216 CABBAGES. [PART II. 



time upon the ground. Transplanted Swedish 

 Turnips, or Buckwheat, or late Cabbages, 

 especially Savoys, may always follow them the 

 same year upon the same land. My early cab 

 bages, this year, have been followed by a 

 Second crop of the same, and now (mid-No 

 vember) they are hard and white and we are 

 giving them to the animals. 



. 178. There is a convenience attending cab 

 bages, which attends no other of the cattle- 

 plants, namely, that of raising the plants with 

 very little trouble and upon a small bit of 

 ground. A little bed will give plants for an 

 acre or two. The expence of seed, even of the 

 dearest kinds, is a mere trifle, not worth any 

 man's notice. 



. 179. For these reasons I adhere to cabbages 

 as the companion crop of Swedish Turnips. 

 The Mangel Wurzel is long in the ground. In 

 seasons of great drought, it comes up unevenly. 

 The weeds get the start of it. Its tillage must 

 begin before it hardly shews itself. It is of the 

 nature of the Beet, and it requires the care 

 which the Beet requires. The same may be 

 said of Carrots and Parsnips. The cabbage, 

 until it be fit to plant out, occupies hardly any 

 ground. An hour's work cleans the bed of 

 weeds; and there the plants are always ready, 

 when the land is made ready. The Mangel 



