The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-10-26
FARM Frs DEPARTMENT

More money is said to he lost ON
cabbage in the South than on am
other truck crop. Last season was z
fine one for this vegetable. yet the
growers barely cleared expenses
Most of the fall planting is done too
early and in warm winters mature
early and consequently are marketed
early, which brings them in competit-
ion with large cellared crops north.
The past season was hampered by the
restriction of buyers and consumers on
account of hard times. Cabbage GERM
nate freely in temperature less than
sixty degrees and the higher above
this temperature the smaller will be
the per cent Of termination and the
weaker the plants, and to overcome
this weakness is often more than the
plants are worth. Many pounds of
cabbage seed are lost by disregard of
temperature in terminating. The
seed beds should be about six inches
above the surface and about Eve feet
wide. thoroughly pulverized nand
slightly raised in the center. The beds
should be protected by old bags or
something else to prevent the seeds
from being washed out by beating
rains before terminating or the young
seedlings from being scalded and kill
ed by hot SUNSHINE just after rain.
The seed should be sown thinly, in
drills about four inches apart, to admit
of slight cultivation, besides have
better chance to grow. Cabbage is the
/. rankest feeder Of all vegetables. Two
tons of high grade commercial fertiliz-
err is not too much for an acre OF cab
bage. This will insure large, perfect
and uniform heads. 1000 pounds OF
fresh cabbage requires the following
properties of fertilizer
Nitrogen "a Pounds.
Potash 6.3 Pounds.
Lime 81 Pounds.
Phosphoric Acid "a Pounds.
There is no advantage in sowing the
seed where they are to stand. In
transplanting pinch off the top root to
encourage fbrous root growth, and
set in the ground up to the leaves
leaving none of the stem exposed.
They should be cultivated every week
The fat varieties are favorites in the
South, as they revuire less manuring |
than. the poiuted kinds. Long Island
Wakefield is the best of pointed or oval
varieties. Sure crop, is the earliest Of
all fat cabbage and bears shipping
we'll but is not SO hardy as the Late
Flat Dutch, known as the Centennial
which is practically frost proof. Sure
Head is one of the best. Florida
Drumhead is best for late planting, it
stands the hot sun without injury
If cabbage are frozen just as they be-
gin to head they will fail to head.
The insect enemies of cabbage are
cutworms. aphis. and the worm which
eats the leaves and bores into the head
The seed beds should be heavily null
ched in summer and just before plant
ing should be burned off, destroying
their eggs as well ss crickets. To |
destroy them in the field take turnip ;
or mustard leaves and dip them into
a preparation of one table spoonful of {
paris green to a bucket full of water,
stirring it before using and
scatter these leaves on the ground in
the evening and on cloudy days. this
should be done every three or four
DAYS. The worms eat these leaves and ;
die. To destroy the aphis or louise
which injure the young plants, dus'
lightly with lime. Pyrethrum is the
only effective remedy for the cabbage l
worm which eats the leaves and head s
and must be busted thoroughly on {
upper and under side of the leaves. I
This can be applied readily and rapid
" by a powder gun made for the pur- l
pose. Salt applied to the ground will /
also destroy cut worms. In the coast I
country in Southern Louisiana where I
the salt water passes at times over t
cabbage lands they are free from these f
worms
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