Show FIND PT HOUSEWIFE FAVORS SMALL HEADS OF CABBAGE FOR COOKING average of three pounds in size brings best price new york state markets often pay two to three dollars a ton premium for cabba cabbage e that Is solid and weighs about ahr three le pounds to a head since that la Is the size most convenient to the housewife says F 0 underwood of the state college of agrical agriculture t ure at It ithica hrica N Y to meet this do demand mand the intermediate type of danaj I 1 i ball head Is the best variety to gr grow 0 w to obtain woollum sized heads the plants must be close together says mr air underwood who points out that heavy yields are po possible esble even with heads of tills this size plants may he set IS 18 by 30 inches apart in the neld field requiring about plants to an all acre and or good land they may he be set 14 or 15 inches apart in the row close planting requires better land more plant food aud plenty of mols moisture A supply of moisture may be favored by applying manure to the land a year before the cabbage is grown by using cover crops and by fall plowing the intermediate type of danish Ball hend Is best for it produces heads that are round that are slightly flattened on top and that taper slightly at the thel base also the heads are solid the 1 leaves ves are well closed over and the foliage la Is vigorous the length of stem Is in itself of little importance but the tall stem types type do not yield so heavily and the leaves do not close over so well on top the latter flatter types are larger are not so solid do not keep so BO well and are sometimes said to be too much like dom domestic esti cabbage |