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The bed selected for the latter, should be of good 
soil and well ventilated ; that is, exposed on all sides 
to the influences of the air, and without artificial 
shelter. Whenthe plants rise, they should be sprin- 
kled with unleached ashes, or gypsum, and if attack- 
ed by the fly, may be slightly and temporarily co- 
vered with branches of elder. If the weather be un- 
commonly dry, a little watering may be proper, but 
much of this should be avoided, because plants, like 
animals, may become topers, and will then drink 
more than will be useful to them. 
. The transplanting of early cabbages should not 
be delayed beyond the 12th of May, nor that of the 
late kinds ‘beyond the first of June. An acre of 
ground will require about six thousand plants. 
The preparation of the soil, for this crop, is exactly 
that described for potatoes, and which, therefore, 
need not be repeated here. When the manuring, 
ploughing and harrowing are finished, strike your fur- 
rows, from east to west, four feet apart; place your 
plants in these, twenty inches from each other, and 
do not forget so to press the earth, as to bring it in 
contact with every part of the roots. 
The advantage ofthis crop, will be best seen, by 
contrasting it with another; hay for example: If 
we get a-ton of timothy, per acre, we think we do 
well and are satisfied; vet, if this acre had been well 
worked and manured and planted in cabbages, it 
would, according to Mr..Young, have given you more 
than thirty times the weight of the hay. Why not 
then prefer the cabbages to the hay? Our cattle, it 
may be said, will not like them so well. Hear what 
