174 EXPERIMENT ON THE CULTIVATION OF CABBAGE. 



Deducting these sums from the former relative value we arrive 

 at the true value of each lot per acre, thus : — 



Showing by this experiment that cabbages are of more value 

 than either Fostertons or swedes by £1, 10s. 6d. of the latter, 

 and by £2, 8s. Tjd. of the former, and my experience fully bears 

 out this, as I have always observed that the cows increase in 

 milk when put on cabbages. 



Method of storing Cabbages. — It is always an important matter 

 to have food stored for a storm during winter. The reporter 

 has found a very cheap and simple method of storing cabbages 

 by cutting them off root as already described, then turn them 

 upside down to allow the water to run out of them, and by 

 merely piling them up Fkc a potato pit they will keep during 

 any storm ; care must be taken not to make the heap wider 

 than 3J or 4 feet at bottom, and about four feet high. It is 

 also better to cut them when free from frost, as the outer leaves 

 are very brittle w^hen frozen, and considerable loss may be the 

 result. 



Another mode of Planting which the reporter has done, is to 

 spread the manure on the surface of the field before the last 

 ploughing, when it is ploughed in the ordinary way, and the 

 plants are then put in with a spade between every third furrow, 

 or at such width as may be desired. The reporter prefers the 

 drilling, as practised m the preceding experiment, unless the 

 bringing the land into fertility be the chief object, and where 

 there is an unlimited supply of manure, which has seldom been 

 the case in the reporter's experience. 



Another mode of Planting wdiich the reporter has seen, but 

 not practised, is to put the plants and manure into every third 

 furrow as the last ploughing proceeds. This method is chiefly 

 done where manure is scarce, and where the present crop is the 

 chief object, as the manure can be put near the roots, and where 

 they w^ill not have far to "seek" their food. 



