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CORRELATION OF NATURE-STUDY WITH OTHER STUDIES. 



Geography. — The children of your school are undoubtedly familiar 

 with some distinct breeds of cattle, especially if they have attended 

 the agricultural fairs. Study in every possible way the lives and 

 habits of the people in the coimtries in which these breeds were 

 developed. Geography readers will aid much in this respect, and 

 our common cattle will be a direct means of interesting the children 

 in Holland, Denmark, the Channel Islands, and the different countries 

 of England and Scotland. The relation of people to cattle in different 

 countries will also prove interesting. Let pupils read how cows are 

 used for plowing and burdens instead of for milk in China; and how 

 the people of India have sacred cattle, and how the peasants of 

 Germany often live on the second floor of the house, the first floor 

 being the stable of cows which are kept most clean; and how the 

 milk peddlers of Cuba and other hot countries sometimes drive the 

 cow from door to door, always taking the calf along to start the flow 

 of milk. The geography of our own country should be studied also 

 to discover the reasons why beef cattle are raised in the far West and 

 dairy cattle in the Middle West and East. In fact the enterprising 

 teacher will find that the cow path leads over all the world, and that 

 her pupils will take great pleasure in following it. 



Industrial Geography. — There is to-day very little waste from the 

 carcasses of cattle; and aside from the dairy, beef and tallow in- 

 dustries there are connected with the cattle business the manu- 

 factures of leather, plaster, glue, buttons, fertilizers and many others. 

 The pupils should study each of these industries. Also let them note 

 that the countries which produce great amounts of hides and tallow 

 are not dairy countries. 



Language Work. — The well-marked breeds like the Jerseys, Ayr- 

 shires or Holsteins afford excellent subjects for simple descriptions, 

 which should include size, color and the striking characteristics. 

 Advanced work may be done in connection with the geography work, 

 giving the results in interesting form. How and why the pioneers 

 used oxen for transportation and logging would be an excellent theme. 

 The story of pet calves and coWs would be an interesting subject for 

 the country child to write about. The MowgH story "Tiger Tiger" 

 in the "First Jungle Book" might be read and the actions of the 

 buffaloes described in an essay. 



Drawing. — Send a stamp for a blank application for registry to the 

 Secretary of the Guernsey or Holstein Breeders' Association. Let 

 each pupil make a copy of the outline and fill it out with the color 

 and markings of the Guernsey or Holstein cow in the neighborhood. 



