. Cranberry culture. Cranberries. 44 CRANBERRY CTTLTtTRE. and then t irfed. For cutting the turf in strips to prepare it for the 1 >e, an ordinary cleaver may be used; or, to ac- coni]>lish tie work more expeditiously, use a tool (fig. 15) made in tl e following manner; viz: fix a stout, sliarp coulter in a tfenm, with handles and clevis attached ; and let it he drawn through the turf by a horse, the length of the blade being properly adjusted to cut to the required depth. Some prefer the coulter to incline backward, that it may slide over large roots, but when in that position, the ten-
. Cranberry culture. Cranberries. 44 CRANBERRY CTTLTtTRE. and then t irfed. For cutting the turf in strips to prepare it for the 1 >e, an ordinary cleaver may be used; or, to ac- coni]>lish tie work more expeditiously, use a tool (fig. 15) made in tl e following manner; viz: fix a stout, sliarp coulter in a tfenm, with handles and clevis attached ; and let it he drawn through the turf by a horse, the length of the blade being properly adjusted to cut to the required depth. Some prefer the coulter to incline backward, that it may slide over large roots, but when in that position, the ten- dency is to raise out, and it requires considerable piessure to keep it to its Mork. In order to dispose of the turf after being separated from the soil, we have sometimes heaped up and burned. Fig. 15.—TURF CUTTER. that grown on the lower portions of the meadow; on the higher parts, the turf generally contains too much sand to burn freely. The ground may be cleared more cheaply in this way, but the effect of ashes upon the soil is to pro- duce a growth of Tree-moss (Polytr'ahinn commune)^ which, when abundant, is a serious injury to the vines, in that it keeps the runners lifted above the ground, and prevents them from rooting. Upon spots where heaps of turf have been burned, moss frequently comes in, even after plowing ; but if the ashes are spread on the surface, and ])lowed under, no injury will result from them. Ashes have also a fertilizing effect upon the cranberry vines; this fact induced us to spread them, several years ago, upon the surface of a sandy knoll^ where the vines. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original White, Joseph J. New York, Judd
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