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cabbages were broken off and given to young Cattle with Straw. Two very lean Oxen and a Cow were put to them at that time, and kept on them till the beginning of March; they were then quite fat and sold to the Butcher each 80 Stone 14 lb. The Cow was above half fat when she began the Cabbages, and was compleated in an high degree by the beginning of March.

One of the Oxen had his Cabbages weighed to him; he cut 15. Stone or 210 lb. and half a Stone of hay every 24. hours.

Before the Milch Cows were put to the Cabbages, the milk of one of them was measured, and again three days after She had fed on them; the quantity was increased two quarts per day, but it lasted of the Cabbages.

The Cows in general took to them with great eagerness, and they agreed well with them. The Calves also throve well on them. The Sheep fatted well and were sold from the Cabbages at 43s. per head to the butcher. The young Cattle did much better on the leaves and Straw, than ever before on Hay or Straw alone.

The Anjou Cabbages were planted in a rich black loam and clay, after Oats, but on a winter fallow. The Seed was sown in March, and the Plants set in the beginning of May, in rows four feet asunder, and two feet from Plant to Plant. They were horse hoed twice and as often hand hoed. They began to be used a little after Michaelmas, at three feet and an half high, by cutting the leaves and leaving the Stems. They were given to Milch Cows, who liked them at first, but the leaves withering catchword in /catchword