| Show CABBAGE NEEDS MUC eh h frequency and number of irrigation irrigations depend depends on the soil and amount of rainfall by E P n colorado rieu tural colle few crop crops are more particular about aboul water than the cabbage although it Is a gross feeder it will eoon soon wilt anil and stop growing if the soli soil la Is dry and on the other band if the land become becomes waterlogged the plants will turn yellow aud and stop growth the frequency and number of irrigations then do penda ends ou on the character of tha tho soli and the amount of rainfall if soil are light and gravelly with good under drainage the irrigations must be frequent and there Is little danger of ove the harvesting of cabbage Is a aery operation aa as the markets reached are not exacting the wagon i is driven into the fled the head heads cut with a knife so aa as to leave just enough of the green loaves leaves to cover the white tissue of the bead head then thrown on to tb wagon not all at the beada will be ready for or market at the same time so tho the fields have to je ie gone over twice or three time times before all the crop la Is taken off it if the crop la Is to be shipped the cabbages are hauled direct to the car care after being weighed the cab bages are either elther crated backed sacked or of sometimes loaded onto on to the cars loose one of the mort serious insect pests up to the present time li to the little black flea ilea bootle Epi trix cum merls theao insects lit sects feed on the stems sterns and cotyledons of the plants just as the seedlings break through the in kyound aund it if the injects are plentiful they sometimes destroy 3 stroy ali all the plants growers frequently fall to locate the trouble because of the small size of the in sects and their habit of jumping away from the plants when disturbed this pest Is particularly troublesome if it the soli soil forma forms a crust so that the insects can find protection under the crust as the seedling comes up several remedies such as si ashes ground tobacco stems lime time and insect powder have been used with varying degrees of success if the insects are numerous nume roue the only method of preventing tho the trouble Is in grow th the plants in cold frames where the insects can be shut out till the plants are large enough to resist the attacks |
