The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1855-01-05

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sirabe end is that WIZ MA s,a,as ,,,s -
adopted in the New England ! I'm. We in
best farmers and gardeners there. 4fasssassS
vito toit attention in, this region, as we not
unfrequently see much cabbage, which fail
ed to head in the fall from various causes.
either pulled up and fed to the stock or left
a prey to the frost.
Select a suitable spotin garden or field,
SIX feet in width of any desired length, free
from standing water; run a furrow the pro-
posed length OF your bed, and throw back
furrow upon.it. This double furrow viii form,
SIDE ,caH of your cabbage house. In the
trench stand your cabbages on their roots
leaning towards the furrow at an angle of
of 40 to 45 deg. Let the next furrow be
thrown upon the roots and stocks Of the cab,
bages, and another row be placed in the
trench made by the second furrow thus pro-
ceed until your six feet of width is planted.
then let the last furrow be a double one
making the other side wall about the height
of the cabbage heads. Through the whole
length of the middle of the patch lay rails
lengthwise, supported by crutchcs, at a
height of about two feet from the cabbages
this will form the ridge Of the cabbage house
Lay light brushwood from the side walls to
the ridge pole; then throw on sait hay, or
bog hay, or straw, two inches in depth. Az
the cold weather advances, throw on dirt ul,.
I'll You have depthof, say six oreight inch
es---or even more when the winters are Sc
we're, and finally spank the dirt roof with tie
flat of q spade, until it will shed the rain
Fill up the two ends of your house in the
same manner, leaving only small air.h6les of
foot ortwo diameter, which may be closed
with hay, and opened occasionally on a fair
day. Thclength Of the house should be on
north and south line.
In the early spring you willfnd your most
unpromising plants have heads of their own;
and all be thriving and fresh. Try it once,
and you'll tryit ever afterwards.
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NOT BAD.-A gcnuine "pown Easter"
was Lately essaying to appropriatea a square
OF exceedingly tough beef ut dinner, in n
Wisconsin hoteL His convulsive efforts with
his knife and fork attracted the attention aud
smiles of the rest of the company, VINO were
in tue same predicalnent as himself. AZ
last "JonathanS" patience vanished under i'll
success, when laying down his utensils he
burst out with, "Srangers, You needn't laff
if you hant got no regardsfor the land
lords feelings, soa orter hare some respect
for tie oid6"'i ~ This sally brought down
the house" " e.. -,s. o
GrANoDEscoyERIEs.-Th The Guano depos.
it which was recently discovered by an Amer.
can slnpmastcs upon Bird Island, a Short
distance 50 the eastward of St. Thomas, to-
wards Basbadoes, is said to be equal 10 at
least three or four hundred thousand tons,
and in quality, it approaches that of the
Chincha Islands. The New York lost says,
that another Island has been discovered with
at least a million tons on il, the locality OF
which is yet secret Measures are now taking
for the organization Of 3 company to bring
the guano teanarket. The value of this arti,
Gle 10 the farmer makes these discoverie.
matter Of general importance. ''