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ductive. In the poorest soil, and with the smallest 
possible labor, they give something, but because they 
do not give much, (in circumstances under which 
other grains would give nothing,’ we infer that the 
grain itself is a poor one, and at the same time a 
great exhauster of the soil, We owe to Mr. Dranus 
a series of experiments and calculations, which over- 
turn this opinion, and demonstrate, that “ oats, in ro- 
tation, under proper culture and in good soil, are not 
less profitable than wheat or rye; that after beans, 
cabbages or potatoes, it yields great crops, and that 
it exhausts less than other grains, which occupy the 
soil a greater length of time.” Asa protector of clo- 
ver or other grass seeds, (and with it some of these 
should always be sown,) it is second only to barley. 
XI. Of Cabbages. ' 
These have been long known among us asa gar- 
den vegetable, but are rarely met with in field cul- 
ture ; a fact the more extraordinary, as, in England, 
they have been very extensively and profitably em- 
ployed in that way for more than half a century. 
The species most recommended, are the early 
Salsbury and York, the great Scotch, the Drumhead, 
the Cavalier and the green Savoy. Mr. Cobbett has 
remarked, with much good sense, that the species 
best for man, are also best for cattle, and that on this 
ground, the last of those mentioned should form the 
principal part of our cabbage crop. 
The seed of early cabbages, (as the York and the 
Salsbury,) should be sown in hot beds, about the 
middle of February; and that of winter and fall, 
cabbages, in the open field, about the 15th of May. 
