Raising Cabbages

A corrospomhnt aï the ITaino Farmer wntes as tollows in regard to bis method of raisuig oabbngeu : "uaojl farmers ill bj?cfc to t'ni-i erop oq account of the diffictilty of raising it. But I havo fouii'! litt'e trouble. I start the plants for i tic nummer and full Mop under glass ia April. This entibies me to set thein out jusfc böfore or during tlio later spring rain?. We usual I y transplant in wol or dull weather. Caro hovvover ia neeessary not to work the land wlieo tt is too wet - and in ptñatiog ia a wet spell tho soil should be stirred a9 líalo is possible - aud as eooti as it dries o:F a littlo tho plants sliould be carefuUy hoed, otberwisc tbey wül very likely bc suddenly checked in tbeir growth, aud grmv 'elub-f'ootcd.' I lost about onethird of tay plants last spring from tim disease. The p!ants were line ones, and I plantod and hoed them carefull}", but it cams on wet and a'ld uoon after. I think bad I not applied a strong solution of salt and soft soap, mixed wiih liquid manure, I should havo lot the while. I dug down in to the roots of the plants anrl found them all iufested with white iiKiggots. tío I prepared a tub full of tho above mon'.icuod liiuid nnd went to woik. I scooped the dirt away from the etalk of each plant, making a h?l!ov placa about tho Ftalk. Into tlns 1 pbured a gilí or more of the liquid - using a watering pot with.ut the DOSfr. Thia liquid was so strong that it killed some cucumbor plants upo;i which I poured it to try its efftíct?. It was prplty vigorous treattaent for the cabbages, but it saved them. Of coureo it would not pay to zo to this troublc toruisethem for stock. But I d not often have to do s. Last spring was an exeeptionnl one. Evcrv tliing was at a siand sí i 11 for weeks; - even grass did not grow, it was o cold. As for the labor it i.s no great job to plant an acre oí ca'ibagea - afttr one gets about it. Th" fond should bc mide imüIi, cwefully worted and furrowed out, the rows ubout !hrc feet ópirt. Tlie one man ilrcp- the compn$t, 6alt, lime and lier i lie p'ant-, whilo a thiid seta Üieni with a cutnmón brick or tra!:ft'!-n;tit:g Irowtl. I i!po usu this tn.v.v'i in t:Jii:ig up tho plants. I tind it a vciy cooveni' ut tooi in tiic garden. Tticrc is one advantüge in laisingjtliis erop; jm Jan start your .]an:s cailv in t lic ."jiíiilt, blont iliuin in dull reu tb er onii uuliivaty and lue them mnniings bieakfast and at o;ld moiaeiAb. ïf ner a market of ennrse it would not pay tofeed them out; butcven t!ie leaves ejöihc hiiii'ly for the cows. I rucan to jiirnit half an aero nf tha coasor sorts tiiii epriDg for them."