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EXERCISES FOR SOUTHERN RURAL SCHOOLS, 51 
Mount on cardboard and label specimens of leaves and roots. Leaves 
- should be dried carefully between blotting paper before mounting. 
Correlations.—Language: Copy carefully in the notebook facts 
learned about weeds. The record of each weed should include the 
name, where found, from what it grew, the kind of root it has, how 
protected from animals, how it can be destroyed, and any other facts 
learned about it. Learn to spell all new names. 
Drawing: Make a drawing of the entire weed and separate drawings 
of the root and leaf. 
Reading: Have the pupils read selections on collecting and mount- 
ing plants found in Farmers’ Bul. 586. 
ANIMALS. 
Continued work.—Review the lesson with sheep. Keep up the 
study of migration of birds as suggested in the February exercise. 
Note the winter residents that are leaving, the transients that are 
passing by, and the summer residents that are returning. The fol- 
lowing are summer residents: Barn swallow, blue jay, mocking bird, 
American cuckoo or rain crow, bluebird, humming bird, catbird, 
purple martin, kingbird, nighthawk, and sparrow hawk. Are there 
others ? 
Assigned work.—Have the class study the goat this month, using 
the following outline: 
(1) Compare the goat with the sheep as to size, coat, and horns. 
(2) How do goats defend themselves? 
(3) Do their feet and legs enable them to escape from their enemies? What are 
their enemies? 
(4) What facial appendage has the goat that gives it a comical appearance? 
(5) Can goats see and hear well? What is the position of the goat’s ears when it 
ispeaceful? When frightened? 
(6) Does the goat chew its cud? 
(7) How much of the goat’s language is understood? What does each particu- 
lar cry indicate? 
(8) What do goats like to eat? 
(9) For what purposes are goats raised? Hair? Meat? Milk? 
(10) What are young goats called? 
Practical work.—Ample work is provided in making observations 
with birds and in studying the goat. Notes should be taken while 
observations and studies are being made. 
| Correlations.—Language: Write neatly in the notebook the names 
of all birds studied and the results of studies with the goat. Let the 
tacts about goats be woven into a short story. 
Drawing: Make a drawing of a goat. Collect any pictures that 
may be found and paste them in the notebook, properly labeled. 
