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ANO THER GRAIN WHICH WE

You ought to find something to tel your teacher and

FIND O N ALMO ST EVERY TABLE.

classmates about the grains.

Perhaps you would enjoy drawing some of the grains you have seen.

Choose one of the grains, and write what you have Learned about it from conversation and

observation.

We plow the fields, and scatter

The good seed on the land,

But it is fed and watered

By God's almighty hand.

He sends the snow in winter,

The warmth to swel the grain,

The breezes and the sunshine,

And soft refreshing rain.

LESSON XXXI.

FRUITS.

Name some trees upon which grow things to eat. What do we cal such trees?

What fruit trees have you seen? What do we cal the

place where many fruit trees grow?

Did you ever pick berries? What makes it hard to pick

blackberries?

Name fruits that grow about here. Which grow on

trees? Which on bushes? Which on vines?

Mention the different uses of these fruits.

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The orange is one of the most delicious and

wholesome of fruits. It grows only in the warmer parts

of our country. In winter as wel as in summer, the

orange trees are loaded with golden fruit and fragrant

blossom. The blossoms are white, and are very

beautiful.

Name other fruits that grow in warm parts of the

country.

People who live in cold countries need such food as

wil make them warm. What kinds of food are best in