LOCATIONS FOR PATCHES. 33
It is worth the agriculturist's while to pay some
attention to this subject. Every year the cranberry is
in greater demand, higher prices are being realized.
vIt is becoming a staple article in the great markets of
the country. Then, why do you, whom nature has
favored with all you need, but planting your yard,
neglect to make an effort to share the profits arising
from the cultivation and sale of this article ?
[Note.—In planting vines, dead levels by the side
of the ponds should be guarded against. The yard
should conform to the land behind it, sloping from the
hill to the edge of the pond. The reason for this is,
that if it is not done, water from the hills will cause
the land to be springy and spongy, and that it will
make stagnant water, which generates a green, slimy
moss, which is an enemy to the cranberry vine.]
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LOCATIONS FOR PATCHES. 33
It is worth the agriculturist's while to pay some
attention to this subject. Every year the cranberry is
in greater demand, higher prices are being realized.
vIt is becoming a staple article in the great markets of
the country. Then, why do you, whom nature has
favored with all you need, but planting your yard,
neglect to make an effort to share the profits arising
from the cultivation and sale of this article ?
[Note.—In planting vines, dead levels by the side
of the ponds should be guarded against. The yard
should conform to the land behind it, sloping from the
hill to the edge of the pond. The reason for this is,
that if it is not done, water from the hills will cause
the land to be springy and spongy, and that it will
make stagnant water, which generates a green, slimy
moss, which is an enemy to the cranberry vine.]
2*
