THE SOIL. 



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ONE NIGHT S RAIN-STORM. 



It is both interesting and instructive to walk out 

 after a heavy summer's rain and see the small, 

 muddy rivulets running in almost every direction, 

 following wagon ruts in the open roads, plow-fur- 



S01L-WEARING ALONG THE BROOK. 



rows in the fields, and mole-tunnels everywhere. 

 Last night's heavy rain washed from about an acre 

 of newly plowed ground fully a ton of soil, which 

 settled by the roadside at the corner of the field. 



