48 CRANBERRY PATCH. 



step to be taken is, to devise some plan hj whicb. the 

 salt water can be driven back and effectually prevented 

 from again overflowing it. This is done by making a 

 dj^ke. The land thus redeemed must be prepared by 

 taking off the sward or covering it over with beach 

 sand. It is not safe to plant on land of this descrip- 

 tion immediately after it has been redeemed. It is 

 necessary to let the land lie exposed to the rains and 

 atmosphere a sufficient length of time, in order to get 

 *' freshened." When the salt has been taken out of it, 

 by exposure to the weather, then it is safe to plant. 



This chapter might be extended to a length which 

 our limits will not allow, by describing how patches 

 are made according to the location chosen. So we will 

 conclude, by saying no cranberry yard is completed 

 until it is fenced in such a manner as to keep out the 

 cattle. 



