MARKET GARDENIXG AND FARMERS' GARDENS. HSS 



growing crops. The garden being near the stables and yard, 

 should receive many barrels of liquid manure during the season. 



Eack subsequent season this heavy manuring should be con- 

 tinued, but the compost should be varied. If manure from the 

 hog pen is composted this year, use horse manure the next, 

 night soil the third, etc. Rotation of maix'.ires is often as essen- 

 tial as rotation of crops. 



Cold Frames. One-half the enjoyment and two-thirds of 

 the profit in raising garden stuff is in having it early in the 

 season. This is accomplished by means of cold frames or hot 

 beds. The cold frame consists simply of plank, set on edge 

 around the garden beds, and covered with sash. Two or three 

 weeks can be gained by the use of these in growing early vege- 

 tables, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc. Cold frames and hot 

 beds should face south, or southeast, and be protected on the 

 northeast and northwest by a tight board fence. We would 

 advise every man to have a small hot-bed for forcing a few early 

 plants. Dig a trench four to five feet wide, two feet deep, and 

 ten feet long. Board it up with any old plank to eighteen 

 inches above the level of the ground, making the portion 

 above ground pretty tight. You can nail slats across the 

 frames in any shape, to receive your sash. The heating mate 

 rial is fresh horse dung composted with its equal bulk of 

 leaves. Draw them to the vicinity of the hot-bed and mix them 

 in a conical heap, until they heat, which will be shown by the 

 escape of vapors, when the heap should be turned over and leil 

 for the second heat. When this takes place fill the trench, 

 treading down the compost till it is even with the surface. 

 Now put on the soil six inches deep. A portion of the surface 

 soil that was thrown out, mixed with one-third the quantity 

 of old hog manure, will be the best. 



Market gardeners use straw mats for covering their hot- 



