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The Reader; Intended to Convey Useful Facts, in Early Themes for Children. Intended to Convey Useful Facts, in Early Themes for Children - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1848. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Mary: Then I see that fish like good air and cleanliness as much as other animals. Parmer Williams: There is no doubt of it. To suppose that fish prefer foul water to sweet, is to make a very great mistake as to the habits and tastes of these animals. THE EFFECTS OF WARMTH. Charles: You were kind enough to tell us the other day, sir, that the soil of your farm is a veiy warm soil. What did you mean by that? Farmer Williams: I mean that it is a good mouldy soil, well drained; so that the warm air can well circulate through it. And also it is a warm soil, because the fields are pretty far down in the valley, sloping to the south and south-west, and well sheltered by the hills from the cold northern and easterly winds. Mary: But does it, sir, make any difference to your land, its being low down in the valley? Farmer Williams: Certainly it does. The higher I ascend up the hill, the colder I find the air becomes. You will notice the effect of this in those whose farms are further up our range of hills. I can grow on my farm all the corn crops which delight in a temperate climate. I can produce from my warm soils wheat, and barley, and oats, even to the tops of my highest lands. But farmer Yates, whose farm is above mine, cannot grow barley profitably; for barley needs a warm climate. Then, again, there are certain of his very highest fields on which the wheat never does well; and then you know that, at the very top of the mountain, and on it s northern slopes, there is a little farmer who never tries to grow anything but oats, and these do not always do well; and yet oats will grow in a climate, and at an elevation, where no farmer can profitably grow either wheat or barley. Charles: I remember now that we always find it very cold up at his little farm. The most elev...
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