. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. erty, Lewis following' the fashion of many Wisconsin growers of liv- ing ri3:ht at their marshside. His Sen Becomes 3rd Generation Grower In 1910 the third generation of the Lewis family to become inter- ested in cranberries, Charles H. Lewis, was graduated from Minne- sota in the course of "Technical ; This course had been selected by "Chuck" to pre- pare himself for joining up with his father in the business of grow- ing cranberries. Chuck had spent his summer vacations working at the Beaver Brook
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. erty, Lewis following' the fashion of many Wisconsin growers of liv- ing ri3:ht at their marshside. His Sen Becomes 3rd Generation Grower In 1910 the third generation of the Lewis family to become inter- ested in cranberries, Charles H. Lewis, was graduated from Minne- sota in the course of "Technical ; This course had been selected by "Chuck" to pre- pare himself for joining up with his father in the business of grow- ing cranberries. Chuck had spent his summer vacations working at the Beaver Brook property and was enthusiastic about the opportunities of the cranberry industry. Chuck was married in 1941 and in 1942 the Lewis Seniors gave up their residence at Beaver Brook to their son and daughter-in-"aw and moved to Shell Lake. The Badger Company marsh at Beaver Brook is a very attractive- ly-located property in the rolling country of Northern Wisconsin. The big house there sits on a bluff, with a commanding view over ook- ing the marsh. Here is a total property of 700 acres, but all that can be made into cranberry bog has already been put in. Mr. Lewis had completed 40 acres in 1912 and put in 25 more in 1927-28. The marsh is flowed entirely by gravity from a reservoir of 100 aci'es, made by damming up Bea- ver Brook. A part of the water is pumped back, when needed, as a measure of conservation. Thi' rest is released through good nat- ural drainage. The entire marsli can be flowed in two or three hours for modei'ate protection and in six hours for a heavy freeze. Beaver Brook is planted entirely to that increasingly popular Wis- consin variety, the Searls Jumbo, except for about six acres of Howes brought from the East. Lewis believes the Howe is a great "hot weather berry", and in North- ern Wisconsin will stand more drought than other varieties. How- ever, as a Northern Wisconsin grower himse'f, he does not recom- mend its planting for that section. A c
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