VARIOUS FORCING METHODS. 87 



at the local agricultural fairs and prove a splendid ad- 

 vertisement for the grower. 



A Good Plan for forcing in the early spring although 

 somewhat more expensive than the one of heaping up 

 earth, is by use of frames made by driving stakes into 

 the ground each side of the row between every pair of 

 hills. These project three feet above ground, and leave 

 two feet between the opposite rows of stakes. Slant the 

 stakes one way a little so that they are only 15 inches 

 apart at top. Fasten the laths to the top of the stakes. 



FoBciNG WITH Liquid Manubb. 



and also along the sides. Then cover the frame all over 

 with fresh, strawy stable manure, making a layer about 

 one and one-half feet thick. Inside the frame the temper- 

 ature will be quite high, sometimes 60 degrees or more. 

 If it rises too high, holes may be made through the top of 

 the frame for ventilation. This plan will force the rhu- 

 barb almost as well as a hotbed and does not require 

 transplanting the plants. It does not permanently weak- 

 en the plants as it does to put them in greenhouse fore- 



