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5. Animals assist in seed dissemination. 



6. Animals give their excrement and dead bodies 

 to the nourishment of soil for the benefit of the 

 plant. 



Domestic Animals. 



a. Productions of. b. Treatment, c. Uses. d. 

 Products, e. Commercial value. 



Let the horse be the type for general discussion, 

 as children are interested in this animal more than 

 in any other. Under this head may come the diflfer- 

 ent kinds of horses on basis of use, viz.: Draft 

 horse, coach horse, race horse, driving horse, sad- 

 dle horse ; on basis of stock, Norman, Clydesdale, 

 heavy draft, Indian pony, Canadian or Montana 

 pony; Texas pony, etc., with the general charac- 

 teristics of each. In connection with the study of 

 the horse, read 'portions of Black Beauty, by 

 Sewell. 



This book gives an exhaustive treatise on treat- 

 ment. Cows, dogs and other domestic animals 

 may be introduced at many points in the discussion 

 of the horse by way of comparison and contrast. 

 Kind treatment should be the emphatic topic in 

 every case. 



The comparative commercial value of cows, fat 

 stock, horses, and so forth, may be discussed, to- 

 gether with cost and care to be deducted in each 

 case. 



