. Country life reader . Root showing nodules. THE SMALLEST PLANTS ON THE FARM 13 nitrogen factories for the roots. When father ploughs upthis clover-field therell be plenty of nitrogen in the ground,and hes going to take a load of earth from this field andsprinkle it on the field down by the woods so as to be surethere are bacteria in the ground before he plants his peas. Bacteria/ repeated Ruth. Isnt it wonderful! Howdo you spell it? Oh, I dont know, returned Clark, as he moved must go down and help father now. Motherll tell youhow to spell it. Father says the bacteria make the breadri
. Country life reader . Root showing nodules. THE SMALLEST PLANTS ON THE FARM 13 nitrogen factories for the roots. When father ploughs upthis clover-field therell be plenty of nitrogen in the ground,and hes going to take a load of earth from this field andsprinkle it on the field down by the woods so as to be surethere are bacteria in the ground before he plants his peas. Bacteria/ repeated Ruth. Isnt it wonderful! Howdo you spell it? Oh, I dont know, returned Clark, as he moved must go down and help father now. Motherll tell youhow to spell it. Father says the bacteria make the breadrise and the preserves ferment. Mother knows aboutthat. Ask her about Red clover in both were used in pot at right. THE ANIMAL TENT Chris had been at the circus, and, like all small boys, hewas interested in the animal tent. It happened, besides,that just the previous week the teacher had been tellingthe class in nature study about the animals on the farm—where they had come from, how they had been tamed,and a great many other interesting things about their lifeand habits. At all events, as a result of the circus Chrishad come home very tired; but, weary as he was, he in-sisted on going out with his father to the barn to do thechores. By this time it was quite dark, and when hisfather was busy with the lantern fixing up the cattle forthe night, Chris lay down to rest on a pile of straw whichwas lying temptingly in one corner of the stable. He had not lain there very long before it seemed tohim that the stable around him was somehow undergoinga mysterious change. Instead of his fathers lanternthere appeared to be a myriad dazzling lights
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