The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-11-02
SPRING CABBAGE FOR SHIPPING
NORTH.

| telllSeuLly grown. lucy suOutu yAe1u
from 500 to $500 per acre at the
proper seasons. About the best all
around variety is the Brunswick
they are a medium in size and time
of maturing. The seed bed should
be prepared the last of October and
allowed to settle. 1t ought to be in
the garden or a protected place
against chickens and north winds.
The ground should not be too rich
but in good healthy condition. Plow
up bed 8 #. wide, elevated to drain
we'll and above level, and rake dirt
SC it will be a little inclined to the
south or east side OF the bed. Con-
struct cold frame on top of this bed.
The best dimensions to build his
frame for all purposes Is #. 8 in.
wide and rs #. long; use in. X 10
in. plank; sink in. in the dirt; let
it face south or east; 1 plank on
lower side and on the back. Let
stakes be driven on the inside Of
the frame to join the planks on, and
nail a thin strip over the crack in
the back where the two planks join;
draw the dirt we'll against the back
Of the frame. One of the end boards
| will have to be ripped to give in
cline, then fit small strips 1 in. X 2
il. every feet on the inside of the
frame just level with the sides cut
with beVel and nail through plank
from outside into end Of the strip.
Send to Peter Henderson & Co.,
New York, and get his heavy grade
Of cold frame canvas; it comes so
yards in the bolt for $500. Cut this
in half and sew the edges together
with heavy thread on machine. You
tack this on top of the back plank by
putting a thin strip on top of the
cloth and mailing it to the plank, Be-
fore putting cloth down on plank, cut
few pieces of good string and lay
them across the top Of the plank, SO
when you roll the cloth back to sun
the plants, etc., you can tie it into
these strings to keep the wind from
Tapping it back over the frame. &C.
some brads or eyelets like those on
stormcloth of buggy and brad them
in lower edge Of the cloth so that
one comes between each strip across
the frame. Get some good, copper
spool wire and tie a piece about 6 o"
s inches long in each Of the eyelets
and drive nail about the middle of
the plank where each wire comes,
and when you desire to close the
frame, draw the cloth down and wrap
the wire around the nail two or three
times. Sow seed in this frame in
rows across the bed in. apart. One
pound of seed ought to be sufficient.
This should be done between the
10th and 18th of November. Have
ground raked thoroughly, then use a
square stick long enough to reach
across the bed and rub one corner
in the ground to make the drill
about Il in. deep. Sow the seed and
level the ground with the stick. The
plants must be tempered to the cold
from the very beginning so as not to
let them get too spindling; work
them with small hand tools all along
the winter. They should remain in
the frame until the middle of Janll-
airy, then they are ready to go in
the open field. (Use same cold
frames for tomato plants which are
brought up in hot-bed list of Janp-
ary)
A cold frame of above dimensions
will give plants enough to set three
acres of ground at 8 feet in drill on
4 #. rows, or $500 to the acre, %
if you desire more plants, double
cold frame capacity.
To operate cold frames for cabbage,
have open all you can. When changes
first appear there is usually warm
| rain. Let enough Of this fall on the
plants to moisten the plants and the
ground and then draw the cloth and
fasten it down until the first sun
shine appears, then open frame. New
er let sun shine very long on cloth
when closed for it will soon cause
damp" among the plants and they
will all rot off at the ground. After
you have had one or two white
frosts the third night, if there is
light frost, leave frame open and
temper the plants to the cold and the
older they get the more you expose
them until they are ready to go to
the field.
One of these frames will cost be-
tween $12 and SIS, and is good for
five years. S. L. RIGGS.