The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-04-28

Esuhrrsni. nature better blessings pour
Der every land"
cabbases as a Field Crop for Stock.
This. 10 an American farmer, who
never thought perhaps Of growing over
. hundred year. which were TO be
carefully preserved for table use, will
sound like some new and strange doc
trine. Yet such has been for years the
practice of many excellent farmers in
England. Scotland, Belgium. and Hol-
land. The advantages claimed, and rs
we think justly. in favor Of the practice.
are, the immense amount of food that
can be grown upon an acrc-the ease
with which il can be cultivated, saved
and fed in winter-its succulent quail.
ties, which render It fully equal to sum
mer pasturage for milch cows or suck
ling ewes-while its nutritive qualities
have beensmply proven by anal ysis aud
practice. The following statement Of
i. its nutritive value. is from the Mark
Lane Express
4 Comparative Nmrifive Taie of an
.acre Of Cabbage Wifh other Crops.
cabbage has lately been chemically ex.
amined, IN consequence Of the failure
Of the potato. with view to its substi-
tuition for that root. Ii is found to be
richer in mmseieJ forming mailer than
any crop zoe groic. 1t contains more
fbrin or gluten, Of which substance the
muscles are made, and hence is richer
in the material essential to the health,
growth. and strength Of an animal /:
wheat contains about ls per cent. oft |;
beans. 25 per cent; but dried cabbage
contains from 80 to 40 per cent. Of this
all-important material, of which the
principal mass Of the animal structure
is built.
II flourishes best in moist rich soil,
such as reclaimed swamps it is more
Z hardy than the turnep in its incipient
growth and at stage when whole
fields Of turneps are liable to be swept
: of by the fly, cabbage plants enough ia
J set an acre can be effectively protected
. under a few panes of glass, or yard or
!. two Of gauze in a frame in the garden
But for field culture we would recon.
mend that cabbage seed should be plant.
!. ed by the drill machaine where they are
!. to grow, with provision Of plants in re.
9 serve, in case Of accident, to transplan,
from the garden to the field.
In the early stage Of growth the cab
!, bage requires careful cultivation, most
! Of which however may be done with
!. the plow and horse hoe; as soon as tht
leaves expand and shade the ground
weeds are effectively prevented from
growing enough to injure the crop OF
n propagate their own seed. This leaves
/. the field in as fine condition for the
e next crop as could be desired. Some
cultivators always grow crop Of pea
upon the same ground that is to have |
crop Of cabbages in the fall. This ma,
be done If the land is naturally rich
and well coated every year with ma
!. nure, and deeply plowed, particular.
in the fall, SO as to give the frost al
opportunity to grind down all lump
into loose friable mass. lf the Ian,
r. has a clay foundation it must be sub
soiled and so graded that surface waite
cannot stand, as that is sure death to
young cabbage plant.
Is, The necessity Of deep tilth may b
ly seen by an examination Of the long +
e. brous roots, which penetrate to grea
:, depth when unobstructed. Any ric
: : compost or well-rotted manure is goo
nd fer cabbage; coarse or unfermented m'
nure is not good. Ashes, plaster
N. Paris. bone dust. poudrette, and III
tie salt will be found beneficial. Gus
no is excellent.
= Storing for Winter.-Select som
: dry piece Of ground from which II
water drains readily, and having car
. ed the crop convenient, one hand selz'
g 8 the roots, while another strips of a fe
md Of the lower leaves, and doubles Il
others around the head, and holds
upon the ground, while the other har
= lays on dirt enough to keep it in plac
: Afterwards 60 over and earth up u
rows all into smooth straight ridg
for that will shed the rains into the tu
'el rows, which in their turn will car
sy. off all the water that falls. Three
- four inches Of earth will preserve the
from any injury from the frost quite
+ tectually.
- U,,headed Cabbages.-There are
ten many Of these when the crop is
Of thered at the approach Of winter, COZ
monty thrown away as useless. Tn
may be rendered fine for spring use
transplanting them in a close dout
= lrow, and then covering them vi