. Late cabbage, from seed until harvest, also seed raising . Fig. 25.—When tlicic uic .^uuc ruad.^ an auto truck or rig that willhold three or four tons greatly reduces the number of trips tomarket. TOOLS FOR CUTTING HEADS Of all tools to cut the heads out with, the one with thewide blade and T-handle shown in the center of the illus-tration (Fig. 26) suits me best; with this the head is cutand all trimmed at one operation. This saves a lot of extrawork and time. The power required to cut the headcomes direct from the shoulder and there are no lame HARVESTING CABBAGE AND ROUGHAGE 91 arms or wr
. Late cabbage, from seed until harvest, also seed raising . Fig. 25.—When tlicic uic .^uuc ruad.^ an auto truck or rig that willhold three or four tons greatly reduces the number of trips tomarket. TOOLS FOR CUTTING HEADS Of all tools to cut the heads out with, the one with thewide blade and T-handle shown in the center of the illus-tration (Fig. 26) suits me best; with this the head is cutand all trimmed at one operation. This saves a lot of extrawork and time. The power required to cut the headcomes direct from the shoulder and there are no lame HARVESTING CABBAGE AND ROUGHAGE 91 arms or wrists, as is often the case with a knife or manyother devices. Some use a small hatchet, but the objec-. FiG 26.—Harvesting tools. Left, tobacco shears for cutting roughage,Center, T-handled head-cutting knife. Right, Geneva head-cut-ting knife. tion to this is that many heads will be cut into, while otherswill not be trimmed close enough. There are none of these objectionable features whenusing the T-handle cutter. With the hand a man pushesdown the loose outside leaves so that he can see just the 92 LATE CABBAGE right place to put his cutter; a quick push will sever thehead. Cabbage to be stored do not want to be trimmed quiteas closely as those for shipment; one or two outside leaveshelp to protect the head. This tool is very simple and can be made by anyonefrom a piece of an old blade of a handsaw. The blade isabout 3 inches wide and 4 inches long; this is riveted toa half-inch iron shank which is about 7 inches long, on theend of this shank is a wooden handle about 4 inches piece of an old fork handle is about right size for thehandle. The cabbage cutter with the spading fo
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