FARM HANDICRAFT FOR SCHOOLS. 



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ber is used it will probably measure If by 3h inches), one glass sash 

 3 by 6 feet, and a quantity of 8-penny common nails. 



The bill of stock with finished dimensions and uses of the pieces is 



given below: 



Uses. 



N pteces r ° f Finished dimensions. 







Back 



1 



1 

 2 

 2 



at the other by 6 feet. 

 1 by 12 inches by 2 feet 10} inches. 

 1 by 8 inches by 2 feet 101 inches. 

 1? by If by 12 inches. 

 1} by lj by 8 inches. 





Posts at back .... 

 Posts at front 



Cut from the % by 12 inch by 15 foot board two pieces 6 feet long 

 and one piece 3 feet long to form the sides and back pieces. Taper 

 the side pins by laying off a slanting line on the board with one end 

 12 inches from the base and the other 8 mches, and saw and plane to 

 this line. If the board lacks a little in width, say, if only llf inches 

 wide, use this dimension instead of the 12 inch. The back, too, will 

 be the same length. Square up the 3-foot board cut from the large 

 board to the dimension given for the back. From the 3-foot board 

 (8 inches wide) given in the list of material, square up the piece for 

 the front. Kip the 21-inch piece of 2 by 4 inches into two pieces 

 and saw each in two to form the posts. 



To assemble, place the corner posts on the inside ends of the side 

 boards and nail with 8-penny common nails. Place end boards in 

 position even with the side boards and nail securely. Saw posts 

 flush with top. Lay the sash on the frame, and the cold frame is 

 ready for use. 



Note to Teacher. — Hotbeds and cold, frames can be used very effectively in school 

 and home garden work. They lengthen the growing season so much that several 

 months more gardening work can be done by the pupils. In northern sections green 

 plants can be grown in hotbeds as late as December, and in many southern sections 

 cold frames make gardening possible all winter. 



For further suggestions concerning the use of hotbeds and cold 

 frames see Farmers' Bulletins 255, The Home Vegetable Garden; 

 642, Tomato Growing in the South; 647, The Home Vegetable Gar- 

 den in the South; 460, Frames as Factors in Truck Growing. 



School and Home Garden Circulars 1 to 10, published by the Bu- 

 reau of Education, Department of the Interior, contain information 

 about hotbeds and cold frames. These may be secured by writing 

 to the Commissioner of Education, Department of the Interior, 



Washington, D. C. 



EXERCISE VIII. FLATS. 



Vegetable growers have much use for small wooden trays known 

 as flats. They are especially useful in transplanting plants from the 

 hotbed to the cold frame. In one method of transplanting the 



