Rural Sciiooi. Leaflet. 



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A vicious horse is a very dangerous animal. It may endanger life 

 by biting, kicking, or running away. 



1. Make a list of all the different kinds of labor performed on your 

 farm by the horse. 



2. Would it have been possible to have done many of these tasks 

 without the help of the horse? Would it have cost more to have done so? 



3. How many of the farm tools and machines need the help of the horse 

 to be of service ? 



4. Would a horse 

 fit for carriage ser- 

 vice be a good worker 

 on a farm? About 

 what kind and weight 

 of horse would be 

 most useful to a 

 farmer ? 



5. The wages of a 

 horse for the work 

 he does are his food, 

 his well-bedded 

 stable, and the labor 

 of grooming him. 

 Does it pay to under- 

 pay him? 



6. In what other 

 ways does the horse 

 help to make the 

 farm fertile besides 

 his labor of tilling it ? 



7. How old should be the colt to be sufficiently grown-up for a farm 

 hand? While he is growing how should his food differ from that of 

 the grown-up horses? 



8. When the life work of the horse is done, of what use is the 

 body? 



The Cat. — The cat is a very difTerent animal from the large and useful 

 horse. It is harder to make sure in one's mind whether she is helpful 

 or harmful to the farm life. 



When foraging for herself the food of the cat may be rats and mice, 



squirrels, birds, and even snakes. Unless trained when young to leave 



the inhabitants of the poultry yard alone she is more destructive than 



any owl or hawk. She should never be allowed to become extremely 



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Fig. 26. — Ponies. 



Bring one to the school yard for a 

 lesson 



