VEGETABLE Growine on Lone IsLANnp 1227 
In the case of cucumbers, especially, the soil is given careful 
attention in its preparation. Manure is the chief fertilizer used | 
as the water retaining capacity of the soil is very important for 
this crop. Large quantities of commercial fertilizer are not de- 
sirable from the canners’ standpoint as the cucumbers grown under 
these conditions do not hold up as well after they are salted. 
Dill pickles are the chief product of the pickling factories. The 
crop comes on about the first or second week in August and con- 
tinues as long as the growers can fight the blight by thorough and 
frequent sprayings with bordeaux mixture. The pickles are sold to 
the canneries by the thousand, and from fifty to eighty thousand is 
a good yield per acre. The average price paid is about $2.50 to 
$2.75 per thousand. 
Fic, 348. Barres oF ToMATOES IN A BRINE SoLtutTion. ALSo SHOWS CaR- 
LOAD OF MANURE AND PART OF CANNING Facrory 
When the pickles are brought to the factory they are put into 
wine barrels into which has been placed some dill and about a 
quart of mixed spices; dill is also placed at the top of the barrels, 
after which they are securely headed and filled through the bung 
with a brine solution. The pickles are then allowed to ferment 
for several months. 
The tomatoes, which follow cucumbers very closely, are also 
placed in a brine solution. 
Cabbage for kraut is trimmed, cored and shredded into large, 
