around the bogs. Precipitation totalled 2.31 inches which was only about 50 percent of the average. One-half of the precipi- tation for the month occurred in the first five days. Snowfall was 4.1 inches, all in one storm on the 12th and 13th, and only stayed on the ground for about 3 days. Odds & Ends The "average farm operator" in 1066 will manage a farm unit LOADERS TRUCKS of 350 acres, which is 20 per- cent larger than 7 years ago. World food production rose 1V2% percent in 1965 over 1964, hut world population increased faster. Fresh cranberries in window boxes are more in demand in markets in the East and South, but the film bags are more pop- ular in the Midwest. No pref- erence shown in the West. A quotation from Confucius overheard the other day that seems very appropriate at this time of year. "There is no fer- tilizer more beneficial than the' footsteps of the owner."' i !!BIII For Sale SPRINKLER SYSTEM RAIN BIRD HEADS ' Mrs. Milton Garside 220 Main Street Marshfield, Mass. (May be seen on the premises) Telephone 834-8331 EQUIPPED TO HANDLE YOUR BOG NEEDS LOUIS LECONTE P & L CO. CARVER, MASS. 866-4402 ts=g3=3j;;53=35:3«]=3553=3J=5J=35^^ Farm Credit Service V,n\ 7, Taunton, Mass., 0278"> Tel. fil7 824-7578 h 'I • J> Production Credit Loans ;; Land Bank Mortgages |; i: OITice — :^r,2. Route 44 ^ RAYNHAM, MASS. Warren R. Arnold, Manager r^s#s#v#^#vr«>#^#^#>#s^ Issue of May 1966 -Vol. 30, No. 12 FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C J. H Snow March 12 Most of the first part of March was "Marchlike" with some high winds and temperatures a num- ber of times high in the fifties. Then on the 12th winter took another swipe at the cranberry area, the temperature declining sharply and heavy snow was dum{jed over the area, with depths varying from 3 to 6 inches. Total of snow at the Cran- berry Station was measured at 4.1 inches, equal to less than a half inch of rain, but still helpful. The middle of March brought in the usual March varieties of weather, but mostly rainless, un- fortunately. There was a low of 5 above on a Carver bog on March 5th and for the next two days temperature highs were in the 50's and 60's. It was a bit breezy but a preview of beau- tiful spring to come. First Day of Spring The official first day of spring March 20 was preceeded by a light rain and was less like spring than the preceeding weather had been. The day was mild, but cloudy and foggy. How- ever, the ice had all gone from ponds and reservoirs and the frost from the ground. The first days of official spring were warm and very spring- like. There was gentle spring rain on the 22nd. March Warmer March was turning out to be a warmer than normal month. the excess degrees on the 2Srd being 90. Early spring flowers were in bloom and the green was just beginning to show up. However, bogs, which were ex- posed in greater acreage earlier than usual, were still dormant. The 24th and the 25th again brought light spring showers, helpful but not enough to raise the low water tables. March, which came in like a lamb went out with some growls, with raw, cloudy weather and a cold rain on the last day. Month Slightly Warmer However, as a month the 31 days were about two degrees warmer than normal, putting the month on the warm side. But, as for rainfall, this fell into the deficient side, the total, as measured at the State Bog, being only 2.36 inches, average is 4.39. Thus March did httle to sweeten up the water supplies, although the first two months had showed a slight plus. OREGON Frosts in March Spring frost control began in March. More and more growers are installing automatic and thermostatic starters on their systems. More Bog Work Much work has been going on in the bogs than usual, the in- centive being the good returns growers have been receiving for their crops. The work has in- cluded pruning, sanding and ditch cleaning. 5?rQrici!rsc=£=s&=S=s=iS=ft=a=i<:=£=Ka£i^^ 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 Hubbard INSECTICIDES FUNGICIDES HERBICIDES AVAILABLE ON THE CAPE FROM R. C. Mossman Horticultural Sales West Bridgewater, Mass. Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. m^^mKm % Northeast Region WATERBURY, CONN. IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT for frosf control and irriqation SOLID SET BOG ALL ALUMINUM IRRIGATION SYSTEMS Johns Manville Plastic Pipe and Fittings LARCHMONT ENGINEERING LEXINGTON, MASS. VO 2-2550 March was a wet month, with rain nearly every day. When the sky cleared temperature dropped to below freezing and sprinklers were started up. Conditions have been favor- able, according to Ray Bates of Bandon and a good crop should be produced this fall. NEW JERSEY After two successive months of greater than normal rainfall, the weather resumed the recent pat- tern of drought. Only 1.37 inches, or about 2 inches less than nor- mal rainfall, occurred in March. The total for 1966 through March is 9.43 inches. This differs very little from the totals during the first three months of the two last bad drought years; in 1964 it was 9.13 inches and in 1965 it was 9.37 inches. Normal for this period is 9.76 inches. Flood water on cranberry bogs stayed unfrozen for almost the entire month as temperatures re- mained relatively mild. The thermometer was in the 50s on 15 days, in the 60 on 5 days, and in the 70s on 2 days. The lowest maximum daily reading was 40 degrees. The lowest minimum reading was 17 degrees. WISCONSIN March Wettest Yet March came in like a lamb and left like a lion, along with being one of the wettest on record and also considerably warmer than average. Precipitation for the month, mostly in the form of rain, was about 41/2 inches com- pared to the average IV2 inches. Temperatures averaged from five to seven degrees above the nor- mals. Rain or snow was recorded on 19 days throughout the month. Total rainfall to date is now al- most seven inches compared to the average to this date of about 31/2 inches. Warmest day of the month was 74 on St. Pat- rick's day and the low was 2 above on the 25th. It was above freezing on all but two days of the month. It also was the first Continued on Page 32 The Robert Gottschalks Have Cranberry Antecedents in Both Families Gottschalk Operates Large Marshes at Cranmoor — Was One of the First to Use Bulk Harvesting Method By CLARENCE J. HALL Both Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Gottschalk of Cranmoor, Wisconsin have a family cranberry background. "Bob" Gottschalk operates the 75 acre marsh of Gottschalk Cranberry, Inc. He also owns the "North Marsh" of 17 acres, also in Cranmoor, a mostly run-out marsh which he hopes to rebuild. His father is August F. Gottschalk, a former Wisconsin Rapids merchant and grocer, who also operated a general store at nearby Port Edwards. August bought and sold cranberries for his customers in the Rapids and at Port Edwards. In his early days deliveries were made to the cranberry marshes and that was probably where "Bob" got his first interest in cranberries. His grandfather was Rufus McFarland, who was part Scotch, a river pilot and early "Wisconsin cranberry grower. Mrs. Gottschalk's grandfather was Richard Rezin, pioneer of the prominent Rezin cranberry growing family in Wisconsin, and her father was Lloyd Rezin, also a cranberry grower. Live on Marsh The Gottschalks live in a pleas- ant home on their marsh, with a large picture window giving a view of their main marsh. This marsh is known as the old Foley marsh, called the East marsh containing 25 acres. This marsh is entirely set to Searles. The West marsh is of 50 acres and Bob is engaged in rebuilding this. This marsh has some Natives, some Searles and Bob has planted Ben Lears for early harvesting. These vines origin- ally came from one of the earli- est marshes in Wisconsin, the so- called Berlin Marsh near Berlin, Wisconsin and were planted in a small plot on the Lester Cran- berr.v Company marsh. These vines were carefully selected from the Lester Cranberry Com- pany marsh and transplanted to the Biron marsh (Nash). Then the late Dr. Neil Stevens, Dr. F. B. Chandler and others decided at that time, that they would not be suitable for fresh fruit, and as little processing was done then in Wisconsin; only the pies and seconds were being sold for