Project Gutenberg 2008-03-29 Public domain in the USA. 141 Falconer, William Mushrooms : $b how to grow them. A practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure Reading ease score: 61.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Steven Giacomelli, Leonard Johnson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by Core Historical Literature in Agriculture (CHLA), Cornell University) "Mushrooms: How to Grow Them" by William Falconer is a practical treatise on mushroom cultivation written in the late 19th century. The book primarily focuses on the techniques and best practices for growing mushrooms, emphasizing its profitability and health benefits for home consumption and market sales. Falconer aims to provide guidance for various audiences, including market gardeners, florists, private growers, suburban residents, and farmers, illustrating that mushroom cultivation can be accessible to anyone willing to invest in it. At the start of the book, Falconer discusses the growing demand for mushrooms in America and notes the inadequacy of supply, making it a lucrative opportunity for growers. He highlights the beneficial aspects of mushroom consumption and cultivation, stating that it is an enjoyable indoor activity suitable for families, particularly during the winter months. The opening chapters also detail the ideal conditions for mushroom growth, the importance of proper soil and manure preparation, and the various methods of cultivation for different settings, such as cellars, greenhouses, and farms, ensuring that readers understand the foundational requirements for successful mushroom farming. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Mushroom culture SB Text Browsing: Cooking & Drinking Browsing: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming 400085 400231 2024-11-10T14:46:16.616915 2023-09-11T06:58:21.396366 text/html text/html 387406 2021-01-03T10:50:41 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 944750 2021-01-03T10:50:41 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1107861 2024-11-10T14:46:26.277858 application/epub+zip 1110932 2024-11-10T14:46:20.217878 application/epub+zip 205894 2024-11-10T14:46:18.728896 application/epub+zip 1296750 2024-11-10T14:46:30.723820 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1254001 2024-11-10T14:46:25.228898 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 337025 2022-09-11T12:49:16.297445 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 334615 334343 2024-11-10T14:46:15.485883 2023-09-11T06:58:20.450374 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 334314 2021-01-03T10:50:41 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 119585 2021-01-03T10:50:41 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 334735 2021-01-03T10:50:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 119555 2021-01-03T10:50:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21057 2024-11-10T14:46:30.852798 application/rdf+xml 13296 2024-11-10T14:46:19.296892 image/jpeg 3429 2024-11-10T14:46:19.010891 image/jpeg 1045598 2024-11-10T14:46:16.711915 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog