. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Smith & Smith" Wisconsin Cra They Are Mother and Daughter and Have Earned Title of "Man's Equal" i n Cranberry World — Produced 1540 Barrels Last Fall. Cranberry growing, at least highly successful cranberry cul- ture, is usually considered one of the things that "a man does bet- ter". But in Wisconsin two women have for a number of years been recognized as among the more effi- cient growers in that state. One is the sole surviving pioneer woman of the Central Wisconsin cranberry industry, Mrs. Pauline
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Smith & Smith" Wisconsin Cra They Are Mother and Daughter and Have Earned Title of "Man's Equal" i n Cranberry World — Produced 1540 Barrels Last Fall. Cranberry growing, at least highly successful cranberry cul- ture, is usually considered one of the things that "a man does bet- ter". But in Wisconsin two women have for a number of years been recognized as among the more effi- cient growers in that state. One is the sole surviving pioneer woman of the Central Wisconsin cranberry industry, Mrs. Pauline M. Smith. The other, her daughter, is Miss Clare Smith, secretary of the Wisconsin Cranberry Growers' Association. Their marsh is the Smith marsh in the cranberry center of Cran- moor. It is the oldest "scalped" marsh in the vicinity and in its per- sonal operation over a period of years, Smith and Smith have earn- ed the title of "a man's equal", in the cranberry world, and that is assuredly no sinecure, to raise cranberries successfully year after year. They harvested no less than 1,540 barrels last fall from 17 acres in vines and on a property consisting of 380 acres all told. This marsh was started in 1870 by the late husband of Mrs. Smith, Ralph S. Smith, who had been an attorney, forced to leave the pro- fession because of ill health. Mr. Smith was the discoverer of the variety known as the Smith Bell. "Smith and Smith" have been wise enough to adhere to the theory that enough was enough, and they haven't attempted to in- crease their vined acreage. They feel it is better to do an excellent job with not too big a marsh than a poor job with a bigger one. But they do also own an interest in the Elm Lake Cranberry marsh in their native state. Mrs. Smith has been on the marsh since 1889 when she and Mr. Four Successful nberry Growers Smith were married and upon his death was left with three daugh- ters, Clare, Edna and Mary to pro- vide for. Sh
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