. Late cabbage, from seed until harvest, also seed raising . 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
. Late cabbage, from seed until harvest, also seed raising . 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.). 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-
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