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Rural School Leaflet. 



THE CATERPILLAR ON THE TOMATO PLANTS. 



The tomato worm feeds on the leaves of the tomato, tobacco, and 

 potato. It is a large caterpillar, usually green in color. These cater- 

 pillars do not excrete poison from the horn near the end of the body as 

 has been stated. 



The pupa is often found underground and resembles a jug with a 

 handle. Boys and girls may sometimes dig up the pupae from around 

 tomato plants. 



The moth that comes from the pupa is large, measuring four or five 

 inches. It has many shades of ashgray, marked with black or very 

 davk-gvay . 



Nature has some very interesting ways of controlling insect life. The 

 tomato worm is infested by insects that feed in its body, and when they 

 change to the pupa state, you can see their cocoons on the back of the 

 worm. Some children think these cocoons are eggs. The tomato worm 

 infested by these insects does not live to develop into a moth. 



DAIRYING 

 By R. a. Pearson 



HE lesson on testing milk by the Babcock 

 method, to find how much fat it contains 

 has proved to be well adapted for grade 

 schools. The College agreed to loan testing 

 outfits to a limited number of schools, and 

 already twenty-four schools have been 

 supplied. These are located in different 

 counties of the State. Fourteen other 

 schools have applied, and testing outfits 

 will be sent to them as soon as thev are 

 returned from the persons now using them. 

 The test has value for school work 

 because of the useful instruction which it 

 provides. This includes simple problems in 

 arithmetic and valuable training in accuracy. Here we have a method 

 for emphasizing the importance of accuracy which must make an 

 impression upon the young mind. Let the child take a sample of milk 

 from a ]jint or quart jar, then another sample for a duplicate test, and 

 unless these are measured accurately and other conditions accurately 

 complied with, it will be found that the tests do not agree. 



