GROWING MUSHROOMS IN CELLARS. 
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you ought to get plenty of good mushrooms. But if 
such a high temperature can not be maintained without 
impairing the usefulness of the cellar for other purposes, 
box up the beds tightly, and from the heat of the bed 
itself, when thus confined, there usually will be warmth 
enough for the mushrooms, but if not spread a piece of 
old carpet or matting over the boxing. 
The beds may be made upon the floor, and flat, or 
ridged, or banked against the wall, ten or twelve inches 
deep in a warm cellar, and fifteen to twenty inches or 
more deep in a cool cellar, and about three feet wide 
and any length to suit. 
Fig. 2. Boxed-up Frame with Straw Covering. 
The boxing may consist of any kind of boards for 
sides and ends, and be built about six or ten inches 
higher than the top of the beds, so as to give the mush¬ 
rooms plenty headroom; the top of the boxing may be a 
lid hung on hinges or straps, or otherwise arranged, to 
admit of being easily raised or removed at will, and 
made of light lumber, say one-half inch thick boards. 
In this way, by opening the lid, the mushrooms are 
under observation and can be gathered without any 
trouble. When the lid is shut they are secure from cold 
and vermin. Thus protected the cellars can be venti¬ 
lated without interfering with the welfare of the mush- 
