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' • • GARDENING. 



Oct. /, 



"Select a shed, out-building or wagon 

 house, having a clay floor. An empty 

 horse stall might answer, but the danger 

 would be of too much dryness. An out- 

 side shed or wagon house is more likely 

 to have a damp floor; but no water must 

 be admitted, either from the roof or from 

 surface drainage. 



"Upon this floor spread horse manure 

 that has never been wet bv rains or sur- 

 face w ater. The water of the stable will 

 do no harm. This manure may be put in 

 all at once or in successive la_vers until it 

 attains a depth of three, four or even six 

 inches. Loam in small quantity, mixed 

 with it, will do no harm, and will add to 

 its solidity. This manure may be walked 

 upon and tramped until it is (|uite firm. 

 The writer has sometimes run a small 

 roller over it, and has sometimes turned 

 a horse loose upon it for a day or so, in 

 order to get it well tramped. Then let it 

 alone for six or eight weeks. 



"The upper partof thebed, whenitisex- 

 posed to the air, will become very dry, 

 but the lower part, next the clay floor, 

 will never lose its moisture. In the lower 

 part, in fromsixty to ninety days, natural 

 spawn of the rankest quality will be de- 

 veloped; and spawn thus procured may 

 be saved for use in that shape. It may be 

 put at once into a prepared mushroom 

 bed or it may be dried for future use. If 

 dried it will retain its potency for an in- 

 definite time." 



Some of our readers perhaps wish to 

 ask: Can't I make my own spawn as 

 well and cheaply as l" can buy it? We 

 answer, no. If you are a verv large 

 grower of mushrooms you might be able 

 to; otherwisethe chancesareyou'd neither 

 make good spawn nor grow'many mush- 

 rooms. Better buy what spawn you need. 



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