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giving greater facility for horse-hoeing. But, besides this, 
we usually have a few acres of this crop, as it is found to be 
so good as a change for sheep feed. 
The following contains an account of our cabbage growth 
for 1867. Our trials for that year were of the three following 
sorts. 
1st. London Market . . . Two rows each. 
2nd. Battersea .... Ditto. 
3rd. Imperial Oxheart . . Ditto. 
These were drilled with the same drill as the mangolds, 
on the 15th of May, and were well up on the 28th of the 
same month, while the mangolds were not so until June 3rd. 
These crops were regulated at the same time and in the same 
manner, first by flat-hoeing, and afterwards singled. 
The crop was remarkably good, and we had our ewe 
flock upon them for at least a month. 
Having estimated the crop we found them to be an im¬ 
provement upon that of 1866, clearly showing that this inex¬ 
pensive mode of growing cabbage gives tolerable results, 
which will be seen from the following figures: 
Per acre , estimated Nov. 9 th, 1867. 
Oxheart . 
London Market 
Battersea . 
Bape 
Mangolds. 
Swedes 
Tons. Cwt. 
. 16 6 at 20 inches apart. 
. 21 3 at 24 „ 
. 17 15 at 24 
. 19 19 sown a little afterwards. 
. 35 10 estimated by the judge. 
. 37 6 ditto, for prize list. 
Now, these figures of cabbages and roots show a great 
preponderance in weight in favour of the latter, and the fol¬ 
lowing figures will show that chemical composition is not in 
favour of the cabbage . 
Cabbage, White Globe, Swede, 
Promberg. Voelcker. Voelcker. 
Nitrogenous, or flesh-forming 
ingredient .... 1*75 . 1*143 . 1 443 
Non-nitrogenous, or heat-giving 4-05 . 4*799 6*594 
Mineral matter .... 0*80 . *628 . *623 
Water. 93-40 . 90430 . 89*460 
100-000 100000 100-000 
These figures do not altogether recommend an extended 
growth of cabbage upon the plan proposed, a much larger 
crop being required to make it equal to roots; but, at. the 
same time, this plan is most expeditious, and brings in a 
crop in readiness just before the root crop is ready, and we 
