Show mushroom cultivation in france four of the united states consuls iu in france have made reports on mushroom cultivation in that cou country otry the industry is a very considerable one e employing mP lOVing capital in and aroutin P aris alone of over it a million of a quarter sterling the production being valued anhalt at half a million sterling while sixty wholesale firms in pa is deal exclusively in mushrooms the utmost care appears to be required in every one of the probest processes es necessary for the artificial arti fical production arnd notion neglect in any one spoiling the who whole ae crop there must be a cool and even temperature a certain moisture in the atmosphere and darkness or at least an ab ence of sunshine A jihn steady air current moving always in the same direction and if pos possible gible from north to south is also important in the department of the seine alone there are said to be over caves in in which mushrooms are grown and in these live people champignon 1 anistes who rarely see the daylight the caves are usually exhausted stone quarries the descent into them being by way of rope ladders A mushroom bed yields daily for about three months and then the soil is exhausted and is of no more use and a new bed has to be prepared hence by timely preparations oi of fresh beds mushrooms can be picked fresh throughout the year |