. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. and one of his first duties was ac- tive work in the cranberry field. He was quick to assist in the or- ganization of an educational pro- gram for growers. This was through a series of cranberry meetings, which still continue. He was born on a dairy farm at Deerfield, New Hampshire in 1909. He was graduated from the Uni- versity of New Hampshire with a B. S. degree in agriculture. After graduation he spent a year on the home farm and then for two years was a foreman for the New Hamp- shire Forestry Department. He was then, for thre
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. and one of his first duties was ac- tive work in the cranberry field. He was quick to assist in the or- ganization of an educational pro- gram for growers. This was through a series of cranberry meetings, which still continue. He was born on a dairy farm at Deerfield, New Hampshire in 1909. He was graduated from the Uni- versity of New Hampshire with a B. S. degree in agriculture. After graduation he spent a year on the home farm and then for two years was a foreman for the New Hamp- shire Forestry Department. He was then, for three years, assist- ant county agent at Litchfield, Con- necticut. Brown has served on many Mass- achusetts agricultural committees. He has been president of the Mass- achusetts federation of extension service workers, and is current past president of New England associa- tion of county agents. Brown was the recipient of the national county agents' association "County Agent's Distinguished Service" award in 1950. The University of New Hampshire has honored him with a citation for distinguished service. The "County Agent", publication for agricultural leaders and advis- ors, published at Philadelphia, in an article upon Brown, refers to his weekly TV program "Down to Earth", which ham made him known as "emcee" to thousands of people in the six New England States. "His is the kind of personality that television program directors would forsake their 'ivory towers' to meet," said the "County Agent". Continuing, "His ability to carry on a friendly conversation without benefit of script, and timed to split- second accuracy, has probobly done more for Extension in New England ir. recent years than any other sin- gle ; The "Down to Earth" program began in December, 1951 and while programs are especially beamed to rural people in New England, they are presented in such a way they also appeal to the inter
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