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per acre. Large quantities of cabbage are used here in our local 

 hotels and boarding-houses throughout the season. Cabbage gen- 

 erally sells at very remunerative prices from three to as high as 

 six cents per pound. Certain seasons, in which the cabbage crop 

 of the North fails, they are marketable in the Northern markets, 

 and at such times the price here is high. Should the partly 

 matured plants be attacked at any time by the green worm, an 

 application of tobacco dust or pyrethrum can be applied to anni- 

 hilate them. No poison should be applied, as there will be danger 

 of its injuring the consumer. Should there be any cut-worms in 

 the field, the bran remedy should be applied. (See chapter on 

 Insects.) 



