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at the least possible expense, at the same time keep- 

 ing the soil in good heart. 



If the plants are set two by two and a half feet 

 apart, there will be eight thousand nine hundred on 

 an acre. When there are no losses from diseases or 

 insects, growers calculate that there will be six thou- 

 sand five hundred to seven thousand marketable 

 heads. At fifty dollars per thousand, this would 

 give about three hundred and fifty dollars ; then, 

 deducting one hundred dollars for expenses, there 

 will be left two hundred and fifty dollars profit on 

 an acre. Taking one year with another, these fig- 

 ures will be found nearly correct. "We have, the 

 present season, received over six hundred dollars 

 from an acre of Fall Cabbages ; but prices averaged 

 higher than usual. 



Those who grow late Cabbages for market, always 

 bury them in the field until such time as they are 

 wanted — in mid- winter or •;>owards Spring. "We usu- 

 ally bury fi-om twenty to fifty thousand heads every 

 year, and seldom lose, by rotting, anything worth 

 mentioning. "We begin to bury Cabbages for "Win- 

 ter use from the 15th to the 25th of November, 

 always, however, being guided by the weather. In 

 case the weather is warm and pleasant along toward 

 the middle of the month, then the work is put off 

 until a later day ; while, on the contrarj^, with cold, 

 frosty nights, and no growth, the work of pulling 

 the Cabbages and placing them in " beds " is pushed 

 forward with all possible haste. "White frost seldom 

 does any injury to "Winter Cabbages ; but if the 

 heads are left exposed to two or three successive 



