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rivers, for navigation and power. Sunlight in bring- 

 ing the moisture from the ocean back to the land, 

 separates it from the salt and other minerals, and 

 brings it back to the plants in the purest and best 

 form for them. In growing plants, there must be 

 a good soil with the necessary food elements, but only 

 with the aid of sunlight can the plants make use of 

 their food. From this we learn that sunlight main- 

 tains life. 



Too much sunlight is a destroyer of life. There 

 are certain forms of life which have become used to 

 living with very little light, and if they are suddenly 

 brought into continued bright light, they die, and 

 fortunately for us, both the animals and the plants, 



which we desire ^ __^ ^ 



most, are able 

 to stand a great 

 deal more sun- 

 light than many 

 plants and ani- 

 mals which are 

 dangerous t o 

 us. Therefore, 

 it is very im- 

 portant that we 

 should learn all 



We Can about Photo by the Author 



this wonderful Teaching sanitation with turnips. A 3-foot 



, tube (a tile) ; an i8-inch tube (tin pipe) ; 



power in tne a 6-inch tube (tomato can) ; a complete 



SUnlieht and cover (wooden box). Covers left on 



5 seven days 



