Show CHEAP u COLD FRAME FOR STARTING TOMATOES One Recommended ly Louisiana Experiment Station Can I Jo Adapted to Northern Conditions Eight feet wide and 30 feet long I will give sufllclcrit room to hold plants I for an acre of tomatoes Tlio cold I framo Is generally built In the center of tho field In which the plants are to ho set Set up 1x2 plank on edge all around tho edge of tho frame letting let-ting It run north and south Gable up tbo mills with 1x2 plank making tho gables about 5 feet high Provldo n rill go polo for tho center supporting It by 1x4 rafters over 1 feet Tho side plank Bhoutd 1m kept from spreading by stakes driven Into tho ground outside out-side tho bed and opposite the rafters I 4 iI z IMP = Cold Frame with Picket Fence for Background Those latter should run from the ridge polo to the top of the side plank Provide Pro-vide a cover of cheesecloth sown together to-gether large enough to cover tho whole structure and to lap well over ends and liMe plank Tack It In the center of the ridgepole and to the edges tack light poles the length of tho frame so tho cloth can bo rolled UI to the center Spade tho ground In tho framo good and deep work In a lot of well rotted manuro and have fine and level You arc now ready for tho plants A simpler cold frame can bo made by placlng It along tho south sldo of a picket fence III this case the matter mat-ter of construction Is greatly simplified simpli-fied Tho Illustration shows ono of this kind Tonitttoees should ho placed about four Inches each way Draw tho plants from the hotbed dry by loosening the dirt with a trowel Shake thorn free of dirt and net ono plant every four Inches In tho frame making a hole with a stick Inserting the plant and pressing tho earth firmly around It As soon as the plants are set water tho bed freely Tho transplanting transplant-ing Into tho cold frame can bo greatly facilitated by using the following tin plement A scantling 1x5 Inches and long enough tv reach across tho bed Is bored with a line of 1inch holes 4 1 Inches apart and with their centers 4 Inches from one edge Into these holes arc driven Inch pegs 4 Inches long and sloping toa point Wet the ground thoroughly placo this Implement Imple-ment across the bed pegs down and with tho wide cdgo next to tho last row set drive tho pegs into the ground by pressing or walking upon It and when removed you have holes for the plants clear across tho bed In bright warm weather roll up tho cover during tho daytime As tho plants approach tho time for setting I In tho field give more nlr and for a I week before setting withhold water I On warm nights leave tho cover up so I as to harden them Tho plants should I not be placed In the field until all danger I dan-ger of frost Is over |