The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-11-10
CABBAGE HEADS.
ALL ABOUT RAISING AND KEEPING THIS LOVE
IY FRITIT.

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ALL ABOUT RAISING AND KEEPING THIS
LY FRUIT.
Mr.. James 7. Van Wyck, of Duchess coun-
ty, N. V, contributes an article to the New
York Tribune which is of practical use at
this time: There is no crop that pays better
than cabbages, provided one is near a good
market where plenty of manure can be OBJ
tanned. AS they are gross feeding and bulky,
there is no use of trying to grow them to
perfection, unless We have very rich ground
or use plenty of anu If grown at a dis
tance from market the freight or carriage will
more than consume the rental of a piece of
land close by market. Perhaps no ground
is better to set them on than a piece
of sod well enriched. By no means would
! set them on ground that had grown q crop
of cabbages or turnips the previous year., as
they would almost surely be affected with
the club root. On sod ground with
healthy plants this never happens. The plan
which / have lately adopted is as follows:
ground and manure it with 40 tons of ma
nure per acre. then thoroughly pillow it,
and strike out burrows three feet apart. In
these / drop early rose potatoes, one foot
apart, and cover them with a pillow. / now
sow radishes over the whole, and harrow
them in. These are fit to bunch and sell by
the time the potatoes are ready TO pillow.
About the middle of June / bill ap the pota-
toes with a shovel plow, and set at two and a
half feet apart plants of fiat Dutch cabbage
between the rows. These plants / have
raised by sowing the seed in good, clean, rich
ground, where there has been neither cab
bage or turnips the previous year, SOW the
seed thinly in row u foot apart, so as TO
IA the plants stocky. AS soon as the po-
tatoes are large enough for market / dig
them. run a half mold-board pillow under
the rows of potatoes by making the horse
walk on the ridge. I then go through and
pick up what potatoes are out, and pick up
the vines, placing them between the cabba-
ges. 1 then run through them twice with
the shovel pillow, picking up the potatoes
each time. Then / uncover and hoe the cab
bage. In this way we beth dig the potatoes
and pillow the cabbage at one operation. If
the ground becomes hard | run the subsoil
pillow between the rows. / also frequently
run the shovel pillow, as this obviates the
necessity of hoeing. If | see the hight yellow
butterfly near the cabbage / know that the
worm will soon appear, and Isow wheat bran
over the patch. As soon as they begin
nicely to form heads / drop about a tea
s~ooonful of fine salt in each head. This
helps to harden them. If any of the cab
bages begin to turn white 1 cut them, and
sell them, as they are apt to burst. My plan
Of preserving cabbage for winter is simpler
and better than any l have ever seen de-
scribed. / wish every grower who reads
this would try putting up a few heads this
fall in the same manner, for know if they
do they will never 60 back to the old way.
L go through the patch, taking two
rows at a time and cut out all the
good heads, leaving a few loose leaves
on each and drop them at my left hand.
This makes four rows in one. A man
then takes the first-clsss heads and pitches
them to me, l catch them and place them in
rows, two side by side with two on top and
a third one as a cap. L generally place them
in heaps of fifty. l serve the second class in
the same way. n tax a corn knife and
cut off the stumps with the loose leaves re-
naming, as also the soft cabbsges, which ]
feed TO the W now cover these heaps
of heads with about six inches OF soil. TIL
line OF the heaps ought to extend north and
south. In the winter when l wish to get al
them / break in the south end with a pick OF
hoe, put in my hand and draw them on
! for about two feet, then break down the frost
and thus proceed until they are all out
The advantages of this system are: The
cabbages keep brighter and better, as Their,
, is no stump sticking out to lead in the fros'
and rain, thus rotting the heart; they ar,
more easily buried; they are more easily got
] ten out; they are already cut from thu
{ stump, fit to market; we save a great many
3 of the loose leaves for fodder, which by the
t other plan are entirely lost. The potatoes
| and radishes ought 10 pay all expense, leav
( ing the cabbage for profit, which at a Low
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