. Late cabbage, from seed until harvest, also seed raising . Fig. 14.—Two-horse cabbajije Fig. 15.—Two-iioi:5e Luuua^^ ^otter in operation. 54 LATE CABBAGE low wheels. At the rear of each wheel and very near theground is fastened a seat; just under and in front of eachof these seats, is fastened a disk or a small plow that opensup a furrow into which the plant is placed by the men onthese seats; then back of each seat is an arrangement whichfills up the furrow into which the operators have just placedthe roots of their plants. Then back of all this there are apair of wooden rollers, w
. Late cabbage, from seed until harvest, also seed raising . Fig. 14.—Two-horse cabbajije Fig. 15.—Two-iioi:5e Luuua^^ ^otter in operation. 54 LATE CABBAGE low wheels. At the rear of each wheel and very near theground is fastened a seat; just under and in front of eachof these seats, is fastened a disk or a small plow that opensup a furrow into which the plant is placed by the men onthese seats; then back of each seat is an arrangement whichfills up the furrow into which the operators have just placedthe roots of their plants. Then back of all this there are apair of wooden rollers, which pack the furrow around theplants. From the barrel a lead of hose suppHes a stream ofwater to the furrow just after it has been opened. (Fig. 14.) This machine requires three men and a team to operate.(Fig. 15.) As a usual thing, the plants are set in rowsonly one way. I think it would be practically impossibleto set plants as thickly as they should be where only mediumsmall heads are wanted and row them both ways. Thisone way of rowing plants means that you must hand-hoethe crop, if you
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