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and to a large size. Mr. Richard Miller is a grower 
of cabbages to the extent of about two acres; the spot 
of ground he has fixed upon, is a peat bog, which hap¬ 
pened to be near the farm-house; this being well 
drained, was first planted with potatoes, and since 
with cabbages annually, on the same spot, but mucked 
at times from Birmingham ; he saves his own seed, 
and sometimes furnishes his friends and neighbours. 
The sort he grows has a purple cast between the drum 
head Scotch and the red cabbage, he has planted these 
two sorts together for seed, and is sure they have in¬ 
termixed; thej/ are hard and firm, and stand the winter 
better than most others. 
He sows the seed in his garden at two seasons, 
August, and early in the spring ; the spring sown plants 
much the best crop, March, 1807 ; the autumn sown 
having got too forward in November and December, 
1806, owing to the warm and growing weather at 
that time ; in consequence of which, the leaves fell in 
winter, they are carted to turf land, or stalls for sheep, 
and all kinds of cattle stock. 
Carrots .—Wolverley sands have long been famous 
for the growth of carrots, as well as for saving carrot 
seed. Mr. Knight has, this year, 1807j a piece of 
about ten acres, and means annually to grow about the 
same quantity; they were sown in March upon turf, 
or ley ground, of two years standing, trench-ploughed 
to about twelve inches deep; after ploughing and har¬ 
rowing, the sowing is thus conducted : a hand drill 
is drawn b} 7 a man, making three small drills, twelve 
inches asunder, (see Implements) ; two women follow 
and sow the seed by hand in two of the drills, the 
seed being previously rubbed and mixed with sand; 
on the return the vacant drill is occupied by one of the 
fangs 