processing. Because of their dark color at harvest, the Ben Lears can im- mediately be shipped to the Ocean Spray plant at North Chicago to be made into juice. It was Tony Jonjak who had taken these vines from a ten- foot square plot at Biron and tr-ansplanted them to his own marsh at Hayward in northern Wisconsin to propagate and to be sold commercially. After about ten years he had enough to sell ro that in 1959 Gottschalk and Roy Potter bought vines and each planted four acres of the Ben Lears at Cranmoor Marsh Sprinkled The marsh is flowed from the Wisconsin River River. In 1964 Gottschalk put in 19 acres of sprinklers, these having Rain Bird heads. Last year the bal- ance of the marsh was put under sprinkler. Gottschalk contributes plots on his marsh for experimental use by the University of Wisconsin and both Dr. Malcolm N. Dana and Dr. Donald Boone have made satisfying use of these plots, Dr. Dana on weed control and Dr. Eoone on fungicides. Gottschalk's dusting is done by airplane. He is using the James Miles Air Service of Hartford, Mr. and Mrs. Gottschalk in their Yard. (CRANBERRIES Photo) the Gottschalk Marsh, showing Sprinkler Head. (CRANBERRIES Photo) m^i-' * , Another view of the (iottschalk Marsh. (CRANBERRIES Photo) Wisconsin. A Stearman bi-plane has been remodelled so that it can carry a maximum amount of fertilizer or insecticides. Gotts- chalk fertilizes twice a year put- ting on about 200 pounds to the acre per application, the mixture used being 7-28-14S. This is done in April and just as the berries are setting. For production his East marsh averages about 4000 barrels a year. He harvests with three Dana-Getsinger pickers. He har- vests in a little different manner than do most Wisconsin growers by going around and around a bed rather than always in the same direction. pleted her requirements for a Bachelor's degree at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin. Afterwards she taught American History and related subjects. The Gottschalks have two sons, Jon 20 years, who is attending Wisconsin State University and Guy 16 years, who is a junior at Wayland Academy at Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Hobby is Curling The hobby of the Gottschalks is a rather unusual one, at least for most of the country. It is curling, that ancient game played on ice with a heavy stone and broom. There is a curling club at Port Edwards to which the Gottschalks belong, along with the Wayne Duckarts, Irving Ben- netts, Newell Jaspersons and Dan Rezins, all cranberry growers in the town of Cranmoor. This is a sport that can be played in the long cold Wisconsin winters, when there is not much to be done on the marshes. Bob is a former secretary and treasurer of this club. A poem by Mr. Rufus E. Mac- Farland, maternal grandfather of Mr. Gottschalk follows: Used Bulk Boxes Bob was the first to use bulk wooden boxes, 4 feet by 4 feet by 4 feet, handled with fork lifts in shipping his crop to Ocean Spray. He has a warehouse of considerable size but plans to build a new one. His North marsh across the highway from his other properties is an old "wild native marsh" started in 1888 before the present Milwaukee Railroad was put through. Mrs. Gottschalk a Teacher Gottschalk was born in Wis- consin Rapids in 1913. His early schooling was there, grade and high school. Then he attended Ripon College at Ripon, Wiscon- sin and finished at Northwestern University at Evanston, Illinois, taking a business course and re- ceiving a Bachelor's degree. For the past 14 years he has been and is assessor of the Town oi Cranmoor. He is a member of the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers' Association, and a past president of this association, and was a director of the former Mid- West Cranberry Cooperative. He is an alternate member on the Advisory Board of Wisconsin Cranberry Marketing Order. Mrs. Helen E. Gottschalk attended school at Cranmoor and Nekoosa. She attended Wisconsin State University at Stevens Point, tak- ing a teachers' course and com- CRANBERRY PICKING TIME Don't you think that city folks would think it very cute. To go upon the cranberry marsh to see them pick the fruit. If the men would take along their daughters and their wives, They would hid good-by to all resorts the balance of their lives. When you go upon the meadow before the work is begun Where every dewdrop sparkles like diamonds in the sun; The grass appears as beautifrd as waves on inland seas, Golden rod and buttercups are nodding in the breeze. It surely is a sight to see on the bogs we pass, Each berry tries to hide itself beneath the moss and grass. They act like timid peoj^le as if they were afraid. When you bring them to the light they blush like a bashful maid. Continued on Page 32 '^^fi^^^ , .'"' mm Big Hale pump for sprinkler system. (CRANBERRIES Photo) NINE f^ I. Stanley Cobb, new publisher of CRANBERRIES (left), and Clarence J. Hall, former editor and publisher, pass papers of agreement, while Donald Chartier, new editor, looks on. (CRANBERRIES Photo) 'Cranberries' Magazine Under New Management Clarence J. Hall, Founder, Retires CRANBERRIES, with this issue is sold to a new publisher. It was established May, 1936 and since that time has been published and edited by Clarence J. Hall, ably assisted as associate editor by his wife, Mrs. Edith S. Hall at Wareham, Massachusetts. The new owner and publisher is'. Comor Publishers, I. Stanley Cobb, president, 236 Main Street, Kingston, Massachusetts 02360. Telephone area code 617 585-2310. Mr. Cobb will be handling advertising and subscriptions and other matters relating to CRANBERRIES. New mailing address for all correspondence and remittances will be as follows: Cranberries Magazine P.O. Box 70 Kingston, Massachusetts 02360 Associated with Mr. Cobb is Donald Chartier, who will be act- ing the capacity of editor. Mr. Chartier's address is 30 Sewell Street, Brockton, Mass. Telephone 617—588-4595. For the past two years Cobb has been the printer of the mag- azine since the sale of the Ware- ham, Mass. Courier printing plant. This has given Mr. Cobb considerable insight into the pub- lishing of CRANBERRIES, and into the cranberry industry. Mr. Cobb has been in the print- ing business all his life. He was born in Boston in 1928 and after graduation from high school he went into printing. For several years he worked on newspapers in West Brookfield and Rockland, Mass. He then worked in com- mercial printing plants acquiring a well rounded knowledge of the business. In 1955, Mr. Cobb established a commercial printing business in his home in Kingston. He later acquired an associate, Mr. Walter Morlock, moved into a new build- ing and in 1962 the business was incorporated as Cobb Printing, Inc. Mrs. Harriet Cobb is a native of Kingston and the daughter of Dr. Harry G. Briggs. She was at one time employed for a period of 11 years by Ocean Spray Cranberries, being secre- tary to Mr. John F. Harriott, who at that time was assistant treas- urer of the cooperative. This gives her a valuable familiarity with names of growers end a general knowledge of the industry. Mr. and Mrs. Cobb have two children, Deborah and Donald. The couple attend the Mayflower Congregational Church of King- ston of which Mr. Cobb is a deacon. They devote much of their spare time to work of the church in various activities. In 1965 Mr. Cobb, deciding to get away from the job printing business, retired from the firm and organized Comor Publishers for the purpose of publishing and Here's to a juicy year for cranberries. Chloro IPC Herbicide can help you malte it two in a row. 1965 was the best year ever for cranberry sales, with juice adding to the usual demands. For another banner production year, protect your new crop from spring weed competition with dependable Chloro IPC Herbicide. This selec- tive weed killer from PPG Chem- icals controls a long list of annual grasses and some broadleaved weeds (see below), with a broad margin of tolerance to dormant cranberry plants. The 20% gran- ules can be applied to dormant established cranberries before bud break, using air or ground equip- ment. Chloro IPC breaks down completely as temperatures rise, to eliminate build-up or carry- over. For details, check your local extension service