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APRIL. 



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, sa k 

 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 are to be 

 harrowed, and one row of plants set along each 

 ridge. 



Women or boys should lead the way wkh 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 4s. an 

 acre, labour being at Is. 6d. a day. It is proper 

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

 The plants should be packed tight into baskets 

 which are made for fitting into the carts. 



DRILL CABBAGE-SEED. 



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 neces- 

 sity of transplanting, which is at all seasons at- 

 tended with some uncertainty, and in summer can 

 only be performed in, or immediately after rain, 

 and in case of a drought, must be postponed till 



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