9 
20 
2 (3 inches deep) was 90° and then it was spawned. On the next day 
the soil from bed No. 1, spawned four days earlier, was thrown upon 
bed No. 2, and then part of the soil that was thrown on No. 1 was 
thrown back again on No. 2, so that now a coating of loam an inch and 
a half deep covered the whole surface of the bed. When finished the 
surface was tamped gently with a tamper with a face of pine plank 10 
inches long by 12 inches wide. Mr. Gardner does not believe in the 
alleged advantages of a hard-packed surface on the mushroom bed, 
but is inclined to favor a moderately firm one. 
O 
