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3. Have the natural features of the district determined to any extent 

 the locations of the dwellings of the people, the proximity of timber, of 

 springs, of streams ? 



Physics. — 



1. Distillation. Meaning of term. A method of distilling. The 

 story of a rain- drop. 



2. Evaporation, reviewed, enlarged and applied. 



3. Capillarity as shown by a lamp-wick. A piece of blotting paper. 

 A lump of sugar. A cotton cloth. The soil. Applications. 



4. The meaning and the value of the forces of adhesion and cohesion. 



5. The pulley and the wheel and axle. 



Grade Eight (8th year). Agriculture— Outlined as follows : — 



1. The plant, including the seed, the young plant, the plant and the 

 water, the plant and the soil, the plant and the air, the structure and 

 growth of plants, naming and classifying plants. 



2. The soil. Nature and origin of soil, tilling and draining the soil, 

 improving the soil. 



3. Weeds. 



4. Insects of the fields. 



5. The rotation of crops. 



6. The garden. 



7. Bees and birds. The food supply of our wild birds, continued 

 from Grade Seven. 



8. Forestry. 



9. Roads. 



10. The country-home. 



11. The science of every-day-life, including the atmosphere, water, 

 heat, and a simple analysis of the air. 



Physics. — 



A practical study of the inclined plane, as follows : — A type of 

 machine. A machine cannot create work. What is gained in power is 

 lost in speed. Wasted work. The law of the inclined plane. 

 Applications. 



