Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1843-09-14
a'i'' SITS, yours respectfully.
JOHN FARRAR.

sIon'"o " C""SHS tdOOuSc 10 mean duf1Rg
me Htaer.-ln the fall of the year when il IS
time 10 gather cabbages, we always find moro
! or less of them that have rot formed INV
/ heads They may have grown well, and HAYS
large stock of leaves, but have not closed ub
III the form necessary TO make a good, solith
compact cabbage
w VILLAIN Vance, Esq, of Readfed, has pracs
used Tor many years, The following mehoth
which efectually closes these loose leaves Il,
the course OF the winter, thereby furnishing
MN with supply of the best kind early iis
the spring. In the fall Of the year, Just before
the ground closes up he gathers all the cab
bages which have not headed, together. He
then digs trench eighteen inches or more.
deep, anG of sufficient width to admit the cabs
oagcs. He then closes the leaves together BY
hahd, winding wisp of straw or something
else around them TO keep them together, and
then puts them IN this trench, with heads down
ana rootsup. He then packs straw or leaves and
earth snug about them, and rounds uD the
earth over them. The trench should be dug
III place where the water Of the rains ana
SHOWS runs off and will not stand about them.
board, or couple of boards, nailed togelber
III the form OF roof and put over the mound,
may be useful
| In the spring of the year open your trench
and you will find that the cabbages are ali
headed firmly together, and if the water has
not got IN, will be solid and hard Mr.. Vance
mas had The goodness 20 send us few heads
which he has formed in this way, which wgrs
very nice. By following this plan, we not on
! ~ preserTe the cabbages well during The win
Ter, but save much of the crop which is MOI
considered worth much-.ETaine Farmer,
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ihE CLOCK TRADE.-Our readers are awaf5
] a nf,r i,,rrp, l.
! upon new Item OF export to England in 1hg az
tlcie o! excellent but cheap eight day c!ocke
! paragraph III the New York Herald has some in
terestng particulars on the subject, sho,yiur tbat
| the trade has already become important in extent
as well as largely profitable 80 those sho are car
rying 1t on:
The clocks in question have brass works cnt bE
machinery, out OF brass plates made for thai, use
[ i'll Connecticut. They fiued up in polished
mahogany ira,nes, in neat manner, and wleH
hnl5htd, form an eight day timepiece, which can
not be rValled in the world for accuracy. 'rbese
articles have long been known 10 the public %
THIS country, but we're strangers TO f;nrope untit
! introduced there in the spring Of 1871 bv tbs
hrn OF Sperry and Shaw, No. 6 Courtland street.
Inc iirsi Invoice was taken as an experiment.
he duty is 70 per cent in England. The aston5
ishmeht with which these specimens OF AiuericaH
work weFe viewed was very great, not only Cof
the beauty and excellence of The clocks them
selves, but the beautiful and enduring polisl, NJ
the cases excited great admiraion and is pers
feet novelty there, and cannot get be inflated.
This first invoice sold at from "a to C5 each. n
about $50; since that fine not only has overy
packet to England carried invoice, bit largo
quantities have been sent 80 The north of Europe.
and The late India bound ships have also iatet
considerable quantities. They are also fndinr
their Way into all ports of Europe at great pro.
fit to the enterprising makers. The amount sIi6.
ped since the first experiment in ISL has beF!
near 10000 clocks, which, at $50, teaches tho
important sum Of $500 900, and stands next a
the article of rice in exports Of American produce,
The number of these clocks manufactured animal,
~ in Connecticut is 100000. Messrs. Sperrg
and Shaw Turn out 800 per week,
) Somebody says" Rearup yourlads like nails.
and then they will not only go lbro' The worl5