. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. If there is a fair amount of water running, it will give you a chance for making a reservoir. In mak- ing a reservoir, decide what you want for bog and what you want for reservoir. The depth of water you can get makes a difference to the acreage that you can put into F reservoir, but as a rule you want mu2h more reservoir than you want bog. If you use a natural pond of more than 10 acres it may be nec- essary for you to get permission from the State in order to use the water for your bog. If you have a ressrvoir, be careful not to
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. If there is a fair amount of water running, it will give you a chance for making a reservoir. In mak- ing a reservoir, decide what you want for bog and what you want for reservoir. The depth of water you can get makes a difference to the acreage that you can put into F reservoir, but as a rule you want mu2h more reservoir than you want bog. If you use a natural pond of more than 10 acres it may be nec- essary for you to get permission from the State in order to use the water for your bog. If you have a ressrvoir, be careful not to flood other property than your own. In making a bog, be sure to have it level when finished, for a bog well built with a good water supply and good drainage, is good for a hundred years or more, and you will be well paid in the long run if you put more time and more money to be sure of having a level bog. A few of the advan- tages are that you are less likely to have trouble with lack of oxy- gen, and it only takes about half of the amount of water for frost protection. In getting vines for a new bog, be sure to get vines free from false blossom, and without a mix- ture of vines with other varieties. There is a lot of work being done on new varieties. There are about 50 varieties of cranberries in New England, but at the present time growers are planting mostly Early Blacks and Howes. My guess is that for the last five or six years more than three-fourths of the new acreage runs to Early Blacks and the other one-fourth to Howes in Massachusetts. Sand, and Sanding The sand that is best for sand- ing bogs and making new bogs is about the grade of sand that you would use for mixing cement. Gravel is also very good for mak- ing bog, and also for resanding, but if used for resanding it prob- ably would have to be screened. If you use sand that is too fins or that has clay in it you will get too many weeds and the vines will not start well in it. I think it pays you well to use a coa
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