AND WHERE TO FIND ONE. 



which are gravelly and sandy, leading into the main ditch. 

 A dam was constructed across the swamp, which serves the 

 purpose of flowing it, and also that of a road to pass across 

 it. In the winter, the swamp was usually flowed, and 

 gravel, this being better than sand, was drawn on the ice 

 and spread. Afterwards it was planted to cranberry cut 

 tings, in drills about eighteen inches apart, this, from ex 

 perience, proving to be a suitable distance apart. How 

 many coverings of gravel have been put on was not learned; 

 but several, judging from the excavations when removed. 



&quot;About twelve or fourteen acres of this swamp have 

 been planted ; and so favorably is it situated, that it can be 

 covered with water in little more than an hour s time. The 

 brook is of such capacity, with the aid of a reservoir above 

 the cultivated ground, that the plants can be protected 

 from frosts at any season when there is any danger. 



&quot;The crop of the past season was about 1100 barrels 

 of very nice fruit, and of remarkable size. I brought away 

 a couple of berries, that measured nearly three inches in 

 circumference. The crop was all picked by hand, at a cost 

 of nearly 2000. At one time, said Dr. Miller s farmer, 

 200 persons might have been seen in that swamp picking 

 cranberries. It was a lively scene. After they were 

 gathered, they were taken to the house, where they were 

 sorted, the soft berries, after winnowing them, were culled 

 out by women and girls, preparatory to barrelling. 



&quot; When Dr. Miller first contemplated the cranberry cul 

 ture of this swamp, he visited Mr. Joseph Breck, the well- 

 known seedsman of North Market-street. Boston, and 

 asked him how to go to work. Mr. Breck said he could 

 not tell him: then he asked for the best work on cranberry 

 culture. Mr. B. told him he did not know of any he 

 could recommend ; then, said Dr. Miller, * Can you tell me 

 of a man I can employ that knows something about it ? 