or write Depart- ment 6625, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Chemical Division, One Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania 15222. Chloro IPC Controls Annual Bluegrass • Bentgrass Blucjoint Grass • Dodder Horsetail • Loosestrife Rushes (Juncus) • Sickle Grass Turkcyfoot Grass • Velvetgrass (Massachusetts recommendations also include haircap moss, sorrel, hairy panic grass, corn grass, barnyard grass, crabgrass, tearthumb, fireweed and mud rush.) chloro Tpc ELEVEN printing magazines and books. This year the company handled three large annual tov^Ti reports. Cranberries is the first major periodical. Mr. Chartier was born in Marl- boro, Mass. in 1923. Attending parochial school he was taught French as well as English. His school athletics were basketball and track. He worked for some years as make-up editor and printer on the Marlboro daily. He attended Boston University, taking courses in public relations and communications. Mrs. Chartier is the former Josephine Paulino of Hudson, Mass. The Chartiers are the par- ents of six children. Mr. Chartier is currently em- ployed at the Veterans Adminis- tration Hospital, Brockton, where he is a recreation therapist. Among his duties there include editor of the patient newspaper. Don also does art work for the publication. During the Second World War he was in service in the 101st Airborne Division, training at Fort Benning, Georgia, and then serving in active duty in Europe. Don is interested in pho- tography and has done devel- oping of negatives and prints. He is interested in art as a hobby. His wife has been a teacher in the public schools and conducts her own kindergarten. So, both men, like your for- mer editor and publisher have long been familiar with the smell of printers' ink. While the transition of owner- ship is in progress, Mr. Hall will continue with CRANBER- RIES in the capacity of con- sultant and may be reached by mail at Box 32, Wareham, Mass. 02571 or telephone 617—295-9533. He will also contribute some ar- ticles as certain material has al- ready been gathered. There is to be no drastic change in policy or editorial content. But the future will be approached with possibly an improved maga- zine with fresher eyes and younger blood in charge. GELSTHORPE ELECTED TRUSTEE OF ALMA MATER Edward Gelsthorpe, executive vice president and chief executive officer of Ocean Spray Cranber- ries, Inc., has been named a trustee of Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y. He is a 1942 graduate of the institution. Attention Growers ! ! for your Spring weed control we offer water white KEROSENE "GRADE A" metered trucks STODDARD SOLVENT SUPERIOR FUEL COMPANY Wareham, Mass. Tel. 295-0093 PILGRIM SAND & GRAVEL Producers of SAND - GRAVEL - CRUSHED STONE For Sand and Service that Satisfy . . . Call Pilgrim BOG SAND A SPECIALTY The newest and most modern phinl Telephones servdng South Shore and Cape Cad. 585-3355 - 585-3366 - 585-3377 PLYMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS Frank D. Costello Frank D. Costello, a long time cranberry grower of South Car- ver, Mass. died at St. Luke's Hospital, Middleboro March 26. He was 77. Mr. Costello was treasurer and general manager of the big Crane Brook Cranberry Company with headquarters in South Carver. He was born in Boston, the son of James J. Costello and Catherine M. O'Brien. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Atwood Cos- tello, a son James Costello of Monterrey, California and a brother, Charles L. Costello of Cincinnatti, Ohio, six grandchil- dren and three great grandchil- dren. He was a member of the Mid- dleboro Lodge of Elks, a charter member of the South Carver Grange, a director of the Mid- dleboro Cooperative Bank since 1936^ and was president of the Carver Old Home Day Association. He was one of the founders of the Atwood-Costello Chevrolet of Middleboro. He was a long time winter resident of Vero Beach, Florida, where he was a mem- ber of the Vero Beach Country Club. A requiem of High Mass was held March 30 at Our Lady of Lourdes Church of Carver and interment was at Central Ceme- tery, Carver. VOLTA OIL CO. Distributor of the Famous TEXACO WATER WHITE KEROSENE For your Bog STODDARD SOLVENT Tel. 746-1340 Route 44, Samoset St. Plymouth, Mass. WHEN IT COMES TO FROST PROTECTION REMEMBER THESE 4 IMPORTANT POINTS ABOUT FMC WIND MACHINES 1. THEY REDUCE LABOR COST One man can efficiently operate one or several wind machines. FMC wind machines save the labor cost of a whole crew required for flooding. 2. THEY GIVE IMMEDIATE PROTECTION Switch on the motor and within 3 to 5 minutes, the marsh is receiving effective frost protection. FMC machines have an enviable recoi'd for operating reliability too. 3. THEY ELIMINATE FLOODING Water shortages, water damage to fruit, drainage difficulty all dictate against flooding. The FMC wind machine protects by drawing warm air from above and mixing it with cold ground air. Not one drop of water is involved. 4. THEY PROMOTE BETTER FRUIT YIELD AND QUALITY Flood water may damage fruit, wash away pollen, inhibit vig- orous growth. Also, flood water can carry in weed seeds. FMC wind machines eliminate these time and profit consuming drawbacks. Make your own investigation. 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He said specifications for the building are to be completed soon and the construction con- tract award will follow shortly. The site is adjacent to the Bab- cock railroad station. The plans provide for a 150 by 200 foot, one-story building. Barring last-minute changes in specifications, it will be of metal construction, according to Wolfe. The plant will contain equip- ment for sorting and shipping cranberries grown by Wisconsin members of Ocean Spray, and will also have office quarters. Wolfe, who will oversee opera- tion of the new facility, said the corporation's Wisconsin office, now located at 321 12th Ave. S. in Wisconsin Rapids, will be moved to Babcock at the con- clusion of the 1966 harvest sea- son. In making the first public an- nouncement of the project at Ocean Spray's headquarters in Hanson, Mass., Edward Gels- thorpe, executive vice president and chief executive officer, said: "Erection of the new Wisconsin receiving and screening plant is part of the cooperative's pro- gram of expanded services to grower members through a plant modernization and building pro- gram. This program is in keep- ing with Ocean Spray's growth over the past three years in both sales dollars and increase in cash per barrel return to its grower members." Berries will be shipped directly from the Babcock station to Ocean Spray processing plants in North Chicago, 111., and on the Pacific coast. Wisconsin members of the cor- poration's board of directors are Lester M. Gordon, Tomah, vice president; Alfred E. Bark and Donald S. Duckart, Wiscon- sin Rapids; Harold D. 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PRODUCTION CREDIT I ASSOCIATIONS I MAUSTON ANTIGO LUCK MEDFORD WAUSAU TOMAH MARSHFIELD STEVENS POINT BARRON RICE LAKE LADYSMITH BLACK RIVER FALLS ♦♦♦♦♦» ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ FOURTEEN MASSACHUSETTS CRANBERRY CLUBS HEAR SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO GROW LARGER CROPS Also Elects 1966 OfFicers — Bulk Handling Discussed Suggestions as to how to pro- duce larger crops and more ef- ficiently were made to growers attending the Massachusetts Cran- berry Club meeting in March, and also suggestions as to har- vesting and storage were made by members of the Massachusetts Cranberry Experiment Station. The meetings were those of the South Shore at Kingston, March 15th, Southeastern, Rochester on the 16th and the Cape Cod, Barn- stable on the 17th. The discussions were under the leadership of Irving E. Demo- ranyille, Extension Cranberry Specialist. An interesting feature in the production of larger crops was in the production of larger as well as more cranberries, as this would swell the total crop. First speaker was Dr. Robert Devlin, pathologist at the Sta- tion, a relative newcomer, who was making his fi.rst appearance before the growers on a speaking program. His subject was "Pos- sible Solutions to Some Cran- berry Problems." He first discussed "Gibberallin," a chemical which