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Luck lends very few chances for a heavy yield. If condi- 

 tions are not right, they must be made right. 



Do not let a failure be repeated. Find why you failed. 

 The experience is costly enough the first time. The school of 

 experience is a sure way to knowledge, but the tuition is 

 rather high. 



It is just as well to learn from your neighbor's failures as 

 to have them all yourself. 



A poor cabbage season is j ust the right time to have a good 

 crop. This is when they bring some money. Have a good 

 crop every year, then you are sure to hit it. 



The cabbage crop last year in New York State was valued 

 at about three million dollars. Did you get your share of 

 that vast sum? If not, why not? Someone else must have 

 taken his share and yours too. 



A Member: Do you always sow your seed broadcast? 

 Mr. Reed: Yes. 



A Member: I think if you once sowed your seed in rows 

 you would never sow broadcast again. 



Question: Does not the soil bake around the plants? 

 What about the root system? 



Mr. Reed: Our soil does not seem to bake much. The 

 plants will soon shade the ground after they are up. We 

 plan to sow seed thin enough so they get a good root system. 



Question: How do you keep the weeds out? 



Mr. Reed: We do not take the weeds out at all. We 

 choose ground which is as free from weeds as we can. The 

 cabbage will come on quicker than the weeds. The seed bed 

 is out of the way by the middle of June and there are few 

 weeds that bother as early as this. 



Question : Do you put your seed bed right in the lot you 

 are going to use for cabbage? 



Mr. Reed: We usually do. I would prefer to put my 

 seed bed on a field that has never had cabbage on before if 

 I could. Some are breaking up a corner of an old pasture. 

 If you do this, do it in the fall or early enough in the spring 

 to get a connection with the lower soil. 



