Show CABBAGE CABBAGE NEEDS WATER Frequency and Number of Irrigations Irrigation Depends on the Soil Soli and Amount of Rainfall By E E. R n. BENNETT BENNET Colorado Agricultural tural College Few crops are arc more particular about water than the cabbage Although itIs Itis it itis is a n gross feeder it il will soon wilt and stop growing If the soil Is dry and on the other hand If the land becomes water logged the plants will turn yellow yellow yellow yel yel- low and stop growth groth The frequency and number of irrigations then depends depends de de- de on the character ot of the soil and the amount of or rainfall If soils are light and gravelly with good under drainage the irrigations must be frequent and there is little danger of over The harvesting of cabbage is a very simple operation as the markets reached are not exacting The wagon Is driven into the field the heads cut with a knife so so as to leave just enough o of the green leaves to cover covel the white tissue of f the head then thrown on to the tho wagon Not NoL all the heads will be ready for market at atthe atthe atthe the same samo time so the fields have to tobe tobe tobe be gone over O twice or three times b h fore all the crop Is taken off orr If It the crop is to be shipped the cabbages are hauled direct to the cars Aft After r being weighed the cabbages cabbages cabbages cab cab- bages ar are either crated sacked or sometimes loaded on to the cars loose One of the most serious Insect pests up UI to the present time is the little UlUe black flea beetle I These Insects feed all on the stems and cotyledons of the plants just as the I seedlings break through the ground If the insects are plentiful they sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times destroy all the plants Growers frequently fail fall to locate the trouble because of the small siz size of the Insects Insects insects in In- sects and their habit o of jumping away from the p plants ants when disturbed This pest is particularly troublesome If If I the soil soH forms a crust so that the Insects insects insects In in- sects can find protection under the crust rust a as the see seedling comes up Several remedies such as a's as ashes ground round tobacco stems lime and insect powder have been used with varying degrees of success If the Insects are numerous the only method of preventing prevent- prevent ing ng the trouble is to grow the plants in n where the insects can cane be e shut out till the plants are large enough nough to resist the attacks |