48 BULLETIN 1242, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
short-season domestic cabbage and the hard, long-keeping Danish 
type. Early and late cabbage actively compete in the market from 
January to April. 
The southern crop is financed chiefly by loans or credit. Growers 
borrow from dealers and dealers from banks. The late northern 
crop receives comparatively little special financing. 
Early southern cabbage is handled largely by dealers who advance 
the loans. Cooperative marketing in some sections has nearly done 
away with direct local buying. The main northern crop is sold 
chiefly to local dealers and agents and to manufacturers of kraut. 
Early cabbage is sometimes trimmed and crated in the field or in 
the field packing shed and hauled to the dealer's car; although in 
some sections it is sold by the crate or hamper, or hauled in bulk 
and sold by the wagonload on a ton basis. The 1^ bushel hamper 
and the crate of 3 bushels or barrel capacity are standard packages 
in general use, but there are many variations in size and style of 
containers. 
The local buyer or the marketing association sells to city dealers, 
f. o: b. shipping point cash or payment on delivery at destination. 
The city buyer divides the car-lot into smaller quantities for sales to 
jobbers who in turn sell in still smaller lots to retail stores. 
Late cabbage is sold in bulk by the ton, delivered in wagonloads 
to the local buyer or shipper. Shipments are made in slatted box 
cars or refrigerator cars. 
The car-lot cabbage constitutes about half the crop and is sent 
mostly to city distributing markets. The rest of the crop is accounted 
for by local consumption, by kraut making, and by culls or waste 
on the farm. 
The eastern and southeastern crop goes chiefly to eastern cities; 
the southwestern and north-central crop to the Middle West. 
Kraut making requires about one-seventh of the average com- 
mercial production. The chief kraut manufacturing centers are in 
New York, Wisconsin, and Michigan. 
Nearly half the late commercial crop of New York and Wisconsin 
is stored for the winter market. 
The price of cabbage is subject to great fluctuations because of 
variations in supply; but the demand, especially for late cabbage, 
is fairly uniform from season to season. 
Crop and market reports from Federal and State sources are now 
generally available and are often of great service in marketing. 
