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LESSON LXIV. 



THE DIFFERENT BREEDS OF HORSES. 



Purpose. — To call attention to the difterences in form and in the 

 use of different breeds. 



The lesson must come directly within the observation of the pupils 

 and, therefore, it is well for the teacher to find out what thoroughbred 

 horses there may be in the neighborhood and interest the pupils in 

 describing them. If there are any mustangs or western horses in the 

 region, let the pupils compare them with the horses imported from 

 Europe. For help in this lesson as well as in the others consult the 

 volume called " The Horse," by Professor L P. Roberts ; this is a clearly- 

 written, practical book and should be in every school library where there 

 is any interest in agriculture. 



Supplementary Reading. — " Cornell-Nature Study Leaflets," p. 589. 

 " Black Beauty." "Animals," Hamerton, p. 57. " Neighbors with Claws 

 and Hoofs," Johonnot, pp. 1 17-139. "John Brent," by Theodore Win- 

 throp. Excellent and useful information is given in "A Country Reader," 

 Buchanan, p. i, and in "Agriculture for Beginners," Burkett, Stevens & 

 Hill, p. 183. 



References for Lesson on the Horse. — " Special Method in Elemen- 

 tary Science," MacMurray, p. 118. "Nature-Study and Life," Hodge, 

 p. 38. "Nature-Study First Reader," Wilson, p. 118. "Nature-Study 

 by Months," Boyden, p. 48. " Study of Nature," Oakley, pp. 54, 59, 62, 

 yo. " Lessons in Elementary Science," Seamon & Woodhull, p. 58. 

 " Nature-Study," Jackman, p. 137. 



THE DONKEY. 



Preliminary JVork.~-li any of the pupils in the locality have a pet donkey, this 

 rfiould be used for study. It should be brought to the grounds, during a recess 

 period two or three times for observation as the lessons progress. It might be 

 well to interest the children particularly in the animal by giving them bits of the 

 history of the species, or by interesting stories like the " Story of a Donkey." 



LESSON LXV. 



HISTORY OF THE DONKEY. 



Purpose. — Through familiar talks and reading to make the pupils 

 realize the part the donkey has played in different civilizations. 



The donkey is often spoken of in the Bible, the first mention being 

 in Genesis in the history of Abraham, who found that Pharaoh was 

 possessed of sheep, oxen, asses and camels. To this day the wild asses 



