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late in March, when they are given to the ewes in lambing-time,. 
for which purpose they are very extensively used. After this 
they are pulped for cattle, and sliced with the turnip-cutter for 
ram-hoggs as late as July, or until the May-sown rape is ready 
for them. 
Cabbages. — This crop has hitherto been grown principally for 
Iambs in September, and for the lambing ewes in the spring, to 
be given with mangolds. Its cultivation is now being extended 
for earlier keeping and especially for lambs, about 15 acres being 
planted this year for summer eating, and about 10 acres for 
spring keep. The cabbages are partly raised from seed, but a 
large number of plants are also bought, as in the neighbourhood 
of Grimsby they are very cheap. The land has a heavy dressing 
of dung before the plants are pricked out ; and the planter is 
attended by a boy who puts into each hole a small handful of 
old rotted bones. 
The following is the scheme of cabbage cultivation which is 
at present pursued by Mr. Torr : — 
I. Seed sown end of July or beginning of August : 
{a). Planted out in October, in succession. 
1. Wheeler's Imperial ; ready middle of June, 
2. Enfield Market; ready end of June, 
3. Enfield Market ; ready beginning of July. 
(J). Planted out in March, in succession. 
4. Enfield Market or Late York (first week) ready middle 
of July. 
5. Sprotboro's (last week) ; ready middle of August. 
(c) . Planted out in April. 
6. Drumheads (Scotch) ; ready in September. 
II. Seed sown end of March or beginning of April : 
(d) . Planted out end of June. 
7. Drumheads (Champions); ready in December. 
(e) . Planted out middle or end of July, 
8. Drumheads ; ready in January. 
9. Thousand-headed Brocoli ; ready in March and April. 
3. Barley. — After the roots have been fed off, the land is 
ploughed and then gone over with a Finlayson drag, afterwards 
harrowed, and drilled with 11 pecks of Chevalier barley to the 
acre, different varieties being used from time to time. Barley- 
sowing is generally finished by the middle of April, and the 
land is then Cambridge-rolled previous to putting in the seeds. 
Barley is grown in a very large proportion at Riby, a smaller 
quantity at Aylesby, its place being taken by wheat, and a still 
smaller quantity at Rothwell, being there replaced by oats. 
Barley is mown with the scythe, sheafed, and stocked, and 
