Devices for Forcing, Forwarding, and Protecting. 139 



Cheap Method of Forcing in Pits. A very simple method 

 of forcing in pits is fully described in the chapter dealing with 

 the cultivation of seakale, to which the reader is directed for 

 details. Besides seakale the method is equally well adapted to 

 the forcing of rhubarb, asparagus, chicory, &c., and may be 

 made to yield really first-class produce from November to 

 April, during which period three crops in succession can be 

 taken. Being cheap and easy to work it is especially suited 

 to the requirements of the man with very limited means. 



The accompanying illustration is from a photograph of a 

 forcing pit in actual operation; it will be observed that the 

 materials used in its construction are of a rough and ready 

 description, but it is none the less efficient on that account. 



Rough Pit for Forcing Rhubarb, Seakale, Chicory, and Asparagus, 



