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ditch and straddle one row of cabbages. This makes it 

 easy to harvest. 



Other crops which the farmer can grow profitably in 

 many sections are carrots and rutabagas. Both are ex- 

 cellent stock feed, and all small or imperfect ones can be 

 used on the farm, as well as any surplus. 



You should look up the prospective market in the 

 spring, before planting, then use the best varieties and 

 deliver only choice stock, well trimmed and honestly 

 packed. 



Horseradish is commonly grown from sets and not 

 from seed. Some claim they have the best success grow- 

 ing it as a second crop after the early cabbage, beets, 

 etc. The crop is dug in the fall, the small roots removed 

 and cut into sets four to six inches long. The top end is 

 cut square and the bottom slanting so as to make no mis- 

 take in planting. These are tied in bundles and kept 

 over winter in sand. In the spring after the cabbages are 

 set out, a row of horseradish is set in between the cab- 

 bage rows. Small holes are made with a light crowbar or 

 long stick and the sets dropped in and covered two or 

 three inches deep so that they do not come up until 

 July first. Any deep, rich, well drained soil will answer 

 for horseradish. 



The humble peanut was grown in this country in 1909, 

 according to recent official figures, to the value of over 

 18 million dollars. The area under this crop was 870,000 

 acres, a third greater than in 1899, and the production 

 nearly 20,000,000 bushels. The leader in acreage was 

 North Carolina, followed in the order named by Georgia, 

 Virginia, Florida, Alabama, Texas ; others scattered. The 

 average farm value per bushel of peanuts increased from 

 61 cents in 1899 to 94 cents in 1909. 



