Elementary agriculture with practical arithmetic elementaryagricu01hatc Year: 1906 56 ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE that the roots can penetrate it to a greater depth, and have more soil to feed upon. For root crops the ground must be plowed deep and be very carefully pulverized. There are two reasons for THE RESULT OF CAREFUL CULTIVATION. This tomato plant attained the height of eleven feet, six inches and bore one hundred one perfectly formed to- matoes. this. In the first place, poorly-pulverized soil spoils the shape of roots like beets and parsnips. They

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