74 Report of the Director. 



Insects. 



Learning common insects by name. 



The study of the hfe habits of any insects which are troubhng the 

 farms or orchards in your locahty, and teaching the children, if possi- 

 ble, how to destroy them. 



A study of the life habits of the large moths, cecropia, luna, etc. 



A study of some of our common butterflies. 



Making an insect collection for the school. 



Suggestions for the relation of insect work with language, drawing, 

 etc. 



Fish Study. 



The names of the common fishes of the streams; what happens to 

 them the year through; their food and their nesting habits. 

 How to preserve desirable fish in our streams. 

 The study of a fish, how its form, color, eyes, mouth, fins and gills 

 fit it for its life in the water. 



The game laws of New York State as applied to fish. 

 Suggestions for the use of the study of fish as an aid to the study of 

 geography. 



Of the 500 teachers who have applied for the work above outlined, 

 322 have applied for the bird work, 

 282 for the tree study, 

 290 for the plant study, 

 241 for insect study, 

 181 for fish study. 

 Aside from the leaflets, special letters have been sent to each of 

 the applicants giving them general suggestions for the special work 

 which they have chosen. 



ANNA BOTSFORD COMSTOCK, 



Lecturer in Nature- Study. 



X. THE FARMERS' WIVES' READING COURSE, 



1904-1905. 



The third year of the Farmers' Wives' Reading-Course of Cornell 

 University is completed with a membership of 17,800 women in the 

 state. This number indicates a live membership, since the member- 

 ship has within the year been revised, and the bulletins sent only to 

 those who replied that the post-office address was cori'ect, and that 

 they desired a continuation of the reading. 



