. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. JACK DEAN IS A LEADING GROWER OF BANDON-STRONGLY BELIEVES IN ALUMINUM DIKES-HIS BOGS ENGINEERED-TERRACED Jack Started Out To Be A Pharmacist, But Found The Work Too Confining â Became A Grower In 1946 Growers in the Bandcn area are now using aluminum dikes to divide their bogs' into small sections for water-reel harvest, and prominent in the use of them is Jack Dean. With water supplies generally not too plentiful, relatively small amounts of water are thus ade- quate. After the first section is released of water on these alum- inu
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. JACK DEAN IS A LEADING GROWER OF BANDON-STRONGLY BELIEVES IN ALUMINUM DIKES-HIS BOGS ENGINEERED-TERRACED Jack Started Out To Be A Pharmacist, But Found The Work Too Confining â Became A Grower In 1946 Growers in the Bandcn area are now using aluminum dikes to divide their bogs' into small sections for water-reel harvest, and prominent in the use of them is Jack Dean. With water supplies generally not too plentiful, relatively small amounts of water are thus ade- quate. After the first section is released of water on these alum- inum-diked areas, the water is dropped down through a small gate for harvesting the next one. This water flow is by gravity as bogs are engineered in such a manner, as at the Dean property, and a number of others on these "stepped down" or "terraced bogs'," the sections are only about 8 inches lower than the one above. In making these bogs, after the raw land is scalped, the grading is done by the use of a spirit level. This makes each section as truly fiat as it is possible to get it. The aluminum dikes may be in straight lines, or they may be curved to suit the individual bog. The dikes are about 18 inches above bog level. Dean used corrugated roofing, 26 by 12 feet wide. Where the 12 foot legnth is' used, one could divide up to 48 feet. Dean believes. The dikes are made of regular aluminum roofiing, 26 gauge. Thes'e dikes are cheaper to in- stall than dikes made of earth and do not take up much of the bog areas, as would dikes of earth such as are generally used in most other areas. Whether these dikes are more permanant than wooden dikes, stich as are common in the Ore- gon area, or not, has not been definitely determined, but again, Dean believes they may be. Any aluminum of manufacture is used and the supply is any roofing house. The construction consists of 4 by 4 treated cedar posts. These are set 30 inches deep and 47 feet apart, giving a three foot l
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