. Soils and plant life as related to agriculture . Agriculture; Soils; Plants. 8 SOILS AND PLANT LIFE When wheat is received at the mills, it is run between great steel rollers, and it then passes through a long series of processes until it is separated into flour, bran, middlings and various other products. We may compare the changes which take place in a decaying plant with those which take place in the wheat as it passes through the mill, but we find a Fig. 3. — The cyde from plant to plant again. The products of the wheat can not be gathered together again to make the kernels
. Soils and plant life as related to agriculture . Agriculture; Soils; Plants. 8 SOILS AND PLANT LIFE When wheat is received at the mills, it is run between great steel rollers, and it then passes through a long series of processes until it is separated into flour, bran, middlings and various other products. We may compare the changes which take place in a decaying plant with those which take place in the wheat as it passes through the mill, but we find a Fig. 3. — The cyde from plant to plant again. The products of the wheat can not be gathered together again to make the kernels from which they came, whereas in Nature the plants are broken down and separated by the molds and bacteria into simple compounds, which are taken up by roots and finally made again into living plants. The drawing above will fix in our minds better than words how this comes about. 6. The Part Animal Life plays in making and mixing Soils. — A plant may be eaten by an animal. A part. 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 Cunningham, Jules Cool, 1879-; Lancelot, William Henry, 1874-. New York : Macmillan
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