MARKETING CABBAGE. 
WISCONSIN. 
Cabbage is grown in Wisconsin for market chiefly in 10 counties in 
the southern half of the State. About half of the acreage is in the 
two counties of Racine and Outagamie, representing, respectively, 
the southern and northern cabbage sections. The other leading 
counties are Kenosha, Fond du Lac, Pierce, and Milwaukee. About 
two-thirds of the planting is of Danish type cabbage; and the rest, 
including a large acreage of kraut cabbage, is the domestic. The 
market for Wisconsin cabbage is chiefly in Chicago, St. Louis, and 
Kansas City. About one- third of the Chicago cabbage supply is 
from Wisconsin. The State ranks next to New York as a source of 
main crop and storage supplies. Average shipments are about half 
those of New York and about one-eighth of the total car-lot supply 
of cabbage. 
MICHIGAN. 
A fairly important cabbage section of the Great Lakes region, 
interesting because of its concentration in area and its scope of pro- 
duction and manufacture, is in Michigan. The annual shipments 
range around 500 carloads. The commercial acreage reported in 
1922 was 3,025. Over one-third of the commercial production was 
in Saginaw County. Important shipping points and centers of kraut 
manufacture are Saginaw, Mason, Charlotte, Eaton Rapids, Jackson, 
Jonesville, Coldwater, Quincy, and Baroda. Among the leading com- 
mercial varieties are Allhead, Copenhagen, Kraut King, and Holland. 
Fall shipments begin early in August from the section around Baroda 
in Berrien County and continue from later sections until November, 
after which the movement is from storage. Among the principal 
markets for Michigan cabbage are Detroit, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, 
Chicago, and New Orleans. 
COLORADO. 
While Colorado is often classed as a main-crop cabbage section, 
much of the commercial production is shipped during late summer 
and early fall and tends to fill the gap between the early and late 
supply in southern and western markets. From 1,700 to 2,500 cars 
are marketed during the average shipping season from the middle of 
July to the end of December. The car-lot output has been irregular in 
quantity and season, and dependent on whether the prevailing price 
warrants shipment, as well as on production. 
The three principal Colorado shipping areas are the irrigated dis- 
trict around Denver, with three heavy shipping stations, the Brighton 
district including Fort Lupton, and the extensive Greeley district, 
with about 30 stations, of which the largest are Greeley, Ault, 
Eaton, and Lucerne. Leading early varieties grown are the Copen- 
hagen and Enkhuizen in the Denver district, with some Wakefield 
and Winnigstadt. One of the leading main-crop varieties is the Short 
Stem Hollander. The Denver district ships in 100-pound crates, 
sometimes in bulk and largely in mixed car lots with other vegetables 
packed or loaded by dealers at the loading station in refrigerator cars. 
According to the records of the Federal inspection service during 1921 
to 1923, about 95 per cent of the cabbage shipped has been graded 
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