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harvesting of the crop. The best growers, especially upon well- 

 drained land, obtain yields which range from 18 to 25 bushels. 

 These are decidedly profitable, and beans should constitute an im- 

 portant field crop upon all of the better drained and more porous 

 members of the Clyde series of soils. 



CABBAGE, ONIONS. AND CHICORY. 



Cabbage is grown on a small acreage upon several types of the 

 Clyde series. Upon the Clyde sand- and fine sandy loam cabbage is 

 produced for local markets and constitutes an early special crop. 

 The yields range from 8 to 11 tons per acre and the crop is ready for 

 market in August or early September. The total acreage, thus 

 grown, is small and confined to the near vicinity of city markets. 



Cabbage is also grown as a shipping or storage crop upon the 

 heavier members of the Clyde series, particularly upon the Clyde 

 loam, clay loam, and silty clay loam. The acreage on the Clyde loam 

 is small, but the yields obtained are fair. A production of 8 to 15 

 tons per acre of marketable heads is common. 



The Clyde clay loam and silty clay loam are far more extensively 

 used for cabbage growing than any other members of the series. In 

 the vicinity of Racine, Wis., several hundred acres of cabbage are 

 annually grown, both for the local city markets and for shipment to 

 southern cities. Danish Ball Head, Flat Dutch, and other shipping 

 varieties are chiefly planted. The crop is grown in regular rotation 

 with other field and truck crops and the average yields vary from 10 

 to 15 tons per acre, dependent upon seasonal variations, chiefly. It 

 has been found that cabbage should follow onions in the truckers 

 rotation, while the} 7 may be grown upon clover sod or after corn in 

 the general farming rotation. Cabbage should not be grown more 

 frequently than once in four years upon the same land in either rota- 

 tion. This interval is essential to assist in the control of fungous 

 diseases. It is a good practice to lime the land where cabbage is to 

 be grown, using either a ton of burned lime per acre or an equivalent 

 in the form of 2 or more tons of ground limestone. The source of 

 supply for the latter material is near at hand in the case of the 

 Racine, Wis., area and not usually remote in other instances. Stable 

 manure, plowed under in the fall before the crop is planted, consti- 

 tutes one of the best fertilizers for cabbage, while various commercial 

 fertilizers in moderate amounts are used by some truckers. Usually, 

 the general fertility of the soil is chiefly depended upon for the grow- 

 ing of cabbage upon the Clyde soils. The yields obtained are high 

 under these circumstances. Wherever there is a fair local market or 

 an opportunity to ship to advantage, cabbage growing might well be 

 extended upon the heavier soils of the series. 



