hat 50 tons of cabbage contain 240 lbs. of
nitrogen, and 1,600 lbs. of ash. Included in the ash is 630 lbs. of
potash; 90 lbs. of soda; 310 lbs. of lime; 60 lbs. of magnesia; 140 lbs.
of phosphoric acid; 240 lbs. of sulphuric acid, and 20 lbs. of silica.

Henderson, in "Gardening for Profit," advises the application of 75 tons
of stable or barn-yard manure per acre, for early cabbage. For late
cabbage, after peas or early potatoes, he says about 10 tons per acre
are used.

Brill, in "Farm Gardening and Seed Growing," also makes the same
distinction in regard to the quantity of manure used for early and late
cabbage. He speaks of 70 to 80 tons or more, per acre, of well-rotted
stable-manure as not an unusual or excessive dressing every year.

Now, according to Wolff's table, 75 tons of fresh stable-manure, with
straw, contains 820 lbs. of nitrogen; 795 lbs. of potash; 150 lbs. soda;
315 lbs. of lime; 210 lbs. of magnesia; 420 lbs. of phosphoric acid; 105
lbs. sulphuric acid; 2,655 lbs. of silica, and 60 lbs. of chlorine.

"Put the figures side by side," said the Deacon, "so that we can compare
them."

Here they are:

------------------+--------------+-----------
| _75 tons |
| Fresh Horse | _50 tons
| Manure._ | Cabbage._
------------------+--------------+-----------
Nitrogen | 820 lbs. | 240 lbs.
Potash | 795 " | 630 "
Phosphoric acid | 420 " | 140 "
Soda | 150 " | 90 "
Lime | 315 " | 310 "
Magnesia | 210 " | 60 "
------------------+--------------+-----------

"That is rather an interesting table," said the Doctor. "In the case of
lime, the crop takes about all that this heavy dressing of manure
supplies--but I suppose the soil is usually capable of furnishing a
considerable quantity."

"That may be so," said the Deacon, "but all the authorities on market
gardening speak of the importance of either growing cabbage on land
containing lime, or else of applying lime as a manure. Quinn, who writes
like a sensible man, says in his book, 'Money in the Garden,' 'A
top-dressing of lime every third year, thirty or forty bushels per acre,
spread broadcast, and harrowed in, just before planting, pays
handsomely.'"

Henderson thinks cabbage can only be grown successfully on land
containing abundance of lime. He has