THE VEGETABLE GARDEN l6l 



get too thick in the middle of the row. The fer- 

 tilizer we use costs $30 a ton. It contains 4 per 

 cent nitrogen, 8 per cent phosphoric acid, and 7 

 per cent potash. It is applied just before the plants 

 are set, at the rate of 400 to 500 pounds to the acre, 

 with a grain drill fertilizer attachment. We have 

 tried using double quantity fertilizer each side of 

 the dead furrow, but find that we cannot get as 

 good results in the dead furrow as elsewhere. 



" Our crop last year ran about 15 tons to the acre. 

 This is not a very good yield ; the season was very 

 dry during the summer. The prices usually ruled 

 from $4 to $8 a ton last year. We cut the cabbage 

 with a long-handled spud, putting four rows in 

 one windrow, then we drive between two windrows, 

 with a man on each side of the wagon. When 

 5,000 to 6,000 pounds is loaded, the wagon is hauled 

 to the railway and the heads loaded on flat cars or 

 in refrigerator cars. Usually the harvest is finished 

 by November i. We prefer to sell cabbage to the 

 dealer who will take the risk of storing. Cracked 

 and loose heads are fed to sheep in pasture in 

 amounts just sufficient for them to eat up clean. 

 Our seed is bought in early winter at about $2.50 

 a pound. We aim to buy early, as we think we are 

 likely to get better seed. On about three-quarters 

 of an acre one year we raised $223 worth of cab- 

 bage." 



INTENSIVE CABBAGE GROWING 



" A crop of cabbage," says C. G. Brown of Kent 

 county, Delaware, " can be grown and harvested 

 in 90 to 100 days, admitting, therefore, of two crops 

 in one year. This means intensive culture, heavy 

 feeding, and, for the outlay, very profitable re- 

 turns. For the first early, we grow Jersey Wake- 



