Show making hot beds take a strong box of the he size required having the top and bottom knocked out and le the sides made sloping to the front which should be cut town down to half the height of the back so as a to allow the rains to run off easily from the saab which may ile be common comman window irindow sash that will exactly fit the top of the box and that is well puttied and can keep out the rain to MAKE THE HOT BED having placed your frame where the bed is to stand fronting it to the he south or southeast take a pointed stick and maik the ground all around tile the inside of the frame then remove the frame fraine and dig out this space about eighteen inches deer deep Ws dove done replace the frame fra ille will sest pst immediately j on oil the edge cage of the pit then procure spine some stable i mai manure inre which ought to be fresh from the stable and place it near in a heap where you are maki ing the bed shake every fork full well to pieces i mixing I 1 the ion long with tile the ahoi t and now begin to make tl lie ie oed ed taking the long and short together mix them well and in such a way as to suffer no ito lii lump putting it in the boloin boJ JOIn of the pit let the bed rise in all its parts together to aher eh er as nearly as pos po able ible that is to say do i ot p it i too much in one part at one time beat the whole down with the fork as you proceed when you have shaken on oil dung to the thickness of four foin or five inches beat all ver over again acain alil and so on I 1 till the manure is about about nine nin e indies inches alom from tile the top of the front of the box now see that it esqui esquite is quite level and put on the glass tile the heat will b begin C in to rise rilie by the next morning anday noon of the second day it will be ready to receive the earth THE EARTH EA RTH should be dry a I 1 y not like dist d but not too toa wet and hoi flabe be rich and fresh and the bed should he filled ill up about six inches deep with it put on the sash or sashes and let lei them remain 1 on twenty four hours th then n take them off and stir the eat eaith th well with your bour hand for hands ai aie e the only hereafter to be used in ill tile the hot her bed EARTH is 15 TO BE LEVEL not dot sloping 01 ing like tile the glass tile the glass is sloping to meet in beet tile the sun still and turp turn off the wet the earth which was taken cut of the he pit should be hauled up tip round the outside of the frame so that no water may lie near it and now your bei bed is reidy ready fr for th the seed deed SOWING SEED IN THE hor BED take off the sashes or lights 11 and make inake little litls drills with wih your finger from the back of abo bed to the fron make them equidistant equi distant parallel and straight hl the I 1 drop your seeds along the drill regularly regular cover cove r all over neatly and smoothly write the t e names or imin hers and I 1 the lie date of the ss on br i a small piece of stiff paper put it into the cleft of a little stick and stick it into the ground put on your lie lights lits see that they fit wet wel and then says corbett Cor belt look upon your spring arih 1 I work as happily begun beann i management OF THE HOT BED the main principle is to give always as much air as the plants p ants will endorf taking advantage of every mild day to remove the he sashes and give the plants air even before the seeds begin to appear give air to the the bed every lay day unless it be very cold indeed THE USUAL WAY OF GIVING AIR is by bits b alti of thick board cut ike a wedge broad at one end and coming to a point at the other each light is lifted up either at the back or front of tile the frame fram e as the wind may be and the wedge 11 or tiller as if i I 1 is called is put in to hold the light up but if more ali air be wanted raise the lights higher and on a fine fi ne lay day tike take thim off entirely y WHEN cien THE PLANTS ARE ABE UP THEY WILL SOO SOON TELL YOU ABOUT all AIK for if they have not I 1 enough h t they will grow up long legged and will have sir sa al s e I 1 leaves and indeed if too much of air will and die lt let them hero grow birong s ong rather than han tall tal short stems broad seed leave very ery green these are the signs of good plants and proper man mamgam nt 4 re remember ni says corbett again out of a aho thousand san fallu I 1 res in hot bed culture nine hundred and 11 ninety nine arises from giving too little ail an WATERING THE HOT BED when it is is necessary to water I 1 take off the sashes one at a time and water with a watering warring pot that does not pour out heavily deavil v water just at dumel sunae and then lint aint down tile tights lie file heat will then rise use and your jour plants grow prodigiously cl INC THY HOT BEDS should high winds and velv erv sharp frosts set in in protect your bed with straw araw or moss and if a cold I 1 orall vest wind arke m ke a small screen of occo cornstalks corn stalks russia A OT olt U ass hasi or an old C soa i be lre kept ept to evv ar M e mh s in in case cae 6 f eail snow 1 01 I very vei y cold weather should these not b he convere convenient I 1 it use straw hay or 01 moss I 1 I 1 A |