Show P I PMUSHROOM RAISING How tho Industry Originated In Fraud IU prOne Edt It was noticed when Milan beds were lIra made In Franca that quantities of uusbrooms grow on the freah earth mounds They proved to bn to profitable that Investigations were made to ascertain ascer-tain whether a regular crop night ibo i-bo obtained They have succeeded very wall and the tunihroom Industry ll today to-day qnlte a profitable one and the consumption con-sumption of mushrooms in France is something enormous The beds ore niudoaszollovva A dry clean place li selected One near tile month of a cavo is preferred as the mushroom are whiter when the nun 1iglitiIoCisnotren liThe Tho poHs covered with nianuro and then left undisturbed un-disturbed for a few days Too bed U I I then worked over and preened and beat on down into shape Ibis U I allowed to ZdIn remain about a week at tho end of which tlmo the proueM is repented and ha beds watered At the eud of anoth er week tho first turning must bo rotated ro-tated and tile uiae allowed to rest for three days The temperature is I carefully watched and tho first beat of fermentation is al ow ed to prate off before the bpavrg is own After this has been planted tho beds nro covered thinly with a prepared earth called Roptnge It Is kept qnlto moist for 40 days nt the end of which line the Binuhroomn begin to como up A continuous crop for three mouths may bo expected If tho bed receive the proper care The seed or blonc is ob trained by the market gardeners It is i made into bricks or cakes which will bo > good at tho end of two or three years If kept in a dry airy place |