Annual report ..[bulletins and circulars] . etus know all that you can find out about a stream : whether itflows in a straight line or whether it meanders from side to side;what materials it carries ; the tools it uses in carving out itsvalley. If your father is a farmer or fruit-grower, ask him whathe does to prevent soil from being washed away. * * * There are some of our boys and girls in large cities whonever have an opportunity to walk in the woods or to askfor the story which a meadow brook can tell. I wonder if, fortheir dues, these children will try egg-shell farming? Securean egg-shel
Annual report ..[bulletins and circulars] . etus know all that you can find out about a stream : whether itflows in a straight line or whether it meanders from side to side;what materials it carries ; the tools it uses in carving out itsvalley. If your father is a farmer or fruit-grower, ask him whathe does to prevent soil from being washed away. * * * There are some of our boys and girls in large cities whonever have an opportunity to walk in the woods or to askfor the story which a meadow brook can tell. I wonder if, fortheir dues, these children will try egg-shell farming? Securean egg-shell, nearly fill it with soil, and plant radish am sure you will enjoy watching the little plants when theycome up. They will have many pretty ways. The one whichinterests me most is its habit of turning toward the sun. Ifyou make two farms and let one grow in the light and the otherin the dark, you will learn why they do this. Tell us two decideddifferences which you can see in the appearance of your littlefarms. Alice G. April, 1900. Junior Naturalist Monthly. Issued by the College of Agriculture and Experiment Station of Cornell Universit}, under Chapter 430 of the Laws of 1899, of the State of New York. Entered in the Post Office at Ithaca, N. Y., as second class matter. VOL. I. CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, N. Y. NO.
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