42 CABBAGE. 



portion of their plants by drouth and cutworms, and 

 as they could not replace them, they resorted to this 

 method, which proved so satisfactory that they will 

 hereafter put out all their late cabbage in this way. 

 We will state one instance: A neighbor was 

 "short of plants, having only .sufficient to set three- 

 fourths of his field. He used the drill for the 

 remainder, sowing the seed the same day he set his 

 plants. The seed drilled in came up quickly, the 

 plants grew rapidly, not having any check, and ma- 

 tured their heads several days in advance of those 

 from the transplanted plants. So much more vig- 

 orous were they that this part of the field appeared 

 like a more vigorous variety. 



Had the plants set out been pricked out once or 

 twice before planting in the field the result might 

 have been different, as such plants, when properly 

 set where they are to remain, are not apt to receive 

 a check. It is, however, a quicker and easier plan 

 to sow the seed where the plants are to remain. It 

 is not only more expeditious, but the work can, and 

 should, always be done on a pleasant day, while the 

 plants must be set on a wet day, or, as is usually the 

 case, immediately after a heavy rain, while the 

 ground is wet, and the work the most disagreeable 

 the farmer has to do. 



Any seed drill may be used for this purpose by 

 stopping up most of the holes in the wheel, so that 

 the seeds will drop as far apart as the plants should 

 stand. This will leave but little thinning out to do, 

 as there w r ill not be more than two or three seeds 

 dropped in a place. In thinning, if any of the plants 

 show remarkable vigor, they should be the ones to 

 be thrown away, and leave such only as have fine 



