. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. MEETING OF THE CRANBERRY MARKETING COMMITTEE The meeting of the marketing committee was called to order on the morning of August 27 in the library in the back of the new building at the Cranberry Experi- mental Station in Wareham, Mass. Business proceeded quickly with minutes being read, reports deliv- ered and, finally, officers elected. The new officers are as follows: Chairman, J. Garfield DeMarco, Chatsworth, New Jersey; Vice Chairman, Richard H. Indermuehle, Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin; Secretary, Norman I. Brateng, Long Beac
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. MEETING OF THE CRANBERRY MARKETING COMMITTEE The meeting of the marketing committee was called to order on the morning of August 27 in the library in the back of the new building at the Cranberry Experi- mental Station in Wareham, Mass. Business proceeded quickly with minutes being read, reports deliv- ered and, finally, officers elected. The new officers are as follows: Chairman, J. Garfield DeMarco, Chatsworth, New Jersey; Vice Chairman, Richard H. Indermuehle, Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin; Secretary, Norman I. Brateng, Long Beach, Washington. Lively discussion commenced as the item of an extension of base period came onto the table. John C. Decas, from Massachusetts, for- warded a recommendation that the base period be extended from six years to eight years. Mr. Olsson, also of Massachusetts, agreed with Decas pointing out that such an amendment would avoid the neces- sity of having to rule on 140 or so individual cases of appeals that had been made by growers who felt that they had been, for one reason or another, unable to produce a truly representative crop in the six-year period. Mr. Norman Brateng, urging the committee members to stick within the established six-year term of the program, called for a clarification from Mr. George Dever of the USDA as to whether the point was actually an amendable one or not. -Many uneasy feelings were voiced about such an amendment, yet the problem remained of what to do with the growers who were truly in a dilemma. ?>??»????»???>???????????? FOR SALE 10 WESTERN PICKERS A-1 CONDITION CALL OSCAR NORTON 617-763-5385 ? ????????????????????MM* - 1974 Mr. Decas finally offered a well-constructed motion that had the effect of extending the base period for two years for growers who had put in new plantings in 1968 and 1969. The discussion preceeding this motion had ap- parently caused a number of com- mittee members to change their thoughts on the whole issue, f
Size: 1561px × 1600px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookcontributorumassamherstlibraries, bookspons
