. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. consin, joined the American Cran- , berry Growers' AAssociation when the New Jersey Association was the only cranberry grroup in existence and had many members from Mas- sachusetts, Wisconsin and other states which were then growing cranberries. He became a member of the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers' Association when that was formed. He attended cran- berry meetings in New Jersey and ' visited Massachusetts. On these trips East he learned all he could about how cranberries were grown in the East and upon returning to Wisconsin
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. consin, joined the American Cran- , berry Growers' AAssociation when the New Jersey Association was the only cranberry grroup in existence and had many members from Mas- sachusetts, Wisconsin and other states which were then growing cranberries. He became a member of the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers' Association when that was formed. He attended cran- berry meetings in New Jersey and ' visited Massachusetts. On these trips East he learned all he could about how cranberries were grown in the East and upon returning to Wisconsin he told the growers there of what he had learned. The Bennetts continued to be leaders in the Wisconsin associa- tion and industry, and when the Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Com- pany was formed—the first of the three cooperatives now making up the American Cranberry Exchange —became members of that pioneer cooperative. A. E. Bennett Now Dean of the Growers As dean of the Wisconsin cran- berry industry, Mr. Bennett has cari'ied his leadership from cul- tural practices to the council cham- bers of the industry, where the weight of his judgment and his honor and justice have bulwarked the Wisconsin Cranberry Sales company and industry. He was fifteen when his father began. For several years A. E. spent his sum- mers at the marsh and attended schbol at Appleton and later Law- rence college. It may be recalled that in 1937 Mr. Bennett was given an honor- ary diploma by the University of Wisconsin at a dinner at Madison by the university, this being an annual award by the Agricultural college for an outstanding contri- bution to agriculture. He has al- so been active in civic affairs, a member of the Wood County Board, helped to establish the agri- cultural school, is a director of, and stockholder in the Wood Coun- ty National Bank, a stockholder of the Cranmoor Water Company, and has been president of the cranmoor school district since it was organized in CRANBERRIES PH t
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