CaBBAGE 1415 
lend a hand, each having sections favorable to seed production. 
So small a quantity is required for an acre that there seems to 
be a great deal of mixing of varieties. If one does not know 
positively about the source of his supply it is a very safe way to 
purchase a year’s supply ahead; then it can be tested out.* 
The seed can be sown either by hand or with a seed drill. 
Never sow seed and fertilizer together. The seeds do not need 
to be covered over one-half inch but the ground should be around 
them. Never sow seed just before a rain; wait until after the 
rain when the ground has become dry enough to work again. 
Cabbage seed objects to coming through a crust formed by a hard 
shower. 
One pound of seed is none too much for two acres, taking into 
account the uncertainties of the weather and the insect trouble, 
if the bed is not to be screened. Invest your dollar in seed rather 
than in some one else’s diseased plants. A few extra plants to 
sell help to pay the cost of seed. 
CABBAGE SOIL 
The cabbage, being one of our hardiest vegetables, will adapt 
itself to most soils. Those of a gravelly nature are not so suitable 
because they will not hold moisture. The crop often does best on 
the clay loam found on so many hills and uplands of the state. 
Perhaps why this type of soil was not used for cabbage growing in 
the past was because it was not properly tilled and well fertilized. 
PRODUCING PLANTS 
There seems to be as many failures in getting a stand of cab- 
bage plants as in all other failures combined. Care should be 
exercised in selecting a spot on which to sow seed. The ground 
should be mellow, well-drained and free from weeds or cabbage 
disease. Avoid spots where there has been an old manure pile or 
soakage from a barnyard. In such places club root is apt to 
develop. It is becoming quite common in some sections to break 
up a spot in a permanent pasture for the seed bed. Of course 
this should be done in the fall in order that the ground can be 
well fitted. It is a good plan to use a liberal dressing of lime or 
wood ashes on the bed, making it white all over. 
* See article on “Good Seed” by Prof. Myers, page 1305. 
