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THE AGE wants to brighten the pages of its Diversified Farm department, and with 

 this object in view it requests its readers everywhere to send in photographs and 

 pictures of fields, orchards and farm homes; priz>taking horses, cattle, sheep or ho^s. 

 Also sketches or plans of convenient and commodious b..rns. hen houses, corn cribs 

 etc. Sketches of labor-saving devices, suca a, dit^ri clean *rs and watering troughs. 

 A good illustration of a windmill irrigation plant is always interesting. Will you help 

 us to improve the appearance of THE AGE? 



MONEY IN CABBAGES. 



Cabbage is a profitable crop for the 

 f,irmer and market gardenos of almost 

 every section. The gardeners residing 

 near Salt Lake City, in Utah, claim to get 

 an average of 1^,000 good h'eads from an 

 acre. As the market price is never le?s 

 than five cents and mure frequently ten 

 cents per head, it requires but little figur- 

 ing to show that the crop brings from 

 s ()(> (10 to $1,000.00 per acre. The busi- 

 ness of raising cabbage for mnrket is suited 

 t'j the general farmer as well as the gar- 

 dener, .and the demand for good cabbage 

 and its products of sour kraut and pickles 

 is usually far greater than the supply. No 

 expeiis ve tools arc necessary for growing 

 and handling, and the secret, if there is 

 any for producing good crop*, can easily 

 be mastered by any man who studies the 

 soil and its elements of productiveness. 



A mellow, fertile soil is best suited to 

 successful cabbage growth, but any rich, 

 well tilled plat, when properly fertilized 

 will return good dividends on the invest- 

 ment. Early cabbage is the most profit- 

 able and requires the very best culture and 

 highly stimulating fertilizers, to insure 

 satisfactory results. A fertilizer contain- 

 ing plenty of potash should always be used 

 for both early and late crops. One good 

 mixture, used by those most successful con. 



sists of phosphoric acid 7 per cent, potash, 

 9 per cent and nitrogen 4 per cent. This 

 mixture when put on the land at the rate 

 of about 1,500 pounds per acre, will show 

 most surprising results. Karly cibbages 

 may be produced profitably on light soils 

 by the use of these fertilizers, hut later 

 varieties as a rule require heavy land, good 

 application of fertilizers and the best. cul- 

 tivation, to produce 12.000 saleable heads 

 per acre. 



There are many good variotit-s of cab- 

 bage, of the early, medium and lute classes 

 It always pays to plant the best of each 

 kind, if the fact can be ascertained. 

 Atuojig the standard varieties are the 

 Wakeficld for early, Drumhead for medium 

 and Flat Dutch for late. But. the first 

 essential with any variety is good seed. 

 The seedsmen have first rate seed, which 

 usually sells at about HO cents an ounce. 

 If a cheaper grade is offered the experi- 

 enced grower will not purchase. It never 

 pays to get cabbage seed from packages or 

 bags handled at grocery or other store?. 

 The best seeds are obtainable only from 

 those who make a business of furnishing 

 nothing but reliable seed to growers direct, 

 every year. One ounce of seed will 

 generally furnish enough plants for a home 

 garden, say 1,500 good plants, while one 

 half pound will grow plants for an acre. 



