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the plants. are to be set in rows four feet apart and about 

 two feet from each other, and ploughed and hoed like other 

 hoed crops. Transplanting is the most advisable method, 

 though the seeds may be planted at first where they are 

 designed to grow. Strewing soot, ashes, or lime round 

 them, while young, will assist considerably in keeping off 

 the insects which usually attack them. Where they are 

 liable to become club-footed, by reason of worms which eat 

 into their roots, a small trifle of salt strewed round them is 

 good. 



When cabbages are fed to Milch- cows, the decayed 

 leaves must be taken off, or they will impart a bad taste 

 to the milk and butter. 



Where a field-crop of 'cabbages is to be raised, or an 

 early crop for the table, the seeds for the plants should be 

 sown very early in the Spring ; where the crop is designed 

 for Fall and Winter-use, the seeds may be sown later; but, 

 as the proper time for this must still depend on the cli- 

 mate, it is a matter that is best learned by experience. 



Cabbages for Winter- use should be pulled in dry weath- 

 er, and be well dryed before they are put into the cellar. 

 Let them be hung up in the cellar, with the heads down- 

 wards. The cellar should not be too warm, or they will 

 soon rot. They may also be kept well during Winter, by 

 cuting off the heads and laying them away in a cask filled 

 with snow, and keeping them in a cold place. 



But, for the Spring-supply,, let a trench be made in a dry 

 soil and line it with straw; set the heads closely together 

 with the roots upwards; cover them with straw, and then 

 with earth, piled up as steep as possible. In this^ manner 

 they will keep till May, and may occasionally be dug out as 

 they are wanted. 



CALVES. See NEAT- CATTLE. 

 CANKER. See FRUIT-TREES. 

 CANKER WORM. See INSECTS. 



CARRIAGES. Some of the best British Farmers prin- 

 cipally use one-horse carts, instead of wagons, on their 

 farms. Mr. Young particularly recommends them for this 

 purpose, as being on the whole more convenient and 

 cheaper. In Ireland, the wheel-car is almost universally 

 used on farms, and tor transporting on the highways. On 

 these, one Man is found sufficient to drive four cars; the 

 Horses, being under good command, follow each behind 

 the other. Each Horse draws from ten to twenty hundred 

 weight, according to the state of the ruadsj for it is found 



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