. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. 'Kranberry Acres' Is Unofficial 'Experiment Station' Many Tests Tried On Bog of Mr. and Mrs. Kranick At Bandon, Oregon — Mr., Former Coast Guardsman, Mechanical-minded—Mrs. A Leader in Cranberry Affairs. No grower of Bandon, Oregon, has labored harder nor has the cranberry advancement of South- ern Oregon more at heart than Mrs. Ethe' M. Kranick, who with her husband, Leslie, operates "Kranberry Acres". "Kranberry Acres" has been the scene of many experiments which have lat'^r been appi'oved and adopted by other


. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. 'Kranberry Acres' Is Unofficial 'Experiment Station' Many Tests Tried On Bog of Mr. and Mrs. Kranick At Bandon, Oregon — Mr., Former Coast Guardsman, Mechanical-minded—Mrs. A Leader in Cranberry Affairs. No grower of Bandon, Oregon, has labored harder nor has the cranberry advancement of South- ern Oregon more at heart than Mrs. Ethe' M. Kranick, who with her husband, Leslie, operates "Kranberry Acres". "Kranberry Acres" has been the scene of many experiments which have lat'^r been appi'oved and adopted by other growers. The Ki-anicks may al- ways be found in the foreground of any nlan which they believe to be for the best general interest. Mrs. Kranick is one of the most active woi'kers of the region. She believes that Crnnberry Canners, Inc. has done and will do a great deal more to further the cranberry P'Osperity of the Bandon area. Therefore she is one of the staunchest and most ardent work- ers for Canners. This last fall the Kranicks bought one of the new Hoyt pick- ing machines, the first to be used in the southern region. This is the picker invented by W. E. Hoyt of the Grays Harbor Equipment Company, Abrdeen, Washington, who built the machine and has ap- pli-^d for a patent. During the pick'ng at "Kranberry Acres", manv of the loca growers visited the Kranicks and watched the ma- chine in ope^aton. The picking machine was used on thin areas and picked from one to two hundred pounds per hour, d pending upon the abundance of the crop. Where berries were ex- ceptionally heavy it picked as high as 300 pounds in an hour. The machine bruised the berries slightly, so the portion of the crop machine-picked was used for can- ning. However, the Kranicks found the Hoyt did pick clean and left the vines in good condition. They are satisfied that it was a wise investment. In addition to the Hoyt machine, the Kranicks used 10 to 15 hand pickers, and they also water- raked ab


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