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CABBAGES. 



ing sub-soil plough, are the only tools that we use In 

 cultivating Cabbages. Heavy rains sometimes harden 

 the siu-f ace ; then the sub-soil is run once in each 

 row, three or four inches deep, to break up the crust. 

 The Carrot-weeder and scarifier (taking off the ploughs 

 of the latter) are kept constantly going during the 

 early part of the growing season— in fact, until the 

 size of the leaves fills up the space between the ---vs 



ONE HOKSE SUB-SOIL PLOUGH. 



The object is not to run deep, but simply keep 

 the surface loose and fi-ee from weeds. Unfavor- 

 able or wet weather often prevents the use of these 

 horse-tools until the weeds have gained some head- 

 way. Over this no cultivator has any control ; he 

 can only make the best use of the means at hand, 

 and adapt his work to circumstances ; for every dol- 

 lar saved in cuhivating is a dollar earned. The 

 desideratum being the production, on an acre, of 

 the greatest number of large-sized heads of Cabbage 



