The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-05-31

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said that often tie finest specimens are <een
working their way towards the high ground.
but ii is no less true that their roots IN the
immediate neighborhood OF water, and that
for many months have they been stepped IN
the same element Not only is water abso-
lu,e necessity against tie biennial attack Of
the worm. bus experiment has also shown,
that 10 drain the swamps Is 10 destroy the
cranberry The wafer is its life blood. and
when the empiFic with lancet OF spade and
plow would tap It's redundancy. he withdTaws
the current that supports It's vital constitution
SAND.
Caring sand at an enormous expense upon
the soil, would be unnecessary in tie -rsn
berry region Of our SAFE. Where there IS
an entire absence of sand. thin dressing
ght be desirable. as well a> 70 aid the
growth Of the vine as to re.ard the grasses
All ludicious culliyators of the cranberry
would of course seek the soil where il natu-
rally abounds. Others, who would like to
experiment upon their farms gardens need
only remember tina sand and uater are the
essentials of the cranberry.
VARIETIES.
In the varieties submitted to your inspec
ton we find blending of the three different
varieties, the Bell tie Black and the Pear.-
The large globuiar Bell variety Is the most
valuable We are unable TO Distinguish them
from the leaf or stalk. and 50 far as We have
observed. they seem blended together without
the differences in sofrness of texture that IN
the opinions of some, characterize certain
varieties. We must confess, however, that
the more practical question, how to realize
tie largest, finest, and the greatest number Of
cranberries, have prevented minute insestiga-
ton upon this branch of the subject From
the considerations that have been LASTLY penn
ed, we gather the following reasons why an
increased attention upon the part of our eiti-
zens. should be paid TO the cultivation Of the
cranberry.
lsr Ii is profitable The cultivators OF
Massachusetts, have found it profitable after
paying from two to three hundred dollars per
acre in preparing the ground and accurate
calculations including every expense. lave
shown that 1t is paying crop at even >l,oO
per bushel If prof able there, where land
is worth from $50 TO 500 dollars per acre.
how much more so, in the cheap lands of
Indiana. where large bodies Of land
owned by K. r. Companies and Spectators.
who would gladly realize At from $500 to
$500 per In many places the plants
are already set to some extent and the entire
expense of transplanting and cultivat on
would not exceed : 90 while the average
price per bushel is 50 90 on the ground and
the average annual net proceeds, from 5 50 10
$500 per A ain, fruits aud cattle are
The natural products of the cranberry region.
Grapes surprising any cultivated variety
have seen. straw berries, whorle ber
rles aud cranb=rries grow spontaneously
while apples. and especially peaches and
stone fruits mature with luauriauc. OF
growth and delicacy Of flavor. unknown in
other portions of the SAFE. This, together
with the abundant range for cattle. renders
this region desirable, independent of the cram
berry; and this brings to the second posi-
lion, thai the swamp Land or cranberry
region OF Indiana offers greater inducements
10 the intelligent cmi9rsnt than perhaps snv
other por ION of the Union.
s. is heulMy, Tie swamps are not
stasnant like he miaSma.ic bayous of ordi-
nary streams, but the waters flowing through
the sand le3ain their purify and sweetness.
4. There is danger Of ogerStochi Q the
market The home consumption of own
; a;e will require all that can be raised for
Years. This season they We're worth from
81 to So in Lafayette and indianapolis, ana
he demand exceeded the supply
In al 'ition TO these physical advantages,
there are the fascina ions of the chase, and
the Ifd luc-tcu Ql TIE iItal ldCu!Ltco ol Oui
own nature.
English Lake and the Kankakee swarm
with the finest of fish; deer and prairie chick
ems abound, while ducks and geese darken
The air with their lowering armies And
then the glorious freedom OF the chase-ten
Ling under the frosty canopy of October
moon-tales of border life by the camp fires
waning lght-these associations, stamp with
unmixed delight the memory Of the Kan
kakee.
And finally. there is poetry there; undula-
ting hill covered with verdure. four 5espan
gled prairies, waving grass, purlins streams.
and all the sights and sounds of primeval ex-
istence.
Picture those prairies teeming with fiocks
and herds, those hills adorned with houses,
gardens and orchards, and you will hav-
vision of earthly happiness that may well
tempt others besides your speaker to try the
joys and privations of pioneer life.
Then. whilst others are led off by the
Sirel watchwords of Kansas and Nebraska,
from the real and tangible to the ideal and
Elusive, ever trusting that the distant is the
beautiful. let US not forget the one great les
son, that although toll is tie penulfy If sac
cess. ng The raried departments of -isri-
culture, there is no branch Of industry, that
Will so well repay the intelligent Iaborer as
the cultivation o, the cranberry.
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