. E. H. Hunt : seedsman . Any dark room, cellar or pit where the temper a t u r e can be kept from 5o°to 60° will do for the culture of mush r o o ms. Gather one bushel of soil from some old pasture, and add to it two - bushels of fresh horse manure. Previous to mixing, the manure should be turned a number of times to get rid of the heat. Dig out a bed to the depth of one foot, and at the botton spread a layer of coarse manure; then lay down successive layers of the mixture until the bed is filled. Pound the layers down hard as you put them in. In a few days the bed will become quite hot; let
. E. H. Hunt : seedsman . Any dark room, cellar or pit where the temper a t u r e can be kept from 5o°to 60° will do for the culture of mush r o o ms. Gather one bushel of soil from some old pasture, and add to it two - bushels of fresh horse manure. Previous to mixing, the manure should be turned a number of times to get rid of the heat. Dig out a bed to the depth of one foot, and at the botton spread a layer of coarse manure; then lay down successive layers of the mixture until the bed is filled. Pound the layers down hard as you put them in. In a few days the bed will become quite hot; let the temperature recede until it reaches about 90°, then make holes in the bed at a distance of one foot apart and put in each two or three pieces of the spawn the size of a walnut; cover the holes, pressing the soil hard. At the ex])iration of ten days cover the whole with two inches of fresh loam. In eight weeks or less the mushrooms will make their appearance, and will continue coming for a month. English. By mail, 25c. ib.; by express, lb., 15c.; 8 lbs., $ Ou7' pound and quart prices include postage
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