. Forage crops other than grasses [microform] : how to cultivate, harvest and use them. Forage plants; Plantes fourragères. St ill I i66 FORAGE CROPS. raised by using a double mold-board plow and marker, and the seed sown with a machine drawn by a horse, and which sows, covers and rolls t\vt> rows at a time. Or it may be sown on the level, after the ground has lieen rolled, with a grain drill capable of sowing properly so sinall a seed. There are grain drills that will do such work nicely. When they are driven with sufficient care the rows will be straight enough to admit of easy cultivatio
. Forage crops other than grasses [microform] : how to cultivate, harvest and use them. Forage plants; Plantes fourragères. St ill I i66 FORAGE CROPS. raised by using a double mold-board plow and marker, and the seed sown with a machine drawn by a horse, and which sows, covers and rolls t\vt> rows at a time. Or it may be sown on the level, after the ground has lieen rolled, with a grain drill capable of sowing properly so sinall a seed. There are grain drills that will do such work nicely. When they are driven with sufficient care the rows will be straight enough to admit of easy cultivation. Of course, the openings for seed in t!)e drill must all be closed, except those which are to be used in sowing the cabbage seed. The amount of seed required will vary with the variety of the cabbage, with the strength of the soil, and with its condition a? to moisture. But, as a rule, less than one pound per acre should not be sown and more than two pounds will seldom be needed. It will generally be found cheaper to sow the plants thus than to grow them elsewhere and then transplant them into the rows. When they grow too thickly they are quite as easily thinned as tur- nips or rutabagas. The work of thinning can be done even more quickly in the cdse of cabbage, as they are to be thinned to a greater distance. In some sections it would scarcely be possible to grow cabbage plants after this fashion, because oi the ravages of insects and because of the slow growth that they would make when young on certain soils. Where they cannot be grown thus, it is at least questionable whether the attempt should be made to grow cabbage as forage. Cultivation.—As soon as the cabbage can be distinctly traced in the line of the row, the cultiva- "^SSiBMlHS 1. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Shaw, Tho
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