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very large percentage of loam with it, makes deep beds, and 
controls the heat and moisture so well that he gets unusually 
large and long crops. The secret of his success is the care 
and accuracy of his details. He imitates nature. 
The Kift mushroom house at West Chester, Pennsyl- 
vania, is a building seventy-five feet long by about ten feet 
wide. It was formerly a greenhouse, with equal double 
MUSHROOM HOUSE MADE FROM OLD GREENHOUSE, BELONGING TO 
JOSEPH KIFT & SON, WEST CHESTER, PA. 
pitch north and south. The building for some reason was 
hard to heat, so without removing the sashes it was converted 
into a house for growing mushrooms. The glass was 
simply covered with roofing paper, on top of which hemlock 
boards were laid, as shown in the picture. The peak of the 
roof where the boards come together is covered with paper. 
There is a door in each end of the building, but there are no 
ventilators. The house is heated with steam. A mushroom 
bed covers the entire floor, the walk being laid on raised 
