1422 The Vegetable Industry in New York State 



For large areas a power sprayer with two leads of hose, each 

 being carried by a man, make the most satisfactory ontfit. 



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 very 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 hay, 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 dairy 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 



