The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-02-18
THEFARM AND GARDEN
The Best Method Of Making a
Hotbed for Celery.
THE KIND OF MANURE 10 USE.
Dry Leaves Gathered In Autumn. Il
Mixed In With Manure, Serve
10 Temper II.
Farm and fireside.l

A subscriber asks for information on
the best method OF making hotbed Tor
celery aud on the kind Of manure TO use.
Instructions how TO make hosbod have
often been given IN agricultural papers,
and may be found IN almost any ia'go
seed catalogue, and certainly In every
book on general gardening. Indeed, U
might be claimed that wo shodld not
take up space in live paper with - old
a topic. GA the other hand, | know that
even tho expert gardener (unle.s no
has made special preparations In the
tall bsiosel may lind himself puzzled
when ho desires to start hotbed IN
midwintsr and while the temperature
ranges in the vicinity OF aero. Esiirnt-
~ our friend means to raise al early
crop OF celery, iof, while tho plants br
late crop may DO raissd In open frounf.
seed TO bc sown in April, those Tor tho
summer crop should DO started In Feb
ruary. II you keep numb-r OF hors1,
OF other wise have access 10 plunty OF
fresh horse manure, and eau get tho
nordod quantity OF untroz-n loan or
muck, you will have but little nou bio -
start . hothci. Manare from settled
and hard worked horses IL bort la Al
emergency you may mix sheep and even
! hog manure with H. PHO IL up under .
-hrL, and lot the whois rnass come ~ .
heat. Then iork 1t over. paItIug The
cold outside portions we'll tnstic, and
I give tho mass tims 10 heat mp again.
| Dry leaves gathered In Autuna, II tni1rt
! In with tho manure, serve ~ semp5r 10
and TO produces . modssats bot lasting
heat. SoS you are ready ior starting
tho ho,bsd. Make frame OF . sac 10
correspond with the numbsf oil sastirs
you wish TO use. Twill not tzko thAny.
~ . single sShLioos saah affords space
enough to start, and sccotnmeiat-, Tor
three OF toaf weeks, D.uO 10 $500
| plants. Pa, an even layer oi The pre-
! pared III azure, Two fest or more In dep.
AMI veil tfodd~n dosn, on tho sJalh
side OF some oatbaildIns IN ~rli-pfo-
tested, susny apt. Pat 90 tho tranie
then nil ia Tho prepared 'oan 10 his
depth OF toar {, six Inches, and cover
sith the .aAh OF sAsh-s- Aitrt = day Of
two rake tho b.ri smooth with . das
rake ami &c, tt really Tor ~1.inx sori.
ioa may sos bf . icAss OF In close shal.
los drills ono 10 too oaacss o, sc-i pSr
sash bu. in either cas-, afmtas the coil
thoroughly over the lightly COVERED sersi.
| White Plume 10 tho varsity 80 sanI tor
this parpnse. Thr plants shoali bssln
Ia shos In from leu Ia toastssa DAYS, bs
allowed 10 stand la the s-sd ted sos an.
other ~-cs OF tso. aai thea DO pstrs sd
ou Into daIs, OF directly taso . cod
| frame, shro- By one hall al inch apart.
shoalI the suAthsr be very cold aai
tho preparation oi the ho< hssi iLas saiiy
DO very ineouvrhlsn,, 80 may try an.
other coarse. Got a lot Of a.,s--.hat ..
shallos boxrs and pat In them ahoal
tso nehcs OF doe lnafn. .aHiy ma d 10.
Ing preferable. 10 any Other atni 81 ey!i.
b-so god ~asrrins. then 90. gbs ss~.i
rather lhsckiy. hrm Thoroughly. sni
sit on--.tshih OF an ZACH OF .Itl oyvs Is.
Got th-s, Il ,is on top II zach Other TIA .
noisralsy s1n foJm. sn~s or 81
Afterwards take th-tn down, saisr - n
= IN. ross-sprtBslsr and ptis up asAia
an;il tho yoang plants bssta 10 appsaf.
Nv this time a msisfai- hotb-,t, OF =
eoli i'ams tn . ueis-pfpss. oil spIs,
should bs In roAitass Aai Tho dAt- bs
put in.