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around the whole bog is coarse sand and gravel), any of it 

 good for the setting of vines. This piece is 11 rods long, 

 and 30 to 50 feet wide, and the centre is left about 2 in. 

 higher than the outside, the reverse of the main part of the 

 bog, as the seed ditches answer to drain the surplus water 

 off as well as to keep the seed from the upland from wash- 

 ing among the vines in a heavy shower. These ditches 

 around the bog are about 10 in. deep and 18 in. wide, cost 

 nothing as the material taken out goes on the piece to level 

 it. The vines were set in rows 18 in. apart, and G in. 

 apart in the rows as near as the men could guess. 



The cost per acre to set vines as thick as this, is between 

 forty and fifty dollars, that is, to punch the holes and set 

 the vines as some do cabbage plants. The cost of setting 

 the vines on this piece was not kept separate as we set the 

 vines as fast as we levelled the ground. The vines were 

 cuttings about 8 to 10 in. long, set in the ground 5 or G in. 

 The cost of the vines was in the gathering, as they were 

 taken from a patch of wild vines, from day to day, as we 

 were ready for them. I would remark, it will take one 

 hand to sort and cut the slips the right length, for two to 

 set. The cost of this plat will have to be given in a lump 

 as you will see by the above. When we had the last row 

 levelled, the men were ready to set it; one reason for so 

 doing was the lateness of setting and dry weather. I did 

 not wish the ground to get dry before the vines were in. 

 Perhaps this is as cheap as any method if one has the re- 

 quired help. The 30 rods cost $73, or nearly $2.50 per 

 square rod. With regard to fertilizer I never use any, 

 only to put on about an inch of gravel once in four or five 

 years. 



I will take for examples the two last seasons. 

 In 188G I gathered from the before mentioned plat (30 sq. 

 rods) 17 1-2 barrels of berries, which sold in Boston 

 for $6.75 per barrel, $118 12 



Cost of picking berries at 50 cts. per bu. $25 65 

 Cost of sorting and screening, 6 56 



