1392 Rural School Leaflet 



pare a mount showing specimens of the various feeds given to horses in 

 the local districts. Both the grain feeds and the forage feeds should be 

 represented, and it is left to the ingenuity of the various schools as to how 

 they can best be attached to the mount. Awards will be made on a basis 

 of the apparent amount of local study, the arrangement, and the educational 

 value of the exhibit. 



8. Cattle product mount 

 There are a large number of products obtained from cattle, and some 

 teachers will be interested in having the boys and girls make a study of 

 some of these products and in obtaining specimens, if possible. Two years 

 ago a school sent to the general exhibit, which was not at that time divided 

 into specific classes, a mount showing the products that are obtained from 

 sheep and all the various ways in which wool is manufactured. It was a 

 most instructive mount, and it has seemed as though some similar effort 

 could be made in the study of the products from cattle. There may 

 be some little difficulty in devising ways to preserv^e and mount such 

 things as milk, butter, and cheese, but schools wiU probably be able to 

 solve the problem in some satisfactory way by the use of small air-tight 

 bottles, and the like. The exhibit in this class should be of special interest 

 if w^ell worked out. 



9. Injurious insect mount 



It is well known that the method of controlling an injurious insect 

 depends very largely on the life history of the insect ; it is valuable, there- 

 fore, to become familiar with the life histories of injurious insects. The 

 exhibit in this class should consist of a mount showing the complete life 

 history of some one injurious insect in the local district and including 

 a short description of the method of controlling the insect, which shows 

 how the control is related to the life history. 



10. Bird house 



Thousands of bird houses are made by boys and girls during the year. 

 Many of them are well and correctly made, as is evidenced b}^ the fact 

 that they are approved by the birds and used as homes. It sometimes 

 happens, however, that a bird house is not suitable for the purpose for 

 which it is designed, and it is desirable to recognize a few of the standard 

 requirements. In the first place, for all birds except purple martins, no 

 house should be built with more than one compartment and one entrance ; 

 this compartment should not be too large — from six to eight inches square 

 is ample. The opening should var}^ somewhat with the kind of bird 

 the house is designed to attract; one inch in diameter is about right for 

 wrens and chickadees, and an inch and a half for bluebirds and swallows. 



