CULTURE OF CABBAGES. Ill 



ashes, and twelve parts of the fish-and-glue compost. The 

 cost to me of the fish-and-glue compost was about three dol- 

 lars a cord ; that of the compost used in the hills, very nearly 

 two-thirds of a cent for each hill, the materials entering into 

 it having been purchased wholesale. 



The soil was strong loam, about seven inches deep, with a 

 subsoil of admixture of sand and clay. In preparing the 

 land it was ploughed but once, — about seven inches deep. 

 The cost of ploughing, harrowing, and furrowing, I should 

 estimate, per acre, at eight dollars. The quantity of seed 

 was half a pound to the acre, at a cost of two dollars. The 

 cost of planting the seed I should put at two dollars per acre. 

 The crop was cultivated and hoed three times, at a cost of 

 thirty dollars per acre. The thinning and transplanting I 

 put at five dollars per acre. As the cabbages were for seed 

 purposes, the cost of harvesting could hardly be estimated. 

 As to the value of the crop, at the time it was gathered 

 seed cabbages were worth about eight cents each in Boston 

 market. 



