. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. A Mass. Grower Tries Wise. Water Raking Harvest Dave Mann Picks 15 Acres, Lfsing Boats and Portable Drierâ^This Major Experi- . ment of Extreme Interest. by Clarence J. Hall David B. Mann, Head-af-Bay Road, Buzzards Bay, tWs fall is proving to be fee major pioneer in Massachu- setts in water-raking his cranberry crop in the Wisconsin manner. He has gone into heavy equipment, as is done in the Badger State, some of his own conception, to fit Mass- achusetts conditions, and has bought other pieces from the Dana Machine and Supply Com
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. A Mass. Grower Tries Wise. Water Raking Harvest Dave Mann Picks 15 Acres, Lfsing Boats and Portable Drierâ^This Major Experi- . ment of Extreme Interest. by Clarence J. Hall David B. Mann, Head-af-Bay Road, Buzzards Bay, tWs fall is proving to be fee major pioneer in Massachu- setts in water-raking his cranberry crop in the Wisconsin manner. He has gone into heavy equipment, as is done in the Badger State, some of his own conception, to fit Mass- achusetts conditions, and has bought other pieces from the Dana Machine and Supply Company of Wisconsin Rapids. What is his main objective? Ma- chine dry harvesting often leaves up to 20 percent of the berries lost in harvest (sometinoes more and some- times less). The Wisconsin method gets practically every berry. If few or no berries are lost in water-rak- ing that means his production can be increased up to 20 percent per acre, in other words he will not lose approximately one barrel in every five. This lesser harvest loss is one of tiie reasons why Wisconsin growers are able to get about double the Massadiusetts average peit acre. Last year it was barrels per acre for Massachusetts oompared to 110 for Wisconsin. But last year was not a fair comparison as Massadbu- setts had the severe May frost loss and the average is nearer 50. Another advantage is that while in dry harvest, pickers cannot work on rainy days or early in the morning until the dew dries up or often late in the afternoon as the vines become damp and sticky, in the water-raking method, these times need not be lost. Still another is that tne system involved in water raking and speci- ally-designed hea\'y equipment is that it is more efficient. There might be in time and manual labor. And finally, statistics drawn up by F^f. Norton of the Experimental Station tend to indicate that there is much less bruising of berries, and the gentleness of water harvest- ing on the vines should
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