. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. GroM^ers say ^water proposal could hurt staters economy Citing that the 1981 cranberry crop injected $45,669,000 of new wealth into the Massachusetts economy, Clark A. Griffith, president of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association, asserted recently that "water is the key element in the equation to produce this ; Proposed water district legislation, he warned, provides no guarantees to growers that they will continue to have access to needed water. The twin results, he declared, could be grower hardship and a si
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. GroM^ers say ^water proposal could hurt staters economy Citing that the 1981 cranberry crop injected $45,669,000 of new wealth into the Massachusetts economy, Clark A. Griffith, president of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association, asserted recently that "water is the key element in the equation to produce this ; Proposed water district legislation, he warned, provides no guarantees to growers that they will continue to have access to needed water. The twin results, he declared, could be grower hardship and a significant financial loss to the state. "Growers are troubled by the fact that there is no body of law to protect their rights and provide recourse when necessary," Griffith said. The president's remarks were made at a recent meeting between the association board and John Bewick, secretary of the state Department of Environmental Affairs. Several board members were unalterably opposed to any plan. Others suggested changes in the ooocooooooocoooooooooooo COVER PHOTO DAVID Barron, 8, of Cranston, , was greeted by a bouquet of balloons presented by Heffer the Clown when he became the one millionth person to visit Cranberry World in Plymouth, Mass., recently. The exhibit center devoted to the cranberry will be open through Nov. 30. oooooooooooooooooooooooo proposal that would protect the interests of growers. Pointing out that an average acre of bog requires acre feet of water annually, Griffith said growers "have husbanded the water resources of the ; On the other hand, he added, "growers are seriously concerned over the present lack of incentive for towns and cities to conserve water ; At an earlier board meeting, $21,500 was authorized for a liquid chromatograph to be used in tissue analysis research by Karl Deubert of the Massa- chusetts Cranberry Experiment Station. Your advertising dollar is well spent in CRANBERRIES. A MOS
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