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Title: Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine
Identifier: cranberriesnatio6566port (find matches)
Year: 1936 (1930s)
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Subjects: Cranberries
Publisher: Portland, CT (etc. ) : Taylor Pub. Co. (etc. )
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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Dr, Paracer Joins Staff at Mass. Station A Native of Pakistan He Will Assist in Nematode Studies Dr. Surinder Paracer, a native of Pakistan is a new assistant to Dr. Burt M. Zuckerman, in his research in nematology at the Massachusetts Cranberry Experi- ment Station. Dr. Paracer is the second assistant at the East Wareham Station to come from the Indian sub-continent, the first being Dr. Satendra Kawra, who has now returned to his native land. Dr. Paracer is committed to stay at least one year and may stay two. He was born in Punjab, Janu- ary 6, 1941, the eldest son of three children, his father being professor of botany at Ludhiana University of Agriculture. His family has Uved there for the last ten years. He had ten years of English in school at Punjab and at a private school, English being compulsory in Pakistan. He prepared for his bachelor of science degree at the University of Punjab. His studies included botany and zoology. He then came to this country, received his master's degree from the State University of South Dakota at Brookings. While in South Dakota study- ing plant pathology he became interested in diseases caused by nematodes. He found University of California offered the greatest op- portunity to study further into this subject. After three and a half years he received his Ph.D. While there he studied nema- todes as they affected grapes, peaches, walnuts, almonds and the nematode problems of roses. Dr. Paracer is making his hom-^ at New Bedford. For sports he likes tennis, likes to bowl and plaved cricket in Punjab. When he leaves the cranberry station he expects to return to Pakistan to teach. Dr. Paracer is a member of Sigma Xi and also a member of the Society of Nematology.
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FOR SALE IN NOVA SCOTIA ONE PROPERTY OF 10 ACRES WITH 6 ACRES OF CRANBERRY BOG Skinner Sprinkler System operated by 40 H.P. electric motor. Plenty of water available. One 2-ton truck with sprayer attached, 250 feet of hose and 1 cranberry machine, like new. 1100 field crates and 25 scoops. Second property consisting of 40 acres land, 4 acres of Cranberry Bog, situated on the Annapolis River. For flooding purposes a pump and new V8 motor. Pump will discharge 5000 gallons a minute. Will sacrifice both properties for the price of the Sprinkler System. Reason for selling, ill health. If interested, contact: F. C. WALKER AYLESFORD, KINGS CO., NOVA SCOTIA

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