The Culture Of Cabbage

Cabbagc ia one of the best of crops. Beside3 the groat demand made upon Ibis plnut for the tablo, both forsumtuer and winter use, owing lo the great va-riety ofwaya in whieh it eau be rendered eaptivating to tbo palate, both oooked and uncooked, it is oqo of tbe best of crop.s to feed to stock. It is excellent feed to cows and young took late in thö fail, wben pu3turage beaomes " ehort" aud shiiveled up, and bei'ore the serious business of winter feediog is entered upan. It forms aa exoolleut " lunaL" oí' go-between, taperiiiü off from the sweet and juicy grasses of thö 6U!nmer and nutmnn to the dry grains aud liay that f o rui tha bulk of winter feeding. Very rich gronnd ia required to raisa cabbugo sucoessfully and with proüt - the rioher tho better. The sail inuït have depih as wel] as fertility, to allow the long roots of the plant to penétrate the soil so as to draw up that amnutit oí tbe nioisture and sustenanee necessary to its growth. Frequent irrigatioD in rnot seasons will bo ibund to pay well, as thia plant rapidly absorba iuoisture. Deap tillage aud frequent hceing will obvíate to a groat extent the necefsity of irr;gation. ïtie pronta of of cubbage culture is shown by the fact that as high us 10,000 heads can be raised upon a single acre, wliieh, at five cents per head, would bring S50Ü.