8o NATURE-STUDY 



grades perform simple experiments in tanning. Visit a 

 tannery if one is near. Visit a shoemaker's or a harness shop, 

 and look at different kinds of leather and see how they work 

 it. Visit a shoe factory if possible and see how a shoe is 

 made. Make a list of articles made of leather. This subject 

 correlates well with the geography of a manufacturing town. 

 Study the wool of sheep and goats in a like manner. Re- 

 fer to the herding of sheep and Angora goats in this country; 

 the shearing, spinning, weaving. Visit a spinning and weav- 

 ing mill if possible. Study the old-fashioned spinning wheel. 

 Examine the children's clothing, and show the wool in the 

 cloth. Bring out the great importance of wool to mankind. 



