124 ■ CABBAGES. 



ductive. They might be cultivated to advantage for 

 feeding in the spring, when the stock of carrots has be- 

 come exhausted ; as the best way to keep them over 

 winter is, to let them remain in the ground. If dug up 

 in the fall, tlie best time is the last of November. Let 

 none of the roots be Avounded in digging up. The tops 

 should not be cut off very close. It is better to keep 

 them in a cellar that freezes than in a warm one. To 

 prevent them from drying, cover them with dry sods or 

 sand. 



TJie greens of parsnips are as good for cow-feed ai 

 those of carrots ; but if the crop' is to stand out in the 

 ground all the winter, the tops should not be cut off in 

 the fall. 



These have been long known among us as a garden 

 vegetable, but are rarely met with in field culture ; 

 a fact the more extraordinary, as in England, they have 

 been very extensively and profitably employed that way 

 for more than half a century. They are easily raised, 

 subjeci to i'ew diseases, re=i.«t frost more than the com- 

 mon turnip, and are palatable to cattle. 



Cabbages require a rich soil, rather moist than dry. 

 A clay soil, well mixed vvith other matters, is very pro- 

 per for them. Thc}"^ are said to grow well in drained 

 swamps without manure. Hog dung, mixed with fime 

 or ashes, or door dung and ashes are suitable manure 

 for them. 



The species most recommended, are the early Salis- 

 bury and York, the great Scotch, the Drumhead, and 

 the green Savoy. The last is probably best both for 

 man and cattle. The preparation of the soil for this 

 crop, may be the same as that de=?cribed for potatoes, 

 which, therefore need not be repeated here. 



It is a question, whether it is best to transplant cab- 

 bages, or to set the seeds in the spot, and at the proper 

 distances where they are to grow. As the latter method 

 is amended with the least trouble, it is to be recom- 

 mended for field culture. New seed vegetates quicker, 

 and is more to be depended upon. 



About the last of May, plant the seed in rows three 

 and a half or four feet apart, the hills one and a 

 hair or two fee,t from each other, and plough and hoe as 

 for oiher hoed crops. In regard to the distance of 



