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Show MAKING A COLD FRAME BED. Directions For Mixing the CsnersU and Filling the Farms. The following direction are given by the Rural Nqw Yorker for making a four Bash bed,- which of courao could be extended to any length desired. A standard hotbed sash Is 8 by 0 feet Lay out tho bed six feet eight lnchca wide by twolvo feet ton lnchca long. Tho concrete walla aro six Inches thick. Dig the foundation trenches two feet six inches deep within tho linos given above. Make forms of ono Inch turn bor to carry tho south (front) wall six Inches and tho north (back) wall fourteen four-teen Inches nbovo tho ground. Forms nre not required below ground level. Tho tops of the cud Avails slope to tlio others. Before tilling tho forms with concrete test tho dimensions of tho bed by moans of the sash. Seo that tho sash lap tho forms two inches on all sides. Mix tho concrete mushy wet in tho proportion of ono bag of coment to two and one-half cubic feet of Band to flvo cubic feet of crushed rock or ono bag of cement to flvo cubic feot of bank run gravel. Fill tho forms without with-out stopping for auythlng. Tlo tho walls together at tho corners by laying in them old iron rods bcut to right angles. Whllo placing the concroto set half inch bolts about two foot apart to hold tho wooden top framing of tho GOLD FBAM1C dKOOVKD ?OB BASH. From tho Rural Now Yorker. bed to the concroto or mnko grooves in the top of tho concroto for counter sinking tho sash to tho lovol of tho walls with an alloWanco of one-quarter Inch for clearance. This can bo dono by temporarily imbedding in tho concrete con-crete wooden strips of the necessary dimensions. During this operation, by means of blocks nailed to the strips, make provision for tho 'center bars do-scribed do-scribed below. Remove the strips us soon as the concreto stiffens. Take down the forms after flvo days. The extra two and flvc-cighths inches in ' length of tho bod is allowanco for the thrpo center bars between the sash. These sash supports are of dres3ed one inch stuff shaped like a capital.) 'T" turned upside down. The length of the stem of the "T" is equal to tho thickness thick-ness of the sash, and tho top is three Inches wide. Sufficient materials for tho concreto will bo supplied by fourteen four-teen bags of cement, one and a quarter nnliln vnrilct nf annrl nnrt twr. nrwl miw half cubic yards of crushed rock or fourteen bags of cement and two and a hulf yards of pit gravel at a cost of about $10. Ryo Pasture For Pigs. For fall litters thero is nothing quite equal to a patch of ryo. On tho ryo thoy and their dams will bo moro healthy und growthy. In an open winter win-ter or where the ground is not covered cov-ered with snow tho ryo field will furnish fur-nish ulmost ideal green feed for full pigs ut weaning timo. Whore green feed Is not provided it too often happens hap-pens that little or no growth is secured on full pigs. In that caso tho profit is lacking, as a small amount of growth will not bo sufficient oven to pay for the feed that has been eaten. A patch of green, luscious rye will change all that and make tho profit whoro otherwise other-wise tbore would bo loss. Farm Progress. |