The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-09
Busy Cranberry Merchants"
Iuzn Sandy Boys Inio Hive
4 Activity. Prosperity
Iocomo Firms Turn From Massachusetts
Product 10 Gfoylmds vorietY:
Amy Gives Growers "Breok"

By CHAS.
with Oregon winning M
u turkeys, the State of Wash
thing. % the farmers along
Gr1ys Harbor and lower viii
nous, delicious companion
berries, and the 1871 harves
oDwn.
Mostly rudy checked Finnisf
m VITA 4 aprinlling Of city folh
M 49, hit Z yen to week end
- Z FARM" TIE thin, sandy
osostnl strip directly back cf ths
1onRing Pacific ocean has sud-
1nnly tlunsd into the most valuable
yieos Il farm acreage On the whole
1oe1zlc ooast. and the husky,
Ueryy Films are enjoying their
Qzst TASTE Il rsal prosperity IN
- Jan.
wa they proudly told " that
tnoro wers OVER so ACRES Of
oRunhorFtss near 0Faylanda. famous
ponoa knoWn 70 thousands Of Ia
Gomnns - the home Of razor ciams
- oosan swimming. Ne fought to
49, = gtraight faoe. Why that
onRsogs wouldn't even total one
~ raneA It Yakima
~ r Heavy
-. m. Charles Rnm. president
= ~ osaylands Cranberry Grow
En- oGDociation, describes how on
80 acEp . neighbor raised l,zz5
26-pound bsxss a. eranberries, and
that bscauss u the 70 to 100
inchss q rainfall. The narrow strip
q snndy bog between Westport
ond roheland, once = sandy ocean
bsach, y IL finest cranberry land
= n ~ u. .. A. Total 1871
- win - about 1.eo0, 900
UWTuEN TONS TO THE
AC1B! Whew, Almost the ton
- = : rood crop Of Jaw timber
- uaar Mineral!
Dofhiteiy cranberries are q
n10A-yiesd. lard work and intensive
on1kivafiea proposition. with hand
hnor prsdoainating.
~ = aen With = lot Of strange.
onp1nx Hinniah namea on II. 10
= ut rsninds you that there 10
- hnck Il craylands than
ouuE1g1o ~ rasor clans.
F usw Ms Dsns
- Start with you buy an acre
e bnnsA covered swamp. You
tDork I yser 10 burn Off the brush
- yunk cut ths roots. Then you
~ 1Uwn - the sphagum moss,
81 heuwn1sh nat several feet
go q i've vegetation that rests
= eat 49, once the ocean beach.
- you dfain your little plot
- 49, 1itchss. erect . house.
GuGags, eAsaning and storage shed.
- : nschanical separator costing
anouk -. . truckload Of box
ennso1Es, already pre-fabricated 1t
~ hDx factory in sumner-sven to
- ''1Gknt Kist" label stenciled ali
oesr.
You haul N . layer Of fine beach
oanA pack II down. then you buy
eome q the precious. tender cram
harry plants. plant 'sm IN the sand
ana wait from : To 8 years for
them 70 grow.
Each day you and the family
must carefully hand-wesd them,
FOR In the cool. wet sub-tropic
ocean climate weeds grow faster
than cranberry plants. and sour
grass has long deep roots.
Rick ~ HID
You put potash on this water
ooaked soil. You lay . miniature
subway track. very wide gauge.
OWN the bog. and buy IN slab-
crate spray OUTFIT and = little fiat
ear to put Il on Frequently, IN
tbs summer. you spray heavily TO
keep away bugs.
Then, At long last. you start the
1nbor q harvest. Day after day
you hand pick each plant. laying
- plucked twig gently back
fhnse twigs are worth 81 each
Whsn icy get 10 bearing. Ere
qnsntly - the berries ripen, you
- hack and pick all over again
and - II again
In fact. al you, father. mother,
grandpa, junior and Uncle Oscar
ever Do IN the fall II to pick your
hoada off and b careful lest you
eknp On The matted delicate vines
Nat hug the ground.
Describes Cannesy
Then. Il you smulated the busy
6<tzo 49, IN winter and nailed up
go -pavinn Civil