. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Wisconsin. A Stearman bi-plane has been remodelled so that it can carry a maximum amount of fertilizer or insecticides. Gotts- chalk fertilizes twice a year put- ting on about 200 pounds to the acre per application, the mixture used being 7-28-14S. This is done in April and just as the berries are setting. For production his East marsh averages about 4000 barrels a year. He harvests with three Dana-Getsinger pickers. He har- vests in a little different manner than do most Wisconsin growers by going around and around a bed rather th
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Wisconsin. A Stearman bi-plane has been remodelled so that it can carry a maximum amount of fertilizer or insecticides. Gotts- chalk fertilizes twice a year put- ting on about 200 pounds to the acre per application, the mixture used being 7-28-14S. This is done in April and just as the berries are setting. For production his East marsh averages about 4000 barrels a year. He harvests with three Dana-Getsinger pickers. He har- vests in a little different manner than do most Wisconsin growers by going around and around a bed rather than always in the same direction. pleted her requirements for a Bachelor's degree at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin. Afterwards she taught American History and related subjects. The Gottschalks have two sons, Jon 20 years, who is attending Wisconsin State University and Guy 16 years, who is a junior at Wayland Academy at Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Hobby is Curling The hobby of the Gottschalks is a rather unusual one, at least for most of the country. It is curling, that ancient game played on ice with a heavy stone and broom. There is a curling club at Port Edwards to which the Gottschalks belong, along with the Wayne Duckarts, Irving Ben- netts, Newell Jaspersons and Dan Rezins, all cranberry growers in the town of Cranmoor. This is a sport that can be played in the long cold Wisconsin winters, when there is not much to be done on the marshes. Bob is a former secretary and treasurer of this club. A poem by Mr. Rufus E. Mac- Farland, maternal grandfather of Mr. Gottschalk follows: Used Bulk Boxes Bob was the first to use bulk wooden boxes, 4 feet by 4 feet by 4 feet, handled with fork lifts in shipping his crop to Ocean Spray. He has a warehouse of considerable size but plans to build a new one. His North marsh across the highway from his other properties is an old "wild native marsh" started in 1888 before the present Milwaukee Railroad was put through. Mrs. Gottschalk a T
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