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added to as the weather becomes colder so as to prevent alternate 
freezing and thawing. 
The cabbage should be in good condition when put into stor¬ 
age. Any water contained between the leaves ought to be drained 
out and diseased leaves removed. When stored in a cellar or other 
storage house, the temperature should be kept as near 34 degrees F. 
as possible. 
CARROTS. 
The carrot is usually considered a vegetable of secondary im¬ 
portance, but is grown to some extent in almost every garden and 
is becoming more popular all the time. In addition to its use as a 
vegetable, it is a valuable stock feed, and the large quantities pro¬ 
duced per acre are responsible for its extensive culture as a farm 
crop. 
Cultivation .—Carrots are given much the same culture as 
beets. The seed is sown thinly, about one-half inch deep, in drills 
eighteen to twenty-four inches apart. The plants are thinned, if 
necessary, and all weeds are kept down, especially while the plants 
are very young, as they are easily smothered at that stage. 
When the crop is harvested, the tops are removed and the roots 
may be stored in a celler the same as potatoes, or they may be put 
outside in conical heaps, containing twenty to thirty bushels, and 
covered with straw and earth. 
cauliflower, 
This is another variation of the cabbage and is grown for the 
thickened flower stems or curd which forms a white compact head. 
Soil .—The soil for cauliflower should be practically the same 
as for cabbage. A rich, sandy loam which can be cultivated in the 
cooler part of the year is preferable. The plant is a gross feeder 
and the soil must be well fertilized with stable manure of commer¬ 
cial fertilizers. 
Cultivation .—Cauliflower does not thrive in hot, dry weather, 
so it should be grown either as an early or late crop. For the early 
crop, start the plants in the greenhouse or hotbed in March and 
when they have four or five leaves, transplant, giving more room. 
Set the plants in the field when cold weather is past. The distance 
between plants should be about eighteen inches in the row, and 
about two and a half to three feet between the rows. 
For the late crop, the plants are started later and finally trans¬ 
planted to the field about July 1st. 
Frequent shallow cultivation is given throughout the growing 
season. One of the essentials to successful cauliflower growing is 
to never allow the plants to become checked in their growth. 
