l66 FORAGE CROPS. 



raised by using a double mold-board plow and 

 marker, and the seed sown with a machine drawn 

 by a horse, and which sows, covers and rolls two 

 rows at a time. Or it may be sown on the level, 

 after the ground has been rolled, with a grain drill 

 capable of sowing properly so small a seed. There 

 are grain drills that will do such work nicely. When 

 they are driven with sufficient care the rows will be 

 straight enough to admit of easy cultivation. Of 

 course, the openings for seed in the drill must all be 

 closed, except those which are to be used in sowing 

 the cabbage seed. 



The amount of seed required will vary with 

 the variety of the cabbage, with the strength of the 

 soil, and with its condition as to moisture. But, as 

 a rule, less than one pound per acre should not be 

 sown and more than two pounds will seldom 

 be needed. 



It will generally be found cheaper to sow the 

 plants thus than to grow them elsewhere and then 

 transplant them into the rows. When they grow 

 too thickly they are quite as easily thinned as tur- 

 nips or rutabagas. The work of thinning can be 

 done even more quickly in the case of cabbage, as 

 they are to be thinned to a greater distance. In 

 some sections it would scarcely be possible to grow 

 cabbage plants after this fashion, because of the 

 ravages of insects and because of the slow growth 

 that they would make when young on certain soils. 

 Where they cannot be grown thus, it is at least 

 questionable whether the attempt should be made 

 to grow cabbage as forage. 



Cultivation. — As soon as the cabbage can be 

 distinctly traced in the line of the row, the cultiva- 