is a growth regulator. He said cost production was the problem of every grower and that Gib- berallin acid is a natural growth regulator. It is not toxic, but at the moment it is not inexpen- sive as it is not commonly used on many agricultural products. He said that normally flowers need pollination, usually bees to set fruit. "If we spray flowers with Gibberallin Acid we may be able to achieve 90 to 95 per- cent fruit set, if the cranberry plant will respond to this acid." He noted there is a very large loss in the potential of the crop if flowers do not all set, as is now the case. He said this alone could help increase total produc- tion. The acid will also enlarge the berry, another advantage in total production. On more advantage possible is that a seedless fruit may be pro- duced (he cites the Thompson grape) and this is something Ocean Spray is very anxious to have in sauce making. Gibberallin acid, he said may also be useful as a supplement to herbicides. Some plants grow to six times their normal size under this treatment and the plant will take up more herbi- cides. The material is not yet regis- tered for use on cranberries and his research is so far only in the experimental stage. (Editor's note: Gibberallin is also under experi- ment for cranberry use in New Jersey by Charles N. Mainland, Dept. of Horticulture, Rutger's University. New Compounds Dr. Devlin said he had about 30 new compounds to test at the station, several seemingly prom- ising. Two might increase yield, one gave an excellent short time control of weeds which might be used successfully on poison ivy. and there was one for cleaning ditches of weeds, provided the ditch is dry when applied. The weeds would not come back for six months. "Pesticide Persistance and Translocation," was the topic of Dr. G. W. Miller, biochemist. He explained tests which had been made at the State Bog. Casoron is persistent, he said, mostly on the upper part of the soil. He said that two applications in a single year remained longer than if only one application is used. He said he had found samples of Casoron and Dieldrin in a drainage ditch back to the res- ervoir, but that these moved at a very slow rate. He said Para- thion had been found in mussels in the pond reservoir. He dis- cussed how long Parathion stayed on the vines when big sprink- lers were used and also won- dered if the material was washed off with sprinkler use. He mentioned briefly the rela- tion of the use of Casoron to bog sanding. Demoranville, who was listed as speaking on "Weeds," said his talk could better be put down as "Cranberry Hash," as he was speaking on a number of subjects. He said that harvest should be' delayed, if possible until the berries were fully mature, and of the right color. He said it was amazing the difference in the size of the fruit picked too early and that picked at full maturity. This perfect timing in harvest can make a good deal of differ- ence in the amount of production a grower will obtain. He said harvest before the coming of mechanical pickers was usually earlier as it took longer to get the crop off. He said it was Sep- tember 16th before the Blacks were really fully matured and October first for the Howes, if I J. W. Hurley Co. | I • FUEL OIL I I Water WhHe \ I - KEROSENE - | I For BOGS { I (METERED TRUCKS) j j 24-hour Fuel Oil Service | i Telephone 295-0024 J I 341 Main St. WAREHAM FIFTEEN the individual growers were able to wait that long. "I am a believer in fertilizing," he said, "as a means of increasing production. '" He said he preferred a "balanced" fertilizer, and this was much better than just nitrogen alone. He went into the matter of water harvesting slightly. In discussing the matter of not picking until the berries were fully ripe, he said he was fol- lowing the advice of Dr. Cross as given at a previous meeting. There are no new chemicals at all in the weed chart for 1966, he said. Reverting to fertilizers again he asserted that all bogs are diflferent and each grower must experiment and find out what program is best for his own property. Prof. WiUiam (Bill) Tomlinson, entomologist, took up the recoin- mendations for this year, noting the changes of recommendation in a number of items. He said that there might be more trouble with gypsy moth this year, following last year's outbreak of this pest on the Cape. It had not been a problem for about 15 years and might be a new problem for some of the younger growers. He suggested a number of sweeps be liminted to 25 rather than 50 before a check is made. He cautioned growers that they were responsible for any pesti- cides on their property. He sug- gested that containers be buried and said it was bad practice to remove part of the contents of a container and put it in an- other. Material should be kept in the original container, he said, and the container has antidote directions on it to use in the event of accidental poisoning. He said it was often best to des- troy some chemicals if they had been left over from the year of their use as they might have deteriorated and have lost strength and when applied would not do the job desired. Final speaker was Prof. J. "Stan" Norton, engineering re- search. He talked to some extent on wet raking, and told how ex- periments are being made with 12 inch plastic pipe filled with water as a barrier to flood a bog area for wet picking. This gives an area about 150 feet in diameter, he said, which bar- rier would be portable for use at diflferent places on the bog as the fruit ripened. He also spoke of "Bulk Storage" of cranberries. He told how fruit had been stored in cooperation with Ocean Spray and records kept of the rate of rot in various containers and in various con- ditions of temperature storage. He summarized by saying that he couldn't see but that the fruit kept as well in bulk bins con- taining seven barrels as well as that stored in the usual field box. Officers Elected All three groups elected of- ficers for the coming year. The Southeastern Club reelected Rob- ert St. Jacques president; vice president David Mann, Buzzards Bay; secretary-treasurer, Lewis Hiller and advisory committee, Kenneth Beaton, Robert C. Ham- mond and Oscar Norton. South Shore Cluh at Kingston: Lawrence Cole of North Carver, succeeding Stanwood Briggs of Duxbury, who term had expired; Alden Alberghini, Plymouth, vice president; and Robert Alberghini of Wareham, secretary and treas- urer. The Cape Club reelected the same slate as last year: president, Carlton Collins , Waquoit; vice president; Raymond L. Thacher, Harwich, secretary; Mrs. Craw- ford H. Hollidge, Marston Mills; and treasurer, Victor F. Adams of Barnstable. 3-Phase Electric Extension Will Aid Wise. Growers Staking crews were at work shortly after December 1, on two main three-phase feeding lines north from the Mather substation that will serve the townships of Bear Bluff, Knapp, Kingston, Remington and City Point and bring three-phase service to a number of Wisconsin cranberry growers throughout that area. It is estimated that construction in this area will be nearly com- pleted by May 1, 1966. The vast- ness of this construction program can be measured in nearly one- half million pounds of aluminum conductor, nine to ten car loads of poles, some 150 large size trans- formers and an estimated labor cost for construction of over $125,000. Staking crews are coordinating their work with irrigation pump manufacturers who are assisting all growers and our crews in locat- ing the point where cranberry sprinklng pumps will be installed. These pumps will range from 50 to 150 horsepower. Consideration will be given to the location of all overhead lines to render the least amount of interference to aerial spraying, dusting, etc. It is planned that most of our secondary lines will be located underground from the transformer pole to the pump location. Plans are to serve all cranberry growers who have signed up for three-phase service, however, it is only natural that service will be available first to those who are located nearest to our substation load centers. Those located further away must, of course, expect ser- vice at a date possibly later than May 1, 1966. It is expected that many new uses for electricity will be found by growers in the area now that three-phase service will be made available. There is no question but what a greater amount of electric power will be consumed in the processing of cranberries in drying, warehouse heating, refrigeration storage, and other applications that will come about as a result of research now underway. 