CRANBERRIES. 



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The roots may remain in tlic ground through the winter with- 

 out injury. Indeed, in the opinion of many, they are more val- 

 uable for cattle in the ^ spring, wlien left in the ground, than 

 when pulled in the autumn and stored in cellars through the 

 winter. 



Yield. 



The yield of this root, on the average, is about 600 bushels to 

 the acre, each bushel weighing about fifty pounds. The analysis 

 is as follows : — 



or in 15 tons, produce of an acre, 1^^^ tons. 



cea:n^bekries. 



MIDDLESEX SOUTH. 



Statement of George Batchelder . 



The cranberry ground to which I call the attention of the 

 committee contains one hundred rods. The vines were set in 

 drills two feet apart in the spring of 1861. The soil was mostly 

 peat. The surface, varying from six to twelve inches was 

 removed to the upland for manure, and the whole piece before 

 setting the vines covered with sand to the depth of three inches. 

 The ground was kept as free as possible of weeds the first and 

 second years, after which the vines became so vigorous that but 

 little farther labor was needed. The proceeds and cost are as 

 follows : — 



