| Show j Cran oran cranberg cranberry bera berl ry culture I 1 the soil most suitable for the grow growth th of cranberries is low wet marshy ground ork on sandy sandr or or light substratum they also do well weil oil on muck oi 01 any poor swampy land vilere where nothing else will grow they y grow on watery bogs bs a d mars marshes lifs oil on the tile bolder border of streams and ditches ai ani and ud by draining wet land and then taking L eff ff the tep tek to p of i the ground to remove the tile wild grass or vegetable vege tabie tabla 1 matter and carry to the manure heap tilen then cart I 1 oil on beach or other sand lo 10 tile the depth of two or three inches indies to level the ground and prevent grass grabs and weeds from choking the he vines and to keep the tiie ground loose around the plant pant i 1 I 1 hey iley bear beir abundantly on marshes covered with w ith coarse sand entirely destitute of or organic mitter milter of any kind but accessible to moisture on pure peat covered with sand and und on every carlel variety of soil except C clys 1 I ay iy leible lo 10 bake or become liar hard in ili lil dry weather oa on soil that can be worked with a PI plow v all ail and d harrow it can be prepared prep dred as you would do it fon for planting out garden and other plants sam sometimes it can be burned over so as to a can call also bie be fie rai ral raised ed oil moist loam where i corn and potatoes will grom grow but not so abil abundantly oil on dry or sandy soil unless covered two or three inches indies with muck or spent tan an A more moire simple mode moie where there is is hardly any thing but bushes and bogs then strike a hoe into the soil and raise ralso it a little to insert the roots and press the tile soil slightly slig lilly with the tile foot no animal or vegetable manure should be used as the ilia fruit draws most of its moisture from the atmosphere the poorer the soil the tile le les ies s cultivation is needed lay liy out the tile grounds as you would for setting out cabb cab blige ige strawberry or other othel plants have a pointed stick or dibble and make a hole for the tiie plant have llave aie tle ilia tila roots guter gater emerged ged ili in muddy water so to adhere to the root place it ili in tile the hole and press tile the dirt very closely around it to have the rows uniform draw a line and plit lint the plants IS 18 by 20 inches in rows where small patches are desired which call can bs be kept kepf clean clein with a hoe the nearer they are areto arelo lo feber geher the tile quicker they cover the ground but where acres are lil planted anted it ft will save much labor by putting them 2 to 2 feet apart then than a plow or bairow can be used to keep out the grass and weeds after jone or two years cultivation to I 1 beep out the grass tbt jhb y will take care of themselves at I 1 18 inches apart it atwil ili gli kil take plants 2 feet aj 24 feet plants to ilia tile acre they can be pla pia planted out in ili tile tho lall fall at the north from sept until tile tho ground freezes or in the spring until the middle or hist list of may at the tho South and west if possible they should ba be planted out in autumn and december if received too late for planting out the roots can be covered with dirt in a box or in a celler but not in the gi ground aund out of door until early ili in spring where land lo 10 lor lon cran eran cranberry berry culture can be lie overflowed which is by no means necessary I 1 fall is the time ume to plant tile tiie first year thes they often bear 50 59 bushels to jahe acre and increase every year until sometimes iines lines they bear to bu bushels leis per acre perli peril perhaps aps tile the net average js is from to bushels per acre they usually bring from 2 9 lo 10 4 pir per per bushel never leis less tiran than 2 00 cultivated fruit is les less likely to be affected w with drought than wild fruit one man with a rake made for the purpose will gather from thirty to lorty fonty forty bush bushels elsa eisa a daywitt day with witha a boy to pick up the scattering ones selected dejected gathe dathe following table gives the years of the most important inventions and discoveries glass windows first used 1189 chimneys in in houses 1226 lead lend pipes for conveying water 1253 tallow candles for lights 1290 Sacia spectacles cles invented by an It italian ulian 1299 1339 paper first made from line 1302 woollen cloth first made in england 1331 printing invented 1449 watches made in germany 1470 I 1 in in compass noticed 1532 pins used in england 1540 circulation of blood by uy harvey fl urvey arvey 1619 first newspaper published ed 1637 first fire engine invented 1663 1653 first steam engine improved by watt walt 1763 steam cotton mill erected 1783 stereotyping invented in scotland 1785 animal magnetism by mesmer 1789 invention of the electromagnetic electro magnetic telegraph by morse 1843 |
