MAY. 



it thus late,- is also a means" of lessening the work 

 of a farm in those very busy months, March and 

 April. 



CABBAGES. 



The crop of cabbages planted in April will re- 

 quire a hand-hoeing this month. It should be 

 given only to the tops of the ridges, about eight or 

 nine inches around the plants : the weeds should 

 be cut up clean, and loose moulds drawn to the 

 steins of the plants. In about ten days after, the 

 first horse-hoeing should be given, turning a fur- 

 row from the plants, and throwing up a ridge of 

 earth in the middle of each interval. This opera- 

 tion will be of great use : it lets the atmosphere 

 into the ridges on which the plants stand, and con- 

 sequently sweetens and ameliorates the soil ; and it 

 kills the weeds that grow on the sides of the ridges 

 much cheaper than it can be done by the hand-hoe; 

 it likewise pulverizes the earth taken away, and 

 brings it into fine order for returning to the plants 

 in June, when they will strike into it, and thrive 

 the more. 



The land designed to be planted in June, should 

 this month receive an earth to throw it on to what- 

 ever sized ridges you intend to plant on. This 

 niust not be omitted ; because the beginning of the 

 next month may be taken up in carting the ma- 

 mire. 



