. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. On mile-high Hurricane Ridge, Mr. Pryde, Mrs. Pryde, C. J. Hall. Taller, snow-capped peaks of Olympics in background. (Photo by Mrs. C J. HaL; bog, about 41/2 acres in 1942. This is his present "home place" bog, although he acquu^ed this holding before he moved to Grayland to live. This holding is on Heather Road. To the original bog he added two acres. Much of this property has been rebuilt since he has oper- ated it. He also has additional land with 8V2 acres of bog on Pacific Road. This land was bought at different tim
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. On mile-high Hurricane Ridge, Mr. Pryde, Mrs. Pryde, C. J. Hall. Taller, snow-capped peaks of Olympics in background. (Photo by Mrs. C J. HaL; bog, about 41/2 acres in 1942. This is his present "home place" bog, although he acquu^ed this holding before he moved to Grayland to live. This holding is on Heather Road. To the original bog he added two acres. Much of this property has been rebuilt since he has oper- ated it. He also has additional land with 8V2 acres of bog on Pacific Road. This land was bought at different times from three growers who were ready to retire. Each piece is 165 feet wide with warehouse at the west end on a sand ridge. Pryde runs railroads down the center of each piece and they are all connected by curved track so cne small Power Car can be used for sanding, spraying, picking up berries at harvest and for other tog operations; harvested berries are delivered at the desired' ware- house. A half acre of abandoned bog has been treated with the new herbicide Casoron, while this material was still certified for experimental use. Pryde says if the weeds can be cleaned out and proper drainage ob- tained it is planned to reclaim this section as it once was a very heavy producer. He also has 6V2 acres of fine bog land at the east end which can easily be cleared aru planted by him, when, he says "tb spirit moves ; Sprinklers Pryde utilized four sumps and all are supplied by spring and drain- age water from the surrounding hnis. He has one 20 motor with a Deming pump; he has one 30 h. p. motor d inving a Fairbanks-Morse pump and two gas enggines with pumps, one of which is a stand-by for his home place bog. His sprinklers consist of approx- imately 200 Rain Birds. Thermostats control the two elec- tric motors which start the pumpf when it becomes either to cold oi' too hot. Time clocks are used to control the pumps to operate either, continuously or intermittentl
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