1422 Tur Vecerasite Ixpustry ry New York Stare 
For large areas a power sprayer with two leads of hose, each 
being carried by a man, make the most satisfactory outfit. 
In rare cases the green cabbage worm makes considerable 
trouble. This is a chewing pest and should be killed with poison. 
The poison solution should contain some bordeaux sticker to make 
it cling to the leaves. 
MARKET CONDITIONS 
Most of the early cabbages grown are for local trade, very few 
being shipped, as are the Danish. The market for these and 
the Domestics is firmer than for the Danish. A large share of 
the Danish raised have been stored for winter and early spring 
trade, but in the last few years there has been large quantities of 
southern cabbage sent to supply the same market. As a result 
stored cabbage has brought less money. 
The choice of either selling from the field or holding cabbage 
will usually be governed by certain conditions. For the past few 
years holding late cabbage either in a cabbage house or laid down 
has brought verv small returns for the labor, unless a man has had 
some special winter market. 
If a grower expects to make a business of holding his crop it is 
necessary to protect the cabbage from freezing. Some make a 
practice of laying the cabbage on the ground in some sheltered 
place, either in the woods or some place in the open where the 
snow will drift over them. They are placed stump down and cov- 
ered with straw, swamp hav, or, best of all, leaves, to a depth of 
perhaps six inches. Some prefer to erect a double-walled build- 
ing with narrow bins on each side and a driveway through the 
center. Either method is very satisfactory. 
A man will make about as much money to sell his crop every 
year as to hold it, and it seldom pays to switch from one practice 
to the other. If the price of cabbage falls much below five dollars 
per ton from the field there will be very little money made by 
selling. 
The dairy farmer here has a chance to get at least pay for his 
fertilizer and labor. The general opinion of the dairv farmer is 
that the cabbages are worth from four to five dollars per ton to 
feed. I prefer to place them at four. Under average conditions 
