. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Fig. 6.—Freeing the soil from lumps and stones. they are apt to grow tall and " ; That is rij^ht. Sift the soil carefully, and if it is clay soil, arid a little sand to make it more loose and crumbly. If you are able to get some woods earth to mix \Yith the clay, the plant will like it very much. That kind of soil is mostly made of decaying leaves and wood, and the little fuzzy working roots can find plant food in it to send up to the
. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Fig. 6.—Freeing the soil from lumps and stones. they are apt to grow tall and " ; That is rij^ht. Sift the soil carefully, and if it is clay soil, arid a little sand to make it more loose and crumbly. If you are able to get some woods earth to mix \Yith the clay, the plant will like it very much. That kind of soil is mostly made of decaying leaves and wood, and the little fuzzy working roots can find plant food in it to send up to the starch factories in the green leaves. If you cannot get woo d earth, perhaps Father will let you buy a few cents worth of florists' soil which is prepared with food for hungry plants. Right again! Firm the earth well, so that the working roots may not find their way into little open spaces where they will dry up. They need some air. but enough will creep through the firmed soil. Roots seem to like to push their way. I am glad you arc making such straight. Fig. 7.—Making the soil Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Ithaca, N. Y. : The University
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