CABBAGE CULTURE—Continued 
CABBAGE WORMS 
Rotenone Dust (or a 25%-75% mixture of lead arsenate and lime) will give good control. 
Use our hand duster or a power outfit for large acreages. 
PLANT LICE 
Where only scattered plants are affected use a dust gun loaded with nicotine dust. Invert 
a bushel basket over the plant and through a small hole in the bottom give a couple of puffs of 
dust. Leave the basket on a few seconds and all lice will be killed. For large areas use a power 
outfit with an apron. New dusts have lately been developed containing elements to kill plant 
lice and also stomach poisons for worms. Get in touch with your State College or Farm Bureau. 
FERTILIZATION OF THE CROP 
For average land use 12 to 15 tons manure per acre, and 700 lbs. of 0-10-8 fertilizer. If no 
manure is at hand, or land is low in fertility, use liberal amount of complete fertilizer. Fertilizer 
may be sowed broadcast or in bands each side of row. 
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 fertilizerand 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. For farms where potash has not been used gen- 
erally, a little should be added to the cabbage fertilizer to round out the crop and help 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 improper 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 strains of Danish are free growers and will stand a little thicker setting. This gives 
ENORMOUS YIELDS. 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 in Central New York 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 con- 
ditions furnish sufficient moisture, good crops may result. Early setting brings a crop to its 
fullest maturity, but where cabbage is intended for storage those not too ripe are just as desirable. 
Unusually thick setting retards maturity somewhat. 
The market demands a medium sized head, 3 to 6 founds. Please the trade 
and it will patronize you. 
CULTIVATION 
Shallow cultivation is most desirable. When the leaves are large, choose the heat of the day 
to prevent breaking them. Use a walking cultivator with hoe steels for rear teeth, which extends 
horizontally under the leaves. Continue cultivation until weeds are controlled. Do not culti- 
vate deep as it will injure the roots and dry out the soil. 
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