. 1915 Griffith and Turner Co. : farm and garden supplies . w days the bed maybe covered with soil to the depthof about 2 inches. If in a closedcellar or mushroom house, waitabout ten days, but if in open shedfive days will do. If the soil ispoor, add a liberal quantity of bonemeal. It requires a. period of 5 to 7weeks before they are ready for use. Two pounds of spawn are suf-ficient for a bed 3 feet by 6 feet. Mushrooms can be readily grownin cellars, stables, sheds or are successively grown on ashelf in an ordinary cellar, andyield sufficient crops to compensatethe grower for his
. 1915 Griffith and Turner Co. : farm and garden supplies . w days the bed maybe covered with soil to the depthof about 2 inches. If in a closedcellar or mushroom house, waitabout ten days, but if in open shedfive days will do. If the soil ispoor, add a liberal quantity of bonemeal. It requires a. period of 5 to 7weeks before they are ready for use. Two pounds of spawn are suf-ficient for a bed 3 feet by 6 feet. Mushrooms can be readily grownin cellars, stables, sheds or are successively grown on ashelf in an ordinary cellar, andyield sufficient crops to compensatethe grower for his effort. The spaceunder greenhouse benches or stag-ings will suit them exactly, usingmaterials in tlie same manner asdescriliid. MUSHROOMS ON P A S T XT B ELAND OB LAWN.—About the firstof June take pieces of spawn aninch square and lift the sod witha trowel or spade just sufficient toget a spawn under it, and then pressthe soil down hard. Set the spawn1 to 2 feet apart. In a favorableseason a crop may be expected in3 or 4 months from the time 20 ^ GRIFFITH ®. TURNER CO. >^ ONION SEED CULTIVAnON TO GROW IiARGE ONIONS FROM SEED.—The seed should be sown as early as possible in tbespiiiiy, as they grow much better during the cool weather, and should malce most of their growthbefore tl-e hot weatlier sets in. Sow > pounds of seed to the acre for ]ar,?e onions. THE NEW ONION CUIiTTJRE.—Sow the seed in hotbed and transplant early as possible to open ground. They can be grown very successfully by this plan.
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