THE CRANBERRY INDUSTRY 



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Table 7. — Summary of Massachusetts Cranberry Bog Pumping Plants 

 in 1934, by Counties 



Table 7 summarizes pumping plants by counties, showing number of acres 

 flowed, number of plants, lift, and horsepower provided. 



Table 8 summarizes for the entire State, showing the number of pumps 

 driven by electric motors and the number operated by gasoline engines, with 

 pertinent facts as to size of units, lift, and acres flowed. It appears that 4,653 

 acres, fully a third of the entire cranberry acreage of the State, is flooded by 

 pumping. 



Table 8. — Comparative Use op Gasoline and Electricity in 

 Massachusetts Cranberry-Bog Pumping Plants in 1934 



Electric Gasoline All Pumps 

 Pumps Pumps 



Number of plants 84 314 398 



Acres flowed by pumps 1,445 3,208 4,653 



Average acres flooded per pump 17.2 10.2 11.7 



Average lift, feet 6.5 5.4 5.6 



Average "acre x lift" 112 55 65 



Total horsepower 2,707 9,312 12,019 



Average horsepower per plant 32.2 29.7 30.2 



Average horsepower per "acre x lift" 288 .537 .461 



CRANBERRY VARIETIES GROWN 



Table 9 gives the Massachusetts cranberry acreage by counties and varieties. 

 Both Early Black and Howes are very much more important than all the 

 remaining varieties combined. Together they make up 88 percent of the entire 

 acreage. Early Black is the standard early variety and Howes the standard 

 late one. They will remain supreme for a long time, not only because of their 

 lead in acreage but also because their fruit is favorably known by the trade 

 everywhere. They are the oldest of the cultivated varieties and their enduring 

 supremacy reflects great credit on the keen selective sense of the pioneers of 

 the industry. They have been widely planted in New Jersey also. 



McFarlin holds third place in the State's acreage by only a small margin 

 over Smalley Howes, but it has been planted much more extensively than any 

 other Massachusetts variety in Wisconsin and on the Pacific Coast. There 

 is a fairly substantial acreage of Matthews, Bugle, and Early Red. Shaws 

 Success is the best of the midseason varieties, and Aviator is the most prom- 

 ising of the newer ones. 



