CABBAGES FOR STOCK-FEEDING. 



In the search for good succulent feed for Uve-stock, the cabbage 

 should not be overlooked. For this purpose, the cabbage is to be com- 

 pared with roots. A popular sketch of methods of growing cabbages for 

 this purpose is needed. 



The only form of the cabbage grown in this State for stock-feeding is 

 the common or heading cabbage, usually spoken of as " cabbage " and the 

 one kind which is understood when this term is used. The Savoy 

 is used for stock-feeding in Europe, but not in America, so far as known 



Fig. 8. — Cabbages are a cleaning crop. Note the freedom from weeds. 



to the writer. The cabbages, kales, turnips, rape and kohl rabi are closely 



related. They belong to the mustard family, or Cruciferse (" crucifer " is 



cross-bearing ; in this connection its alludes to the fact that the four petals 



of the flower are arranged in two opposite pairs, like a cross). Some of 



the cruciferous plants are weeds, as mustard, charlock, shepherd's purse, 



pepper-grass. 



Among the kales, practically none are grown in America, although the 



British farmer is extending his acreage of the thousand-headed cabbage or 



kale, and other forms are grown in parts of Europe. That none of these 



latter are of value to this country hardly seems possible, and, no doubt, in 



time, some will receive a fair trial. Kohl rabi will be treated in a bulletin 



on root-crops (No. 243). 



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