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or more above the ground, as it will keep the cabbage-fly off. The 
plants should be overlooked daily, and ali green cabbage worms or 
other vermin removed. 
Sweet Potato Slips, for early crop, can be planted out. Early Irish 
Potatoes will be fit to dig now, and the ground they are taken out of 
may be planted with Corn, Beane, Squash, ete. 
Sow Pumpkins of both kinds, the Field and the Cashaw. 
German Millet should be sown this month. Thé ground ought to 
be well plowed and harrowed. Three pecks of seed is the quantum to 
be sown per acre. It will be well to roll the ground after sowing, and 
the seed will require no other covering. If no roller is handy, some 
brush tied together ought to be passed over the groundsown. For hay, 
it should be cut when in flower. Every planter should give it a trial. 
MAY. 
Very few varieties of vegetables can be sown during this month. 
Many of the winter varieties will not do wellifsownnow. The grounds 
should now be occupied with growing crops. 
Where Potatoes and Onions are taken up, Corn, Melons, Cucumbers, 
Squash and Pumpkin may be planted. 
Nothing of the Cabbage kind, except the Creole Cabbage seed, can 
be sown this month. It is supposed to stand the heat better than the 
other varieties, but it makes only loose heads, and runs up to seed as 
early as the end of November. 
Yellow and white summer Radish and Endive should be sown. 
Lettuce requires much water during hot weather, and if neglected, it will 
become hard and tasteless. The Perpignan is the best kind for sum- 
mer use. Okra can still be sown. 
The first sowing of White Solid Celery is to be made this month. 
The seed requires to be shaded, and if the weather is dry, should be 
regularly watered. Late Italian Cauliflower should be sown. . 
Cow Peas can be planted between the corn, or the crowders in rows; 
the latter are the best to be used green. If they are sown for fertiliz- 
ing purposes, they are sown one bushel per acre, and plowed under 
when the ground is well covered; or sometimes they are left till fall, 
when they commence to decay, and then plowed down. 
Sweet Potato Slips can be set out, taking advantage of an occasional 
rain; if it does not rain they have to be watered. The tops of Shallots 
will commence to get dry; this indicates that they are fit to take up. 
Pull them up and expose to the sun fora few days, and then store them 
away ina dry, airy place, taking care not to lay them too thick, as they 
are liable to heat. Lima and Pole Beans can be planted; the Southsrn 
Prolific is the best variety for late planting. 
JUNE. 
This month is similar to the last, that is, not a great deal can be 
sown. Thegrowing crops will require attention, as weeds grow fast. 
Plant Corn for the last supply of roasting ears. A few Water and Musk 
Melons may be planted. Cucumbers, Squash and Pumpkin planted 
this month generally do very well, but the first requires an abundance 
of water if-the{weather is dry. 














