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MUSHROOM SPAWN. 
CARTERS’ SPECIAL “MILLTRACK” BRAND. 
AN OUTDOOR CROP.—Photographed from Nature and Copyrighted by J. C. <fc Co. 
HOW TO GROW MUSHROOMS WITH LITTLE EXPENSE. 
Preparation of Material. —This is the most essential point to be studied to ensure success. Procure fresh stable manure, which 
should consist of half droppings and half short litter; this must be thoroughly turned over every other day for about a fortnight. Manure 
obtained from unhealthy cattle, or from those that have been fed on green food or carrots, should not be used for this purpose. 
For Making 1 Outdoor Beds. —-The material should be put into a heap, the measurement of which should be, when made up, 
2 ft. 6 in. at bottom, 2 ft. 6 in. high, and 6 in. wide at the top, and to any length required, the whole to be firmly put together. After 
making the bed put stakes down the centre by which to gauge the heat, and cover all with long litter; after three or four days pull out 
the stakes, and when the temperature is at about 8o° the bed is ready for spawning; break the bricks of spawn into pieces about the 
size of a hen’s egg, and put into the bed about 8 inches apart; cover the whole with fresh fibrous loam, and beat it well, making the 
surface quite firm, lightly water and smooth the surface with the back of a spade, finally cover up with long litter and Prussian mats 
to keep away light and excessive moisture. 
Mushrooms may also be grown in any shed or cellar where the temperature does not fall below 45 0 ; the best site for a 
bed is a hard dry floor. A moderate size bed would measure 5 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 6 in. X 1 ft. When made up and well pressed down, 
in about six weeks Mushrooms should show, and the bed should then have a light watering with tepid water about every ten days, as 
success depends upon maintaining an even temperature. 
Another and very easy mode of providing a supply of Mushrooms in the autumn and early winter months is to insert lumps of 
spawn, in August, in the beds that are devoted to Cucumbers and Melons. By that time the heat of the fermenting materials has 
declined to the proper temperature for the spawn to “run” freely; and just when the Cucumber, etc., are ready for removal, large 
quantities of Mushrooms are often seen breaking through the soil, and with protection in the form of hay coverings, the supply is 
continued for a long time. The spawn should be inserted rather deeply—four or five inches. It is not in every case that good crops 
follow this practice; but the trouble is so slight and the cost of spawn so trifling, whilst at the same time the results are often so 
satisfactory, that this simple plan is worthy of more general adoption. 
Carters’ Special Mushroom Spawn. Prices: 
j Brick . 6d. 4 Bricks . Is. 6d. 8 Bricks . 3 s. 16 Bricks . 5 s. 6d. 24 Bricks . 7 S , 
1 Brick, Carriage free, 9 d. 4 Bricks, Carriage free, 2 s. 8 Bricks, Carriage free, 4 s. 16 Bricks, Carriage free, 6s. 6d. 24 Bricks, Carriage free, 8s. 
CARTERS’ IMPROVED SWEET CORN. 
Photographed /rom Nature and Copyrighted by J. C. Co. 
The Sweet Corn is a. favourite vegetable dish in Canada, and we are now able to offer an improved type, acclimatized and 
saved in this country. We had a very large demand for the Seed last Spring, and were gratified to see the Cobs on sale in Covent Garden 
Market during the summer. 
Price Is. per packet. 
CARTERS’, 237, 238, & 97, HIGH HOLBOFN, LONDON.—1900. 
