get wool? How
USED FO R FO O D?
is wool taken
from the sheep? What articles of dress are made of
wool?
Name the animals whose skins are used to make
leather. How is leather prepared? Did you ever see a
tannery? What do they do there?
FRO M WHAT ANIMAL DO WE
GET WO O L?
From what animals do we get furs?
What is silk?
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Silk is made by little worms caled
silkworms. When the worm is fuly
grown, it spins round itself a smal bal of
silk, caled a cocoon. If this cocoon
were left to itself, the worm would
change to a moth, and the moth would
eat its way out of this little house. But
this, of course, would cut the little
threads and spoil the silk. As soon,
therefore, as the cocoon is made, it is
THE SILKWO RM AND MO TH.
put into hot water to kil the worm. In
this way the silk is saved.
Almost every part of the cow is made use of. For what is the flesh used? What use is made of the hoofs? horns? hair? What is done with the skin? What other uses has the cow?
What animal shows the most affection for his master?
Mention some kinds of dogs.
You may have seen a dog caled the St. Bernard. He is large, with long curly hair. In the Alps mountains, where traveling is dangerous, the St. Bernard dogs have saved many lives. Who
use their dogs, as we use horses, to draw their sledges?
Which is the most useful animal to man?
Draw and paint some of the animals spoken of in the lesson.
Write the names:
Of animals useful for food.
Of animals which work for man.
Of animals useful to us for clothing.
Of birds and fowls used for food.
LESSON XL.
THE SIGNS OF THE SEASONS.
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What does it mean when the
What does it mean when the
bluebird comes
crickets chirp,
And builds its nest, singing sweet
And away to the south the
and clear?
robins steer?
When violets peep among blades
When apples are faling, and
of grass?--
leaves grow brown?--
These are the signs that spring is
These are the signs that autumn
here.
is here
What does it mean when berries
What does it mean when days are
are ripe?
short?
When butterflies flit, and
When leaves are gone, and
honeybees hum?
brooks are dumb
When cattle stand under the
When fields are white with drifted
shady trees?--
snow?--
These are the signs that summer
These are the signs that winter
has come.
has come.
LESSON XLI.
THINGS FOUND IN THE EARTH.
The earth contains many things that are of great value to us. These we must find and dig out.
The coal we burn in our grates to warm us; iron, from which so many useful things are made; gold, silver, tin, lead, and copper,--al come out of the earth.
But these are not al the valuable things hidden away in the earth.
From salt wels we get a great deal of the salt used on our tables. From oil wels is obtained the oil we use in our lamps to give us light. Diamonds which sparkle so beautifuly, and the stone we use in building, are also taken from the earth.
Coal, iron, gold, silver, lead, tin, copper,
mercury, and salt are caled minerals.
The opening dug in the earth from which
minerals, except stone, are taken; is caled a
mine.
One of the most useful of minerals is coal. Did
you ever stop to think how much hard work
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coal does for us? It grinds our wheat, it
weaves our cloth, it carries us by sea and by
land over the earth. Hardly any labor can be
done without coal.
You have noticed that some coal burns with a
great deal of flame and smoke. That is caled
soft or bituminous coal. That hard, clean-
looking coal, which burns with little blaze, yet
gives out such great heat, is anthracite coal.
Coal has many uses. Mention al you can think
of. From which kind is gas obtained, hard or