Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1917 — Cabbages and Kings. [ARTICLE]

Cabbages and Kings.

The time has come, indeed, to talk of “cabbages and kings,” Of kings enough has been said. But surprising reports come concerning cabbages. A year ago they were sold at six dollars a ton, and there was no market for them. Hundreds of tons were fed tb hogs and much of the product was used for fertilizing. This jjtear the wholesalers are paying Maine farmers $8 a ton for cabbages, and it is expected the wholesale price will go to a hundred dollars a ton before spring. Half the cabbage used in New England comes from western Maine. Farm mortgages in that section are being erased, and savings bank deposits are growing.—New Bedford Mercury.