Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-09-03
LAST YEARS SHORTAGE NOT TO
BE REPEATED.
BUMPER. CROP ASSURED
Holland Stock Plentiful in This State
Growers Becoming Speculative
Prices Start High But Get Lower
Fields Make Fine Showing EV-
eryWhere.

The cabbage famine of last year
does not bid fair to be repeated again
this fall. Last autumn even the
good old sauerkraut had to be fore
gone in many instances because of
the inability to get cabbage at prices
that would make the kraut at all sal
able.
In speaking of the cabbage situation
leading market man said:
"The first gun of the big cabbage
campaign has been fired. 1t would
perhaps be more appropriate to say
that the first carlot has been fired If
that may be understood in the sense
of beginning to load the stuff up and
shipping it away to thousand mar
kets to be used for kraut purposes or
to go directly into consumption. They
are talking all along the line in this
section about what the season has in
store and if any one doubts there is
an enormous crop in western terri
tory this year he has not yet ex-
pressed himself or else he is a wan
derer from the bug house. All re-
ports so far relating to either domes-
tic or Holland stock go to show that
there will be plenty of cabbage to
open the game and that the supply
will last throughout the season. Wis
consin, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, Mime
sofa, Indiana and Illinois have an
abundant supply of domestic cabbage
in the sections where cabbage is
grown, and while the season has not
been ideal in every respect, over the
entire territory mentioned, still there
has been enough sunshine, rain and
good weather to grow perhaps the
biggest crop OH record. In Wisconsin,
where most of the Holland stock is
produced, is no exception and the
outlook is for good crop Some
reports show that along the lake the
weather has been unfavorable and in
sects have injured the crop to some
extent, but further inland conditions
have been good deal better and the
yield will be heavy. Along the roads
between Madison and Milwaukee, par
ticularly near the latter city, Won
drous acres of cabbage are seen. No
finer growth was ever noticed in that
region.
Some of those who are long on
dope declare that the crop of Holland
stock along the lake will run about
IS per cent. to 80 per cent, while fur
Their inland the outlook is for 80 to
100 per cent of a full crop and in
many sections even better. A num-
Der of fields in the Racine, Green Bay
and Shiocton sections have been in
creased in acreage this year and the
main reason is supposed to be the
sensational windup of the old cab
bage deal last season, when stock
jumped up to $50 and $40 ton. Those
who are old in the business say that
an increase in acreage may always
be expected after a season winds up
with high prices. 1t does not appear
to be question right now which way
the cabbage market will tend for
some time to come as it is practically
admitted on all sides that prices will
gravitate lower as the market opens
until late in the season when most of
the stock has found it's way into con-
sumption. They began selling some
of the first Wisconsin stock around
$3.50 but this price had to be shaded
and it was soon no trick at all to buy
for $40. Many dealers declare that
further declines in the market are
certain and they think it will not be
great while before the S. point will
be touched"