. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Rolla Parrish, sprinkling nine acres of his Long Beach property, the largest layout on the coast, places his sprinklers 62 feet apart, staggered, to make certain all areas of the bog receive adequate coverage and there are no dry spots. These throw about 85 feet at 40 pounds pressure. His mains are of eight-inch diameter and of wood, with metal laterals. Charles A. Nelson at Long Beach has 49 sprinklers which he p'aces 60x60 feet apart, but which he now says are not quite as close as he would like to have them. The E. B. and Sumner
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Rolla Parrish, sprinkling nine acres of his Long Beach property, the largest layout on the coast, places his sprinklers 62 feet apart, staggered, to make certain all areas of the bog receive adequate coverage and there are no dry spots. These throw about 85 feet at 40 pounds pressure. His mains are of eight-inch diameter and of wood, with metal laterals. Charles A. Nelson at Long Beach has 49 sprinklers which he p'aces 60x60 feet apart, but which he now says are not quite as close as he would like to have them. The E. B. and Sumner Fish bog at Bandon has sprinklers spaced 76x100 feet with a radius of 100 feet at 40 pounds pressure at the pump, throwing 16 Vo gallons a minute. The Kra- nick property, also at Bandon, has the sprinklers spaced 60 feet apart, with a throwing radius of 100 feet at 40 pounds pressure. Here pipes are above the ground and of the quif^k-detachable type. The water for these systems comes from the sumps, wells, or irrigation ditches and as water always underlies the whole reeion there is an almost never-failing supply. Only rarely does the sup- ply become dangerously lowâit was in this condition at Long Beach and Grayland this year, but the drought was exceptional. These systems, in both frost and moisture supply, require far less water than ditch irrigation for frost flooding. Growers estimate about one-tenth of the quantity of water for ditch protection is need- ed by the sprinklers. With the West Coast water sup- ply, the dry summers, and danger- ous spring frosts it is small won- der that sprinklers have received a cordial reception there. Thei'e the use of sprinklers is regarded so highly, in fact, that it seems to be universally agreed that with- out sprink'ers cranberry growing would not have made the progress it has made in the past few years. Sprinklers there are becoming practically a must" on the agenda of every grower. (Continued from Page 9) land, and succeeded h
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