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Cabbages.— Of early cabbages we find market for only 
about two thousand. These we grow in manured furrows, in 
rows three feet apart, and the plants eighteen inches apart in 
the rows. In the place of every fifth plant on every third row, 
we plant a hill of Hubbard or Marrow Squash. The cabbages 
begin to be marketable about June 20th, and are cleared off in 
about a month, when the squashes have the ground, and if 
kept clean and well tilled, yield a fair crop. The early crop 
yields a fair profit, and in towns having a large foreign popu¬ 
lation, sells well. 
Of late cabbages we grow usually two acres—three feet by 
two—set out about June 10th, on land upon which early peas 
have been grown, or between hills of early potatoes, planted 
on manured furrows. The ground cannot be too rich, nor too 
often stirred. They sell here at $3 to $5 per hundred, usually 
the former figure, owing to the large amount grown in this vi¬ 
cinity. At this rate they return $120 to $150 to the acre, but 
the crop is so bulky to handle that not more than half of this 
is profit. In localities where late cabbages sell readily at $5 
to $8 per hundred, few crops are more profitable. 
Cauliflower, both early and late, is uncertain in this cli¬ 
mate, but by mulching and maintaining moisture it is a profit¬ 
able crop at $10 to ,$20 per hundred, and we usually grow 
about 500 of the early and twice as many of the late ones. 
Carrots. —Early carrots with us have never paid the cost of 
the seed, but of the Long Orange we always find market for 
about half an acre at fifty to seventy-five cents per bushel, 
which yields a profit of $100 to $150 per acre. We sow them 
early, thin out to one foot by six inches, keep clean, and by 
running a lifting subsoil plow under the rows are able to pull 
them as easily as we would radishes. Our sales are chiefly to 
the Swedes who are very fond of them; but in everj r town 
there is a moderate demand for them by livery men and 
horse owners for a spring feed. This crop, like the parsnip, 
admits of no second crop, and therefore is not a favorite with 
us, and we do not grow so largely of it as the market would 
justify. 
