CRANBERRIES. 227 



Hoeing, twice, . . . . . $4 45 



Seed, 20 



$20 90 



Yield, one hundred and sixty-six and three-fourths bushels, 

 or at the rate of six hundred and sixty-seven bushels an acre. 



CRANBERRIES. 



BARNSTABLE. 



Report of the Committee. 



The committee on cranberries have attended to the service 

 assigned them, and beg leave to say that there has been of late 

 so much said and "written respecting the cultivation of cranber- 

 ries that they do not deem it necessary, at this time, to offer 

 much on this subject. 



We would say that it continues to be a profitable business to 

 those who have entered into it in good earnest, and have been 

 willing to labor and toil to accomplish the desired end as 

 they would in every other enterprise in which they expected 

 success. 



We are fully of opinion that, for the first two years after the 

 vines are set, or until they become strong and matted together, 

 the utmost vigilance in most cases is necessary to keep them 

 free from grass, brakes, and rushes ; and without such vigilance 

 a few only can expect to succeed. 



The crop this season in this county has been rather smaller 

 than usual — owing, we think, mostly to the unusual height of 

 water in the swamps and ponds in the early part of the season, 

 and the severe drought in July and August. We have, how- 

 ever, examined some lots which would compare favorably, as to 

 the quantity and quality of the fruit produced, with any we have 

 ever seen in years past. 



The specimens displayed on this occasion were very good ; but 

 as the society's rules with regard to the manner of cultivation. 



