. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Top Sprayer rolled out on its tracked-ovtr, boarded-in ditch. Lower—Sump house and sump in the center of a Grayland bos- method of harvesting until labor became too scarce. Water from "Sumps" Without brooks or ponds, water underlies the entire district. To get it they have only to dig a wel, or "sump". This may be at th? head or foot of the bog, or it may be on the bog itself, perhaps 20x30 feet, with the sides neatly bearded up. Only in the driest of weather do they have any shortage of water, they say. As they
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Top Sprayer rolled out on its tracked-ovtr, boarded-in ditch. Lower—Sump house and sump in the center of a Grayland bos- method of harvesting until labor became too scarce. Water from "Sumps" Without brooks or ponds, water underlies the entire district. To get it they have only to dig a wel, or "sump". This may be at th? head or foot of the bog, or it may be on the bog itself, perhaps 20x30 feet, with the sides neatly bearded up. Only in the driest of weather do they have any shortage of water, they say. As they do not winter flow they need no large amount of water. Sprinklers take about one-t nth as much water for frost protection as flowage. Sprinkler Systems There are about 40 sprinkler systems now and most of the other growers plan to put them in as soon as the war or personal finan- ces permit. These sprinklers were installed at Grayland for frost pro- tection and not for irrigation. They are now, however, being used more and more for excessive "heats" of 85 degrees or more, and many crops have been saved by the sprinklers. Every grower speaks of his sprinklers proudly as "the system". Asked "is it good?" the almost universal rep'y is "You bet!" The first w^ere put in at the bog of Reeves & Husby in 1937. More were installed in 1938 and they came in strong the next two years, particularly in 1940, but this trend was cut off abruptly by the war. Spring Frosts Were Bad Frosts, mostly in spring, were a great menace to the cranberry in- dustry at Grayland. With the ad- vent of sprinklers all growers feel they have this major drawback "licked" and think spring frosts will no longer be an adverse fac- tor. They have in the past had many bad frost injuries, starting about May first and continuing through June. There have been severe frosts in July, notab'y a bad one on July 9th a few years ago. Fall frosts are of compar- atively li
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