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Screen House. — A building with ample capacity for packing boxes, 

 barrels, the harvested crop, and room to clean and pack berries, is 

 essential. A dry, properly ventilated cellar in this building is especially 

 desirable, in which to store the harvested berries previous to packing 

 and shipping to market. 



Turkey strutting in thf lam-. 



Thinks he's very fine; 

 Cranberries gleaming in the sun. 



How like rubies shine. 

 Mince pies sitting in a row. 



Oysters from the bay; 

 What a glorious feast we'll ha\'e 



On Thanksgiving Day. 



Fnll Work. — Previous to the ground freezing up for winter, all weeds 

 should be removed from the bog; dikes and flumes should be examined, 

 to see that all is secure before the bog is flowed. 



A rank growth of vines will not yield a good crop of berries, and what 

 there arc will be late in ripening, and subject to rot if the season is hot 

 and wet. Under these conditions it is well to resand the vines with 

 1 to 2 inches of sand. Vine sanding is done on the same principle as the 

 sanding of new bog, with one exception. Instead of dumping the sand 

 on the bog, each wheeler brings his shovel on the wheelbarrow load, 

 and spreads the sand from his barrow. To accomplish this a plank 

 runway is laid from the sand pit to the bog. Upon this runway men 

 with wheelbarrows bring the sand as directed by the foreman, who 

 attends to moAang the runway as the sanding progresses. Sanding is 

 often done after ice forms on the bog. The only objections to this are, 

 that the vines needing sand cannot be so readily seen, and sometimes 

 when ice breaks up it drifts with the sand on it, carrying it to parts of 

 the bog where it is not needed, thus distributing the sand unevenly. 



Winter Flowage. — For the protection of cranberry vines during the 

 cold months, flowage should take place just prior to the freezing up of 

 the ground. This prevents winter-killing of vines, which is liable to 

 occur during severe winters, the same as grass will winter-kill. It also 

 prevents the throwing of vines by the action of freezing and thawing. 



Should any portion of the bog be less than 12 inches under water, 

 it will be well to keep a sharp lookout to the outlets after the ice forms, 

 and prevent any lifting of the ice by heavy rains or sudden thaws, 

 which will pull the vines, where frozen into the ice. 



Late flowing in the spring will retard the growth of the cranberry 

 vine, and thus it can be carried beyond the usual fro.st-killing season. 

 Water is kept on by some growers on the Cai)e until early summer, to 

 avoid the late spring frosts; but this will shorten the growing season, 

 and cause the berries to ripen late in the fall. Seasons will vary, but 

 .on Cape Cod from the last of November to the last of April is a good 

 average period for bog flowing. 



