MUSHROOM CULTURE 163 



house, or cellar but, of course, not one forming part of a 

 dwelling-house. 



Where manure cannot be obtained in sufficient 

 quantities to form a ridge, a supply of mushrooms may 

 be obtained in autumn and winter by deeply embedding 

 pieces of brick during August, in the cucumber frame. 

 The wealth of running foliage forms a suitable protection 

 against the light, and so the spawn soon throws out its 

 tiny buttons which speedily develop into full-sized 

 mushrooms. When it becomes necessary to clear away 

 the cucumber refuse, provide shelter by means of straw 

 and hay. 



After a mushroom crop is finished do not waste the 

 manure, it is valuable for a thousand purposes in the 

 spring. 



Leaflet No. 139 of the Board of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries treats of Mushroom Diseases. 



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