SELECT VEGETABLE, FIELD AND FLOWER SEEDS 
MUSHROOM SPAWN 
Ten pounds will spawn about IO feet square 
Mushroom beds may be made in a warm, dry cellar, or in 
any building where the frost does not pi netrati, and in the open 
air during the summer and fall months. Having procured the 
spawn, the next thing to be at tended to to to make preparations 
for the beds. About a fortnight or three weeks before the beds 
are to be made, collect a quantity of fresh horse manure with¬ 
out the straw ; place it in a heap under cover, and as it heats 
keep turning it over once or twice a week, until the fiery heat 
has become exhausted, which will require from ternto fourteen 
days’ time. When the manure is in a condition to be made up, 
lay out your bed according to your requirements, say 3 feet 
wide, 10 feet long, and from 2 to 3 feet deep ; beat it well down 
with the back of the spade as the process of building goes on. 
When the bed has been made some time, say a week or there¬ 
abouts, and the heat sufficiently declined to a temperature of 
65 to 75 degrees, the spawn may be put into it. Break the 
spawn in pieces 2 inches square, and put them 6 inches apart, 
all over the bed, then cover the bed with 2 inches of rich soil, 
the stronger the better, but of a loamy quality, beating it down 
firmly with a spade. The soil used for this purpose should be 
in a pliable condition, and not too wet or over-dry. Cover the 
bed with a foot of dried straw or hay ; examine once a week to 
see if the manure is not heated while in this condition ; if so, it 
will destroy the spawn, and necessitate spawning a second time. 
If everything goes on well, you may expect Mushrooms in 
about five or six weeks. When the soil looks dry, give a gen¬ 
tle watering with tepid water, using a rose on the watering-pot. 
If the beds are made out-of-doors, protect them from rain by 
covering them with shutters or sashes. Good crops of Mush¬ 
rooms can be obtained by spawning the hotbeds in spring. 
They can also be raised in boxes, or anything capable of keep¬ 
ing the materials together, and placed in a cellar. 
Pure Culture Spawn. Formerly all Mushroom Spawn 
was obtained from wild Mushrooms growing in England. By 
scientific research Spawn makers now produce Spawn from 
select Mushrooms from their own cultivated beds. Moreover, 
the bricks of Spawn are now inoculated directly from the test 
tube cultures, thus producing a much stronger and quicker 
growth, both in the brick and in the planted beds ; neither was 
formerly possible when Spawn cultures were so very scarce. 
Pure Culture Spawn has met with immense success, in many 
places the yields being nearly twice what they formerly were. 
In bricks weighing about 1 lb. each, 15 cts., 100 lbs. $12. 
Pea Vine on right has been treated with Far- 
mogerm. The other planted same time 
without treatment. 
Supply Nitrogen to the Soil by the use of 
“FARMOGERM 
r*> HIGH-BRED NITROGEN- 
GATHERING BACTERIA 
It is well known that nitrogen is the most expensive of fertilizing elements. In the 
new “Farmogerm” we have a new bacteria culture, scientifically prepared, and un¬ 
like the other preparations that were offered; it needs no treatment or development 
before using. It comes in sealed bottles in which the bacteria is placed on a jelly-like 
medium, and is ready for use simply by the addition of a little water, according to 
directions. Alfalfa, the greatest forage crop in the country, can be grown successfully 
in every section if inoculated witlj “ Farmogerm.” Why go to the saltpeter beds of 
Chili for nitrates at $50 per ton, when we can get them from the air at an expense of 
$2 per acre by using “Farmogerm.” Dr. W. E. Stockbridge, in the Southern Ru- 
ralist of September 15, 1909, says, “ On all lands where alfalfa has never grown inocu¬ 
lation is profitable. The use of “Farmogerm ” is the most convenient and satisfactory 
method. If you use “ Farmogerm ” on legumes, it is absolutely unnecessary to use 
any fertilizers that contain nitrogen or ammonia, thereby saving a large amount of 
money and labor. By moistening the seed of any leguminous crop with the “Farmo¬ 
germ ” mixture not only is the immediate crop benefited, but the soil is enriched in 
nitrogen which will be available for future crops for two or three successive seasons. 
“Farmogerm” is applicable to the following crops, and when ordering be sure to 
state for what crop “ Farmogerm ” is wanted : Alfalfa, Alsike, Crimson Clover, Red 
Clover, White Clover, Canadian Field P^as, Cowpeas, Soy Beans, Velvet Beans, 
Vetch, Peanuts, Garden Beans, Garden Peas, Sweet Peas, and other legumes, 
Farmogerm ” is supplied in garden size for Peas, Beans and Sweet Peas, 50 cts. per 
bottle, by mail, postpaid ; for field crops $2 per bottle, sufficient for one acre. 
