. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. banks, production and loan associa- tions, Cranberry Credit and that it was not the purpose of FHA to take away business from banks or any- one else. "Grower's xperience With Irriga- tion" was discussed by Kenneth "Kenney" Beaton, Wareham at Kingston and at Barnstable and by William "Bill" Stearns at Roches- ter. This was designed to give an idea of how such irrigation worked out in actual practice from a grow- ers' view point, as both men have much experience. "Bill" Stearns "Bill"
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. banks, production and loan associa- tions, Cranberry Credit and that it was not the purpose of FHA to take away business from banks or any- one else. "Grower's xperience With Irriga- tion" was discussed by Kenneth "Kenney" Beaton, Wareham at Kingston and at Barnstable and by William "Bill" Stearns at Roches- ter. This was designed to give an idea of how such irrigation worked out in actual practice from a grow- ers' view point, as both men have much experience. "Bill" Stearns "Bill" Stearns has about 60 acres in all under sprinkler irrigation. He said in part: "I became interested in irrigation in the early 1950's strictly for siu-- vival purposes. All of my bogs at that time were short of water and they still are quite out of grade. "My first outfit of any conse- quence was an fire pump with 200 feet of 4 inch and 3 inch aluminum pipe with a Buckner giant head and maybe 3 or 4 number 70 or 80 Rain Bird heads. This set-up depending on the shape of the bog would cover about 2 to 3 acres and use about 400 gallons of water per minute. During drought conditions a two-hour set-up would give an inch of water to the area covered. "Three or four set-ups .a day would be made. Contrary to the opinion of the time, the sprinklers were, out of necessity, set up during the heat of the day with no ap- parent rot or scald problems. I do strongly feel, however, that a sprink- ler system should not be turned on during the day unless it is to be of at ealst 30 minutes. I have seen bolssoms or berries cooked when the systems was turned on for a few minutes for demonstration purposes. "A sprinkler system such as I have mentioned has to be used successfully for frost protection, but has disadvantages. Number one point against it would be the cost per acre. A large pump was re- quired, 3 and 4 inch aluminiun pipe, and a 400 to 450 gallon per minute wa
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