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Mushrooms {Agaricus Campcstris). This is a very 

 peculiar crop, and one tliat is found in many respects 

 quite difficult to grow. The best plan is as follows : 

 Take fresh horse manure and shake out all the straw 

 and coarse part, using; nothing but the fine portion of 

 it. Mix this with fresh loam, one part loam to two 

 parts manure, and turn the pile every day to keep it 

 from burning, until the fiery heat is nearly all out of it. 

 Construct the bed about four feet wide and as long as 

 required, putting in the prepared material about eight 

 inches deep, and making it very solid as it is put 



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in. Let it remain in this condition, until the tempera- 

 ture has become reduced to 90°; then make holes two 

 or three inches deep, at a distance of twelve inches 

 apart each way, into which put the spawn in pieces 

 about as large as a hen's egg. Cover the spawn and 

 let it remain undisturbed for eight or ten days ; then 



