58 DA VET'S PRIMER 



44 What's them men doing? " 



You are violating the rules of grammar, Thomas. 



Put that sentence on the board and analyze it at 

 your leisure. 



These men are digging a ditch, and the soil is all 

 full of roots, even down to the rock, where the men 

 are blasting. There are some very nice elm trees situ- 

 ated around this spot and they have pumped and 

 pumped until they have drawn all the water out of the 

 earth, and the leaves were all dropping. This is in 

 Sandusky, O., and the property is owned by a great 

 lover of trees, and he has had water supplied for the 

 thirsty trees. Remember a former lesson, how that the 

 leaves manufacture the oxygen for us. You see, it is a 

 great misfortune for us to let these factories go to ruin. 



We all admire the beautiful top of a tree, but how 

 very few think anything about the roots ! and yet these 

 roots should have our deepest thoughts. How much 

 water did we say was in the leaves of the Maple on 



P a g e 53 ? 



"About forty gallons." 



Good memory, Martin. And how is the water pro- 

 cured? 



" Pumped up by the roots." 



Right, Sarah, this shows close observation of what 

 is said. 



But suppose the " pumps " at the \vater-works were 

 out of order, what's the consequence? 



" No water in the stand-pipe." 



