PRACTICAL PAPERS—CRANBERRY CULTIVATION. 193 
Improvements. —Many of the marshes in this vicinity, but 
a few years ago in their natural state, were unproductive, but 
have recently become remunerative, yielding fair crops with 
but comparatively little expenditure. Yet they have not un- 
dm- the small improvement made on them produced scarcely a 
fraction of what they are capable of doing with a more thorough 
and systematic working. Some of the owners of cranberry 
lands have so fully realized this, that they have spared no ex¬ 
pense necessary to fully develop their resources, for which they 
are receiving large returns. 
Among the best improved lands, are those of Mason Rud¬ 
dock & Co., J. D. Walter, J. D. Williams, and last but not least 
H. D. Sackett. The last named property, is the oldest im¬ 
proved marsh in the state, and has for many years yielded a large 
annual income, so large, that it would be deemed an exag¬ 
geration to name its real value. The present year’s crop from 
it, has amounted to four thousand barrels, which at the market 
price here would reach the sum of $45.000; but “ Sackett’s 
Bell and Bugle Cranberries ” are not sold at the current rates 
of other brands. They bring in Chicago, St. Louis, San Fran¬ 
cisco and other markets from two to four dollars more per bar¬ 
rel. This extra price is obtained because Mr. Sackett does 
not allow the fruit to pass out of his hands without being as¬ 
sorted and well cured—being in condition to keep if necessary 
until another crop is ripened ; and also because his marsh is so 
finely located and naturally adapted to the growth of the cran¬ 
berry, that they are produced in perfection. 
Mr. Sackett has the past season built a warehouse on his 
premises for the purpose of handling the berries, which is a 
model of its kind, and characteristic of a live western man. 
It was built under his personal supervision by day’s work ; and 
as many institutions of the kind of greater or less extent will 
soon be wanted, perhaps a brief description of it may be use¬ 
ful. Its dimensions are 144 feet in length and 48 feet in width 
—four stories high, resting on a stone foundation. Through 
the center of the upper story a track is laid, elevated a foot or 
more above the floor, and on each side of the track are bins 
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