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Show Vtlnt.r Wlabla Successful experiments have been made recently In the forcing of tho growth of asparagus in the field In winter by the help of steam Narrow trenches about -four Inches deep aro dug between the rows and covered with boards, so as to form little tunnels. tun-nels. Steam from a boiler Is forced Into the tunnels through a hose, penetrating pene-trating the soil and keeping the latter moist and warm The process has to bo performed only onco a day, for five minutes at a time, and the results obtained have been quite remarkable. Within recent years salad plants, to-matooa, to-matooa, mutkmelons, green corn. beans and other garden products have been added one after another, to the list of greenhouse crops, rendering these delicacies nvallable for winter uso and giving delight to epicures, while putting much money Into tho pockets of tho producers. Necessarily such products are expensive, and no little Interest attaches therefore to efforts ef-forts which the Department of Agriculture Agri-culture Is making to find means whereby where-by persons in modest circumstances may force some kinds of garden truck for their own use during tho cold weather.- Philadelphia Tolegraph |