. Agriculture and the farming business . Typical dasliecu hill, a new vegetablepotato for the South aud Southwest. substitute the 312 AGRICULTURE AND. THE FARMING BUSINESS 313 long. The manure must be fresh and contain a goodamount of straw. Pack the bed well by thoroughlytramping. Place on top of the bed a board frame six feet wide,twelve inches high at the north edge and six inches at thesouth. The frame may be as long as required. Afterplacing the frame in position, put in it a rich garden loamto the depth of three to six inches, packing and smoothingit well. Cover the frame with thirty-six
. Agriculture and the farming business . Typical dasliecu hill, a new vegetablepotato for the South aud Southwest. substitute the 312 AGRICULTURE AND. THE FARMING BUSINESS 313 long. The manure must be fresh and contain a goodamount of straw. Pack the bed well by thoroughlytramping. Place on top of the bed a board frame six feet wide,twelve inches high at the north edge and six inches at thesouth. The frame may be as long as required. Afterplacing the frame in position, put in it a rich garden loamto the depth of three to six inches, packing and smoothingit well. Cover the frame with thirty-six-inch glazed sash. If the manure is in good condition it will begin heatingalmost at once, and will soon raise the temperature of thesoil. Do not plant the seeds until the heating has beenwell tested and the temperature has begun to go will be in about three days. The hotbed is now readyto receive the seed. In raising the hotbed crop care must be taken to liftthe sasli during the warm part of bright days, and alsoto water sufficiently. Watering should be done in themorning on smmy days, otherwise the cooling may chill theplants. If th
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