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38^ ; Florida, 12 x 20 x 36; Lexington, 15 x 15 x 33^^ : 

 Baltimore, 10 x 18 x 35 ; Norfolk, 10 x 20 x 37; and Chi- 

 cago, 17 X 17 X 32. Second-hand truck barrels are used 

 extensively in the North, and sugar barrels are excellent 

 for handling winter cabbage when sold by weight. Sum- 

 mer shipments require free ventilation, which may be 

 provided by cutting about four large vents with an ax 

 in the sides of each barrel after packing. Winter ship- 

 ments may be protected by lining the inside of the barrels 

 with paper. Firm and close packing should be the aim 

 of the shipper, whether the cabbage is sold by the pack- 

 age or by weight. To prevent rotting, it is important 

 that the cabbage be dry when, placed in the package. 

 Large quantities should be shipped in refrigerator cars 

 in warm weather, in slat cars when weather is cool, and 

 in the warmest box cars in cold weather. An inverted 

 V-shaped ventilator is often made of rough boards and 

 placed lengthwise in the center of the cars when bulk 

 shipments are made late in the summer or early in the 

 fall. 



With many local markets and in some of the large 

 cities the crop is sold by the head or the hundred heads. 

 When this is done the cabbage is loaded in bulk on the 

 wagons and the heads counted when sales are made. It 

 is a convenient method for many growers, and may be 

 advantageous to grower or dealer, but seldom to both. 

 The most satisfactory way is to sell by weight, and thi.' 

 method if generally adopted would materially raise the 

 quality of cabbage produced in various parts of the 

 country. 



361. Storing. — A large percentage of the late crop 

 is stored and sold during winter and early spring. Suc- 

 cess in storing depends largely upon the variety. The 

 flat or domestic cabbages, as Flat Dutch, keep only fairly 

 well under the best conditions. We must look to the 

 Danish Ball Head class to find the long keepers. It is 



