. British husbandry; exhibiting the farming practice in various parts of the United Kingdom. Agriculture; cbk. ] ON CABBAGES. 257 tlie drainings from the stable, and the hole in which the plant is to he dibbled should be saturated with water; the earth closely pressed around the plant, and again well wetted. Notwithstanding all this care the plants will droop for a while, and if the weather remain dry, they must be again plentifully watered; or, according as the season may prove more or less kind, many of them will die, and the gaps must be filled up from plants still remaining in the b
. British husbandry; exhibiting the farming practice in various parts of the United Kingdom. Agriculture; cbk. ] ON CABBAGES. 257 tlie drainings from the stable, and the hole in which the plant is to he dibbled should be saturated with water; the earth closely pressed around the plant, and again well wetted. Notwithstanding all this care the plants will droop for a while, and if the weather remain dry, they must be again plentifully watered; or, according as the season may prove more or less kind, many of them will die, and the gaps must be filled up from plants still remaining in the beds. The distance between the plants, singly, is com- monly the same as that between the rows,—namely 2h to 3 feet; but the latter is certainly the smallest space which should be allowed to the larger species, which will thus bear 4800 plants per acre. In order that the roots may have as much as possible equal benefit from the air, some persons place the plants in the second and fourth drills, half-way between those which are in the first and third drills; but we doubt whether any real advantage is thereby gained, and it prevents the ground from being wrought by the horse-hoe, both along and across the ridges. This is a material inconvenience, not only in the cleansing of the land, but in the earthing up of the jjlants, which should be done at least twice with the double mould-board plough :—the first time about three or four weeks after the cabbages are planted, and the second as soon after the first as they appear to require it, which is commonly in about a month. When this mode of planting is adopted, the land should therefore be laid flat, and it may then be worked diagonally, thus: —. PRODUCE AND VALUE. It is no uncommon thing to raise single cabbages that weigh 40 lbs., and if we suppose the roots upon an acre to weigh on an average 20 lbs. each, and one to be planted on every square yard, the produce would amount to fortv-three tons: it is indeed nut uncommonly cal
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