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eight feet wide, and of such length as to save time 

 by not carrying tlie Cabbages unnecessary distances. 

 Sometimes a bed is forty feet long ; then a vacant 

 space of the same length, then another bed of 

 twenty-five or thirty feet, and so on from one end 

 of the lot to the other. The principal object is to 

 have the ontside lines of the rows of beds straiglit, 

 as it will make miich easier work in putting ou the 

 covering of earth. The second-sized heads may be 

 placed in the same row, but in separate beds. AVhen 

 Cabbages have done well, there will not be more 

 than a fifth of the crop that Avill come under the 

 second size ; but it often happens that one-half, or a 

 third, are small, and, of course, the beds of large and 

 small will be alternate. Three active men will pull 

 and place properly in beds twelve thousand Cabbages 

 in a working-day of nine hours ; and with a pair of 

 hoi-ses and a plough the same number of men will 

 cover twenty thousand in a day. 



When pulled and placed in beds, heads down, 

 they may be left -nithout covering with earth for 

 two or three weeks, suffering no injury, provided the 

 weather is warm and mild. In fact, under such cir- 

 cumstances it is better to leave them uncovered until 

 steady cold weather begins. 



When the beds are all laid, then, with a plough 

 and two horses, three furrows are turned towards 

 the line of beds on either side. The first furrow- 

 slice is turned close to the Cabbages, covering them, 

 if possible. By means of shovels, the loose earth on 

 each side is thrown over the Calibages, covering all 

 the heads and an inch or so of the stocks. When 



