. The Utah Farmer : Devoted to Agriculture in the Rocky Mountain Region. Construction (Continued from page 3) They can be purchased from almostany seed house or planing mll, eitherglazed or unglazed. The glazed sash,or sash with glass already placed init, costs about $ per sash. Theunglazed sash costs about $ persash and the glass or filling it costs$ to $ per box. A box of glasscontains fifty square feet. The costis practically the same in both The frame is usually built of cement are sometimes used andserves the purpose very nicely. They should be the
. The Utah Farmer : Devoted to Agriculture in the Rocky Mountain Region. Construction (Continued from page 3) They can be purchased from almostany seed house or planing mll, eitherglazed or unglazed. The glazed sash,or sash with glass already placed init, costs about $ per sash. Theunglazed sash costs about $ persash and the glass or filling it costs$ to $ per box. A box of glasscontains fifty square feet. The costis practically the same in both The frame is usually built of cement are sometimes used andserves the purpose very nicely. They should be the same tuickness through-out the hed and the seed bed must belevel for watering. The frame can then be put over it,fitted in properly and the loose dirtthat was thrown out banked up at theoutside of tne walls to a depth of fromsix to ten inches. This gives protec-tion from the winds and closes anyholes between the surface of theground and the bottom of the framethrough which any neat might escape. The hotbed thus for completed, mayhave the sash placed over it and left. Fig. Flat of lettuce plants. make a very durable wall, that willlast for a long time, but the costhardly warrants their use. Any avail-able old boards may be used in itsconstruction. It is advisable, however,to use durable material at least oneinch thick and so shaped as to makethe walls air tight. The north wallof the frames should be 24 incheshigh, and the south wall 12 incheshigh, giving the sash, when placed up-on the frame, a 12 inch slope towardthe south, The ends of the frame aresecurely built and cut so as to fitclose up along the sash. Fasten crosspieces of two-inch by four-inch mater-ial to the north and south walls of theframe, placing these about three feetapart or so as to close the openingsbetween the sashes. These preventloss of heat, give support to theshashes and keep the frame fromspringing out of shape. The four corner posts, on the insideof the frame, are usually made of two-inch by four inch m
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