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Wisconsin representative: STUART PEDERSEN Box 38 Warrens, Wisconsin MOULTON IRRIGATION COMPANY SOMERSET, WISCONSIN 54025 (formerly Withrow, Minnesota) SEVENTEEN Farm Bureau In Action By VERNON A. BLACKSTONE Farm Bureau Staff Assistant (Editor's Note: Farm Bureau is fortunate in having James E. Shaw, Esq. of Dunstable as Gen- eral Counsel for the Massachu- setts Farm Bureau Federation. Following is a resume of a de- cision handed down by the Land Court relative to Cranherry grow- ers. This case was taken into Court by the Massachusetts Farm Bureau to determine the validity of an amendment to the zoning by-laws. Mr. Shaw is the Author.) Merry v. Duxbury Article Cranberry growers generally can take comfort from a decision handed down by the Land Court involving the validity of an amendment to the zoning by-laws of the Town of Duxbury. The by-law provided that "no obstruction of streams or tidal waters and no excavation or fill- ing of any marsh, wetland, or bog shall be done without proper authorization by a special per- mit issued by the Board of Ap- peals." (See Merry v. Duxbury, Land Court, Misc. Case 5 32878). In attacking the by-law, Stan- ley M. Merry of Duxbury in his petition alleged it was invalid as an "attempted exercise of police power that has no reasonable re- lationship to the public health, safety, or welfare of the inhabi- tants of the Town; that the Board of Health by Chapter 111, Sec- tion 125 (of the General Laws), has jurisdiction over land which is wet, rotten, spongy, or covered with stagnant water and offen- sive or injurious to health; that the by-law fails to provide ade- quate standards for the Board of Appeals in the issuance of 'special permits,' that failing to define essential terms the by- law has patent ambiguities; that it contravenes the Constitution, voids the Massachusetts law as to the reasonable use of riparian rights, subjects the rights of cranberry growers statutory and otherwise, to the whim of a board, and substantially inter- feres with cranberry business of growing and expanding." The Land Court, unequivocably, decided in favor of Mr. Merry and specifically found that the amendment to the by-law in question had "no force or effect" as to his "cultivation of cran- berries" and that it was "an in- valid exercise of authority by the Town under the Zoning En- abling Act." In his opinion, Judge Joseph R. Cotton relied heavily upon the points raised in the brief pre- pared and filed by James E. Shaw, General Counsel for Mas- sachusetts Farm Bureau, who represented Mr. Merry in the action. Among others, the fol- lowing observations were made by Judge Cotton: (1) "Natural water courses from time immemorial, and as set forth in many decisions on riparian rights, give the owner of the land over which it runs the right to use it without substantial injury to the upper or lower riparian owners. The by-law states an owner cannot obstruct it without prior permission of the Board of Appeals, regardless of degree or reason for doing so." (2) "Permission or 'proper authorization' as to marsh, wet- land, and bog must be first ob- tained before the owner may 'ex- cavate or fill' any of them. It does not say that it applies to a substantial excavation or fill not does it exempt a minor act." (3) "The amendment places upon a landowner the interpre- tation of whether he is on swampland, wetland, or bog and without permission acts at his peril, regardless of necessity or the general improvement which would result." (4) "It is well established that all town by-laws must be suf- ficiently definite so that a citizen of average intelligence in reading may reasonably know whether any act of his is in violation." (5) Hinkley v. Nickerson, 117 Mass. 213, 215, recited that as early as 1866, an 'owner had a legal right to maintain a dam for the purpose of flowing and irrigating his land for the cul- tivation of cranberries.' " (6) "Howe V. Grush, 131 Mass. 207,211, states, 'The Legislature has seen fit to give to the owners of cranberry meadows the same rights to erect dams and flow their meadows that had long been enjoyed by owners of mill sites.' It must be done with 'reasonable care, skill and prudence,' which is the rule that requires every- one so to use his own as not to injure another." (7) "I am unable to percieve any rational tendency in the amendment to promote safety, health, morals, or general welfare of the public. It chief purpose seems to be founded on aesthetic considerations. It phraseology is unreasonable and arbitrary." Judge Cotton then went on to discuss the rights of Mr. Merry relative to the "non-conforming" use of his land in light of the amendment to Section 5 of Chap- ter 340, Acts of 1962. The Mas- sachusetts Farm Bureau Federa- tion was instrumental in having this particular amendment adop- ted as part of the State Zoning Enabling Act. The opinion reads: "It is uncontroverted that pe- titioners have been operating and improving three cranberry bogs and performing all acts needful for producing cranberry crops. It is uncontroverted that in this respect they possess a non-con- forming use which is ordinarily exempt from zoning by-laws adopted subsequent to such use becoming established. "The Zoning Enabling Act by Section 5, as amended by Chapter 340, acts of 1962, gives protec- tion to nonconforming use of land. In substance it states a zoning by-law shall not apply to the 'existirig use' of land to the ex- tent to which it is used at the' time of the adoption of the or- EIGHTEEN Select the pumps that serve your irrigation purposes best 40R §eries. Tractor power take- off 4" pump for irrigation and general utility. There's a model to match PTO power with capac- ities of up to 800 GPM. Also available: 30R Series, 3" power take-off pumps usable in the 10 to 40 horsepower range. 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WEST WAREHAM, MASS. 60FR irrigation pumping unit. Ex- tra heavy duty. Can be used for overhead, underground or port- able irrigation systems. Pumps up to 1600 GPM; pressures up to 150 PSI. Skid or trailer mounted SOFA irrigation pumping u signed for most economical oper- ation with large volume guns at high pressures. Pumps up to 1000 GPM; pressures up to 200 PSI. Skid or trailer mounted. <2> 40FW. A medium-size centrifugal pumping unit with a wide range of volumes and pressures. Pumps up to 600 GPM; pressures up to 140 PSI. Skid ortrailer mounted. NINETEEN apply to any change of use thereof, or for its use for the same purpose to a suhstantially greater extent; and provided, fur- ther, that no such ordinance or by-law shall prohibit the alter- ation, rebuilding or expansion within applicable set back re- quirements of non-conforming buildings, except greenhouses lo- cated in residential areas, or the expansion of land, used primarily for agricidture. horticulture or floriculture. "The rights of petitioners in the exercise of their nonconfor- ming use appear clear." HELICOPTER PEST CONTROL Cold Injury to Cranberries in 1965 in Washington hy CHARLES C. DOUGHTY and AZMI Y. SHAWA (Assistant Horticulturist, Western Washington Research and Ex- tension Center, Puyallup, Wash- ington and Junior Horticulturist, Coastal Washington Research and Extension Unit, Long Beach, Washington, respectively.) Cranberry producing areas in Washington have a rather mild climate compared to the other regions where this crop is grown. The cranberries grown are prin- cipally the McFarlin variety with a small amount of older varieties included. Minimum temperatures during the fall months are such that the cranberry plants remain green or in a semi-dormant con- dition well into November or early December in some years. Winter temperatures are fre- quently relatively warm and no winter injury occurs until physi- ological activity resumes in late February or early March. Oc- casionally minimum temperatures of 0 degrees F to 10 degrees F occur. When this happens, low