NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS 



Berwick, Maine, on September 

 16. All four meetings sound in- 

 formative, so any would be an 

 opportunity to meet with your 

 colleagues and learn more about 

 an aspect of the industry that 

 interests you.) 



FFA Winners 



Eight teams competed in the 

 New Hampshire FFA Competi- 

 tions in Floriculture and Nurs- 

 ery/Landscaping at the Thomp- 

 son School/ Plant Biology 

 Greenhouses at UNH in 

 Durham on May 21. 



The Floriculture Competition 

 consisted of nine sections: After 

 taking a general knowledge 

 exam, contestants had to iden- 

 tify plants, identify plant disor- 

 ders, demonstrate asexual propa- 

 gation, complete a floral ar- 

 rangement, demonstrate the sell- 

 ing of a product, develop media 

 for the selling of a product, 

 complete a job interview, and 

 complete a problem-solving ex- 

 ercise. 



The winning team was 

 Alvirne (Hudson); second place 

 went to Fall Mountain 

 (Alstead); third, Dover. 



Individual winners were Sara 



Parker (Alvirne), Tammy 

 Woodell (Fall Mountain), and 

 Meredith Davis (Fall Mountain). 



The eight areas of the Nurs- 

 ery/Landscaping Contest were 

 "General Knowledge Exam, 

 Measuring of Nursery Stock, 

 Equipment Maintenance Prob- 

 lems, Potting of Nursery Stock, 

 Questions of a Landscape Draw- 

 ing, Identification of Plants, 

 Identification of Plant Disorders, 

 and Demonstration of Interper- 

 sonal Relationships." 



The winning team was again 

 Alvirne. Second place went to 

 Pembroke Academy (Pembroke) 

 and third place went to 

 Manchester School of Technol- 

 ogy (Manchester). 



Individual winners were Gail 

 Whitney (Alvirne), Kiley 

 Thompson (Pembroke Acad- 

 emy), and Steve Goff (Manches- 

 ter School of Technology). 



Congratulations are due all 

 participants and their instruc- 

 tors. 



Agent Designated 



Clark Insurance Agency of 

 Keene has been designated an 

 agent for Butler Florists' &. 

 Growers' Insurance Agency. As 



an agent for Butler, Clark Insur- 

 ance exclusively handles 

 Cheshire, Sullivan, and Grafton 

 Counties. Clark, founded in 

 1877, has offices in Keene, 

 Walpole, and Hinsdale. ^ 



MARKETING 



Tina Saiutelle 



An advertising effort conducted over time may maintain audience interest 

 more effectively than single-occasion advertising. This is called "Fre- 

 quency."There are advantages in sustaining a full-season advertising effort 

 Be sure your newspaper advertising representative is designing your ad 

 with illustrations. Studies show that ads with artwork perform better than 

 those without. Illustrations arouse interest, establish contact, build prefer- 

 ence, and keep customers sold. 



A satisfied customer will tell three people. An unhappy customer will tell 

 fifteen. But studies show that 90% of customers who were unhappy will 

 buy from you again if their complaints are quickly resolved. Do you have 

 your customer recourse policy in order? 



Tina Sauitelle is a principal of Sawtelle Marketing Associates, 

 NctwnarJcet, NH. For in/ormation: (603) 659-8106. ^ 



1992 Tifew Hampshire 



AGRICULTURAL 



FAIRS 



August 21-23 



Cornish Fair, Town House Road, 

 Cornish; information: Robert 

 Bladen at (603) 542-4622. 



August 15-16 



BelJcnap County 4-H Fair, Mile 

 Hill Road, Belmont; information: 

 Tom Corbin at (603) 524-5125. 



August 27-30 



Plymouth State Fair, Plymouth 

 (Take Exit 26 off 1-93); infor- 

 mation: J. Stanton Hillard at 

 (603) 536-2305. 



September 2-7 Lancaster Fair, 

 Route US 3, Lancaster; informa- 

 tion: Raymond Belanger at 

 (603) 837-2770o 



September 3-7 

 Hoplcinton State Fair, 

 Contoocook Fair Grounds, 

 Contoocook; information: Alan 

 Hardy at (603) 746-4191. 



September 11-13 

 Hillsboro County A^culturat 

 Fair, Route 13, New Boston; in- 

 formation: John Robertson at 

 (603) 588-6500. 



September 17-27 



Rochester Fair, 72 Lafayette 



Street, Rochester; information: 



Jeffrey Taylor at 



(603) 332-6585. 



October 1-4 



Deerfield Fair, off Route 107, 

 Deerfield; information: Willis 

 Rollins, Jr. at (603) 463-7421. 



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