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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
February, 1919 
CRANBERRY CULTURE 
Edited by Mrs. S. N. Whittlesey, Cranmoor, Secretary Wisconsin 
Cranberry Growers Association 
The Annual Convention 
The thirty-second annual meet- 
ing of the Wisconsin State Cran- 
berry Growers Association was 
held in Society Hall, in the old 
Wood Co. Bank building at Grand 
Rapids, Wis., Tuesday, Janu- 
ary 14, 1919. 
President Searles called the 
meeting to order at 10 a. m. and 
addressed the members, advising 
better methods in preparation and 
care of marshes and the great 
need of providing and conserving 
water supply. 
After President Searles' ad- 
dress the minutes of the thirty- 
first summer convention were 
read and approved. The treas- 
urer’s annual report was read, ap- 
proved and ordered put on file as 
was also the secretary’s financial 
report. 
Miss Anna Bamberg reported 
the State Fair exhibit at Milwau- 
kee in September, 1918, as being 
ready on time and attracted much 
attention. Feels the money ex- 
pended for same was a good in- 
vestment, but to make it pay its 
best should have many more ex- 
hibitors with correspondingly 
more cranberries. 
The State Fair comes at a very 
inopportune time for a good dis- 
play of cranberries as it is too 
early in the seasan for fully de- 
veloped ripe fruit. Two to three 
weeks later would make a great 
difference in the quality and un- 
doubtedly quantity of berries that 
could be forwarded for this pur- 
pose. 
Owing to the inability of our 
delegate, Mr. E. C. Bennett to at- 
tend the Horticultural meeting at 
Madison, January 8, 9, and 10, Mr. 
C. M. Seeker kindly consented to 
serve and very ably represented 
our Association. Mr. Seeker’s 
suggestions for the future should 
receive consideration. 
After an hour for dinner, busi- 
ness was resumed with the elec- 
tion of officers for the ensuing 
year. All the old officers were re- 
elected. The president by ballot, 
the secretary being instructed to 
cast the ballot for the remaining 
officers. 
Resolutions of sympathy and 
regret over the death of our es- 
teemed member, Mr. Russell Case, 
were submitted and adopted. 
Papers were presented by A. U. 
Chaney, Andrew Bissig, C. D. 
Searls, Dr. Neil E. Stevens, Dr. 
II. F. Bergman, S. N. Whittlesey, 
Miss L. M. Huyck and II. J. Geb- 
hardt. All appreciated the very 
interesting and instructive talk of 
Dr. Fracker of Madison. Before 
adjournment it was, by almost 
unanimous vote, decided to hold 
the next annual meeting at Madi- 
son in connection with the State 
Horticultural Society. 
Mrs. S. N. Whittlesey, Sec’y. 
Personal Items 
Harrison Kruger, who has been 
in service since last August, re- 
ceived his discharge and is at 
home again, arriving at Cranmoor 
January 11. 
Roy M. Potter is not yet mus- 
tered out but was granted a fur- 
lough, spending the holidays with 
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. 0. 
Potter at their Grand Rapids 
home. 
Mr. A. C. Bennett, or as he is af- 
fectionately called, Grandpa Ben- 
net, had a fall the first of the year 
and broke all the bones of one 
wrist. 
Mr. Dayton R. Burr of Berlin, 
another old-time member, had a 
stroke of paralysis early in Janu- 
ary, and though improving, is still 
in the hospital a 1 Berlin. 
Another to receive our sym- 
pathy is Mr. E. C. Dano of Tomah, 
who was seriously injured in a 
railroad accident which came near 
costing him his life. 
1918 Deductions of a Cranberry 
Merchant 
Lvda M. Huyck 
I use the term Cranberry Mer- 
chant because of the saying that 
than one no one could be busier. 
This year has been busy for 
me in works, and as I know you 
all work, there isn’t any use tell- 
ing you about my labor and 
trouble for fear I wouldn't have 
any help to do the labor, etc. 
Along with being busy, how- 
ever. there have been some les- 
sons very thoroughly learned — - 
and fearing I may forget them 
and hoping they may be proven 
in others’ experiences — I am set- 
ting these lessons down. 
Our bog has many advantages, 
of which we are proud, but with 
these I am assured we have sam- 
ples of all the disadvantages bogs 
are heir to. 
After a while I hope we can en- 
large our acreage and when we 
do there are some of the things 
we will be assured of from our 
1918 deductions. I do not mean 
that these things were altogether 
discovered in 1918, but were con- 
siderably confirmed. 
When we build more bog, since 
