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high at the back and eight inches in front. This 
style of bed does away with any digging and secures 
good drainage for the bed. It would probably be the 
most satisfactory way for the gardener, who is also a 
farmer, as the bed can easily be removed as soon as 
it.has served its purpose for the season, and the 
manure, which has become well rotted by this time 
will make an excellent compost for corn, melons, cel¬ 
ery, etc. The frame and sash can also be set on a 
good piece of ground in the fall and filled with young 
lettuce plants in the early part of October, which will 
furnish salad throughout the winter. 
The manure and litter which are to produce the 
heat for the bed should be thoroughly forked over 
and heaped together a week or ten days before the 
beds are to be started. While a large proportion of 
the material should be fresh horse stable manure, 
where a large quantity of heating material is needed, 
it can be mixed with any litter obtainable, such as 
straw, leaves from the woods, weeds, cut fodder, or 
anything that will furnish bulk and that will decay 
rapidly, and, by decaying, produce heat; when the 
material has all been gathered and heaped solidly 
together, a good sprinkling with water, hot, if possi¬ 
ble, will aid in starting the fermentation. In about 
a week or two, when the heat of the heap has gone 
down to 95° or 100°, the manure should be placed 
in the beds and well trampled down; it should come 
up to within eight inches of the front of the frame 
and should be covered with about three and a half 
or four inches of fine, rich soil. It is a good plan to 
