. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. le McFarlin, as do most of the acific growers. With sound mechanical know- dge and background, Mr. Par- sh is a firm believer in machin- •y to cut bog bui'ding and main- nance costs, and in all possible aerations he uses modern me- lanical equipment. Of an in- ;ntive mind, some are devices of s own invention, such as a grass- itter, powered by an electric mo- r. Water Rakes Entire Crop On his properties he has eight )g pumps, three of which are ectric. He has his own pole le and transformers, getting his )wer from the Public Utilit
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. le McFarlin, as do most of the acific growers. With sound mechanical know- dge and background, Mr. Par- sh is a firm believer in machin- •y to cut bog bui'ding and main- nance costs, and in all possible aerations he uses modern me- lanical equipment. Of an in- ;ntive mind, some are devices of s own invention, such as a grass- itter, powered by an electric mo- r. Water Rakes Entire Crop On his properties he has eight )g pumps, three of which are ectric. He has his own pole le and transformers, getting his )wer from the Public Utilities epartment, the electricity origi- iting at the Grovernment Bonne- lie dam up the Columbia. He IS water-raked all his berries for e past five seasons, and for this irpose bought ten water-rakes om Wisconsin. He cleans his rries at his warehouse by a ige cleaner which he constructed mself from plans furnished by arl B. Urann, although he had never seen one of these cleaners. He has one water hole of about five acres for his water supply, and his main source for immediate use is a supply ditch 4,300 feet long, 20 feet wide, with a depth of six feet of water. He has nine acres already equipped with sprinkler systems, and plans to convert his entire property as soon as possi- ble to this method of frost protec- tion and irrigation, at an esti- mated cost of about $60,000 for everything. His sprinklers are Buckner, jun- ior size, "hammer" and "commer- cial" types, the latter being the more expensive to install. He spaces these 62 feet apart, stag- gering them to make certain of adequate coverage on all parts of the bogs. This gives him some lap-overs and spots with heavier water, but he believes it is better to have this over-lap with its mar- gin of safety than to have dry areas. His sprinklers throw about 85 feet at 40 pounds pressure. His main pipeline is wood, 8 inches in diameter, with lead-offs of three-inch wood, and his laterals are mostly wood. P*um
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