SUCCESS IN MARKET GARDENING 



four inches from the upper edge of the plank, and 

 twenty-two inches in front, and of the length 

 required, so as to make room for the manure. 

 Prepare the required heat by selecting moderately 

 coarse horse manure four or five days before using, 

 turning it once or twice. A horse-cart-load con- 

 taining about thirty-six feet is sufficient for a bed 

 six feet square, or for two sashes, the depth of the 

 manure being one foot. This should be trodden 

 down, and made smooth on top; then put in the 

 loam from under the next two sashes, cover to 

 the depth of eight inches, and continue in this 

 manner as far as required; then bring the loam 

 which was taken from the first two sashes, and 

 put it under the last, which completes the bed. 



For heating material, various articles are some- 

 times used, such as hop waste from the breweries, 

 cotton waste, etc.; but where fresh horse manure 

 can be obtained at anything like reasonable rates, 

 it is far better, and, all things considered, is 

 actually more economical; as the manure can, 

 of course, be used on the land after it has served 

 its purpose in the beds; and it is then, as ordinarily 

 considered, worth half the original cost. Then, 

 too, where manure is used the ammonia which 



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