. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. MiR-h inU'iest was cTcaied at last rnorilirs iiicfuir/ )i Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association, Ea»l Warcham, Mass., by the ditch cleaner designed and built by I*rof. "Stan" Norton, engineer of the Station staff. Machine is capable of cleaning ditches at the rate of 10 feet a , or as slowly as desired. Ma- chine, carriage, 10 feet wide, is self propelled, with operator riding on a platform over the ditch. A verti- cal column extends down to the ditch with a working head on lower end where clipper-blades are mount
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. MiR-h inU'iest was cTcaied at last rnorilirs iiicfuir/ )i Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association, Ea»l Warcham, Mass., by the ditch cleaner designed and built by I*rof. "Stan" Norton, engineer of the Station staff. Machine is capable of cleaning ditches at the rate of 10 feet a , or as slowly as desired. Ma- chine, carriage, 10 feet wide, is self propelled, with operator riding on a platform over the ditch. A verti- cal column extends down to the ditch with a working head on lower end where clipper-blades are mounted. This is powered by a 5 vertical shaft engine. Th? head assembly oscillates back and forth to cover 30 inches of. ditch. The ditch depth it is capable of cleaning is from 20 to 37 inches. Method of removal of debris is to flood the ditch and pump the debris to a disposal area. Carriage is moved in forward speed by a 3 motor. (CRANBERRIES Photo) BERTRAIM F. RYDER Bertram F. Ryder of Ocean street, Gotuit, Massachusetts passed away October 16. He was a widely known cranlbei-ry grower with 'bogs in the Cotuit area. He was 76. Mr. Ryder was for many years a director of the former National Cranberry Association now Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. He was a graduate of Tabor Academy, Marion, Mass. and of Brown Uni- versity, Providence, He was a director of Barnstable County National Bank, Hyannis; Hyannis Cooperative Bank, Cape Cod Ex- tension Service, until last year when he resigned because of rea- sons of health. He was president of the Cotuit Library Association. He was a Mason for more than Twelve 50 years, and was a past master of Mariner Lodge. & , Cotuit and district deputy grand master of Grand Lodge of Masons of Massachusetts, a memtoer of Orient Chapter, Royal Ai'ch, Hy- annis. He was also a meroher of the Hyannis Rotary club. He is survived by a widow, Mr«. Florence H. Ryder, a daughter, Miss Virginia Ryder, a son Rich- ard H. Ryder, Cotuit an
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