temperature injury is produced. For this reason an investigation was started in 1964 to determine the degree of injury that could occur at various temperatures and stages of bud development. iqqins ^irwaus I I NORWOOD, MASS. I DUSTING and SPRAYING RAY MORSE 8c SON. AGENTS TEL. 295-1553 Field Observations. A study of dormant plants growing under commercial conditions was started just prior to a low temperature of 9 degrees F which occurred in mid-December, 1964. Periodic checks were made on bog3 in both the Grayland and Long Beach areas to measure injury throughout the dormant period. Injury was determined by dis- secting and visually examining three to five samples of 50 up- rights (fruiting shoots) each that were collected from several loca- tions in the cranberry areas. Each upright collected had one dormant terminal bud which contained an inflorescence of one to seven developing blossom buds and a vegetative growing point. The data shown below in Table 1, represents the mean percent- age of injury to dormant buds and the abscission layers. Table 1. Mean percent of low temperature injury in dormant McFarlin cranberry buds, in commercial bogs, in the 1964-65 period. Sa^nple Min. Temp's, below date 32 °F at vine level Accumulative total degrees below 32^ Accujnulative per cent dormant bud injury Dec. 16 27 30 26 15 9 * 51 ** 8 Jan. 31 23 28 30 28 25 27 98 9 Feb. 11 27 26 31 24 22 28 29 29 138 19 Feb. 26 27 25 26 23 25 19 24 193 44 Mar. 12 29 30 198 10 Mar. 24 28 31 28 24 215 4 May 4 26 24 26 23 24 25 26 270 30 * Minimum temperatures are listed from one date to the next. -* Accumulative totals of degrees below 32°F were calculated from December 1, 1964. TWENTY We'd like to put you on the map! We mean it. We want a map full of growers. Good growers for Dean's Indian Trail. Men who like the wav we do business. Suppose you make die map at Dean's Indian Trail, then \\'hat? For one, you get an advance at the beginning of harvest on your estimated crop. Another pay- ment is made as you ship and final pavment at a later date. For another, \'our crop will go into the finest cranberry products made. For a third, you'll be tied in with a Uirge, well-known, re- spected company. A companv with strong advertising and merchandising programs to sell cranberry products. Dean's Indian Trail . . . the big new name in the cranberr\' business. Deanls IrvduMiJhoXll p. O. Box 710 . W.! TWENTY-ONE The amount of injury varied greatly on all sampling dates. Cold injury does not occur to all dormant buds. The differences in the stage of development, nu- trition, and vigor of the plant cause the degree of hardiness to vary. Resistance to cold injury among the developing blossom buds of the inflorescence also varied considerably. Those blos- som buds that developed first, or lowest on the inflorescence were generally more susceptible to in- jury that those which developed later. The data shown in Table 1 indicates that the buds are relatively resistant to cold injury in earlier parts of the dorman period. However, after physio- logical activity resumes in the cells, they are increasingly sus- ceptible to injury as the dor- mant period progresses toward its termination. For example, the February 11th group of tempera- tures show two on this date. These are 24 and 22 degrees. These temperatures at the earlier dates did not seem to cause in- creased injury. The February 26th temperatures have six minimums (25, 26, 23, 25, 19, and 24 de- grees) which probably caused the increased injury shown. Most, but not all, injury in the mid-dormant period, was to the abscission layer. This is a layer only a few cells thick between the dorman bud and the stem and is surrounded by the bases of the outer bud scales. Injury varied from complete kill to only slight. Those stems which were only slightly injured seemed to recover when growth resumed. However, those stems where the abscission layer was killed, even though the bud itself remained undamaged showed no further development. This accounts in part for an increase in injury from 8% on December 15 to 44% on February 26. Those buds where the abscission layer was killed dropped off and only healthier buds remained on March 12th and 24th. Part of those buds where the abscission layer was less severely injured started growth the following spring but died in a short time. Three points of injury were found in the dormant buds. These v.-ere the abscission layer, the flower buds and the vegetative growing point. Any one or all three may be injured. If the abscission layer is killed, then a new shoot starts from a lateral bud but no fruit buds develop till the following year. Artificial Freezing Tests. Tests were conducted in controlled freezers to determine the tem- peratures at which injury oc- curred. Uprights were collected on February 26, March 12, March 30 and May 4 and divided into bunches of twenty. One bunch was used per treatment per re- plication. Each test was replicated five times. The freezer was set to decrease the temperature one to four degrees per hour and hold for two hours at each selected temperature. At the end of each two hour period samples were removed and the buds dissected and visually examined for injury. Results of these tests also showed that there was an increase in temperature at which serious injury occurred as the dormant season progressed and physio- logical activity of the buds in- creased. Table 2 shows the per cent of injury to the blossom buds caused by different temp- eratures at four sampling dates during the latter part of the dor- mant period and at the white bud to popcorn (cluster bud) stage of growth (May 4th). These percentages include all buds which showed injury in any de- gree. Injury during these periods was principally to the blossom buds. Table 2. Mean percentage of cold injury to McFarlin cranberry buds subjected to artificial freezing tests, each temperature con- stant for two hours. Freezer Temperatures °F. DORMANT PERIOD February 26 March 12 March 30 White hud to popcorn stage May 4 31 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 10% 14 18 22 25 29 33 37 41 45 48 52 56 10% 17% 14 24 18 33 22 38 27 44 31 35 40 44 48 53 24% 27 33 39 44 I TWENTY. 7 wo We Irrigate Fruits & Vegetaliles Aiivw liere In The Free World Willlamstown president, David DeGrafF, ^^ shows pumps to customer. Above, ^^ DeGraff with part of the half million feet of aluminum pipe available at Williamstown. FROST CONTROL! Most of our systems are engineered, financed and in- stalled within 36 hours of the time you phone. 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As shown in Table RAINBIRD SPRINKLER HEADS FLEX-O-SEAL IRRIGATION PIPE Aluminum and light weight steel irrigation pipe in all conventional lengths and diameters. Rainbird sprinkler heads for any bog setup. VEG-ACRE FARMS Forestdale, Cape Cod, Mass. Tel. 428-6719 (Supplying irrigation equipment to growers since 1944) BARK RIVER CULVERT and EQUIPMENT Co. ESCANABA, MICH.— EAU CLAIRE, WIS. — MADISON, WIS. [RONWOOD, MICH. — GREEN BAY, WIS. — MILWAUKEE, WIS. INTERNATIONAL CRAWLER TRACTORS & POWER UNITS CORRUGATED METAL CULVERT PIPE DROP INLETS AND GATES Golvonized — Bituminous Coated — Aluminum STODDARD SOLVENT (Available Year Round) WATER WHITE KEROSENE j GASOLINE i j MOTOR OILS DIESEL FUELS I FUEL OIL ! 