It is because its
possibilities are not generally recognized that so few are now
engaged in it.
The fear of stings will always deter many from entering this
business and so check competition from forcing prices down.
The price of honey makes it a luxury, and there will be an unlimited
opportunity in the crop as long as the price does not get near the
cost of producing, which is far below the present prices.
To use land directly is to open almost infinite opportunities.
Department of Agriculture, Farmers' Bulletin 204, says: "In the
United States the term 'mushroom' refers commercially to but a
single species _(Agaricus Campestris) _of the fleshly fungi, a plant
common throughout most of the temperate regions of the world, and
one everywhere recognized as edible."
It is unfortunate that the commercial use of the term "mushroom"
restricts it to a single species. There are about twenty-five common
varieties of edible fungi in the Northern states.
The successful cultivation of mushrooms in America has not been so
general as in most European countries.
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