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was almost a total failure, but never before had we 

 experienced such a protracted drouth or such an 

 abundance of insects of every known species, and 

 only those who were in advance of the drouth, or 

 who had sown seed very late, succeeded in getting 

 heads for market, but the few who were thus situ- 

 ated received almost fabulous prices for their pro- 

 duct." The following year he says the crop was 

 remarkably successful, more than 100,000 barrels 

 being shipped from Suffolk county to the New 

 York markets during the months of October and 

 November. "Prices this year have ranged from 

 ten dollars early in the season down to one dollar 

 and twenty-five cents a barrel during the glut, when 

 large quantities were sold to picklers at one cent 

 per pound for clean trimmed clear curd or flower. 

 As a rule early and very late cauliflowers bring the 

 best prices. ***** Experience has 

 taught us that stable manure applied at the time of 

 planting, except for the earliest spring crop, is often 

 injurious, and I advise applying stable manure 

 plentifully to the crop of the preceding year, or 

 otherwise let it be turned under at the fall plowing, 

 or if well rotted at the first spring plowing, and at 

 the time of planting apply commercial fertilizers, 

 or, as they are sometimes called, patent manures, 

 using whatever brand you may have the most con- 

 fidence in. The competition between manufactur- 



