Rural School Leaflet. 



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(that represents the water in the subsoil) rose most rapidly in the soil 

 having the particles close to each other. 



Soil may be so fine and so closely packed that capillarity acts slowly. 

 This is the case with clay soils. In sandy soils capillarity act^j quickly. 



III 



Depth of Planting 

 Ethel Gowans 



Purpose. — To show the effect of various depths oi" planting. 



Conditions necessary. — Fine, moist garden soil. 



Method. — Let each pupil plant five hills of beans, one foot apart, and 

 one seed in a hill. Plant the seed in the first hill five inches deep, in 

 the second hill three and one-half inches deep, in the third hill two and 

 one-half inches deep, in the 

 fourth hill one and one-half 

 inches deep, and in the fifth 

 hill one-half inch deep. 



Observations. — i. In which 

 hill does the bean plant come 

 up first? 



2. Does the plant come up 

 straight through the soil, or 

 in a looped manner? 



3. Are all the plants per- 

 fect — that is, do they have 

 the first pair of opposite fleshy 

 leaves (cotyledons) with the 

 two smaller thin leaves (true 

 leaves) above? 



4. If any plants have lost 

 the two fleshy leaves, compare 

 their growth with that of the 

 plants that have not lost the 

 fleshy leaves. 



5. If any plants fail to 

 come up, what rcabon.-^ can 

 you give? Dig; carefully into 

 the hill and fin*:! the seeds; this 

 may hdp you an answering. Fig. t,^.— Thinning the plants 



