MAY.] DRILL CABBAGE-SEED. 2$1 



but that is an objcdt of very small consideration, 

 compared with the much superior point of cer- 

 tainty ; and being secure against those droughts 

 in June, which sometimes delay the planting so 

 long, that a full, or nearly a full crop, is unattain- 

 able. I have often remarked how exceedingly su- 

 perior plants have been, that were singled out in 

 nursery-beds, and left without moving,, when com- 

 pared with others drawn out and transplanted. 

 It is true, there is one object in which this system 

 is inferior to the common practice : from Febru- 

 ary to June is gained for the fallow in the usual 

 culture ; but not equally in this new method. It 

 is therefore to be recommended, not to -practice it 

 on foul land ; but, in fields tolerably clean, it may 

 be safely executed : however, perfect safety is at- 

 tained if the cabbages follow some other fallow 

 crop, as turnips, tares, beans, &c. The seed 

 should be drilled in the Northumberland way, for 

 turnips on ridges, upon good land, four feet broad, 

 and upon interior soils three feet ; the manure 

 being laid in the furrows, and the ridges reversed 

 for covering it. This is a very profitable applica- 

 tion of dung, which should be taken long and fresh 

 from the yards, not less than twenty cubical yards 

 per acre, measured before stirring. 



When the plants are four inches high, thin them 

 by hand-hoeing, with a view to a second hoeing, 

 that shall ledve them at the intended distance at 

 which they are to remain, 18 or 24 inches, ac^ 

 .cording to the soil. 



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