Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 11, 1922, Page 24

FIIR MANY CROPS, Hotbeds and Cold Framos En| able Gardener ‘to Protect. Plants From Weather. ‘OPERNTIONS STARTED EARLER Beds May Be Utilized Throughout Spring and Summer—They Are | Inexpensive and Easily Oper- \ ated—Ventilation Essential. (Prepared by the United States Departmeut z of Agriculture.) Hotbeds and cold frames enable tlie ‘home gardener to'lengthen the grow- ing season for his crops. With them he can start his operations a . few weeks in advabce of the last chilly daya of spring, before which it is not ulhle to . plant :out of doors. Throughout the spring and summer these beds may-be utilized, and afte: the first fall frost they furnish pro- tection for late yegetables. They are lnexpenslve and easily operated, say garden speclalists of the United stntes Department of Agriculture. , 3 Making a Hotbed Sash, Standard hotbed’ sash’are 8 by 6 feet, and it is customary to make a home garden hotbed with one, two, or more sash, according to the size of bed desired. Select a well-protected and thoroughly-drained spot, dig a pit 12 to 18 inches deep and.a little larger than the bed I8 to be made. Throw the good top soll to oneside, For a two-sash bed about ‘one good wagonload of ‘fresh horse-stable ‘ma. nure ‘will be required. The manure should be thrown in & flat pile a few feet away from where the bed is to be constructed -and the plle turnéd about twice at intervals of three or four days. As it is turned the outer poftion of the pile is thrown to the middle and the inner portion to the outside, in order to get uniform heat- ing throughout., Then put the manure into the pit, each forkful being shaken to break it apart and spread it even- 1y. it should be well tramped. Put in ‘s layer about 3 inches deep, then another layer, treading each until the, pit has been filled "level with the ground. It should 'be just melst enough to pack reesonably solid, but springy under the feet. The frame of the bed, made of wood, s then set on- top of the manure and the earth from the bottom of the pit baniked up outside of the frame to. keep out the cold. The north side of. the frame shiould-be 6 inches higler than S. T. (Scott) ‘is one of the young er old timers in Bemidji. In fact he has been here so‘long that when he thinks of' his younger days he like-’ wise. thinks of Remidji. = Af the present time Le is locrted here per- manently-.in the grocery business, although he has in the lact few. years spent. several winters in Ohio. He in- variably returns Bemidji. If he can find another collar. like the one shown in- the picture, we suggest that he might be used to ad- vantage during the staging of the historic pageant during the fair here this. month. MATT MAYER Matt Mayer 'is. one of the older ’ld timens in . Bemidji and vijcinity. In fact he bas been'here £0 long that at the present. time he is a_retired farmer and is living in the: city of Bemidji. He is in a position to tell some of-the old timers several ‘in- eresting happenings ' before _their day and he should prove good mater- ‘al” for the historic pageant 'to be staged here this month in conmection with the Northern Minnesota Fair. Matt was recently elected con- stablé of Grant valley township and i refused to take office unless provid- »d. with a star suitable to the dig: nity of his official dutics. A hunk i| the - necessary’ material - for making the badge of .officc and it is under- stood Matt then assumed his dutics, Powdered Heroine, " From a Story—"A smile érept over her face.” Probably the’ smile realized that if it went any faster it would kick up too much dust. Early Start. A dogctor lately married.a giri whom he had ushered into the world twenty years ago. Real love at first sight.— London Opinion, Preparing a Hotbed to ‘Get "Ahead of Exception Noted. Jack Frost. - Knowledge fsn't always power. A the south side. The good goll from min may know that he hds run-out-of. the surface of the. pit i spread on |8nSoline and still be unable to make the packed menure. It is 3 good plan | hiS cur go. to mix a little well-rotted manure, with this soll. Put the sash on and leevs the ‘bed to heat for several .days.. First the manure will become very hot, then after two or- three days it will. grad- ually cool. The temperature will then remain . morg moderate. No' seeds should be planted until the temper- atare of: the soll has fallen below 85 degrees. Use a thermometer; the bulb of ‘which is buried about 3 inches deep" in the soil. Feeling the bed with the habd is not & reliable method of tak- ing the temperature., Have a plece of old carpet or & burlap mat to throw over the sash for protection on ex- tremely cold nights, Cate ‘of "Hotbeds.~ Hotbeds. must be watched during brighit weather to prevent them be- coming too warm, as the sun ‘shining dlnetly on the glass soon brings the !chpentnre above that suitable for _growing ‘ot plants, 3 ‘entilation is provided by propping the mash up at one side of the other leconllng to thé direction of the ‘wind. Have the ‘wind blow over the opening and not directly into the bed. Cold frames are hotbeds minus ar- uqqgl heat—simply = sash-covered frames witli 1o pit under them but ed up-on’ the outside to keep dut the eold. THey are usetul for grow- M{ plants that havée been started fn ieds, ;and.for hardening planfs: to et them. in condition to plint'in the gardén, - Sometimes a bed about 12% length ¢ eovéred by four regular | o8l {8 divided idto two parts, bdng made. into- 2 hotbed d" frgme. This Is Caterpillars’ Silken Nests. Nests of silk, about the:size of €o- conuts, are woven by the Anaphe cat- erpillars, which are found -in ‘ centrai Africa. : _'ments forthem. * LET US % S because he likes|. Jof tin and a. blacksmith furniched|* Alt.honzh Mr Camcron This tractor is preferred by the experlenced (Crawlers have 1160 * ground gripping swiace Yoairse, TREMENDOUS ‘RESERVE !'QWER afinbly in years since this plctuu ‘Was taken, the emm h he lives and for ‘wh 18 valor; it they suffer them 18 was by BHi talow ‘and Alex Cameron was a pioneer in Beltrami county before a railread had been built in the'city’s corporate limits. 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