* r SECOND GRADE WINTER WORK 99 



LESSON XXII 

 WINTER DWELLERS 



Take the pupils to visit a good stable or barn in which 

 horses and cows are kept. Note the provisions made to 

 keep them warm, and to protect them from the cold winds and 

 storms. A careful driver will blanket his horse in winter 

 when he halts for a time, so the animal will not get chilled 

 and take cold. The barnyard fowls, too, should be properly 

 provided with shelter, as well as the pig, the dog, and other 

 domestic animals. 



Out west on the range, unprotected by a suitable shelter, 

 many of these animals perish in winter/ and nearly all of 

 them become very poor, if not sick. Why do these animals 

 generally go in herds or large numbers? Tell of some of 

 their difficulties in obtaining food and water, as well as shelter 

 in winter. Often they eat snow for water, and paw away 

 the snow to get at the grass underneath. When the snows 

 in the mountains become too deep for them, the herd 

 migrates to the valleys. 



Some animals gnaw the bark off live trees for food; and 

 very often the early pioneers had to cut down trees and 

 allow their horses and cattle to eat the small and tender 

 twigs to keep them from starving in the winter time. 



Discuss the wild winter dwellers, especially the fur-bearing 

 animals: the beaver, marten, lynx, bear, wolf,, coyote, etc. 

 How do they get their food? How are they protected from 

 the cold? Study one or -two in detail with the aid of stuffed 

 specimens or good pictures, and thus illustrate the lives of 

 the others. 



Make a dog kennel; a bird house, etc. 



