HOTBED AND COLD FRAME 



one hundred feet, a one sash hotbed is suffi- 

 cient. The pit should be dug in the fall and 

 the hotbed made complete so that it may be 

 filled before the frosts have passed. The sash 

 should be bought in the fall and stored where 

 there is no danger of accident to the glass, and 

 the hotbed covered with boards to keep out 

 the snow. The pit should be six feet four 

 inches long and three feet four inches wide 

 and two feet six inches deep. The site for the 

 hotbed should always be well drained, so that 

 there is no danger of the melting snow filling 

 the excavated space and preventing the fer- 

 mentation of the manure. In the South where 

 the winters are mild the pits are only twelve 

 inches in depth, but in the North the depth 

 mentioned above is necessary. 



The frame may be made of wood, concrete, 

 brick, or stone, the most common material used 

 being wood, and it may be constructed on the 

 south side of the house or shed. The building 

 protects the hotbed from winds. It should 

 always be constructed so as to get the greatest 



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