. Agriculture for the Kansas common schools. Agriculture. ROOTS 11 £0-^ % A cross section through a root, showing how the root hairs penetrate the soil. The dark lumps represent the soil parti- cles; the wavy lines represent the soil water; the liyht spots represent the air spaces. root surface. As soon as a portion of the root gets older and larger the root hairs die, and the outside of the root gets too thick and hard to absorb water. It is very important that plants have a large number of small roots with many branches, since these fine roots are the ones that have root hairs. Many people t
. Agriculture for the Kansas common schools. Agriculture. ROOTS 11 £0-^ % A cross section through a root, showing how the root hairs penetrate the soil. The dark lumps represent the soil parti- cles; the wavy lines represent the soil water; the liyht spots represent the air spaces. root surface. As soon as a portion of the root gets older and larger the root hairs die, and the outside of the root gets too thick and hard to absorb water. It is very important that plants have a large number of small roots with many branches, since these fine roots are the ones that have root hairs. Many people think that breaking off the fine roots of plants in transplanting them, or tearirg off the fine roots of corn in culti- vating it, will do no harm; but W3 should always remember that any- thing which destroys these fine roots helps to rob the plant of its proper food supply. In transplanting a tree, it is well to prune back the big, heavy roots. This will cause many fine fibrous roots to grow out, upon which root hairs are borne. What Roots Get from the Soil. The great mass of roots which each plant has, is necessary in order that the plant may get its food from the soil. Roots take from the soil great a seedling of com, showing . n ?, . 1 1 •, particles of soil adhering to the quantities ot water, and considerable root hairs, which can not be . 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 Call, Leland Everett, 1881- [from old catalog] comp; Kent, Harry Llewellyn, [from old catalog] joint comp. Topeka, The State of Kansas state printing plant
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