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This size of cabinet has a capacity of from fifty thou¬ 
sand to one hundred and fifty thousand bulblets. Small 
board shelves may be placed in the ends of the cabinet 
and it is convenient to have one side of the cabinet com¬ 
posed of two doors, opening at the middle. This size can 
be moved from one room to another and will pass 
through an ordinary doorway. 
One of the very simplest germinating devices con¬ 
sists of a box of sand placed in a warm room. The peeled 
bulblets, after being soaked about 24 hours in warm 
water, may be put in cloth sacks, placed in the box and 
covered with one or two inches of sand. The sand 
should be kept damp but not wet. This is so far ahead 
of trying to sprout the bulblets in water that theie is 
no comparison. This works well for a small number of 
bulblets, but for a larger number the sprouting cabinet 
is much more convenient. 
TEMPERATURE 
Mr. Bailey says that in sprouting hard shelled seeds 
the two most essential elements are uniform tempera¬ 
ture and uniform moisture. He advises a temperatuie 
of 50 to 70 degrees. Bulblets will stand even a wider 
range. We find a temperature of about 60 degrees 
very effective for the earlier sprouting, in fact would 
rather have it a little less than more than that for the 
earlier germination, for the bulblets will be more hardy 
and in better condition to stand the cold rains which 
may come early in the spring. As the weather be¬ 
comes warmer the temperature in the cabinet may be 
increased to 80 or 90 degrees. 
At first I had intended placing a small oil heater 
