. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. tures in transit, breakage, and condition of fruit on arrival. This type of work has been carried on for a number of years, and con- siderable valuable information is available to shippers and handlers of our product. Dr. F. B. Chand- ler of the Cranberry Experinrent Station arranged to have these men address a local Kiwanis Club and invited a number of shippers to hear a most interesting illus- trated talk on the transportation problems of cranberries. GLOVER (Continued from page 2) as against the figure of 2,839,000 (with the Dec
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. tures in transit, breakage, and condition of fruit on arrival. This type of work has been carried on for a number of years, and con- siderable valuable information is available to shippers and handlers of our product. Dr. F. B. Chand- ler of the Cranberry Experinrent Station arranged to have these men address a local Kiwanis Club and invited a number of shippers to hear a most interesting illus- trated talk on the transportation problems of cranberries. GLOVER (Continued from page 2) as against the figure of 2,839,000 (with the December sales still of necessity an estimate). To place cases into barrels there is a division by ten which is approxi- mately accurate. In late November the executive committee voted an advance of ? a barrel on berries in the '54 pool. Payments were expected to reach most growers shortly. This brought the total advance on the '54 production to $ At the meetings of directors and the ex- ecutive committee on December 7 still another payment of $ on the '54 crop, subject to approval by the Springfield Bank was voted. Approval was gained and checks weere to be sent out December 19th, making | to date. At this same directors' meeting with 24 directors present from all growing areas, several other mat- ters were discussed. Chester W. Robbins, chairman of the national cranberry marketing committee made a report of the work of that committee and directors voted to endorse further study by the com- mittee and specifically that the act of Congress necessary to place processed cranberries within the scope of a government marketing agreement and/or order be sought. The feeling of directors toward the future was noted as more encour- aging. NCA has been holding growers' meetings in Wisconsin and New Jersey and in December four were held regionally in Massachusetts these being at Warehanx, Hyannis, Kingston and at the Hanson plant. Started in November, Ocean Spray fresh cranb
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