Rural School Agriculture: Exercises for Use with Any Text-book of Agriculture, Or Without a Text-bookOrange Judd Company, 1907 - 267 páginas |
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... clothes - pins , mercury , wooden box ( 12 x 10 x 3 inches ) , wire netting , sawdust , blotting paper . DIRECTIONS 1. Place some peas which have germinated upon moist soil with the radicles ( roots ) pointing in differ- ent directions ...
... clothes - pins , mercury , wooden box ( 12 x 10 x 3 inches ) , wire netting , sawdust , blotting paper . DIRECTIONS 1. Place some peas which have germinated upon moist soil with the radicles ( roots ) pointing in differ- ent directions ...
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... clothes - pins to the side of a small dish , and pour into it some mercury . To each of the clothes - pins pin ... cloth and keep moist . Hang up the box so the bottom can be observed . You will observe : ( 1 ) that air , light ...
... clothes - pins to the side of a small dish , and pour into it some mercury . To each of the clothes - pins pin ... cloth and keep moist . Hang up the box so the bottom can be observed . You will observe : ( 1 ) that air , light ...
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... cloth , scales . DIRECTIONS Tie a piece of cheese cloth over the large end of each of three lamp chimneys , and weigh each sep- arately . Place samples of clay , loam , and sand near the stove for 24 hours or until they are dry . Fill ...
... cloth , scales . DIRECTIONS Tie a piece of cheese cloth over the large end of each of three lamp chimneys , and weigh each sep- arately . Place samples of clay , loam , and sand near the stove for 24 hours or until they are dry . Fill ...
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... cloth , ammonia water , potash , litmus paper . DIRECTIONS Tie a piece of cheese cloth over one end of a lamp chimney ; fill the chimney with clay soil or garden loam , and pack firmly . Set the chimney in a vessel and pour in the top ...
... cloth , ammonia water , potash , litmus paper . DIRECTIONS Tie a piece of cheese cloth over one end of a lamp chimney ; fill the chimney with clay soil or garden loam , and pack firmly . Set the chimney in a vessel and pour in the top ...
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... cloth , co ears . DIRECTIONS I. Take a shallow box and partly fill it with san Let the sand be as fine as can be procured ; it w hold moisture longer than coarse sand , thus rende ing the conditions more favorable for germinatio Moisten ...
... cloth , co ears . DIRECTIONS I. Take a shallow box and partly fill it with san Let the sand be as fine as can be procured ; it w hold moisture longer than coarse sand , thus rende ing the conditions more favorable for germinatio Moisten ...
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