Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-10-27
4 CABBAGE FARM.
A VISIT TO TIG sAUERNRkUT SEC.
TON OF CHICAGO


Chicago Herald
Very lew Ieup.s are nwar. Il t. act
that Chicago las the lars s. "auer s,lut"
factory ~ TIA. worbl, ur, NOR s.rrtly
| speaking, tur unly QUO, auI that ain r~t
within cry limits /, the MT aSter Iv'
cabbage farm ~ tuiS country. ur ger mp on
the gioNe. THs cabbage It Ir.ci, u, Il -
callei, lies tu tue west AMI -outhw'st Il thu
stock yari,, and compria's upwsr Is Of sd
acres OF rich, heavy soil, espa ally a!ap'ei
{, the cUl .iyatiDu OF H,ammp,L rty .
heads.
a reporter, in mp7ny With = "'h
Water street CrH.mi. Iol man. "'rr ryer
the cabbage PLANTATION, AMI "'in"-,el the
finishing t,uch-, being put 10 ulJiyi'I n
aud the IrsI aration, Tor tue gltA.rHs 4
tie harvr-L The first visit was Gtt ta u :
/ field containing 10 a"ra tine lar- 10 -It,ls
cablar. rmlru IN the " rid AIjur.H. ga.
field are thirty acres ui cubLt e, 90 The ,ans
varieties, making farm " 70 I'rss. all
! tel u-lus To and cultivated nv - singh
firm
PREPARING THE CIR E0.
| Tie pre- aratlgu Of thu, te Tor to recep-
ton "a the I!ant in the srnt IS no easy
tusk. EVER lot Of lal,l has 10 b. a. care
fully attend i us II II wore 10 be- devoted 10
Il ricultUrs In .Al fli tts sIria,s II the
ground /, r.vrr.! With an abun Ian e of
rich fertilizers auI thea Ilpw,d, narrowed
and Tuilei. Early in tho spring the soil is
again disturbed lay tie pillow AMI harrow,
and tie surface Of tie grUun IS ma 10 AZ
su Usl auI free irOm lump. a. j. u r,sible
The ground j., then lad oil with check.
rover, lac r VS. bong from thirty o. thirty
tlrFe iH,As. apars according 10 the variety
10 lie TI2rted, tue fir t crop bslag plIntsl
thirty iIrue apart, AMI TIE ether VARSITY
tuirty-lhree inches
The rows ars straight as an arrow IA order
70 allow cru>s-cultivati1l, yet at thi, seas N
or the growth, the broad leave, covering
ev-ry inyh OF sr a. the systematic meth1 /
~ planting /, not easily discsrnible. After
the grounl has been carefully PREPARED
Llli,ouO plant, alone are required for tL.ss
lb acres AMI for the entire district ,pme
JOJO,uDl This number Of plants Is required
for TIE first Setting" aud since many are
de.troyei by yermin-tbe maggOt aui tie
hy-iU.iy uns-thirl mora plants ire req H.al
making grand total OF 5000 90 PLAT,
Eecv'>lry t. supply the CuiCtSp nb'ags
disiuyL
May II thu plant ara DESTROYED by the
cabbage tly or f,a, the magsut the " .rm,
aud caree-s cultivation Rsrilntins IS n
,mall IA tr IN the product; therefor. il
the lurner obtaIas Or y0Di ayerag, utais
To the acre lie ha, hlg crop, ami 500
head, wouI be an exc,!lant average. Wueu
the harvc b.sns 10 expariln,eI Iabor,r,
vii, march through the early cabbage crop
aud select the largest aui CHOICEST hsa g., Tor
shipment 10 the south.
THE SOUTHERN MARKET.
Don't taey raise bny caJLa, :. ttpr,.'
asked tn reporter
"P.-ny VI il, was the reply. Il have
-be"n usi:et tie same question thpusaul
times during tse past eleven years / will
Hxpiain it ~ You as have O. others Down
sputA. In the vicinity Of New Orlean,, they
plant their 'Ab0asss along in September,
aud L!ey AWAY, have new cabbqre Tor
CHRISTMAS They depend upon it lust the
saule as southern OHIO folks expect n-w %.
tatOes Tor their Fourth uf July dmn.r.
Their cabbIgs season runs ont Just a!nus
the time Memphi, aud Nashville c1bbasss
are ready Tor he market Aft.r u natures,
you know. they have got b. elt Il Of throw
it way. They cau not bury il 10 the GROUND
like we do here 10 the nurjh, nr store it
away in cool cellar, Il has 10 be eaten be-
fore it decays
"Ibey then depend upon the up-river coun-
try until ia turn they exhaust the s.. Louis
market which, in a couple Of weeks more
Will lie able 10 send NJ further supplies
Then they have t. depen upon the Chicago
cabbage district until they can grow their
own cabbage. When | say they mean the
whole south, inrluling ST. l. ruIS Each s.c-
ton IN turn helps to supply the others, but
chicago ships more cabbage than all OF the
rest tut l. setGer. Chicago ship, from Aug.
] u Nov 10, AMI some years little later.
This year owing to a backward spring
and vermin, We are nearly two weeks
back ward
"Y.u certainly ell .oms cabbage in
ChiUsof
Not single heal Taa lest cabbage
goes u a foreign market south, east and
west Such cabbage as is usually found on
the C.irago market Is made into sauer-
kraut Do not understand me b. Jay that
the refu,e is made into kraut, for that is not
the fact It's the small heads which are
perfectly souul. but loosely leaved, all
having no market price alongside Of przs
heads, that are l-eI for and which make
the ch"ire,t aud best kraut, being frs0r
from large stalks aud therefore more vnlu-
able fIr kgaut than tor the market
L"AuIST THE CARS.
o, Tire 2,5nJ ACRES oI cabbage in the di,-
trIrt IA iuI" Lru controls about 1900
acre. Il vii rummmce shippiny next
wegE, nuu To- heEm With will ship one ear
load per day, anl a. thu heads develop il
will increase It, shipm1nt, up to twenty
Or more cars per day, according 70 the rate
OF rupp.y nnl demand. Tie first shipments
OF CaLUpge are placed In open VI stock cars,
and careful packed 70 insure their arrival
in COOL shape, no matter how far their
de-Luattun may be. The stalks are cut of
and uuJ,i ie leaves trimmed The first LAYER
on the bottom IT the car is placed with
tue stalk butt resting ON the floor Of the
car. IBs remaining layers TO the capacity
Of the car are placed top downward The
head, are placei in layers three feet deep,
when deck, are placed In horizontally aul
perpenl.cmarly, so as 10 equally divide tue
layers aud b. prevent pressure from above,
and lateraIly, 20 give perfect ventilation
Loaded IN this way, no crates being used,
hundreds II car loads are shipped from
Chicago annually, AMI the cabbage arrives
Rt It's lie tiuation In god order Later In
the sol5 II boN-cRrs are used.
she Helped Herself