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every mild day, and by the time tlie Aveatlier will admit, 

 they will be ready to transplant. At this sowing shonld 

 also be put in a few seed of the Large York and Early 

 Dutch to succeed the early crop. 



Early cabbage seed may also be sown early in Septem- 

 ber or October in the open ground ; watering every two 

 or three evenings when dry, as it usually is this month. 

 The plants will appear in about a week, and a little soot 

 should be scattered over them to prevent the attacks of 

 insects. When large enough to transplant, they can be 

 set very thick in a cold frame or box, to stand over the 

 winter. Cover over with glass, or boards if you have not 

 glass, during severe weather, but give air every mild day 

 and set out when the weather grows mild in the spring. 

 A still better way is, instead of putting the plants in a 

 frame, throw a piece of ground into high ridges, two feet 

 apart, running east and west. On the south side of these 

 ridges, set out the plants a foot apart, so that they will be 

 shielded from the cold north winds, and enjoy the full 

 warmth of the sun. Plant on the sides of the ridges and 

 not in the trench. When the weather grows severe in 

 December, cover slightly with straw or litter ; remove it 

 when mild weather returns, and cultivate as usual, gra- 

 dually levelling the ridges, and you will have cabbages 

 earlier than by any other mode ; the ground should be 

 good. If you raise your plants in the cold frame they 

 will be ready to transplant from the 20th to the last of 

 February. They will be very liable to be eaten off by 

 the cutworm when transplanted. There are two modes 

 of preventing this, either of which, with me, is perfectly 

 satisfactory. The best method is to sow the ground in- 

 tended for cabbage the autumn after being spaded up, with 

 salt at the rate of eight bushels p?r acre. On a part of my 



