The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-29

the surface close TO the plants. By US
ing the weeder often enough and on time,
no weeds will get a start and the smooth
ing harrow can be dispensed with. No
dirt more than will naturally work UP
TO the plants by cultivaung with ordina-
ry cultivstor teeth, is put around them,
and no hitler or shovel pow should be
used.
The roots are IS inches long. touching
between the rows by the time the foliage
is 10 inches high, and extreme care should
be taken not to cultivate deeply and in
jure the mouths of the plants after this
time. A weeder can be used until foliage
is u to IS inches high, and although It
will be topped over behind the weeder, it
will all straighten up before morning.
After this, a cultivator with numerous
narrow teeth. which can be controlled by
the wheel so as not to cut more than Z
inches deep, should be used often enough
10 insure a mellow surface. at all times
until ready TO harvest.--C L. Chapman.
Growing CaulinOwer for Market.
Cauliflower as a market crop is rapidly
increasing in importance, says Z. l..
Allen in Agriculturist. Its culture does not
essentially differ in general from that of
cabbage. The soil is prepared in the same
manner. the seed is sown and the plants
are set in the same way But the culture
usually given the ca bbage is not sufficient
for the cauifiower. which insists on thor
ough filling and liberal treatment as re
CARDS manure, and will not tolerate neg
lect in any respect. ON Long Island,
which is a congenial home for the cauli-
flower, the seed is sown at intervals from
May l to June Is. The farmers usually
make three sowings, intended for an
early. an, intermediate and a. late crop.
There is no crop about which there is
so much uncertainty; no calculation can
be made as TO the time of sowing the seed,
or in setting the plants, that will insure
success. The early the intermediate and
the late paintings are, in turn, profitable.
Hence the necessity of a series of PANT
ings. one of which will almost invariably
succeed
The character of the soil has generally
been supposed to be of the greatest inn
portance in the cultivation of this crop;
a heavy loan with a sravely subsoil be-
ing considered the most favorable. But
recent Developments have shown most
conclusiveiy that tho condition of the soil
is a more important matter. and that eli
matte influences have more to do with sue
cess or failure than either. New ground,
or rather sod ground, can always be more
surely depended upon for a crop than to
let it follow some other.
Caulihower is more sensitive to checks
in it's various stages of growth than cab
bage. In the seed bed, a strong, sturdy
growth should be encouraged, rather than
a rapid one. 1t is mistake to make the
seed bed too rich. 1t is better to start
the plants in a poor soil and transfer
them to a richer one. The most import
ant part of caulihower cultivation is the
growing of the plants.
AS soon as the second leaves are orS-
half inch long, the plants should be
pricked out into finely prepared soil.
Again, when the third pair of leaves is
one inch long. they should be again prick
ed out. Set the plants one inch apart each
way in shallow boxes, water thoroughly
as soon as each box is flied, and let them
grow until the proper time for setting in
the field. This will secure almost absolute