14:2 HOW TO GET A FARM, 



and Mr. Breck said he could not. Well, replied Dr. M., 

 then I will try and see what I can do. The result and 

 the mode of doing it is briefly stated as above, as learned 

 from Dr. Miller and Mr. Desmond, his farmer. 



&quot; Dr. M. has informed the writer, since visiting the cran 

 berry swamp, that the fruit has generally been sold so far 

 as it is marketed, at the current price, though some of it 

 was sold at $15 a barrel. Call the average price $10 a 

 barrel, and 1100 barrels will bring the snug little sum of 

 $11,000. This beats tobacco-raising out of sight, as the 

 saying is. 



&quot;One of the peculiar advantages possessed by Dr. 

 Miller over most of the owners of swamp lands, is the 

 facility with which he can flow it at all seasons of the 

 year, thus guarding the growing crop from both late spring 

 frosts and early autumn frosts ; and, besides, gives him the 

 power to destroy insects that sometimes infest the vines. 

 Swamp lands that can be as quickly flowed and as quickly 

 drained as Dr. Miller s cannot be used more profitably than 

 by growing cranberries, as it would seem by the Doctor s 

 experience. It is also easily gravelled in the winter by 

 flowing it.&quot; 



The foregoing account was considered so remark 

 able, that I applied to Dr. Miller for some additional 

 items of information. From these, in connection 

 with the narrative quoted, the reader will be able to 

 form a just conception of the magnitude of the en 

 terprise, of the amount of capital invested, as well 

 as of the character of the result. 



Dr. Miller has about twenty-five acres, divided 

 into five meadows, varying in size from 3 to 12 or 

 14 acres, all on the same stream of water. The 

 whole can be overflowed at will in about two hours. 



