TABLE OB COJSTE.NTS, 
CHAPTER X.— Mushroom Spawn ... 78 
What is Mushroom Spawn?—The Mushroom Plant—Spawn Ob¬ 
tained at any Seed Store—Imported from Europe—The Great 
Mushroom-growing Center of the Country—English Spawn— 
Mill-track Mushroom Spawn—Flake or French Spawn—Virgin 
Spawn—How to Keep Spawn—New Versus Old Spawn—How 
to Distinguish Good from Poor Spawn—American-made Spawn 
—How to make Brick Spawn—How to make French (flake) 
Spawn—Making French Virgin Spawn—A Second Method— 
Third Method—Relative Merits of Flake and Brick Spawn. 
CHAPTER XL— Spawning the Beds .... 96 
Preparing the Spawn—Steeped Spawn—Flake Spawn—Trans¬ 
planting Working Spawn. 
CHAPTER XII.— Loam for the Beds . 100 
Cavities in the Surface of Beds—The Best Kind of Loam—Com¬ 
mon Loam—Ordinary Garden Soil—Roadside Dirt—Sandy Soil 
—Peat Soil or Swamp Muck—Heavy, Clayey Loam—Loam Con¬ 
taining Old Manure. 
CHAPTER XIII.— Earthing Over the Beds . 103 
Loam is Indispensable—The Best Soil—Proper Time to Case 
Beds—Inserting the Spawn—Sifting the Soil—Firming the Soil 
—Green Sods. 
CHAPTER XIV.— Topdressing with Loam ..... 107 
Beds that are in Full Bearing—Filling up the Holes—Firm¬ 
ing the Dressing to the Bed—Beds in which Black Spot has 
Appeared. 
CHAPTER XV.— The Proper Temperature..... ... 109 
Covering the Beds with Hay—A High Temperature—In a Tem¬ 
perature of 50°—In a Temperature of 55°—Boxing Over the Bed. 
CHAPTER XVI.— Watering Mushroom Beds ...ill 
Artificially Heated Mushroom Houses—Sprinkling Water over 
Mulching—Watering Pots—Manure Water—Preparing Manure 
Water—Common Salt—Sprinkling the Floors—Houses Heated 
by Smoke Flues—Manure Steam for Moistening the At¬ 
mosphere. 
HAPTER XVII.- Gathering and Marketing Mushrooms. 115 
When Mushrooms are Fit to Pick—Picking—The Advantages 
of Pulling over Cutting—Pulled Mushrooms—Gathering Field 
or Wild Mushrooms—Marketing Mushrooms. 
CHAPTER XVIII.— Re-invigorating Odd Beds.. .. 120 
Worn Out Beds—Spurts of Increased Fertility—A Spent Mush¬ 
room Bed—Living Spawn. 
CHAPTER XIX.— Insect and Other Enemies.. .... — .. 122 
Maggots —Black Spot —Manure Flies —Slugs —-‘Bullet 5 ’ or 
“ Shot” Holes—Wood Lice—Mites—Mice and Rats—Toads—Fog¬ 
ging Off—Flock—Cleaning the Mushroom Houses. • 
