. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. delayed into November in chusetts because of the many frosts and rainy days the latter part of October, another grower, Robert C. Hammond of East Wareham hired Mann, with his equipment, portable drier and all to help him complete harvest at his bogs at Norton. Robert St. Jacques of Hayden Separator Com|pany, which mana- factures the Darling picker says should water raking ever become common, the Darlington will be ready to meet the demand. In conclusion, it must be stated, that in spite of many apparent ad- there will certainly be
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. delayed into November in chusetts because of the many frosts and rainy days the latter part of October, another grower, Robert C. Hammond of East Wareham hired Mann, with his equipment, portable drier and all to help him complete harvest at his bogs at Norton. Robert St. Jacques of Hayden Separator Com|pany, which mana- factures the Darling picker says should water raking ever become common, the Darlington will be ready to meet the demand. In conclusion, it must be stated, that in spite of many apparent ad- there will certainly be no general vantages of water harvest over dry, change in Massachusetts, certainly not overnight. Much Massachusetts acreage is not suitable for adaption to water raking, and of couirse, there is the heavy initital cost involved and the new problem at the screen- houses. But for some Massachusetts growers who might be willing to make such a cost investment, the v;et raking method opens up a new vistas for consideration. With most US cranberry harvest- ing now almlost all mechanized, water raking will not probably be the next major improvement — this may prove to be the installation of more and more sprinkler systems — as is now being done to some extent in bo'h Massachusetts and Wiscon-. Back view of drier with berries running down the incline dried, cooled and partly cleaned and being placed in storage boxes. (CRANBERRIES Photo) sin, and has been very general on the West Coast for a number (rf years. But this major experimental water harvest by Dave Mann in Massachu- setts, it must be admitted, is cer- tainly extremely interesting and opens up new vistas to Mass. grow- ers. Harold Roberts Wise. Field Man Tony Briggs, manager of the Cran- berry Marketing Order visitmg Wis- consin early last month visited all handlers of that state, explaining the operation of the Marketing Order fa/ handlers, and named a field man for Wisconsin. He is Harold Roberts of Stevens Point. Mr. Rob
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