Agriculture for beginners . eans of steam and hot-water pipes to make warm cUmatesin these glass houses. Many acres of land in the coldersections of the country- are covered with heated glass houses,and in them during the \\inter are produced fine crops oftomatoes, lettuce, radishes, cauliflowers, eggplants, and othervegetables. Thedegree of perfec-tion which theseattain in spite ofha\ing such arti-ficial culture, andtheir freshness ascompared to theproducts broughtfrom a great dis-tance, have madewinter gardeningunder glass a ver\-profitable it is a busi-ness that calls for the h
Agriculture for beginners . eans of steam and hot-water pipes to make warm cUmatesin these glass houses. Many acres of land in the coldersections of the country- are covered with heated glass houses,and in them during the \\inter are produced fine crops oftomatoes, lettuce, radishes, cauliflowers, eggplants, and othervegetables. Thedegree of perfec-tion which theseattain in spite ofha\ing such arti-ficial culture, andtheir freshness ascompared to theproducts broughtfrom a great dis-tance, have madewinter gardeningunder glass a ver\-profitable it is a busi-ness that calls for the highest skill and the closest attention, Xo garden, even for home use, is complete without someglass sashes, and the garden will be all the more successfulif there is a small heated greenhouse for starting plants thatare afterwards to be set in the garden. Hotbeds. If there is no greenhouse, a hotbed is animportant help in the garden. The bed is made bv dig-ging a pit two feet deep, seven feet wide, and as long asnecessar) Fig. S3. Setiing Plants in a Cold-Fr.\me 92 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS The material for the hotbed is fresh horse manure mixed with leaves. This is thrown into a heap to heat. As soon as steam is seen coming from the heap the manure is turned over and piled again so that the outer part is thrown inside. When the whole is uniformly heated and has been turned two or three times, it is packed firmly into the pit already dug. A frame six feet wide, twelve inches high on the north side and eight inches on the south side and as long as the bed is to be, is now made of plank. This is set upon the heated manure, thus leaving six inches on each side outside the frame. More manure is then banked all around it, and three or four inches of fine light and rich soil are placed in-F,G. 84. The Gladiolus ^.^^ ^^^ ^^^^^_ The frame is then covered with hotbed sashes six feetlong and three feet wide. These slide up and down on stripsof wood let into the sides of the frame. A t
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