CABBAGES AND CAULIFLOWERS. 



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toward evening in fresh turned, thoroughly pre- 

 pared soil, setting the plants deep and pressing 

 the soil firmly round the roots. 



The distance between the plants ought to be 

 30x30 inches, or the rows for more easy cultiva- 

 tion by horse power may be three feet apart and 

 the distance between the plants in the rows two 

 feet. 



Keep the soil between the rows loose and free 

 from weeds by use of the horse hoe or the corn 

 plow. Immediately around the plants the hand 

 hoe should occasionally be used, to keep the 

 ground loose and porous. A handful or more of 

 superphosphate of lime hoed 4 in around each 

 plant, when about one-third grown or a little 

 earlier, will have a strikingly beneficial effect on 

 the thriftiness of the plants. 



The keeping of the plants in healthy thrift by 

 heavy manuring and good tillage is the best 

 remedy against cabbage lice, which during long 

 dry spells, in many seasons, cause great damage 

 to the cabbage crop. Some salt strewn on the 

 cabbage has also a good effect for keeping off de- 

 structive vermin, and so have ashes thrown upon 

 the cabbages. A large grain of salt dropped in 

 the centre of the leaves, when the plants are of 

 proper size for beginning to head, is said to 

 induce a disposition for heading in plants that 

 seem indisposed to form heads. I have not ascer- 

 tained whether there is any truth in this saying ; 

 it might be worth trying. 



