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month. The rule is, to give it as soon as the 

 young carrots can be distinguished from the sur- 

 rounding weeds, and it should never be done in 

 wet weather. The men must use four-inch hoes. 

 CABBAGES. 



April is the season for planting the crop of 

 autumn-sown cabbages. It is a work extremely 

 easy to perform, and not at all expensive ; but it 

 is necessary to manage it in a judicious manner, so 

 that it may be done to the best advantage. Just 

 before planting, the land is to be ploughed from 

 the ridges of the last earth. This earth should 

 turn in the manure ; then the ridges arc to be 

 harrowed, and one row of plants set along each 

 ridge. 



Women or boys should lead the way with the 

 plants, and drop them, as nearly as they can, where 

 they are to be planted : then the men follow with 

 dibbles, and set them. The work goes off quickly, 

 and is not expensive. Upon an average, it may be 

 done in single rows, four feet asunder, for >ls. la- 

 bour being at Is. (3d. a day an acre. It is proper 

 to keep the men at work as long as they can sec. 

 The plants should be packed light into baskets 

 which are made for fitting into the carl>. 

 DRILL CAli'- 



The most certain and profitable culture of cab- 

 bages, is that of drilling them in April, where they 

 are to remain. This system precludes the n< 

 sity of transplanting, which is at all seasons at- 

 tended \vith some uncertainty, and in summer can 



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