302 FORAGE CROPS 
wheat and grass, as it is a good preparatory crop 
for wheat. 
Preparation of land for cabbage, and seeding 
As with rape, the land should be deeply plowed 
and thoroughly cultivated, the surface well com- 
pacted and made fine, in order that the plants may 
not suffer for lack of food as soon as set. If seed 
is used in the field, the germination should be 
prompt and the early growth rapid. Farmyard 
manures are excellent, and, as the cabbage is a 
gross feeder, applications of ten tons or more per 
acre should be made even on good soils, and this 
dressing supplemented with nitrate of soda. The 
fertilizers recommended for rape, both in kind and 
quantity, will answer for cabbage. Attempts should 
not be made to grow cabbage unless there is an 
abundance of available food. 
As a rule, cabbage is not grown from seed 
planted directly in the field, and it is doubtful 
whether its successful and profitable use as a 
forage crop will warrant the extra labor required 
in transplanting. Of course, more seed should 
be used when the seed is planted directly in the 
rows, thus permitting the removal of extra plants 
when they have reached such size as to determine 
their vitality. The seed, in this case, may be 
sown with the ordinary grain drill. The rows 
should be about two and one-half to three feet 
