. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. ng and keep it watering at first will do littleharm, but when ready for the bedscompost should be in such conditionthat when squeezed in the handwater will not readily drop from growers cover the piles with three inches of dirt before and after the first turning. Equally successfulgrowers, however, use no dirt in the compost. Dirt seems only to shortenthe time necessary for composting. When ready for the beds the manurehas lost all objectionable odors, and the straw has changed from yellowto dark br
. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. ng and keep it watering at first will do littleharm, but when ready for the bedscompost should be in such conditionthat when squeezed in the handwater will not readily drop from growers cover the piles with three inches of dirt before and after the first turning. Equally successfulgrowers, however, use no dirt in the compost. Dirt seems only to shortenthe time necessary for composting. When ready for the beds the manurehas lost all objectionable odors, and the straw has changed from yellowto dark brown. Filling the Beds.—The beds in common use are flat, 8 inches deep and6 feet wide, built in tiers of shelves five or six beds to the tier. The boardsused are generally chestnut, 1 inch by 8 inches by 12 feet. These are lappedloosely so they may be easily dumped. The bottom beds should be filled first, so that the operator will havehead room. They should then be firmed {i. e., leveled by light poundingwith back of fork); if not wet, the manure may be tramped. Firming. Turning the Compost. 02 SUCCESSFUL FARMING lessens cvajjonition and prevents burning during the secondary filled the house is closed, and in a day or two the tenijMTature rises,sometimes to 120° F., thi-n slowly drojjs to nonual. One ton of manure willfill approximately ()5 square feet of bed 8 inches (hep. the best American brick spawn should Ix? usi-d.
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