. Country life reader . W ihitjiiihr iiiJjm,-^^. f ., w:^.^^^^ THE SMALLEST PLANTS ON THE FARM ^What do you suppose I have in this pail? askedClark, as he came up the garden walk with a small pailand a childs spade in his hand. I dont know, said Ruth, ^snt it just earth? Just earth! Pooh! Maybe you wont believe a hundred miUion plants in this pail. A hundred million plants! and Ruth laughed loudlyin derision. Whos been filling your head with thatnonsense? Its no nonsense, I tell you, replied Clark. Fathertold me, and he knows. Let me see them, asked Ruth, peering into the pailwith just
. Country life reader . W ihitjiiihr iiiJjm,-^^. f ., w:^.^^^^ THE SMALLEST PLANTS ON THE FARM ^What do you suppose I have in this pail? askedClark, as he came up the garden walk with a small pailand a childs spade in his hand. I dont know, said Ruth, ^snt it just earth? Just earth! Pooh! Maybe you wont believe a hundred miUion plants in this pail. A hundred million plants! and Ruth laughed loudlyin derision. Whos been filling your head with thatnonsense? Its no nonsense, I tell you, replied Clark. Fathertold me, and he knows. Let me see them, asked Ruth, peering into the pailwith just a touch of curiosity. There! Didnt I tellyou? Its just plain, ordinary earth! Listen, said Clark, and Ill tell you what fathersays. He says that all this earth on our farm, if its anygood for growing things, is just packed full of the tiniestlittle plants, so small that you cant see them unless youlook through a kind of glass that makes things look bigger ! Oh, interrupted Ruth, isnt that dreadful! Its nowonder that weeds grow so fast, is it? N
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