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it, which had been closely fed off. In the spring of 1846, I 

 drained the bog, and covered about one-eighth of an acre with 

 sand three inches thick, and set it with cranberry vines, in rows 

 two feet apart, and hoed them four times in the season of 

 1846, and once in the spring of 1847. The grass then got the 

 advantage of me, and I left the vines to work their own way. 

 They have now nearly overcome and worked out the grass and 

 rushes. On the remainder of the bog, I strewed vines, and 

 trod them in the mud. by walking over them. These grew 

 with rapidity, without any further care, except flowing in the 

 winter. In the fall of 1848, I gathered from ten rods, where 

 no sand had been spread, as many bushels of cranberries, while 

 on the part sanded I had scarcely as many quarts. The latter 

 are now doing better, having got the advantage of the grass, 

 and I think will finally work it out, I have this year, on the 

 quarter of an acre offered for premium, quite a good crop, al- 

 though the worms destroyed nearly one half. I have picked 

 one square rod of the light colored variety, set in the mud, and 

 it yielded two bushels and twelve quarts. One square rod of 

 the small, dark colored variety on the mud, yielded one bushel 

 and two quarts. The large red variety yielded on the mud, 

 two bushels to the square rod. The whole quarter is not yet 

 gathered ; it will yield about thirty-five bushels, about one- 

 half of the vines being set on mud, and one half on sand. 



In selecting meadow or cranberries, it is highly necessary to 

 select such as will not dry in summer ; but much also depends 

 on the selection of the vines, as the committee will see by the 

 samples here presented, all having the same soil and the same 

 treatment. The samples are not selected, but sent i7i precisely 

 as they greiv. The whole expense of the above bog, up to 

 the present time, does not exceed forty dollars. 



I have received from the sales of cranberries, up to the 



fall of 1849, . . - - 1320 00 



Deduct for picking, one-fourth, - 80 00 



All other expenses, for setting, interest, <fcc., 40 00 



120 00 



Net profit - - $200 00 



