The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-04
Cranberry Raising.

at the last meet of the Massachusetts, Agri-
cultural Society Rev. n. II. Chamberlin
spoke on the above subject. He said: About
the second or third year after planting you
begin to get berries. On the fourth year you
have full crop Fertilizers properly sp
piled will sometimes produce great crops,
but they should be applied carefully, so as
lot to force the vines to wood. Cranberry
culture, if you get it right. is gold mine;
some bogs / know of have yielded 100 per
cent. year. The swamps and meadows of
this Commonwealth are going TO be found
the most valuable agricultural lands. III you
can ind water sill, and sand you have the
properties to raise Gran berries. provided you
can regulate your wells Ia the culture we
have 10 contend against frost This year,
for the first time N many years. We had a
killing frost, ard that is what makes
Cape Cod cranberries now so high The
principal vermln are our enemies, the fire.
worm and the berry-TOrm. The eggs OF the
6re-Yorm are laid By little gray miller in
the fail in the spring they hatch. If you
can keep water over them warm enough to
hatch you can kill them by the water. To-
bacco sleeped will kill this insect under cer-
tain conditions; he must be taken young for
for the dose. The berry worm comes from
white miller. The egg is laid in the center
of the flower, and after that flower forms
into berry the worm IS within eating away
the inside. 1t is said that lice will them.
Inc speaker didn't think there could be an
oveTproduction of cranbeIries. Nature
won q limit the production, for the zone in
which they can be raised Is limited. Eight
inches or sand woud run about sixteen
years; then you would need new sand. The
farmer ought to get returns for his expenses
in the third year: in the fourth wear. IL be
has crop, he viii get enough in that one
crop to pay for expenses and bog. too.
The speaker knew Of bog that had borne
for thirty years. An ordinary Cape
Cod bog might cost from So to $3.50 to
make it Major Phinney told of the amount
of cranb berry culture in Southeastern Massa
chusetts. Ia 1883 there were shipped over
the Old Colony Railroad 81 O79 barrels at an
average value of 50 q barrel, making q total
value OF S20S. ILL., IN 1891. 80 537 barrels were
shipped. at an average value of Sll, and e
total of $3.50 907. The largest proportion OK
this production came from seven towns
Barnstable, 8, 767 barrels and 2,015 boxes;
Falmouth, 205S barrels and Si3 boxes; Sand.
wich, 2, coo barrels and 554 boxes; Yarmouth
1878 barrels and 703 boxes; Brewster, 1896
barrels and $50 boxes; Dennis. 1902 bar
rels and 402 boxes; Harwich, 5,355 barrels
and 1929 boxes. The cultivation of the
cranberry dates back to about 1850. Boys
that are kept flooded until May p or June
l are seldom troubled with insects. As far
IS possible it is well to have the bogs level +;
flooding will then be easier. IL is now a set
tied fact that Gran berry culture is profitable.
Many have lost from want of experience,
raised at a profit ii sold for So O barrel. 0nS
hundred barrels had been raised on an acre
and sold for S12 barrel. Dealers visit cram
berry raisers months before the crop is ready,
snd purchase them at from 80 10 SD a
! barrel.