A GRADED COURSE OF NATURE-STUDY 461 



FLOWERS : Review briefly sunflower as composite.* Ob- 

 serve wild composites like it. Study thistle * as another 

 type of composite. (152, 156, 159, 154, 197, 193.) 



Identify white and red clover* (note bees, bumblebees, 

 and butterflies in them), prairie clover,* sweet clover (bees), 

 monkey flower,* nettle, cocklebur.* (168, etc., 197, 200, 

 209, 215.) 



WINTER 

 ANIMALS. 



MAMMALS: Large game:* Hunting stories. (Appro- 

 priate in the open season). Wapiti (elk), moose deer* 

 (white tailed). From pictures or in zoological gardens ob- 

 serve general appearance, covering, antlers, grace, fleetness, 

 etc. Stories about habits. Food. How the antlers are shed 

 and grow again. Examine mounted antlers. How hunted. 

 Where found now. Why so few as compared with for- 

 merly. Game laws. Why? Read Warner's "Hunting of 

 the Deer." Also read "The Hunt," in Scott's "Lady of 

 the Lake," and Long's "Following the Deer." (25, 27, 



17, 20, 31, 28, 61, 63, 62, 72.) 



Comparative study of the ruminants : Cow * as type. 

 General characteristics of structure: Cloven hoofs, horns, 

 etc. The habit of chewing the cud. Why? Drawing of 

 multiple stomach on board. Describe its use. Food of 

 the cow. How does a cow eat grass? Examine the front 

 part of upper jaw. Has the cow teeth there? (33, 34, 15, 



1 8, 20.) Study (in geography) the cattle industry, the meat 

 preservation and shipment, the leather and the shoe in- 

 dustries. Visit establishments to see these things. How a 

 shoe is made. (312, etc., 320, 323, etc., geographies.) Other 

 cud-chewers or horned animals: Study general character- 



