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SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENING 



How to Make a Hotbed. — Boys, or any others who have 

 learned to handle tools, can make a hotbed or a coldframe. 

 Study figures 31, 33, 33, and 34. First make a tight frame of 



A B 



A B 



Fig. 32. — First two steps in making a temporary hotbed. A, three-sash pit, one 



foot deep. B, Manure ready for toe pit. (Kentucky Station.) 



Fig. 33. — Two more steps in the preparation of a temporary hotbed. A, the 

 manure is spread in the pit and tramped firmly. B, three-sasb frame showing 

 details of construction. (Kentucky Station.) 



Fig. 34. — Two last steps in preparing a temporary hotbed of three sash. A, 

 frame in place over manure, which has been covered with soil, and sides of frame 

 banked to protect from cold. B, the three-sash bed completed and covered. (Ken- 

 tucky Station.) 



boards of a size to suit the glass sash, say 3X6 feet, three sash 

 may be used, making the frame G X 9 feet, as in figure 33B. 

 The frame should be about two feet deep on the north side 

 and eix inches less on the south side. This gives a little slope 



