Show FEED THEY WILL ILL FEED YOU More Earthworms More Humus You dont don't find many In a asand asand sand and bank There Is nothing thero there for them to eat cat cator Nor or or will you rou find tInd many nany manyin in a light sand sandy soil soH There Is not much more mora to eat there than in the tho sand bank If It you ou will put a thick layer o of leaves on sand sandy soil and antI place a n few on tile the leaves something Is likely to happen The rho worms will make their wa way through the tho leaves to tho the top of or the soil soli Then tho thiC they will begin to cat the leaves lea and draw thorn them down into the holes in the soil that the earthworms are arc always alwa's m making a 1 ng- ng Tho The small bits of or leaves along along- with tho time small bits of ot soil soli pass through the time bodies bodIes bod bed ies lee of or the worms and aro finally cast out as little pellets on the tho surface berl be- be I rl t u H u slue me tue iou xou ou can cun see suca nine little piles of ot pellets almost n I any summer RUmmel morning by looking In the garden rarden This experiment shows hows what is happening happening hap lisp pening all summer eummer in ever every garden where leaves and fish worms aro are pres pres- ant ent And It Is Is' not leaves alone that the tho ho eat All AlI l kinds ind of or plant materials soft sort enough for them to set get el hold of or are devoured and tho the particles passed through their bodies to be cast out as pellets on the surface In this way til time the earthworms have been very helpful In increasing tho tIme depth of ot soils solis For while one worm alone may not do much In one ono year oar a a. million worms In Ina ina a hundred years ears will accomplish a gre great t deal I You will readily see that this grinding grinding grind grind- ing Ing- Ingup up of leaves In the tho bodies of ot the worms makes makeR them thorn moro mono useful In furnishing furnishing- food tood to roots of ot plants Tho Th tin tiny tin r root ot hairs haira can penetrate all through the fine particles and absorb moisture and fo food d But the grinding up Ull is also helpful in another way a The Tho soil l IB is full of or minute germs erms called bacteria which are always alwa's at work ork producing food for plant growth These bacteria can work ork much bettor better j I in this finely ground Io nd l leafy af material than In coarse leaves So the tho worms I Iare Iare Iare are of ot great rat assistance In making time the j soil richer In chemicals for tor plant plan I growth gloth Even Eon the holes that the tho worms make makeIn In th the soil noil are arc helpful The They permit i Air to penetrate and rain to run in In thus furnishing two of ot the most nary ear things to keep the soil In fri t adl adlOn etl On this account alono alone it Is la have havo earthworms In tho garden arden Humus Is called the food tood When you feed fallen Callan leaves to 1 the they become pro producer humus and enrich the soil aon by so do o oThe The They help to make mako the soil better they must have plant materials te to t tit It with Ith In general the richer X r. garden the moro more earthworms norms th there r be And the more earthworms i imore more humus and the more mora humul more food rood an and food Is what oy 01 soldier of ot the school garden army after atter So It all aU conies comes down to you OU feed teed tho the the will ivill feed teed you i |