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MUSHROOM CULTURE. 



Mushrooms may be cultivated in sheds, cellars, 

 stables, caves, or in gardens. 



Dry stable manure, with about one fourth part 

 of good friable loain, are the best materials for a 

 mushroom, bod, which shorld be at least one foot 

 thick, and the materials should be firmly beaten 

 down. 



The spawn, whether bricks or spawn gathered 

 from dry manure, should be broken into 

 pieces and placed on the surface of the 

 bed, and then covered with dry manure to a depth 

 of six inches; in tea or twelve days, if the spawn 

 is spreading, it should be re-covered with earth and 

 manure. 



Mushroom oeds should come into bearing in 

 about two months after spawning. Beds may be 

 made in any place, and at any time of the year, 

 where an even temperature of about 60 can be 

 maintained. 



The beds should be watered when it is requir- 

 ed with soft water, heated to a temperature of 80. 



Mushrooms may be raised in gardens by placing 

 the spawn in the soil at a depth of from 2 to 6 

 inches. Success is almost certain it the soil can 

 be preserved from excessive moisture. 



