Cabbage. 
BY N. J. SHEPARD. 
This crop to produce the most profitable 
results requires a rich soil. While of course 
it is desirable to use well-rotted manure in 
preference to other kinds; yet this plant is 
a coarse freeder, and good results can 
often be secured by using fresh rnanuie. 
In t‘ac.t, there are few plants, especially in 
the garden, where fresh manure from the 
stable or barnyard can be used to a better 
advantage than with cabbage. 
Liquid manure, or poultry manure can 
also be used to a good advantage with the 
cabbage crop, and while there is very little 
danger of having the soil too rich, it is an 
easy matter to have the land too poor to 
secure the most profitable results. 
Good seed is a very essential item with 
a good cabbage crop. Not only must the 
seed contain sufficient vitality to germinate 
well, and send out a strong, healthy plant, 
but it must be from good stock. Selecting 
cabbage stock indiscriminately will serious¬ 
ly affect the crop, and it will always pay 
to take considerable pains to secure seed 
of the very best quality. 
Next to selecting good seed is to secure 
a rich soil. Apply a heavy dressing of ma¬ 
nure and then work it well into the soil. 
Manure applied without thoroughly incor¬ 
porating in the soil will prove of little real 
value. Of course where extra early cab¬ 
bages are desired, either sowing in the fall 
and wintering over, or sowing in a hot-bed 
early in the spring, and then transplanting 
must be resorted to. For later or main 
crop, the plants can be raised in a seed bed, 
or the seed planted where the plants are to 
stand. 
As with all other plants, I prefer to sow 
in drills, having them nine inches apart. 
Have the seed bed in as tine a tilth as pos¬ 
sible. Mark off the drill rows as shallow 
as possible. I prefer to use a seed drill, as 
the seed can be sown much more evenly. 
Cover lightly and press the sod down upon 
the seed. Be careful not to sow too thick, 
if you want short stocky plants. They are 
much better than tall spindling plants. 
Keep clear of weeds. Prepare the ground 
where the plants are to giow as thoroughly 
as possible. It will pay to spend consid¬ 
erable time in thoroughly preparing the 
soil before setting out the plants. For late 
cabbage, the rows should be three feet 
apart, and the plants set at least two feet 
apart in the row. 
In transplanting, I prefer to dip the roots 
in mud. Take loamy soil and add water 
until the soil is about the consistency of 
cream; dip the roots of the plants into 
this, getting as much as possible to adhere 
to the roots. Care should be taken to see 
that very little if any of the mud gets upon 
the leaves of the plants. Make a hole with a 
sharpened stick, drop the root of the plant 
into this down until the first leaves are just 
above the ground, press the soil firmly 
around the roots. If this plan is faithfully 
followed, ninety-five per cent, of the plants 
will grow. Give the plants clean cultiva¬ 
tion. Hill up slightly at each working; 
generally two or three workings with the 
cultivator, and one good hoeing is all that 
will be necessary. But it "will pay to do 
more than this if it is necessary to keep 
down the weeds. You cannot expect a 
profitable crop unless you are willing to 
keep it clean and to cultivate sufficiently to 
keep the soil mellow. 
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