Show Necessity of Water Both plants and animals need water to supply the largo amount of water necessary to bo kept always in their tissues but the plant needs it for another an-other reason than the animal Plants cannot absorb food except in a liquid condition and in this way a great surplus sur-plus of water Is taken In by the plant over what It retains in its tissues This surplus Is evaporated through pores in the leaves and is what tho botanist calls transpiration In view of this preeminent need of water in our farming operations tho question of the conservation of what water wo do receive eltherin the form of rain and snow or in tho streams becomes of first Importance Well directed culture cul-ture conserves moisture and constitutes consti-tutes ono of the chief differences between be-tween profitable and unprofitable farming |