866-4545 Central Heating CARVER, MASS. 2, even 31° temperatures will produce serious injury after growth has started. From the latter part of the dormant season through the hook (pink) stage the parts of flower buds most easily injured were the anthers, style and nectaries. The anther tubes, through which the pollen is discharged, and the base' 3f the style surrounded by the nectaries received the most dam- age. Anther tubes injured by freezing temperatures during de- velopment twist and curl so that pollen dehiscence is extremely difficult. Damage to the ovaries and ovules also occurred in these tests but not as readily as to styles and anthers. However, if damage to the latter was very extensive, the ovaries were also injured enough to cause serious crop reduction. Injury to the style base can cause serious crop loss as this prevents the pollen tabes from reaching the ovules. Injury to the anthers, especially the anther tubes, can prevent pollen dehiscence. When this oc- curs the chance of pollination occuring is reduced. Another fac- tor observed was that when the anther tubes were injured the style was generally damaged also. After bud break has occurred any temperature 31°F or lower will cause serious crop reduction (see table 2). Even temperatures of 32 °F appear to cause some in- jury if they persist long enough. Irrigation system should therefore, be started any time the tempera- ture drops to 33 or 34°. Starting at this temperature will counter-act the danger of spot injury during frosty periods. During periods of radiation frosts, a decrease of only four to six inches in the height of the vine surface may result in in- jury in low spots. Experiences during the past few years show that damaging frosts can occur any time during the growing sea- son in localized areas if conditions are right. When this happens the upright tips will turn brown and die. TWENTY-FOUR New Buckner 1966 Catalog Published Features New Lines Buckner Sprinklers 1966 Agri- cultural Catalog has just been published by Buckner Industries, Fresno, California. Listing the complete line of Buckner Sprinklers and acces- sories, it includes a special sec- tion on working charts and per- formance characteristics for sprinkler installation. The 16-page catalog lists the 26 different Buckner sprinkler series covering the widest pos- sible range of specializd uses. Low angle orchard rainers, low pressure, short spacers, overhead sprinklers, systems with wide spacing and low precipitation rates and special frost control sprinklers are enumerated in the brochure together with supporting performances. N^w are the 800G, 810G and 850G Rainer series. The 800G Rainer is designed to operate dependably with very small nozzles. According to Buckner agricultural engineers, the sprinkler is ideal for low pre- cipitation on solid-sets. It is also described as outstanding for heavy soils where runoff is a problem. Finally, the engineers sa3'^ its performance excels in orchards where light applications and special spacings are needed for frost protection. Complete information is avail- able from Buckner sprinkler deal- ers or from Buckner Industries. P.O. Box 232, Fresno, California 93708. Wisconsin Gift House Being Enlarged Vernon "Goldy" Goldsworthy, president of Cranberry Products, Inc., Eagle River, Wisconsin, an- nounces that his firm is now in the process of adding a substan- tial addition to their gift house, which features numerous specialty items made from cranberries. follow the leader Once again Buckner Sprinklers rate as the number one agricul- tural irrigators. When tested for uniform water disbursement, Buckner Sprinklers led the field with the highest Coefficient of Uniformity (CU). Buckner high CU means more uniform crop growth, greater profit per acre. And Buckner design and exacting production standards assure sprinklers with a long, trouble-free life. For only Buckner has the patented, sand-proof GDG Bearing for thousands of extra maintenance-free hours. Only Buckner gives you over fifty years of Buckner sprinkler manufacturing experience. Follow the leader. Irrigate with Buckner — world's leading sprinkler manufacturer. See your Buckner Dealer or write: Buckner, ® INDUSTRIES, INC. P.O. BOX 232. FRESNO, CALIFORNIA 93708 TWENTY-FIVE Crop Summary of 1965 Massachusetts Cranberries A crop summary of the mar- keting of Massachusetts, 1965 crop has been issued by the Bos- ton office of the Consumer and Marketing Service of the USD A. It is written by John E. O'Neil and William E. Struck. The report says in part: — Acreage harvested in 1965 was down one hundred acres from 1964 to 11,600 acres. This with a total Mass. crop of 745,000 bar- rels, the third largest Mass. crop brings the average yield per acre to 64.2 barrels, up to 7.8 barrels from 1964. Early Blacks continued to be the predominating variety grown in the Cape Cod and Plymouth areas, followed by Howes and a few miscellaneous varieties. The approximate percentages were Early Blacks 60 percent, Howes 36 percent and others 4 percent. Practically all shipments con- tinued to be packaged in card- board cartons containing 24 one- pound film bags and window boxes. In southern and eastern markets the window boxes are more in demand, in mid-Western markets the film bags are more popular. In western markets there doesn't appear to be any marked tendency toward either package. A few 25 pound bulk cartons were used this season, mostly to institutional outlets in Canada and the northwest U. S. Rail movement again this sea- son was a minor factor. A total of 19 rail shipments were re- ported which represents the light- est rail shipments since this re- port originated in 1954. Truck movement as usual con- tinued as the major source of transportation. A total of 765 carlot equivalents were shipped in 1965 compared to 777 in 1964. Combined rail and truck ship- ments in 1965 wore approximately the same as in 1964, ten per- cent less than in 1963 and 26 per- cent less than in 1962. The national distribution of Massachusetts cranberries in 1965 represented possibly the finest year in history. As in 1964, Wisconsin berries ceased to be a major competitive factor by the end of November. With few exceptions, markets throughout the country reported heavier un- loads of Massachusetts cranber- ries than in any previous season. Terminals showing an increase in unloads included Atlanta, Cin- cinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Den- ver, Detroit, Los Angeles, Min- neapolis, New York, Philadelphia. Portland and San Francisco. As in past years the F. O. B. prices in 1965 were again ex- tremely uniform. This uniformity applied equally to Blacks and Howes. Both varieties averaged 25 cents a quarter higher than in 1964. F. O. B. prices in 1965 were the highest listed since the in- ception of the report in 1954. USDA PESTICIDE INFO CENTER Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman has announced estab- lishment of a pesticide information center in the Department's Na- tional Agriculture Library as a facility in the USDA's stepped-up program of research and education in the fields of pest control. The center is a pioneering de- velopment which marks a signi- ficant advance in making widely available masses of scientific and technical information on pests and their control. (Cooperative Digest) ONE WAY TO FIGHT RE- APPOINTMENT?—There's talk in New Jersey and California about .splitting into two states each. The New Jersey Farm Bureau asks: "If five tiny counties of northeastern New Jersey can control the entire state, why not two separate states — East New Jersey and West New Jersey? A legal basis already exists for such a change. ("Today," in the Farm Journal) (Wisconsin Cranberry I Consultant Service I P.O. Box 429 Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. 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Phllips-Duphar and a product development of Thompson-Hayward Chemical Company. US. Patent No. 3,027,248 Remember there's no other chemical quite like CASORON. It's a total program against weeds... but safe enough to use on growing plants and non-irritating to you. Start using CASORON right now. Get in touch with your nearest supplier listed below. Ask him about CASORON, or write Thompson-Hayward direct. Supplies of Casoron and additional information are available from: Wisconsin Cranberry Consultant Serv- ice, P.O. Box 429, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin; Miller Products Co., 7737 N. E. Killingsworth, Portland, Oregon; R. F. Morse & Son, Inc., Cranberry Highway, West Wareham, Massachu- setts; Parkhurst Farm and Garden Supply, 301 Whitehorse Pike, Ham- monton. New Jersey. THOMPSON-HAYWARD CHEMICAL COMPANY P.O. Box 2383, Kansas City, Kansas 66110 TWENTY-SEVEN F. F. Mengel, Wise. Grower, Dies in Florida Forest F. Mengel, 77, 921 2nd Ave. S., founder and president of one of Wisconsin's largest highway construction companies, died at 8 p.m. Feb. 19th at Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Mr. Mengel, who had been suffering from a lingering illness, was confined at Holy Cross Hos- pital there for the past two weeks. Funeral February 23 Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 23 