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few hundred barrels would supply all the demand 

 twenty years ago, tens of thousands of barrels 

 are now needed annually. Its use was at one 

 time largely confined to the German in this 

 country, but that is no longer true. So there 

 is always a market for cabbage, and if you are 

 willing to take the pains necessary to grow good 

 cabbage, you will find it a paying crop. Cab- 

 bage is also largely grown for stock-feeding, and 

 all the animals, from the horses to the fowls, 

 are glad to get it. 



There are, of course, the two sorts of crops 

 now so usual in market-gardening, the early 

 and the main season crops. The early crop is 

 started under glass either in the hot-bed or 

 forcing house, while the main season crop is 

 sown in seed-beds or in the open. 



The best soil preparation begins the fall 

 before, with deep plowing and from 10 to 20 

 tons of manure to the acre. Then, if the land 

 is at aU acid or has not recently been limed, it 

 is well to apply lime at the rate of 1000 pounds 

 to the acre, and plow that in along with 50 pounds 

 of nitrate of soda. This will supply the food 

 for the cabbage, which is a gross feeder, and 

 won't thrive without plenty of food. Farmers 

 who raise it in large quantities, give it three 

 applications of nitrate of soda after it is quite 



