The Best English Milltraek Mushroom Spawn. 



Mushrooms can be readily g-rown in cellars, stables, 

 sheds or pits. Many are successfully grown on a shelf in 

 an ordinary cellar, and yield suflBcient crop to compen- 

 sate the grower for his effort. 



The space under greenhouse benches or stagings will 

 suit them exactly, using materials in same manner as 

 described. 



CULTIVATION. 



The cultivation of the mushroom is a very simple 

 matter, and requires cnly ordinary intelligence and care. 

 The materials needed are fresh horse manure, good soil, 

 and live spawn. The manure should not be too short, as 

 it does not combine the necessary qualities. Long, strawy 

 litter, plentifully mixed with short manure, makes by 

 far the best beds, as it does not heat too violently, decom- 

 poses slowly, and retains its heat for a long period. Put 

 in a heap and turn every three or four days to permit the 

 escape of noxious gases and prevent burning. When 

 ready for use it should be as hot as can be borne com- 

 fortably by the hand, and should also be moist. Make 

 the beds 3 feet wide at the base. 2]4 feet high, and of any 

 desired length. The manure, when in proper condition, 

 should be quickly handled to prevent the loss of heat, 

 and to be beaten down to make the heap firm and com- 

 pact, and cover with long litter; when the heat has de- 

 creased to 90 degrees, the bed is ready to receive the 

 spawn, which is done by raising the manure with the 

 hand and inserting pieces of spawn 3 inches square, 9 

 inches apart each way. At the expiration of a few days 



the bed may be covered with soil to the depth of about 2 

 inches. If the soil is poor add a liberal quantity of bone 

 meal. 



Best English Spawn, 12 cents per pound. By mail, 30 

 cents per pound; 10 pounds for $l.QO; $8 00 per hundred. 



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