. Late cabbage, from seed until harvest, also seed raising . 23.) Very early setting, wide spacing, and a wet season areusually the cause for most over-ripe cabbage. 87 LATE CABBAGE HARVESTING METHOD When I think of harvesting a crop, I always want to doit the easiest and quickest way. The method I have usedis as follows. Start at one edge of your field and countoff twelve rows, then cut the next three rows of heads and Hi !? ^^^Hr< N^^J^ ^ j0^ r^^^^F; ???jn?---iH /^T^y J^^H r Fig. 23.—Over-ripe head. Note how the leaves have loosened fromthe main stem. lay them to one side, also cut the st
. Late cabbage, from seed until harvest, also seed raising . 23.) Very early setting, wide spacing, and a wet season areusually the cause for most over-ripe cabbage. 87 LATE CABBAGE HARVESTING METHOD When I think of harvesting a crop, I always want to doit the easiest and quickest way. The method I have usedis as follows. Start at one edge of your field and countoff twelve rows, then cut the next three rows of heads and Hi !? ^^^Hr< N^^J^ ^ j0^ r^^^^F; ???jn?---iH /^T^y J^^H r Fig. 23.—Over-ripe head. Note how the leaves have loosened fromthe main stem. lay them to one side, also cut the stumps and leaves ofthese three rows and throw them to one side with a three-tined fork; this now gives a road in which to drive whenloading. Follow the same order all through the field, the HARVESTING CABBAGE AND ROUGHAGE 89 work of dividing a field into lands of twelve rows each Ialways term opening up. (Fig. 24.) This allows a strip six rows wide for each side ot thewagon, the same being far enough to toss a cabbage headto the man in the Fig. of cabbage with roads cut through it. Now it is inshape to harvest the heads. If cabbage are cut and left on the ground any lengthof time, place them stump end down; this will prevent themfrom drying out or freezing badly, should the weather turnsuddenly cold. After the first land is cut, the men can startand load the wagon, while the teamster is unloadmg themen can cut more cabbage; this keeps all working, so there 90 LATE CABBAGE is no lost time, it also gives the men a chance to changekinds of work. If the distance to market or storage isvery great, perhaps several teams will work to best advan-tage. (Fig. 25.)
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