. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. NFXESSARY FUNCTION OF A SUCCESSFUL CLUB—Members of South- eastern Massachusetts Cranberry Club crowd around Secretary G. T. Beaton to pay annual dues. Left to right are Rayiior Gifford, Frank P. Crandon, Robert Hammond, Frark Butler and William Buller. (CRANBERRIES Photo) Predict Increased Prices For Growers In Coming Season Economist's Talk at Ply- mouth County Club Meet- ings Gives Encouragement of More Normal Prices, if Taxes are Not too High— Panel Discusses Produc- tion of Quality Fruit. "If taxes do not take too much of
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. NFXESSARY FUNCTION OF A SUCCESSFUL CLUB—Members of South- eastern Massachusetts Cranberry Club crowd around Secretary G. T. Beaton to pay annual dues. Left to right are Rayiior Gifford, Frank P. Crandon, Robert Hammond, Frark Butler and William Buller. (CRANBERRIES Photo) Predict Increased Prices For Growers In Coming Season Economist's Talk at Ply- mouth County Club Meet- ings Gives Encouragement of More Normal Prices, if Taxes are Not too High— Panel Discusses Produc- tion of Quality Fruit. "If taxes do not take too much of the consumer's spending power, cranberry prices will be on a near normal level in 1951 and, an in- crease in returns to the grower can be expected," growers were told at the first winter meeting of the Southeastern and South Shore, (Mass.) Cranberry Clubs, Tuesday evening, January 16, at Kingston find. Wednesday afternoon, January 17, at Rochester. The principal speaker was George Westcott, e.'onomist. University of Massa- chusetts (at Kingston) with Ply- rrauth County Associate County Agent Lewis F. Norwood substi- tuting and using the same speech Ten material at Rochester. The subject of these two talks was "The Business and Agricultur- al Outlook for ; The matters of the effect of the present arma- ment program and war effort upon prices, demand, labor, supplies and the cost of production were dis- cussed. It was asserted that agri- cultural labor w-ll be scarcer and wages higher. Equipment will be scarcer and prices will be higher, and repair parts especially hard to obtain. Fertilizer supplies were adequate at present, but growers were told it would be a good idea to get in supplies as early as possi- ble. The same was true of insecti- cides and fungicides. For one thing transportation might hamper the filling of orders when supplies were most needed. Must Mechanize Still More If it had not been for Korea, it was explained, wholesale prices would no
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