The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-04-13
farm aud Aouschull,


sJarM AMW 1toNICnUtW,
How % tIaIIe "a aBHSt-bed. ,
Il requires but a few hours labor tC
make hot.house bed, aud almost every
family in the country, and in country VII
lagos, hsvc access 10 the necessary mate
rails, rcguEiug 40 SSl'Sudipre Of lash
az n NAvShe x,kriG ~ -tf.
Moet beds ate prepared. no carry IN the
growing ssNs8Hy rlittc iBtc teW t5 fifteen
days difference in the proper timc, even IN
the same laumto9 Tie location and cx.
posuro Of thcgi6und' Tot receive the'plauts
that areFsnried 10 the Ind afford the most
correct index WHEN totnakc IT,. The object
Of such bedis rOTgivo plants "a start be
foro the growing season commences, 80
that when the ground has BECOME suili-
ciently warm for vegetables 70 gov, whcil
standing in the garden, tue grpwng plants
may have the advantage of fifteen or
twenty a. byagfe YIN <. " eaiherN lfh0kbcds
be made too long before the growing sea
son seotnmehctw, IN that particular locality,
the plants will not mature and lfnttiiy so
soon in the open air. nor 80 buuntiullY, NJ
IL the seed were planted sitter tue growing
season had really begun Three weeks
previotfs fothe time when tho ground will
he sufficiently warn tdptomote the mpid
gerrnimt6on 'of the seeds is Sulli ichtly
carly,ip tho Season to prepare hot bod for
producing plants to be put out in the open
ground rntr6lis nothing g,lincd by ford.
Ing a.ieFgc growth of fllioseVegetablcs tbat
are to stand in the garden without aiy pr0.
lection from Ties cSld storms and fehilfhg
winds. ,Whe9 plpls arp, kept n ahoi.b9I
for lgK TINS hntit ilie tops ttoAt iootor
more high, the roots will he seriously mu.
tlatod when the plants arc removed and
the consequence always is, tue growth is
notoiIiy checked, jut stopped ertDcly, ior
many lays. Aud sometimes, planis spring
ing from seed deposited ~. us opop grpuad
ncar them, will often produce more ruit,
and nearly or quite as early in the season,
as those plants whicu are taken from hot
.allf rms aoIhAsb MANURE
" the soil is not wot, ii il best 10 make
the nhe,l fpartly below tho surface of tho
ground, than directly on tho snliacc. Most
people can ayail themselves Of the advan-
tago or a southeastern slope of some hill
Gu level ground, ovaouate the earth about
four feetih width aud twenty ibches deep,
and any desirable length. BY having mosi
of the materials Of which the bed is made
below tire surface Of the ground, the heat
generated, ,een be oeobpmi2ed more advan.
tagcously, aud hui little of il will .be dis
Bipatod by cold, winds. bShould the soil be
so wet that tho'watet, will stand in The bot.
tom iof the pitit viii bo better to place
theInateriols on tho Surface Of tho ground,
aud. bank it, up1witI earth, or straw and
planl1s set on the edges. 7i.a3 ei .tsf ..e,.
'NIo ctiefsohiebt is to produce bottom
heat, that VIII 'hoStpn the gerinnatjon of
the seeds, but not 80 much heat as to de-.
sfrOy sthe tender germs aud rpots. Fresh
horse manure is the principal material to he
rolled ontor the production OF heat, tho
droppings of those horses that arc fed
chdiy With grain. The manure of those
horses thai arc Ted on whole oats and hey,
wiz furnish far moro heat than any other
Thefe'iis p'ilarge quantity OF heterogeneous
matter in oats. Aud as the grain is seldom
masticatcd thoroughly. digestion is very IN
complete. Consequently, tho fine material
which was not digestod, will soon com
mence furmenting and the more there is
of aGcli substances in The droppugs, the
greater saniount'of heat generated after lie
manure is PLACED in, the pit. Ii is always
best, however, 10 throw such ma6urc to
gether in apple, Tor few days, 10 deprive
It of a'Durning hoat that would destroy al
vegetation.
After the Photographed, aprcal Nay,
OF leaves, or coarse strawy manure on the
bottom, about, three ,inehes tleop. Then
spread on Three hciies Of horse drbpbmgs
whichEshould have 1beon previously, min.
glod with short or cut straw, for boddi n
Then ahyor Of tau or leaves, or sawllul
aud afterwards more horse manure. Layors
OF horse manure and leav6s, spent tan OF
sawd1sts should alternate until the bed IL
at loast thirty ertpore tpehes in depths Ill
the "man6re and loavesb be rather dry tie
layers may bo, sprinkled with pailhi o
warm water. hot soapsu,ls, or liquid manure
boiling hot. After tho manure aud leaves
are properly arranged, the surface should
be covered with soil al least six iuchot
deep, aud the seed put IL. The best soil /,
equal parts OF leaf mould and fine sand
thoroughly mingled togotller. It tho plant,
are to remain in tho hotbed until they ma
ture, eurth containing oue.fourlh part ella,
will be better, as such sod will mpar
more strength TO plants, than seed
bed,ef mould and sand olly, = 'EF &
fRFPARING TnE FRAME
Bhe hed, shpuld Iaee the south ii Tn
north side should be cryricd up with
boards at least two feet high, wb,lo tn
south side fuced be OILY one foot in hight
1t is better TO put up tho frame before tn
soil is sPrehaJon Tic setf,ee affthe mGiurt
Any boards may be employed for the fran,
unlesss a be,t is wanted for Several succes
sive months.
Tus diAss covfaiSG.
When person wants to cover sma
bed-for few weeks, ono or two window
may be taken outof sume building tompol
arily. But when large bed is prepared
sash may be made in long aud narro'
frames, havipg.a groove IN the edge of. II
side O'srslor lstlies, Ito reooive row 81 glas
without puttying them in. The edges
the panes of glass may lap one on thepthe
like the shingles OF aroof; and il they I
quire any fastening, small Quautitr
putty pressed into the grooves win ke,
them in place. There are no cross bars
such sashes. The larger the glass, the be
ter. A portion OF the sashes shoula he
fitted, that they can be removed at plcasur
The side bars, or stiles OF the sas
should be about QUO inch thick. by thu
inches wide aud it is hotter to make the
of some kind of umber that. will net AVA
and twist Ia the Sunshine, as that Would
lia6le 10 break the gla,s. The wood wo
should be wcIl painted
To CrRE HoRsEs OF KtoKlSG IN rHr 81
BLE----A correspondent OF the PiosgLm
gives his method Of curing horse of ki,