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celery at the end got a double dose, and you could see the spots 

 where it had twice as much lime, although his ground wasn't 

 sour at all. 



A Member. How early in the spring do you plant those 

 cabbages? 



Mr. Garrahan. Just as early as we can get on the ground 

 — just as soon as the ground is soft, no matter how early. If 

 the cabbage is planted a day or two I don't care how cold it 

 gets afterward. If the cabbage plant is well grown it will stand 

 20 degrees. 



A Member. Do you plow rye under in the spring? 



Mr. Garrahan. Yes. 



A Member. And the manure on top of the ground, or 

 manure before you put the rye on it? 



Mr. Garrahan. Before, if we get to it; if we don't, we put 

 it on in the spring. If the rye is heavy you can't make a 

 good job of putting manure on top, but, as a rule, for the 

 first crop, like cabbage, we want to get our manure on the 

 fall previous, and then depend on a little fertilizer in the spring; 

 it takes so much time hauling to get manure out in the 

 spring. 



A Member. Do you use a machine for setting cabbage 

 plants or do you set by hand? 



Mr. Garrahan. Set by hand. A machine won't place them 

 close enough together. 



A Member. How close do you set the Copenhagen? 



Mr. Garrahan. Eighteen inches, and the rows 2^ feet 

 apart. We put Wakefield 15 inches apart and the rows 2| feet 

 apart. Are there any other questions? 



A Member. Couldn't you set cabbage plants as well as you 

 set the tobacco plant — with a machine? 



Mr. Garrahan. It will set cabbage plants, but I don't 

 think you can get a machine or tobacco planter that will put 

 them 15 inches apart. I know Tyson Brothers down in Adams 

 County, Pennsylvania, the big fruit growers, who have 300 

 acres for fruit raising, and they use a machine for planting, a 

 tobacco planter, but they tell me they can't get them very close 

 together, and that they found two weeks' difference in the time 



