36 CABBAGES, HOW TO GROW THEM, ETC. 



Instead of burying them in an upright position, after 

 a deep farrow lias been made the cabbages are sometimes 

 laid on their sides two deep, with their roots at the bot- 

 tom of the furrow, and covered with earth in this posi- 

 tion. Where the Winter climate is so mild that a shal- 

 low covering will be sufficient protection, this method 

 saves much labor. 



HAVING CABBAGE MAKE HEADS IX WINTER. 



When a piece of drumhead has been planted very 

 late, (sometimes they are planted on ground broken up 

 after a crop of hay has been taken from it the same 

 season,) there will be a per cent, of the plants when the 

 growing season is over that have not headed. With care 

 almost all of these can be made to head during the 

 Winter. A few years ago I selected my seed heads 

 from a large piece and then sold the first "pick," of 

 what remained at ten cents a head, the second at eight 

 cents, and so down until all were taken for which pur- 

 chasers were willing to give one cent each. Of course, 

 after such a thorough selling out as this there was not 

 much in the shape of a head left. I now had what re- 

 mained pulled up and carted away, doubtful whether to 

 feed them to the cows or to set them out to head up 

 during Winter. As they were very healthy plants in 

 the full vigor of growth, having rudimentary heads just 

 gathering in, I determined to set them out. I had a pit 

 dug deep enough to bring the tops of the heads, when 

 the plants were stood upright as they grew, just above 

 the surface of the ground ; I then stood the cabbages 

 in without breaking off any of the leaves, keeping the 

 roots well covered with earth, having the plants far 

 enough apart not to crowd each other very much, though 



