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Show PLANTS ARE MOSTLY WATER ' Their Demand en Soli for Moisture It Very Great Governor Hoard Makes Illustration. Growing plant conalat to a very high degree. In tbelr composition, of water, and their demand upon the aoll for water la very great indeed. One little Imaglnea tbe tremendoua pumping power of a large oax through Ita uncountable leavea which apread to the wind conatantly a tremendoua tre-mendoua evaporating aurface. It la little to be wondered, aaya Michigan Farmer, that In the vicinity of aucb a tree It la almost Impossible to secure se-cure the growth of a crop of any description de-scription because the tree haa drawn from the aurface the available water aupply which la necessary for tbe growth of the other plant. Lack of an available aupply of water wa-ter at the time when It la most needed need-ed by the crop ia the weak point In most soils. Here I where science come Into play and teaches the farmer farm-er ao to conserve the moisture of his aoll that an 'available aupply will b at hand when the crop moat needa it Governor Hoard made an excellent Illustration aome yeara ago of thla point, and It Is because they ace ao fundamental that we call so much attention at-tention to these varloua seemingly rlementary principles of plant growth. He auks why It la that when a crop tf clover la seeded underneath a crop sf peaa and oat, and theae peaa and -.sts are not harvested until the time ripening, it la exceedingly difficult, specially In the dry seasons, to secure se-cure a favorable growth of clover. |