. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. IRVING C. HAMMOND A Leading Mass. Cranberry Grower Passes On Irving C. Hammond Was Director N. E. Cranberry Sales Co., and American Cranberry Exchange—He Was 76. The cranberry industry lost one of its most respected and influen- tial leaders August 15th in the death of Irving C. Hammond, 76, of Point Independence, Massachu- setts. Mr. Hammond was a direc- tor of the New England Cranberry Sales Company and of the Ameri- can Cranberry Exchange. He was known to many throughout the industry. He entered the cranberry busi- ness at 18 wh
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. IRVING C. HAMMOND A Leading Mass. Cranberry Grower Passes On Irving C. Hammond Was Director N. E. Cranberry Sales Co., and American Cranberry Exchange—He Was 76. The cranberry industry lost one of its most respected and influen- tial leaders August 15th in the death of Irving C. Hammond, 76, of Point Independence, Massachu- setts. Mr. Hammond was a direc- tor of the New England Cranberry Sales Company and of the Ameri- can Cranberry Exchange. He was known to many throughout the industry. He entered the cranberry busi- ness at 18 when he built a half acre of bog upon meadow belong- ing to his father. In the same year he and his brother Charles, started growing and shipping oysters. Each year he built additional acre- a of bog as his finances permitted. When he was twenty, he and A. H. Puller, founder of the Brockton (Mass.) Enterprise, bought about forty rcres from Mr. Hammond's father at the latter's farm and started the development which is now the summer resort of Point Independence. After the death of his father, Mr. Hammond took over the farm and carried on a dairy business and market garden farm business. Shortly after, he gave up all other lines of business and took up cranberry growing exclusively. Since that time he has been an active figure in the industry and was recognized as one of the most successful growers in the country. He was always at the service of the industry in any respect which was for its advancement. His associations were not only always of the best with his fellow grow- ers but with his employees, also. He was active on various commit- tees at various times in regard to cranberry culture. His bogs were always models of efficiently-oper- ated cranberry properties. He privately owned large acre- ages and also managed 480 acres for other cranberry companies in which he had financial interests. The Smith-Hammond Cranberry Company was organized in 1904, with himself as director an
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