FARM HANDICRAFT FOR SCHOOLS. 
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ber is used it will probably measure If by 3^ inches), one glass sash 
3 by 6 feet, and a quantity of 8-penny common nails. 
The bill of stock with finished dimensions and uses of the pieces is 
given below 
Uses. 
Number of 
pieces. 
Finished dimensions. 
Sides. . . . 
2 
1 
1 
2 
2 
| by 12 inches at one end and 8 inches 
at the other by 6 feet. 
£ by 12 inches by 2 feet 10} inches. 
| by 8 inches by 2 feet 10 ', inches. 
If by If by 12 inches. 
If by If by 8 inches. 
Back 
Front 
Posts at back 
Posts at front 
Cut from the % by 12 inch by 15 foot board two pieces 6 feet long 
and one piece 3 feet long to form the sides and back pieces. Taper 
the side pins by laying off a slanting line on the board with one end 
12 inches from the base and the other 8 inches, and saw and plane to 
this line. If the board lacks a little in width, say, if only llf inches 
wide, use this dimension instead of the 12 inch. The back, too, will 
be the same length. Square up the 3-foot board cut from the large 
board to the dimension given for the back. From the 3-foot board 
(8 inches wide) given in the list of material, square up the piece for 
the front. Rip the 21-inch piece of 2 by 4 inches into two pieces 
and saw each in two to form the posts. 
To assemble, place the corner posts on the inside ends of the side 
boards and nail with 8-penny common nails. Place end boards hi 
position even with the side boards and nail securely. Saw posts 
flush with top. Lay the sash on the frame, and the cold frame is 
ready for use. 
Note to Teacher. — Hotbeds and cold frames can be used very effectively in school 
and home garden work. They lengthen the growing season so much that several 
months more gardening work can be done by the pupils. In northern sections green 
plants can be grown in hotbeds as late as December, and in many southern sections 
cold frames make gardening possible all winter. 
For further suggestions concerning the use of hotbeds and cold 
frames see Farmers' Bulletins 255, The Home Vegetable Garden; 
642, Tomato Growing in the South; 647, The Home Vegetable Gar- 
den in the South; 460, Frames as Factors in Truck Growing. 
School and Home Garden Circulars 1 to 10, published by the Bu- 
reau of Education, Department of the Interior, contain information 
about hotbeds and cold frames. These may be secured by writing 
to the Commissioner of Education, Department of the Interior, 
Washington, D. C. 
EXERCISE VIII. FLATS. 
Vegetable growers have much use for small wooden trays known 
as flats. They are especially useful in transplanting plants from the 
hotbed to the cold frame. In one method of transplanting the 
