50 CABBAGE. 



Should a field of cabbage not perfect its growth, 

 that is, not make marketable heads before it is time 

 to put away for winter's sales, we should advise a 

 different way of keeping them through the winter, 

 which is the same plan we adopt for putting them 

 away for seed purposes ; a plan that will secure a 

 crop that the grower would only consider valuable 

 for stock feeding. Plow out a double furrow, going 

 forward and back in the same place. This will 

 make a track sufficiently wide for three rows, one 

 on each side and one in the center, the latter resting 

 on the other two, the heads sinking about one-half 

 their depth between the former. They should be 

 placed roots down, and at the angle a head would 

 naturally lie when pulled up and laid upon its side. 

 The heads should be taken up after a frost, as is best 

 in case of putting them away when fully grown, but 

 never badly frozen. As fast as the heads are placed 

 in the trench, cover the roots with earth and pack 

 firmly over them. 



After the heads are intrenched, leave them ex- 

 posed as long as they are safe from freezing, then 

 cover to the depth of three inches with soil without 

 straw or any other protection. This is best done by 

 running the plow on each side of the row and 

 throwing the furrow over them. This will be suffi- 

 cient until appearances indicate that winter is to set 

 in in earnest, then cover with at least a foot of earth 

 and leave them for the winter. It is best to have 

 breaks in the trenches as often as once in forty feet, 

 and in the center of each it is advisable to put in a 

 wisp of straw for ventilation, in case of a mild win- 

 ter. After the covering of soil is hard frozen, say to 

 the depth of three inches, the trench should be coy- 



