The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-02-04
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ton Cltie eaherei1 of the editors of the Bos-
the innrc.-~C~, gives the following account Of
Ier J.. - 5ements effected by DIR. A. d. Mil
--~~C.l worthless swamp in Franklin, about
rs miles from Boston, which he visited Oh the
25th of November last. Mr.. w. says:
( Something ike ten years since this swamp
was covered over with growth of alders, dog
wood, white naples, and other swamp shrubs
which covered the ground. They were clear
ed off, and ditch cut through the swamp ior
tie brook, which before ran through a very
crooked channel. bitches were then opened
from the uplands on each side, which are
gravelIy and sandy leading into the main
ditch. a dam was constructed across the
swamp which serves the purpose of flowing
| it, and also that Of road 20 pass across it
| ia the winter the swamp was usually flowed,
and gravel, this being better than sand, was
drawn on the ice and spread Afterwards it
| was planted to cranberry cuttings, in drills
about Is inches apart, this from experience,
proving to be suitable distance apart. How
many coverings of gravel have been put on
was not learned; but several, judging from
| the excavations whence removed.
''About twelve or fourteen acres Of this
swamp have been planted; and so favorably
is it situated, that it can be covered with wa
ter in little more than an hours time. The
brook is Of such capacity, with the aid OF a
reservoir above the cultivated ground, that he
plants can be protected from frost at any sea-
| son when there is any danger.
THE crop Of the past season was about one
thousand one hundred barrels of very nice
| fruit, and of remarkable size. brought way
souple of berries that measured nearly three
inches in circumference. The crop was all
picked by hand, at a cost OF nearly two thou
sand dollars. At one time said Dr. Miler's
lfarmer, two hundred persons might have been
seen in that swamp picking cranbeTys. II
was a lively scene. After they were gather
led. they were taken to the house, where they
were sorted that is to say, the soft berries, at
ter winnowing them, were culled out by Wo-
men and girls, preparatory to barreling.
when Dr. Miller first contemplated TIE
cranberry culture of this swamp, he visited
Mr. Joseph Brock, the well-known scotsman
Of North Market street, Boston, and asked hin
how to go to work. Mr. Brock said he coulc
not tell him; then he asked him for the best
work on cranberry culture. Mr.. B. told hin
he did net know Of any he could recommend
Then said Or. Miller, 'Can you tell me Of {
man | can employ that knows something
ldOOUL IL anu MT, DIGCk 66tlu llC COulu iIOO
WELL replied Or. NJ, then l will try anC
see what l can do The result and the mode
Of doing it is briefly stated above, as learned
from Dr. Miller and Mr. Desmond, his farm
er.
''Dr. Miller has informed the writer, since
Visiting the cranberry swamp that the fruit
has generally been sold so far as it has beer
marketed, at the current price, though some
of it was sold for fifteen dollars barrel. Cal
the average price ten dollars a barrel, anC
eleven hundred barrels will bring the snug
little sam Of eleven thousand dollars. This
beats tobacco raising out Of sight, as the say
ings are.
Zone of the peculiar advantages possessed
by DR.. Miller over most Of the owners 0
swamp lands, is, the facility with which h'
can flow it at all seasons Of the year, thus
. guarding the growing crop from both late
spring frosts an early autumn frosts; and be
i sides, gives him the power to destroy insects
- that sometimes infest the vines. Swamp
j. lands that can be as quickly flowed, and quick
e y drained as Mr.. Dliers, cannot be used more
: proftably than by growing cranberries, as i
d would seem by the Doctors experience. 1t i
= also easily graveled in winter by flowing
S it."