The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-03-12

err should be put in, tramped down,
another layer put in, thoroughly
tramped down, and so on. until the
desired amount is in the bed. 1e
sure to all and tramp the corners
thoroughly.
leave the bed in this condition
for twenty-four hours before putting
I'm my rich soil, as the manure seems
to start its fermentation better.
leave the hot bed stand, after
putting in the soil, for several days
in order that the soil may get warm
ed through and that the rate OF fer
mentation in the manure may become
more uniform. Loosen the soil we'll
before sowing any seeds. I use q
2x4, which is cut the right leugth
for the hot bed, by which to space
my rows. find that for most plants
four inches apart is sufficient as !
thin pretty well in the rows.
like to alternate rows OF early
beets and early cabbage, Us the cab
bage viii come up and can be trans
planted to cold frames before the
bcots are very large. The rows OF
beets will then be eight inches apart
and will come along very nicely.
Their first trimmings will furnish
beet greetings which WIN always sell
we'll and, as soon az the beets attain
a size large enough to bunch I al
ways find a ready market for them
at ten cents per bunch with three in
a bunch. This is of course very prof
table as beets do not require veiy'
much care. Cabbage plants can be
grown between lettuce plants in the
same way fairly successfully. Early
cabbage plants always bring a good
price with me. have often been abe
to sell quite a lot at five dollars Ter
thousand which certainly makes them
very profitable.
lot ,N1o 70 ~ "a
we'll as to set out into other hot beds
or cold frames is also remunerative.
am having very good success with
starting my tomatoes in hot beds and
then trShsplanting them into cold
frames, as l have no green house n
which to start them. ! have to be
careful to let the soil get very warm
about ninety degrees before putting
in the seed. do not plant the seed
very deep and am careful to keep the
bed rather warm and uniform In
temperature, damp, but not wet, until
the seed comes up. Care must be TAX
en- to transplant tomato plants before
they get too large, otherwise the
plants will be quite materially in
jured and set back.
The water question, is, I guess the
question that most people are some
what troubled with. ! water my beds
thoroughly and not too often. al
ways try to water before noon 80
that the stun will have an opportun
ity to dry out some before evening
The management Of q hot bed must
be governed by good common sense
and. practical experience. One can
tell how he did It one spring, but
local conditions and a different sea
son would change these methods en-
tirely for another season. A thermo
meter should be placed in the hotbed
and 1t should be looked at rather Of
ten so that the heat can be kept from
running too high during the day and
the plants getting scalded as n re
suit.
Ventilation by means Of raising Tho
sash should be carefully attended to
as soon as the heat gets higher than
1t should be or when the moisture
content of the enclosed air is heavy
Raise the sash on the upper side and
continue raising 1t through the day
as the sun becomes warmer. Start
closing the sash the middle of the af
ternoon so as to hold some OF tho
heat from the sun.
During the early part or the sea
son the hot bed should be covered