The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-10-09
IKenosha County One of
Leaders in State in Rails
ing Cabbage.
CROP WORTH $4,000
Kenosha County Credited with
Raising 1929 Tons of Cab
bage in the Past Year.

henOSna county CABBAGE crop ldSe
year amounted to 1928 tons valued at
$249, 900, according to the report of
Paul o. Nyhus, federal crop and live
stock reporter, placing this county as
third largest in the state in this indus
try. The crop this year is declared to
be equally as large and will bring
the raisers as much money.
An article by Edwin H. Rohrbeck, ap-
pearing in the Milwaukee Journal,
gives the following thorough report re-
garding the cabbage industry in the
state:
wisconsin cabbages will again con-
tribute to the nations supply of salad
and sauerkraut succulence. While this
seasons crop of the big-headed indi-
viduals is a little behind that of 1923,
it is better than the average and indi-
cations points to very successful year
for cabbage producers.
According to Paul o. Nyhus, federal
crop and livestock reporter for Wis
consin, the commercial cabbage acre
age in the state is practically the same
as that Of last year, while in the ma
ton as a whole there are 55,779 acres
this season compared to 5000 acres
in 1928 reduction of 4 per cent.
Except for few places where the
crop was flooded, Badger cabbages
look thrifty. Some of the acreage
along the Milwaukee river was washed
out, according to Mr.. Nyhus, but on
Sept. the crop of the state as a
whole was 80 per cent of normal.
every cabbage has right to have
the big head, for ancestors of the big
hearted vegetable we're held in high
esteem by the early Greeks and wor-
shipped by the ancient Egyptians. Lit
tie does one think as he appreciative-
ly munches a mouthful of delicious
cold slaw that the forerunner5 of civili-
zation likewise had an eating acquaint-
ance with cabbage and used it quite
generally as far back as $500 B. c.
Cabbage is still found, in the wild state
France and in localities stretching
from Greece to Britain.
Gin our own country the cabbage
dates back to the time when Plymouth
Rock welcomed the passengers on the
Mayfiower. Through the intervening
years it has lost none of it's popularity,
and today cabbage ranks as the third
most important vegetable in America,
the potato and tomato alone leading it.
Last year the commercial production
in the United States amounted to 74O,-
900 tons, and the marketable output in
the country fills 10000 freight cars an
nually.
while about two-ffths of the mar
- n11 rrn
from Florida, Texas, South Carolina,
Virginia and Alabama, northern and
western growers produce creditable
output themselves. For example, New
York, the leading state, produces about
one-fourth of the nations cabbage, and
Wisconsin, next most important cab
bage state, counted her production at
$4,000 tons in 1922. This enormous
tonnage came from 15,400 acres of
sandy, clay loan, and muck soils of
the Badger state, yield of 9.2 tons an
acre.
Racine County Leads.
"Of the total acreage in Wisconsin
last year, 1890 acres were planted for
commercial purposes, and the remand
er was divided among the garden pat
ches intended for family use and the
few fields devoted to the production of
cabbage for livestock feed.
-Four counties in the state grow the
bulk of the Wisconsin product. They
are: Racine, which produced 45,419
tons valued at $4,000 last year; Outa-
game, 30,096 tons valued at 1927 900 in
1923; Kenosha, 1929 tons worth $249,-
600; and Milwaukee, $3.50 tons valued
at 5000. Besides these centers of
the industry. several sections of the
state boast of large areas around some
of the most important cities. Typical
of these are the important fields near
Green Bay, La Crosse and Eau Claire.
SIN the Racine area the cabbege is
used both for kraut making and for
winter storage. The Green Bay prod
uct enters the market largely as kraut,
as does the cabbage grown around
Eau Claire, while Milwaukee and La
Crosse market gardeners handle most
of the cabbage grown near these cities.
"tOne-third of the cabbage grown in
the whole country is what is known
as the domestic type Mr.. Nyhus says
This does not store we'll, so much of
it is made into kraut. About 65 per
cent of the domestic type, or 20 pei
cent of the total crop in the country
is used for this purpose
.sTon after ton of the Badger prod
uct finds its way into the watts of the
kraut factory, thence into cans, and
eventually graces the table of rich
man, poor man, beggar man and thief.
For sauerkraut is everybody's dish.
At least 20 factories in the state con-
vert the raw cabbage to kraut when
the season is favorable and the pros
poets good for the sale of the product.
Flat cabbages such as Enhunizen,
Glory, All Head Early, and Success
sion varieties are used by kraut MAX