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downward trend in production from 1914-1921 was due primarily to war con- 

 ditions. The scarcity and high cost of labor and the uncertainty about cran- 

 berry demand because of sugar scarcity caused the growers generally to neglect 

 their bogs. Neglect of resanding made the bogs not protected by flooding 

 more liable to frost injury and resulted generally in poorer vine growth and 

 increased trouble with the cranberry girdler. 



Table 12. — Massachusetts Cranberries: Acreage, Yield, Production, 



Price, Value, Shipment Records, and Business Activity, 



1901 — 1935 



