. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. bition someday to have enouigli spunk- ier system to cover all my acreage. He installed the system eight years ago. This was done under the plan- ning of the Larchmont Engineering Company of Lexington, Mass., which furnished the equipment. He sprinkles fix>m diitches. This old bog has repeatedly been sanded until it was piled up rather high. Bill has sanded only onice in the 11 years he has owned the bog. It has a peat bottom. One of Bill's theories is that it is best to have short vines. All his ^bogs have short vines. "I
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. bition someday to have enouigli spunk- ier system to cover all my acreage. He installed the system eight years ago. This was done under the plan- ning of the Larchmont Engineering Company of Lexington, Mass., which furnished the equipment. He sprinkles fix>m diitches. This old bog has repeatedly been sanded until it was piled up rather high. Bill has sanded only onice in the 11 years he has owned the bog. It has a peat bottom. One of Bill's theories is that it is best to have short vines. All his ^bogs have short vines. "I like to have them look as if they have a crew haircut," he says. "Of course there are some runners but most of the vines are up- rights. These short vines on sand need plenty of irrigation in times of dry- ness. "I keep the pumps going 24 hours a day ; He sprink- les in the tortiight sun and at any old time he thinks it is necessary to put on water. 85 Barrels Per Acre His production over the past six years has been aibout 85 barrels to the acre. He has produced as hdigh as 2900 barrels but the average is 2400- 2500, or a little better. He bought this bog when he was one of those "restless" GI's looking for something to do and to him at that time cranberry grow<ing seemed the thing to go into. The other large property he owns. Mr. Sterns, Sr, holding insect net and Bill. Eight (CRANBERRIES Photo) is the Watercourse bogs on Billington street in Plymouth. This also is of about 30 acres. He owns this in part- nership with Flobert M. Briggs, at- torney of Plymouth. This bog has ten acres set to Howes and the rest to Early Blacks. This ,was buii'lt by (Mr. Wood in 1903. This bog is flowed partly by gravity from Cook's Pond. He has tWo electric mo- tors, one for drainage. He pult in power hues some distance here to obtain the electricity. "I'm going in [for electricity all I can", he says. "I like it. I find the Plymouth Coim-
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