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planting, it must depend in a great measure upon the 

 goodness of the soil, and the natural size of the variety 

 of the cabbage employed. In clayey soils, retentive of 

 moisture, they should he planted on three feet ridges. 

 Six or seven thousand cabbages will grow on an acre of 

 ground. Strewing soot, ashes, or lime, round them, 

 while young will assist considerably in keeping off in- 

 sects which attack them. 



Cabbages aiford a most excellent forage for sheep, 

 cattle or swine, till the month of February. AVhen fed 

 to milch cows, the decayed leaves must be taken off, or 

 they will impart a bad taste to the milk and butter. 



Cabbages for winter use should be pulled in dry 

 weather, and hung up in a cool part of the cellar, with 

 the heads downwards. But, to preserve them better 

 for winter and spring use, let a trench be made in a dry 

 soil, and line it with straw^ ; set the heads closely to- 

 gether with the roots upwards ; cover them with straw, 

 and then with earth, piled up as steep as possible. In 

 this manner, it is said, they will keep till May, and may 

 occasionally be dug out as they are wanted. 



Mr. Winship^ of Brighton, Massachusetts, raised, in 

 1820, upwards of thirty-two tons on an acre. In Eng- 

 land, twenty-five tons are considered an average crop. 



BEANS. 



The only species of beans much used in this country, 

 is that which, in England, is called, Kidney-Bean^ and 

 in France, Haricot; {^Phareolus vulgaris.') The bean of 

 English writers, is what is commonly called here the 

 Horse-Bean^ {Viciafaha.) Considerable confusion has 

 arisen from the indiscriminate use of the term bean, ap- 

 lied as it is, by some good American writers on agricul- 

 ture, to two very distinct genera or sorts of plants. 

 The horse-bean (vicia) being tap-rooted, is much used 

 in England as a fallow crop ; and probably might be 

 advantageously introduced here. V/hite kidnej^-beans 

 are almost the only kind used for field culture at pres- 

 ent. They require dry land that has been tilled with 

 care, so as to destroy the weeds ; and of such fertility 

 as would produce a • moderate crop of Indian corn. 

 Poor sandy soils, or gravelly loam, will produce them ; 

 provided the beans are wet and rolled in plaister before 

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