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ing the ground continuously to crops of the cabbage 

 family. And it is also better to avoid putting in 

 cabbages to follow any shallow-feeding crop 

 (like corn, for instance) as they collect the greater 

 part of their nourishment near the surface and are, 

 moreover, rank feeders, so that it is well to let 

 them follow and be followed by some deep-rooted 

 crop. 



On the land in good tillable condition, an appli- 

 cation of twenty cords of manure per acre is about 

 what will be required. We prefer well-decom- 

 posed horse manure to any other. This manure 

 may cost about $7 per cord, delivered on the 

 place. 



The applying would cost about $6; ploughing, 

 $2; marking, or furrowing, $2; setting, or trans- 

 planting, $5; hoeing, $5 (which would include 

 cultivating) ; plants (6,000 at $5 per thousand), $30; 

 rent, $25; marketing, $25; making a total of $240. 



If set at intervals of three and a half feet by two 

 feet, the number of plants that can be grown per 

 acre is six thousand. And it thus appears that 

 they cannot be grown at smaller actual cost than 

 four cents per head. The general average price 

 is only six cents, which would indicate a profit 



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