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How THE FARM PAYS. 



are thinned out to one plant in each hill. This we think not only a 

 slower method, but is otherwise objectionable, inasmuch as it compels 

 the manure to be placed for three or four weeks in the ground before 

 the plant can take it up, to say nothing of the three or four weeks' 

 culture necessary to be done before the seedlings in the hill get to 

 the size of the plants when set out. The cultivation of late cabbage 



HENDERSON'S SELECTED LATE FLAT DUTCH. 



SAVOY CABBAGE. 



GREEN CURLED SCOTCH KALE. 



is, in all respects, similar to that of early, except as it is usually 

 planted alone; the work is done entirely by the horse cultivator, the 

 rows and plants in the rows, being according to the kind, from twenty- 

 four to thirty inches apart. There are a great number of kinds offered 

 in the different seed lists, but experienced cultivators confine them- 

 selves to but very few kinds. These we give in the order in which they 

 are most approved: " Henderson's Selected Late Flat Dutch," "Ameri- 

 can Drumhead/' and " Marblehead Mammoth." The late cabbage sell 

 all the way from $2 to $10 per 100; but it is always a safe crop for 



