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CHAPTER IX 
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REGULATING THE TRANSPIRATION ‘ z . . « 165-192 
How Water leaves the Soil . : 3 - c . . 165 
Absorption . A F . . 166 
Movement of Water ‘irons tha Plant ‘ . 2 . 170 
The Work of Leaves. ‘ F ° 3 . 5 . 171 
Transpiration ‘ é . . is . 174 
Conditions influencing Tr arispiation a ‘ F -  . 175 
Plant-food and Transpiration : a te -  . 180 
Transpiration for a Pound of Dry Ntacter : : i . 182 
Methods of controlling Transpiration . Seo ce : . 186 
CHAPTER X 
PLowineé aNp FaLiowine . ‘ 5 i 6 F . 193-204 
CHAPTER XI 
Sowrne any Harvestinc . ; : : ‘ ‘ . 205-230 
Conditions of Germination . ‘ ‘5 2 F . 206 
Time to Sow . : . i j - 5 . . . 212 
Depth of Seeding . és ‘ . . . - E . 220 
Quantity to Sow . ‘ : ‘ . . . ® » 222 
Method of Sowing . : . F . . 3 . . 225 
The Care of the Crop . . : ‘ E 3 . 226 
Harvesting . ‘i ; s . ‘ < - 5 . 228 
CHAPTER XII 
Crops For Dry-FARMING . ‘ . 5 ; ‘ - 232-256 
Importance of Right Crops . : . . . - 232 
Wheat . é . Fi é a é r . 284 
Other Small Gratis . . . . . : . . 241 
Oats 
Barley 
Rye 
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