Show EARLY rb T ur I 1 vegetables IN HOTBED I 1 N I 1 az g 1 04 in order to have early vegetables vegetable a you must start them in a hotbed Is not at all difficult to make you can buy hotbed sash or of any length and three feet wide the best size is sag dig a pit two feet deep it should be protected from the north and west winds by hillside hedge or trees make alake a frame of one and one fourth inch boards to fit the pit the upper ade side should be about six inches higher than the lower so the water will run oil of tho the glass freely use two by three inch stuff for sash supports across tuo the frame place horse manure containing plenty of straw in the bottom ot of qa ag pit tramping down finaly in myers soggy heavy manure will baka and prove unsatisfactory when the bed bad la is filled within six inches of tile tha top it should have a springy feeling under foot put a thermometer in the hotbed so the heat may be regulated seeds should not ha be planted until tho the temperature pera ture la is about 80 degrees degreer when the bed la Is first made it will be much hotter ihan him that put six inches of good soil eoll on top of tho the manure and plant the seeds directly in that but many prefer to sow BOW the seed in shallow boxes and then transfer the plants planta to the h hotbed abed the totted abe should bo be made about two wee a before time to sow BOW seed raise the sash a little every morning for i entila tion this Is t essential but do lot at let the tha cold air blow directly c 01 the planta ne do suro sure the tha sash saah la is close at night |