Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-01-13
VOLUME As, NUMBER 4
JANUARY MEETING
Nineteenth Annual Session OF
Wisconsin Cranberry Growers
Association.

On account of the stormy weather
that was raging on Tuesday, January
10, the nineteenth annual session of
| the Wisconsin State Cranberry
Growers association was not very we'll
attended. They convened at the
court house in this city at 9 o'clock.
The meeting was called to order by
| Vice-president Whittlesey. The
minutes OF the previous meeting were
read and approved. Mr.. Whittlesey
opened the session with the follow
ing address:
GENTLEMEN;-In Wisconsin the
last year has been one of light cram
berry crops and good prices for the
grower. The quality of the fruit and
the packing has not been wholly
! satisfactory. With some of us our
machinery for cleaning and grading
i is inadequate and our efforts at pick
ing over and packing have been in
some cases insufficient 1t seems to
| be required that our craDberres when
| leaving the growers hands shall be
practically free from small or pie
berries and from soft or unSound
berries, and shall be pressed into the
barrel firmly enough TO stand trans
portation without rattle Unless
the buyer can be sure of the goods in
this condition it is going to be diff
ticult to sell and only those growers
| who will guarantee their product can
find ready market.
The benefit of concert among
growers for all purposes and all in
terests are manifest and probably
unquestioned. OF grace and golden
rule, as much might be said, but
especially is combination advisable
in the matter of marketing The
Wisconsin Cranberry Growers associa-
tiOn is not an organization for the
purpose of marketing the fruit and
cannot be made TO serve as sales
con pany, but such company may be
formed and had better be- | recon-
mend To your consideration a plan
that Judge Gaynor Will submit and
elaborate"
There was fine exhibit Of fruit
from the experimental station COM
prsing a large number of varieties
and the peculiartieS were explained
by Prof. Sandsten. The berries at
the station were picked at three
different times with a view to finding
if the time OF picking had any effect
on the keeping qualities. Part of the
berries were picked early, part later
and the remainder as late as could be
| done and avoid the frost. 1t was
| found upon the examination of the
| fruit that the berries which had been
| picked neither early nor late had kept
the best, and were in much better
condition than those that had been
allowed to stay on the vines longer.
This part of the experiment was in
| accord with the facts as brought out
| last year.
The committee on legislation was
| instructed to see that the Wisconsin
barrel was made to conform with the
Massachusetts barrel. This will make
barrel of one hundred quarts the
standard. The Wisconsin barrel has
heretofore been a trifc larger than
| this.
All of the old officers of the asso-
citation were reelected, they being:
| PreSident-Chare Briere,
Vice-president-S. N. Whittlesey.
| Secretary-W. H. Fitch.
Treasurer-M. O. Potter.
Member of Executive Committee
A, e. Bennett.
Many interesting papers were read
| by members of the association. S.
n. Whittlesey had d paper Oh "Water
Supply and the Use of Water" A
G.. Bennett had paper On 'The State
and the Cranberry" James Gaynor
had one on "Methods Of Planting"
E. K. Tuttle had one on "Implements
Used in the Industry" Judge j. A.
Gaynor had one on ''Gathering, Clean
| ing and Marketing.''
Prof. WhitsOm was present and gave
a short talk on the weather and
explained that a bulletin would soon
be issued by the state which would
give some interesting facts about
frosts and probably explain why the
marshes were affected in this manner
while other sections escaped.
W. II. Fitch and S. n. Whittlesey
were elected delegates to the meeting
of the Wisconsin horticultural society
which is to be held in Madison in
February.
| Those present at the meeting were
L. M. Purience and 5. A. Warner, of
| Warrens; John King, E. A. Grimshaw,
E. James, e. K. Tuttle and G. r.
Treat, Mather: NJ. o. Potter, John A.
Gaynor, John ArpiD, ChaS, Briere,
John Graither. and g. w. Paulus, city;
James Gaynor, S. n. Whittlesey, A.
E. Bennett, w. III. Fitch and Oscar
| Potter, Cranmoor: Haskell Bick,
| Wausau; Andrew Bissig, City Point
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