APPENDIX 
PART I 
LABORATORY EXERCISES! 
1. Hasirs or Domestic ANIMALS 
Object. To learn the habits of animals. 
Materials. Horse, cow, or sheep; watch. 
Directions. Observe the horse as he starts to walk. With 
which foot does he begin, right, left, front, or hind foot? Compare 
with cow or sheep. While walking does the horse place his hind foot 
in front, behind, or in the track made by the front foot? When 
at the trot? When at the gallop? Compare with cow or sheep. 
How are the legs placed when a horse lies down? How does the 
horse get up, front or hind quarters first? Compare with cow or 
sheep. 
Take the watch in hand and count the number of respirations 
per minute, first of the horse, then of the cow or sheep. How do 
they compare? 
Examine the mouth of a horse, and note the number of front 
teeth in both upper and lower jaws. Does the mare differ from 
the horse? Compare with the front teeth of a cow or sheep. 
Notice if they bite off the grass in the same manner. Have the 
teeth any influence on the manner of eating? Which animal eats 
grass off closer to the ground, and why? Which eats towards the 
wind, and which in the same direction the wind is blowing? Has 
the arrangement of the teeth and method of cropping the grass 
anything to do with this? 
1 Made up from New York State Syllabus with additions. 
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