MUSHROOM GROWING 89 



this is sufficient to keep up a temperature of from 

 45 to 50 on the surface of the beds, it is possible to 

 have Mushrooms off these beds even in the coldest 

 weather in winter. 



During winter these beds will require little or no 

 water, but in spring and summer it must be applied 

 liberally two or three times a week, and after the 

 flush of the first crop is over a good soaking of 

 manure water from the cow or stable yard often 

 works wonders in securing a good second successional 

 crop. In the spring and summer the grower must 

 be on his guard against allowing these out-of-door 

 crops to become too dry, because once allowed to 

 become so it is most difficult effectually to saturate 

 them afterwards. 



'The Artificial Cultivation of the Mushroom in 

 Pastures. The only way which suggests itself to us 

 in which this can be successfully carried out is by 

 digging holes in pastures that are well drained, and 

 the soil of not too heavy a texture, and inserting in 

 these holes, which should be twelve inches deep and 

 the same in width, as much manure (prepared in the 

 same way as advised for beds) as will fill the hole 

 within three inches of the surface, leaving room to 

 cover the hole over after the manure and spawn are 

 inserted with the turf three inches thick. The manure 

 should be rammed into the hole as tight as possible, 

 and the spawn, a piece about four inches square, in- 

 serted at the same time, as there is no danger of this 

 small quantity of manure overheating. Finish the 



