90 MUCK CROPS 



The muck can be marked out with a celery 

 marker, or furrowed out with a plow or any 

 other tool. Transplanting should follow 

 immediately after marking. For the mid- 

 season varieties, 18 inches in the row and 30 

 inches between rows is about right, while 

 late varieties need more room, 24 to 36 inches 

 in the row and 36 to 42 inches between 

 rows. Give them plenty of room as the 

 plants will grow larger on muck and close 

 planting is rather conducive to small heads. 



Transplanting should be quickly and eas- 

 ily done. If the celery marker is used, all 

 that is needed is to place the roots of the 

 plants in the marked furrow the. required 

 distances apart and press a little moist muck 

 against them. Then another plant, and so 

 on. A good active man or woman will set 

 several thousand plants during a day. 



Transplanting machines are not used to 

 any extent on the muck, because their great 

 advantage, that of supplying water to the 

 roots, is lost in the moist muck, and also 

 because of their expense and the fact that 

 hand work can be so speedily performed in 

 this class of soils. 



Fertilizer. The demands of cabbage for 

 food are relatively heavy. In a normal crop 



