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121 CROPS 
well grown. They use about 50 pounds to the 
acre each time, about ten days apart. 
If sown in hot-beds, care must be taken to 
harden the cabbage sprouts by gradual exposure 
to the air before transplanting, so as not to 
cause any serious delay in growth. In field- 
grown cabbage, likely to be used in part at 
least for stock feeding, the plants should stand 
from 24 to 30 inches apart, in rows not less than 
30 inches apart. This gives room for the heads 
to increase in size and weight. Under these 
conditions an acre will produce from 7500 to 
9000 plants. But on small areas, where the 
crop is intended for market, the plants may be 
crowded somewhat, to keep down the size and 
to secure an average weight of four to six 
pounds each. In this way an acre will bear 
10,000 plants. Cabbage should be cultivated 
once in a week or ten days until the heads touch 
in the rows. If your cabbage is uniform in 
size, has few outside leaves, very little stump 
or core when cut open, closely packed leaves 
lapping in the centre, freedom from disease or 
insect injury, and is true to name and type, 
you should secure the uniform price of five 
cents a head in good markets. 
Cabbage suffers from many diseases and 
insects, and the gardener needs to be on the 
