Year: 1868

Winter Cabbage.


The following article from the Southern
Farmer (Memphis} FOR June, is worthy the
attention of farmers and gardeners, es-
peci.Ily the latter


I6ss now time to think about cur wint
cabbages From the Goth of June to the
st Of july prepare bed to bring forward
the young plants. It should be in position
partially shaded by trees Make 1t quite
rich by Incorporating bountifut supply OF
well rotted stable manure, and have no clods
larger than a pea, Pulverize with rake aud
hands until the soil feels soft as velvet to the
touch. If the weather be dry saturate the
bed with water before sowing, and as soon
as it will work well thereafter stirup the
surface and draw drills one foot apart and
half inch deep; SOW and cover The seed,
patting the surface smooth with a spade or
broad shovel. If the weather is quite dry
and hot make the surface quite firm, other
wise let the blows be lighter. In forty eight
hours or less, if the seeds are fresh, the
young plants viii begin to appear; watch
for them very closely, and rs soon as they
crack the ground, sprinkle them with SCOT
or slal1ed lime, which continue to do every
morning before sunrise until they begin to
make rough leaves When ali danger Of the
fly is past you may remit this attention and
thin the plant to an inch apart in the drill
| Another precaution against the fiv may as
/ well be mentioned. Let lot Of urine aecu-
mulate until it is four or FIVE days old 1t
will then begin to be offensive to the smell
dilute with five parts of water to one of
urine, and water the plants at sunset The
odor will drive the insect and push the plants
rapidly forward.


The sell and preparation for late cabbages
lneed not be so high as for the early ones
Twenty tons of manure to the acre, on soil
already good, viii be found sufficient The
| plowing should be deep and the narrowing
smooth, to facilitate after culture The
/ large kinds should be set In checks, three
feet apart each way. The Sayoys may be
put thirty inches apart.


Transplanting should be delayed until
/ about the 10th Of August, for this latitude,
/ Give days later for each degree South, and
five earlier for each degree North 1t is
/ best to delay for few days for season"
/ But if none occurs go ahead without fear,
/ following the directions now to- be given
/ Draw the plants late in the afternoon and
! keep them saturated with water (wetting the
| bed thoroughly before beginning to be
! drawn y at the intersections OF the checks
! (made wish line and marker,) stick hole
with the dibbler, and into it pour pint of
water whilst some of the water still remains
! insert the plant and put-the dirt hrmly about
the roots, leaving dry dirt on the surface. 1t
! will hardly be necessary to have TecOurset0
! further watering, but if the plants wilt very
much (Which it is not likely they will,) one
more watering, late IN the afternoon, viii in
sure their safety.


The after cultivation is very simple-stir
! the ground frequently between the rows, by
running the spike tooth cultivator both ways,
and hoe lightly about the plants until they
/ begin to expand.


To preserve the crop IS easily done. On
/ the approach of hard freezing weather, In
! December, prepare a trench four feet wide
and eighteen inches deep which should-be
drained by a-coFered drain leadingt to ditch
| giving thorough outlet for the water. Pull
up the cabbages and stow them in this trench.
roots down and heads up, as they grow. Silt
little dirt over the roots as you put them in.
Or they may be set up on the surface and an
embankment made around to protect from


freezing Cover over, IN either case. with
grass and corn stalks to keep out FROST


About four thousand eight hundred
drumhead cabbages may be grown to the
acre which, at ten cents each, will pay the
farmer better than any farm crop he can put
in. Northern growers cannot send them


here at the price we have named hence we


earnestly recommend our farmers to care
fully consider the matter of growing winter
cabbages for market. As cattle food they
have no superior. A good acre Of ground


ought to produce fifty tons of cab5ages,


which will keep milch COWS In a fue flesh
and a bountiful flow Of milk Try it; moth


ing will pay better.


The rationale Of growing cabbages in the


fall Is soon told. They belong naturally to


a cool moist climate, hence we must cult
vate in that season of the year which most


nearly meets the requirements of their M
ture. We have before remarked that the
turnip and the cabbage belong to the same
! family. Now who would think of sowing
3 turnips in this latitude in June2 There is


no more leasOn in sowing eabbages an the


sun at che same time. Neither viii grow
until the nights begint to grow cool in Sep
tember and the fall of dew Is cOpious