. Elements of agriculture, southern and western. Agriculture; Agriculture. THICK CROPS 229 potatoes, saving moisture enough and preserving the seed are the greatest difficulties. The small potatoes of the first crop are spread out in a good shade and partially covered with straw or leaves. They are allowed to lie till sprouts appear, and are generally planted whole. Cutting will make them come up quicker, but they are liable to rot when cut. The fall-grown crop makes good seed the fol- lowing spring. Hotbeds. — A hotbed is made by mixing stable manure, cotton seed, etc., and surrounding this w
. Elements of agriculture, southern and western. Agriculture; Agriculture. THICK CROPS 229 potatoes, saving moisture enough and preserving the seed are the greatest difficulties. The small potatoes of the first crop are spread out in a good shade and partially covered with straw or leaves. They are allowed to lie till sprouts appear, and are generally planted whole. Cutting will make them come up quicker, but they are liable to rot when cut. The fall-grown crop makes good seed the fol- lowing spring. Hotbeds. — A hotbed is made by mixing stable manure, cotton seed, etc., and surrounding this with a suitable. Fig. 8i).—Small Hotbed frame and covering with glass as shown in Figure 89. The rotting manure produces heat, and the sun's rays enter through the glass, which at the same time pre- vents the escape of heat from the bed. Some hotbeds have flues underneath and are heated by fires. By either plan, plenty of w^armth can be controlled to grow any plant. Tomatoes. — Tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, etc., are started in January in the Gulf States. The tomato plants are taken out of the hotbed about February and trans-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Welborn, W. C; Ness, H; Sanborn, Charles Emerson, 1877-; Marstellar, R. P. New York, The Macmillan company
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