Show SOIL FOR CABBAGES cool moist loam with abundant supply of nitrogen vegetable I 1 Is grown more or less sue suc cess fully from deml tropics to arctic circle in alaska cut ture by irrigation dy iny a R n colorado agriest tural Co coll littfe we cabbages have been grown for homo home consumption since the early set of this country about 1880 the potato buyers ot of the greeley dis die found there was aas a considerable demand for cabbage tn fit the southern markets and that they could be shipped P satisfactorily in the same cars with potatoes from that time the industry has gradually grown till the output Is no from to 1000 1001 1 cars per year the boll soil beet best adapted to the growth of the cabbag cabba gt Is a cool molt loam an abundant supply 0 of available nitrogen tends to promote leaf growth at the expense of fruit or seed aa As the edible portion of cabbage lettuce etc Is the leaf rather than the seed an excess of this element in the coll soil la Is beneficial for this reason the bottom land or peaty landa lands are generally considered beat for cabbage nearly any of the soils of this state however will grow cabbage success fully if sufficient decaying vegetable matter and manure are added to put them in good condition and to provide the necessary fertility none of the horticultural products have a wider range as to climate than the cabbage this vegetable Is grown more or lese less successfully from the semi tropics to the arctic circle in alaska when grown in the south it must be planted so as to mature before the extreme beat of summer this is also true to a less degree in the northern states much of the land used tor for cabbage growing 1 Is considered too valuable to rotate in the usual way if alfafa aleafa sod nod ie Is used the land may be sufficiently fertile to produce a crop without the addition of manure ib it most cases however cabbage follow cabbage on the same soil for several years after the crop Is in taen off in the fall the plow la Is run under each row turning the old stumps and leaves of the cabbage under this leaves the surface rough so as to catch the snows of winter and exposes more of the soil to the action of the frost it if manure Is to be applied it Is gen orally spread on this land during the winter in the spring before the soil becomes too hard and dr 0 the bar row Is run over the tract lengthwise 0 of t the a furrows which smooth the sur surd face down to its original level following this the ground Is fie plowed to a depth of from eight to twelve inches seed must be sown from six to seven weeks before it Is desired to set the plants in ali tl field the time of setting baxly plants necessarily varies somewhat with the season for early cabbage the first seed are sown from march 1 to 16 15 i 1 at least two sowings should be made to avoid danger of accidents and a possibility of the first plants becoming too large before the weather will permit setting seed tor for early cabbage are sown eith r in cats fats in i forcing bouse house or in hotbeds it sown in flat flats the seed lir larga gs eoon soon begin to crowd and are pricked out of the seed flats a soon as the first leaf appears in this operation the plants may be put into oth cr er fats one inch apart each way or they may be put into hotbeds or cold frames it the seed are sown in hot hat beds the seedlings are not generally gerer gene rilly transplanted at all till time to set in the field in this esse the seed must be sown town more sparingly or the I 1 young seedlings must bo be thinned so as not to crowd young plants either in the forcing bouse house or hotbed are apt to be tender and are very susceptible to a disease known as damping off tiff dingus fungus this trouble Is the result of a too high temperature not enough fresh air or too much water when plants are grown in the forcing house or hotbed great cire ire must be exer deed to properly harden them oft off before setting in the open ground in tho the forcing house this Is done by keeping the temperature low and giving all the ventilation possible when hen the weather will permit it the hotbed Is used the sash bah may be first partly removed and an d later taken off during pleasant weather properly hardca ed plant plants will endure temperatures of from ten to twenty decrees below freezing point after betting setting in the field held if not properly hardened off exposure to freezing temperature often proves fatal for late planting the seed Is in usual ly ty sown mown in the open ground it large fields are to be planted two three or even four sowings are made the fleet first geeding seeding Is made about the of april with the other others following fol loing at in of about seven days few fe crops are more particular about water than the cabbage alth ugh it I 1 r feeder it will toon roon wilt and atop gio i 1 if the soil 1 dry and o 0 i and if it the land becomes water logged the plants will III turn yel yet loir low and stop growth the frequency and number of irrigation it then de pende on the character of the sell and sn d the amount of rainfall if it soils oil are light and gravelly with good un der drainage the irrigation irrigations must be frequent and there is I 1 little danger of over watering needs rob crops ot of needed plant food and moisture ture kill thorn them when mall small or even before germination li Is cot corna aydt ate |