. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. DANIEL JAMES CROWLEY- SPRINKLER PIONEER Continued from page 19 equipment and used it on a much larger area. By June 1, it was evident that the pro- tected area was weeks ahead of the surrounding crop which had suflFered setbacks with each frost. In the 1925 progress report of the Washington Agri- cultural Experiment Station, the researcher included a con- servative estimate of what could be done with his radical idea. Finally, some eight years after his first work, Crowley was allowed to use a $500 allo- cation of funds to dig a su
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. DANIEL JAMES CROWLEY- SPRINKLER PIONEER Continued from page 19 equipment and used it on a much larger area. By June 1, it was evident that the pro- tected area was weeks ahead of the surrounding crop which had suflFered setbacks with each frost. In the 1925 progress report of the Washington Agri- cultural Experiment Station, the researcher included a con- servative estimate of what could be done with his radical idea. Finally, some eight years after his first work, Crowley was allowed to use a $500 allo- cation of funds to dig a sump to collect aijiple water, install a second-hand gas engine and pump and lay out enough lines and sprinklers to demonstrate his idea on a scale large enough to convince growers to use it. Even then the director of agricultural research said he hoped Crowley knew what he was doing. Nowadays, in the cranberry bogs of Washington, this kind of protection is taken for granted. When the temperature reaches the danger point, ther- mostats in dozens of bogs send signals to the owners' bed- rooms and tjo the pumps which are always ready to go to work. Crowley's adaptation of the fact he learned in class 45 years ago has been a big factor in making the cranberry industry an important one in his own state and in adding to the suc- cess of it in other states. Editors Note: Mr. Crowley's official report on his sprinkler work may be found on page 66 of the 36th Annual Report (6- 30-1926) of the State College of Wash., Agri. Exp. Station. Twenty-tb)o Hanson Pilot Killed in Crash. A light single-engine plane crashed and burned in a cran- berry bog opposite Little Sandy Pond, oif Route 27, Bryantville, Mass. at 6:51 Thursday, July 13 killing pilot ,Benjamin W. Atwood, 46, of Hanson and injuring a passenger. Atwood, of 984 Main Street, was. one of the first jet pilots for the Air Force and presently owned and operated a cran- berry bog dusting service, Cran- berry Sprayers, Inc., located
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