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Other day to lay on the straw ! Here, then, are two 

 dollars; and, supposing the straw and the stakes 

 and poles and rods to be bought, the straw would 

 be nearly as good foi litter afterwards, and the 

 poles, stakes and rods would last for many years, if 

 tied up in bundles and laid safely away from winter 

 to winter. 



200. BURNET is a well known grass, or cattle 

 plant. It is used by some in salads. When bruised, 

 or cut, it smells like cucumber. It is a perennial, 

 and a very poor thing. 



201. CABBAGE.— The way to raise Cabbage- 

 Plants in a hot-bed has been given in Paragraphs 77 

 to 96. — In the open ground you may put your seed 

 rows at six inches distance, and put the seeds thin 

 in the row. As soon as up, thin the plants to three 



I inches in the row. The next thing is transplant- 

 i ing ; and I will speak of that before I speak of 

 seasons, sorts, and preserving during winter. — Of 

 the preparation and state of the ground, and of the 

 proper weather for transplanting, I have spoken in 

 I Paragraphs 169 to 175. Read those paragraphs 

 carefully again, and bear their contents in mind. 

 But,/to have fine cabbages, of any sort, the plants 

 j must be twice transplanted. First, they should be 

 taken from the seed bed (where they have been 

 sown in drills near to each other,) and put out into 

 fresh-dug, well broken ground, at six inches apart 

 every way. This is called pricking out. By stand- 

 i ing here about fifteen or twenty days, they get 

 straight and strong, stand erect, and have a straight 

 and stout stem. Out of this plantation they come 

 nearly all of a size ; the roots of all are in the 

 same state ; and, they strike quicker into the ground 

 where they are to stand for a crop. — But, if you do 

 not, whether from negligence or want of time, prick 



