. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Shewing Ihe Weather Station at Cranguyma. (Phcto Ackeroyd Photography, Inc., Portland, Oregon) Cranguyma Is Big Cranguyma is big, the bog is largely in one piece. The prop- erty is mostly of peat, heavy from two to 6-7 feet deep. Var- iety planted is entirely McFarlin. Instead of building roadway all around it was considered more economical to put in the stand- ard-gauge track. Over this oper- ate sprayers and other equipment. The "trains" are pulled by "Speeders," engines which were originally built for use in
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Shewing Ihe Weather Station at Cranguyma. (Phcto Ackeroyd Photography, Inc., Portland, Oregon) Cranguyma Is Big Cranguyma is big, the bog is largely in one piece. The prop- erty is mostly of peat, heavy from two to 6-7 feet deep. Var- iety planted is entirely McFarlin. Instead of building roadway all around it was considered more economical to put in the stand- ard-gauge track. Over this oper- ate sprayers and other equipment. The "trains" are pulled by "Speeders," engines which were originally built for use in logging. Water comes from the lakes on Cranguyma, the largest of which is Gile Lake. Sand is supplied by a sand dredge operation, although the bog has never been resanded. Through the use of the dredge large areas in the lake have been deepened to 15 feet to increase the capacity. The ground equipment sprayers consist of 2 Hardeies, a Buffalo turbine and smaller equipment. Two parathion sprays have been put on by helicopter over the past several years. The tall, tall evergreens of the Pacific Coast make the use of the straight- winged planes difficult, but Glenn has been trying to develop a method for using the straight- winged craft. During the winter months of January and February when the vines are most dormant pruning is done by using pruning rakes and an attachment to a Gravely tractor. Much less pruning is done than on most bogs. Spring finds' weed control mea- sures put into operation. Chem- icals, paint thinner and hand weeding are all used and still weeds are the biggest problem. Of the chemicals used some excellent results have been obtained from Sazine on young plants and Oasoran used experi-. Bcg Spraying at Cranguyma. (Photo Ackeroyd Photography, Inc., Portland, Oregon) mentally last year showed greai promise on such things as horse- tail, loosestrife, "cotton top" ano some other weeds. Also in the spring any neA^ acreage is leveled, sanded anc planted us
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