. Annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture ... Agriculture -- New York (State). I. A BROOK AND ITS WORK. (>/. 0. Martin:) On a rainy day most of lis are driven indoors and thus we miss some of nature's most instructive lessons, for in sunshine or rain the great mother toils on, doing some of her hardest labor when her face is overcast witli clouds. Let us find our waterproofs, raise our umbrellas, bid deliance to the pattering rain and go forth to learn some of the lessons of a rainy day. Along the roadside the steady down-pouring rain col- lects into pools and rills, or i sinks out
. Annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture ... Agriculture -- New York (State). I. A BROOK AND ITS WORK. (>/. 0. Martin:) On a rainy day most of lis are driven indoors and thus we miss some of nature's most instructive lessons, for in sunshine or rain the great mother toils on, doing some of her hardest labor when her face is overcast witli clouds. Let us find our waterproofs, raise our umbrellas, bid deliance to the pattering rain and go forth to learn some of the lessons of a rainy day. Along the roadside the steady down-pouring rain col- lects into pools and rills, or i sinks out of sight in the S ground. The tiny streams search out the easiest grade and run down the road, dig- ging little gullies as they go. Soon these rills meet, and, joining their muddy currents, KilS'' ^^^ ^" ^'^^^^ greater speed '*^'''^''' down the hillside until they reach the bottom of the val- ley and go to swell the brook which flows on in sunshine or rain. The water which sinks into the ground passes out of our sight for a time, but its journey is also down- ward toward the brook, 81.— The brook may he made the center of a ,, i ,i -i life-aeme. ^^^^"g^^ ^^'^ ^^^1' ^«*^"S ^' ^ great sponge, holds it back and makes it take a slower pace than the rushing surface water. The slower-moving underground water percolates through the soil until it comes to a layer of rock, clay, or other impervious sub- stance along the slope of wliich it flows until it is turned again to 518. 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 New York (State). Dept. of Agriculture; New York State Agricultural Experiment Station; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Albany : State of New York, Dept. of Agriculture
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