Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
AUGUST MEET
Inc Of GRAN.
BERRY GROWERS

The August Meeting Of the Wis
consin Cranberry Growers associa-
ton was held Tuesday afternoon at
Gaynor Bros Marsh
The meeting was well attended-the
day was ideal and the meeting was
productive of much good. Several
very interesting talks were given by
members of the association and by
Mr.. Downing of Madison.
Mr.. Downing was the first speak
er and his subject was Weights,
Scales and Measures. Mr.. Downing
came in place of J. @. Emery.
Mr. Downing outlined what they
were trying to accomplish in Wiscon.
sin to promote the manufacture of
pure food and dairy products and
as sealers of weights and measures
they were struggling to enforce the
law requiring dealers to give full
measure. He notified the cranberry
men that the state would expect them
to place on the market the full size
statutatory cranberry Darrell which
should be 2514 inches between heads,
1914 inches across heads and 581k
in circumference outside measure,
ments- slaves to be 40 of an inch
thick.
Geo. w. Fitch of Cranmoor report
ed to the association the observa-
tons he made on Cape Cod when he
visited the Cape Cod cranberry boys
last July. He stated that he believ-
ed that if the Wisconsin growers
would use the same methods in plant
ing and care as the Cape Cod. grow
ers do, Wisconsin might become a
greater cranberry section than the
Cape.
o. G. Made, keeper of the expert
mental station gave an outline of +,
the work that had been accomplish
ed and suggested that steps be tax
en- to add about 20 acres to the lands
now occupied by the State to be
planted to vines of the best varie-
ties and thought that it would be
good idea to put the salon upon a
commercial basis so that it would
be nearly self sustaining as is ROW
done by the Cape Cod. He said that
he thought that they would be able
to furnish the growers with vines
enough to plant from 10 to one
acre.
An executive committee was ap-
pointed by the association to arrange
fer the carrying out of this propos-
ed plan.
Frank Patterson, who styles him
self Pat, the ditch digger was call
ed to the platform and read the an
nuaI poem which was full of a great
many keen Witticisms and offered a
great deal of merriment to the mem |
bers.
The poem dealt with the ssFrou-
bles of Cranberry Men" and was
greatly appreciated. Pat said, he hac
recently learned that he was the |
greatest living poet and the reason
for his saying so was that a teach
er in one of the Grand Rapids school |
had asked her pupils who was the
greatest poet and they were unani-
nous in saying Patterson .
: a. q. Clancy of New York. sole |
selling agent for the Cranberry |
Growers made a report on crop
conditions in NeW Jersey, Cape Cod |
and Wisconsin. He stated that the |
normal crop in New Jersey was 175,
600 bbls., aad that this years crop
would be about 10000 bbIs. The |
Cape Cod normal crop was 400 600 |
and this years crop would reach
275, 900 bbls., the Wisconsin crop last
year was 10000 bills, and it would
reach 10000 this year.
B. H. Porter of New York spoke
Of the effect the apple crop might
have on the consumption of cram
berries. The late crop of apples. will
oe unusually large. He also gave
seme valuable suggestions on best
methods OF treating bogs.
Charles Schlasser ST Chicago spoke
along the same lines as MF. Porter
and said that the prospects were yer.
good for prices and would equal last
years,