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you don't destroy the first, the cranberry plants look brown, red 

 and dead as a door nail. The deadest thing I ever saw was a cran- 

 berry^ bog after the fire worm had been over it. Put the water back 

 and you kill him. 



The other great enemy of the cranberry is what is called the 

 meadow worm. It is not fat?l ; it rarely destroys more than one- 

 sixth of the crop, but it is no good to the cultivator. 



The berry worm comes, and as the berry grows he grows inside 

 of it and he eats the very heart of the berry and he eats himself to 

 death there or crawls out to go into another berry. He disappears ; 

 then they have a variety of new worms coming. The Lord knows 

 what they are sent for. The fire worm is the worst. If you under- 

 take to kill the fire worm, the second crop of them, you see your 

 flowers are open, you would wash the pollen out of them ; you can- 

 not put the water over the pollen. You must take the fellow when 

 he begins ; then if you can cover the bog with water you can kill 

 him. 



I consider that the bog that you can flow in six hours with water 

 is worth 150 per cent more than one you cannot flow. Ton can 

 fight the very heavens and earth, the frost, the worms ; you can 

 protect your crop. When you have early frosts you can flow your 

 bog and save your crop ; and your berries will bring more than if 

 the market wa5 flooded. 



We can raise cranberrif s as cheaply as they can be raised on the 

 face of the globe. We are going to get the English and French 

 markets, and we have a big market at home. You cannot over- 

 produce. The limitations are such ; the climate and soil do not 

 go to stupidity ; it cannot be overdone. It will cost you S3 a bar- 

 rel, the best you can do. Anything you make over S3 a barrel 

 is in your pocket. The average price runs from $5.50 to S6.60. I 

 do not get S7 ; but suppose I get $6.50, that gives me $3.50 a 

 barrel. Supposing I get S8 a barrel, I make $5 a barrel. It costs 

 us S3 a barrel to market our cranberries. If you keep your berries 

 for a late market, I imagine they are worth SIO or $11. 



DISCUSSION. 



Ques. When is your planting season ? 



Ans. It has been in the spring. Anytime in the spring until 

 July, when you would be liable to get too hot weather. Spring is 

 better than fall ; because I think they will live if you keep them 



