. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. 124 GLASS HOUSES FOR VEGETABLE CROPS. than was possible with hotbeds or coldframes or with the form of greenhouses used in the early days. The business of growing vegetable plants either for sale or home use has assumed large proportions. In some cases, the houses that have been used for the growing of vegetables or ilowers are used for this purpose, while in others spe- cial houses are used. Although not necessary, it will be convenient to have raised benc
. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. 124 GLASS HOUSES FOR VEGETABLE CROPS. than was possible with hotbeds or coldframes or with the form of greenhouses used in the early days. The business of growing vegetable plants either for sale or home use has assumed large proportions. In some cases, the houses that have been used for the growing of vegetables or ilowers are used for this purpose, while in others spe- cial houses are used. Although not necessary, it will be convenient to have raised benches in houses to be used for this purpose, at least enough to serve as seed-beds, other- wise the vegeta- ble houses will answer very well. Less care is re- quired in the con- struction of houses to be used exclusively for the starting of plants in the spring. The roof covering of small houses can be of hotbed sash, and the houses can be heated by means of flues. Types of houses. The forcing-houses in use thirty years ago, and which are occasionally found today, were about ten feet in width, with wooden walls and the roof covered with a row of hotbed sash on each side of the ridge. They were commonly heated with a flue. The width of the houses was gradually increased to about twenty feet. (Fig. 179.) The walls were either of posts covered with a double thickness of boards, or there was a row of glass one to two feet in width under the plates to furnish light and ventilation. In addition to the two benches about four feet wide found in narrow houses, these contained a bed or bench through the center about eight feet wide. While some of the houses of this size were heated with flues, hot water was more commonly used, although in large ranges steam was generally preferred. This width and style of house gives good satisfaction, and even today will be found very well suited to the pur- pose if only one or two small houses are required. The modern vegetable forcing-houses are more co
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