at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church, the Rev. Stanley Andrzejewski officiating. Burial was at Calvary Cemetery. The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mengel was bom Nov. 26, 1888, at Oconomowoc and came to Wisconsin Rapids in 1915 as district engineer for Division 4 of the Wisconsin High- way Commission. Held Public OfFice He held the state post until 1927 when he resigned to form the F. F. Mengel Co., a firm which pioneered in paving tech- niques and has been responsible for construction of considerable Interstate system mileage in Wisconsin. Mr. Mengel, a regis- tered professional engineer re- mained active in the firm, al- though management responsibil- ities had been largely taken over by his son, William. In 1937 Mr. Mengel formed the Mengel Cranberry Co. which operates a marsh on County Trunk Z south of Wisconsin Rap- ids. He was a member of the Wis- consin Rapids Board of Educa- tion, serving from 1933 to 1936, and an alderman from 1923 to 1927. Mr. Mengel held membership in the Knights of Columbus, Elks and Kiwanis Clubs, and the Holy Name Society at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church. On Nov. 25, 1913, he married Kathryn Finnerty at Oconomo- woc. She died July 17, 1958. His marriage to Margaret Po- mainville-Lathrope took place April 30, 1963, at Richmond, Va. Surviving are his wife; the son, William, and two daughters, Mrs. Gary Getzin and Mrs. Don Neitzel, all of Wisconsin Rapids; 11 grandchildren and three great- grandchildren. U. S. BEE COLONIES DECREASED IN 1965 Bee colonies generally declined in 1965 in the United States, ac- cording to a release from the USDA. But the decline was only slight; in colonies the total num- ber lowered from 5,601,000 in 1964 to 5,502,000 in 1965. In New Jersey, the decline was from 36,000 to 35,000. In Massachu- setts, 11,000 to 10,000. In Wis- consin from 200,000 to 184,000. Honey production, as might be expected, also decreased. Rutgers University Observing 200th Anniversary Rutgers, New Jersey State Uni- versity at New Brunswick, of which the cranberry-blueberry station at Pemberton is a unit, this year is observing its Bicen- tennial. It was in 1766 that in the name of the British Crown, New Jersey Governor William Frank- lin granted the eighth colonial charter in the New World, the endeavor then being known as Queen's College. The tiny college, as Washing- ton's army and the Redcoats fought up and down New Jersey moved frequently to stay clear of the armies. With U. S. inde- pendence it obtained land in New Brunswick on land which is now called "Queen's Campus." Cranberries in English In-Store Promotion A recent issue of the USDA publication Foreign Agriculture told of a series of in-store pro- motions launched in the United Kingdom to promote the sale of American foods to British house- wives. The stores included in the promotion were Selfridges, Britain's largest department store, the large Fine Fare chain in three locations, Tolworth store, the largest supermarket in England and Lewis' department store at Bermingham. CRANBERRY SALES DOUBLE IN UK Ocean Spray Cranberries with headquarters at Hanson, Massa- chusetts is moving into the ex- port market with both fresh and processed fruit. Wisely, Ocean Spray is proceeding cautiously, because American cranberries are relatively unknown in Europe. Although sales are still small, they have doubled in the United Kingdom in the past year. (Forcigyi Agriculture, publication of the USDA) START ANNUAL BANDON BERRY FESTIVAL First steps in the annual 1966 Bandon Cranberry Harvest Fes- tival have been taken. Dave Lawson of the Western Banks system has been named to head the Festival Association. Dates of the big festival are Sept. 23- 25 inclusive. ONE OF FIRST WOODS FIRES IN NEW JERSEY One of the first woods fires in cranberry areas of the 1966 sea- son took place in New Jersey March 19. A fixe raged for more than 8 hours on Willard Mill Road in back of Whitesbog. About 58 acres were destroyed. The blaze was fought by fire- men from the State Forest Fire Control, Browns Mills Volunteer Fire Company and Pemberton Good Will Fire Department. Cause of the fire was not de- termined. TWENTY-EIGHT cutworms fi reforms awQca ® CARBARYL INSECTICIDE fruitworms Japanese beetles CONTROLS CRANBERRY INSECTS You get better, safer insect control by using SE VIN in your cranberry bogs. SEVIN insecticide destroys cutworms, firoworms, fruitworms, Japanese beetles and leafhoppers, including the leafhoppers that spread false blossom disease. And the relatively low toxicity of SEVIN provides fewer drift and residue problems to humans, livestock and fish. Order SEVIN today. Union Carbide Agricultural Products, 270 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017. leafhoppers UNION CARBIDE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS Skvin is tlio re^'istered trade mark of Union Carbide Corporation for carbaryl insecticide. TWENTY-NINE i really the berries for. . . r irrigation BE AIM 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 IH" 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 4 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 David Slinger Randolph, Wisconsin Kinnamon Saw & Mower Supply Cot Baraboo, Wisconsin Reinders Brothers, Inc. Elm Grove, Wisconsin John D. Roberts Black River Falls, Wisconsin AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT I n 1 AGRICULTURAJ., tJUUi±"ivai<;iN i \mi!\ JOHN BEAN DIVISION Lansing, Michigan THIRTY-ONE RUFUS E. GOTTSCHALK POEM — Continued from Page 9 All day long the pickers go. Until the sun is getting low. For when the sun sinks in the west Then iiature hails the time of rest. The wild wood songster clears its throat, And gives one long lingering note, That echoes sweet o'er dale and hill Then settles down and all is still. Their daily labors being done, The boys and girls must have their fun. To the bower house they then will go And trip the light fantastic toe. Till the foreman comes at ten each night, In a stern voice, "Put out the light," Each tired picker seeks their cot. And soon their troubles are all forgot. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Continued from Page 6 time since 1961 that no sub-zero temperatures were recorded. In- cidentally 1961 was the last year that Wisconsin went through the entire growing season without a killing frost in the cranberry bogs. Mixed rain and snow ac- companied by snappy winds closed the month out. The out- look for April calls for tempera- tures to be below normal and precipitation to be near normal. Expect Vines Wintered Well Needless to say the March weather wattern was a com- plete reversal of last year when heavy snow cover and very cold temperatures prevailed through- out the month. This year the ice cover disappeared very early along with the snow except for the very far north. Some marshes removed the winter floods in the third week of the month with HAIL INSURANCE on CRANBERRIES for WISCONSIN GROWERS FULL COVERAGE Ask about our Deferred Premium Plan LOW COST and PROMPT SERVICE INSURE YOUR 1966 INCOME NOW Call our LOCAL AGENT or write RURAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY I 801 W. Badger Road, Madison, Wis. several inches of frost out of the beds. Most marshes were still holding winter water at month's end and planned to remove it the first week of April. It is felt that with a late winter and early breakup the vines should have come through the winter in good shape. Growers Optimistic Growers were anxious to start marsh work although roads and dykes were in very poor driving condition. Although there was not deep frost the saturated soil last fall was causing slow drying of the roads. Growers were feel- ing a note of optimism and look- ing forward to the coming year with great expectations. CORRUGATED CULVERT PIPE and FLOW GATES Felker Bros. Mfg. Go. MARSHFIELD WISCONSIN Area 715 384-3121 SPRINKLER SYSTEMS PUMPS HIGH CAPACITY WELLS ROBERTS IRRIGATION SERVICE STEVENS POINT WISCONSIN THIRTY-TWO SERVING THE WISCONSIN GROWERS FOR SALE SEARLES JUMBO HOWES, McFARLIN Vines for delivery in 1966 $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 EAGLE RIVER WISCONSIN § DANA > MACHINE & SUPPLY CO. J Wis. Rapids, Wis. ? 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