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Show FARM fl! and rr ! BEES VENTILATE HOT-BED FRAMES Temperature Carried Depends Greatly on Crop Being Grown Prevent Plants Becoming "Drawn." By W. R. BEATTIE.) The temperature at which the air of hotbeds should be carried will depend de-pend entirely upon the crop being grown. Thermometers should be placed at intervals In the beds, as it. is not safe to judge the temperature by personal sens;. n. If lettuce, parsley, or radishes are growing in the beds, the temperature should not go above 70 degrees F. before ventilation venti-lation is given; on the other hand, ff the frames are filled with cucumbers, Sash-Covered Frames, Showing a Fence Used to Break the Force of the Wind, and Notched Sticks Used Under the Sash for Ventilating the Beds. egg-plants, or peppers, the temperature tempera-ture may run'8 to 10 degrees higher. It should be borne in mind that any covering, whether cloth or sash, will exclude a part of the light, and every precaution is necessary to prevent, pre-vent, the plants becoming "drawn." The safest plan is to keep the temperature temper-ature a trifle low and thus retain the plants In a strong, thrifty condition. Where tender plants are being grown under cloth there is greater danger of injury from keeping them covered too tightly than from exposure to moderate cold. In the case of cloth-covered frames the covers are left off during bright weather and the plants subjected to open-air conditions. When there is danger of cold the covers are put on at night, and during unfavorable weather they are frequently left on during the day. While the cloth covers cov-ers conserve the heat, they at the same time exclude the sunlight, and If they are kept on too great a portion por-tion of the time the crops will become drawn and spindling. |