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BULLETIN 1242, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
grower's crop at a fixed price per crate, making a partial payment in 
advance to nuance the harvesting and packing. 
About 10 per cent of the Florida cabbage acreage is grown on 
shares. The prevailing arrangement is that of u half-cropping,'' by 
which the land owner furnishes land and at least half the seed, fer- 
tilizer, and crates. Usually the land owner furnishes all the neces- 
sary capital, charging the cropper for his share of the expense when 
returns are made. 
Several small cooperative associations engage in the marketing of 
Florida cabbage. They do not finance field production, but by 
providing crate material on credit they aid in financing the packing 
of the product. 
The northern cabbage grower has no peculiar problem of financing. 
Northern cabbage is usually one of several farm crops. Most growers 
are farm owners, many of them with farms free of mortgages, while 
the others are renters who either work the farms for a half or third 
NUMBER 
JAN. FEB. MAR APR. MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. 
Fig. 6.— Monthly shipments of cabbage for 11)18, 1919, 1920, 1921, and 192-', with 5-year average. 
share or pay a stipulated cash rental. Growers needing money for 
operating expenses borrow from banks and private individuals or 
run accounts with local merchants and sometimes with shippers 
who are also merchants for certain farm supplies, such as feed, seed, 
fertilizers, spray materials, and farm machinery. Shippers never 
advance money to the growers for growing or harvesting operations, 
and they may or may not pay cash to the growers when the cabbage 
is delivered. Often a settlement is deferred until the handling is 
completed. 
SHIPPING SEASONS. 
The charts of the shipping seasons (figs. 6, 7, and S) indicate that 
Florida and Texas have the markets for new cabbage much to them- 
selves in early winter and spring. By April the new cabbage move- 
ment, becomes very active. Supplies from Alabama, Mississippi, 
Louisiana, and South Carolina compete with late receipts from 
Texas and Florida. The shipments from South Carolina, Virginia, 
