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fore there is any chill close up tightly. On 

 cold, cloudy, windy days the sash need not be 

 touched. If there should come warm rains, 

 strip the sash off altogether ; and if not, sprinkle 

 often tepid water, as this greatly hastens the 

 growth. 



The spring of '71 was very mild and open, 

 and I had lettuce under glass fit for use the 

 I /th of March. It was not full grown by any 

 means, but pretty fairly so, and by the 24th it 

 was selling rapidly. My sales for that season 

 amounted to sixty-one dollars averaging 

 about four cents a head. In the spring of '72 

 my lettuce sold for ninety-one dollars and 

 eighty-two cents. I have a third more glass 

 in '73 than ever before, and hope for corre- 

 spondingly large receipts. After the first of 

 June the demand for this vegetable is not 

 worth mentioning, and the main crop is forced 

 under glass. 



