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JJlj^he study of horticulture. 



QPY^ BY J. C. BI.AIR, 



— ^ " iProfes^or of Pomology and Chief in Horticulture, University of Illinois. 



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Third Series, No. 2. Whole No. 26. 



Taylorville, Illinois, October, 1902. 



WHERE AND HOW PLANTS FEED. 



The waves at work grinding up the rocks into sand. 



This picture was taken on the shore of Lake Michigan and it 

 shows how the waves are constantly rolling the stones about and 

 grinding them up. This same thing is done by all rivers and 

 bodies of moving water. 



WHERE PLANTS FEED. 



In the first lesson we said that the effect of good food 

 is readily seen and the stock farmer never forgets this. 

 When he has stock to fatten he does not turn the animals 



