. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. New Cranberry Venture in N. W. Wisconsin of Laro^e Potential John D. Roberts, Grower, Buys 920 Acres of Former State Land on St. Croix R. John D. Roberts of Hayward, Wisconsin has recently purchased 'J'20 acres of brown bush poten- tial cranberry acreage in the town (if Gordon in northwestern Wis- ronsin with a view of development of the location. It is on the St. Croix River. The land was pur- chased at auction and was form- erly under the forest crop pro- cram. He requested to have the land w ithdrawn from the crop progranr and t
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. New Cranberry Venture in N. W. Wisconsin of Laro^e Potential John D. Roberts, Grower, Buys 920 Acres of Former State Land on St. Croix R. John D. Roberts of Hayward, Wisconsin has recently purchased 'J'20 acres of brown bush poten- tial cranberry acreage in the town (if Gordon in northwestern Wis- ronsin with a view of development of the location. It is on the St. Croix River. The land was pur- chased at auction and was form- erly under the forest crop pro- cram. He requested to have the land w ithdrawn from the crop progranr and this was approved by the board of Town of Gordon and the State Conservation Department. Mr. Roberts says he plans fur- ther activity at the location, but at the moment things are in the formative stage and while work has commenced the over-all pro- gram is not definite. eH has been ednstructing access roads and siinie basic ditching. The property has abundant water supply. Mr. Roberts says soil tests and other normal cranberry investigative details show the property to be a "natural with large ; Mr. Roberts is a member of the executive committee of National Cranberry Association, of the Board of Directors, NCA's fresh fruit com'mittee, pensions and re- tirement committees, a member of the board of directors of Ocean Spray of Canada, Ltd. His posi- tion with NCA now is an assistant to the president in Wisconsin, or area manager. He is a member of the Cranberry Institute. He purchased a small cranberry property at Hayward, which he handled as owaiei'-operator until 1954, first being with Eatmor and then entered his tonnage in NCA. He continues to operate the property which he has expanded to approximately 15 acres, set to Searles. In 1954 on a 2% acre section he averaged a shipped- crop figure of 318 barrels per acre and an overall shipped-aver- age in excess of 200 barrels per acre. He was graduated from Ripon College in 1941 and then served five years in the
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