The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-04-05
Early Cabbages.

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for early plants In the fall and when
the plants are largo enough transplant
them TO cold frames in which they are
wintered. For several reasons / CON.
slider spring sowing the best, and il
will recommend Itself TO the farmer
who will not care 10 attend to the
plants during the winter. In spring
sowing the seed may be sown in boxes
in the house, In a cold frame or in a
hot-bed. The last plan is best. To
start the plants in the house ill n shall
low box with fine, rich garden mold to
the depth OF six inches. In this SOW
the seed and cover lightly. Keep tho
soil moist. II the middle OF the day Is
warm set the box in the sunshine by
some window. ! have grown cabbage
plants I'm this way for several years
and have found II TO be a good plan
when ody a small number were TO be
starteds But when any considerable
numberis TO be raised. and I am not
certain but that when only a small
number Is to be started. II Is better TO
make q hot-bed. | find that IL Is a
general impression among farmers that
the construction Of a hot bed Is
troublesome and expensive. This Is n
false notion. The expense, cash, Is
for a sash and o few panes Of glass.
All the work can be done In half a
day by n a The best form OF tho
hot-bed Is made by digging q hole two
feet deep and OF the Same width and
length rs the frame. This hole is filed
with horse manure. The manure should
be hauled a few days before and put In
n ncap near the pit, and forkcd over
each day. After 8 lew days the manure
is put In the pit and the frame set on.
This should be twelve inches high IN
the rear and eight inches high In front
with the side pieces properly sloped. II
can be made Of old. waste boards. Fill
garden mold in the frame 10 the depth
OF four or five inches. and put on the
sash. The back OF the frame should be
toward tho north and the front toward
the south that the rays OF the sun may
strike the glass moro nearly vertically,
and that the higher back may ward Oh
the cold winds that come from the
north. For n few days the heat will be
too great TO allow OF the planting OF the
seeds, and the sash should be raised q
couple Of inches. After the heat has
moderated to sixty or seventy degrees
the seed may be sown. Shade the sash
till the plants appear above the surface.
Close the sash at night. Give water rs
needed and keep the soil from getting
too hard by occasional light STRINGS be,
tween the rows, which should be about
six inches apart.
Instead OF digging = pit some make
tie frame higher and put manure on
top Of the ground. This plan saves the
labor Of digging the pit but the hot-bcd
thus made Is not quito so good. II will
require more frequent waterings than
the other.
A cold frame Is simply a hot-bed
minus the manurc. The latter gets lis
heat from the fermentation Of the ma
nure; the former from tho sun only.
The cold frame must DO covered with
carpets or cloths at night to prevent the
heat from escaping.
Care must be taken 10 harden the hot
bed plants before they are transplantcd
to the open ground. This may be done
BY gradually removing tho sash from
the hot-bed during the day; or by first
transplanting to . cold frame.
Cabbage Is = hardy plant and may be
put In the open ground rs soon rs tho
frost Is out and the ground Is dry. ia
cold snap should come, cover slightly
with some convenient material. on
course this applies 10 plants which have
been hardened. Such plants will not be
injured by ever eight or'tcn degrees Of
frost Whenever oats can be sown
cabbage may DO planted In tho open
ground.
A saSiy soil Is necessary. II Is al.
ways dryc,t and can Be stirred earliest
b the spring. Tie cabbage does best
on . sandy loan, With . sandy or grav-
ely subsoil coming rather near the sur
face. Such soil viii drain well natural
", especially II on high and rolling
lands, but even then II Il best TO under
drain. Heavy. wet. clancy soils should
be avoided. Is should also poor ones.
Cabbage requires . rich soil Each
year the ground for cabbage should be
covered with fine stable MANURE q mix
turc Of equal parts from the COW and
horse stables Il the bcssl 70 the depth
Of two nshes. and then plowed under.
Then pulverixc the ground well. II the
ground Is plowcd In The fall n Is better.
as the frost pulveriscs the ground and
destroys many cKRs and larvn which
are thrown upon The surface. II any
quantity are to to raised u 10 best 10
plant about fifteen inches apart In rows
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