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believes a frosty night at hand, he opens 

 the flood gate and allows the water to over- 

 flow his bog, until it is from eighteen to 

 twenty-four inches over bush and berry. 

 The next morning the bog is drained and 

 the fruit picked. 



The picking process is a simple one. It 

 consists of placing the fingers, slightly 

 spread, beneath a bush, and then, by an 

 upward movement, raking the bush clean 



of its fruit. By means of a winnowing 

 machine the berries are freed from dirt and 

 leaves, ^ew York City alone consumes 

 two hundred and fifty thousand bushels of 

 cranberries every Christmas season. 



As the medicinal value of the cranberry 

 is more generally recognized it is more 

 eagerly sought by the epicurean world, and 

 in 1901 over a million bushels were mar- 

 keted as against half the number in 1900. 



THE O. K. CISTERN PUMP. 

 In this issue we are showing illustra- 

 tions of the 0. K. Cistern Pump which is 

 said to be one of the best double acting 



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power. The patents covering this pump 



are offered for sale at a reasonable price to 



any individual or manufacturing concern. 



The undersigned would like to get ; ~ 



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submerged force pumps on the market. correspondence with those who are lookine 



J.his pump is new in principle and parts for an article of this kind to place on th< 



from those heretofore known as double market. For further particulars address 

 acting force pumps which doubles the WM. SCOFIELD 



quantity of water of any other pumps of Care IRRIGATION AGE 



the same capacity of cylinder and of less Chicago 



