. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. John F. Sawyer, Frost Insecticide Company, Arlington, Mass., Is "Dean" Of Insecticide People in N. E, This is the story of John F. lawyer, general manager of the â "rost Insecticide Company of Arl- ngton. Massachusetts. Mr. Saw- â¢er is now the "dean" of insecti- ide people in New England. In the spring of 1903 he had to nake a decision which shaped his uture. He was living in Reading, Massachusetts, and going to Boston n the train one morning he met 'rof. A. H. Kirkland, who was an ntomologist with the Bow
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. John F. Sawyer, Frost Insecticide Company, Arlington, Mass., Is "Dean" Of Insecticide People in N. E, This is the story of John F. lawyer, general manager of the â "rost Insecticide Company of Arl- ngton. Massachusetts. Mr. Saw- â¢er is now the "dean" of insecti- ide people in New England. In the spring of 1903 he had to nake a decision which shaped his uture. He was living in Reading, Massachusetts, and going to Boston n the train one morning he met 'rof. A. H. Kirkland, who was an ntomologist with the Bowker In- ecticide Company. He was asked 0 take a position with that com- any, as Prof. Kirkland said the uture in the insecticide business /as excellent, which Mr. Sawyer ays he later found to be correct. It took a lot of courage, he said, ci go into practically a new kind f business, as he had previously been in hardware. He was with the Bowker company from March, 1903 to March 1908, when Mr. Frost asked him to take charge of the sales department with his com- pany, which was incorporated in 1906. Harold L. Frost, who was widely known at the time, was in the forestry business, which he knew from every angle. Many wanted to buy equipment, which was the reason the Frost Insecti- cide Company came into being. Mr. Sawyer says there are many problems in his business and these are increasing each year, "so a fel- low's mind is ; Frost Company Began Small At the time he came with the Frost company it owned an apart- ment house on Court street in Arlington. The pantry wa? the stock-room, the kitchen was the shipping room, and the dining room was used by a bookkeeper. The company has expanded from year to year and now is in a mod- ern building with 10,000 square feet of floor space, with everything up to date. In Mr. Sawyer's early days there were two companies manufactur- ing insecticides. Now, of course, there are many. He recalls that in those early days two or
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