Show electric hotbeds to suit average needs use during entire r year with profit f science has invaded the hosed hotly i field and to a large extent has hai die bated the replace replacement ment ol of manure 4 s a heating agent with electricity which generates the desired te ten pera ture in the bed by means all ot i special soil heating cable S the cable cabic preferably should d be t buried from 4 to 6 inch inches es be neach the surface where it Is out ol of the way although it may bi K y placed flush with the ground suh sixt 11 feet e t ol of cable Is r regarded Is as 14 id quate for a st standard 6 by 6 bed with strands spaced 7 inches a part apart and uniformly laid back an forth across the e entire bed in northern states a standard ho ha bed with thermostat will use brorn aror vi to idt 1 kilowatt hours of electricity electr lah per day tor for each 3 by 6 foot glass glas covered sash depending on oa hi the weather the protection given thi the bed and the temperature inabin I 1 jr installing soil heating equip ment straw has been placed in the bottom of the bed to provide better drainage tamed the use of a themo thermostat stat makes the operation of the bed ail a to matIc lc saves power and give gihei the grower control over plant development plants in electrical heated hotbeds should be watered frequently most users specifying specify ingi 5 quarts per sash I 1 studies made by the united states stale department of agriculture record that seeds germinate and plants gro grow w in from 20 to SO 30 per tent cent less lesi time in electric hotbeds than in those in which manure Is the heating eats agent |