40 CAPE COD CRANBERRIES. 



CRANBERRIES UPON HIGH GROUND, 



I am here reminded of a newspaper article, which 

 recently came under my observation concerning a western 

 plantation situated in Wisconsin. The correspondent, 

 in speaking of it, states that, "in exact antipodes with 

 common cranberry culture, this same plantation of some 

 twelve acres, is situated on the highest land, and not in 

 a low swampy marsh. Ditches of about two feet in 

 width and half as deep are dug around each bed or plat, 

 the plats being nearly level, and ridges are thrown up to 

 separate the plats. Water is conducted into these ditches 

 from a little mountain stream, dammed up for the pur- 

 pose ; just enough fall is allowed to make a slight current 

 in the ditches, and at the lower corner of each plat, the 

 water is conducted through the ridges in a flume to the 

 next bed or plat, and so on down over the whole plan- 

 tation. 



" The soil is mostly white sand, and thin grass is al- 

 lowed to grow up among the plants without in any way 

 interfering with the crop. 



" The proprietor informed us that he expected to pick 

 1,500 bushels this year from his plantation, which would 

 bring from three to four dollars per bushel. 



" It is a curious fact that this is the only known cran- 

 berry plantation of its kind in the world, but it has 

 proved a grand success to its. owner in a financial sense, 

 and is well worth a long trip to see." 



From the above statement, however, lean see no special 

 inducement to abandon the well settled principle of 

 making bogs on good, healthy swamps, with plenty of 

 mud for a foundation nor do I approve of letting grass 

 grow up among the plants, albeit it may be without in- 

 jury to them. I will surely say, that such has not been 

 my experience, and I believe in keeping the hay crop and 

 and the cranberry crop separate. In the light of the 



