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Why does he take a lamp, and where does he carry it ? 



How do you think the iron ore is carried out of the mine? 



The iron must be separated from the other substances, 

 and this is done either by crushing the ore, or putting it in 

 great furnaces and melting out the iron. 



Tell why people go to so much trouble to get iron. 



Sing a song of iron in a mine so deep, 



Where the mighty mountains guarding watch doth 



keep. 



Down must go the miner in the ground so damp, 

 Each one with his pickax and his tiny lamp. 



From ''Songs of the Child World," by Jessie L. Gay nor. 



Lesson 96 



USES OF IRON 



Mention some things that you see every day in the school- 

 room, in the street, and at home, that are made of iron. 



Give reasons for using iron for these things. 



Tell what you know about the changes which take place 

 in hard, cold iron when it is put into the forge furnace. 



What do you know about the hammering or molding of 

 iron. 



Write a paragraph on each of the following topics : 



Where iron is found and how gotten. 

 Uses of iron. 



Qualities of iron that make it better than other materials 

 for these uses. 



