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The following is an estimate of the 

 expense, by Mr. Wyckoff, for an acre : 

 40 loads street manure, SI') ; labour 

 in distributing, ft3 ; plougbinsr, har- 

 rowins, and hoeinsi, S9 ; or in all, §28. 

 The field contained 6000 plants, and 

 3000 heads sold in market realized 

 $06. As soon as frosts set in the 

 cabbages must be put up for protec- 

 tion. This is done by burying them 

 up to the head in a dry, warm situa- 

 tion, stripping off decayed or broken 

 open leaves, and packing them close- 

 ly together, taking care that they are 

 free from moisture. A low shed is 

 then to be formed over them with 

 straw, pine brush, boards, &c., so as 

 to keep out the sun and frost, at the 

 same time that air circulates freely. 

 In the depth of winter it may be neces- 

 sary to place straw around the sides 

 of the shed ; or, the cabbages being 

 cut, may be stored in a root cellar. 



Nutnltous Value. — Cabbages are 

 seldom raised as food for stock in 

 the United States, although it is com- 

 mon enough to throw to hogs, &c., 

 the under leaves which have begun 

 to decay. In Germany and France 

 they are extensively used as fodders. 

 Two general kinds are employed, 

 the open-leaved and hearted : of the 

 first kind, according to Antoine's ta- 

 bles, 541 pounds are equal to 410 of 

 green clover, or 100 of grass hay ; 

 but the hearted cabbage, according 

 10 Boussingault, is much more valua- 

 ble, 370 pounds being equal to 100 

 ])ounds of hay. The amount of food 

 procured from some of the cow cab- 

 bages is immense, often amounting 

 during the year to upward of 100,000 

 pounds of leaves the acre. 



Specific Manures. — The cabbage 

 family are especially improved by 

 well-decayed manures and by gyp- 

 sum, or particularly by solutions of 

 crude nitre and Glauber salts, one 

 pound in about four gallons of wa- 

 ter, applied by a flowering-pot, when 

 transplanted ; and subsequently they 

 will be found of the greatest utility. 



Seeds. — To obtain fine seeds, put 



out some of the heads which have 



been kept through winter ; as soon 



as the weather permits, thin down 



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the flower-stems to a few at the sides. 

 Take care to keep the varieties sep- 

 arate, or they become mixed and 

 spoiled. 



It should be remarked of the cab- 

 bage stems kept over till spring, that, 

 if they be set out, numerous eyes will 

 develop, which atlbrd early greens, 

 and may be kept bearing a long time 

 by hindering them from seeding. 



2il. Of the open-leaved Varieties. — 

 The principal varieties cultivated in 

 Europe are the tree, or thousand- 

 headed ; the cow cabbage, or Caesa- 

 rean cole ; the Jersey cole ; the Wo- 

 burn kale, and Poiiou cabbage. They 

 are sown in autumn in beds, planted 

 out from November to February, are 

 ready for plucking in April, and con- 

 tinue to afford leaves for forage du- 

 ring the summer, the stems running 

 up to six and more feet. They stand 

 the winters of France, and might be 

 grown in the Middle and Southern 

 States. It may be very questionable 

 — when the rich land necessary, and 

 the labour of cultivation are consider- 

 ed — whether they will be ever grown 

 in the United States. 



3d. Of napiform Cabbages. — Several 

 hybrid varieties between the turnip 

 and cabbage have been produced ; 

 these either have a swollen root and 

 cabbage head, as the Kohl rahe, or they 

 produce a turnip-like head. They 

 are little cultivated, and resemble 

 turnips, but are much less infested 

 by insects. 



CABBAGE, DISEASES OF. 

 Clubbing of the roots arises from 

 worms, and is produced by growing 

 them too long in one locality. See 

 Anbury. Cabbage lice are the same 

 as bean lice. See Aphis. They are 

 destroyed by infusion of tobacco, 

 lime dust, salt. Worms of various 

 kinds infest the leaves ; the leaves 

 should be stripped off and burned, or 

 soot, tobacco, lime, &c., used to de- 

 stroy them. Cula-orms are caught 

 before sunrise, and should be de- 

 stroyed, or the foregoing noxious 

 substances should be worked in about 

 the roots with a trowel. Slugs are 

 to be similarly treated. 



CABBAGE, PREPARED. Saucr 



