OCTOBER: FIRST WEEK 259 



markable; not only because the planting is done more 

 closely in the frames, but because where several crops may 

 be taken from it each season you would get one or two from 

 the garden. A ten-sash frame used in connection with the 

 regular garden would give an ample supply of winter and 

 early spring vegetables to a good sized family, besides fur- 

 nishing room to winter over such things as might be re- 

 quired and an ample supply of plants for the garden in the 

 spring. For such a cold-frame garden a convenient division 

 of the sash would be as follows: Two double Hght sash cost- 

 ing about $7.00, four single light sash costing $10.00, four 

 cloth-covered sash costing $2.00, three double-sized burlap 

 mats costing $3.00 — a total of $22.00. 



In addition to this, the lumber for the frame would cost 

 from $5.00 to $10.00, depending upon the price per thousand 

 feet in your vicinity. The cost of a concrete frame in- 

 stead of a wooden one would depend almost entirely upon 

 the price you would have to pay for the sand and gravel, 

 as the amount of cement used would not be very great. In 

 most instances, unless you have the sand and gravel on your 

 own place, the cost would be more than for wood, but as 

 has already been stated, it would be much cheaper in the 

 end. After the frame is put up two partitions should be 

 built across it, to divide the spaces for the two double-light 

 sash, the four single-light sash, and the cloth-covered sash. 

 If the frame is a long one it should be strengthened by cross- 

 bars every three or four sashes apart, to keep the side 

 walls from warping out of position; or they may be put in 

 every three feet even with the sash as described above. 

 It is a great convenience, however, to have them removable. 



Good Varieties for Frame Use 



It is time to begin work now for the crops you will want 

 this fall and this winter. The first step in this direction 

 is the selection of varieties of vegetables which are good 

 for growing in frames, as the use of the wrong sorts, even 

 with other conditions all favorable, may mean failure in- 



