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HOME PROJECT 9 

 TOMATO RAISING 



Early in the spring, or perhaps in February, send to a 

 good seed house for tomato seeds. Get at least two varieties 

 Chalk's Early Jewel, Livingston's Globe, Matchless, Stone, 

 Earliana, or Ponderosa. 



Making the hotbed. Select a place at the south side of 

 some building for the hotbed. Dig an oblong space, three 

 feet wide, six feet long, and eighteen inches deep. Make a 

 wall of posts and boards fitting close to the side of the beds, 

 or, perhaps better, make a bottomless box to fit into the bed. 

 Make the back wall three feet high and eighteen inches above 

 the surface of the ground. A two-by-four set in from back 

 to front across the middle will make a support for the win- 

 dow sash which is to cover the bed. 



The heat for the hotbed is commonly supplied by the fer- 

 mentation of horse manure. The manure from livery stables 

 is usually best. Perhaps as much as half of the whole mate- 



