. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Makepeace (Continued from Page 8) although men stand by to watch. There is no consideration given to the fact there may or may not be ice remaining on vines or berries when the sun arises. The entire area sprinkled consists of Early Blacks, so not much fall frost protection may be necessary. For irrigation, evening use is the order, as Dr. H. F. Bergman advised this was preferable, but sprinklers have been turned on during sunlight hours as a relief from extreme heat. Sprinkling for frost protection was developed in Washing-ton und
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Makepeace (Continued from Page 8) although men stand by to watch. There is no consideration given to the fact there may or may not be ice remaining on vines or berries when the sun arises. The entire area sprinkled consists of Early Blacks, so not much fall frost protection may be necessary. For irrigation, evening use is the order, as Dr. H. F. Bergman advised this was preferable, but sprinklers have been turned on during sunlight hours as a relief from extreme heat. Sprinkling for frost protection was developed in Washing-ton under the direction of D. J. Crow- ley, now retired director of the Cranberry-Blueberry Laboratory at Long Beach. The Makepeace in- stalation on the 2 acre Round Bog which is a Skinner type, was probably the first in Massachu- setts. OUR COVER One of the largest attendances on record was present at Massa- chusetts State Bog, May 27, when demonstrations included airplane, both (Cub and Steerman biplane) and helicopter applications of spray and dusts. This was a twilight meeting, opening at 7 o'clock and it was hoped growers might see insecticides properly applied. There were heavy clouds and a little more wind than desirable. However a Wiggins Airways 'copter applied a DDT spray, while Freddie Braun of Firefly, Incor- porated, flew both the Cub and biplane, with flagmen from the A. D. Makepeace Company on the BOG WORK LARGE OR SMALL JOBS BULLDOZER AND SHOVEL WORK TRUCKING - GRADING E. G. HOWES West Wareham Tel. 795-M-l bog. "Bill" Tomlinson, entmolo- gist of Mass. Cranberry Exper- iment Station told what growers should watch for to see if air insecticide applications on the bogs were being properly given. (Points he made were given in April issue of CRANBERRIES). Dr. Chester E. Cross talked briefly on weeds and Dr. F. B. Chandler on fertilizers. Sinviliar meetings, except for the air exhibition were held at Halifax on United Cape Cod Co. Bog. 9 in the afternoon and at Wes
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