r 345 ] 



He llkewlfe tried a rood of Savoys^ upon 

 a loamy foil, in rows four feet afunder by- 

 one in the rows ; They were horfe-hoed as 

 the other crops ; they came to about 5 //;. wt. 

 at an average ; the cattle liked them very 

 well, but the plants would not ftand the 

 winter. They are good for nothing. 



The u4?ijou grew to the height of {even 

 feet; he plucked the leaves off, which the 

 cattle eat freely : — ^But it will by no means 

 anfwer. It is an annual, 

 1 76 1. 



This was the firft year Mr. Scroope planted 

 this vegetable as food for cattle. The 

 quantity of land, one acre and three roods ; 

 the foil a good fandy loam, worth 15^. per 

 acre, and manured at the rate of 20 loads 

 of good rich dung, and a chaldron and half 

 of lime per acre. The field was winter- 

 fallowed. 



The: cabbage was the large Scotch fort, 

 and the feed fown in February ; planted 

 diredly from the bed into the field the 29th 

 and 30th of May^ in rows four feet afunder, 

 and three feet from plant to plant. The 

 firft horfe-hoeing was given the fecond of 

 yu7te^ and a hand-hoeing diredly after. 

 The 3d and 5th of July^ the earth was 

 drawn with hand-hoes up to the roots of 

 the cabages. Augiijl loth, ihcy were 

 horfe-hoed again, and hand-hoed foon 

 gfter. 



The 



