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and from eight to ten inches apart in the rows. I kept the 

 vines free from weeds, by frequent weeding and hoeing. I 

 flowed the meadow from November till the 28th of May, 18G0, 

 when I let the water off. The vines were green and bright, 

 and in July some of them blossomed. I kept them free from 

 weeds by weeding — the runners from the plants preventing my 

 using the hoe. I gathered this fall (1860) about one half 

 bushel of cranberries. I flowed the meadow the last of Octo- 

 iTer, 1860, and let the water oif the 10th of May, 1861. I 

 did nothing more to them till I gathered the crop in October. 

 The average yield was one bushel and four quarts to the rod. 

 The quality of the land is black swamp muck, varying from 

 one to ten feet in depth. The expense of clearing and plant- 

 ing the twenty rods was about fifty dollars. The expense of 

 weeding and culture was near thirty dollars. 



JOHN D.' HILDRETH. 



Manchester, Oct. 11, 1861. 



STATEMENT OF JOHN L. COLCORD. 



This experiment, which I enter for premium, in the cultiva- 

 tion of the cranberry, on five rods of lands, on the farm of the 

 late John Jacobs. 



In 1848, the turf was removed, the meadow turned with a 

 spade, the vines set in rows, and the meadow flowed in winter. 

 The whole expense, spading and weeding, was twelve dollars. 

 After 1852, they increased yearly. The largest crop was 

 twenty bushels. The present year it is estimated at sixteen 

 bushels. 



JOHN L. COLCORD. * 



South Danvers, Sejit. 24, 1861. 



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