2i8 HOW TO LIVE IN THE COUNTRY 



we call geology. It is the science of the stuff that 

 makes up the farm. There is not a single science 

 but has more or less bearing upon country homes 

 and country living. 



In the country home laboratory we are specifically 

 studying home, and the things that make for home; 

 the pebbles that a boy naturally plays with and the 

 flowers that first of all draw a child's attention. In 

 the chemistry corner we analyze the water and the soil 

 and enter intimately into the questions of health. In 

 the entomological corner we determine what butter- 

 flies and moths and bugs and beetles are our neigh- 

 bors and how to use them, as well as keep the evil dis- 

 posed from destroying our crops. In the botany cor- 

 ner, where there should be plenty of drawers and 

 boxes, the study of plants and trees becomes exceed- 

 ingly practical. They should be studied not simply 

 as so much vegetation, but as something that makes 

 up a part of our own home life. In the geological 

 corner the rocks and rolling stones are to be consid- 

 ered, the water courses, and that wonderful roll of 

 hills and valleys which so accentuates the charm of 

 country living. 



Merely to collect all the moths of a section, or the 

 butterflies of a very small section, and mount them 

 perfectly develops the esthetic sense and a taste for 

 the beautiful. It teaches careful observation. In 

 the long run accuracy always comes in ahead of smart- 

 ness, so that this sort of study does not bring to the 

 front either mere memory power or boldness. 



