60 CABBAGES, HOW TO GROW THEM, ETC. 



them loosely, hay-stack shape, about four feet high, let- 

 ting the frost strike through them, and afterwards cov- 

 ering with a couple of feet of eel grass ; straw or coarse 

 hay would doubtless do as well. 



I have treated of cabbage thus far when grown spec- 

 ially for stock ; in every piece of cabbage handled for 

 market purposes, there is a large proportion of waste 

 suitable for stock feed, which includes the outside leaves 

 and such heads as have not hardened-up sufficiently for 

 market. On walking over a piece of three or fcur acres 

 one Fall, just after my cabbages for seed stock had been 

 taken off, I noted that the refuse leaves that were strip- 

 ped from the heads before pulling were so abundant that 

 they nearly covered the ground. If leaves so stripped 

 remain exposed to frost, they soon spoil ; or, if earlier 

 in the season they are exposed to the sun, they soon be- 

 come yellow, dry, and of but little value. They can be 

 rapidly collected with a hay fork and carted, if there be 

 but a few, into the barn ; should there be a large quan- 

 tity, dump them within a convenient distance of the 

 barn or feeding ground, but not where the cattle can 

 trample them, and spread them so that they shall be 

 but a few inches in depth. If piled in heaps they will 

 quickly heat; but even then, if not too much decayed, 

 cattle will cat them with avidity. 



If cabbage is fed to cows in milk without some care, 

 it will be apt to give the milk a strong cabbage flavor ; 

 all the feed for the day should be given early in the 

 morning. Beginning with a small quantity, and gradu- 

 ally increasing it, the dairyman will soon learn his lim- 

 its. The effect of a liberal feed to milk stock is to in- 

 crease the flow of milk, under some circumstances more 

 than two fold. Avoid feeding to any extent while the 

 leaves are frozen. 



