4 CONTENTS. 



Part III. — Men influential in improving agriculture — Continued. Page. 



Happy tlie man 30 



The house by the side of the road 37 



Little brown hands 38 



Part IV. — Our domestic animals 39 



The farm animals' family tree 39 



How man made the animals to help him 40 



The cow 41 



Kindness to animals 42 



The calf path 43 



Part V. — Our leading agricultural products 45 



The corn of the world 45 



The origin and distribution of wheat 45 



The value of wheat 47 



In the wheat field 47 



History of maize 48 



When corn was king 49 



The farmer's gold 49 



The Republic's emblem 50 



Thanksgiving hymn 50 



The bill of fare 51 



History of cotton 51 



Cotton 53 



Part VI. — A study of our forests 54 



From abundance to need 54 



The value of our forests 55 



Preserve the beauty of the landscape 56 



How to plant a tree 57 



Appleseed John 57 



Forest song 58 



Woodman, spare that tree 59 



Little by little 60 



"Help one another" 60 



When all wild things lie down to sleep 61 



Nature's song 62 



The oak ^ 62 



Part VII. — Appropriate songs and selections 63 



My country, 'tis of thee .. 63 



The old oaken bucket 63 



Work, for the night is coming 64 



Home, sweet home 64 



Creation 65 



The wonderful world 65 



We thank Thee 66 



The farmer's creed 66 



A masque of the seasons 1 66 



Polly Flinders 67 



When the world was young 68 



Juvenile selections found in "Nature and Verse" 68 



Quotations 68 



Bibliography 70 



Index 75 



