. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Engineering Professor "Stan" Norton experiments with the Oregon "Egg Beater," in flooded area of Massachusetts State Bog. (CRANBERRIES Photo) Pacific Coast ''Water ReeV Is Tes ted On Mass, State Bog A new type of cranberry picker, new to the East, was tested at Massachusetts Cranberry Sta- tion, East Wareham last month. This is the so-called "water-reel", a devise at first known by the name of the "egg beater". The picker has been in use for a number of years - and with success - for berries
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Engineering Professor "Stan" Norton experiments with the Oregon "Egg Beater," in flooded area of Massachusetts State Bog. (CRANBERRIES Photo) Pacific Coast ''Water ReeV Is Tes ted On Mass, State Bog A new type of cranberry picker, new to the East, was tested at Massachusetts Cranberry Sta- tion, East Wareham last month. This is the so-called "water-reel", a devise at first known by the name of the "egg beater". The picker has been in use for a number of years - and with success - for berries to be canned. It has been used in Oregon and Washington. A sizeable portion of the crop in those two states is now harvested with the "water ; First necessity for use of the picker is that the bog, or the section of it to be picked, should be flooded to a depth a little over the vines. Berries are knocked off the vines and then "boomed" ashore where they are gathered. The device was originated at Bandon in Southeastern Oregon. The machine is simply a steel frame, mounted on two 20-inch bicycle wheels. There are four rods in front on metal circles, 36 inches wide and 20 inches in diameter. The reel and machine are driven by a 2^/^ Briggs & Stratton motor similar to that used on all Massachusetts or New ton pickers. Power take-off is by chain. Machine is fast in operation, meaning a saving in cost on pick- ing, but then there is the process of "booming," collecting and get- ting rid of the bog "trash," mean- ing additional time spent. One of its advantages is that the machine stirs up about as much of the "trash", leaves, stems, as does a float boat. Another advantage is that picking can be done in any weather, and early or late in the day, as it is a water-harvest pro- cess. It also picks clean, leaving few berries. Machine being tested at the State Bog was built by station engineering Professor John "Stan"
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