34:0 ANNUAL REPOET. 



Mr, Roberts. They have to overflow the land in winter? 



Mr. Tuttle. All cranberry ground has to be overflowed in the win- 

 ter. If the snow covers the ground so as to prevent freezing it answers 

 the purpose, but if not covered in some way the cranberry vines will 

 kill out, and they are quite as tender as the rose. In regard to grow- 

 ing cranberries the great point is to have plenty of water and to have 

 proper facilities for using it at any time in the quantity required, Jn 

 order to ensure the greatest success. I believe in our.state that it is 

 going to be one of the most important of the fruit interests. 



President Smith. I have requested Mr. Tuttle to prepare an arti- 

 cle upon cranberry culture to be furnished for publication in our re- 

 port. 



The following paper was then read by Mr. Underwood. 



ORNAMENTATION OF HOMEt^. 

 By J. M. Underwood, Lake City. 



It must be apparent to you all that very little thought is given to the proper lay- 

 ing out and adornment of our homes, for you can hardly find a country home that 

 does not have some conspicuous fault in its surroundings and some of them have 

 very many. 



I will try to point out some of these objectionable features, that it may be more 

 apparent to j'ou that a discussion of this subject is necessary and my remark reason- 

 able. 



A common error that farmers make in laying out their grounds is to put into the 

 foreground the most objectionable and unsightly of their buildings. Quite likely 

 as you drive by you will see the hogpen in front of the house, the front fence 

 serving to make one part of the pen. If it was dark and you could not see it, you 

 would know by the smell what was there. Very likely back in an out of the way 

 place, you will find a flower bed wasting its sweetness in obscurity, while the hogs 

 and their filth are made conspicuous. 



Near the hog- pen you will find the barn-yard and you may have to drive through 

 the barn-yard to apf roach tlie,house, in fact I know a well-to-do farmer a highly 

 educated man, that in going to his house one must pass through the barn-yard over 

 a manure-pile and near a hog-pen, before you can get to the door-yard. Then you 

 ■will not find a place to tie your horse without danger of its being kicked to death by 

 the colts running loose around, or hooked by the cows that share the yard with the 

 colts. Imagine if you can the pleasure of calling for a neighborly chat under exas- 

 perating circumstances like these. 



These are no exaggerations but actual facts that I can testify to. In a timbered 

 country a woodpile is quite certain to occupy an exalted position in front. If on 

 the prairies we have someiimes seen wheat or other grain almost up to the door of 

 the house. The mistakes I have mentioned are inexcusable and are too disgusting 

 to merit anything but our indignation. In towns or cities it is nearlj'^ as bad to see 



