Productive farming . of ten-acre farm-school. The rotation of crops is to be changed tosuit each locality. (Agricultural Education.) Set the plant a little deeper than it grew before. Water,if necessary, before filling in all the dirt. Fill in around theroots and plant with the very finest soil. Press this downwell, but leave a httle quite loose on top. Hot=bed or Cold=frame.—For the starting of early vege-tables a hot-bed is of great aid. Plants may be grown in itto be set in the garden later. Early crops of lettuce and GARDENING 177 radish may be groTrtii during late winter. Make a tightfram
Productive farming . of ten-acre farm-school. The rotation of crops is to be changed tosuit each locality. (Agricultural Education.) Set the plant a little deeper than it grew before. Water,if necessary, before filling in all the dirt. Fill in around theroots and plant with the very finest soil. Press this downwell, but leave a httle quite loose on top. Hot=bed or Cold=frame.—For the starting of early vege-tables a hot-bed is of great aid. Plants may be grown in itto be set in the garden later. Early crops of lettuce and GARDENING 177 radish may be groTrtii during late winter. Make a tightframe of boards, perhaps six by nine feet, or to suit the sizeof the glass (Fig. 98). This should be about two feet deepon the north side and six or eight inches less on the southside. This gives a slope to the window sash to catch therays of the sun. The hot-bed should have in the bottom ten inches offirmly tramped horse manure that has begun to heat a little,Cover this ?ndth five or six inches of rich garden Fig 98.—A back-yard hot-bed. These sashes -were made for tliis special purpose?with lap glasses to shed off water. The cold-frame is made in the same way but does nothave the heating manure in the bottom to warm the is usually placed on the south side of a building or highfence to secure the best effects from the suns heat. Care must be exercised not to let the temperature inthese frames vary too much. On cold nights, carpets orblankets may be throwTi over the glass. When the sun isvery hot, the glass is raised a little or taken off to let outthe surplus moisture and hot air (Fig. 99). Double Cropping.—Market gardeners often raise twoor more crops on the same ground in a season. This is calleddouble cropping,12 178 PRODUCTIVE far:mixg If the crops follow one after another it is succession-cropping. Such crops must mature quickly. Early peas orradish or lettuce may be followed by tomatoes, late cabbageor celery. If the crops are grown together in the garde
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