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