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A KITCHEN GARDEN 
syringe is at hand, it can be thrown into the plant 
much better than by sprinkling. To make the tar 
water, the tar is put in a barrel of water and well 
stirred; then, when it has been allowed to settle, the 
water from the top is dipped off and used. It should 
be strong enough to have quite a decided taste. The 
alum may be dissolved in the watering pot, about one 
tablespoonful to the gallon, and stirred till dissolved. 
See that the solution gets well into the centre of the 
loose leaves just below the head, as this is the favor¬ 
ite place of attack by the worms. 
The cabbage is quite hardy and will stand consid¬ 
erable frost in the fall without damage, being rather 
improved in quality by it. By the third week in 
November they should be put in pits or the vegetable 
cellar; or, where these conveniences are not at hand, 
they should be pulled up, root and all, the outside 
leaves wrapped closely around the head and stood 
side by side, on their heads, on a well-drained piece 
of ground ; they should be placed in a long row two 
or three heads wide, and where a good many are to 
be buried or gotten out at once, two additional rows 
may be placed on top of these, as shown in the 
illustration. 
Dry soil is then thrown on these heads to the thick¬ 
ness of five or six inches and the roots left sticking 
out of the top; this covering should be firmly packed, 
to prevent the entrance of water, and a small gutter 
should be dug round the heap to carry it off. If, 
after the cold weather has set in and the ground is 
slightly frozen, the heap is covered with three to four 
inches of corn fodder or litter, it will prevent the cov- 
