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ing in length to the width of the shovel, the depth of 

 the hole being from four to five inches. I then from 

 beds of vines cut sods of vines corresponding in size 

 and in depth to that which I had removed, which I 

 placed in the holes already made, and with the feet 

 trod or pressed them firmly into the hole, that they 

 might not be disturbed by the action of the ice or 

 water, during the winter or spring. The distance of 

 these sods, or hills, one from another, was from three 

 and a half to four feet. As some of these vines which 

 I transplanted had grown from fifteen to eighteen 

 inches in length and lay nearly level with the ground, 

 care was taken to raise the vines and place the shovel 

 under so as not to cut off the vines, and also to get a 

 sod of the proper size, otherwise the vines would be 

 cut off and greatly injured. As far as I have seen, 

 vines which are of much length, and which lay under 

 water during the winter and spring, will, if let alone, 

 naturally lean to the north-east, (for the same reason 

 that fruit trees lean that way), and as I rake my vines 

 all one way, that is, I draw the rake from the south- 

 west to the north-east, so I placed those sods of vines 

 which did not stand erect so that they would lean to 

 the north-east. 



Every year since the year 1840, these vines were 

 eaten up as regularly as the year came round by a 

 worm, called in this vicinity the cranberry worm. 



