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Bogging down on the farm

WEST YARMOUTH -- 102312 -- Station Avenue Elementary School third-grader Jennifer Gray snaps a picture of Wilson's cranberry bog during her class field trip on Tuesday, October 23. Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel
WEST YARMOUTH -- 102312 -- Station Avenue Elementary School third-grader Jennifer Gray snaps a picture of Wilson's cranberry bog during her class field trip on Tuesday, October 23. Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel
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WEST YARMOUTH -- 102312 -- Cranberry farmer Steve Wilson takes a break from working on the bog to talk to Station Avenue Elementary School third-graders during their field trip on Tuesday, October 23. Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel
WEST YARMOUTH -- 102312 -- Cranberry farmer Steve Wilson takes a break from working on the bog to talk to Station Avenue Elementary School third-graders during their field trip on Tuesday, October 23. Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel
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WEST YARMOUTH -- 102312 -- Cranberry farmer Steve Wilson takes a break from working on the bog to talk to Station Avenue Elementary School third-graders during their field trip on Tuesday, October 23. Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel
WEST YARMOUTH -- 102312 -- Cranberry farmer Steve Wilson takes a break from working on the bog to talk to Station Avenue Elementary School third-graders during their field trip on Tuesday, October 23. Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel
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WEST YARMOUTH -- 102312 -- Station Avenue Elementary School third-grader Amanda Staffier gets a closer view of the fruit at Wilson's cranberry bog on Tuesday, October 23. The Wilson's have been hosting student field trips during their harvest for 17 years. Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel
WEST YARMOUTH -- 102312 -- Station Avenue Elementary School third-grader Amanda Staffier gets a closer view of the fruit at Wilson's cranberry bog on Tuesday, October 23. The Wilson's have been hosting student field trips during their harvest for 17 years. Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel
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WEST YARMOUTH -- 102312 -- Station Avenue Elementary School third-graders visit the Wilson family's cranberry bog during their wet harvest on Tuesday, October 23. Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel
WEST YARMOUTH -- 102312 -- Station Avenue Elementary School third-graders visit the Wilson family's cranberry bog during their wet harvest on Tuesday, October 23. Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel
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WEST YARMOUTH -- 102312 -- Brothers Steve, front, and Brian Wilson "beat" their bog while Station Avenue Elementary School third-graders observe on Tuesday, October 23. The water picker shakes and "beats" the fruit from the vines in the flooded bog for the harvest. Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel
WEST YARMOUTH -- 102312 -- Brothers Steve, front, and Brian Wilson "beat" their bog while Station Avenue Elementary School third-graders observe on Tuesday, October 23. The water picker shakes and "beats" the fruit from the vines in the flooded bog for the harvest. Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel
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