1 oz. of Powdered Corrosive Sublimate to 15 gals, of water. Repeat the application in about 1 
week and again in about 10 days, making 3 applications in all. Use a 2 or 3 gal. watering pot 
which has the sprinkler removed and the spout plugged to give a solid stream 9-16 of an inch 
(about the size of your finger). It is convenient to make the rows 60 to 90 ft. long, then 2 or 3 
gallons will just cover a row. Applying the solution while walking out and back on the same 
row seems to allow more of it to soak in at the base of the plants than applying it all walking 
one way. 
This method seems to be a sure protection against maggots if pains are taken to soak the 
ground thoroughly around the plants. It will also kill all disease in the dirt around the plants, 
which gets soaked with the solution. However we do not recommend any ground for a seed 
bed which is not thought to be clean. If a seed bed is chosen where disease is present there is 
always danger of infection. The dirt between the rows containing disease is liable to be washed 
or cultivated upon the plants. 
Dissolve corrosive powder in a small amount of hot water first, then add enough cold to 
make desired amount of solution. This treatment is not very effective unless started before 
the plants are several weeks old. 
FERTILIZATION OF THE CROP 
For average land use 12 to 15 tons manure per acre, 600 lbs. 16% super phosphate and 100 
lbs. potash, or 700 lbs. of 10-8 fertilizer. If no manure is at hand, use liberal amount of complete 
fertilizer. Broadcast all fertilizer and drag it in. 
Fertilization is one of the important things in cabbage culture, as the texture, shape and 
size of heads in a strain can be greatly changed by the lack or over-supply of fertilizer. Usually 
the hill lands or knolls in a field will need more fertilizer and one higher in nitrogen than the flat 
or valley lands. We doubt the advisability of using much nitrogen on the richer lowlands or 
where clover or alfalfa sod is used for cabbage. Land lacking in potash or farms where it has 
not been used generally, a little added to the cabbage fertilizer will help to round out the crop 
and seems to prevent tip burn (leaf blight). 
FIELD PREPARATION VERY IMPORTANT 
Fall or early spring plowing is always desirable, then AS SOON AS THE GROUND IS 
FIT IN THE SPRING, DRAG IT OVER. Keep dragging once a week until setting time and 
you will conserve all the early spring moisture, also germinate and kill most of the weeds in your 
soil. DON’T plow, drag, or set cabbage when the ground is too wet. 
Late setting, late fitting and poor fertilization always spell poor crops. 
Growing 20 to 30 tons of cabbage per acre means a plant growth of 30 to 40 tons. Remember 
no plant can take from the soil for its growth what is not there to take. 
SETTING 
Size of Heads. This is becoming VERY IMPORTANT. In many sections dealers are 
paying $2.00 per ton more for heads of proper size. The grower can govern the size of heads 
almost entirely by TIME OF SETTING, PROPER SPACING, PROPER FERTILIZATION 
AND MOISTURE CONTROL. 
Our strain of Danish is a free grower and will stand a little thicker setting, therefore 
a HEAVIER YIELDER. We prefer setting in rows both ways. If our ground is well fertilized 
and the plants are ready early, we space the rows 30 inches apart one way by 20 inches the other, 
This uses about 10,600 plants per acre. One setting early on rich, well fertilized bottom land 
might space 30 inches by 18, using about 11,500 plants per acre. For conditions not as favor¬ 
able, rows may be 3 ft. by 20 inches, using about 8,700 plants per acre or 3 ft. by 24 inches, using 
about 7,200. Gravel soil requires wider spacing of plants, more fertilizer and better moisture 
control. 
Our setting dates are from June 10th to 20th. July set Danish seldom makes very heavy 
yields. However, if one has taken pains to fit his ground and weather conditions furnish suffi¬ 
cient moisture, good crops may result. Early setting brings a crop to its fullest maturity, but 
where cabbages are intended for storage those not too ripe are just as desirable. Usually thick 
setting retards maturity somewhat. 
The market demands a medium sized head, 3 to 6 pounds. Please the trade and it will 
patronize you. 
CULTIVATION 
Shallow cultivation is most desirable. Choose the heat of the day when the leaves are large 
to prevent breaking them. Use a walking cultivator with hoe steels for rear teeth, which extend 
horizontally under the leaves. Hoe steels are listed in Planet, Jr. cultivator catalogue. Con¬ 
tinue cultivation until weeds are controlled. Do not cultivate deep as it will injure the roots 
and dry out the soil. 
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