. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Never Had Slightest Fear That Cranberries Would Not ''Come Back" "Lew" Billings of Plympton, Mass., Averages 85 Barrels per Acre—Also Operates Dairy Farm, but Prefers Cran- berries to Cows. An 85-barrel per acre average is the achievement of Lewis E. Billings, Plymouth, Mass. At his big farm on route 106 in that town, he ope^'ates a dairy business, but says he finds it more to his liking, and easier to work with cranberries than with cows. He has served two years as president of the South Shore Cranberry Club, and is

. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Never Had Slightest Fear That Cranberries Would Not ''Come Back" "Lew" Billings of Plympton, Mass., Averages 85 Barrels per Acre—Also Operates Dairy Farm, but Prefers Cran- berries to Cows. An 85-barrel per acre average is the achievement of Lewis E. Billings, Plymouth, Mass. At his big farm on route 106 in that town, he ope^'ates a dairy business, but says he finds it more to his liking, and easier to work with cranberries than with cows. He has served two years as president of the South Shore Cranberry Club, and is

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. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Never Had Slightest Fear That Cranberries Would Not ''Come Back" "Lew" Billings of Plympton, Mass., Averages 85 Barrels per Acre—Also Operates Dairy Farm, but Prefers Cran- berries to Cows. An 85-barrel per acre average is the achievement of Lewis E. Billings, Plymouth, Mass. At his big farm on route 106 in that town, he ope^'ates a dairy business, but says he finds it more to his liking, and easier to work with cranberries than with cows. He has served two years as president of the South Shore Cranberry Club, and is a director of Producers Dairy, Inc., of Brockton. His cranberry property has been used as the location of a cranberry meet- ing. He demonstrates his interest in all cranberry matters by faithful attendance at many meetings. He is a member of Cape Cod Cran- berry Growers' Association. In marketing he is an independent, selling his crop through Peter A. LeSage of South Yarmouth. Holds Town Office a bog. For 22 years he was highway This he began in 1933 in a na- surveyor of the small comnvunity of Plympton and has served on the town school committee. He is also constable and fire chief. At one time he was a member of the Grange but found that to his mind meetings became "too social," with not enough attention paid to farming. In fraternal af- filiations, he is an Odd Fellow. Mr. Billings was born in Wey- mouth in 1895. His family m;ved to Plymnton when he was nine. His father, the late Edward, was in the lumber business in Wey- moth but decided to conduct a fanr.' on the sid?. This farm was located nol lar from the p'esetit Billini^s farm. "Lew" attended school in Plympton and then went to Plymouth (M:iss.) Buslne-^s School, where he to:k up book- keeping, typewriting, etc. Became Interested in Cranberries Through Trucking He continued to farm but was also in the grain business for about 10 years, 1916 to 1926 and in the truf^king business f ir a number of y