main to become large flaps unlefs fuch are 
particularly wanted, as fometimes they are. 
As foon as you have finilhed gathering, 
cover the bed over again diredtly with the 
litter, and if in Winter with mats alfo. 
If the bed is in full production it will 
probably alford two or three gatherings 
weekly, afterward not above once a week 
or fortnight, but generally examine it 
once a week, as long as it is expected to 
bear, 
A Mufliroom-bed feldom furniflies any 
abundance after two or three months; it 
has often done its beft in fix weeks. 
When, however, the bed has totally 
ceafed to produce, it will furnilh a fupply 
pf fpawn for other beds, and the dung will 
be 
