. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. yiassachusetts Cranberry Club Meeting discuss Sprinkler Irrigation Systems rof Waiiam Tomlinson Jr. Gives idvise on pesticide safety Overhead irrigation, a matter of luch interest to cranberry growers nd especially those in Massachu- setts at the present time was the rincipal topic at the February leetings of the cranberry clubs, 'ebruary 18, South Shore; Kingston, 'eb. 20; Cape Cod Club at Barn- table and Southeastern Massachu- kts Feb. 26 at Rochester, the lat- er positponed a week because of a lizzard on Feb. 19. This was a pan-
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. yiassachusetts Cranberry Club Meeting discuss Sprinkler Irrigation Systems rof Waiiam Tomlinson Jr. Gives idvise on pesticide safety Overhead irrigation, a matter of luch interest to cranberry growers nd especially those in Massachu- setts at the present time was the rincipal topic at the February leetings of the cranberry clubs, 'ebruary 18, South Shore; Kingston, 'eb. 20; Cape Cod Club at Barn- table and Southeastern Massachu- kts Feb. 26 at Rochester, the lat- er positponed a week because of a lizzard on Feb. 19. This was a pan- jl discussion ably moderated by rof. John "Stan" Norton, engineer- g department at the Mass. Cran- â erry Station. The "Safe Use Of Pesticides" was he other timely topic presented by , *rof. William "Bill" Tomlinson, en- pmologist of the Station and acting ead during the Great Britain Sab- ,'l>atical of Dr. C. E. Cross. It was pointed out that it has now een two years since Dr. Cross ade a "dramatic" plea for im- )roved water management of Mass- ichusetts bogs, particularly in rpinkler irrigation, pointing out the rost lessees and how these might âºe lessened and systems made to >ay for themselves in a relatively hort time. Prof. Norton estimated here are now about 700 Mass. acres inder such irrigation, a big increase âºver a few years ago and that cost of installations had ben lessened, saying that systems could be install- ed in many instances at a cost of $400-$500 an acre. Norton said the best place to be- gin the discussion was at the begin- ning and this came with the maps for the layouts of individual systems. This phase was presented by Richr ard Pratt, Soil Conservation Serv- ice. He said much irrigation used took only about 20 percent of the water used in the old method of frost flooding. One advantage is the mul- tiple use of such systems, not only for frost protection, but irrigation and the application of many agr
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