34 NATURE STUDY LESSONS FOR PRIMARY GRADES 



How does she eat them? What is bran? Can you 

 think of anything else we feed the cow? (Carrots, 

 turnips, beets.) How does she eat them? Anything 

 else? (Salt.) Do we salt the cow often? How 

 does she eat it ? 



Can you think of something else she would want ? 

 (Water.) How often should a cow be watered? 

 Does she lap up the water as the dog does? How, 

 then, does she drink ? 



[All these answers made by the children should be 

 the result of their own observations.] 



Is there anything we can do for the cow in the 

 summer, besides feeding her well ? (Give her a 

 pasture in which there are trees or a shed to protect 

 her from the hot sun.) And in the winter, what? 

 (Give her good shelter from the cold and snow, and 

 a good straw bed at night.) But has she not a hair 

 coat to keep off the cold and snow? (This coat 

 helps, but it is not thick enough to keep her warm in 

 bad weather.) Is it as thick as the horse's coat ? 

 Are the hairs of the same length as his ? Are they 

 as fine? Does she wear the same coat in summer 

 and winter, or has she a lighter coat in the summer ? 

 How do you know? Is her coat the same color as 

 that of the horse? We do not often see the cow's 



