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between the fir and spruce and hemlock, and the white and pitch pines. 

 Keep your eyes open for weeds up above the snow and Hsten to the 

 brook under the ice and the wind as it blows through the close cropped 

 hawthorns. Perhaps your teacher, or the woodsman, will show you 

 how to build a fire out in the snow without paper or leaves by using 

 the little dead hemlock branches. A fire is always fun, and if any- 

 thing ever tastes good, it is hot frankfurters or bacon and bread out 

 in the woods when you are really hungry in the way that only boys 

 and girls who love the out-of-doors can be hungry. If you go on 

 this excursion listen for the chick-a-dees and see whether you can 

 catch sight of the white-breasted nuthatch, or the downy woodpecker. 



Fig. 3. — Over the -fields and across the fences into the wind-swept pastures 



or perhaps an owl. Watch for the rabbit and squirrel tracks, and 

 notice where the birds in their search for food have walked around 

 the weeds that stand above the snow. 



Some of the Farm Boys' and Girls' Clubs have debates. This is 

 a good thing to do. The subject need not be agricultural. What 

 would you think sometime of asking the minister to read a good story 

 before your club? He would be glad to do this. Before long I want 

 all of you to read or listen to " The King of the Golden River," by 

 John Ruskin and " The Dog of Flanders," by Ouida. If there is a 



