Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-01-11
From the American Farmer.
HOT-RFDS

If you have u" h",~heds 10 your garden
already, supply that deficiency 9, once. hv
having one made, The cost is ,fAIng. while
The Advantages of having one more are
immense. WIlhnu, a h"th bed n" one car
have early vegetables, and SURELY every gen
,leman Of taste should make j, poin, oi
ambi,on To have the earliest vegetables in
his neig hhorhooh. Such smhinon is viz
tue. and the struggles for asrrndenrv I"
which hev lead, are among ,h- mos, gl"''-
Gus achievements "f rural life. Cor ,hev fur
nish to ones family supplies of vegeIshle>.
both Of nece>saties, aud Injuries, in the ear
Hest season. aud add To The consultations.
comforts and eu JOS menIs Of our wives and
daughters. while ,hev impair, to The husband
degree Of pladness and jov, which is above
all price in the estimation Of good man.
Modes of mailing Hot- ds-That all
may know how 10 GET "p an "expen-'ve
hoI-hed, we will p"in. on. cheap plan TO
such as may object l." glass frames %" he
score Of expense. To such we i'll remark
,ha, ,he glass may be very sdvan,ageou>I,
substituted by cotton cloth, which will be
found on ,risl 10 be very efficient conduc-
tor Of light end heat.
For mos, families b hot-bed IL feet long
the width Of The border will answer. The
border should have warm southern expo
sure. Such a frame can be made by any
person who can nail pIanks together The
| back of The frsme should he twice the heIgh'
Of The front, say The back 6 fee, high, The
front 4 feel 6 inches high. A few inches
space should be left behind the back for The
insertion Of horse dung 10 raise The heal-s
top or frame must be made To stretch the
cotton cover over, to be attached by hinges
for The convenience Of being raised up to
give cir 10 the plants. The cotton when
tackled on mus, be oiled. Yellow pine is
The bes! plank to use for the purpose.
The ho.-bed can either be made on the
surface, or by sinking the frame few inches
The dung should be horse-dung. which
should be turned over, shaken end we'll mix
ed with dung fork as being pu, in on the
bed; every now and again beat il down with
The back Of the fork, continue this process
until the dung is abou, fee, in deplh in the
frame, when the dung must be left 10 seuIe
down or Z inches, which it will do in
or 10 days. When the dung is pu. in. low
er down The frame 10 raise the heat When
the heat is sufficiently raised, then pu. on 4
or 5 inches of dry mould or earth. rake il
smooth and even, when your ho..bed will
be Fl. to receive any seed tina. you may de-
sire 10 SOW on il. When the bed is frs
made, Gil the space behind it with horse
dung.
Time of sowing the Seeds.--Mos' plants
ere ready TO set out in from to . weeks
from The time of sowing. Keeping this lac'
in mind YOU ca n very easily regulate the time
of sowing vour seeds, making The time when
your locality, plants may be safely set out
The governing point as TO tue time OF SOW
ing The seeds: As an average Of time, ii
would, perhaps, be bes, to allow bu. b weeks
for the growth Of the plants.
MANAGEMENT Of the Hot 6ed.-On every
good dsv in mild weather, the sash should
be raised few inches in midday, 10 admit
air and graduate heat. Of nights, and IN
cold bad weather, in The day time, the hot
bed should be covered with mating or straw.