The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-15

the three great reservoirs of forty tWen- ty-five and twenty-five acres respectively where millions of gallons or water are held at levels of a few feet apoVe .ie meadows, and rapidly hoods the uihes until the water, warmer than the aii' percolatng among the foots' causes a Vapor to arise that enwraps the berries as Tn protecting shroud ana Keeps them safe from the nipping fingers of the frost king.
 Nearly all the favorable locations for bogs in the Cape Cod region nave ai- ready been taken up by enterprlslng fan- kees. One sights the glow of the vines in every part of the land from New Bed ford or Boston around to the sandy up. Walking among the bush-coVered dunes behing Provincetown, the tourist is sur prised to find little half-acre and acre Dogs between sheltering hills
 Besides a stream of water for the win ter and autumn inundations the prospect i've cranberry grower must discover generally level tract that has an under lying structure of peat or black mud, preferably the former, since the mud is apt to be too cold for the best growth of the plants Ample sand-which Is not ordinarily difficult to find on the cape Is another absolute necessity. When the bog is first constructed a layer from four
 
 which the cuttings from older vines are forced down until their ends rest in the peat bed beneath. The sand holds the suns heat and thus protects the vines against the coldness of the mass or peat It Is the custom every two or three years to sand a bog
 Everywhere on the cape one hears or the profitableness of the industry when it is scientifically conducted. A DOE must be one of the best paying real es- tate investments in the country. Thus an acre of bog in Plymouth county yield ed a net of $955 50; a bog of five and five-eighths acres for thirteen eonsecu- tive years yielded over 600 barrels an- nually, and earned for It's owner slo day net profit during the entire period, DOE of eleven acres yielded s5000 e0nufly in 19Ol 1902 and 1903; a bog of ten acres paid for itself in three years bog of forty five acres paid for itself seven times Tn eighteen years a bog of sixteen acres yielded 27O0 barrels, or 1S4 barrels per acre in 1904: another of 120 acres yielded 1O4 barrels per acre the same year; stock holders in another bog received a divi- dend of 31 2-3 per cent In 1904; stockhold- CTS in another have never received an nual dividends of less than 15 per cent during the past eleven years. These are said to be typical instances.
 An idea of the extent of the growing is gained from the statement that the New Haven road last year forwarded 256S77 barrels of the berries to every part of the country. Plymouth, the ancient landing place of the Pilgrims Wareham, the seat of the Cape Cod cranberry grow CTS headquarters North Carver and Ire mont are the largest shipping depots. though sizable consignments go out from every little station in the district. Re- g.I every section of a nation that has come to appreciate them as highly as 1t appre- cites peaches. oranges or any other staple fruit. The pie-making firms say that the call for cranberry pies and tarts has in- creased enormously and out of proportion to the demand for other culinary deli cacies Besides their ordinary table uses