CONTENTS 
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PART I. STUDIES FOR THE FALL TERM: 
October-January 
1. Mother Earth ................. page g with Study 1 onpage15 
2. The wild fruits of thefarm....... 46 gy ES a9 
3. The wild nuts of thefarm........ ane) amd “3 “ 30 
4. Thefarm stream .............4. Ba “4 “42 
5. The fishes of thefarm stream..... “46 “5 “ 48 
6. Pastureplants ..............4. ae ae “6 “56 
7. The wild roots of thefarm ....... “58 ft gp OM 62 
8. The November seed-crop ....... “ 66 “ ne; ae, 0) 
g. The deciduous treesin winter . at “9 “ 76 
10. Thefarm wood lot.............. ea’ ee “to “ 499 
11. Thefuel woods of thefarm....... Br te TI “86 
12. Winter verdure of thefarm...... “90 ‘ “12 "“  g2 
13. Thewildmammalsofthefarm... ‘' 96 “ “13. «100 
14. The domesticated mammals ..... “tos “aq “ 
15. Thefowlsofthefarm ........... eorrat tt “15 “ 119 
16. Farmlandscapes .............. SDT. * “16 “ 124 
Individual exercises for the Fall Term (Optionals) 
1. Astudent’s record of farm operations............. page 126 
2. Noteworthy views ofthefarm................... “128 
3. Noteworthy trees of thefarm .................05 128 
4. Autumnal coloration and leaffall................ “132 
5. A calendar of seed dispersal. .............0.eeeee M4933 
PART II. STUDIES FOR THE SPRING TERM: 
February—May. 
17. The lay of the land............ page137, with study a on page 141 
18. The deciduous shrubsofthefarm ‘“ 143 147 
19. Winter activities of wildanimals.. ‘‘ 150 “ . - “154 
20. Fiber products of the farm...... 155 “20 “ 162 
21. Acoating ofice ................ “164 “ 21 166 
22. Maple sap andsugar ........... “ 168 ‘ “22 “ 172 
23. Nature's soil conserving operations “ 75 “ ‘23 “179 
24. The passing of the trees ......... 180 ‘ “24 “ 148 
25. The fence row ...........00000- “186 " “25 “ 190 
26. Aspring brook.............000- Igt ‘ “26 + 193 
