TABLE OF COJS'TEJSTS. 



CHAPTER X.— MUSHROOM SPAWN f* 



What is Mus)iroom Spawn?— The Mushroom Plant— Spawn Ob- 

 tained at any Seed Store- Imported from Europe— Tlie Great 

 Mushroom-growing Center of the Country— English Spawn— 

 Mill-traelc Mushroom Spawn— Flake or French Spawn— Virgin 

 Spawn— How to Keep Spawn— New Versus Old Spawn— How 

 to Distinguish Good from Poor Spawn— American-made Spawn 

 —How to malie Briclc Spawn— How to make Frencli (flake) 

 Spawn— Making French Virgin Spawn— A Second Method- 

 Third Method— Relative Merits of Flake and Brick Spawn. 



CHAPTER XI.— Spawning THE Beds 96 



Preparing the Spawn— Steeped Spawn— Flake Spawn— Trans- 

 planting Working Spawn. 



CHAPTER XII.— Loam FOR the Beds 100 



Cavities In the Surface of Beds— The Best Kind of Loam— Com- 

 mon Loam— Ordinary Garden Soil— Roadside Dirt — Sandy Soil 

 —Peat Soil or Swamp Muck— Heavy, Clayey Loam— Loam Con- 

 taining Old Manure. 



CHAPTER Xin.— Earthing Over the Beds 103 



I>oam is Indispensable— The Best Soil— Proper Time to Case 

 Beds— Inserting the Spawn— Sifting the Soil— Firming the Soil 

 —Green Sods. 



CHAPTER XIV.— TOPDRESSING WITH LOAM 107 



Beds that are in Full Bearing— Filling up the Holes— Firm- 

 ing the Dress'ing to tlie Bed— Beds in which Black Spot has 

 Appeared. 



CHAPTER XV.— The Proper Temperature 109 



Covering the Beds with Hay— A High Temperature— In a Tem- 

 perature of 80°— In a Temperature of 55°— Boxing Over the Bed. 



CHAPTER XVI.— Watering Mushroom Beds ill 



Artificially Healed Mushroom Houses— Sprinkling Water over 

 Mulching — Watering Pots— Manure Water — Preparing Manure 

 Water — Common Salt^-Sprinkling the Floors — Houses Heated 

 by Smoke Flues— Manure Steam for Moistening the At- 

 mosphere. 



CHAPTER XVIL— Gathering and Marketing Mushrooms lis 



When MnsliTooms are Fit to Piek— Picking— The Advantages 

 of Pulling over Cntfing— Pulled Mushrooms— Gathering Field 

 or Wild Mushrooms— Marketing Mushrooms. 



CHAPTER XVIII.— Re-INVIGOBATING OLD BEDS 120 



Worn Out Beds— Spurts of Increased Fertility— A Spent Mush- 

 room Bed — Living Spawn. 



CHAPTER XIX.— INSECT AND Other Enemies 122 



Maggots — Bla<!k Spot— Manure Flies — Slugs — "Bullet" or 

 " Shot " Holes — Wood Lice— Mites— Mice and Rats— Toads— Fog- 

 ging Off— Flock— Cleaning the Mushroom Houses. 



