The Little Farmer.
The spider turns gardener in this way, and all his plants grow well. There is an ant that has a farm, or garden.
This ant lives in warm lands. In this country they are found in Texas, Florida, and in one or two other warm States.
These farmer ants raise grain to eat. The grain is a kind of grass with a large seed. It is called by some “ant-rice.”
There is also a large ant which is fond of the seeds of the sunflower. It is said that the ants plant the sunflowers in a ring around their hill.
The ants have not been seen to carry the seed and plant it. So we may not be quite sure that they do so. Perhaps they build where they see young sunflower plants growing.
It is possible that the ant plants seeds of some kinds. You see there are yet in the world many things left for you to find out. It will be well for you to keep your eyes open.
The farmer ants do not live in a small hill that you could cover with your hand. Their hill, or disk, is sometimes flat, and sometimes high. It is often as large as a large room. It is in the shape of a circle.
