Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 528
get into the earth beneath;and if the moisture cannot enter the underlyingsoil, the plants cannot get their food and drink.More than that, so the experts tell us, the bakedcondition of the grounds surface really helps thesun to draw up out of the earth what moisture isunderneath. Now Mr. Seabrook… … THE WATER COMING FROM THE PIPES IS TURNED TO THIN JETS OF SPRAY. skies fail him, and these showers are just theright sort for both the plants and the soil. Theyare really very gentle rains, and the moisture en-ters the earth without hurting the ground surface,and well nigh every drop does good. The…
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