. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Final Winter Meetings Held by Cape Cod Clubs New nrechanical equipment was the main subject of the February Club meetings on the Cape. Pro- fessor Earl Cox of the Agricul- tural Engineering Department University of Massachusetts, ex- plained the hydraulic sanding equipment with the aid of colored slides. Basically, this consists of a pump, plastic tubing, and an in- jector. The pumps used in the experiments have been O. C. D. pumps or equivalent, operated around 100 pounds pressure. Plas- tic tubing three inches in diameter is atta
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Final Winter Meetings Held by Cape Cod Clubs New nrechanical equipment was the main subject of the February Club meetings on the Cape. Pro- fessor Earl Cox of the Agricul- tural Engineering Department University of Massachusetts, ex- plained the hydraulic sanding equipment with the aid of colored slides. Basically, this consists of a pump, plastic tubing, and an in- jector. The pumps used in the experiments have been O. C. D. pumps or equivalent, operated around 100 pounds pressure. Plas- tic tubing three inches in diameter is attached to the pump and the injector. At the injector, the cross- section diameter is reduced to % of an inch, and the water is forced in space for a distance of two to three inches where it enters an- other pipe with a bell flare 1-% inches in diameter. If the space through which the water passes sand will flow from the injector. Three-inch plastic tubing from the injector carries the water and sand mixture onto the bog where it is spread by two operators from two- inch plastic tubing which is easily attached at 100-foot intervals. Hydraulic Spreader Experimental To date, the work with the hy- draulic sander should be considered experimental; however, Mr. Cox said one O. C. D. pump and a crew of five men at the bog should be able to sand two acres per day, provided the hauling crew kept a continual supply of sand. He also stated the injectors might be placed at the sand pit, if it were not too far away. Bin Cranberry Storage Mr. Cox then presented five sheets of mimeographed data of storage studies made at the State Bog on cranberries. The cranber- ries stored in bins were as good as those taken in boxes directly to the screenhouse. The bin storage was studied as it later might be an economical and convenient way to handle berries from a mechani- cal picker. The studies of removal of field "heat indicated the most firm berries were from berries stored continually at 35 degre
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